His Flower (Rewritten)

Chapter 10

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Chapter 10

I blinked at the cold, gray, metal door in front of me, the lock taunting with its little white numbers against a dark black backdrop. There were noises everywhere, voices speaking to other voices, laughter echoing around the hall, it all sounded like a dull buzz in my ears.

I reached up slowly for the lock, my eyes watching every move my hand made as I slowly spun the black dial.

10...

"...Rose..."

24...

"Rose..."

It took my mind a long while before I realized there was someone leaning against the locker beside me, a gruff male voice trying to breech that buzzing in my ears.

14...

"Rose."

I realized someone was saying my name just as I opened the locker. My brow furrowed as I glanced over at the tall buff boy gazing down at me with narrowed eyes, before glancing back into my locker.

"Hi." I murmured as I pulled my bag from my shoulder and undid the zipper. What did I need? Oh, my History book, and the Science homework, and-

"I've literally called your name half a dozen times. Are you alright?"

I shrugged and cast a confused glance into the metal shelf, what was I missing? "Sorry." I heard myself mumble as I placed the first half of the day's work into my bag.

Rex let out a hard sigh, or at least I thought he did. It was hard to decipher between the noises he was making and the buzzing in my ears-not that I wanted to try.

"It's fine, but we need to talk-Hey! Where are you going?!"

I had zipped up my bag, thrown it over my shoulder, closed the locker and began walking to my next class before his now angry voice shouted after me. I paused when a tight grip suddenly latched onto my upper arm and I glanced down at it with a frown.

"To class?" I answered uncertainly as Rex pulled me off to the side of the hall, student's hurrying by, oblivious to the scene around them.

"I'm trying to talk to you. You can't just walk off!"

I shrugged again, my eyes glancing down the hall. "I have to get to class. Luce says I can't miss anymore-" My words instantly cut off as strong fingers gripped my chin and jerked my face up until a pair of dark chestnut eyes were glaring down at me.

Then something happened, something I'm sure would have made me melt any other day. That hard glare in his eyes instantly disappeared, and the sneer on his face fell away to something I could have only described as concern.

"Oh fuck... What did you do?" His voice was soft, but so beautiful it slipped easily past the dull buzzing in my ear. I shook my head. His voice wasn't beautiful. It was just a voice, and he was just a boy, and-

"What did you take, Rose?"

Large, warm, hands were gripping my face now, that hold on my chin gone as the rough pads of two strong thumbs rubbed softly over my cheekbones. I blinked up at him in a daze, not sure what he was asking, or doing.