☼Leila Perez☼

I took a deep breath and handed my aunt the fifteen-thousand dollars cash enveloped in white manila. 

She looked down at me with tears in her eyes, "Thank you, sweetie."

I nodded numbly and pointed sharply to the front door. 

She leaned forward to kiss my cheek but I took a quick step back with narrowed eyes. She hung her head and followed the scary man out of my front door. I locked it and leaned against it. How was I supposed to go to bed now? And school tomorrow? My phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out.

Add a modelling shoot to that as well. 

*****

I slid out of the back seat of Rachel's car, "Thank you, Rachel."

She smiled brightly at me, "Have a good day, you two."

I closed the door. Castor departed for his new jock friends and I spun my head around looking for Evie. She stood next to the front door with a frown. I walked over to her, "Evie? What's wrong?"

She scowled, "I saw your Aunt this morning."

My mood sizzled. I crossed my arms over my chest, "I saw her too."

A little boy in Year Seven catcalled, "Hey Leila? My place at ten?"

I glared at him. Evie shouted back, "Grow up!"

His friends stopped laughing but the boy kept smirking. I rolled my eyes and turned away, "I gave her fifteen-thousand and then practically told her to take off, just with not as many words."

The boy called out again, "Hey babe! If you have a shoot, we can just schedule it for after? And you can come in your lingerie?"

I curled my hands into fists but kept talking to Evie, "I've had two meltdowns about my dad..." 

She wrapped me in a tight hug. The boy called out, "Wait, you aren't lesbian are you?!"

I stepped back from Evie quickly with a blush.

"No, she's not," an arm slung around my shoulders, "And I'd suggest you to f*** off."

I looked up at Castor with wide eyes. Why was he doing this? I'd freaking kissed him... he wasn't weirded out? Well... I guess he did try to save me.

The boy smirked, "Everyone at school knows you two are just each-other's playtoys."

I gulped, "What the hell?"

Castor dropped his arm from around me and crossed his arms, "Dude, are you looking for a fight?"

The boy smirked, "Perhaps."

I watched as Castor glared at the boy before taking in a deep breath. I was sure he was going to punch him in the face before Castor turned and said, "Let's get to class."

*****

I sat across from Evie at lunch.

She was musing aloud, "Do you think there's a such thing as an immortal animal? I mean, there's the immortal jellyfish, but is there anything else?"

"Not that I know of," I shrugged and took a bite of my chicken caesar salad. 

"Do you think that if we examined the genetics that allow the jellyfish's cells to revert back to adolescent we'd come up with an answer to immortality ourselves?"

I studied her for a moment with a smile.

She blinked, "What? It's true isn't it?"

I felt a pair of eyes on me and looked up. Trent was glaring at me from the jocks' table. 

I shivered under the hatred in his glare and looked down at my food. I heard Evie shift. Then she muttered, "The jerk."

There was a creak and I looked up in shock. Ethan Mayers was standing next to me. I blinked at him, "Y-you... you're... wh-what are you doing here?"

He smirked, "I need to eat?"

Evie rephrased for me, "She meant why are you sitting at our table?"

Ethan frowned slightly and then said, "I thought we were friends now?"

I bit back a smile and took another bite of my salad, trying to act oblivious to all the stares we were getting. I'd been getting stares for the past few weeks since I'd stopped hiding under my baggy tees, but these stares were less awful (in the literal sense) and more jealous. Of course, I was sitting next to the most popular boy in school.

Evie retorted, "As if. Go join your other idiotic friends."

But someone slid in next to her, "Why are you sitting here?"

Castor.

"Jerk," I said, "I appreciate yesterday, but can you and Bozo go away?"

He grinned mischievously at me, "Just for that, I'm not going to."

I growled at him, "Please. Brit will come and attack me."

"Why?" Castor laughed, "Because me and Ethan are 'hers'?" he made air quotes in the air.

I pointed at the jocks' table, "Go."

"No."

"Jerk."

"Nerd."

"Ken."

"Barbie."

"Castor, just freaking go away," I squealed.

He chuckled. 

Ethan and Evie were glancing between the two of us like we were a ping pong match. I snapped, "Castor, Brit will kill me."

I looked up to where, indeed, the strawberry blonde was glaring at me.

Castor followed my gaze, "Then it's not your fault when I do this."

He stood up.

"Wh-what are you doing?"

Ethan grinned, "Something he should have done a long time ago."

Evie smiled brightly, "Yay!"

"I'm I the only one out of the loop?"

Castor stepped onto his chair, and then onto the table.

I hissed, "Castor, get down!"

He smirked at me, "No, Barbie."

"Castor," I stage-whispered, "You'll get in trouble."

"There aren't any teachers in here," he looked around pointedly. 

The entire student body seemed to have their glares fixated on him. 

Castor grinned and then shouted, "Is everyone listening?!"

There were a few nods of the head. 

Castor shouted, "Oh! And Brit and Trent, you two better listen real carefully!"

I half-shouted, "Castor, get down! What are you doing?"

He smirked again and then slid my Caesar Salad away from me with one foot. I growled, "Don't mess with my food."

I stood up to get it but suddenly Ethan had my wrists behind my back so I couldn't move.

"Ethan!" I squealed, "Castor, what the hell are you doing?!"

He grinned innocently, "Quieres ser mi novia?"

I stared at him, dumbfounded. I blinked once. Twice. 

A few of the students that took Spanish began clapping. I blushed deeply and forced myself to look into Castor's eyes. 

I smiled gently, "Sí."

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