I fell in love with the schools "bad boy" ~Shawn Mendes~

Chapter 4

Shawn's Pov...

We're supposed to be taking a test in English right now, but the teacher hasn't shown up yet. Justine's also not here today, but I already knew that, since she told me yesterday that she's visiting her brothers in California for the week.

I think she said that one of them just became a dad, but I could also just be remembering a scene from a show we watched, when we were supposed to be studying.

"Hey, did one of Justine's brothers just have a baby?" I asked Hannah, who was sitting where Justine usually sits. "Yeah, her brother Matthew's girlfriend just had a baby boy." She then pulled out her phone and showed me a picture of Justine holding her nephew.

She looked so cute with a baby in her arms. "Aw, he's so tiny." I commented then look towards the front of the class to see if the teacher had shown up yet. She hadn't.

The whole class waited a few more minutes, then just left and hung out around school until next period. I don't know about other schools, but our school lets students leave after fifteen minutes, if the teacher never shows up, as long as they don't leave the school and aren't disturbing any other classes.

I kind of wandered around school, debating whether I should give up pretending to be bad or keep doing it until we graduate. I mean it's fun and all, but what if it ruins my chances with Justine? I really like her. It doesn't seem to bother her, but she could just be pretending cause she doesn't want to be that person that tells someone else to change who they are to be with her.

I don't know, it's a hard decision for me. "Why are you not in class?" I heard a voice say from behind me. I turned around to see our Principal staring at me with her arms crossed. "My teacher never showed up. Was I making noise?" I asked, since usually the teachers just ignore the students that wander around.

"What class? English room 306. Mrs. Lee." I answered. "You really shouldn't smoke you know." She said then walked off after she jotted down something on her clipboard. You really shouldn't pour your perfume on yourself you know. "I don't, my friend does. This is his jacket." I partially lied.

"Hmm, make better friends." "I'll try." I mumbled, then continued to walk the other way, while she walked back towards the front office. I debated with myself some more, then my thoughts drifted to Justine. I know I saw her two days ago, but I miss her. I miss hearing her voice and laugh. God I love her laugh, or should I say laughs.

When I snapped out of my thoughts again, I found myself on the second story of our school, passing a classroom that had yelling coming from it. I stopped and listened to the muffled yells, until a girl with dark brown hair came out of the room angrily. The teacher yelled at her to either get back in there or go to the principal's office. She slammed the door shut, then looked at me.

"That teacher is an asshole." She groaned, frustrated. I just stood there quiet, not sure how to respond, because I've had that teacher and he's actually really nice. He's that teacher that everyone loves cause he's younger and understands the frustrations with teachers. He likes to joke around a lot too.

"Are you deaf or something?" She asked rolling her eyes as she walked over to me. Again I stayed silent, not really sure what to say to her, without making her more pissed off. She was about to say something when my phone started vibrating in my pocket. I pulled it out to see Justine's contact appear on my screen. I assume Hannah told her that we didn't have class this period.

I quickly swipe 'answer', then place the phone to my ear. "Hi." I whispered, since I was in the hallway and didn't want to get in trouble. "Hi, Mendes. How are you?" I smiled like an idiot when I heard her sweet voice come through my phone. "Good, just wandering around school until second period starts." I quietly chuckled as I walked away from the girl towards the stairs on the other end of the 2nd floor.