Three Quarters Devil

Chapter 2

Kim's perfect blonde curls bounced with her as she practically galloped towards me. Her face dropped when she saw my expression.

"You abandoned me." I accused.

"Sorry, but maybe it was because my next lesson wasn't actually history" she snapped. Kim had a short temper.

"S'ok, don't get so worked up"

"Anyway, what happened with fitboy?"

"Tanner Reid" I corrected.

"Oh yay! You got the name! Now we can spend the rest of our lives stalking him on facebook." Sarcasm at its best.

I elbowed Kim in the ribs, to tell her to stop talking. 'Fitboy' was walking past. And Aura was catching up. No surprise there; she had to get off with every decent guy there was.

Aura didn't look like the typical slut. She had bright orange hair, the colour that most people would take the piss out of, and her skin was practically white. Somehow it still made her look like a model, though; she was stick thin and at least 5 inches taller than any other girl in the school.

"Hey!" she chirped. "I'm Aura Benett! It's nice to see a new face around!"

Apparently when she said those lines it was the best greeting ever.

"Uhm, hi. I'm Tanner"

"So...you have any plans this lunch? Because the school lunch is gross and there's a nice cafe across the road we could go to"

"Sure." he said enthusiastically. Not. He was still so expressionless.

"Hayley. Close your mouth. You look like your jaw's gonna fall off." Kim warned. I didn't even realise I was gawping at the fact that Aura can just casually say that the minute she just met him. I guess she had a lot of experience.

"Well, lets go have lunch" I finally concluded.

"Awww, so we're not going to stalk them to the cafe across the road?" She teased.

"I'm not in the mood" I grumbled.

"Maybe you'll see him in another lesson"

................

Kim was freakily right. He was in the same English Lit. as me, and the teacher had a decency to introduce him to the class.

"...and if you'll like to sit next to Miss Waters, please."

Fuck. Not again.

"Hey, good to see you again." Good to see you again? I sounded way too keen.

"Yeah, you too" Awww, how sweet.

"How was lunch? The school food sucks, right?" I asked, and hoped that it sounded casual, and not a desperate bid to find out what happened.

"Uh, well I had lunch in the St. Louies cafe across the road." I know that, buy I guess I'll just have to interrogate you more.

"Oh, really, how did you know about that cafe?" Ungh. I bet I sounded way too stalkerish.

"Actually this girl took me there."

"Who?"

"Geez, stop asking me so many questions, you're not the fucking police."

Nice answer. It made me realise how keen I actually sounded.

"I'm sorry, I was just caring like the freaking school motto tells us to do." I sounded way too annoyed.

"And what is the school motto?"

"Uh..."

"Tut tut. Should know it by now. Set a good example to everyone else" he smirked. Finally, a facial expression. And a sexy one, too.

"Class! Settle down! You have a new essay title - why English Literature is important. You'll be working in pairs with the person next to you, and I expect a 3,000 word essay completed in two weeks time. Clear?" Groans echoed around the classroom.

"This should be fun, partner" he muttered.

"Hayley" I corrected "I have a name"

"Sorry, partner"

I rolled my eyes. He was freaking irritating.

"So...partner. How are we going about writing this essay, then?" he smirked.

"Uhm, you can write it and just add my name at the end, please."

He stuck out his bottom lip.

"Awww, that's not fair"

"I know. But it isn't fair either that I have the tiniest brain ever and never get any good grades." I ranted.

"How about, partner, we can meet up a few times?"

"How about no, PARTNER" I grumbled.

"OK. Fine. I'll write the essay if you can lick your elbow."

"You can't lick you elbow. It's impossible" I wasn't falling for that again.

"Well, that's sorted then! I'll give you my number and you can call me when you're free." He concluded far too happily.

"I'm always free, especially for you, partner" he winked.

I wanted to scream at him, but the bell did instead and I just felt happy that Aura wasn't getting all the guys, for once. Even if this one only wanted to do english with me.