Chapter 21: Test

Both of them are playing seriously and here me and Marina are in the back talking about what are we gonna eat once we go home.

"Hazen looks way too serious, no?" I say.

"Even Brian."

"They're glaring at each other."

"What do you think will happen if one of them loses, of course someone will lose." Marina shrugs.

"The opposite team will definitely be disappointed and maybe angry."

"But I think-"

Everyone gasps as the ball hit Brian's face.

"Oh my, Brian are you ok?" Ms Angela goes running towards Brian.

Me and Marina also go towards him.

"It's alright, i'm-"

"You're nose is bleeding." My eyes widened.

"I'm fine." Brian wipes the blood off. "This happens a lot in matches, let's continue."

"You should at least-"

"Lia, i'm fine-"

"One hit and you're bleeding?" Hazen says in a mocking manner.

What is that supposed to mean? how else is he gonna bleed?

I give him a glare. He stares back.

"I'm fine being the one bleeding and not someone else." Brian looks at me then at him.

Was the ball gonna hit me?

Hazen slightly frowned. Brian looks proud for some reason.

"Brian, your nose is still bleeding, we should go to the nurse." I say.

"Is it?" He snorts as he cleans the blood again. "It looks fine-"

"Brian come with me, we'll go to the nurse." Ms Angela says.

Brian looks at me then breathes out as if disappointed.

He goes with the teacher and everyone goes to their own worlds and Hazen is still staring at me.

"Did you do it on purpose?" I ask Hazen.

He frowns and sighs heavily.

"You think?"

"Of course, you don't like Brian-"

"Yes, I did it on purpose. Is that what you want to hear?"

"I didn't say I want to hear-"

"I'm always the bad one in your eyes, right?"

I arch my eyebrows in confusion.

He walks past me, a mix of emotions in his eyes.

1 hour later

"Brian, are you ok now?" I ask as we enter the class.

"Yes, I'm ok." He smiles.

I smile back.

"Lia!" Marina walks rapidly to me.

"What?"

"I didn't do my homework." She whispers in my ears.

I sigh.

"I'll let you copy mine."

"Awww~ you're a life saver, thank you."

We sit in our chairs and I take my notebook out and give it to Marina. As the class goes on I look at Brian.

"Lia?" Mr. Tony called my name. "Show me your homework."

He was checking everybody's homework. I take my notebook and walked to his desk.

"Alright." He checks my homework and closes the notebook with a satisfied smile.

I take my notebook and start walking to my seat.

"Lia, go to the teacher's room and grab my file, please." Mr. Tony says.

"Ok." I say putting the notebook down and go to the teacher's room.

I reach there, Ms. Amelia glances at me.

"Oh Lia, what happened?" She says.

"Uh, Mr. Tony asked me to bring him his file.

"Of course, grab it from there." She points at a shelf with tons of files.

I walk there and look for Mr. Tony's name.

I take his file and walk towards the class, I suddenly stop as I see a black car parked just in front of the school gate. I squint my eyes to take a good look. Someone's sitting in it and I feel like I saw this car before.

Is it Hazen's? I think.

I still think.

I keep thinking.

It's not Hazen's.

Oh well whatever, it could be anyone's car.

"BOO!"

"AH!" I turn back. "Alex? what the f-" I sigh, calming down.

Why the hell did I get scared for?

"Why did you get scared?" He chuckles.

He can definitely read my mind.

"Cause of your ugly face." I joke.

"You mean handsome face."

I walk upstairs to the class.

"Why are you here?" I ask.

"In this world?"

I side eye him.

"You mean here?" He playfully hits my shoulder. "I was just missing you." He says sarcastically.

I rub my shoulder. It hurts, damn.

"You missed two classes." I say.

"That's not important, I came because I was missing you." He raises his eyebrows. "By the way I heard Brian got hit on his face."

"Yeah."

He knows everything for some reason, even when he doesn't come to school.

"Why did you come? only one hour is left." I ask.

"How many times do you want to hear me say that I missed you?" He teases. "I'll say it again alright?" He puts his arm over my shoulder. "I missed you."

I hit him on the stomach with my elbow.

"Ow, be gentle, i'm fragile." He says in a dramatic way.

I roll my eyes and walk to the class.

I hand the file to the teacher and walk to my seat. After an hour school ends.

At home

We have math's test tomorrow and I can't focus. My head drops on the desk full of papers. It's ok i'll get a good grade, thinking that I go to sleep.

Next day (in class)

"Ugh, I can't remember anything." I whine.

"You didn't study?" Marina asks.

"I tried but I couldn't focus."

Marina snorts.

Every desk is separated and everybody is preparing for the test. Marina is sitting on my right side, there's a wall on my left, Brian's seat is in front of me; at least I got a view of his back If I seat diagonally I get a view of Alex and Hazen is sitting behind me.

"Are you well prepared?" Brian asks me turning around to face me.

"Kind of."

"Do you need help? there's still some time left before the teacher comes." He says taking his notebook out. He looks up waiting for my answer.

"Oh, this one, I didn't understand it." I say pointing at the notebook.

"This one?" He points.

I nod.

"Alright, i'll explain."

I smile.

As Brian explains and I intently listen to him, I can feel 'someone' hitting my chair from behind with their foot.

Brian finishes explaining.

"Was that helpful?" He asks.

"Yeah, thanks."

"I'll get the highest grade." Alex says confidently.

"Did you study all night or something?" Brian says chuckling.

"I don't need to study maths i'm already smart with this subject." Alex says.

Can he stop hitting my chair with his foot.

I look back at him. He looks way too relaxed.

"Need something?" Hazen says raising his eyebrows.

I sigh and turn around again.

I forgot what Brian explained, not really just a bit, I kept looking at his hands. I hope I don't fail this test. I want eat something sweet.

"I want to eat something sweet." I say out loud.

"I'm sweet." Alex winks.

I'm gonna bang my head against the wall if this thing makes another joke.

"Alright, let's put those notes aside and start the test." Mr. John enters the class.

And he started hitting my chair with his foot again. What's up with him?

I look back.

"Don't you know how to control your feet?"

"Your chair is in my way It's not my fault."

"Do you want me to levitate or something?"

"If you want to." He says teasingly.

"Ugh." I turn around.

I can hear him chuckle.

Everyone starts writing on the paper and i'm still scanning it.