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Song - shy by jai waetford (the nightcored version is even better 🥺)

Aaron's pov,

*thud*

"Aaron!! Careful honey!! ", I heard my mother call out behind me but I just grabbed an apple and was out the door the next second ,not before yelling an apology.

"sorry mum and I will", I bid adieu to my mother ,clutching my backpack tighter on my shoulder with one hand and the other one busy with feeding myself an apple, I was jogging- , more like running to get to the bus stop.

Crap, I'm late.

I did not own any vehicle and my cycle is in the scrape galloping dust  by tons from past 2 weeks since I broke it by- ..... Well, thats a story for another day and simply because I didn't have any time to fix it because of the loads of assignments and school work that I'm glad I finished before it is due, that is today!!

okay with this pace of sauntering and thinking all together I'll be able to reach my destination till tomorrow .

Stop thinking, A.

I repeated the mantra incessant times and boosted my pace , I was starting to see  the stop crowded with people both from my school and others waiting for the common carrier to arrive in order to reach their respected terminus.

Looks like I'm not that late after all.

That made me feel relieved a lot because hell,  I hated being late, I never arrived late in my whole life to anything , be it a funeral or someone's baby shower-

Wait, what-

I shook my head to clear the thoughts , catching the bus just on time .

Aha, victory.

Okay let's get today's day started , taking my bus pass and showing it to the driver , after getting confirmation nod from him , I spotted a seat by the window , just before I was about to take a sit an elderly women got in my way lt seems like she wants that seat too by the looks of her eyeing it and glancing at me at the same time, I looked around to see if there is any available seat, there's none .

"After you , ma'am. I'm okay standing up", I stated the offer with a polite smile and a gentle nod .

"oh honey , thank you , you're so kind", she had the warmest of smiles on her wrinkly mature face , I nodded again reflecting the same smile as hers .

It feels great to do little things which makes other people happy isn't it ? well in my case at least it does .

Anyways since I will be doing my journey standing might as well make it interesting , I reached for my phone in the backpack sensing the cold metal touch my fingers as I took it out along with the headphones, I connected it to my phone , ready to drown myself in melodies just then the small dark screen illuminated making me aware that I got a message .seeing the name which was highlighted brought a faint smile on my face .

Angela .

Angie , is my best friend one of the only few people I'm close to , well to be honest there are only two people I stay with and trust, angela and henry. My two best friend , they're my family.our friendship can't be put into words , words won't do any justice . we're friends from diapers-

*ping*

My eyes directed towards the screen as I slid my thumb to unlock and rolled my eyes at the spamed message box from angela .

Angieorange:-

6:53 AM

"hi there ,ronron. It's really good morning , isn't it? Hehe I gave you another nickname"

" have you eaten yet ??"

" how'd you sleep , I slept like a koala by the way"

"I missed you btw, hehe"

" what about homework??"

"what about the assignment??"

" today's gonna be a perfect day I can sense it !!"

"I have everything planned for today I can't wait till I tell you my plans so we can all spend it together , yay!!"

"yo ,Mr.Artistic phenomenon or Draculapantsy enthusiasts , Good MORNINGGGGG!!! SAY IT BACK LOSER"

7:32 AM

"Aaron?? Are you okay why aren't you answering"

" don't make me worry,  you know I'll loose my senses !!!please tell me you're all right ? you are , right?"

"Aaron , Answer Me, darn it??!!"

" AARON!!!!!!"

A soft chuckle left my mouth reading that as I wrote her back with slight shake of my head .

7:45

Me- "angie stop worrying I'm a-okay , I just woke up late and did not check my phone since I was running late and I had an apple and I'll tell you everything once I get there"

7:45

Angieorange- "oh, Okay hurry up please"

Me- "yess I'll say that to he driver , sure"

Angieorange- "HAHAHAHA please do"

With that being said I ended our conversation and I knew I had a silly smile on my face , that's angela for you , shes so silly and I love her for that , she can light up any room if she wants too, I can be myself with her knowing she wont judge , she so sweet and caring I could go on forever .

I felt the momentum of the bus coming to a halt , I stuffed everything in my bag in a hurry and got out seeing my destination infront of me .

Washington high.

The humungus gate with the initials embedded on it in gold reflection making the person almost blind with all it's glory in just the name and not to talk about the building standing behind it even taller , it's a private school with a really high reputation it's one of the top schools in London, with it's high quality education and the record , one of the most expensive funding highschool .they say it's a school of spoiled brats and only rich kids go here , wont deny it when it's true .

