Warning: Mean Princess

Chapter 13: 𝗠𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻

I look at my watch and I wince finding out it's been half an hour and still our after class practice for the mini orchestra competition has not yet started.

My eyes focus at the front to where the conductor supposed to stand, "Where is he?" I ask myself and petrified when the girl in thick glasses beside me wiping her instrument over and over again suddenly speak up. Obviously, she heard me. I look at her wide-eyed especially when I comprehend what she is asking.

"Are you looking for Travis, your boyfriend, right?" She asks.

"Excuse me, he's NOT my boyfriend," I roll my eyes dismissing the idea and my forehead creases as I look back at her, "Excuse me? How can you say that?"

I know I am intimidating her, worry is written in her eyes as she tries to focus them on me hesitantly, "Haven't you two kissed in the ca-cafeteria?" She asks, her voice becomes more wary.

Silence. I can see her throat move as she drowns her spit while I just stare at her in several seconds. I know I'm in my bitch-mode now, I can clearly sniff her impending fear.

"N-Never mind...Please forget it," she says waving her hands in front of me, a bit exaggeratedly.

It's not actually what she said that shocked me but it was myself. Why did I even feel something pleasant about it? And why I acted dumb, of course people think he's my boyfriend because I announced it, but still people actually talking he's my boyfriend? Why do I feel warm?

When people mistook Denver as my boyfriend, I almost puked everytime and tried my hardest in denying it at that very instant. I know I offended him one of those times but I don't really care. I like him as a friend not as someone more than that. He's a complete package as what Stacie always says but he is like the boy version of myself. He is like a brother to me. I don't want to date myself nor my brother.

But it is quite different when this girl beside me whom I don't even know her name mistook Travis as my boyfriend. I feel a strange tremble in my chest. Of course my initial reaction would always be to deny it but deep inside, my heart has something else.

I had been very busy for the past two weeks juggling my studies and attending this practice. I don't hate it. I despise it. Every after my last class, Travis was waiting outside my homeroom preventing me to have some chance to escape.

It won't be surprising  if people really think we are in a relationship because even after practice, I climbed into his car and he religiously took me home immediately. Denver asked me about it but I laughed it off.  It's a relief when Baseball preliminaries started and he went AWOL right away.  Molly is also busy with her squad now because football playoff is also on its height.  Nicole becomes a bit weird lately but everytime I asked her, she always just smiled and said I shouldn't worry. Since I am also preoccupied about almost everything Travis-related that even Stacie said I am already no fun at the moment, I don't have the choice but to postpone prying on Nicole's business.

I don't even know why Travis chauffeuring me everyday but I don't also know why I accepted his offer everytime. We didn't talk that much during those short rides. He always seemed preoccupied that eventhough I tried to make casual conversation, I stopped when I realized he wasn't listening to me.

"Hey, Karla, are you okey?"

I blink my eyes and shake my head from oblivion. I forgot I am still staring at the girl beside me.

My mouth opens but before I can say anything, the whole room becomes noisy and animated as our gazes automatically fall unto the newcomer.

It is Emily. By the looks of her, we all know something isn't right. She seems like she cried just a moment ago. Her eyes unfocused. Immediately, a girl, Sarah or Marie, I'm not sure about her name but she's one of the girls Emily hangs out with in the library goes to her. I can't hear what Emily said but I know it's bad news just the way the girl hugs her tight right after she's done whispering.