The Happiness Of Tragedy

Chapter 18

In that very moment, everything started slow, blood rushing to my ears. I looked over at Victoria for a minute and she frowned and looked kinda pissed. Then I turned back to jeep guy. His face clean, sculpted like a piece of art. He had a sharp jawline and his nose was cute.

When he got to my table, I could see that his eyes were gray almost. Like a cloud of smoke ready to suffocate you if you stared to hard. And that hair, he ran his fingers through it and it fell right back down on his tan face.

Stop staring Kat, jeez you'll scare the man for gods sake. I turned away. I began to move my things and my chair over and I could see that he was still standing from the corner of my eye. His gold chain reflecting off the lights.

"Hey" he said.

Holy shit, that voice.

"Hi" I looked at him for a second and then I turned away. Don't get caught on to easily Katerina, remember what Ali always tells you. Make him want you not the other way around. So what? What do I do?

He sat down and I got a quick whiff of his cologne. Damn, he smells delicious. I'm gonna melt if this teacher says the word partners.

He puts his things on the table and then sits back in his chair, his arms folded. I sit up in my chair and grab my pen and start playing with it while listening to the teacher. Draw attention to yourself Kat. Right. I take the pen and move it over my lips.

"Okay, so today is supposed to be a chill day Warren says. I just want you guys to copy the notes from the board. Tomorrow I'm gonna give you guys some work" she said, then she sat down in her seat to get from in front of the board.

It was quiet then.

As I'm writing notes, I saw him sit up and begin to write on his notebook. I looked over and I could see he had a scar on his left hand. And a gold watch on his right.

Then I could feel his eyes on me, "so what's your name?" He asks.

"Um Katerina" I smiled and went back to writing. Ask for his name Kat

"What's yours?" I stopped writing.

"Its not important"

"Then why did you ask for mines?" I said looking at him now.

He looked at me for what felt like longer then a minute then he smiled and turned away. Jesus, those perfect teeth. I continued to look at him.

"Ms. Anderson", the teacher says and I shoot my eyes toward her, "can you read the first line of the notes"

"Sure", I cleared my thought, " A particular method or system of calculation or reasoning"

"Very good, let's pay attention please" she says and turns back toward the board.

I shake the fact of having to read aloud out of my head and went back to writing. Jeep guys then puts his pen down, sits back in his chair again. I take the moment to look at his paper. His name at the top, Levi Price. That's his name.

"Levi?" I say, but I was thinking it and for some reason it came out my mouth louder then expected.

I look at him and he looks at me. Nervous, I  start biting my lips. Then his face goes from bright and beautiful to dark and mysterious as he's watching me. He then sits up and brings his hands on the table, moves closer to me, his hands to my left hand and starts touching my arm down to the bracelet. The bracelet mom gave me that she got from her mom. My heart starts beating really fast.

I've been wearing it since she gave me it, "Nice" he says.

Then the bell rings.

He grabs his things and stands up, ready to leave

"Hey Levi?" I say

He stops and turns to look at me, "wassup"

"Why did you choose to sit here?" I asked, referring to the empty seat next to me.

He looks at me and something flashes in his eyes "hmm, I saw you", he grinned "and also an empty seat"

I don't say anything.

"Later Kat" he winked, turned away and left.

I grabbed my things, smiling. I saw you, he said. Me? What's so special about me?

"Hey" I felt someone pull my arm, it was Victoria, "don't think you can have him because he's mine. When I see something I want, I get it"

I laughed a little, "first, he's not yours. Second, he's not mines either and third, he doesn't even know your name" I turned to leave. And I could feel her angry stare on the back of my neck.

I'm walking down the hall and up the stairs to the room and I'm thinking about alot.

Levi and how soft his hands were on my arm. I couldn't believe how evil Victoria could be. How she could claim someone by laying her eyes on them. She's got another thing coming if she thinks I'm giving up that easy. But am I moving to fast? What if this all blows off tomorrow and he forgets who I am?

I'm at the room now. I open the door and step in, going straight for my closet.

"Hey" Vi says and I jump a little, didn't even see her when I came in.

"Sorry, just got off the phone with my dad" she says, now she was coming over to me, "what's up?"

I turn my face, "nothing".

"Wait a minute is your face red?", she looks at my face closer, "it is!! Ooo Kat's got a crush! Tell me about it please"

I smiled, "stop Violet, its nothing" I head toward the bathroom with my things.

"Its something...and I'm not gonna stop asking until you tell" she announces.

"Fine, not now though"

~.~.~

I'm laying in bed now, under the covers trying to dose off and like every night my mind wonders somewhere else. After I freshened up, I had to tell Vi about my last class and she was so excited for me but then her mood changed quick when I told her about Victoria. She called her a bitch and said that since Levi knows my name and not hers, he's practically mine but I told her I didnt want him to be mine. I mean I don't even know if he would like me back or if I even liked him. I swear Violet reminds me of Ali so much.

Tomorrow, I will tell Ali and I will confess to her that I will not catch feelings for him. Especially not after what happened back at the high school party. Maybe things will blow over, maybe I won't have to talk to him anymore. But do I really want that?

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