Bad Reputation

//Chapter Four//

I finished my shading, on my Eiffel Tower I was drawing.

"You have a talent Miss Kingsland for drawing don't you?"My art teacher, Miss Maddison said, bending over my shoulder and inspecting my drawing.

"You have an eye for detail."she said, grazing her finger across one of the lines on the paper.

"Thanks Miss Maddison."i smiled as she walked off.

"Someone's the teachers pet already, then?"i heard a girl giggle as I looked across from me at a strawberry blonde headed girl.

"Am i?"i laughed.

"Kidding, Charlie, nice to meet you."she said smiling.

"Belle."i nodded, then continued with editing some lines, using my chalk and charcoal.

"Right kids, pack up. That's it for today's lesson. Have a nice night I'll see you on Thursday for a new topic on drawing animals."Miss Maddison said, then opened the door for us.

"Bye Belle,"Charlie said as I walked out the door.

"Bye."i said, then walked our separate ways.

I went down the main stairs across the math balcony and made my way to the fruit table, to meet Clarity.
But she wasn't there.
I stood for about another two minutes but she still never arrived I still waiting because I had nowhere or no one else to go to.

"Hey, Belle again."i heard a voice behind me, Brad.

"Hi Brad."i said turning around to face him as he inched closer to my face, his minty breath fanning my facial features.

"So, Belle, I'm having a party this week and your invited of course. How could I not invite a beautiful girl like you?"he chuckled then continued."yiur other little friend? What is her name again?"

"Clarity?"i hinted.

"Yeah, she can come too. But you can hang out with me, we can hang out together, alone.?"he said, raising an eyebrow and smiling at me.

"I'll think about it, parties aren't my thing, especially house ones, but I'll ask if Clarity will go. I know she probably will want to."i said as he lifted up an apple and rubbed it on his top to clean it, them before he walked away he turned to me again.

"See you soon."he said with a confused facial expression.

"Bye."i said, then picked up a bowl of grapes to eat while I waited on Clarity, if she was coming, that is.

"Her girl!"someone yelled pouncing on me from behind as I nearly choked on the grape I had been eating.

"Hi Clarity."i coughed.

"Sorry. But hey I just seen Brad talking to you, what did he say? What did he say, tell me everything!"she giggled.

"He asked if we wanted to go to his party this weekend?"i shrugged, eating another grape as we walked away from the fruit table and sitting down at a table.

"Honestly?!"she squealed.

"Yeah."i said, confused at her reaction.

"Do you know what this means?"she said, smirking.

"No? What?"i said, offering her one of my grapes.

"He likes one of us. Just we don't know who. To find out I need to ask you a question!"she said, dragging out the 'n' in question.

"What then?"i said finishing the last grape.

"Who did he ask to go first?"she said as my stomach dropped. I didn't want to say he asked me first because then that means he likes me. But to be perfectly honest, I don't like him, I just thought he was nice looking.

"Me."i said lowering my head.

"I swear I'm not lying."i said, crossing my fingers.

"I believe you, you can go out with him. I don't really care."she said, obviously sounding disappointed.

"I don't like him, you can have him."i said, shrugging again.

"Really? Thank you Belle! Now I know were going to be such great friends."she cheered.

"Right me too, but I need to go to my locker and grab my English jotter, I forgot to lift it this morning."i said, as I signalled her two seconds then left to my locker.

I arrived at my locker and twisted my combination in as a note fell out when it flew open:

Hi, Belle, this may look weird me writing a letter and all. But I'll meet you outside the gates at Lunch. I know you may not know who I am but I need to make sure it's you, but you probably are freaked out right now but I know what I'm talking about. You just need to stand outside the gates and I will catch a glimpse of you.

From H.

I haven't ever been wrote a letter from someone in 'school'.
I don't even know if this person is from my school, they could be a pedophile or anything, but I'm willing to catch a glimpse of them too, the same they want from me.

I took my books and textbooks I needed out of my locker and closed it again, putting the lock combination in.
I went back to get Clarity, as I folded the note up and shoved it into my pocket.
As I was walking over I fell into a hard chest as I looked up it was Rider, I looked up at him from the floor as he rolled his eyes and walked away.
He didn't even have the decency to help me up?

"Oh my god, Belle!"Brad and his friends and Clarity came rushing over to me at once helping me up as I just brushed myself off and went to my next classes, anxious to get to lunch so I could see the mystery person who left me the note.

________

Who do you think it will be?

The note, duh.

Thanks again.

And as I mentioned in my other story 'Happiness' please read that, I have finished that book.

Also again, read my close friend @CaraMuirheadx 's book, called Daisy Chain. Its  brilliant, and she is only still writing.

And finally my friend @ArianneDude 's short story about her life when her dad developed cancer, it's quite heartbreaking so only read it if you have a strong crying ability.
I Don't, but I still read it.
It's her first book so, she's learning, the rules of wattpad.
Thanks again.

Carly😊