With just a single glimpse Nathan could recognize the boy who was standing in front of him and was pretending to be righteous while lecturing him as he was none other than the bicycle rider from the playground in the incident with Aurora.
Even though Nathan witnessed him for just a once during that sudden meeting of his with Aurora in the playground that too from a little far distance yet his appearance was printed on Nathan's mind as he was so curious to know about that guy who was referred as the devil by Oliver.
Many questions were occupying in Nathan's mind that he wanted to find answers for and he also knew that he could get those answers by only approaching the guy that was standing in front of him. Yet he was having a hesitation to have a few words with that guy because he was stuck between the delusion of his heart and mind as where his mind was continuously asking him to approach him again and again, his heart was forcing and asking him to get away from that guy as fast as possible by ignoring his presence.
The moment Nathan got to know that he was that strange rider from the playground all he could remember was Aurora's helpless expression and the hidden pain in her eyes that was secretly screaming loud to come out.
He couldn't understand the reason behind why his heart was at an unease when those pictures of Aurora were running in the flashback of his mind and why he was having an indescribable detest toward the guy in front of him because of Aurora's those engravings in his heart.
Nathan looked away from him immediately as he gave into his heart at the battle between heart and mind and was about to go away from there by ignoring that guy when another boy from behind came and said while putting his hand on Nathan's shoulder, "Hey, bro. Can you please move to this side??? I am in a rush to catch up with my friend who left behind."
Nathan turned his head behind to take a look at the boy who was placing the request and got to see a boy who was a little bit shorter than him in height was standing behind him while placing his one hand on Nathan's shoulder with a gentle smile.
That boy had a pitch-black hair and eyes along with a little dusty skin complexion than them and also he had a positive harmless friendly vibe but behind his kind gentleness, there was also a hidden sly vibe that couldn't escape from Nathan's eyes.
"Sure, I will move.", said Nathan with a smile by moving to the side.
"Thank you and excuse me, bro. Hey, Lucas. Here you are. I was searching for you.", said the boy to Nathan with a gentle smile while turning and shouting at that bicycle rider by standing in front of Nathan.
As that boy was standing in front of Nathan by blocking his way, Nathan again got to stand there while waiting until those two guys' meet and greet section would get over.
"Yes, I am here. See what have you done, because of you I lectured out someone mistakenly.", said Lucas in a complaining voice.
"What??? For real??? You are so careless. I am so sorry about it but whom did you burst out at??? Who was he???", the boy asked curiously and then Lucas pointed towards Nathan by saying in a guilty voice, "Here is him… This bro standing behind you."
"Oh, I am really sorry, you have to bear with him because of me.", said the boy politely by turning to the side of Nathan.
"It's okay. Nothing to worry. If you don't mind, I will take my leave now.", said Nathan with a kind smile.
"Hey, bro, wait for a while. By the way, I am Travis Zen. Nice to meet you.", said Travis with a smile while holding Nathan's one shoulder for making him stop from going and expending his other hand to shake with him.
"Hey, don't forget me and I am in too. I am Lucas Scott. Sorry, bro. I shouted out at you by thinking you to be Travis. I realized it when you apologized to me after hearing your voice. Sorry for the misunderstanding.", said Lucas with a smile but in a guilty voice while shaking his hand with Nathan after Travis.
"It's okay. I didn't mind about it. By the way, I am Nathan Xavier. Nice to meet you.", said Nathan with a kind smile.
"We are from grade 10. Which class are you in, Nathan???", said Travis still standing in between Nathan and Lucas.
"What a coincidence. I am in grade 10 too.", said Nathan pretending to be a little shock by hearing their grades as he already knew that Lucas was his classmate from Oliver during that conversation about Aurora and him.
"Oh, but we haven't seen you before. So you are maybe our new classmate. Sorry we didn't know about it as we were absent for a while.", said Travis while scratching his head with an awkward smile.
"Then let's catch up during the lunchtime together if you don't mind.", said Lucas with a smile.
"Sure why not.", said Nathan a slight smile.
"Let's go to the class together then.", said Travis while leading the way.
"I am sorry because I can't as I got to go to the office room for submitting some formalities.", said Nathan in an awkward voice.
"Oh, okay then, no pressure. See you during the class time.", said Lucas while patting Nathan's shoulder with a smile.
"Sure, see you.", said Nathan while turning away from them to head down to the office room.
