LOVE OR HOPE?

Chapter Two.

Mrs Grenada was our Maths Teacher with so much Grey Hair that makes you doubt if she had had it all her life. There's no other hint of a different colour on her hair.
She's quite the character with her Harry Potter glasses firmly rooted in the bridge of her nose.
We all hated maths and it was our first period of Today. I was sure that Mia was as curious as I am to ask about Tracey's text to us.

Norman?
Who would have known?

The bell rung and it was such a huge blessing. I couldn't have been more thankful. Everyone hurried to make their way out of the class even though I could still hear Mrs Grenada still ranting about some undone exercise at the top of her voice.

I was the quiet one who didn't talk except being talked to or if needed so I waited for Mia to ask about Tracey's text once we were out of the class and arranging our textbooks in our lockers.

"Norman?? Is this why you broke up with Kyle?" Mia asked,wide-eyed.

"Yeah well. I stopped having feelings for Kyle when I noticed that my attention was being diverted to someone else." Tracey answered lazily. She was staring at herself in her fancy mirror,adjusting her hair and applying more mascara. This was basically Tracey,She could do everything and anything to get all eyes on her. She was pretty. But would've been prettier if she could minimize all that make up.

"And that someone else is his best friend, Norman?" Mia asked.

"Correct. He lives in my estate..we all know that. And I find it hard not to fall in love with that cute face and muscular body I see running past my house on weekends." Tracey said, applying more red lipstick on her already flashy lips.

It's true, though. Norman is one of the chased-after boys in our school. Every girl goes over to drool on the court whenever he's playing basketball because of his abs and packs and whatever they all see in him. He had the kind of blonde hair that literally glistened when he's under the sun and golden eyes that penetrated into your soul.

"But we all know that he only has eyes for Aly." Mia complained.

I was starting to feel like I was invisible.

"But Aly doesn't like him.. Who knows? He might just give me a chance." Tracey was putting all of her make up tools into a purse and closing up her locker.

"And what if she does." Mia said,again.

"She won't." Tracey said,firmly.

"Uhm..you guys realize that Alyssa is here right? I'm starting to really feel invisible."
I said,staring at them questioningly.

"What's wrong with dating Norman Alyssa? He's the perfect guy for you. Almost every girl in school wants to be with him." Mia said. Mia is a really pretty brunette too. She wears this glasses that gives her a nerdy look. She's somewhat a nerd. She was in an almost perfect relationship.Her boyfriend,Conor is a really cute guy and our school's best student,He was also very good at sport activities too.They've been dating for almost a year now.

I was going to talk but then we saw our mates trooping in for our next class and for the second time today. I'm thankful.

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We were eating our lunch at the cafeteria and listening to Tracey talking about her plans of throwing a party and how elaborate it would be. She's from a wealthy home and lives in a mansion. She's just like a princess in some kind of huge palace just that the King and Queen like my own parents are never home. The only Difference was her Nanny.
Though Tracey hates it when we call her that and claims that she's not a child to be in need of a Nanny but Miss Marie who is in her sixties has been taking care of her since she was little. She was almost like her Grandmother.
There was also a maid who helped to clean the house,Diane. Diane is in her late twenties and always unusually quiet but fun to be with anyways.
Things went on fine for Tracey.
I always wish to be her instead.

Tracey stopped when Norman and Kyle brought their lunch to our table and settled down on the extra seats.

"Hey." Norman talked first, greeting all of us. Tracey smiled at him,wider than normal,ignoring Kyle who was staring at her with cold eyes.
Apparently he hasn't gotten over their recent break up.

We all started eating quietly as Tracey was still trying to talk about her party,but this time,it was in a bid to get Norman's attention who was staring at me with his golden eyes boring into me.

"I'm going to be right back. I need to use the restroom." I said,trying to escape from this awkward situation.

"Sure." Mia said, understanding me.

I was making my way out of the cafeteria already when I saw Norman running to catch up with me.

Ah shit.

I stopped walking when he finally reached me.

"Trying to ignore me?" He said. His voice was so deep and you could see his Adam's apple playing down his throat.

"What do you want from me?"
I groaned.

He stretched his hand and tried to touch my face and I yanked him so hard that I was more surprised than he was.

"Don't touch me."
I managed to say,angrily. I noticed that a small crowd was starting to form.

I saw Mia shaking her head,disapprovingly with her folded arms.

And behind her,I noticed the smirk that was forming on Tracey's face.

Just greattt.