Chance At Love

Chapter Three

Vanessa's POV

"What the hell is going on here?" Our principal, Mr Andre asked. The whole cafeteria stopped laughing, it was like someone has pushed a pause button.

"I believe I asked a question, who started this?" No one answered. The culprit which was me didn't even answer. Not that I was scared, he was a cool person.

"I did" someone spoke up. I looked around and saw it was Alec who did. Feeling bad I stepped out and accepted my fault.

"No, I did. I pushed his head into the bowl." Alec gave me the let-me-handle-this look. 

"And I retaliated, so if you're going to punish her you'll also have to punish me" Alec said. The principal gave Alec a long stare before he sighed and passed the verdict.

"Both of you will clean the cafeteria once the lunch period is over....." The bell went interrupting him. "..... Well it starts now" He said finally. As soon as he left, the noise in the cafeteria continued but this time food wasn't flying around. Instead people were leaving for their next classes.

"I'll help you" Alexa suggested.

" Nah, don't worry. You've got a class to attend" I said pushing her out of the cafeteria.

" You sure? Or it isn't because you want to be alone with hottie" she said wiggling her brows suggestively.

"Have I ever told you how much I hate you?"

"You know you love me, now now let me go to class. Or I'd probably skip but no way I'm helping you" she said. I knew it, it was all a facade.

"Please go, God knows you're a distraction sent from hell and I have a whole lotta work to do" I used all my strength to push her out and closed the door.

I turned around to take a good look at the work I was about to do and imediately I lost all hope. The walls of the cafeteria was plastered in different types of food, I don't even want to talk about the floor. One of the janitors came in and gave each of us mop, a bucket, a scraper and a pair of gloves. I put on the gloves and started to scrap the food off the walls and into a bucket. This is what my instincts has brought upon me.

"Don't you think is a little boring?" Alec asked peering into my face. Cough cough, Personal space.

"It is really boring but there's nothing we can do about it except clean it" I said going back.

"There's something called music you know" he shrugged.

"And we'll listen with what?" I asked raising my brows. He took out his mp3 player from his bag and shook it in my face. I motioned for him to continue and soon enough the whole cafeteria was filled with 'Señorita' by by Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabelo. I smiled in satisfaction at his choice of song. His dancing made me laugh out real hard, I mean I knew people sucked at dancing but men he really sucked.

I sang along to the song, cleaned and even started dancing. Everything was fine till I slipped on something disgusting. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the impact but it never came.

"Woah, easy there." Alex said, I could feel his arms around me but I didn't open my eyes. "Hey, say something" he added making me snap out of my daze.

"Oh thanks" I stood straight my face turning hot.

"You know what, why don't you just go home, I don't want you falling and injuring your pretty self". He said in low voice peering at my face. It's sure getting hot here. No no snap out of it.

"If I go home, you'll do this all alone and that wouldn't be fair since I started it."

"Who said anything about doing it myself, I've got my ways." He said cockily.