Afterwards, Nathan climbed down the stairs while being lost in his thoughts, "Both of them are really something. Their expression and behaviours were saying something else but their eyes were indicating something else. It's hard to guess whether they were being genuine or faking it. So, he is Lucas, the devil but his behaviours and looks are like a prince charming and his henchman, Travis is also not as plain as he tries to show it to others. Interesting. Even though I didn't want to yet that Lucas came to me willingly. Let's see what are they up to later but for now, I want to handle the office room. I can't take any risk."
Meanwhile, Lucas headed up to the stairs while wrapping his hand around Travis's shoulder and chatting with him happily.
"Don't you think that you should thank me???", asked Travis with a sly smile.
"For what should I???", exclaimed Lucas while releasing Travis from his wrap.
"I just save your image in front of that new dude.", said Travis with an amusing face after hearing Lucas's words.
"Really, did you???", asked Lucas curiously.
"Yes, of course. You rebuked him and all that… You know what I mean.", said Travis in a confident voice.
"Oh, Travis, I am such a kind soul. How can I be mean to someone else??? I really thought it to be you. Later when I realized it wasn't you, I felt so guilty.", said Lucas in a guilty weak voice while looking at Travis with a delicate weak helpless boy's looks.
"Seriously???", said Travis confusedly by taking a look at Lucas who seemed to be in so much guilt.
"Any doubt???", said Lucas with a mischievous smile by winking at Travis.
"Hahahha…", then both of them laughed out happily by looking at each other.
"Sometimes, I myself get caught up with your acting just forget about others.", said Travis in a serious voice.
"Really??? Thanks, bro. Indeed, you saved me. It's true that I didn't notice his face and thought him to be a junior at the first place. I really let the cat out but thank God, you came there in time. If it was a junior, then I know how to handle the situation but I was so f**k up when I saw his face as I ended up shouting at the one I wanted to impress but you turned out to be smart to handle it well.", said Lucas with a sly smile while wrapping his hand around Travis.
"Of course, I could realize the situation by looking at your face that's why I immediately cooked up all that stories and that guy took it seriously.", said Travis with a smirk.
"One more important thing was that we had already seen the picture of that guy in the gossip group of our school. Otherwise, how we could know that this guy was the Nathan whom we were baiting for. That guy is indeed a pretty face. He looks much better in real than that in the picture. Even I was shocked to see him. He had a great height along with a good body. I felt little down because he is slightly taller than me.", said Lucas in an irritated voice while looking at the picture of Nathan in his phone while scrolling down the articles of the gossip group.
"Hmm, he is taller like Jacob but his height doesn't matter because what matters now is how he is as a student???", said Travis while chuckling.
"You are right. He is just slightly taller than me and it's the only point he has better than me but let's see how he is at the academics because the one not good at it will become just a puppet on my palm who will appear only as my shadow.", said Lucas while clenching his fist with a sly smirk.
"Yes, it's the main purpose for us to come to school today.", said Travis.
"Hmm, after all, it's not easy to be my rival or to be compared to me with just a pretty face.", said Lucas while putting his phone back to the pocket of his pant.
"Yes, after all, you are Lucas, the prince charming and he is just a transfer student with a pretty face.", said Travis with a smile while indicating towards the junior female students who were looking at Lucas with loveable eyes and drooling over his charm.
"Hmm, but what a waste I am not interested in them. Did you have more information about him???", asked Lucas curiously while looking at Travis by ignoring those girls.
"Yes, I heard from others that he has gained a lot of popularity because of his good looks but his academics are still average or maybe not even average.", said Travis while focusing on scrolling the texts in his phone.
"So, he is just a pretty face. How dare him to try to overtake me.", said Lucas while smiling sweetly with those girls as they were passing by them to maintain his perfect prince charming image.
"Yes, of course. Let's show him his standard today.", said Travis while placing his phone back in the pocket of his pant.
"Hmm, I will teach him a good lesson today. By the way, what about Aurora???", said Lucas with a smirk but having a line of tension at the end.
"She??? Here is the reason why you are not interested in others. She hasn't shown any interest in him. You know, she is hard to please where you couldn't win her how can a noner approach her???", said Travis amusingly.
"But still, dude, there are plenty of fishes around you. Just forget her.", added Travis in a serious voice while hinting towards those girls around them.
"Of course, but I like the one who is hard to get because there is a different pleasure to devour her as she is the purest. I am only interested in her. No matter what at the end of the day, she is mine. For now, let's focus on today's show.", said Lucas in a serious voice along with a sly smile.
"Sure, Nathan, you are a goner for sure.", said Travis happily while chuckling.
"Hahahha…", both Lucas and Travis laughed happily by thinking about their plan to take down Nathan before entering the classroom.