Avoid

Chapter 5

    Maths was hurting my brain, I could just never get it to go in. I started clicking my pen up and down in frustration ..Click, Click, Click then when I glanced up everyone was looking at me. Shit! "Sorry" I squirmed looking round at everyone.
     I got up so fast when the lesson was over and practically ran out the door.
     I was looking forward to doing more on the midwifery modules. Hayley had saved me a seat as promised. We made small talk, we talked about about what made us want to take this course, we asked each other if we had a boyfriend. She was also single. She told me she had a crush but said he was out of her league. I found this hard to believe!
     She was so pretty, with curly brown hair and brown eyes. I loved her little blue butterfly tattoo she had on her inner wrist it was simple but pretty.       
   "Next weekend there's a big bonfire night party going off at the park just down the road from campus, are you going?" She asked.
    "I didn't know there was one."
  "You should come with me and my friend Lucy."
"Yeah I'd like that" I smiled.
    It felt good to have a friend. To think I'd struggle to make them when I was younger. I've come along way since them days.

    I'd gotten to finish a little earlier so I went back to the dorm and watched some tv with my Haribo sweets. The door clicked open and it had to be Mateo. Today he was wearing a white T-shirt with his black joggers on. He had a causal look but his tattoos seemed to reflect him well.
  He didn't say anything to me surprisingly he went straight to his room.

    I had decided to go to the shops to get more snacks in but before I did I walked to his room and knocked on the door. He opened it leaning on the doorframe looking down at me. "What?"
    "I'm going to the shop, I was wondering do you need anything while I'm there?"
   He quirked his brow up.. "Do they have anything that keeps annoying stinky girls like you away?"
   "What's your problem?! Why can't you just be nice!" I said folding my arms waiting for his answer.
   He laughed "You are. And I am nice."
"You think your nice. Wow well your nice and my nice have different meanings." I scoffed.
     "Sure do." Then closed the door in my face.

Oh my god he's infuriating.!!!!
Walk away. Walk away.
Nope I brayed on his door again.
    He opened it ..
"Your nice stinks!" I blurted out then stormed off.
    I could hear his laughter echoing down the corridor. I had a fuzzy feeling in my tummy.. why does he have such an effect on me.

   I needed chocolate ASAP. I probably got carried away and bought way too much chocolate. I couldn't help but think about Mateo the rude remarks he makes, his attitude, his moodiness, his constant need to wind me the hell up. I can picture his face his dark hair, bright blue eyes staring at me.. sometimes when he pulls certain facial expressions something feels strangely familiar about him, for whatever reason I don't know.
    All I do know is he has some strange effect on me, I'm wary of him and his moods but yet I'm drawn to him, he appeals to me. I want to know why he acts the way he does.

    I huffed grabbing another bar of chocolate as I walked back, I'd taken my time and gone the long route back to the dorm for some peace. I'd also picked up some ingredients to make cookies tomorrow. I wasn't a great cook but baking I was good at I really enjoyed it.

    On opening the door I heard a woman moaning. Hell no. Not again. My peace was out of the window.
   I sighed putting my ingredients away in the kitchen not being bothered to be quiet this time. I heard his bedroom door open, my heartbeat accelerated.
     My eyes felt like they bugged out who the hell is this girl with brown hair?? Where's the tall leggy girl with the blonde bob or the other brunette. Does he seriously change girls everyday or something?
    "Bye sexy!" She called to him.
Eww. He takes being an arsehole to another level.

    I slammed the kitchen cupboard and started to wipe down the sides. He makes a mess and I'm sick of it. I haven't been here that long but it feels like an eternity. I grabbed his stuff piling it up.                      
      After I hoovered the living room I picked up the pile of clothes he'd accumulated from various strange places in the room, and walked down the corridor and plonked them in front of his door. I also put his trainers there too what had been scattered around randomly.
       I wrote a note 'Here's your stuff, it belongs in your room'. Then stuck it to his bedroom door for him to find, and obviously when he opens his door I hope he falls over the massive pile of clothes and trainers if I'm being brutally honest. It would serve him right.
    I felt proud of myself that will teach him to not be so messy.
    Back in my bedroom I did some studying, I needed a shower. So I grabbed my stuff and towel. Opened my door...
    What the actual chuff! There was only a toilet roll with a note on top saying 'Go take a shit'.        

