Alexis POV
"Ugh..." I huffed with annoyance.
How come all the books were the same size, but then there was this one fucking random-sized book that just didn't make any sense... Smashing the locker door I turned away not being able to look at the odd imperfection any longer.
"Gee, what's up with you," Sammy commented behind my shoulder. I pushed him away and mumbled some words even I didn't understand. "What?" he questioned, puzzled by my behavior.
"This!" I opened my locker and pointed at the oddly shaped long thin book, "F-fuck is this?"
Sammy smiled softly with compassion. My friends never commented or pointed out my weird OCD behaviors, which I was grateful for, because it's not something to be proud of, and I hated talking about it.
Though, oh my God this book made no sense it was driving me insane! Heck, I swear it would trigger anyone.
"It's one for English ye? World-famous poems... Maybe we can ask Ms. Jones if you could keep it in the class. I'm quite certain we will be using a lot of additional books for that subject, it could be a problem," Sammy pointed out, concerned for my wellbeing.
He made a good point but asking for such a thing would make me look like a weirdo... Oh, who am I kidding she already saw me pointing a tree branch at her stomach, this couldn't get any worse!
"Fine," I agreed and placed the horrendous book inside of my black leather backpack. "Where's Daisy?" I questioned looking around the hallway, without a sight of my petite Asian friend.
"Oh, she went to the toilet, l told her we will wait at the cafeteria," Sam shrugged and waited for me to put my backpack on.
It was currently twelve-fifteen and our lunch break ended at one. Today we started with biology, math, and economy. After the lunch break, we will have two hours of our advanced classes, and then there's detention...
We were walking through the hallway, till suddenly someone bumped into Sam knocking him down onto the floor.
"Hey!" I snapped irritated. I looked at my friend who was already pulling himself up.
"Well, well, well, isn't it great?" I flinched at the sound of a recognizable voice - Looking up I saw Jack standing in front of us. "You little shits, are quite an ungrateful bunch. Causing me problems with the principal," he hissed.
"Fuck off man, just leave us alone," Sammy countered, his cheeks growing a shade of red.
Jack walked up closer in our direction and pushed Sam's shoulder making him move backward. "Or what?" he challenged with an evil grin plastered on his stupid face.
I looked around hoping to see a teacher, but unfortunately, there was none. Instead, the hall was packed with students walking by, avoiding us like a plague. I clenched my jaw to the sides, I wanted to tell him off so badly, but I knew I would only make a bigger fool of myself. I had to believe Sam could handle it, even though he wasn't good when it came to this sort of situation. My friend was a cheerful and carefree guy who just like me avoided trouble - It wasn't his thing.
"You retards have to learn how this school works," Jack growled. "No one and I mean. No. One. Challenges me like you did yesterday." This time he was talking to me. "I'm a captain of the football team and an A student if you fucks cause me any more trouble I will make your life miserable," he warned through gritted teeth.
I was speechless and quite frankly scared, he was being serious and could easily beat us up.
"Do we have a problem?" I looked to my left. Daisy was already standing by my side giving me a reassuring squeeze on the shoulder. If it wasn't for being at school, I would be beyond happy to have her, but hell... I could not allow her to get aggressive in here. She could get expelled.
Panic rushed through me, quickly thinking about a way out without causing a scene. I saw the door '205', Ms. Jones classroom was only a few rooms away.
"Great, there's more of you, fucking cockroaches." Jack rolled his eyes and clenched his fists.
Within a blink of an eye, Daisy was already up to his face poking his chest, "I will kill you." She whispered into his ear, but loud enough for us to hear. Jack seemed confused and a bit amused by the threat from a petite Asian girl. Oh boy... if only he knew.
So, I ran.
I had to get Ms. Jones to help us before Daisy beat that guy to a plump. I passed the class '206' and '207' finally reaching '208'. My heart was beating fast and cold sweat formed on my forehead. I was scared Daisy has already started doing something stupid. Without hesitation, I opened the door and without looking around, I ran towards Ms. Jones, who was sitting on the chair in front of her desk.
She looked up, her face didn't wear a mask, she was surprised by my sudden approach. I grabbed the cuff of her baby blue shirt and pulled on it slightly.
"Miss Anderson?" Her voice unsure and her eyes dilated. The poor woman was clearly confused as fuck, but I had no time for any of this, I needed her to come with me.
I looked into her eyes, begging her to not question, she got up yet still hesitated to follow.
"...P...p-please," I begged with tears forming in my eyes.
She nodded and allowed me to guide her towards my friends. I gasped seeing Daisy sitting on Jack's body throwing out punches at his face, while Sammy was holding onto her torso with weak attempts of pulling her away.
I was about to run towards them when Ms. Jones placed her hand in front of my chest. I shot her confused look filled with worry, but she has already put on her stern and emotionless mask and walked towards the scene.
"Enough!" Her rough demanding voice caused everyone to pause. "To the principal, now!" She growled pointing towards his office with her slender index finger.
