#Chapter4
-Emotionally Confused-01
Today is Tuesday and I already regret waking up this morning.
I barely had the energy to wake up, the only reason I actually got up is because my little sister, Haley, was annoying me.
Since I was supposed to be leaving for school in ten minutes I just put on the quickest outfit that I was able to.
It consisted of an oversized Harvard sweatshirt that I paired with a pair of denim ripped jeans and white slip on vans. I was too lazy to do my hair so I just brushed it up into a ponytail.
/"Hanna, pay attention/" My science teacher yells out
I jump in my seat from the sudden scare. I look up and notice that she's glaring at me.
Why does she hate me so much?
I roll my eyes as she goes back to teaching us about the earths tilt.
We're sophomores, why do we have to learn about something that we've been learning about since fifth grade.
/"What crawled up her ass this morning?/" Aurelia comments from beside me as she continues to scroll through her Instagram feed
Seriously?!
She can purposely be on her phone but I cannot unintentionally daydream.
/"The same thing that has been up there since the first day of school/" I say lowly, hoping that she wouldn't hear it
Aurelia lets out a slight chuckle and puts her phone down. I notice her lean her chin on her closed fist and stare at the side of my face intently.
I continue to stare straight ahead of me, at the diagram on the bored, trying desperately to ignore my rapidly beating heart.
The longer I feel her mysterious grey eyes on my face the harder my heart begins to beat.
/"I don't understand you/" she finally says after staring at me for the longest time
I take this chance to look at her surprisingly calm facial expression.
/"What are you talking about?/" I ask her with a raised brow
She removes her chin from her closed fist and leans back in her chair, making sure to keep her full attention on my face.
/"I can usually read people from their appearance and body posture/" she says with a small smirk
/"Yeah?/" I reply encouraging her to continue as the teacher begins to talk about gravitational pulls
/"Don't believe me?/" She challenges as she points towards a random classmate in the front row
/"She's an only child judging by her wardrobe, he parents spoil her but have enough control over her judging by the way she presents herself, and finally, someone has hurt her in some form of way which is why she's usually rude to most people/" Aurelia finishes with an eyebrow raising
/"Those are just assumptions, Aurelia/" I say matter of factly
/"Do you want to know what I've found out about you so far?/" She questions calmly
I tilt my head to the side as I give her an 'are you serious' facial expression.
/"You're either an only child or the oldest child, You recently went through an awful breakup with a self centered douchebag, because of said break up you have trust issues, and finally you're secretly gay/" she states which causes my eyes to widen in shock
What the-?
How did she-?
Wait a minute.
Did she say gay?
I'm not gay.
There's no way that I could be gay.
/"I must admit that that's impressive, but you got one thing wrong/" I say as I hear the teacher mention something about partner work
/"Oh yeah, what's that, princess?/" Aurelia questions with a knowing facial expression, her smirk never falling from her face
I ignore the instantly butterflies in my stomach from the nickname.
/"I'm not gay,/" I inform which makes her laugh
/"What's so funny?/" I ask with a serious tone of voice
/"Sweetheart, I could feel your gayness radiating off of you the first time we met/" she says
So, yesterday.
/"It must've been someone else because I do not swing that way/" I say just as the teacher says something that catches my attention
/"You guys have three days to work on this project, your partner for this project is your lab partner whom you will have to work with away from school/" the teacher finishes
Please tell me that she is kidding.
I have to not only see Aurelia in school but after school too.
/"You know, that's what everyone says. Spoiler alert, they end up coming out/" she says responding to my earlier remark
There is no way that I will be working with her after school even if it is for a science project.
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/"Have you seen Aurelia's outfit today?/" Bailey says with a tone of fascination
Today Aurelia is wearing a dark red sweater which she paired with a pair of black leggings and chunky black boots.
/"Yes, I wonder where she got her shoes from/" Faith replies
Ugh.
I think my friends are broken, again.
It is currently the end of the day and I am at my locker filling my backpack with my homework and school supplies.
/"Hanna?/" Faith asks successfully knocking me out of my inner thoughts
/"What?/" I ask her as I throw my backpack over my shoulder and close my locker
/"She just asked if we could come over to your house this weekend/" Bailey responds as we begin to make our way towards the double doors
I take a moment to think about my, usually empty, schedule before groaning when I remember that I actually have something to go to this weekend.
/"You can't, my mother is hosting this gala and wants our whole family to attend/" I say with a sad tone of voice
They're facial expressions mimic mine before Faith suddenly gasps, catching Bailey and I off guard.
I look in the direction that Faith is only for my eyes to widen when they land on a smug faced Aurelia.
Shit.
Before I get the chance to run away from her, again, she's grabbing my wrist which effectively paralyzes my legs.
What the hell?!