bad boy (e.d)

chapter 2

jas

2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th periods flew by fast.

it was the same in every one.

get stared at, whispered about, and laughed at.

it was time for lunch.

i spotted jona across the cafe sitting at the table , waiting for me.

i walked over and sat next to him.

"hey, sis. how was your classes?"

"yunno, an average day as a new kid." i said as i traced the patterns on the round lunch tables.

"let's get food." he said.

"i'm not hungry." i stated.

"you need to eat. come on." he grabbed me by the arm and took me through the line that was surprisingly moving rapidly.

we paid and sat down at the table.

"hey, excuse me, i know you're new and i just wanted to introduce myself. i'm estrella, everyone calls me 'star.' would you like to be friends?" she explained.

"sure. i'm-"

"jasmine, i know." she smiled. "words travel fast in this school."

"what's that supposed to mean?" jona asked.

"it's not in a bad way, everyone says you're pretty. and you, you're jonathan, right?"

"yes..." he slightly squinted his eyes at her.

"have a seat." i said as i took a bite of my yogurt.

"i'm sorry if i seem too 'perky', i just wanted to meet you guys." she smiled.

"wait, i'm curious; what are people saying about me?" jona asked.

"they say you're hot, and it's going around that you're a bad boy." she drank her water.

"well, they ain't wrong about the part where i'm hot." he sat back in his chair and put his hands behind his head.

"headass." i laughed.

"well, nice to meet you guys, i have to get to class early. i'm in the photography class." she smiled.

"cool, me too. maybe we can go together?" i replied.

"definitely." she waited as i grabbed my bag.

"stay out of trouble, mr. 'bad boy'." i told jona.

he took a bite of his apple and laughed.

when we got to photography class, star introduced me to the teacher.

"mr. tony, this is jasmine, the new student."

"ah, yes, you like photography?" he had a heavy  jersey accent, like the ones off of Jersey Shore.

"yes, sir." i answered. i reached out, accepting his offer to shake my hand.

"well good for you, this class will be easy then. i also try to make it fun, i'm not strict like the rest of these teachers." he smiled.  "pick a bean bag to sit in, we'll start hands- on photography tomorrow."

"sit by me." a girl said.

"can it, janette. she doesn't need your fake ass near her." star said. "sit here."

i took a seat next to star in the back of the class.

"what did you mean when you called her fake? what'd she do?" i said.

"she was friends with this other girl, but dated her ex boyfriend and sent her nudes to the whole school. long story." she replied.

"oh." i said.

class went by faster, it felt like it only lasted 5 minutes, like my social life.

after 6th and 7th periods were over, it was now time for the last period of the day.

i walked into the gym for soccer practice, when i saw him.

i didn't know his name, nor who he was.

i met star by the bleachers and sat to lace up my sneakers.

"i saw your brother. he's over there, next to the water fountain." star pointed.

"okay, i'll be right back." i walked over to jona.

"hey, big bro."

"what's up?" he said, stretching his arms.

"where are you guys about to go?" i asked.

"to the second gym for work outs." he grabbed his water bottle off the bleachers. "see you later, jas. meet me out front when school is over."

"alright." i said, walking away.

as i was walking back to star, i looked over my shoulder to the boy i had seen in class previously.

he had on some basketball shorts and was staring up a storm.

i looked away when i met star as she stretched.

all of the boys started walking out to head to the second gym.

work outs started and everyone was now listening to the instructor.

after our last set of squats, class was over.

i grabbed my bags and started walking to the front of the school to meet jona.

"we have to go get our locks for our lockers at mr. thomas' office." he said.

i followed him into the office.

"we're here to see mr. thomas." he told the lady with curly black hair.

she pointed to his office and told us to "wait outside on that bench."

we sat down and waited as we listened to the loud conversation he had in there.

"you can't just throw the ball at someone's face."

"he called me a pussy, what the fuck was i supposed to do?"

"you have him a concussion. this is the 3rd time you visited me today, i'm going to have to give you a weeks detention."

"man, i don't care."

the door flew open.

it was him.

he walked out and everything was going by in slow motion as he eyed me.

"what was that about?" jona asked.

"nothing." i got up and walked into his office as jona followed.

we grabbed our locks and went to find our lockers.

"he said 134 and 135." jona scanned the wall of lockers until he found ours. "there."

we put the locks on them an studied our combinations, then walked out of the empty school.

jona and i took out our skateboards and skated home.