Lullaby

Chapter 10 - Surprises

Maths ended up flying by really quickly, the only downside to that lesson was the record breaking amount of evil glares I received from Jessica, knowing this bitch… I was going to get cornered after class. 

“So…Any ideas for lunch?” Leo whispered

“Not a clue”

“Fancy a walk to the chippy...”

“Look what happened last time… I keep wasting them”

“Urmm… what about pizza then?”

“Sure… but where?” we stopped for a while to answer Howells questions on algebra and equations before returning “… I mean, I don’t think there are any pizza joints nearby?” he nudged my arm playfully.

“That’s what I brought the car for… just in case” he raised a brow

“But we won’t be back in time for… oh no… I thought you were joking this morning” my tone was getting louder so drawing a breathe; I then continued “you can’t be serious…”

“You bet I am… precides its only boring old history and gym… you probably already know most of what you need to learn and I can skip a workout… or two…” I still wasn’t sure, I mean I promised my dad on this one, I promised I would work hard... but I was bored to death…

“Fine...” I reluctantly agreed not liking the idea one bit, but if it meant avoiding confrontation from the bimbo patrol… then to be honest, I was willing to do just about anything.

“Good, precides I have something that I have been meaning to ask you”

“Which is?”

“Spoilers”

“Would you two mind sharing… whatever it is your talking about with the rest of the class?” Howell boomed from the front of the class, eyes squinting with the anger that was apparent on his face.

“No sir” we said synchronised

“Good...” he smirked before turning around to write on the board, I took it up to rip a piece of paper from my notebook and began writing

‘Tell me’ I wrote to him

‘Now if I told you that, it wouldn’t be a surprise would it? ;)’

‘Awww c’mon you have to!’ I pleaded to him

‘nope… you’ll just have to wait won’t you :P’ after the last note I scrunched the paper up and shoved it in my bag, looking at him and frowning.

  Maths finished and I told Leo to go wait in the car as I would be there in a minuet, I’m not gonna lie… I just wanted to breathe for a few minutes and I take forever to pack and sort my things out anyway. As soon as Leo left the class I let out a sigh of relief, it felt nice to have a short break away from him… even though my heart hammered against my chest whenever I was near him… when I breathed in his scent… when I looked into those beautiful unearthly eyes. I was putting my book back in my bag, along with my pens when a pair of finely manicured hands slammed on the desk in front of me.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing!?” Jessica screeched in my face

“Well… I was packing my things in my bag when…”

“You know what I mean! I thought I made it clear that Leo was MINE!”

“Urmm… I think it’s pretty obvious he wants nothing to do with you…”

“That’s obviously your fault, what did you do? What could he possibly see in you that I don’t already have… well… if I have it, it must be better… so why the fuck would he see anything in you!?” she screamed, her hands were curling into tiny fists as she spoke. I wasn’t sure why she was so determined to keep him away from me, but I wanted an answer

“Jessica, why do you want to keep him away from me?” her lip quivered and her brow tightened, almost as if she was wrestling with a thought in her head

“Because…” she inhaled and exhaled before continuing “…because you always have everything… you were always the smart one, the natural pretty one… it’s called jealousy nimrod…” she said calmly

“Wh-why didn’t you just talk to me about all of this instead of trying to make my life a misery?”

“Your life… a misery!?” she snorted “Your life is pretty perfect hun… you had parents that loved each other, you weren’t spoilt… but mainly because you didn’t need to be, you were always popular…”

“Little correction there… I was never popular”

“Yes… you were… I put on this charade… “She floated her hands over her body trying to show what she was talking about “As a front, I’m acting… I walk the walk… but I can’t talk the talk… you were always popular by mixing in” I looked at her rather puzzled, why did she suddenly feel the need to explain why she had been a bitch all these years? Why the need to explain? “So when I saw Leo practically drooling over you as soon as he came here… I wanted to hurt you, wanted to turn him against you…”

“But why?” I demanded “It’s not like you haven’t had boyfriends before Jess? It’s not like you can’t find someone else… I mean it’s not like I’m interested or anything but still…” I trailed off and I could feel my cheeks burning

“Don’t give me that crap, I’ve seen the way you look at him... and I’ve seen the way he looks at you too… I wish someone would look at me that way…” her eyes closed and her lips began to quiver, she cleared her throat “A-Anyway… we’d better go… but if you tell anyone about this..” she started and even pointed a finger at me

“I know I know… don’t worry” and held up my hand “Scouts honour” on that note she spun around, flicking her golden hair, straitening up and leaving… I just stared at the door for a good long while before throwing my bag over my shoulder and leaving, I know this still changed nothing between Jess and I but it was nice to finally have an explanation. Making my way through the student filled halls as they either left for dinner, were coming back or simply changing lessons all I could think about was what Jess had said… she was jealous of me? What on earth for? So many questions left unanswered… and I probably wouldn’t get a chance to get them answered either. I walked past Matt, Claire and a bunch of meat heads I didn’t know… I put two and two together… those two were finally a couple, I made a mental note to text her about it but I just smiled and waved as I passed them and she shyly waved back. I held my head high and strutted proudly, hoping to hide how obviously nervous I was I stepped through the front doors and made my way to the car park to where I would find a happy go lucky Leonardo.