My Gift and My Curse

Chapter 2

By the end of my first week of public school, I already made enemies with the biggest guy in school and made friends with his little sister. I guess it was a well balanced first week, but it was stressful.

I sighed as I sat in my seventh period, which happened to be my anatomy and physiology class. This class was especially stressful, not because it was a hard class, but because Mr. Big-and-Bad was in this class with me. Not only that, he sits in the row next to me, because apparently that's how the universe works.

I quietly listened to our teacher, Mrs. Albany, talk about the functions of the different systems in the human body. "I'm assigning a group project, I've taken the liberty of pairing you in sets of two."

She picked up a stack of papers and started to hand them out. "In each packet, you'll have your partners name and your assigned system that you'll be working on. This is due by next Friday, please spend your time in and outside of class wisely to complete your projects."

When I got handed my packet, I internally groaned as I looked up at my partner, Traitor. Not only that, we were assigned the reproductive system as our project.

Fucking perfect.

Traitor turned to me and smiled, this was not going to be a fun week.

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After class was over, I grabbed my backpack and stood up to leave, only to be blocked by a giant body. I looked up to meet eyes with him as he smirked at me.

"Looks like we'll be seeing a lot more of each other, partner."

"And you're happy to be working with a moody teenager with no filter?" I asked sarcastically, walking past him, but he followed.

"It's better than working with most of the other idiots in that class."

"Oh, so I'm an idiot too now, huh? Well, I'm happy to be of assistance in making you feel better," I rolled my eyes as I continued walking.

He chuckled, "You're not an idiot, you just have a short temper. Honestly, it's quite amusing."

"I'm not a circus act, and I'm not here to amuse your twisted sense of humor."

"Oohh, touchy."

"Ha! You're the one to talk. Who was the one that snapped because they got bumped into in a hallway?"

"True true, but maybe we can get passed that." He wrapped an arm over my shoulder, which I immediately shrugged it off.

"Don't! I mean... I don't like being touched."

I could tell he sensed my discomfort, but I was surprised when he replied, "I'm sorry, just messing around."

I sighed, changing the subject to the project. "Look, I know you don't like this as much as I do, so let's just get this project done as fast as possible, okay?"

He nodded, "So where do you want to study?"

"We can go to the library."

He raised an eyebrow, "Why can't we just meet at your place?"

"I'm not comfortable having people over."

"Oh, well, what about my place? The library is so quiet and boring."

"You'd let me go to your house?"

He shrugged, "Yeah, I don't see the harm in it."

"Um...okay. I can't today though, I gotta go to work," I replied, motioning to the front door of the school.

"But we still have one more period left," he replied confused.

"I don't have an eighth period, I wouldn't have time for a proper work schedule if I did. Plus, I don't need anymore classes, so it would be a waste of my time."

"Huh, so would you be able to come over tomorrow?"

"I guess, tomorrow's my day off so I don't have to worry about that."

"Cool, I'll have Ren send you the address."

"Okay, bye," I ended before walking off school grounds, heading towards work.

I could tell this was going to be a rough week, having to spend it with him.

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The next morning, I woke up a bit later, since it was Saturday and I could sleep in. At eight, I got up, did my morning routine, got dressed, and waited for Ren to tell me when they were awake so I could head over.

It wasn't until after noon when Ren texted me saying they were awake -apparently, they liked to sleep in as much as possible. Once I texted back saying I was on my way, I threw on my leather jacket and combat boots and grabbed my bag. Once I locked up my apartment, I got on my 1992 Harley Davidson, turned on my navigation and headed to their house.

After about 45 minutes of driving in the middle of nowhere, I finally pulled up to their house. Well, when I say house, I mean mansion. It was three stories tall, white with black trim, the epitome of elegance. I wasn't sure I was in the right place, but I knocked on the door anyway.

When the door opened, I was met with at woman that was the spitting image of Ren, obviously her mother, with her sandy blonde and emerald green eyes. She smiled warmly at me as she held her hand out.

"Hi, you must be Alex, I'm Sandy Vadállat, Traitor and Ren's mom."

"Nice to meet you," I replied, shaking her hand.

"Please, come in," she opened the door wider for me. I smiled back shyly as I walked in, looking at the gorgeous interior of the house.

"Your home is beautiful."

"Why thank you, my husband and I worked very hard to obtain what we have. He's working right now, but you're not here for him, so I guess it doesn't matter. Traitor is in his room, up the stairs, third door on your left."

"Thank you," I responded as I followed her directions. Once I got to the door, I gently knocked and waited for a response.

"Come in," Traitor called out. I opened the door and looked at him sitting in his king sized bed.

I looked around his room, everything was either black or blue, it was as dark as it was elegant. He gave me a half smile as he said, "Hey."

"Um, hi," I said, closing the door behind me. "So, you ready to get this project over with?"

He chuckled, "You just got here and you're already done with me?"

"You and I both know that we don't wanna work together, but we're going to do it anyway. So grab your notebook and let's start."

He took out his spiral notebook and pen as I sat in the chair next to his bed, ready to start this week of cosmic tourment.

~~~~~Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I recently moved to a different state, then spent the holidays with my family, only to get sick right after. I'm better now, but I didn't have time for an elaborate chapter, so I hope this will survice. Thank you for the patience while I gathered time to do this, and I promise the drama will come soon! Anyway, hope you enjoyed, and happy holidays~~~~~