Chapter 13: Chapter 13
"Mister Tucker Arch, take your seat and let the teaming be done." Our teacher didn't care what the boys were up to, he was just sure that it will work.
"He is teaming up with her so he can torture her," Tucker muttered, pointing his finger at Steven, who had his hands in his jeans pockets and looking tired of the arguments.
"Is this true, Mr. Lock?" The teacher asked Steven and he didn't turn his head to watch him, instead, his eyes were at Tucker.
"Nope, I don't have a reason to do so." He mumbled, but the smirk came back, he was lying. He got some plan and Tucker sensed it, but all my focus just stuck on one question, why was Tucker so concerned about me? With all that happening, I turned my face towards Dina, who was looking down at her fingers and slightly playing with them. The look on her face was evident that she was sad, of course, any girl will be.
"Then sit down Tucker." The teacher voiced, making Tucker slam down on the chair in anger and Steven walk down off the stage with the smile of the devil on his face. The rest of the time, we three sat silently. Sid, who I thought would choose Dina to annoy us, chose Tucker instead. We were befuddled at their intentions, there was something going on and we had no clue about it.
The teacher dismissed us and ordered us to stay some time together in order to plan the event. I sat on the bench and began brainstorming ideas for the carnival, I have never done that before okay.
"Nice tree." I heard Steven's voice as he jumped on the bench. It was a surprise as we knew the teacher will be spying on everyone, this hour was specifically designed for everyone to torture their teammates.
"Huh," I rolled my eyes and carried on searching on google. We had a small table between the benches so he sat on the other side of the bench.
"What's that attitude?" for a person who never talks to anyone, Steven never hesitated to talk to me. He had a wide smirk on his lips, which was now getting annoying.
"You picked me just to annoy Tucker, I didn't know one could be so this wicked," I spoke in annoyance and kept my head down.
"You think I will wait my precious time on making some evil plans against that useless Tucker? No offense, but I have many interesting things to do." He shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes, he used his gorgeous eyes to talk on his behalf.
"Then why did you pick me?" My heart raced in my chest, why would the bad sexy hunk pick a girl like me?
"Because Sid was going to pick you and you know what would have happened after that." He smirked, smacking his lips and raising his one brow. I watched his face for a moment and we stared for a good ten seconds.
"Look, you don't need to protect me, I can take CA---," I have only begun when he thought it was enough. He scoffed loudly and showed me his hand to shut me up.
"Before you could embarrass yourself, I must tell you that whatever I did, I did for Sid." He closed his one eye and then shrugged his shoulders again. "If he picked you, he would have taken revenge on you for what you did to him and of course you deserve it, but---," I had mixed expressions during his talk. I was mad at one point and then scared of the other and later embarrassed. Of course, what I did with Sid was entirely wrong so there was no point in denying that, but still one gotta be nice about it which he wasn't.
"But if he will be punished if he does anything wrong, so, to save him, I had to stop every chance he gets." In simple words, Steven told me that all that time when I reckoned he was protecting me, trying to be nice, he was merely helping his friend, but what about the night he gave me a ride home?
"Good, because if he bothers me, he will pay." As soon as the words left my mouth, I kind of knew what was Steven's next move going to be. Yup, he did pull out a dollar and threw it in my lap, which I immediately threw back on his face.
"What? You wanted me to pay." he narrowed his eyes and acted annoyed. That was a nice way of insulting someone Steven, I thought in my mind.
"Look," I mumbled, absorbing the anger within me.
"I'm looking." I opened my eyes at his comment and saw his eyes at me with a smirk as well.
"I mean, see I don't want trouble." I finished but looked away as his constant stare was bothering me.
"Then why do you hang out with that last species of Dino and sucker?" he chuckled, feeling proud of naming others. I narrowed my eyes at him and nearly murdered him in my thoughts.
"His name is Tucker and her name is Dina," I annoyingly corrected him, but he paid less attention as he had started playing a game on his phone.
"Hello mister," I can't let him enjoy himself while I'm failing here with the ideas.
"Oh hey, how are you?" he tried being funny, his head on his phone's screen as he continued to play the game.
