#Chapter6
The weekend passes quickly and calmly but when Sunday evening comes around, my nerves get the best of me. I only sleep for about 2 hours and when I wake up, I look and feel like shit; there's no other way to put it. Right now, I'd rather be thrown to wolves and tigers than be in the same building as the Devil.
Still, I have to go to school even if I dread seeing Axel. It's not like I can avoid him for the rest of my life.
/"Bye, honey and try to come home on time today./" mum says as she gives me a kiss on the cheek before I leave and I sigh to myself. We had a fight on Friday because I came home two hours later that I should have, without the groceries. She was very upset and angry with me, screaming like there was no tomorrow, and I only calmed her down when I said that I ran into a friend. She seemed happy that I had a friend but still confused as to what happened to the stuff I was supossed to buy, and I quickly made up a lie that the money fell out of my jacket.
Thatnkfully, she believed me but knowing her, she will be a little suspicious for a while.
/"Hey, Sophie!/" Liam greets me as soon as I step into school. I smile and hug him, genuinely happy to see him.
/"Hey Liam! How are you?/"
/"Great, I slept really well. What about you? You look like you got hit by a bus./" he laughs at me and I shake my head, unable to wait for his reaction to my story. /"You won't believe me what happened./"
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He sits there, opposite of me, with his mouth hanging wide open when I tell him everything.
/"You're kidding./"
/"I wish I was./"
/"Are you sure?/"
/"Positive./"
/"Maybe you accidentally took some drugs or had a very vivid dream or.../"
/"Liam, I'm sure it was real./"
He lets out a breath. /"Wow./"
The diner is completely packed with students, everybody minding their own business so we're able to talk freely.
I have been scared ever since morning that I would run into Axel but I actually haven't seen him today yet and it's slowly starting to be more and more obvious that he's not in school.
Thank you Mary, sweet mother of Jesus for saving me again and again.
/"I know, right?/"
Suddenly, he gulps and looks me in the eye. /"Look, Sophie, you're a really great girl and I know you're not that stupid but you do realize that this guy is an asshole, right?/" he says and I nod.
/"I'm very well aware of that fact, Liam./"
/"And you do realize he is a sociopath?/" he continues and I frown in confusion.
/"What are you trying to imply?/" I ask, confused.
/"Look, here's the thing. He is a pretty attractive guy and I know women like 'bad boys' but.../"
/"Omg! No! God! I don't like him!/" I exclaim. /"Why would you ever think of that?/"
He raises his brow. /"Well, you like to talk about him and sometimes I catch you looking around the classroom for him and I thought you are maybe starting to like him, you know./"
I shake my head. /"Don't worry. I could never like someone like him./" I state, because it's the truth.
/"I'm glad because you honestly deserve someone much better. All he'd do is break your heart./"
/"Don't worry, Liam, there is literally zero chance of me and Axel ever being together./" I say with a confident voice.
/"Look, I gotta make a quick run to the library, see you in next class?/" I say, standing up and picking up my bag. Liam nods and concentrates back on his food.
I walk to the library quckly, my thoughts far away. For some reason, I don't have Axel on my mind for the first time in what seems like forever. I suddenly stop in my tracks, looking around. Where am I? I've never been in this part of school.
/"Hello!/"
I jump 3 feet in the air and whirl around to see where the high-pitched voice came from.
She's a petite girl, almost as petite as me and her hair is styled in large wavy curls, reaching to the middle of her back. Her friendly green eyes seemed oddly familiar, but I can't place where I have last seen them.
/"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to scare you! You dropped your phone and I wanted to give it to you./" she grins at me and my heart falls to my stomach.
/"Thank you so much. I don't know what I'd do without a phone./"
/"No problem. I was on my way to the library and I saw you drop it so I wanted to help./" she says and I could swear that I have seen that smile somewhere before.
I shake the thought off. My mind is surely playing tricks on me because I haven't gotten a lot of sleep last night.
/"I was just going to the library as well./" I say. /"I'm not completely sure where it is though, would you mind showing me?/"
/"Of course! Come with me./" she grins and starts prancing. I smile to myself at this girl's positive energy.
/"Are you new here?/" she asks me and I nod. /"Thought so. I knew I haven't seen you before./" she says. /"Oh, by the way, I'm Amber./" she introduces herself and I chuckle.
/"Sophie./" I grin.
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