Love and Life

Seniors and Smooches

Chapter 7

Liv's POV

I sat in my usual seat in the back row of the classroom as our year coordinator, Miss Kennedy, began lecturing us on the responsibilities of being a Bridgewater senior.

I began to drift off after she mentioned "charity work, preferably with elder citizens, is recommended during your free time as a senior."

"Oh Sir Hawford! How can I ever repay you for saving my life?"

"A kiss from the fairest maiden in all the lands shall suffice, my Lady Olivia," his deep, masculine voice posed.

"Oh!" I giggle like a schoolgirl before replying, "my absolute pleasure Rinn!"

I gaze into his warm brown eyes and feel all my worries disappear. I see flecks of gold speckled in his chocolate irises, bringing out the golden skin around his eyes.

His tanned high cheekbones were pulled up as Sir Rinn Hawford grinned cheekily, revealing two rows of straight, pearly teeth.

"I believe I am the one with the greatest pleasure, Lady Olivia," he whispers as his lips near mine...

"Now moving onto school activities being offered to the seniors this year," Miss K announced, startling me out of my daydream.

Daydreaming had always been a bad habit of mine. I could drift off to other worlds in the blink of an eye. I supposed that's why I loved writing so much. It gave me an opportunity to escape cruel reality and enter distant and fantastical realms where everyone got happy endings and married their Prince Charmings.

Sir Rinn Hawford... Why did that name sound so familiar?

I shrugged as my brain came up with nothing. Then my mind kept floating back to the incident this morning.

How Aaron had protected me like that. It reminded me how lucky I was to have a friend like him.

And also how Crawford was an arrogant, stubborn asshole.

I couldn't believe the nerve of him! Confronting me in front of my own locker and demanding private information from me. I would've slapped him if Aaron hadn't come.

And I could still feel his soft, familiar touch at my ear. He used to tuck my hair behind my ear a lot when we fell asleep doing maths together.

Even though, it was more me falling asleep rather than him most of the time.

While my back still tingled with the ghost feeling of Finn's long-fingered hands; a scrumptious electric tingle.

As my mind soon felt heavy with my racing thoughts and emotions, I rested my head in my hands.

Finn bloody Crawford has messed up my life for good.

Aaron's POV

I kept finding myself looking over to Liv in the back row of our homeroom. She seemed to be having a headache since she had her head in her hands.

I resisted the urge to rush over and comfort her.

To distract myself, I began to ponder over the Crawford situation from this morning.

What would Finn Crawford want with Liv? Probably wants to harass and use her like all the other girls at school.

But this time, he's not going to get his way. I'd rather lose my place in the Bridgewater Mathletes than see Liv get used by that slimy dirtbag.

Liv was different from all the other girls. She was genuine, kind, caring. She always knew the right thing to say and was humble in whatever she did. She wasn't one to just give up and didn't let Nikki or any of the other bullies get to her.