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"Hahaha, don't tell me you believed that?" Alex said, laughing hard and rolling on the blank floor. This was a side to him I hadn't seen before.
"I didn't," I said with a pout. Alex stood up and walked to me and then he touched my nose.
"Your nose wiggles when you lie." He said with a smirk, I stepped back and covered my nose immediately.
"Hey!!" I said, still holding my nose.
"That's a lie," I said.
He went back to where he sat previously and motioned for me to sit opposite him since I didn't want to sit with him in this secluded space. I went to the opposite wall and sat down on the floor, facing Alex. I didn't notice before, but this detention room was pretty cold.
"Are you ready for the game?" Alex said and I nodded.
"What game?" I asked.
"It's a game I wanted to play, you pick a number in your mind and then I'll try to guess the number," Alex said.
"But you are a telepath, you'll surely know what your game adversary picks," I said.
"And that is why I want to play with you, the only girl my telepathy doesn't seem to work on," Alex said.
"Growing up, I was pushed away from every game because I seemed to spoil it for my friends because I knew exactly what to do after hearing their minds," Alex said.
"But can't you block it out?" I asked after seeing his bitter smile.
"Telepathy isn't something you can easily control, it's extremely painful because it's a mind ability. it leads to madness sometimes." Alex said and I felt the urge to hug him, and I did.
I walked towards him and hugged him and I felt him relax in my embrace.
The doors to the detention room opened and ANGELZ including Charlotte and her coheirs, Bea and Edward stepped in.
I jumped away as if I was a thief caught red-handed, and in this case, I was. I glanced at the door and I saw all of them staring in shock.
Alex stood up with a smile on his face," What are you guys doing here?" He asked.
"T...teacher Rachel's class has ended, she sent us to fetch you guys," Leo said as he stuttered.
I bit my lip and tried to walk away quietly as I noticed Liam's and Charlotte's gaze on me. Alex grabbed my hand from behind and I turned to him in shock, not only me but the guys waiting also gasped in shock.
I glared at him but he didn't seem to catch the hint, it was then that I wished he could read my mind right now.
"What about our game?" He asked and I pulled away with a nervous smile.
"We...we'll play next time," I said and hastily tried to leave. I walked to the door but Liam's broad chest was blocking the way, I glanced up at him and he was staring at me, his gaze was unreadable as usual, I hoped he didn't think I was flirting with his brother.
"Excuse me," I said, squeezing myself through the little space when he stepped aside, and as soon as I was out, I ran. Bea and Ed ran after me calling me to stop, but I was so embarrassed to.
~Alex's POV~
I saw her run out and I smiled. Liam, Charlotte, Leo, and VC came up to me.
"Are you okay?" Liam asked in a soothing voice and I nodded with a smile.
"I feel great," I said still smiling.
"What were you doing with...Fatnella?" Charlotte asked with arms folded across her chest.
"Don't call her that, do not make fun of her because she's chubby, I think she's cute just the way she is." He said and Charlotte scoffed, raising her hands in the air.
"And what's your deal Charlotte, this world doesn't revolve around you, I can befriend whoever I want," Alex said, slowly getting annoyed at Charlotte's nosiness and insecurity.
"Are you in love with her?" Liam asked, he had been noticing the peculiar changes in Alex so he just had to ask.
"No, we're just friends, and I enjoy her company," Alex said he didn't want to reveal he couldn't hear her thoughts or else she would be the center of attention and Charlotte would make her life even harder than it already was.
"Let's go," Alex said and walked out of the detention room, grinning from ear to ear.
"I don't get it, what does he see in her?" VC asked.
"This is unlike him," Leo said.
VC, Leo, and Liam got into Liam's car, it was a Ferrari, they were going out of the school's entrance when Liam spotted Ranella, standing on the side, she looked like she was waiting for her chauffeur. She might be someone they don't notice but her Father was crazy rich. Liam always wondered why she had that kind of privilege but decided to keep a low profile.
He stopped right next to her and removed his glasses, which made him look like a cool badass. "Get in," he said.
Ranella's eyes widen and then a hiccup escaped her lips." I... My driver would soon arrive..."
"He already left with your sibling, let me give you a ride." He said, cutting her off.
"Yeah, come on, a friend of Alex is a friend of ours," Leo said with a smile.
After contemplating whether or not to let Liam give her a ride, she finally agreed and sat in the passenger seat.
Ranella wondered where they were off to since they stayed in the hostel, but they were guys, and cool ones at that, they were going to some sort of club, I guessed. Ranella looked uncomfortable as she sat right next to Liam, the dream she had kept flashing in her mind, and just then Liam leaned in, close enough to make her breath hitch and her heart accelerate.
She heard him chuckle and then she heard a clinking sound, he was helping her with the seatbelt. He pulled away, but his masculine scent still lingered around her, intoxicating her, he had this spicy scent and he smelled good.
The car moved and Ranella was lost in thought, staring at the view as the wind whipped her face, not noticing Liam stealing glances at her from the mirror.
She turned to the road and her gaze caught Liam staring at her through the mirror and weirdly enough, he didn't avert his gaze, instead, she was the one who tried to look away.
"When did you and Alex become close?" He asked.
"Huh?" she asked.
"Yeah, tell us what you did to get his attention," VC said with a smirk, leaning in.
"I...I honestly don't know." She said.
"When did you guys become close?" Liam asked again and she turned to him, why wouldn't he let that question go?
"Recently, he soothed me after the incident about the video." She said.
"Ah, Alex is a nice person," Leo said while nodding.
"Yes he is, so don't get the wrong idea," Liam said and Ranella bent her head slightly, resuming fiddling with her fingers again.
"That video, was it an accident?" Liam asked after clearing his throat. She nodded.
"Hey! How would you call a confession an accident, it was indirect but you still shouldn't call it an accident. Tsh," Liam said and I was surprised, why did he get so worked up because I said it was an accident? This was the first time she had seen him acting this way, the first readable expression so far, he looked somewhat childlike and cute and he was pouting right now, she guessed he just loved being adored.