"Let her go" he said and all of them looked at him confused.
"What's your deal James? She my prey!" Ryan exclaimed annoyed.
Cassandra couldn't help but hold that wish to retard she was not a thing or an animal for him to call her a prey. she was a freaking human. But then she realise that it was probably her habit of fighting back that has gotten her into trouble since the very first day in the school and it might be a good option for ones to behave like a meek girl and let someone be her savior so that she could stay out of the trouble.
"Look Ryan whatever problem you had with her I think you have tormented her enough for a week and also she is Isabella's good friend which means that I am bound to protect her so if you would be kind enough to stop troubling her it would be really great because I do not really want to fight" James had constructed that sentence in a very suggestive and requesting way but the threat was pretty clear and Cassandra couldn't help but wonder what it was with the students of the school to threaten every one every now and then.
Cassandra was well aware that james and Ryan both belonged to the second strata but what she did not knew was which family was more influential but she could get a hint that it was probably James because Ryan made an annoyed face before he spat a 'whatever' and left with his teammates walking behind him.
"Thanks" She mumbled before looking at him with a small smile.
"It's no big deal! I assure you Ryan will not trouble you hereafter" James answered patting her back and walking away with his friends.
Cassandra was grateful for how the day has started after a week of torment and she was glad that at least Ryan was off her back, she really did not have an update on the Xavier tho.
She knew that even if James had managed to save her from Ryan, he could not do that with Xavier. in fact there was nobody who could save her from Xavier because that guy scare the living daylights out of everyone. a part of her was even worried about where he had been missing for last one week and she wanted to smack that part of herself in the head so hard that it would stop thinking of the stupid things.
She walks inside the girl's restroom and splashes some water on her face to calm herself down.
When she walks out to grab her supplies from her locker she finds Isabella standing there.
"Hey!" She smiles at Isabella.
"Hey! Are you ok?" Isabella asks worried.
"Yeah I am fine and I think you should thank your boyfriend for that because James was the one who stood up for me in front of Ryan or who knows what prank I would be a part of right now" Cassandra explained.
Isabella was way too shy to say anything so she just smiled in return.
"You see he very heroically mentioned that I was friends with his girlfriend which meant that he found it in his nature to protect me because any damage done to me might hurt his girlfriend" Cassandra explained again with a teasing smile on her face that made Isabella blush more than she was already doing.
"What do you have now?" Isabella asked Cassandra once she was done blushing like a dork.
"I have biology what about you?" Cassandra asked.
"Oh I have literature. I think we should part now because even if there are still around 15 minutes for the classes to start, I would like to be early in order to avoid Mr. Simpson's Wrath" Isabella smiled before she happily skipped of the words literature even though Cassandra was pretty sure that she would stop by and thank James on the way before she finally made it to the class, that was the basic reason why she always got late to her classes anyway.
Cassandra knew that there was no other place she could go to except for her biology class because she had no friends to hang out with and it would be better to reach there early just so to avoid unnecessary teasing and pranks. She started her journey towards the class but came to an abrupt stop when she saw him.
It was around a week since she last saw him, His blazer was still in her hand reminding her of the favour he had done to her irrespective of his brute like habits. His eyes were not really focused anywhere as he was aimlessly walking but she could see a few bloody marks and bruises on his face that were uncared for.
Cassandra swiftly walked towards him before grabbing his hand forcibly and pulling him inside the small supply closet. It was probably just the shock of the situation that she could pull somebody as huge as him inside but once they were inside she realised the lack of space in there. It was almost as if Xavier assumed her to be an attacker because he kept his both her hands towards the end of the closet glaring at her until he realised that she was not some attacker but just the same insignificant girl.
"Don't ever pull me again like that" He growled before leaving her hands free.
"Says someone who does that to me all the time" She retorted.
"Anyways I am not here to argue with you. I'm just here to return the favour" she said as she handed him his blazer.
"You are delusional if you think I did you a favour and what on this earth makes you believe that I will ever wear this piece of clothing that you wrapped around your insignificant existence" he spat.
Xavier was trying his best to make Cassandra believe that he despised her and on some grounds she actually believed too. maybe because he was too big of an ass to tell her the truth that he wanted her wearing his blazer and having something that reminded her of him.
Cassandra Just looked at him with indifference since she was used to his rude remarks like that, the boy hadn't said a single nice thing to her in last complete week of knowing him.
