Painting Our Destiny [COMPLETE]

Jealousy and Art Exams

Chapter 23:

I walked up to Katie and gave her a quick hug before looking her in the eye.

"Art exam on Tuesday. You ready?"

"Yeah I've got to get a couple things this weekend but otherwise I'm all set."

"Same. I hope I don't mess up," I ran my hand through my hair as I started to create a mental checklist, ticking off everything I had.

"You'll be fine! You're an amazing artist. Anyway let's not start stressing now we've still got just under a week," she added with a drop of sarcasm at the end, which was rare except for when she was stressed.

I laughed," so true."

"So who's the necklace from?" She asked indicating to the heart necklace Callan gave me that was hanging delicately around my neck. I froze, even though I was expecting this, and a lump formed in my throat.

"Callan," I said meekly, cautiously looking at Katie. Her eyes widened and a small gasp escaped her lips.

"What! When did he give it to you? Why would you even wear something Callan gave you? What about Corey?"

"Well...he gave it to me yesterday and I am wearing it to hopefully make Corey jealous."

"Okay, reasonable but I thought you didn't want Corey back?" She frowned as she thought about the situation.

"I don't. I want to make him feel how I felt though," I reasoned to which Katie's eyes widened.

Even though you love him, a small voice in my head said which I couldn't help but agree with.

"You're a devilish person you know that."

"I've known that for years," I chuckled along with Katie.

We started to head towards our next lesson, art. My stomach started to churn as I realised this would be the first time I have seen Corey today and that made me god damn nervous. My fingers found their way onto the necklace, running along the details and jewel.

We arrived slightly late, so everyone had already entered the classroom. Luckily, when we entered the classroom everyone was still settling down into their sets so we managed to slip in quietly and unnoticed. I felt Corey's eyes on me as I walked past him and sat down in my new permanent seat opposite Casey.

"Hey girls," Casey greeted us as we sat down.

"Hey," we said in unison.

I could still feel Corey's eyes boring into me, so I took the opportunity to gather my hair over one shoulder, revealing the necklace as I gently twiddled it between my index finger and thumb. I could feel his gaze intensify as the necklace caught Casey's attention.

"Wow that's beautiful! I've never seen you wear it before, is it new?" She asked enthusiastically as she leant forward to get a better look.

I smiled," yeah, it's from Callan," I quickly flicked my eyes out of the corner of my eyes over to Corey and saw him frowning at me, his gaze fixed onto the necklace that dangled around my neck.