There was a girl named Theodora Noor. She was constantly moving around the World to different boarding schools with her father for his job.
But one unexpected day her father dies, leaving her alone with the person she thought was dead, her mother...
If my day couldn't get any worse, I had to run into him, I groaned as I thought to myself.
"Well look who it is. If it isn't Ms, Know-it-all." He said his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Life's hard get over it," I said to him rolling my eyes. If there's something I have learned is you don't let people walk all over you. Like my dad always said confidence is key, and if not, you fake It till you make it.
I quickly turned and tried walking away when I felt a strong grasp on my wrist. He pulled me into his muscular chest and grabbed me at my waist then he lowered his face inches away from mine. I felt my nerves fly through my body as he held on to me, "You know my love, that mouth is gonna get you in trouble one day." he said glancing down at my lips then back at my eyes.
I froze in his grasp not knowing what to say. Then luckily the bell rang taking me out of my trance, meaning we had to be in class. Realizing he was holding me by my waist I pulled out of his grasp and scoffed while walking to my last class of the day, PE.
I always enjoyed PE. It brought me comfort because my dad always believed fitness and self-defense to be of the utmost importance. Even though we didn't spend much time together we would still make time to go to the gym and fighting ring so he could teach me to defend myself if anything were to happen.
You may be thinking, why he was just a lawyer, well since my dad worked for powerful people he didn't want me to ever get hurt and mixed up in his business. I knew my dad was a lawyer but I never really knew much about his job and who he worked with. I knew to not talk about it.
The footsteps not far behind me brought me out of my thoughts. I glanced over my shoulder quickly to see Alessandro walking the same way as I so I quickened my pace, and soon reached the gym for class.
With Alessandro behind me, I walked into the gym and all eyes went on me and him. I quickly spoke up "Sorry we are late sir I couldn't find my way so he helped me find your class," I said apologizing to the teacher, who was previously talking to all the other students in the class who were seated on the bleachers.
Looking at me and nervously glancing at Alessandro he continued on "It's ok since it's your first day but make sure you're not late again. I'll talk to you after. You can call me Mr. Myers by the way," he said in his strong British accent.
He pointed to the bleachers for us to take a seat and I noticed Alessandro walking in front of me to Maxence and Anfansy who were seated in the back of the seats.
Maxence motioned for me to sit with them but considering I'm trying to not have any more awkward encounters with Alessandro I shook my head giving him a fake smile to not come off as rude since the whole class was watching our interactions curiously.
Mr. Myers continued on "So back to what I was saying, today we will be doing self-defense. Everyone will pick a card and then look for the person with the same card as you. Once you find your partner please make your way to your mats and you can commence when my whistle blows. Class, please remember this for self-defense practice do not carry these fights out of the ring and out of class. Now everyone can go dressed and when you come back to pick your card and find your partner and mat."
With that everyone started heading down to the locker rooms. I was about to do the same when the teacher called me over. "Ms. Theodora if you want to sit out you can. I don't expect you to fight if you don't feel comfortable. Most students have been training since the begging of highschool," he said.
"Oh umm, I've I actually have had a few lessons here and there, I used to practice with my dad so I think ill be ok," I said trying to sound modest knowing that I've been training since I was 5 and could probably kick all their asses. "Oh umm, ok sure," he said unconvinced and nervous for me.
I walked over to the locker rooms and started to change trying to ignore the snarky comments from the other girls. They sure do make it hard to not want to punch them, 1 month till I won't have to deal with it thought groaning to myself.
I got dressed in my workout outfit. It was a two-piece matching set that exposed my mid-drift. Since I haven't got the chance to go shopping for school on my own, I haven't got any PE outfits that cover more. All I have is the workout clothes I use at home, I guess it's fine for now, I thought to myself.*picture of outfit*
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Once getting dressed I started to make my way over to the center of the gym to pick my card when a girl ran into me. She was pale with dark black hair and perfect placed freckles giving her a cute look, covered up with hideous glasses. "Oh my, I'm so sorry," She said to me nervously, while looking up to me considering she looked to only be 5'4.
She looked like Maxence, but was the complete opposite of him personality-wise, he was loud and emitted confidence in everything he does while she seemed shy and soft-spoken.
"Oh don't worry you're fine, I'm Theodora Roberts by the way," I said helping her up and shaking her hand. "Oh hello nice to meet you, I'm Mirabèl Erwan, you can call me Mira though," She said with a french accent. "Nice to meet you to see you around," I said to her. She nodded then scurried off to the locker rooms. I noticed the curious faces looking at me, did they really have nothing better to do.
Finally picking my card I unfolded it to see it had red, I made my way to the red mat and sat down criss-cross while waiting for everyone else to come out and pick their cards.
As more and more people started finding their partners, I still sat waiting for mine. Then Maxence, Afanasy, and lastly Alessandro came out of the boy's locker rooms being the last ones. I realized I would be partnered up with one of them since there was only one open mat left for 2 people and me without a partner.
Everyone watched nervously with me included as the boys picked the last 3 cards. Anfansay and Maxence nodded to each other, then looked to see Alessandro with a red card. Everyone finally realizing that I would be fighting with Alessandro looked up at me with a tense vibe filling the room.
Alessandro looked me up and down and scoffed. Rude much I thought to myself. I understand why he would think I'm a weak opponent, I'm skinny and don't look to have muscle but he's wrong I've been perfecting my fighting skills since was a kid, it helped me cope with the constant moving around it was my safety blanket in a way.
He walked up to our mat with a sly smile, looking me up and down once again making me feel slightly uncomfortable. "Eyes to yourself Alessandro," I spat at him. He chuckled with his deep British voice, "Settle down love your just nervous, if you want to give up feel free to let me know," he said smirking.
You know what Maybe lady luck was on my side today. He should really be put in his place, right now I could care less about keeping a low profile, it hasn't worked since I got here so I mine as well embrace it. The teacher said earlier the fighting that happens in the ring stays in the ring, so what is he gonna do when I beat his ass.
I smirked slyly to match his and gained a fighting position. "Your gonna be sorry Alessandro," I said to him chuckling.
Authors note: Hey guys sorry I haven't updated in a while, I'll try to update more! Hope you like the new chapter, please vote and comment if you do:)
Also, what do you guys think of Alessandro so far?
