Aphotic ✔️

Chapter 5- tattoo

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Following a very exhausting but needed weekend school started again. After i messed up real bad this week, i had to make it up to Emma. What i did was wrong and i couldn't be more bitchy.

Entering the hallway, my eyes roamed around the crowd of students trying to find Emma. My eyes lit up spotting her grabbing several books from her locker and as soon as she saw me she rolled her eyes and turning the other way, slamming her locker shut.

"Hey Emma! Are we seriously going to do this? i know that was a super mean thing to do and i don't have any justification or excuse for what happened...but I'm sorry" i spoke breathlessly in a rush hoping she would somehow understand.

I heard her sigh as she turned around and looked at me with a worried expression on her face

"I just want to know if you're okay. I mean you can always tell me. we're friends you know we don't have to keep things from each other" she spoke gently with her eyebrows furrowed as she held my shoulder in a concerned manner.

"Right...friends" i faked a smile as i spoke softly

'I'm such a hypocrite'

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It was somewhere between the third lesson as the classroom door opened, though I knew who it was, i still glanced up to see, a peculiar feeling filling my stomach, i felt perplexingly hollow....something had changed.

His eyes were still dark and mysterious but all the desire from them was gone. His intense gaze. I could no longer feel it and all he gave me was a vague cold glare... there was no emotion within him...he hated me, I could feel it

I averted my eyes elsewhere distracting myself from my aching heart

'This is for the best'

I thought, sucking a deep breath in trying to focus on the chemistry lecture i couldn't understand even a bit

"Iris could you please solve this chemical reaction on the board?" Mr. Swenson spoke, looking at me from across the classroom.

'Fucking great how much more dreadful can this day get ....i fucking suck at chemistry'

I slowly stood up and made my way towards the front of the class, i looked at Emma who gave me a 'you're in trouble but as a friend I'll give you false hopes' thumbs up.

My heart stopped beating as soon as my eyes landed on Arron shooting daggers at me...he was disgusted, i could see it in his eyes.

Suddenly wanting to run away, i felt like i couldn't breathe as i rushed out of the class and shortly after the bell rang for lunch break.

I returned to the cafeteria taking the empty spot with the window...basically the whole cafeteria was made out of glass...But yeah

I glanced out to see some boys playing with the football in the undersized ground outside the cafeteria.

'Playing football here isn't a good idea' i thought to myself but my thoughts were interrupted.

My eyes fell on Arron, my gaze lingered on him. I felt numb, he was with his friends ...faking a smile once in a while with his usual charming expression he maintained at all cost. i was still observing his face utterly lost when he turned towards me, our eyes locked for a split of second through the glass as i looked away immediately.

He, along with Aiden walked towards the cafeteria as i kept my eyes glued on the table trying not to look at him. It will only make it hard for me, i won't ever be able to turn away if i keep thinking about him and staring at him at every chance i get.