Sammy compelled like a scolded puppy, dragging angry and hesitant Daisy behind him. Jack got up and followed in their tracks. I wasn't sure whether she wanted me to come, so I walked up closer hearing her exhale while caressing her straight black hair with her fingers. Her mask was off once again, and she appeared to be deep in thought. Shifting slightly unsure of how to approach the situation, I decided to gently pull down on the cuff of her shirt.
I didn't like talking to strangers, because over-stammering was extremely exhausting and embarrassing.
My action was successful, as her attention was now fully mine - it made me nervous.
However, at this very moment, she's done something unexpected. Her lips curved upwards, blessing me with her angelic subtle smile. I'm not sure why, but it was so precious, I felt like she wasn't doing it often, even though I had no way of knowing... but something inside of me told me that was true. I smiled back exposing my white teeth, which only caused her to deepen hers, turning my stomach upside down.
I looked at my hand still holding onto her shirt, the realization shocked me, and I dropped it as if it was on fire. As soon as I've done that, the regret has washed over me, Ms. Jones angelic smile was gone, and she brought her mask back onto her beautiful face.
Great.
"Thank you for bringing me here, we should go to the principal's now, I'm sure your friends are waiting," she said flatly. The sound of her heels gracefully hitting against the floor brought me back to the sad reality. I shook my head and walked after her keeping a foot distance.
When we got to the principals' Sam and Jack were explaining the situation, of course the dickhead was making it look like it was our fault, and Daisy attacked him for no reason, but c'mon Mr. Clark was smart enough to know it wasn't the case.
While everyone was arguing and explaining shit, including Ms. Jones who was quite involved in the conversation, telling Mr. Clark how distressed I was when I came to find her - I realized something.
It was past twelve-thirty, and I haven't had my lunch.
The idea of missing one of my biggest 'musts' of the day was slowly getting into my head. I tried to distract myself by listening to the conversations, but my mind was constantly reminding me that I missed something important.
After ten minutes, I was beginning to go crazy, my thoughts were haunting me, constantly telling me I fucked up and I will never be able to fix my schedule - My perfect plan was disrupted.
Did I have to change my breakfast time again?
Groaning out loud I hid my face in my hands.
Stop it! It's just a small minor thing nothing changes! Don't be stupid you managed to move your schedule an hour back, you can change it again!
I was arguing with my own mind trying to calm down and allow myself to understand that it really wasn't a big deal, but a bitchy part of me wasn't giving in. When I finally opened my eyes, I found myself in Daisy's arms - I moved away shocked. Everyone was gone except Ms. Jones who stood leaning against the office door.
"What... h-h-happened?" I sobbed moving further away from Daisy. Ms. Jones has passed me a tissue pack, which I gladly accepted.
"I'm sorry, Lexi," Daisy apologized looking worried. "It's your lunch, isn't it? We missed it because of me..." she whispered ashamed.
I simply nodded not knowing how to react, I wanted to reassure her that I was okay, but I wasn't. I was going batshit crazy inside of my head, thoughts never stopping.
"Stay," Ms. Jones ordered and left the room.
Daisy sat me down on the chair and kept on massaging the back of my neck, but I couldn't calm down.
"Shit, Lexi you are trembling so much... what can I do," her voice cracked in distress.
I must have looked really bad for Daisy to be this worried. Honestly, I didn't know how to stop this, when I was moving my eating schedule, I had it fully under control, doing a few minutes at a time every single day, and eating as soon as I felt the panic reach me.
I heard the door open and a box of salad was placed in front of me. Turning my attention back to my teacher, she was standing on my side with worry showing through her emotionless façade.
"Eat," she said and handed me a plastic fork.
I was shocked, I wanted to argue, but she was so fucking intimidating that even my bitchy obsessive self decided to shut up.
"The hell lady, it's not so fucking easy, you can't just order her to eat!" Daisy blurted out frustrated by my teacher's attitude.
However, I stopped listening and opened the salad, taking a bite and then another, until I was done. I closed the box exactly how it was before I've touched it. My eyes landed on Daisy, whose jaw was hanged open, bewildered by the scene in front of her. I simply shrugged, feeling calm again.
"Okay, I guess it was that fucking easy after all... What the hell Lexi?!" Daisy exclaimed throwing her hands in the air.
Ms. Jones cleared her throat. "Language young lady," she warned.
"Fuck you!" My stupid friend growled back. God, this girl...
"Daisy!" I yelled causing her to shut up.
"You ate at twelve forty-five if that's any help," Ms. Jones added ignoring Daisy's behaviour and looking into my eyes.
I smiled shyly, "Thank... y-you."
She shrugged, "Simply doing my job, we can't have distressed students."
For some reason, her words stung causing my heart to ache, maybe because she has basically just told me I wasn't any special, but then why would I be? And why did it bother me...
Was I really crushing on someone I just met?