Im glad I got scholarship ,funding and paying my bills , I still remember the day when I used to stay awake all night and day to study , I almost gave up on my food , the pressure of passing and getting the scholarship , the determination and the effort I took to get into this highschool was serious , there was no way my mum could afford this much being a single parent is tough, with bringing food on the table , fulfilling my needs and taking care of other basic needs she had a lot to deal with,  so I had to take matters into my own hands for my own dream .

When the letter from the Authorities of Washington high came and I took it out from the mailbox , I remember my hands shaking and nerves pulling , I was so nervous that I was on the verge fainting , I gradually took out the letter in hurry ready to get that over with and saw a word that made my adrenaline rush high . 'Accepted'ut was written in big and bold red letters.

Happy would be real less , I was 'Ecstatic' and over the moon, I knew I wasn't going to regret anything .that day my mum took me out for a special dinner and we celebrated like we just had granted a seat in heaven..... Anyways it's been a year since I joined and it's like living a dream , it's really not that bad other than the common issues.

I dusted the non-existent dust , adjusted the collar and ran my fingers through my dirty blonde hair as I heard a shrill voice cutting the silence .

"A??!!" , here came my friends , one was running the other was walking with his hands in his pockets as per usual., it was angelas voice I could see her orange blob of hair's before I could see her face swaying through the air.

"woah slow down , hold your horses , angie", she stopped infront of me with a shy smile as I ruffled her hair and patted on her head as I greeted henry with a nod.

"I missed you!! You didn't even texted me last night. I wished you night though ,it's our rule to wish night , right?", she snuggled closer to me, I just shook my head and gave her a smile as I held her small body close .

" I know I did see those but mum told me to do the groceries and I came late, I was exhausted so I went straight to bed"

"god .anyways , if you notice me ,I'm here ,okay??,I always feel left out between you two", henry chirped holding his nose bridge as he looked at us.

"but we move on did you do the assignment ,man? I..........forgot to do mine and I'm in desperate need of help, she already-"

"denied!! Yes I denied , we both know you'll make it a habbit henry, it was a simple assignment and you couldn't even do that . shame on you-"

" don't you dare blame it on me woman ,it's  freaking chemistry , you know it's my weak point besides I didn't get anything and I had somethings I had to catch up on-"

"yeah , like that stupid game that I always find you playing on your computer-"

I stepped away from both of them as they bickered back and forth and took out the notebook , ready to give henry the 'help' when he's done fighting. But since the moment looked heated so I procceded entering the school and as expected they followed pursuit still bickering though , I decided to take in the scenery.

The tall crème building standing at it's highest with the perfectly maintained lawn and the greenery but one thing was unfamiliar that was , a Mercedes parked just outside the entrance. I found it peculier since no vehicle was allowed inside the gate other than any staff or maintanence transport , it must be someone really important then .

"what are you eyeing , A??", angela catched up to me and stared at the black expensive veicle.

"I swear , A . she only doesn't fight with you ,you know what angela I'll sell you to some authentic kidnapper if you wont keep your cricket mouth off-....... what are you guys .....doing?", now we all were staring at the Mercedes quietly.

"no car or any type of 'transport' is allowed under the forbidden land of all holy Washington high , right ?? does that Mcgonagall of a principle know about this Mercedes??".

henry breathed out preferring to our principle as 'Mcgonagall' Mrs.hart , shes commonly known as Mcgonagall between students because of her similar face representation and attitude between the harry potter character.

"I heard there are some transferred student coming today, preferably five. they are from france and theyre french-"

"oh yeah and ??", henry mocked ,angela looked at him dead in the eyes.

" shut up henry or I might be the one who'll sell your soul to the devil himself"

" you sinner , I knew you aint a saint , I knew satan is your uncle"

Help me Jesus, I cut them off groaning in frustration , honestly I love them but theyre a lot to deal with , I think my head is hurting. I kept walking after entering the corridor trying to get to my locker with my eyes directed down and just then I collided into someone ,though I balanced myself and , success .I didn't fall.

"watch where youre going loser", a unfamiliar male voice with a thick foreign accent said , I looked at their face and indeed it was someone I have never seen here before.

I think I have just .....met 'The Transferred student' , way to go ,A.

He took me by my collar and brought my face closer to his to intimidate me, though he was the same height as me he looks more buffed.

"first day and I'm already discovering the pathetic side of this school , huh?", he bared his teeth out .

