She Will Be Loved

Chapter 30: What?

Dean as he said drop the present he's going to give to Hanna last night. I didn't know that I'll get jealous with it. Just when I held it in my arms, I felt like a proud Aunt. He was the most adorable puppy that I've ever seen.

Dad and I kept playing with him just until Jacob wouldn't stop sneezing because of his allergy. I wanted to bring him to school but I know it's such a bad idea. Dad agreed that he'll look after the puppy till I came home later.

"How is he?" Dean ask as we walk towards our class.

"He's fine." I gave him an okay sign.

Just at our surprise Hanna came out of nowhere and asked. "Who's he?"

"Jacob." I quickly thought of a lie that she can believe. "He fell down the stairs last night and sprain his foot but nothing major."

"Oh." She just nodded. I sighed in relief as we got off the hook.

I saw Astrid and Maxine enter a room. It was odd that they would even spare a second to look at each other and talk would be such a big deal. Why would the good girl get acquainted with a mean girl? Is she in trouble?

"Hey! Where are you going?" Hanna ask. I look at her oddly. "That's not the way to our classroom." I then just realize that I was heading towards the cafeteria lost in thought.

"I was sorta feeling hungry." I try to save myself from my stupidity.

"You can have it later." She pulled my hand and drag me to our classroom.

***

I'm sitting by the field, I brought my guitar to school so that I can finalize the song that I'll perform though I still don't have any idea at all.

I was strumming my guitar and humming some random song that came to me. When Lucas decided to hit me with a football in the head.

"The hell!" I exclaim as I snap my head to where the ball came from.

"Score!" Lucas laughing at my pain.

"Asshole!" I stood up, picked the ball and threw it towards him with all my anger. It would've hit him in his groin if he didn't nudge it, making me more pissed.

I stomp my foot and just slam back down sitting at the grass where I was previously working in peace, until he tried to ruin it.

"Heard that you confessed to Liam about liking me." He says sitting next to me, holding his ball. I took it away from him and decided to take another revenge. I hit him with the football in his head. "Bitch!" He blurted out in pain.

My mouth fell into a gape from his word. "What did you say?"

"I said Angel. You are such an angel sent from the heaven." He said sarcastically. "Fell face down." He added.

"Get fucking lost Lucas. I don't need you here." I try to push him away.

"Is this how you express your love towards me. By hurting and pushing me away." He really is born to annoy the shit out of me.

"Just leave me alone." I kick him in his leg. "I hate you."

"Ouch! Have you heard about the phrase 'the more you hate the more you love'?" He says some random things he probably read from the internet.

"No." I told him. "Though have you heard about the sentence 'If you don't leave me the fuck alone, I'll strangle you to death'?"

"Hold on, satan." He put his hand up in surrender. "I just like annoying you. You look cute when your nose is breathing fire."

"Please, just leave me alone or at least don't say anything." I said taking my guitar and tuning it again.

"Okay." He nodded and I expected him to do what he was told. But I shouldn't have expected anything from Lucas, he's just too stubborn. He snatch the guitar out of my hand and started strumming it like a crazy person.

"Lucas!" I took my guitar back.

"I was using it." He protested and was trying to take it again.

"If you continue, the guitar is not the only thing you'll ruin. You'll ruin my eardrums too." I told him irritated.

"Then you play." He roll his eyes at me.

"Okay." I nodded and started playing You and Me by Lifehouse

What day is it? And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up and I can't back down
I've been losing so much time

I continued playing and singing the song. I can feel Lucas's gaze grew intense as I proceed.

'Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you

Just as I finished the chorus I stopped playing. I look at him with raised brow.

"Damn girl!" He says in disbelief. "I didn't know you're that good. You can join The Voice with that."

"Ridiculous." I roll my eyes at him. I know it's just one of his jokes.

"Like I know I like messing with you but I'm not lying right now." He drew a cross on his chest.

"You're stupid." I said.

"Now, I know why'd they want you to do the half-time show." He made a slow clap. "But I think a slow song won't match the peoples adrenaline. You'd want to think something upbeat maybe." He suggested.

"I was thinking about that too. I'm still struggling with my song." I told him.

"Yeah, picking a song would be really a hard time." He says.

***

I was getting back to inside to get my bag in my locker when Maxine decided to make her presence known to me. He bump my shoulder intentionally.

"Ops... sorry." She held a fake giggle with her fake apology. I just let it go and continued to walk to my locker.

Just when I thought they left. She harshly grabs my arm and slap me. "What is wrong with you?" I ask pissed.

"Stop flirting with Lucas. He's mine." She was about to slap me again but I beat her to it. I slap her instead. She was taken aback from my action, I was probably the only girl who stood up agaisnt her. "You bitch! How dare you!?"

"How dare you lay a hand on me, when I didn't do anything to you." I said poking her on her forehead harshly. "And don't accuse me of things that you know you do."

"You filthy-" she was about to slap me again but a stop her and shove her to the side.

"What's your problem, Maxine?" Lucas ask clearly mad from what he saw Maxine's about to do.

"She's stealing you from me!" She stomps her foot like a kid as he points at me.

"She's not stealing me from you because first of all I don't belong to anyone, especially to you." Lucas grab my wrist. "Let's go." He drags me away from Maxine.