Little Red Riding Hood

Chapter 7

"Uh Dominic meet Jared, Jared this is Dominic" I say with a weak nervous smile, this is a disaster.

"Nice to meet you" Jared greets with an out stretched hand waiting for a handshake. Dominic just looks at his hand in disgust

"yea, sure" and takes his seat across from me.

"So I heard you're a new here too, where did you come from?"

Dominic just ignores him and takes care of something on his phone

"Dominic..."

"What?" He replied in an irritated tone

"Are you going to answer him?"

"Probably not"

My mouth drops open from the shock of how rude he's being.

Sarah just sits there awkwardly with the visible tension weighing on her also and Jared feeling the awkward moment.

"Um, Dominic? Can I talk to you for a second?"

Slowly he gets up with a sigh, which pisses me off even more than I am already by how he's been treating Jared.

I wait till we're out of ear's reach before I talk.

"What the hell is your problem?!"

"What are you talking about?" He says carelessly rolling his eyes.

"Jared is trying to be nice to you and you're treating him like he's some kind of disease. Like what the fuck is your problem?!"

"I don't like him"

"You don't know him! How could you possibly not like him IF YOU JUST MET HIM?!"

"Look I just don't! Ok now how about you just get out my face and leave me alone?!" He shouted before walking off and out of the cafeteria, leaving me so upset I don't even return to the lunch table.

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Sixth period I have art, which I'm absolutely terrible at I only signed up for the credit that was needed to graduate. I walk in and Dominic is already sitting in class and but by the looks of his face he's still as pissed off as I am, and lucky for me his seat was assigned right next to my seat (all sarcasm intended). Just as I sit down and get settled, not acknowledging Dominic's presence right next to me, Jared walks in and I can feel Dominic tense up. Jared walks right over and drops down into the seat next to me, smiling a dazzling smile.

"Hi"

"Hi" I gushed, cheeks turning red. God, I'm so hopeless and I'm so dead, I'm stuck in art class between two amazingly hot boys who look like they been torn from a catalog and put in my life, one of them hating the other and looks like he's going to snap any second if I keep on flirting with the other. Somebody save me.

"Hello class" Mr. Towers interrupts all the current conversations and starts class off with an in-class project on still life. Perfection! I am loving my life right now (note the sarcasm, LIFE IS DEATH!). We partner up with another person for the project my partner being Jared and Dominic's being Crystal Dawn.

As class goes on Dominic decides to take this project as the perfect time to infuriate me by flirting with Crystal. I clench my fists as she laughs that stupid ugly laugh and flaunts her big breast in front of him twirling her finger around her corkscrew curls.

"Oh Dominic, you're so funny!" Bashing her matted black eyelashes over her green eyes. I just keep thinking of all the many ways I hate her.

"Um... Red? You ok?"

I was so consumed by my anger and jealousy that I forgot about Jared who was right next to me. I look down at my aching hands to see deep imprints of my nails in my palms.

"I'm sorry, can you excuse me for a sec?"

"Yea, sure"

I leave the classroom for a water break to cool down.

"Come on Red,you can't let him get to you. Fight fire with fire" I give myself a little pep talk before I go back into the classroom, here we go.

As I enter the room my eyes lock with Dominic's and I'm immediately set off by the smirk on his face, he really thinks that he's won.

I plop down next to Jared and look into his stormy grey eyes.

"Jared, I just love your eyes. Are they grey?" I ask in a partially fake tone, a part of me actually curious.

"They are, I got them from my mother."

"That's so cool! I wish I had grey eyes like yours, they're so captivating" I say leaning in his direction.

"I think I like you better with big brown eyes, they make you look beautiful"

Wow... He really just said that and made my heart leap. My eyes hit the ground and I brush my hair behind my ear the way I usually do when I get nervous and I could feel my cheeks grow hotter and hotter by the second. Thankfully the bell rings and class is dismissed as I'm packing my bag I glance over at Dominic, his jaw clenched and muscles bulging from his clenched fist and his eyebrows furrowed, I really got to him, I couldn't even feel the pride of winning because I felt so bad and guilty. He walked past me without sparing me a glance but instead gave something that sounding like a growl, I think I may have gone pretty far.

Jared walks me to my next class, which is way on the other side of the school from his other class, I try to tell him he doesn't have to but he insisted.

"So what's up with you and Dominic?" He asked as we arrived.

"I don't really know the answer to that question, we hung out once but that's all...?"

"So does this mean that I can take you out sometime?"

I look up at Jared who currently had a smirk on his face, wow that was smooth.

"I believe so" I return with a smile on my face

"So how about I pick you up at eight tomorrow night?"

"Sounds perfect"

"Ok then it's a date!"

"It's a date!" I repeat and slip into the classroom because the bell had just rung marking me late, but I really didn't care, I had a date with Jared

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Dominic's POV

"Jared, I just love your eyes. Are they grey?"

I look over to Red with my smirk erased from my face.

"They are, I got them from my mother."

I clench my fists trying to keep my coming anger at bay.

"That's so cool! I wish I had grey eyes like yours, they're so captivating"

"I think I like you better with big brown eyes, they make you look beautiful"

I clench my fists even more and feel the sting of the cuts from my nails, my heart beats faster from the anger that's becoming harder to contain. Just as I feel a familiar sensation in my bones and all is hell is about to break loose the bell rings signaling the end of class. I gather my things and ignore Crystals attempt at trying to schedule a "study day" and walk out of class letting out a growl as I pass Red and make eye contact with Jared giving his mischievous look foreshadowing the havoc soon to come by his hands or better yet... Teeth.