Chapter 20: Confront

It's been almost a week i'm ignoring Hazen. I can't talk or look at him.

It's friday today, i'm sitting with Marina in class, I can tell he's staring at me.

"Is he still staring?" I whisper to Marina.

"Who?"

"Your uncle-" I stop. "Who else?"

"Oh, Hazen?" She looks behind me. "Yes, he is."

"What expression does he have?" I ask out of curiosity.

"Pissed."

"What?"

"Yeah, he looks pissed."

I try to glance at him.

Damn, he is glaring at me.

The first period was over, as soon as the teacher left Brian came to me.

"Lia?"

"Hm?" I look up.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing…?"

"Sure? you look worried."

Do I?

"No, i'm fine, just tired."

"Uh…" Brian thinks.

He looks nervous.

"Do you need something?" I ask.

"Uh, no, I was thinking if- I mean-"

I wait for him to finish.

He looks at me then stops talking .

"No, nothing." He says with a smile and walks away.

I tilt my head in confusion.

"He definitely wanted to confess." Marina says.

"You always say that."

I look at her, I accidentally turn my head and make eye contact with Hazen.

I gulp nervously and look away.

Break Time

I sit with Marina and eat my snacks.

"You know there's a new senior student who knows how to hack." Marina says munching on her cookies.

"Aha?"

"And you know he hacked the school's wifi password."

"Oh~"

"He also hacked a boy's phone who was cheating on his girlfriend and they're from our school."

I furrow listening to her.

"And that guy- oh Hazen is coming here."

I look up at her as she suddenly says that.

"He's definitely coming here- oh he is."

Hazen stands in front of me.

I glance at him and look away.

"Why are you avoiding me?"

I sit straight slightly uncomfortable.

"I'm asking you something."

"Huh?" I look up.

He clenches his jaw staring at me.

I clear my throat he suddenly grabs my wrist and starts walking upstairs.

"Huh? Hey!" I say in confusion as he dragged me. "Where are you taking me?"

He walks to the third floor, he opens the door to an empty music class, the window are shut, it's dark.

"Hazen what are you doing!"

He pushes me against a wall, his arms on both sides.

"What the hell are you-"

"I don't like it when you talk to Brian."

"What?!"

"Stay away from him."

"Huh?!"

He has lost it.

"Actually, stay away from every guy."

I close my eyes, processing his words.

"Are you on drugs or something?"

"Lia, don't ever ignore me like this again."

"Is that a warning or a threat?" I frown.

"I'm serious."

"Oh, so it's an order…?"

"No-"

"Yes, sir, whatever you say." I smile and then stop. "Is that what you were expecting? And who are you to stop me from talking to Brian?"

"Why do you even talk to him? what does he have?"

I furrow.

"I have everything a girl goes crazy for and you give attention to someone like him and not me?"

He's definitely on drugs.

"Why-" I stop and sigh.

"What? does he have more money than me?"

"Hazen, I don't want to talk."

I try to leave but he blocks my way.

"Tell me? what does he have that I don't?"

I frown, if he says another word I will slap him.

"I said I don't want to talk, let me g-"

"Is someone inside?" A teacher knocks as the door was locked.

He didn't move an inch, still staring.

I freeze.

After several knocks the teacher went away.

I push him away, open the door then look back glaring him.

"Don't do this again." Saying that I leave.

At home

"He really is crazy." I mumble to myself as I clean my room.

"Huh?" Mia said looking at me.

I look at her.

"Did you call me crazy?"

"Not you." I said.

"Then?"

"Nothing."

"Did you fight with Marina?"

"No."

"Then is it that guy from your class?"

I side eye her, acting like I was not talking about him.

"Is it? tell me what happened?"

"No, it's nothing." I say turning around and start sweeping the floor.

She stares at me.

"What?" I say after a while.

"Did someone bully you or something?"

"You can say that." I mumble.

"Huh?" She comes closer.

"Huh?"

"Who?" She says.

"Nobody."

"Come on tell me."

I sigh.

"There's this new teacher that bullied me." I say in a nonchalant way.

"What?" She gasped.

"I'm joking. Nothing happend."

After three days (In class)

It's almost been three days and Hazen doesn't come to school. Did he drop out?

"I still want to know, what happened between you two that he doesn't come anymore?" Marina asks.

I shrug, no expression on my face as if I didn't sleep for a long time.

"Did he kiss you?"

"What?!"

"I mean what could happen that you look this dead and he is not assisting."

"Why do you care if he assists or not?"

"I am dying of curiosity, I want to know what happened? I mean he dragged you out of nowhere."

"He told me not to talk to Brian because he doesn't like it."

She makes the most weird expression ever.

"So that's why you don't talk to Brian?"

"Huh? are you stupid? why would I listen to him?"

"True."

"And I did talk to Brian yesterday."

"Also true."

Now i'm curious, why is he not assisting?

After the class finished, everyone got up and got ready to go downstairs to sports class. As we are walking to the gym class I see Hazen leaning against a wall. Did I just manifest him?

"Oh, look it's Hazen." Marina says nudging me.

"Hmh." I look away, he's already staring.

We go inside the gym room. Ms. Angela starts explaining an activity for today.

"Alright we'll make two teams and we will need two leaders so they can start and choose who will play for their team."

"Hazen should be a team's leader, he won the competition after all." Laila says smiling at him.

"True, Hazen come here." Ms. Angela says.

He stands up in front of the class.

"Teacher, can I?" Brian asks.

"Oh, of course Brian come."

Both of them stand opposite of each other.

"Alright should we do rock paper scissors and whoever wins can go first to choose." Ms Angela explains.

Brian wins. He looks at me.

"Lia." He smiles.

I get up and go towards him.

"I am not very sportive, you should've chosen someone who is good at this." I say.

"I can't let you go in his team."

"So you do accept that i'm not sportive." I joke.

"No, you are very attentive and I do need someone like you in my life." He chuckles and stops looking at me.

I blink twice.

"I mean, team, sorry." He nervously chuckles.

I look at Marina.

"Brian can you choose Marina?"

"Yeah."

Ok that's good if we loose I can blame her.

After the teams were decided, Ms. Angela gave us a Volleyball. Everyone went to their places and waited for the game to start.