"What the hell are you doing?" Aiden snaps at me.
"Excuse me? What the fuck are you doing?" I ask annoyed, pointing at his chemistry project.
Chemistry is the only other class besides English, we have together.
And of course he had to be my partner for this subject as well.
"You are doing it completely wrong!" His annoying mouth mutters but I just ignore it.
I reach over the table to get my notes when I accidentally bump my hand against the little container with the hot wax in it.
And of course it has to spill all over my hand.
"Fucking cock-sucking cunt bitch. Fuck that's hot."
Aiden is already moving while some asshole mutters "damn she has a dirty mouth, someone should fill it." But I can't think about that right now cause it hurts so bad.
"Come on. Let's bring you to the infirmary." It's Aiden, and he's already holding a wet cloth to my hand.
The woman looking after my hand was nice enough, she said there should be no permanent damage.
And when I'd use my cream regularly my skin would look just like before.
After she checked one last time she leaves the room and I'm alone with Aiden.
"Um thanks I guess."
He stares at me for what feels like an eternity, when I raise my eyebrows he snaps out of it and gets up.
"Yeah you're welcome." He scratches his neck. "Use the cream regularly And call me if you need anything." He mutters and then storms out of the room like he's being chased by the devil.
Seriously what is wrong with him?
~
The next day my hand hurts even more than yesterday and I had to take a painkiller.
I'm a little crybaby when it comes to injuries.
And this one is a big one.
That's what she said.
Anyways.
I'm walking to my class when I notice a guy giving me a sour look.
Damn what happened to him?
He looks fucked up pretty bad. With his split open lip, his nose bleeding and both eyes bruised blue.
Wait wait wait!
Wasn't that the asshole talking shit about how someone should fill my mouth yesterday?
Because of the injury I nearly forgot that I still have to kick punch him in the balls.
But I guess the universe already did that for me.
I smile and feel better immediately.
"Hey Az!" I pause to look behind me and there comes Theo.
He throws his arm over my shoulder.
"Oh hey Theo. How are you doing?"
"Shouldn't I be asking you this?" He asks pointedly looking at my hand, still in bandages. "Sorry I didn't call sooner, but I just found out this morning."
I smile at him, he became such a great friend, in such a short period of time.
"I'm okay, it still hurts pretty bad but I hope that'll stop soon. And don't worry about it."
"If you say so, but let me at least buy you lunch?" Well that's an offer I would never decline, and he already knows that.
"Oh but Aiden will be there as well, I promised to eat lunch with him today." He adds.
Aiden.
I don't even know anymore.
I sometimes forget that Theo and him are actually great friends.
I tell him that not even Aiden freaking Torres could keep me from my food to which he laughs.
Food was the first thing we bonded over, so we kind of fell into this routine of eating together at least once a day.
We decide to go to a cute restaurant and Aiden looks up as we enter, as soon as he sees me, he frowns.
"It's nice to see you too." I say as Theo and I slide onto the bench across from Mister Stalker.
"Sorry are we interrupting?" I smile falsely.
He rolls his eyes, "how is your hand?" He asks and shocks me.
"Uh, it hurts pretty bad but I'll live."
"Okay guys, what do you wanna eat?" Theo questions us, as he looks at the menu card with dreamy eyes.
We all take a burger with fries.
Theo takes extra cheese and extra fries.
How he still has such a great body, from what I can see, no idea.
"So when do we meet again? We still have to finish the assignment about cultural changes." Ugh I roll my eyes thinking about it, usually English is my favorite subject but it can be really boring at times. And this assignment is one of those times.
"I'm free tomorrow." I say, I've only wanted to have a look at some job ads but that's it.
"Yeah, same." Aiden adds.
"Okay perfect, then let's meet, at Aidens again at 3. Well you have to come Az, cause I currently live with Aiden." He grins.
"3 is perfect. And yes I'll come."
That's what she said.
I roll my eyes at myself in my head.
I really have to stop with that!
