Chapter 18
In a swift move, I was out of the door before anyone else. My breathing was rough as I strutted to my next cla*s. The bell had just rang and I needed to get out of Blake’s sight.
I wasn’t ready to talk to him.
“Ley!” Blake shouts a couple distance away from me. The air gets stuck in my lungs as my footsteps have now turned into an almost sprint.
I brush past students that were very attentive to what was going on. Their gazes were focused on Blake and I. Ready for whatever show they were expecting.
Seeing the wooden door to the calculus cla*sroom has me breathing out a sigh of relief. It was just a tiny bit of footsteps away.
“Ashley Grey!” Blake yells. Oh crap, he’s mad. Blake only uses my full name when he’s mad at me.
Deep down I knew I was a coward for running away from him but I couldn’t help it. I was scared of getting hurt. It was only inevitable.
My fingers wrap around the cold metal knob and twist it open. Giving a forced awkward smile to Mr. Gustavo, I walked in the cla*s. I was the first one there fortunately as I sat my bum on the wooden chair.
Sighing in relief, I settle my bag on the graffiti wooden desk. A few seconds later the door opens
roughly and Blake enters the room. My heart leaps when he walks in with determination.
My heart pounds as his blue eyes locked into my own, burning me with a sudden heat. I was in trouble. “Ashley-” He starts.
“Mr. Reed, you’re not in this clas. I suggest you go to your asigned cla*s.” Mr. Gustavo deadpanned. He was a very strict man, frightening when he was vexed.
Sighing in defeat Blake nods. He turns to me, his eyes promising that he’d find a way for us to speak, alone. “I’ll see you soon.” Was his last word before leaving the cla*s.
I should’ve felt a sort of ease that he no longer was in the same room with me. But it only made me feel a rapid wave of anxiety. I knew Blake and I very much know that he’ll do anything to get his way. And that is what I was most scared of.
The door opens again, this time Lucy and her friend enter. They were giggling at something they were conversing about. They were both dressed in their cheer outfits, the skirt not lengthy enough to cover their buns.
Lucy’s steeling eyes quickly snaps to mine as if sensing someone looking at her.Quickly tearing my eyes away, I reach for my bag, playing with the zipper as a means to distract myself.
I hear the soft thud of their shoes on the tiled floor as they stride towards me. My back straightens as I awaited whatever nonsense and insult they would throw my way.
“You have some nerve coming to school today knowing what you did.” Lucy starts. I ignore her,running a finger down the zipper of my bag as a distraction.
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