Elena
I find a seat across the hallway. I just seat down and cry out because what exactly did I ever do to Miss Shepard? She always has her eyes on me, like I seduce her fucking man.
I swallow hard and wipe the tears from the edges of my eyes, I can’t wait to graduate from this school.
There’s one more period before classes end for the day, and during that period I wouldn’t be attending any class but the library. Alone. All alone in the library inhaling the smell of books.
I zip my backpack open and pick up a bubble gum in it. I open it and throw it into my mouth. I prefer chewing gum than getting overwhelmed by the situation.
I don’t have much time sitting out here, it’s almost time for the last period. So I will have no choice but to take my ass off this seat and head straight for the library.
I’m on my way when my phone pings a text again. What the hell? I thought I turned it off. I turned it off because I’m annoyed at Ryan’s and the punishment it brought me.
Ryan: Are you ignoring my message Elen?
he asks a question, sending an angry face emoji along with it.
I raise my brow. I should be the one sending that emoji because I just got detention because of him.
I have nothing to say to him because I am too pissed to even think of a reply right now. I read the message to make sure he knows I read it and ignore it.
I pocket my phone and continue to walk towards the library, I’m almost close. I haven’t even gotten to the library and the whole environment is silent, like a necropolis.
My phone pings again.
Ryan: Are you truly ignoring me because of Daniel??
he asks another question I consider stupid. What is this he has been saying? Guess what, I am not going to ignore his message again but to give him the fucking reply he deserves.
Elena: bullshit! Don’t you dare give me that crap? You know what? Don’t ever text me again!
I reply with so much anger in me, he has no idea what he is making me go through, but he keeps on sending me bullshit I know nothing of.
I throw my phone into my pocket before I push the library door open and walk inside. This time I am not checking my phone for any texts anymore. He should go on with his shit I don’t care if he runs my battery down, but I just won’t reply!
The library is cold, but the books in it give me this warm feeling as I proceeded to take a seat. It’s lonely like I thought, and deafening silence.
I settle down on a seat, that separates the other book rack from the one facing me by the right. There’s another one behind me, but I prefer this position because it’s close to the window.
I drop my backpack and take my book out of it. She didn’t give me an area to study yet, but what can I do? I could use this as an opportunity to study for other courses I offer for now.
After all, I love studying alone, and that is how I have been able to be a straight-A student.
I choose to read chemistry instead, I bring out my textbook from my backpack and a few other things I need like my highlighter.
I begin to read in silence, and my phone is silent too because I mute it.
As the silence engulfs me… I hear a cough coming from behind me, where the other books racks are. High and occupied with books and it is not see-through because there’s no space left in between the books.
I just heard a cough. Is someone there? Nobody is here right? Because when I came in it was silent and the lights were turned off apart from the one pouring into the window.
” Is anyone there?” I voice out. A little startled but I make sure my voice isn’t shaky when I ask.
” Shhh… Don’t make noise.” It’s a male voice, I don’t see his face yet. He mumbles with a very dull voice as if he is bored. What is he doing here? Everyone should be in their classes except me that just got detention.
” Who are you?” I ask again, coming out of my desk.
” Elena put your voice down, I need silence.” the hair at the back of my neck raises when he calls my name. Do I know him? Though he sounds a little bit familiar.
I begin to walk towards the direction I hear his voice from. I’m a little scared but not too scared that he will harm me, he can’t do anything in this school it’s against the rule and of course I haven’t done anything wrong to him.
I reach where I spot him, he has his head facing the desk and books covering his head. ” Show me your face, who are you?” I ask him.
” Can you drop your voice Elen?” he grumbles, lifting his face as the books fall to the ground.
” Tyson?” I call out his name in surprise. What is he doing here? First time I met him not smoking.
” Yes?” he says, bored.
” Why are you here?” I ask him.
” What did you see me doing?” he asks me. I met him sleeping, should he be sleeping when classes are going on?
” You were sleeping, Tyson. Why the heck are you sleeping here?” I demand, wrapping my arms across my chest.
” Arghh. It’s the only quiet place I can find in the school and you can attest to that fact.” A grin flashes on his thin lips. If his lips weren’t pinkish, I’m sure they should be all black by now because he was always smoking.
” Maybe, but I’m not here for the same reason,” I admit it’s the quietest place in school but I didn’t choose to be here.
He stands up from the chair, flickering his grey eyes at mine. I haven’t taken a second to study his eyes before, they are beautiful pairs of grey eyes with a calm aura.
” Then why are you here?” he asks, he stares at me without blinking, it feels like he is staring into my soul. He is my mate after all, maybe that’s why he has the asses to make me feel that way.
“Detention. I just got detention for fucking two weeks.” My voice ripples through the empty air, but he is just some inches away from me.
” Interesting. Two weeks?” he walks forward to seat on the table before me. A smile suddenly broadens his smile, and I don’t think that in my entire life, I have even seen him smile.
” What? Interesting how is that?” I frown at his words.
” Yes interesting, Elena. Spending the entire weeks with me don’t you think?” he winks.
” What do you mean?” I ask, watching his eyes lingering around.
” Keep you company.” He tells me.
” I don’t need company, I’m already in a lot of trouble.” I roll my eyes. He doesn’t stop there, he comes down from the table and halts in front of me.
It’s when he comes closer that his scent travels through my nose, making my heart beat for a second. What just happened? I know he is my mate but I have never gotten this close to him and for the first time he is close he smells different. Very different.
” I… ” I stutter, trying to catch my breathe when my heart won’t stop racing all of a sudden.
” I can make you ease up because you seem stressed.” He laughs. Damn, it’s the first time he is laughing. It’s odd to me that I never know much about him even though he was my mate.
” I have never seen you laugh..” I tell him, taking my gaze up at him.
” Should I say we almost didn’t talk?” he asks the question in my mind. He is right, we almost didn’t talk and he is the only one that has never touched me.
” Yeah.” I open my lips to speak, but I don’t know why he goes dry suddenly, maybe it’s his scent that keeps on tormenting everything in my body.
” Don’t you think, here is a chance to know me?” he says and smiles.
” You might not find me boring as you thought all this while, and maybe I might become the drug you will never get tired of and stick to me,” he speaks softly as if every letter he mentions is sipping into my soul.
” hahaha. What is so special about being with you? Are you different from Ryan? Or Daniel or Darius?” I laugh at his words, he must be joking.
When I laugh, he doesn’t. His tight lips abruptly put my laughter to stop.
” I don’t know what you mean by that.” I turn to my table and grab my bag when I hear the bell.
” You might want to place a bet on that. You might not want to get cured of the addiction, Elen.” he holds my hands and give me a soft squeeze. His scent voyaged into me and this time it made my legs wet.
” I have to leave,” I tell him, taking my hands away from his grip.
” I feel like you are stuck with me already. Two weeks.” He says the ‘two weeks’ boldly to my face. The way he says it makes me want to anticipate what he plans to do, and how he wants to make me know him, for just these two weeks.
” See you again, Elen.” he smiles, I stare at him one more and push the door so I can go out. I must say, today was a bad day for me.