Begin Again (Lukesse)

the shock

Lukas's PoV

I stared at her as she folded her arms and looked at me with those intense green eyes. We were supposed to complete a group project and surprise, surprise, the girl was in my group.

Surprisingly, she was the only one who would look back at me. My other classmates, some people called Jack and Sammy, didn't even look at me but however, looked horrified when the teacher assigned us into groups.

No matter. I wasn't here to make friends. "So we're supposed to.." Jack started to say and eyed me, as if waiting for my approval for him to speak. I nodded slowly. He turned to the other teammates and they started to discuss about the task at hand.

"Sorry." I said to the girl as she seemed to be staring out the window. "Don't be." she immediately replied, I was surprised she could hear me, despite the noise around us. And finally, she looked at me with her eyes a little warmer and her face a little polite.

"I'm Lukas Fletcher." I said and the girl managed a small smile. "I know. But I knew way before all this..." she looked down at her lap and fiddled with her pencils. "I'm Jesse Collins." I gasped at her. "What?" she said rather defensively. I blinked at her. "Jesse?"

"Uh, Yeah." she sounded amused now. "What's wrong with that name?" she asked defensively, but I could hear humor in her voice. "It's just..." I trailed off. Jesse looked at me. "Jesse Jones, huh? I can tell." she smiled. "I.." How could she take everything so lightly?

Didn't she know what I've done?

-End