Chapter 12: Chapter 12
SKYLER'S P.O.V.
I just stared at Summer. She's busy answering her Math homework and i'm holding the icebag to her left cheek, i always put her hair behind her ear because it's always falling to her face.
She's still asking me when she's confused.
Summer can be soft sometimes. Her stubborness can be set aside.
"atlast! I finished it!" She exclaimed after a long time. She put down the paper and stretched her neck, arms and legs.
"hey, don't move carelessly." I scolded her. I'm still holding the icebag for her.
"oh, sorry." She smiled at me. Her face did lighten up. Not like earlier, like she's carrying a heavy burden. "it's pretty easy. Now i'd understand it."
"it is. It's just you, making it hard."
"yeah, thanks so much." She shoved my hand away that is holding the icebag. She kissed my right cheek and hugged me tightly.
I'm surprised in what she's doing. I cleared my throat.
"um.. Summer? You do realized what you're doing, right?" I said. She did not let go of me yet.
"uh-huh. I peeked your cheek and now i'm hugging you. That's what i'm doing." She's acting like all of her doings are normal.
"any plan of letting go?" I did not hugged her back. I can really smell her cherry sweet scent. She smells good. Also her hair.
"not yet." She mumbled in my neck.
It bring tingles in my skin.
Then the bell rang.
"any plan in letting go again?" I asked her.
"i hate it but i need to." She groaned and let me go.
Same here! That's what my mind said.
She arranged her things. I stood up and put the icebag at the sink. Washed it and put in it's proper place.
Summer already stood up when i return to her. Her backpack already hanging in her back, her skateboard at the left hand of hers, gripping it. Her face is alright. The swollen's not so clear now. I picked my own backpack at the single sofa and hang it at my right shoulder.
"com'on." I said and she followed me.
We exited the ward room. We both look at nurse Claire's table. She noded at us while grinning.
"thanks nurse Claire." I said.
"we're going to our class. Many thanks nurse Claire. Bye." Summer mumbled sweetly.
As we approached the door, we heard nurse Claire shouted something at us.
"you two look great together!" We already exited the clinic when we realized what that meant.
Summer and i both look at each other.
She smiled. "she noticed."
I smirked at her. "everyone did."
Then we continue walking to our classroom. We're both resisting a smile but then failed. We burst out laughing.
"really, we should stop laughing. We're too loud." I said, calming myself. Summer did too.
Opening the door to our classroom, i noded to Summer to enter first, before me. He cracked a smile and get in, i followed, closing the door behind me.
Every student look at us, specially me. I'm new here. I changed my schedule just yesterday and it is effective today.
"hey, Skyler, why are you here?" Lilah greeted me and approached my direction. She clung at me. I smiled at her. Summer left me and approached her area.
"just changed my schedules and landed here." I'm walking towards my seat beside Summer.
"why? You want to be with me?" She's batting her eyelashes.
I heard Summer cursed something in her breath but i ignored her.
I laughed. "you're cracking a joke? No. Just crossed my mind." I glanced at Summer, who is now talking to some other guy. Our classmate. My new classmate.
"you shouldn't sit here. Com'on, sit beside me at my area." Lilah's pulling me up but i shoved her hand.
"here is fine." I said.
"beside Summer?" She asked, disgusted.
"yeah. What's wrong with that?" I'm getting annoyed now.
"ugghh! Nothing! Fine, sit here." She grunted.
"to your seats everyone." Our teacher said as she entered the room.
Everyone returned to their own seats.
"Mr. West will be in our class till he graduates." She said, smiling at me. I just give her a nod. "oh, it's a surprise Ms. Grant is here with us again, in two days straight."
"just start the discussion already before i change my mind." Summer grunted.
We proceeded to our class discussion then.
Summer's focusing in class. I cracked a secret smile at it.
"assignments, please." After our discussion the teacher announced.
Summer get her assignment and passed it to the front.
"oh, is this really Summer Grant with us? Or she'd been excorsisted by a ghost?" The teacher said mockingly. Everyone laughed, except me and Summer. Summer look angry now. I can't blame her. Summer's receiving an insult or hurtful words. I'm getting irritated too.
"can't you just shut up that i am here?" No, Summer can't explode now. They all stopped laughing. She looked at everyone and landed her stare at our teacher. She's standing infront of the class because she'd stood up to pass her assignment. "if i'm not here, you keep nagging at me, if i'm here, you're annoying me. You're giving me a reason why i don't want to enter your class, even if i love the subject."
Silence filled the air.
Summer returned to her seat then.
The bell rang and all stood up to get out first. Summer and i just stood up. Waiting for the crowd to lessen. I'm wrong. Lilah's with us. She clings to my elbow.
"what's your next class?" She asked. Biting her lip.
"History."
"History? Don't we have History earlier? But i haven't seen you there or any other classes that we're classmates." She noticed.
"i changed schedules."
"why?"
"just for a new air." I shrugged and get her hands off me. "i need to go." I know she still got some things to say but i walked out abruptly. And Summer already headed to our class. She left me.
As i walk in to my next class, as expected, all eyes on me and there are giggles here and there. Just girls. I walked straight to Summer. She's very quiet. She took out her headphone and put it on.
One of my new classmates, which is at the other side of Summer leaned close to her.
"hey Summer, what happened to your face?" She asked.
Summer's still on her music. The girl took off Summer's headphone then Summer glared at her. "what?!" Summer snapped.
"don't what what me! I asked you, what happened to your face?" Wow, this girl is brave enough to say that to Summer.
"as usual." Summer answered nonchalantly.
"figures." Retorted the girl and sit back properly. "but who did that?"
"some whores in this school."
"how?"
"i got slapped, hard."
"Who started?"
"them."
"Did you destroyed their faces?"
"no. I didn't got a chance."
"what a waste."
"yeah. But they got a heavy reward from the council's office."
"but that won't still do."
"i know. But it's alright."
Okay. I think this is one of Summer's friends.
Our teacher came and started the discussion directly.
Classes ended until the school's over.
But not yet for Summer. Her detention, remember?
"Skyler, thanks for all the help. I'm going." I didn't even got a chance to say something back because she walk swiftly at the door and i saw her friend, the one she confided earlier in our History class. Then their gone from my sight.
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