“Isn’t he?”.

handsome My best friend Nina cooed when apparently, the most handsomest

Nina’s words not mine

, coolest and hottest guy alive, and a total jerk face

I say and I quote

passed the halls. And as usual, his 'bodyguards' went after him while the whole school drooled over him.

I banged my locker shut as Nina jerked away from her reverie.

“Sometimes, I can’t believe we’re still friends”. Nina only laughed at me as we entered the class. Immediately, the bell rang and Mrs. Kay our English teacher came into the class. Our lessons went on as usual and she gave us an assignment. I laughed as I glanced at Nina. She obviously wasn’t expecting an assignment.

Recess came quickly so Nina and I went to the cafeteria. We stood in a line to collect our trays.

“I’ll have the ham sandwich with apple juice and…”. I wasn’t even done ordering when the cafeteria became noisy. I ignored the cheers cause I already knew who they were for. One person walks in and then the whole school loses it. The lunch lady brought out my tray and put it in front of me. I opened my wallet to bring money and pay for the food when something shoved my tray on the ground thereby emptying the contents away and pushed me like I didn’t matter.

With rage evident in my face I stared at my meal on the ground. I was gonna eat that. I looked up with clenched fists to the idiot that made me angry. It was no one else but Zane Lockwood. Everyone’s sweet heart.

He collected some risotto with some kinda drink I’m not sure I know. He suddenly started walking away. How could this…

“Hey you!”. I screamed. I was so upset. I could see Nina and Pete signaling me to keep quiet. Zane halted and then turned around and raised his brow at me. What was I ? Some trash bag?. The whole cafeteria was now quiet you could literally hear a pin drop.

“Me?”. Zane asked wanting to make me seem like an idiot.

“Of course you!”. I ranted. “You just came here and threw my food away like that. Who do you think you are, the president?”. People ooohed and aaahed. Who would have ever thought they would see a day someone would lash out at the legendary Zane Lockwood. Zane came very close to me then patted my head and said

“I wouldn’t wanna hurt you little bunny. Just walk away and I’ll pretend none of this ever happened”. Was he serious?. I glared at him then took his tray and threw it on the ground in a fit of rage. I used my foot and mashed the food on the ground. I then spat on it and walked out of the cafeteria.

~~~

Did I regret what I did? Yes I did.

I became the talk of the school after that little incident between me and Zane. After the fifth period, I went to my locker to grab a book. I kinda noticed it was slightly open. I ignored it and opened the locker and whoosh!

Paint came running to my face . I could hear the whole hallway rumble with laughter. I felt extremely mortified. I think I kinda hallucinated Zane smirk at me from a corner. That jerk! Of course he’s the one who did this. Suddenly, the bitchiest bitch alive

I say and I quote

Veronica came and started taking pictures. I made my way to the girls locker room where I had a long shower.

There wasn’t any spare cloth available so I had to wear a worn out overalls. It was pretty tight though. My glasses were ruined from the paint. So I had to stay the rest of the day without glasses. When I entered the class, everyone stared at me. I used my big eyes to scan the whole room and I let out a sigh of relief as I didn’t see who my eyes were seeking.

I sat down and immediately regretted it. The overalls were too tight that they ripped off when I sat down. The whole class bursted into laughter. Is there anything more embarrassing than this. Luckily, the teacher managed to calm the whole class down. And Nina borrowed me her sweater to tie around my waist to cover the hole the overalls made when it tore.

~~~

The café was always my peaceful place. I loved coming here. It made me feel safe.

Mum had a café she called ‘brown and down'. Not the greatest name ever but I loved serving customers here after a hectic day at school. I had just prepared a cup of hot milk and chocolate chip cookies for my younger sister when my mum asked for me to make the preparations for two cups of hot chocolate with extra milk, and a cup of black coffee with three orders of chocolate muffins.

I had just gotten the order to give my mum when I saw her attending to a customer so I decided to deliver the order myself. She said table six. It was hard to move around cause I was really used to my glasses. I finally made it to table six.

“Here are your orders. Is there any other thing I can get you?”

“Yes. A young pale skinned girl with big eyes”. My world stopped. And not in the good way at all. I looked at my right. Table six was Zane and his 'bodyguards’ Milo and Keith. What the hell were they doing here.

“What…are…”

I couldn’t even continue my question. What in Hades is he doing here. He kinda noticed my discomfort and he smirked. His two bodyguards also smirked. I didn’t even have time for this rubbish. I just dropped the tray and scurried off. I kept on bumping into different things because it’s pretty hard to notice things without my glasses. I was so used to wearing glasses that my eyes were basically useless without them.

I went into the kitchen and panted hard. I had to leave as soon as possible. I called my mum and told her I was coming down with something and that I needed to go home as soon as possible. But of course I didn’t go home. I went to Nina’s house.

I just went to the girls bathroom and finished draining my pee when I tried to open the door and it was locked. What the…

I started banging on the door.

“Hey who did this. Let me out of here!”. Someone was definitely out there cause I could notice footsteps along under the cubicle door. Something came into my mind instantly

“Hey Zane, listen I know you’re out there. Please let me out of here and I promise I’m never gonna talk to you or even look at you”. I kept quiet and listened for a while when I heard

“No. I have my own condition. How about you be my personal secretary for a year and I’ll never bother you again”. It was Zane. No one else but him. I wasn’t gonna be the personal secretary to a bully for a whole year. I just did what I had to do.

“Fine! Just let me out of here”

“Not so fast hunny”. Zane announced. “Sign this first”. A paper slipped from under the cubicle door. I took it and read few of the contents. It was a contract saying I had to obey him and be like his servant for a whole year.

“Can we do this when I’m outside of here?”. I asked. It was getting really uncomfortable in here.

“Sign the contract first”. Zane answered as a pen slid under. Cursing under my breath, I took the pen and signed the contract. I then passed the paper and pen under the cubicle to Zane. “now you got what you needed. Let me out of here”. I heard him grunt and make agreeing sounds.

“How am I sure that this is your real signature”. He asked me.

“Just get me out of this thing!”. I yelled. After a few clicks, the door opened and I was out. I glared at Zane while he studied the contract with a stupid smile on his face. Suddenly I heard a rumbling sound.

“Oh shit!”. Was the last thing I heard before I got hurled into Zane’s chest. He was holding me, protecting me from something. His hands were curled protectively behind me pressing my face into his rock solid chest. I listened and realized it was water from the toilet. Zane was planning to drain me in toilet water. How childish. After some time, Zane released me. I stared up into his stormy gray eyes that showed nothing but brutality and a hidden emotion I couldn’t decipher. He suddenly pushed me and said

“Don’t think too much about this. I just don’t want my assistant to be covered in toilet water”

“But you’re covered in toilet water!”. I pointed out. He only rolled his eyes and went out.

What the hell just happened