(My) Monster - A Jeremiah Valeska Story

Chapter 1 - Muchas Gracias

"Ruby.. Come on hurry up.. We're gonna be late for class... "

My friend Delilah is such a scaredy cat sometimes. She hardly ever has fun, she never loosens up. Not even a little. I groan inwardly when I think of going back to the class. Spanish is not my cup of tea. Sometimes I wonder why I chose Spanish as an additional subject. I am sitting against a tree,my back brushing against the solid bark. I place my cigarette to my lips and take a puff,letting out the smoke into the air. Me and Delilah are completely different but are the best of friends. She has light blonde hair falling till her shoulders while mine are jet black down till my waist. She has pale skin and big blue eyes while my skin is slightly olive coloured with brown eyes. I look around,this corner where we're sitting at is unofficially and illegally the smoking zone of our university. I look around myself and find many other outlaws lurking around here,just like me , cigarettes in their hands.

Just then , Delilah grabs my hand and tugs at me,pulling me up and yanking me towards the building.
"Seriously. We need to go now. I don't wanna get screwed cuz of you again.. Ruby." I cringe internally and dump my cigarette butt , quickly stepping on it. "Fine.." I sling my bag on one side of me and run behind Delilah as she dodges her way through the crowd towards our Spanish class. All our running fails because we anyhow end up being late for class. The entire class turns to us as we timidly walks into the class late. Well , Delilah walks timidly. I honestly couldn't care less. Our Spanish teacher is a kind of an ass, a pervert. He makes girls stay after class and does stuff to them. He could have been kind of hot but damn I hate perverts.

"Look who the Gotham winds brought into class."

I cringe inwardly and roll my eyes at him. He notices me rolling my eyes at him so he points towards Delilah to go and sit in the back.

"Miss Ruby Day.. You will stay back after class. We need to discuss your behaviour. "

I sigh inaudibly .

"Yes, Mr Luciano."

Delilah is already seated at the back by the time I make my way to the back of the class. She gives me an apologetic glance . I raise a brow as I look for an empty seat. There is one behind Delilah, next to a nerdy looking guy with reddish hair, kinda cute though.

"Um hey. Is this seat taken ?"

He looks up at me nervously and nods, straightening up a little as I slide into the seat next to him. I bite my lip and pull out my notebook and start taking some notes. My sight falls to his notebook with the name Xander Wilde mentioned on it. 

***

I had four more classes to attend after Spanish , and all my classes for today finally get over by 4 pm. I pull out my cellphone and smile when I read Delilah's text. We're going out for a movie tonight. Yay. I dump the books I don't require into my locker and sliding my bag on my back, making my way out of the university from the back entrance that not many people use. So it's really quiet and peaceful out there. I didn't expect anyone to be lingering around the back entrance but my ears pick up some sounds coming from behind the building. Curiously, I step over the ledge and push myself against the corner, poking my head out. I gasp at the sight. Two boys are brutally punching a guy in the face, in the ribs and I almost see him cough out blood. I strain my eyes and realize it's the red headed boy from the class. I don't know what gets into me but I dump my bag on the floor and jump off the ledge, the sound of my feet hitting the ground alerting the boys. They all look at me running but don't stop beating him. I yell and lunge at the shorter one, pulling his hair and sinking my nails into the flesh of his skin, hanging on to him. This shocks the other boy a little, buying the red headed boy some time to push himself back to his feet and punch the other boy hard on his face.