Orphan

Chapter 3

I made my way into my next class as I felt an arm wrap around my shoulder and an immediate attack on my hair, causing me to squirm. "Say sorry!" I heard Hunter's deep voice announce as I chuckled under his tight grip, "For what?" I questioned as he continued to nuzzle my head with his hand and I tried to shake him off. "Say. It." He demanded digging his finger into my side, tickling me as I laughed trying to fight back. "Okay I'm sorry, I'm sorry," I chuckled regaining my breath as he pulled away with a dumb smirk on his face. "Asshole," I mumbled fixing my hair as he nodded in response. "So where are you off to?"

"Biology, You?" I asked turning my attention towards him as the usually busy hallways began to subside, "English, I'm seeing you later after school then?" he asked as I nodded in response flashing him a smile, "See you then," I spoke as he walked off through the halls and I stopped at my class walking inside and taking my seat. Michaela must be absent again...This must be the what, 5th time she's been absent since school started two weeks ago; and she's supposed to be my lab partner. Great.

I took out my things getting out a pen as I jotted down some notes from the board, a few minutes into the lesson the door burst open and in strolled Mr. Big shot himself, I rolled my eyes as he got scolded by the teacher; the usual. He did his usual fake apology and went to take his seat at the back of the classroom, "Oh no, from now on I want you front and centre, you'll take Michaela's seat for the rest of the year." My ears literally jolted up as my body did the same at the sound of Ms. Spencer's voice, was this freaking teacher serious? No, nah ah... she's a substitute teacher she shouldn't be moving people around like this. My head immediately dropped as he swaggered his way over to the seat beside me and plopped down his bags carelessly on the floor, as he got out his equipment. "Good, now for the rest of the lesson; you'll be doing a practical with your partner and it's a paired assignment which counts for 60% of your grade. It's due in a week." She continued to explain as I sighed rubbing the top of my head as I rethought this, how was I supposed to work with this dude.

I could barely bring myself to talk to him, I honestly wanted nothing to do with him or his friends. "Hey there, sweetcheeks." He smirked leaning over to my ear as I moved my chair from him, "I'm trying to listen can you just leave me be, that would be great." I mumbled sarcastically, still not making eye contact with the careless boy. "That's cute. You've got some attitude, nothing I can't handle though."

"Listen, I don't like you and you don't like anyone but your fellow dumb asses so I'll leave you alone if you leave me alone, all we ever talk or communicate about in any way is our task, that's it. I don't want you harassing me... I don't care who you 'think' you are but to me you're just another boy who's trying too hard to be a badass to impress his low-to-society friends who think they're the shit. Well that doesn't impress me and I'm not scared of you or them so you can do your worst to me I don't mind dying, just stay out of my way; because all you really are is stupid." I whispered, calming myself down as his eyes remained fixed on me, my body was tense and my voice weak; as if I had screamed my last breaths out into a numbing void of darkness, but I didn't care. Once you're not afraid of dying, nothing scares you anymore, not even them.

For the remainder of the period he had remained quiet, luckily. I did feel slightly bad for telling him off like that, I don't think anyone's ever done that before... I guess it came as a shock to us both, to be honest I didn't even know I had to courage to say that to him, but somehow I did. I can't say there isn't something inside me that still realizes he's done things and I could just be another statistic to him, but I can't also say I'm afraid. If in any dangerous situation I'd be worried and maybe a little frightened and concerned, but it didn't mean anything, I can't let him know that. He'd just take advantage.