I arrived school without anyone seeing the bruises on my neck, however they were staring at me for no reason everytime I past by them. When I arrived inside the classroom, all of my classmates were staring at me even when I walk into my desk.
"What the fuck is this? Why is everyone staring at me?"
I murmured under my breath, so that they can't hear what I just said. Like I mentioned before, I do not like attention, especially when it comes to my own classmates. After I sat down, the teacher arrived and told all of my classmates to sit down.
Releasing a breath of relief, I was glad that no one is staring at me. In the middle of discussion, the teacher called out my name and asked me if I could read the question, and answer them. I hesistated, bevcause I do not want to do at all. I sighed and stood up with the textbook on my hand, I read out the questions.
The teacher stopped me as I was almost done reading, I looked at him and asked what's wrong. He pointed towards me, and told me...
"Jackets are not allowed inside the classroom, only outside"
I forgot about the rules in this school, and one of them is "jackets are not allowed to be worn inside a classroom, and must only be worn after class or outside the classroom".
It is such a stupid rule, but arguing about it might cause me trouble. I took off the jacket as I did not want cause trouble, the people that looked at me were shocked about how much bruises were on my neck....
"What happened to your neck, Clint?"
They were all staring at me, looking at my neck. The people at the back were gossiping, and Amelia was also staring at me. Probably waiting for me to answer.....
"Nothing sir, I just got bit by bugs"
It was a bad excuse, and all of them think so too. Teacher Simmons, also thought that it was a bad excuse, but he did not drag it any longer and told me to continue reading the questions. After I had answered all of the questions, I sat down and the person beside threw a small piece paper at my desk.
I looked at who it was.....
ELLA SPEARS
LEVEL 3
NONE
It was a girl named Ella Spears, she had short hair that touched her shoulders, and an delinquent aura surrounding her.....
"You had a wonderful night, last night did'nt you?"
She asked, she had this expression on her face that I want to punch. I ignore her, she clicked her tounge and I could tell she was mad. After the morning class had ended, and teacher's kept asking me what happened to my neck.
I was packijg up my stuff so that I can eat my lunch. Suddenly Ella slammed her hand on my desk, which got everyone's attention. I even got startled, becausr I do not like sudden big noises, they easily startle me.....
"You think you're better than me huh?"
'What the fuck? What is with her?'
Is what I first thought when she did that, I only stared at her as I wore my jacket. She was pissed, because she did like me ignoring her. Like what is your deal?. Amelia suddenly popped up, and asked Ella on what I did wrong. She quickly answered, by shouting.....
"This bitch ignored me!!!"
She pointed at me, like I was the oje who killed her dog. Like why are you mad at me for no reason?. Then Amelia replied back to Ella, which I did not expect her to say.....
"You have a small self-esteem, if you are offended by Clint ignoring you-"
Ella was glaring at her when she said that, I could see Ella raising up her arm, I stopped her and told her...
"You know, Violence is not something that is needed in this situation"
She told me to let go of her arm, I could tell that she was really trying her best to break away from my grip. It was a pathetic thing to watch, It was like watching a chihuahua trying its best to intimidate a bigger dog.
I pitied her, so I decided to let go of her arm. When I did that, she immediately growled and glared at me, before she stormed off the classroom. What the hell was that? Amelia looked at me, as if I had any clue on what just happened. I shrugged both of my shoulders and was completely clueless.
I stood up and asked Amelia if she wants to eat lunch together, she happily nodded her head. When we get to our usual place, I took off my jacket so the bruises on my neck were completely exposed.
As expected, she asked me what happened to my neck, I scratched my neck and said to her.....
"Just so you know, these are not hickeys. I just woke up with bruises on my neck, and also on my shoulders"
I showed her the bruises on my shoulders, and she gently stroked my skin. Which was weird, because it looked like she enjoyed touching my shoulders...
"Is something wrong?"
I asked her, she then suddenly blurted out....
"Your muscles feel so nice-"
Which she was also shocked on what she said, she pulled her arm back and placed both of her hands on her mouth. I just smiled off, and ignored what she just said...
"I am sorry, I just said that"
"No, its okay. I understand"
She was blushing, I could tell. Her ears were bright red, signs of blushing or embarrassment. I rolled off my sleeve and told her that she can touch my shoulders, how much she wants. She was surprised, and possibly got more embarrassed.
She composed herself, and politely declined. I shrugged and rolled my sleeves back down, I continued eating. We did not talk for a moment, then she asked me.....
"Are you aware that you are popular with girls, Clint?"
I looked at her as if she was insane, as a natural reaction I said.....
"What??? Damn, thats crazy"
"No, I am serious"
She looked directly at both of my eyes, she was not kidding. She was 100% serious, I gently put down my lunchbox on the floor, I was curious on what she was about to say...
"Do you not even notice when girls are looking at you?"
I shook my head, I am completely oblivious on what other people think of me. I do not even acknowledge everytime someone looks at my direction, I just want to mind my own business....
"I hear girls gossip about you all the time, saying that you are very tall and have a muscular build"
I raised my eyebrow, trying to think if that is a bad thing or a good thing....
"So? Is that my problem?"
She sighed and replied....
"Its not that its your problem, girls are thirsting over you"
"What? I do not believe you, besides there are a lot of people that look way better than me, and are much taller"
"You do know that, you are probably the tallest person inside our classroom. Other than that guy who always sleeps during discussions"
I am not that tall though, the last time I measured my height was when I was 15 years old, it was only 160cm. Two years have passed and I did not check my height, so I do not know how much taller I got during those two years.
"I am pretty sure, that I am only 170 cm tall, not that tall"
She looked at me in disbelief, she did not think the same.
"You're joking right?"
"No, I do not know how tall I am, the last time I checked my height was when I was 15 years old"
She placed down her lunchbox and told me to stand up, I stood infront of her and I am pretty sure she is trying to guess my height. After a minute, she was done guessing my height....
"I am sure that you are 5'10 right now, which is i think...178 cm. Which is pretty tall, considering that we are asians"
So I grew around 18 cm, how much is that in inches? Forget it, I will just check that when I get home.....
"Are you now aware of how tall you are?"
"Yes, I am. Thanks to you"
We both sat back down, and continued eating our lunch. We were talking to each other for a while, until Noah arrived and ate lunch together with us. When it was almost 1 pm, Noah said goodbye and went to his next class. Leaving Amelia and I alone, we also decided to go into our next class.
We packed out things quickly, and walked together towards our next class. During our walk, Amelia suddenly asked me a question....
"Have you ever think of having a girlfriend?"
"Where did that came from?"
"No reason, I am just curious. I am you are attractive, and attract many girls. So by that, you would not find it difficult on finding a girlfriend"
"Yeah, but i do not want a girlfriend as of now. Because I am still a kid, and am not ready to burden myself on having a girlfriend"
She also agrees with my answer, and I also asked her the same thing. She aso answered with the same reason, which was cool.