Jace stared at Vanessa's statue that was 3 feet tall, he was dumbfounded at how accurate it was except for the horns sticking out from it's head.
"You can have it, if you like. Just stop staring at it." Laurens said as he looked at Jace who was judgingly looking at his statue.
"Are you sure? Isn't this a masterpeice of yours?" Jace asked.
"Pft! You think that's the best I can do?" Laurens scoffed.
"...yes" Jace replied.
"Yeah, you're right" Laurens said admitting the truth.
"Hey, I've been meaning to ask you. Who was that hottie back there" Laurens curiously asked as he grabbed a bowl of chips and shove a few potatoes in his mouth.
"Vanessa? She was my fiancé-" Jace who was trying to talk, suddenly interupted by Laurens continous cough.
Laurens choked at the mention of fiancé but he eventually recovered without help. He gestured Jace to continue whilst clearing his throat a bit.
"Vanessa was my fiancé, until she tried to kill me for not buying her a dog. So, I fought back and almost killed her, then her parents cancelled the engagement but she's one hell of an annoying bitch" Jace ragingly replied.
"Then tell her to stop, so she'll stop clinging on you" Laurens replied.
"I did, I told her so many times. I even bash her head to to the ground, but she's like a cockraoch, she lives no matter what!" Jace exclaimed.
"Then kill her. Oh wow, I can't believe I would said that word" Laurens stated.
"I also tried killing her... multiple times actually"
"But she's like a cockroach, right?" Laurens finished Jace's sentence.
"Yeah"
"Well, you better find a girlfriend soon" Laurens mentioned.
"Or, I could date you~" Jace charmingly replied.
"..."
"...pfft! Hahahahahaha!" The two boys burst into a sudden fit of laughter.
"Oh man, my stomach hurts" Laurens stated as he held his tomach after laughing.
"I know!" Jace replied still chuckling.
"If you were serious, I would've said yes" Laurens said, still laughing.
"Wait, what?" Jace solemnly replied.
"What?"
"You'd say yes?"
"No"
Jace stared at Laurens suspiciously, maybe he just misheard him. Laurens went back to his room with an evident blush on his face, he could not hide it.
~°~°~°~
The weekend has passed and it was time to go to school once more. Laurens was looking pale, paler than his usual skin, and his hair was messier than usual. It was obvious that he was tired.
Jace who arrived at school first, saw the train wreck that is Laurens walking by the door.
"Hey, LAURENS! DID YOU AND JACE BROKE UP?!" Exclaimed by one of their classmates across the room.
"ZIP IT, DANIEL!" Laurens exclaimed, or more like shout.
"Well someone's cranky today" the person sitting beside Laurens stated.
"Happy monday to you too, Rain" Laurens greeted.
"I see that you talked to us first rather than Jace behind you" Rain said pointing at Jace.
"Really? Hello, Jace" Laurens said as he turned and slightly nod to Jace, which the other person responded with a slight bow also.
"Hey, I couldn't help but notice that you're ignoring Jace today. So what happened?" The person who yelled before said as he sat on Rain's desk.
This is, Daniel Villacarlos, he met Laurens during art class where Laurens became his sketching partner, they've been acquaintances but they've never really enteracted much to call themselves as 'friends'.
"Guess what, Dan. Laurens finally admitted that we're his friends" Rain replied.
"About time" he replied.
And the other one is, Hernando Rain Gunichillu, he is Mr. Renay's only son and he became Laurens' acquaintance after Laurens borrowed his pencil and never gave it back to him after art class.
"When did I say friends?" Laurens asked confused.
"Don't be like that, we're just friends. It's not like we're gonna steal you from your beloved Jace" Rain teased.
"Beloved?"
"Well, if you haven't noticed. You and Jace have always been together after that fainting incident and rumor says that you live together, so we reckoned that you two hit it off right away" Daniel said shrugging.
"Wait, so everyone thought that we're lovers? But we're friends." Laurens exclaimed.
"We know that now" Rain replied while Daniel nodded in agreement.
"The girls would go gya gya over this news" Daniel exclaimed.
"HEY GUYS! JACE AND LAURENS AREN'T DATING!" Daniel announced loudly.
And almost immediately, everybody started cheering. Students from the other rooms who heard started peeping from the corridor and the news spread throughout the entire building by day's end. The freshman building became more chaotic than before, ever since.
~°~°~°~
"Well, that was a hectic day" Jace stated, as he turned to Laurens while walking back from school. The atmosphere around them has been awkward since morning, but it was getting better.
"I thought they were after you, turns out they were after your information first and started blackmailing me for your blood type, which I have no clue whatsoever. Daniel who caused the chaos disappeared, so I couldn't even vent my frustations. I am so going to kill the fucker tomorrow" said the tired and frustrated Laurens.
"Hmm... we're put of salt, go on without me." Jace said as he stopped walking and entered a nearby store.
Laurens shrugged and took his time admiring his surroundings as he walked on the road. It had already been a month since he entered Hazard and everyday has been a blast but he couldn't shake the eerie feeling that what he's experiencing is only the tip of the iceberg.
But who the hell cares? As long as it's convineint for Laurens, he doesn't question it. His life right now is much better than the life he lived before.
"Hey! You're Laurens right?" Someone yelled from behind. And Laurens who was already tired and beat, couldn't help but want to smash his head on the wall.
"Hello, yes, I am Laurens Chrome. If you want Jace's information, try hacking the academy's files, you'll find everything there" Laurens replied like a systematic robot.
"That's not what I called you for" said the woman in a tight fitting leather outfit.
"It's not? That's new" Laurens said confused, women only talk to him when they want to ask something about Jace.
"I want to go out with you, you can be my boyfriend" she seducingly replied.
Laurens stared wide-eyed, but "... That's not happening" said Laurens in a dead-panned face as he looked at her up and down.
"WHAT? Why? Aren't I beautiful?" she exclaimed posing here and there.
"Oh, you're gorgeous! You have a face and body to die for, you have a perfect waist line, sexy seductive legs, you have two pairs of bountiful cheeks, and plump cheery lips. You are the definition of beautiful" praised Laurens.
"So why? Why won't you date me?" She asked.
"Okay, first of all, I've never been in a romantic relationship and I'm not planning to have one. And second, I just don't want to." Laurens replied as he patted the woman's shoulder before leaving.
"Asshole! My name is Catherine" The woman yelled towards Laurens' back with a smirk on her face as Laurens replied with a wave.
And that's how Laurens and Catherine met.