Whisper | E.D

NINE

I had woken up that Thursday morning feeling fresh and awake. Something new for me. I hopped in the shower excitedly and played my hype playlist. I took a long hot shower while singing along to Water by Kehlani. By far my favorite song right now just making me have this strong womanly power.

I step out while drying my hair off excited for the day to come. Finishing off psych class for the week. No more Ethan. Lunch with Kian. The rest of my classes for the night and maybe play around with Grant for a bit. The weather was about 50 degrees. Still chilly but just the right amount. I put on a pair of loose patchy mom jeans and a black Bandeau top with a dark emerald green puffer jacket. Matched some sleek black heels tied my hair into a low bun. Feeling happy and seeing I was early to head to school. I make some mini pancakes and enjoy them with Maple syrup and strawberries.

I had just walked onto campus grounds when I felt a tight slap on my ass. I look around ready to tell them off when I see Aria swiping her hand over her chin as if she had a beard. She was pretend checking my out swaying back and forth to look at my outfit and said

"DAAAYYUM mami looking hot" she said biting her lip giving me a wink. We both break out into laughter as I hype her up. She was wearing a tight fit dress with a thick baby blue coat draping her to her calves.

We walked into class arms linked ready to take on the day. I definitely needed that moment last night to let loose a bit. It was fun to be like this. Aria and I sat down in our usual spots. I was taking out my MacBook as I decided to switch from a notebook because I can type faster compared to write.

As I wait for my laptop to start up. I had this weird feeling. As if I was being watched or someone was staring at me. I casually look around when I see from the corner of my eye Ethan staring at me intensely. Without a second through I swivel around to face him and say "What" sternly with a blank face.

He doesn't say anything but just smirks at me. Dick.

I turn around annoyed as I can still feel him staring. I chose to ignore it. I'm not going to let him ruin today. Just two hours and I can see Kian.

Aria was on her phone most of the time. I was just going to send her the notes so she could print them out. I, on the other hand, was taking notes and was very bored. I started to snooze off a bit and slouched into my chair to rest my head on the back. I was comfortable and was about to fall asleep when I heard a notification. Then another one. Close to 20 more sounds as they cut each other off. I freak out as I am trying to mute my laptop. Shit shit shit!

"Would you like to take it outside Ms. Adams?" The professor says looking ticked off that I disrupted his fucking rambling about Sigmund Freud.

I apologize as I stoop lower into my seat embarrassed. Once everyone turns their attention back to the board. I go to look at the notifications I had received all at the same time. I open it and see it's from Grant. Up pops up our conversation from yesterday night. The name-calling, the teasing, and the picture. FUCK. 

I hear a whisper in my right ear making me almost jump out of my seat as I try to close the message window.

"Someone's popular" I knew it was Ethan. His same icy breath as he said it huskily.

"Shutup" I say as his head is still by ear closing the window. Finally.

He lets out a small laugh automatically making the right corner of my mouth curl. I liked his laugh. Not his fake fuckboy one. But the one that ... meant a little bit more.

I freak out internally as I think what if he saw it? What if he is judging me? Did he take a picture? Who is he going to tell? I'm brought out of thoughts as I hear another whisper coming from Ethan. This time I don't turn back. I just leaned my head back looking forward so he could come to me.

"I'm sorry" he said as he brushed the hair that was over my shoulder to the back of my neck. Leaving him a clear path.

A couple of things are going through my head right now. What the hell was he sorry for? Why is he touching me like that? Throwing money at me? Shoving me? Sorry that I stopped paying attention to him... sorry for saying he is my darkest fantasy?

Before my brain could catch up with my mouth I said "okay"
OKAY WHAT?! Ur forgiven, okay I heard you? Perra Tonta. Dumb Bitch.

and that's exactly what he said. "Okay what"

I motion for him to meet me outside as I stand up. After a couple of minutes, I see Ethan opening the doors of the hall and walking into the hallway where I was.

He just walks up to me and stands in front of me. He doesn't say anything and neither do I. We just look at each other. His eyes were hazel with dark green. They weren't filled with hatred. Based off of that fact I say

"What are you apologizing for?"

He looks surprised as if I wasn't going to question his apology. Like I was just going to accept it. To be honest I was going to accept it and just get on with my life but something about him was "fun" talking to him. I didn't know what was coming and it scared me but not as much as it made me curious. Gosh what a Psych major.

"for everything guess" he says awkwardly but keeping his naturally intimidating stance present.

"Which is?" I play dumb. I wanted to hear him say what he thought he did wrong. Doesn't look like a person to say sorry, so let's push it.

"I don't know why I got mad at you at the sandwich shop and I am sorry for being rude to you... and making you think I was going hurt you"

I'm taken back a bit from his apology. He was honest but I'm dumbfounded over the last thing. Making you think I was going to hurt you. I didn't think he was going to hurt me but I was scared of him.

"It's okay" I say, giving him a small smile.  I appreciated what he said. Now I can forget about h-.

"No it's not okay" He says loudly looking at me. His eyes turned darker. I flinch at his sudden increase in volume as I grab my elbow in front of me to play it off.

"see..."

"I'm sorry...again"

I now step a bit closer keeping eye contact with him.

"I never thought you were going to hurt me" I say in a comforting tone. "I'm just a scaredy-cat" lightening up the mood laughing a bit making him smile slightly.

I punched his shoulder playfully as I said "we're good" God why did that hurt my hand.

"Ouch" he playfully says, rubbing where I hit him. I shake my head laughing as I walk back to class.

He seemed fine deep down. Shame he held a reputation of being a player.

I open the hall door and walk back to my seat. Aria is still fast asleep. With the hour we had left I thought I was going to doze off.

And I did. Waking up with 10 minutes left. I started to pack up early so I could head straight out to see Kian. As I'm packing up I notice the empty seat behind me. Ethan wasn't there.

Where did he go?

It was just as I thought. When I saw him sneak his way into the row taking his seat.

"You good?" I say curiously asking if he was genuinely okay.

He doesn't say anything. He ignores me. His eyes are dark. Indicated to me something wasn't normal. He leaned back in his chair crossing his arms over his chest coldly. I just minded my own business. Rude but then again I don't even know him.

As soon as the professor excuses us for the day I turn to Aria giving her a kiss blowing it with my hand as I stand up. She catches it and eats it. I laugh hard as I still try to comprehend her weirdness every day.

I'm going up the stairs faster than usual. I almost miss a step causing me to trip over thin air. Shit. I grab on to something before I can fall flat on my face. I look to see I am grabbing Ethan's arm. His eyes still dark. My eyes trail to his neck as I see purple and red bruises. Is he actually serious? I point to my neck saying "you got a little something there"

"Let go of me" he says, ripping his arm away from my hand walking away. Causing me to almost lose my balance. I continue to walk up the stairs in shock. Is he bipolar?