Spine of Steel

Chapter Eleven

11. First Impressions and Confusing Intimacy

"Stop being a baby, Theo. I can handle myself on the road." I defend myself, swinging one leg over the seat.

"Do you have a license?" He raises his brows and crosses his arms.

"Well.... now....ahem.... that's something to think about... hehe.....bye!" I turn on the ignition and speed onto the road, Theo colorfully cursing at me from behind. Thank God, Everleigh sent me the directions to the university or else my exit would've been embarrassing if I had to wait for them.

I make a few lefts and end up on a highway. 5 minutes later and I'm at Riverwood University. A few seconds later, the others arrive, Theo on a Harley Davidson and the others in a BMW. We look like quite the group.

Theo glances at me and smirks while I cross my arms. What has he got up his sleeve this time? Whatever it is, it won't be good. I walk toward the main doors where various students are passing by, chatting with their friends.

 Once we are all together, we walk through the open doors and into the main corridors. All the chatter that we heard before stops and everyone stares at us.

Silence is the only thing that's present right now. I observe every single face, coming across the cheerleaders, the jocks, the 'nerds' and most importantly, the populars. Liam Cartwright being in that last group with two girls hanging at his sides and three tall guys surrounding him. They all look at me with hungry eyes. Shameless. Very shameless indeed. And not the kind you see with Theo. The kind that you see with creeps. You could practically see the drool coming out of their mouths. Theo tenses up behind me as I continue to look around. By the looks of it, the others are doing the same.

Various doors on each side of the hall, several lockers against the wall and different posters for things like clubs, tryouts and... prom. Prom? I've never been to one. I sure as hell hope we get this over with before that. I make eye-contact with Liam and I smirk. I glance at Theo and he is glaring intensely at Liam. He comes up next to me and wraps an arm around my waist, pulling me close. That one thing makes everyone go back to what they were doing and makes Liam roll his eyes and look away. As we walk, I feel a few eyes on us, mostly from girls looking at Theo. So, we're doing this now. I give them an icy glare and they look away, clearly embarrassed.

Theo gives me a side glance and smirks. Alright, what is he planning?

After dealing with the principal and getting our schedules, I end up having every single goddamn class with Theo. Oh, God, please have mercy on me for once. Haven't I been through enough?

Theo and I start heading toward our History class but suddenly, I'm pulled into a closet. I get pinned up against the wall, a hand landing on my waist and another slamming onto the wall behind me. I feel a hot breath against my neck.