The Nerd with the Dangerous Secret

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For the next few weeks, I avoid Fray in fear that I would get another serious panic attack, although Mason has been helping and keeping me calm whenever I would see him in the halways and I guess you could say we were starting to fix our friendship and I was more eager than ever to have him back in my life

It was study hall and I was tackling my way through the biochem homework I was handed by Miss Laurenzo, biochem was actually the one subject that I sucked at I couldn't do it to save my life but Mason was good at it so he helped me

"It's pretty simple really" Mason added after he explained for the third time how to do a question that I been trying to get for the last twenty minutes

I groan and push the papers away from me sliding them over to Mason "if it's so easy then you do it!' I snap angrily but not at him at the fact that no matter how hard I tried with this subject I was probably going to fail it

Mason chuckled and slung his arm around me "It is easy I might as well do the dumb test for you as you clearly aren't that smart" He says making me slap his arm lightly, the contact of his skin against mine made me internally flush and the butterflies once again erupting in my stomach

"Woodley how dare you question my intelligence" I feign anger and glare at him in a playful manor 

"It's quite simple really I just opened my mouth and words against you came out" He retorted flashing me one of those dazzling smiles which I haven't seen since Freshmen year and that makes me crack up again

Everybody turned to glare at us with an odd look in their eyes like they have been doing for the past couple of weeks ever since I have been hanging out with Mason again and I want to stick my finger up at them but I cant I have to keep in my nerd façade so I duck my head and fake flush 

Suddenly a voice showed up next to me "Hey baby bird are you ready to tell me what the secret is yet?" I turn around to see the face of Fray and instantly spin around to face Mason trying to get my erratic breathing under control

Whilst I was trying to get my breathing under control I notice that Mason jaw is clenching and his teeth grind together as he tries hard, maybe too hard to control his anger I also notice that besides his body his hands are shaking from rage so much so his knuckles start to turn white and he managed to grind out "What the fuck are you talking about?"

Jordan's eyes skirted towards Mason and he locked eyes with him "Oh I think you know what I'm talking about and I suspect that whatever this secret is you are in on it to, I noticed how you always wait for her by her locker and  then you drive in the same car together and get out at the same destination" Jordan's eyes  skirt between me and Mason one more time before he asks me again "So baby bird you ready to tell me you're secret or am I going to have to let slip that a certain nerd is a street fighter?"

By this point my anger spiked and I could hardly contain it "YOU HAVE BEEN STALKING ME? US?" I scream not caring about how much attention I had brought back to me I was too angry to even care

"Yes" He states simply 

"Why?" I cry hot angry tears flowing freely down my cheeks

"Because I needed to find out your secret and I knew you weren't going to give it to me willingly so I had to do a little digging myself" He says in a low whisper just below my ear sending multiple shivers down my spine

I couldn't take it anymore, I ran out the room tears streaming freely like a waterfall down my cheeks, my vision was blurry as I ran out the library I could only see blury water line as I ran to the toilet

Leaning against the sink I turn on the faucet and begin splashing cool water on my face as I take big calming breaths I cant have another panic attack not now because it will just show how weak I am and that is what Fray wants

A click of heels make me turn my head as the door swings open and Stephanie walks in smugly and positions her hip against the sink as she stares into me her icy blue eyes almost looking past me

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Her high pitched shrill cackled as she glared at me her arms crossed over her hot pink Barbie like blouse "Did the nerd get below 80% on her maths test?"

"Stephanie do me a favour and please shut up I don't want to hear the stupid crap that comes out of your mouth" I snap and smirk at her dumbstruck expression I usually wouldn't talk to anyone in this way especially the Queen Bee of the school but after all the stuff with Fray I guess every little thing has me freaking out

Then I storm out of the bathroom with my blotch red face