Not What I Expected (A Marcel Fanfic)

Chapter 28

It's been a quiet bunch of weeks. Matt came over Thursday night like he said he would, and brought pizza and milkshakes. I just love how easily I can talk to him, and how many things we have in common and how un-shy he is. I mean, we literally sat in bed with our legs tangled for two hours and nothing was awkward. And then he helped me do my homework and then he left.

On Friday, after lunch, I had science class, where I would normally work with Marcel. He must've worked alone while I was away, not that it was too difficult for him. Anyway, the moment the teacher stepped into the class, he raised his hand.

"Could I please switch partners?"

There was something about his tone that made the teacher not ask questions, and oblige to Marcel's request right away. He made him switch places with Alexa, and ended up being paired up with Lucy. New Year's Eve Lucy. For some reason, I became so jealous and sad I didn't even write down the lesson.

Why would Marcel want to switch places? We worked together so well... And he just left. So since then, I haven't been bothering much. I just knew I couldn't try anymore than that to make him forgive me. But, I didn't get away so easily. I can avoid Marcel as much as I want, but at some point, we still bump into each other. He always says 'hi' followed by a pet name like 'honey', 'babe' or 'beautiful'. The last one kills me everytime. And once in a while, he blocks my way, and touches me in some way. I mean, he pushes my hair behind my ear, he caresses my cheek, he plays with my hair. And I always just stand there, remembering the times where he did those out of sympathy, and not out of desire to hurt.

I get those notes everyday, and I still can't figure out who they come from. The guy is pretty sneaky if you ask me.

I've been hanging between Alexa's place and my parents' lately, because I just can't stand Zayn anymore. And it's not just Zayn, but as I grow closer to Matt's group, Alexa grows colder.

"I think Matt likes me." I tell Alexa, walking to the entrance.

"Yeah?"

"I think." I repeat. My suppositions are fake 98% of the time.

"Well that's good. You should be with him." she smiles. "Oh, there's Zayn. See you later, Dee."

I look over to where Zayn's standing, all pimp and badass, and notice Marcel standing beside him, taking a long drag of a cigarette. I feel my knees melt, but I keep staring. He takes the cigarette out of his mouth, tapping on it to let the ashes fall to the ground, and blows out the toxic smoke. As much as this turns me on, I want the old Marcel back.

"Wait I'm coming with you!" I shout to Alexa, running to catch up with her. It's mid-February, and Marcel and I still haven't started the recap papers. We only have two weeks left.

I walk to him confidently, holding my books tightly against my chest. Who knows, maybe they can protect me from the arrows Marcel is about to shoot at my heart. He turns his perfect face to look at me, raises his eyebrows and smiles widely. He throws his cigarette on the ground, extinguishes it with his huge boot, and opens his arms, invinting me to snuggle into his chest. As much as I want to, I don't. He drops them back down.

"Hi, baby."

"Hi, um, I just wanted to say we really should get started on those recap papers, and we're already halfway through February and-" he cuts me off by putting his finger on my lips.

"Shh. Took care of it."

"But we were supposed to do it together!" I protest. What's the point of recap papers if I don't even do them.

"When did I say I did them? I gave them to some kid to make them for us." he says it with such serenity, I almost think I'm imagining things. But I know I'm not, and I can feel myself getting angry.