"Well..." she started.
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"Well I don't care if it was a deliberate favor or a stupid act but anyway you helped me out that day and if you wish to waste a perfectly expensive good piece of clothing just because it was wrapped around my so assumed terrible existence then I would be happy to carry it because unlike you I know the importance of things I get. What ever favor you had done to me is cleared now.
we might be enemies but I do not keep debt on me from anyone, you helped me out that day I was here to return the favour. you accepting or refusing it does not matter" she spat before trying to leave the closet until he grabbed her hand and pinned her towards the closet just the way he had done when she forcefully pulled him in and only then when his face was inches away from her and she could feel the heat From his body, she realised how small the closet was.
"I don't think the equation is cleared yet! was my blazer the only thing I gave to you that day?" He said bending slightly towards her lips, like she was ever going to forget about the kiss.
That was probably the most passionate way she had ever been kissed and if only Xavier was not a despicable creature who tried his very best to make her feel insignificant and hurt her with every single word he uttered, she would probably be crawling on her knees towards him begging for his love.
"Well that is certainly the only significant thing I think you gave me that day, everything else was just bullshit like yourself" she spat, Xavier didn't seem to appreciate her tone much as he reduced whatever distance was there between them and Cassandra knew that if she did not act at this very moment she might end up making out with him like the other day if not doing something she would regret for the rest of her life.
It scared her to her very existence how this guy who had never said a single nice thing to her and made it his life's mission to put her through misery could turn her on so much. Even in the beginning of a relationship with Ethan, where he was all sugar coated with her she still couldn't find it in herself to do anything more than just making out with him and this the guy could convince her to totally have sex with him without even uttering a single nice thing.
"Stop" she said firmly keeping a hand on his chest and trying to maintain a decent distance.
"I have a class to get to and you totally despise me so shouldn't you be maybe staying a little away from me" she spat, That broke Xavier away from whatever reverbere he was in as he made a little distance so that she could walk outside the closet.
Cassandra walked outside the closet, breathing a sigh of relief when she realised that she had managed to avoid another eventful incident. she thanked all the gods of existence that gave her enough Will to stop the guy because his single touch and she would be a gone case. little did she knew that that was the exact case with Xavier, her single look or just the way her eyes moved and her lips curled, it affected him in more ways that he can explain.
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Cassandra then dragged herself hastily towards her biology class in order to avoid being late and hoped that nothing more eventful happens in the coming day.
She could not even explain the amount of happiness she felt when she realised that the biology teacher who is yet to arrive in the class. If there was one thing she realised apart from the fact that the students of the school were extremely self-centred and loved to threaten and make others feel insignificant, it was the fact that the teachers were super strict regarding to timing and attention in the class. the only few people who could get away with their nuisance were probably the first strata ones because the teachers couldn't do anything against them even if they wanted to.
Cassandra then dragged herself across the class settling on the second last bench alone as the teacher entered a moment later and directly started with the current topic disregarding any pleasantries.
Cassandra quickly pulled out a notebook and a pen ready to doing the notes when the door was slammed open, making the teacher grind out in annoyance until she realised who has entered and she gave out a sigh of annoyance without saying a thing.
Xavier's eyes moved all around the class, looking for an empty spot and the amount of annoyance on his face was clearly significant when he realised the only place empty was beside Cassandra.
"Well what are you waiting for Mr Garcia after you rudely interrupted my teaching session. please go and settle beside Miss Smith!" She commanded totally disregarding him as Xavier mumbled a few curses here and there before storming towards her and settling beside her.
"So class today we all are going to study about brain and the nervous system and I would like you all to pay clear attention and make notes when necessary" the teacher stated before she started explaining everything.
Cassandra was trying her very best to pay attention and absorb all the knowledge that she was being provided with but it was terribly hard with Xavier by her side.
If the very fact that his very existence so close beside to her was not enough of a torture already, he continuously was being more annoying as he dragged his pen out on the bench, trying to carve something rather than paying attention to what the teacher was saying.
it felt like the teacher had noticed his lack of attention for a couple of times but totally disregarded him and it was no help that he would look up in every few minutes just to see what the teacher was teaching and then get back to carving the bench like it was a carpentry class and not a biology one.
"Can you not do that?" She growled in the end.