Chapter 1: One thing about myself
I knock twice before I stepped in the office. Mrs.Becker, the principal was sitting in her swivel chair comfortably, paperworks were scattered in her wooden table. Through her glasses, I can see her eyes glued in the paper she was holding.
I cleared my throat so I can get her attention. Finally she looked at my direction and gestured me to sit at the chair in front of her.
I was really aware that her eyes was watching my every movement until I sat and make myself comfortable or at least I tried.
"How was your day, Miss Portman?" She questioned.
I paste a small smile, knees were trembling for an unknown reason. In the first place, I didn't really know why I was here. My name was called earlier in the speaker when I am taking my spanish class. Imagine my shock when I heard my name in every speaker installed in hallways and classrooms? That's so embarrassing.
I'm not popular and friends with the jocks and queens in this school, I'm more on books and coffee girl who doesn't like makeups and lipstick. You will not also see me in every party that was held inside and outside of the school, well I did once but it turns awful because my parents scolded me for not telling them. They even called a cops and reported me missing because their only daughter didn't come home last night!
And my results of my act? I was grounded for almost two weeks. Yeah! Two weeks!
"Ah it's fine!" not until you called me.
"Oh great! I will tell you the reason why I summoned you here. Let's just wait for St--" we both look at the door. My eyes widen when I made eye contact with the famous bad boy of Northville, Stephen Jackson.
"Oh Mr. Jackson! You're here, please sit down..."
I quickly averted my gaze and instead look at the principal. My heart was pounding so loud that even me can hear it clearly. My God! What's wrong with you?! Calm down!
I tried to focus my eyes with principal Becker for me to easily avoid Stephen's penetrating gaze. But I know to myself that it's hard, knowing that he's just in front of me made my heartbeat fast. So with all my best, I ignored his presence even I can feel his dark eyes, eyeing me curiously.
"So I know that the two of you were confused why I called you both here? Am I right?" I simply nodded, completely confused. Because I know there's no reason for me to be here. I know that I'm not that smart but I never failed any subjects nor violated the school's policy. So just wondering how I ended up here.
"Quit beating around the bush and tell us frankly why we are here!" Stephen annoyingly said. I just grimaced. Typical of him. So impatient!
Instead to be mad about her students behavior, she just shook her head, clearly expect him to say that.
"Okay okay, so impatient! I called Stephen because news came to me that he did something terrible earlier. Kindly tell us what you did, dear Stephen?" smiling, she turned to face Stephen who is raising his brows that has... a cuts?
"It doesn't matter, why would I tell you If you already knew." shrugging his shoulder and rolling his eyes, he looked away.
"Why? Don't you want it to share with Miss Portman?" my eyes landed to principal Becker, who is currently grinning.
Stephen's eyes twitched in confusion. Flustered, he looked at principal Becker.
"I'm sorry, who?"
"Her!" a grinned plastered in her lips while pointing her fingers on me.
This time, I can't hold it any longer. Even I don't want to, still, my eyes met his piercing blue eyes, staring at me intently.
"Why? Do you want to know what I did?" he asked bluntly, showing no hesitation. I blushed. I can already picture myself getting red so hard without looking at the mirror.
"W-what?" still blushing, I uttered.
The side of his lips turned up, smirking at me, he asked me again.
"Are you deaf?" he even mock me with his action, as if he's asking me through sign language.
Suddenly, I forgot everything, I forgot that I blushed earlier because of this jerk! How can my mind dismiss the thought that this boy is extremely popular for being the school's bad boy?!
How dare him to mock me?!
One thing about myself...
I'm not popular nor an outcast but I'm not definitely dumb to let this people mock me or bully me... because if you attack me, I will doubled it without you knowing.
