R E J E C T S

CH.52: OH MY GOODNESS

*THURSDAY*

"I don't think I can handle seeing him on campus today..." I suddenly realized.

"You'll do just fine. I'm right here." Luke tried to make me feel better the next day.

"And there goes the bell..." He sighed.

"I don't want to leave you but I can't sit in your class. Let's see... Niall! Come over here for a second." He hollered at the guy.

"Um, take care of your classmate here, okay?" Luke gently pushed me towards Niall.

"Uh, sure." Niall smiled.

"And do NOT at all cost, I repeat, do NOT let her see Robbie walking around." Luke added before he gave me a quick peck on the cheek.

"Later." He smiles before dashing off.

"So I'm supposed to block your boyfriend from your view?" Niall clarified.

"He's not my boyfriend anymore." I said in a weak voice.

*LUNCH*

"So he finally dumped you, huh?" Louis said in my face.

"Louis! What did I tell you about being sensitive?" Niall slapped him in the face without a warning.

"What the hell?! I'm just trying to make a conversation here!" Louis retorted.

"Anyway, you know what we have to do, right?" Niall asked his friend.

"Throw her a 'get over it' party?" Louis replied.

Niall was about to slap him again when he retaliated,

"I'm just kidding! Jeez, enough with the slapping. We have to block Robbie from her view because you forced me into doing it, I know what you said." Louis rolled his eyes.

"Since when did you get this violent?" He added.

"Um, are you forgetting the times when you ALWAYS slap me for no reason?" Niall said sarcastically.

"I do NOT!" Louis argued.

"I only slap you when I couldn't take anymore of the way you look at Cher with heart-shaped eyes. Someone has to snap you back to your senses, you know? Not that easy of a job, I tell you." Louis corrected Niall's accusation.

"Shut it! Look, there goes Robbie. Don't turn around, Cher!" Niall warned.

"Guys, you don't really have to do this. I'm totally cool with seeing him around." I said.

"Oh really? Then why don't you turn around then? You know, just to prove that you're 'totally okay' with it." Louis challenged.

I just glared back at him instead of doing his dare for I'm not that stupid to stoop down at his level.

"What's happenin'?" Zayn tried to greet us in a cool way as he sat down.

"Heard about the break-up. How you holding up, doll?" He asked.

"I'll get over it. Wait, how come it seems that everyone knows about it already? We just broke up yesterday... and it was in private." I wondered out loud.

"News travel fast, my darling." Zayn started munching down on his food.

"Stop calling me names." I said.

"Plus I posted about your break-up on the school's website." Harry appeared out of the blue like he always does.

"You should take a look at the photos that I took..." Styles handed me his camera.

"You were inside my apartment?!" I scanned some pictures of my crying face right after Robbie left me.

"No, I just peeked through the hole on your window and took pictures from there. You look totally adorable when you cry by the way." He says.

"Dude, have you not learned about privacy?" Niall asked Harry.

"Yeah, even I know such a word." Louis agreed with his friend as he shook his head at Harry in disappointment.

"You're like the paparazzi or something." Zayn added.

"Just saying you should cry more often, is all... yeah, I'm just going to go now before you guys start to beat me up." Harry made his escape.

"What is that guy's problem?" Zayn asked me.

"Apparently, he hates me." I stated the obvious.

"Oh so I'm not the only one hating on you? That's... good." Tomlinson smiled.

"How is it any good?" Niall asked him.

"Oh did I say good? I meant to say bad." He lied.

"And just to let you know, a lot of people actually do ship 'CheRob'." Harry returned briefly just to say this then he runs out of the cafeteria.

That was pretty random.

"The guy has a point. You and Robbie do look good together. I'm not saying that I'm a 'CheRob' shipper and all or that I secretly write fanfics about you two as my guilty pleasure because that's just crazy." Louis chuckled nervously.

He is such a weirdo for blabbing the truth whenever he's guilty.

"Hello, everyone." Liam greeted as he sat down beside Zayn who was just across me.

"About our deal..." Liam looked at me.

"What deal?"

"That you'd help me get turned off by you." Liam reminded.

"Well, speaking of the impossible." Zayn faked a cough.

"For the record, I get turned off by you every single day." Louis told me in my face.

"Then maybe you could help this guy out." I retorted.

"Nah, too much work." He refused to help Liam.

"Okay, um, I'll come by to pick you up in your classroom later to tell you the details." I told Liam.

"Great!" He exclaimed.

"We should go home together today since we basically live in the same building and all..." Zayn said.

"What did you just say?" I asked.

"I just moved into the apartment next to yours." He informed me.

"Stalker alert." Louis whispered beside me.

"It's just a coincidence, really. I was looking for a cheaper flat to stay in since I just got kicked out from my previous one so yeah... we're neighbors." Zayn smiled.

*LIAM'S POV*

Oh my goodness, I can't hide it.

Cher smiled at me when she walked past by my classroom... my goodness!

I almost had a heart attack right there.

As soon as the bell rang for dismissal, I quickly rushed outside the room to meet Cher.

"Hi!" I greeted too eagerly.

"Hey, so here's what's going to happen, you can't ever think about me you understand?" She said.

"Why not?" I frowned.

"Because you want to get rid of your feelings for me, right? Isn't this what we're doing here?" She asked.

Not really. I mean, I actually took this opportunity just to be closer to her...

"Oh, right. I do want that... because you're such a distraction and all." I lied.

She's one heck of a beautiful distraction alright.