No one knows but music was the only thing that soothed her heart completely. She was about dishing the food when the knock came again and she grunted in annoyance, turned off the music and put a frown on her face making her way to the door where she met a oddly familiar face.
" hey neighbor, I just baked a pie and thought I should bring some to you" the girl said with a bright smile.
" Oh it's you again, what part of i don't wanna be friends don't you understand I love my private space" she told the girl in front of her who just pouted and stretched the pie towards her,
" I'm sorry for invading your privacy i just came to check up on you because I was worried" the girl said and placed the pie on Alicia's hand before walking off,
Alicia just ruffled her hair in frustration before running to catch up with the girl, somehow something about her feels familiar and although she had tried to brush it off the girl keeps making things worse by drawing closer
"Umm, maya right?, I'm sorry for being hard on you, thanks for the pie" she said honestly.
" it's okay I'm not mad at you, you just remind me of someone" maya said with a sad smile that didn't go unnoticed by Alicia who didn't want to pry further.
" do you wanna come in?, i just finished making dinner" Alicia asked surprising herself,
" sure ,I'd love to join you..,"
"Alicia, the name's Alicia" she completed,
"sorry it's not my fault, you never told me your name" maya said walking in.
Next day
Hallway
As Davis made his way through the hallway, he began smelling some smoke so he decided to find out where it was coming from ,on getting to where the smell was coming from he met Alicia seated on the rails smoking furiously, he knows she's crazy but didn't know she smokes.
"You smoke?" He asked the question in his head as he moved towards her prompting her to glance at him before asking
" you got a problem with that?"
"Not really I'm just surprised to see a pretty tigress smoking"he said sitting opposite her on the rails with his eyes on her while she just ignored him then shortly after she stood up and left.
"This is gonna be harder than I thought" he said watching her back with a smirk before also walking away.
Back in class
Alicia was already seated on her seat same with others in class as their maths teacher walked into class.
"Gosh I hate this subject but i hate the teacher more,mr baldy is so grumpy" Rebekah said, she was actually sitting in front of Alicia playing with her manicured nails.
" I know right he's so boring" latto who was sitting beside her added.
Alicia just ignored them and returned her attention to the teacher but didn't fail to see Davis intense gaze on her, she raised her brows questionably but he just smiled in return. Rebekah noticed this and frowned deeply facing latto
"why's Dave staring at the crazy girl like that"
" he's probably messing with her, and besides Davis is only attracted to you and he's probably just playing around with her , the moment he's done with her, he'll toss her to the side" latto said reassuring her.
" i hope so cos Dave his mine" Rebekah said then glared at Alicia before focusing back on her nails.
After some hours school was finally over. Alicia packed her stuffs then left the school heading for the parking lot where she had packed her bike, getting there she was about getting on it when she heard someone call her name, she turned around without a frown but was surprised to see maya running towards her.
" Hi lici OMG you school here?, wow!", Maya said when she got to her panting.
Alicia gave her a questionable look and she asked "Do you mind giving me a ride?",
" what are you doing here maya?", Alicia asked
"i school here duh" maya said with a smile
" since when?", Alicia asked
" I just got in through scholarship a week ago and i'm a junior student" maya answered
"Oh okay get in" Alicia said helping her to wear her helmet before wearing hers also, then she got in and drove off.
Davis who was walking towards Alicia when he saw them had halted, immediately they drove off he also walked away.
Alicia's place
After resting a bit, Alicia left her apartment heading for one of her part time jobs when she saw maya also coming out of her apartment.
" hey lici, heading out?,she asked, Alicia just nodded before resuming her walk, she noticed maya trailing behind her, she turned to her with a sigh.
" are you following me?" She asked
" what?, no it just so happens that we are heading towards the same direction" maya said with a smile.
"By the way, where are you heading to?" maya asked after a while of awkward silence.
" I'm heading for my part time job" Alicia answered.
"Really I'm also heading for a job interview, I really hope I get the job though,I'm almost broke" maya said.
" and your parents?" Alicia asked but immediately regretted it when she saw maya's s face drop and her once happy face now filled with sadness.
" I'm sorry, you don't have to answer t.….."
" it's fine, I don't know my parents, I grew with my aunt she said they died when I was young but didn't tell me how,getting the job is just so I can have extra pocket money and not wait for my aunt all the time but she should never find out, if she does I won't hear the end of it" maya cut her off slowly her sad face forming a small smile.
Alicia couldn't believe she could still smile after everything she's been to.
'she must be very strong' she thought within.