Twisted Love

Chapter 2

As I walked in I quickly took a seat in the middle of the room and I could feel sets of eyes piercing into me. When I looked to the back of the class I saw a boy with a straight nose, thick and curly natural light brown hair and adorning his ears were a pair of silver earrings. His eyes were beautiful and were the colour of honey, and his lips were almost the same colour of his smooth, tanned skin. His sharp jawline made him even more attractive.

I was staring at him for about a good five minutes in awe and he noticed and gave me a devilish smirk. I snapped back around in my seat and felt the heat rushing up to my cheeks in an instant.

Out of the corner of my eyes I noticed someone staring at me. I turned to look at him and it was the same 'friendly' guy i asked for directions. He smiled at me and it looked so real, so pure. He was grinning madly, his perfect pearly white teeth on display. His black hair was gelled up into a small mohawk. Though dark brown, his eyes were glimmering at me.

I started to think that maybe his happiness wasn't fake at all. Eyes can't lie, right?

"Hey, it's you again!" he says, waving his hand.

As I was about to open my mouth, the teacher walked in.

"Good morning everyone, sorry I'm late. Let's get to business," he states.

He was the most pulchritudinous man I have ever laid my brown eyes on. The stubble on his sword-sharp jawline went perfectly with his beautifully sculpted face, that his jelled back jet black hair greatly complimented. His lips were full and mixed between a salmon-pink colour. His caramel eyes twinkled at me from all the way at the front of the class and left me in a daze. This is my teacher? This is my teacher. What?

He looked at me and it seemed that he remembered something.

"Oh yes! Tenemos una alumna nueva. Señorita Santiago por favor pasen al frente y presentate*."

Ugh. I knew this moment was coming and I dreaded it. I felt all my anxieties wash over me and I started to tremble before I awkwardly got up and went to the front of the class. I was subconcious of myself and I felt like everyone was judging me.

"H-Hola," I managed to stutter. "My name is Luna Santiago and. . um. ." I trailed off.

I stood there frozen until I saw the 'direction guy' (that I would now refer to him as, and made a mental note to get his name) holding up his thumbs, smiling, encouraging me to go on. What the hell? I don't even know him. He must be really nice; that or he's interested. . .

"And I really enjoy dancing and hope to be a world-famous professional dancer someday." I finished.

Wow. Awk-ward. I sat back down in my seat and direction guy patted my shoulder and told me not to be so nervous next time. I gave him a thankful smile and for the rest of the class the teacher, whom I later found out his name- Mr.Gomez told us our main objectives and upcoming projects for the class.

The bell went and I remembered to ask direction guy for his name.

"James Rodriguez. Luna is a beautiful name for a beautiful girl like you," he complimented.

I felt my cheeks flush and I muttered a thank you and looked away. That's when my eyes locked with the curly-haired boy from the back of class. He winked at me then bit on his bottom lip, which made my cheeks even redder.

Why am I blushing so much today? And why are two gorgeous males somewhat flirting with me? I asked myself as I went to second period. The day dragged on and turns out James and I have four classes out of five sessions together for the whole day. I felt giddy for some reason.

School is finally over and I begin to leave. I heard a familiar voice calling my name and I turned around to see James. I stop and wait for him to catch up.

"Hey, so since you're new I would like to invite you to a small get-together tomorrow. You know, so you can meet more people."

"Umm..." I trail off. Should I say yes? It seemed like he was planning it for me, which was really sweet. I didn't want to say no because guilt would eat me alive. Besides, it's not like I have any plans tomorrow night.

"Sure, of course," I say a little too excited.

"Great!" he said chuckling, and I think I saw his cheeks turn a slight shade of red.

"Just give me your number and I'll text you the details." I gave him my number, then we said our goodbyes.

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Before I knew it, it was almost time for the get-together. I was wearing an orange babette crop top that stopped at my midrift and supported my medium-sized bust perfectly, white jeans-like shorts and white converse. I added a little heart necklace and put on some light makeup. I curled my hair and was pretty proud when I took a look at myself. I havent dressed up like this in ages, it felt good. I felt good.

I looked at my phone and saw I had ten minutes to get to James' house. I took one last look in the mirror and left.

When I pulled up, I nearly choked on air. His lot was packed. I started to wonder if he gave me the right address, or if I showed up at the wrong place. I checked my phone and the navigation panel.

Yup, I'm at the right place. Wow, a 'get-together' you say. I think of driving back home but I decide against it, since I was already dolled up.

His house was huge. He lived in a beautiful neighbourhood and it seemed pretty safe. The music was booming so loudly that I could hear it clearly enough in my car, which was completely sealed. I wondered why there weren't any neighbours coming out because of the disruption.

I hopped out nervously and began walking up the pathway to his door. As soon as I was about to open it, the person on the other side beat me to it. I looked up to see a boy with chestnut curls and beautiful green eyes.

"Hello, I'm Shawn," he said in a cheeky tone. His voice was deep and raspy. Very attractive I must say.

"Hey. Do you know where James is?" I ask.

"Yea sure, he's my bro. Come on, let me take you to him."

I start to follow him into the house until I see James' bright smile in a group of people around what seems to be a pool table. He sees me approaching with Shawn and I swear I see his smile grow wider. I didn't think that was possible.

"Luna!!!" he shouts and pulls me into a bear hug.

As soon as he let go of me I shouted at him, "I THOUGHT THIS WAS A SMALL GET TOGETHER!?"

He chuckled and said, "If I told you it was a huge party you probably wouldn't have come."

There was silence for a few seconds until he grabbed my wrist and told me he wanted to show me around.

I reluctantly agreed and before I knew it I ended up on his roof. The lingering sunlight was obliterated by the rapidly falling night. A canopy of luminous stars materialized amongst the night sky. Some were dull, merely flickering into existence every now and then, but there was an adequate amount of shimmering stars to illuminate the dark, moonless night.

"This view is breathtaking," I said, gaping at the sky in awe.

"That's why I brought you here," he said and then turned to look at me. I saw an emotion flash in his eyes but it vanished too quickly for me to decipher what it was.

I didn't notice that he began to lean in closer until I felt his lips pressed against mine.