The thin line between love and hate

Chapter 1.

"Hurry up Chase, we are already late for class!" Paige Moore shouted at her boyfriend Chase Williams as they ran down the hall.They were already fifteen minutes late for class and it only seemed like they wouldn't make it before the class ended.It was all Chase's fault they were late for class, it was times like this that he really pissed her off.

"Alright, we are almost there." Chase replied as they ran past a couple of doors that led into classes.Chase breathed in heavily, as they stopped by a door that led into their English class.He enjoyed this class because he got to spend more time with the love of his life.

As they silently slipped into the class Mrs.Cole gave them a pointed look "You are late for class." She said coldly.Paige and Chase both stuttered as they tried to find the perfect excuse but Mrs.Cole wasn't letting them off easily."I'll meet the both of you in detention after school go take your seats." She said firmly.

Paige took her seat at an empty chair in the middle row, while Chase took his at the seat adjacent to hers.She pulled out a piece of paper and scribbled a note to Chase.

"This is all your damn fault.You owe me one!"

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"Hey baby!" Heather Jone's sultry voice could be heard as she walked towards the table at the center of the cafeteria.That was where the popular crowd mostly hangout during lunch.Lorenzo Pagillacia, the football captain, the hottest boy in the entire school and the leader of the crowd was seated at the centre of the table.

"Hey!" He grunted as he ate his burger.Heather squeezed herself between Lorenzo and Brad Adams, his best friend."Eeeeeew! I don't get why you eat that greasy burger it's not good for your body hun, you'll only get fat by keep eating it."She complained as she stared at the half-eaten burger.

Lorenzo rolled his eyes and kept eating his burger, ignoring her completely.

A head of curly black hair caught his attention, he recognized it immediately.Paige Moore.He detested her passionately.She was walking with a skinny boy with red hair, by their body language he guessed he was her boyfriend.

"Are you listening?" Heather asked, as she waved a well manicured hand over his face.Lorenzo groaned and rolled his eyes.He had drifted off when Heather started rumbling about going to get her hair done.He didn't see anything wrong with it and he wondered why she had to keep going to the hairstylist every week.

"Yeah I'm listening." He said and pecked her lips.Heather smiled brightly and continued to talk about how she needed a new purse.

"So Leo babe are you going to Ashley's party?It's going to be a blast!" Heather rumbled on as she stared at her neon colored nails.Lorenzo froze halfway to taking another bite from his burger.His mood changed drastically, he dropped his burger and stood up stiffly."How many times did I tell you not to call me that?"He growled, as he clenched his hands to prevent himself from hitting her.

The entire cafeteria, noticed the drama that was about to unfold within the popular crowd and all conversations stopped.Heather's eye bulged as she noticed her boyfriend's mood swing, she swore she could get Sissy by how fast he got angry."I'm sorry babe it just slipped" She said, as she rubbed her hand over his arm.Lorenzo pulled away and glared at her. "This better be the last time!" He said before he walked away.

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"Woah!What the hell's going on over there?" Paula Fischer whispered to Paige and Chase as they took their seats.Paige rolled her eyes, she really didn't want to know."Don't know!Don't care!"She answered dramatically as she flipped her hair causing Paula to scowl at her.

"Seriously?Our wellbeing depends on his royal highness happy mood besides his hot when his happy and smiling." Paula said dreamily making Paige choke on her orange juice."Well, why don't you go and tell his royal douche bag, that you've been having a crush on him since junior high and save us the crap!"Paige snapped and glared at her.

Paula had brown shoulder length hair,green eyes and pink full lips that she kept moisturised with her cherry lipgloss.She was pretty but shy."Chill!It's nothing serious." She answered as she stared at her turkey sandwich.

Paula could feel her flushed face getting warmer by the minute, it's true that she had a crush on Lorenzo Pagillacia but she didn't think she had courage enough to go and face him, besides Heather would skin her alive before letting her get close to her man.

Paige sighed and apologised to her best friend, she didn't mean to snap at paula.Her appetite was already diminishing with all the talk about the douche bag.She excused herself and threw the remaining lunch in the trash.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Chase asked as he tried to catch up with her.He had also discarded his lunch and was after Paige.He wondered why she lost her appetite suddenly and as a concerned boyfriend he was going to find out.

"To the library," she answered as they crossed another hallway.Chase grabbed her hand and pulled her closer to his body "What happened in there?You suddenly snapped at Paula and you lost your appetite." He said softly as he wrapped an arm on her waist.Paige sighed and shook her head and Chase took it as a sign that she didn't want to talk about it.

They made their way towards the library and got in.Soon enough he'll find out.