Stand by Me

Six

"Cody, do you happen to know any kid by the name, Peter Rollins?, I ask Cody.

" Did somebody say Rollins?", Edith chimes in.

"Of course. The whole town knows the Rollins. Not to mention, Jay Rollins, the hottie of the entire town of Riverwood...Huh...", he sighs dreamily.

" I'm pretty sure I said, Peter "

"Wait, you're telling me that you don't know who Jay freaking Rollins is?!", Edith questions like she's swallowed something bitter.

Oh my God! I can't believe it! I mean, can you blame me? Hello? I'm totally new to this place! Then, as if it dawned on her, she spoke.

"Oh, that's right. Peter is Jay's younger brother. Why'd ya ask?", she says as we sit down on a couch in the Student's lounge. All the three of us had a free period.

"That little..",I swear I wanted to curse real bad, but I stop myself," He's been bullying my little brother"

"That's no surprise. He's just like his brother. But be careful though. Cuz the last time someone tried bringing this to the Principal's notice, he was on the verge of suspension. The Rollins legit have that kind of money and power. It'd be wise for you to stay away from them if you have any big dreams of getting into College and stuff like that.", she says  it like a warning.

"I don't care if he's the richest man on earth. He's gotta teach that little brother of his some manners. And who the hell does that damn kid think he is? The least he could do is at least apologize. Jake is not in a good place right now.", I crease my brows as I say this.

"Hey, you know what? I think she's right, Edith. Jay can't be that bad. He'll have the patience to hear her out" Seriously, Cody?And here I am, thinking that you're helping me.

"Okay then, Vanessa. Why don't you go give it a shot?", she looks confused.

We decided to talk to him during lunch in the cafeteria. Once I spot that guy- of course, under the able guidance of Cody and Edith- I shall give him a piece of my mind!

But then suddenly, a voice inside my head said- Remember what Edith said about the College? What if it turns out to be true? What if- NO! I put an end to my train of thoughts. Jake is so much more important to me than getting into College.

The bell rings and we gather our books to get going. I have Math. Oops, better not get late, I remind myself.

Jeez, there are too many classrooms. It's so confusing. I head to the left wing and storm into the first room I see.

That's when I realize that I am in the wrong room. This is the band room. I see our music teacher ,Mrs. Fields. She is speaking to a student who's back is facing me. Somehow I can make out that this is a jock. Actually, to be honest, it was obvious because he is wearing the letter jacket. Duh.

"I'm so sorry I-", I stop speaking.
I let out a faint gasp as a pair of tantalizing blue eyes lock with my hazel eyes. I see the ocean in those eyes and involuntarily admit to myself that I don't want to stop looking at them. Wow. He has the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen. Oh, my.

I travel back to reality and lightly shake my head. He immediately turns back like he is embarrassed. Mrs. Fields raises her eyebrows.

"I'm sorry. I'm in the wrong place. I was heading to Math, but then I got lost. I didn't mean to interrupt.", I turn around to leave.

"You didn't interrupt anything!", came a firm reply with a tinge of arrogance. It was the boy.

Calm down. What did I do? Why you gotta be so rude?

I don't reply. I start to walk away, I was late anyway. I hear the door shut behind me. I feel the boy's presence behind me. No sooner, he is right beside me. I give him a strange look that said what-do-you-want ?

"I have Math too.", he looks at me and then instantly looks ahead, without any expression and began taking bigger steps. It was hard to catch up as I had smaller legs. That's right! I'm not really that tall. I'm just 5'5. He seems like he's 6 ft or something.

"That's right. Mr. Andrews is gonna screw us."

"Not me", he gives an evil smile.

What was that supposed to mean? Was he a favorite student or something? I don't know and don't really care.

We made it to class and THANK GOODNESS! I'd never been this happy. Mr.Andrews hadn't made it yet. Luckiest day of my life.

I go inside and see that my seat was already taken by some couple who had no utter sense of any decency were shamelessly having hardcore making out sessions. Gross. I'm never sitting there again. One of the last seats were unoccupied so I go towards take the seat when at the same moment, the same boy I'd walked with , comes towards the seat. But then he realizes that I was about do the same and immediately responds.

"Sorry. It's taken", he put his hands up in the air, smiling as he took the opportunity to grab the seat.

I roll my eyes and take a seat beside that one as I begin to unpack.

"So, how come I've never seen you before?", I find him staring at me. I feel so nervous. He is so undeniably attractive. I didn't know people this goodlooking actually existed in real life. Okay, okay. I admit it, I said goodlooking.

"I'm new here. Just moved", I just take a short glance at him and look back at my books.

"Oh, I see. How are you doing so far?"

"So far, not so great. I really miss my old school and friends", a wave of nostalgia hits me as I say it.

He doesn't say anything. He just takes out his phone and starts texting someone.

Rude.

Then he starts giggling as if he were laughing at a joke or something. I get it it pal, you're ignoring me. Possibly being borderline rude. Well, I pretend not to give a shit about it.

But still. Annoying!

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I forgot I was talking to you", he says, pretending to cut a sorry face. I want to ignore him, but it was impossible to say anything mean to a face like that. I didn't know what to say. So I just smile.

That's when Mr.Andrews enters the class. He excuses himself for being late and continues where he'd left off yesterday.

"Hey, I never caught your name", he smiles. A smile that reach his eyes.

His. Eyes.

"Vanessa", I can't stop smiling. Damn it Vanessa. Get over it!

"What's yours?", hey don't judge me. I am just curious. And he knows mine, so it would me unfair if I didn't know his. He immediately looks at me and shoots a look that meant-Seriously ? He just sighs, shaking his head.

"Jay Rollins"

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