"Steven!" I yelled, snapping my fingers before his eyes. At last! He lifted his head and stared at my face.
"We need to think of some ideas," I announced, annoyingly looking at him with my eyebrow raised.
"Yeah, you think of an idea and I will approve it." He shrugged his shoulders and began playing again.
"Don't make me snatch that phone out of your hands," I warned, groaning in a mad rage.
"Oh! The bad-ass diesel." He commented and it was at this moment that the humanity inside me disappeared and anger took over me.
"IT IS GISELLE YOU IMBECILE," I exclaimed, extending my body over the table and grabbing his phone. It all happened quickly and for him, so unexpectedly that he was left there watching the empty hands and I had sat back in my seat with his phone and a pang of guilt, why the hell did I lose patience?
"Did it happen or I had a nightmare?" Steven, who was still shocked tilted his head to me and watched his phone in my hand, "did you just steal my phone?" he raised his brow and pointed a finger very calmly at the phone in my hand.
"No, I---, I----," Okay the way he was putting it was embarrassing.
"You stole my phone." Suddenly, he got up from his seat and accused me loudly. The students nearby looked at us.
"Steven don't," I said under my breath and eyed him to stop. He was smiling secretly; he was relishing it.
"Okay, go through it if it satisfies you. Damn these jealous girlfriends," He continued with his acting, rolling his eyes and sadly taking his seat back. He was annoying me and it was working. I glared at his face for calling me his girlfriend and I thrust the phone back at him that hit his chest. He hurriedly grabbed it to prevent it from falling down. "Whoa, what was that for?" he questioned, but I set my bag on my shoulder and walked out. He had succeeded in annoying me, I was going to talk to Tucker now. Steven had crossed his limits, I don't want him to talk to me and all, maybe I was being overdramatic or maybe I just wanted an excuse to sit and talk to Tucker.
Knowing the teammates would be together, I knew I had to see Sid as I visit Tucker. I asked everyone about them, but nobody has seen them together at least, I mean Sid was in the school canteen while Tucker was nowhere to be found. I walked to the parking area and approached Tucker's car when my sense worked. There was someone in our car, I stood a little afar and narrowed my eyes. I soon realized it was Dina and Tucker, and not just that, they were making out. He was shirtless and Dina too was completely naked from her upper body. My eyes jumped out in shock and my heart stopped beating. She was with him while their bodies tightly connected, they were doing it.
No matter how many times I convince myself that Tucker can't be mine, I still had hopes in my heart, but seeing my best friend and my crush like that was heartbreaking. I turned around and began running as far from them as I could. Tears sprung down my cheeks and I had no control left over my emotions. The feeling of being weak because we love someone was frightening my existence.
I had no idea how far I went, but when I gave up, I was in a tunnel under the bridge. There were graffiti all over the walls, I sobbed there in silence. My heart has been aching since the day I find out about Dina and Tucker, but I have ignored it for a long time now.
I have never been here earlier because this place was in the use of The Orphans, wait, why the hell was I here? My senses worked once the broken heart stopped crying. I was in their place, it felt like the target it ran towards the danger.
"Look who we have in here." The voice trembled me on my spot. I feared to look at the person, especially when they came from the entrance and almost blocked the light. I hesitatingly looked at Sid's face who had a bright and wide smile on, he was finally happy to get me alone. On the spur of the moment, the orphans began gathering around me, coming out of nowhere like rats in a tunnel.
I gulped and found completely helpless, I should have learned my lesson from the old times, every time I try to run after Tucker or I take a step because of him, I catch troubles.
"She said I molested her." Sid continued, all of them smiling wickedly, he must have followed me to hear.
"Did you?" His friend pretended to be unaware of the answer, they were waiting for this moment.
"No, look at her, I would rather steal a kiss from you than she but----," Sid pulled his nose and made me feel trash like I wasn't feeling it already. I was shivering with my head down, my eyes up at them, and hugging myself.
"But when someone accuses you of something you haven't done, I say you do it." Sid phrased and watched me as my jaw dropped down. They were all ready for it and none of them has a slight concern for me.