That Nerd ✔

CHAPTER 5

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Jasmine

Hmm...... Okay. My heart relaxed a bit. It's was not Alessandro. Who is he actually? I have never seen him before but he looks quite familiar. He must be the same age as my father. But he still looks so young. What he is doing at our school parking lot?

He was waving his hand in front of my face and talking something. Oh, I might have zoned out.

"Yes sir, you said something?". My throat hurts. Ouch... He just gives me a genuinely sweet smile. For a bit, I forgot my all problems and smile a little.

"I said, why a sweet girl like you, looks so troubled? But I guess you zoned out." He was still smiling, he looked so calm that I'm somewhat started feeling better.

"It's nothing, sir, just because of school work". I was speaking but my voice was cracking in between because of all the crying I was doing lately.

"I know that it is a joy killer of being young right!?" He was smiling, like remembering some happy moments from his past. I smiled at him and nodded my head. "And don't call me sir, sweetheart, you can call me Mac, as in Marco Caesar".

What!? Oh, God! It can't be true!!! He is such a sweet person, he can't be...

"Dad, what are you doing here?" Alessandro, no... no..., The Devil himself, from where the hell he came, he wasn't there a second before.

I lost all my working function of my lungs, I need a new one.

"Mr. Ken told me, you were here to meet him. I told you, dad, I don't need your supervision in my career or in school. Then why are you here, discussing things with Mr. Ken." He didn't even glance my way. I can't express how grateful I am for that.

"Yea, yea, I know son, but I heard this little girl is your partner in one of those projects. So, I just want to meet her and invite her to our home, so you know she can feel comfortable, to be our guest".

Guest...me... home.... project... Partner... Alessandro... equals to dead ... I don't want to go anywhere...

"Dad, she is not comfortable working with me, we discussed it. She does not want to work with me, so we divided our work and thought to combine it, here in the school itself".

I wanna go home and just want to eat, ice cream. Can't I get a break? Why don't they decide this at their home without an audience?

"Is that true, Miss Carter"? He was giving me a smile with a bit of questioning with his eyebrows. Alessandro is not your son, Mr. Caesar, I'm sure about it. He doesn't have your calm, neither has he had your dashing looks, that blue eyes suits you, and the playfulness in them are so lively. Alessandro is more like walking dead or zombie... No, he is cruel... I don't remember any other cruel character. It looks like, he didn't have a competition. He.....

Mr. Caesar was again waving his hands in front of me. Shit, not again, I zoned out. I'm sure this is due to the choking effect.

"S... Sir....."Gone my voice...

"Dad!!! Just leave her alone, she works alone always and same for me. It's good for both of us". He was shifting from one leg to another like, he really does care about his father being convinced about this whole ordeal.

Why this is so important?! What's happening here? I'm clueless. And where the hell is Van. It's almost like 10 minutes, I'm waiting for her.

"Mr. Ken specially called me today because he wanted you to work on this project with a ' partner '" He air quoted it.

"And, I agree with him, you are in school Sandro, you need to socialize more." And then he rolled his eyes and said.

"And I'm not talking about Jeremy and Charlie; you need to socialize kid and who can be better than this sweetheart."

My heartbeat increased because with hatred and pure venom, Alessandro was staring and me and soon tears started to form in my eyes.

His dad reaches out for me and gives me a side hug." Hey, what happened, cupcake!?. Are you afraid of Sandro? He does look horrible I know. I cried for weeks after his mother delivered him. But what can we do? Fate!, it has its own way to reach us." That definitely made me laugh a little bit.

Why can't he be like his father?

"Look, I promise you should come to our place and do the project together, and I will be there, so you don't need to get afraid of being alone with this cannibal"

"Dad, I'm not a cannibal ". He said plainly. It's not convincing at all.

Believe me, he is one.

"Hey! Sweetheart! Just come OK I promise, nothing will happen to you, I will be there, I promise, just give him a chance. He needs the practice to socialize otherwise, he will die alone".

I wish he could die now.

Mr. Caesar was looking at me with so much love and hope that I unknowingly nodded my head.

God, I hate him. I didn't look at Alessandro's face but I can still see him clenched his fist.

Maybe be, I'm going to die like this. Should I change my plan, I was just going to say no when...

"Is everything OK!? Jas what happened to you?"