"That's what she said." Aiden murmurs and I roll my eyes at him saying the thing I just thought and Theo cracks a smile.
Aiden is such a child.
Not me though.
"So how long do y'all know each other?" Theo asks into our little group.
Aiden and I stare at each other.
"Well, we know each other since kindergarten." Theo looks shocked at that, "don't get it wrong! We were enemies since our first meeting." Theo laughs out loud and Aiden glares at me.
Can this bitch stop glaring for one second?
I glare back.
"Wait you two are serious about this?" Theo asks still chuckling.
"Um don't you see how this jerk always glares at me?" I point at Aidens glare to make my point clear.
"But isn't that his normal face." To that I snort.
"Yeah now that I think about it.
The poor guy! He probably just looks so mean because that's just his natural face. I bet he actually means to smile at us right now." I say with a cheeky smile and Aidens glare turns scary.
Theo is still chuckling when Aiden once again ruins the mood "are you two finished?"
"Yes you miserable frog. Okay I gotta go. See you guys tomorrow then!"
"Bye Az!" Theo glares at Aiden when he says nothing.
"Yeah bye."
On my walk back home, I notice the ad in a widow of a cute new Café and I decide to take the opportunity and ask for a job.
I go in without much thinking cause otherwise I'll never do it.
It's pretty busy for a Tuesday evening and the Café is also new. So that's impressive.
I walk up to the counter, where a girl in around the same age as me stands, looking a little pissed off.
"Hey, could I please speak with the manager for a sec?" I ask and try my best to smile at her.
She looks me up and down.
Okay?
Then she shouts "Callan?"
Two seconds later a handsome young man looks out of the kitchen.
"What?" He also seems a little pissed.
"She wants to talk." The girl, Twyla, as her sign says, mutters.
"Yeah, I actually just saw the ad in the window, so I wanted to ask if I could get the job."
Callan looks at me unimpressed.
"And why should we take you?" I keep myself from rolling my eyes, he sounds so arrogant.
"I work hard, I'm reliable and I've had jobs as a waitress in the past, so I already know how everything works." I had to help mom with the income, that's why I worked two years as a waitress.
He looks at me down his nose, what a cocky asshole.
"Be here tomorrow at five, for a practice shift." He says and then dismisses me by just walking away.
Damn okay.
The girl looks pissed.
Oh god, they're all miserable here. Was it a good idea to ask for a job here?
I'm already out of the door when I remember that I made plans with Theo and Aiden tomorrow.
Goddamnit, now I have to ask them to reschedule.
I call them in our group chat immediately, because otherwise I'll forget.
Aiden is the first one to pick up.
"What?" He asks, once again rudely.
Then Theo also picks up.
"Hey besties! What's up? Do you already miss me Azzie?"
I can practically hear Aiden roll his eyes.
"I just wanted to let you guys know, that we have to either begin earlier tomorrow or do it another day. Something came up."
"So you just cancel on us?? Your besties?" I grin and roll my eyes.
"I'm trying to find a solution, I'm not canceling on you guys."
"Can you guys come to the point?" Aiden complains.
"Well? What would you prefer? Does it work for you to meet earlier?"
"Let me look into my very full calendar at first. Uhh," Theo pauses "yes, it works for me! Aiden?"
"Yeah for me too." I hear him grumble.
"Okay perfect. See you tomorrow then."
"Bye fuckers!"
"Bye."
I walk home, look after mom and I'm relieved when she's already in bed, asleep.
When I'm finally in bed I call C and chat a bit with her.
She went on a second date with this guy and it went really well.
I tell her I wanna meet him before she thinks about something serious.
I shower and then I go to sleep, but I can't really.
At like 2 am I wake up completely sweaty.
Not another nightmare.
I had nightmares for a long time but I never did anything about it.
Like what should I do?
Go to therapy?
Yeah no, that shit's expensive.
After some torturing hours of thinking about Aiden, cause he's the only thing I have on my mind the whole time, I finally fall asleep.