      How bloody dare he tell me to fuck off. I looked towards his door looking to see if he was watching my reaction. I snatched it up off the floor went back in my room looked for some scissors, cellotape and a black felt tip pen. Tore some toilet paper off and wrote on 'Caution Mr Moody Asshole sleeps in here, enter at own risk'. I couldn't help but grin. I walked down to his room. Stuck it on his door as quietly as I could trying to not alert him to what I was doing, I stuck it in a criss cross as a danger sign.
    He feels like a danger to my health at the moment, he drives me mad. How could someone drive you so so mad!
    I went back to go get my stuff and have a shower, switching on the faucet, the hot water melted away my frustration. I noticed some men's shower gel,  being curious I picked it up to smell it. Hmm, it smelled like spicy vanilla and sandalwood, it was a very masculine smell. I decided to put a little on I mean why the hell not, no one will know. I closed my eyes it smelt amazing.

     Suddenly I heard Mateo howling with laughter. It made me jump up smacking my head against the shower head.
    "Owww!"
   Then I slipped and I could hear the shower gels crashing down around me as I scrunched my eyes shut. Great. Just great. He'd heard because he was laughing even harder now. He had a contagious laugh but I hated that it was at my expense.
      "About time you washed that stink away! You sound like your having a crashing time in there. Oh and by the way I actually like the sign I may keep it."

   I groaned inwardly.. "Get lost Mateo, and don't ask for directions back!"
     He just laughed more. I wrapped the towel around me picked up my clothes and tried to tell myself not to let him get to me, I knew he was on the other side from how loud his laughing was. I quickly opened the door, he was leaning against his with his arms folded which was next to the bathroom. His laugh was just about dying down.
     His eyes were down on the floor and as I walked past they travelled from my feet up my bare legs and all the way up till his eyes met mine.
    When I'd got past him and was just about at my door he said..
  "I don't hate to tell you this but you still smell."
He had a devilish grin on his gorgeous stupid face. Yes there it was I thought he was gorgeous, but it didn't stop me realising he was an arsehole. I silently went into my room and shut the door leaning against it. Right he's rude, annoying, mean, teases me but yet I feel so dam attracted to him. I need to stay well clear and avoid him.
      He's made it obvious he doesn't like me anyway the way he treats me. I decided to ring my good friend Jodie, I told her about Mateo how annoying he is and how I was attracted to him for some reason or another. She agreed if he acted that way I should avoid him. We organised a day for her to come up in a couple of weeks to stay.

   Later on there was a knock on my bedroom door. I got up and answered it, it was Georgie and Lisa stood there smiling waving a girly film in there hands.
     How could I possibly say no, I giggled and followed them out. We sat eating ice cream as we watched the film.
     Jason came in looking a little drunk.
"Girls what's this your watching..." Shoving us to make space for him to sit in the middle.
       Mateo came out his room and gave us all a strange look.
  "Jason this does not come as a surprise to me you watching this tripe." He stands shaking his head.
     Laughing.. "This tripe has hot women on.."
   "Is that why you like to join us to watch the hot women?" Lisa asked looking amused.
He nodded.
"I need my bed." He got up stumbling.
"Come on, I'll help you. Teo give me a hand."
       Mateo nodded and helped Lisa putting his arms around both their necks.
     "Lisa's hitting the pillow too." Mateo said re-entering the room heading to the fridge.
    Me and Georgie must have been drifting off too.
"Why don't you both just go to bed."
    We nodded sleepily said goodnight and went to our rooms.