"look I'm sorry I wasn't looking-"

"damn right you weren't and talk back one more time and I'll show you your place but you still have to pay for that ,perdant ",he sneered at me ,there was a word present I didn't know the meaning to ,he raised his fist , I waited for it as I closed my eyes in fear but to my surprise it never came .

I opened my one eye to see  a girl with night black hair blocking his fist halfway ,her delicate hands holding his muscular fist halfway in the air ,she was facing his way and was standing in between us so I couldn't see her face but her perfume filed my nostrils.

Lavender.

"que fais-tu Raphael??!!"

"tu restes en dehors de ça, papillon, je vais m'occuper de lui- "

"prends soin de toi!!! Es-tu fou???!!! laissez-le tranquille, ne tirons pas ce genre de merde ici aussi, avez-vous pensé à ce que ferait Isaac s'il entendait parler de ça, revenez, arrêtez d'agir comme un enfant!!!".

They both were communicating in some kind of language that I seemed to decipher quick.

French.

But her voice it was almost like butter melting , it was soft and sweet as honey and utterly delicate , just the voice woke up butterflies in my stomach ,my eyes were set on her back while I was still stuck to his hand though now the hold was a tad bit loose, but only one thought was running through my mind.

Turn.

"whats going on here?!!" another  voice boomed out taking all our attention with the similar thick French accent ,just upon hearing the voice the guy whose name may or may not be Raphael I think released me . I straightened out my uniform and collar.

it was another buff looking guy  with midnight hair......a bit taller than me he had one boy and a girl standing either side of him both new .

I think I just discovered the whole squad in the most dreadful way possible.

"garde-le sous contrôle, je ne suis pas une baby-sitter pour tout le monde", the girl mumbled out ,  her melodic voice floating through the air and Raphael scoffed at something she said as she stepped out the way finally turning around .

Gorgeous,  glistening and perfect .

that's the best way I would describe a face as hers . She looks the definition of perfection , with her sharp looks , tanned complexion and gray eyes, if her voice was dreamy, then her whole being is carved by angels and just in the middle of my daydreaming the most unexpected thing happened .

We made eye contact!!!

Her gray orbs connected with my brown ones, both pair of eyes held curiosity,  I could see her eyes darkened as she stared at me or maybe it's my imagination. It was almost like the whole world stopped around us and disappeared into segments of dust , there were only us in the room and everything thing faded into fine dust, the fading crowd that was surrounding us waiting for something to happen so they would have something to gossip about ,my own friends fading away who I sensed were worried sick , the two guys bickering , they were fading away and right then the even most unexpected thing happened .

She winked at me flirtwith a smirk.

I think my face just got seven shades darker , my heartbeat was running a mile per hour to say the least and I swear a whole darn zoo was present in my stomach I looked down in embarrassment , I can't even look at a girl without going crazy , great .

"whats going on here ??!! everyone make way!!", now that voice feels familiar.

There came our head principle tearing through the crowd, when she observed the situation her eyes widened ,"oh is there any problem regarding our one of the student Mr.serrano and Mr.Badeaux ??if so I apologize for the discomfort, I'll deal with the student myself,  Aaron-"

"No ", the black haired guy cut her off with his hand halfway in the air as he measured me up and down then he moved his gaze to raphael as his jaw ticked off towards the sulking lad , "theres no problem just a minor misunderstanding and everything's fine, we'd like to meet you in the office", his voice was deep and held the authority , he is a senior for sure and by the looks of it that our strict principle was taking orders from a senior, he's madly rich to be feeding her .

"Its settled then follow me please and everyone go back to your classes attend your lectures!!", she instructed and everyone followed pursuit.

The new transferred students followed after the principle including the girl, I saw her leaving and I don't know why but there was a feeling of void hammering in my chest .

"Aaron are you ok??!Are you hurt?!!"

"Dude you were so close to being a pulp-"

"shut up henry!!Aaron say something ??",angela was panicking sick checking me all over for any injuries, but my eyes were still stick on 'her' back as she disappeared into the corriders.

"yes I'm...... okay , angie ",the words left my mouth softly as I breathed them out as I directed my full attention towards the worried bean.

"man , if it weren't for that girl I'm sure you'd be dead he looked too fit to swing weak "henry chuckeld out .

"you're right . if it weren't for her".

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A/N,

So there we go!!! First chapter, and my apologies it wasn't delivered at the promised date..... I seemed to face some measure technical difficulties .

I was gonna do it yesterday but Idk what happened but the Wi-Fi wasn't connecting to the DAMN LAPTOP!!!!! and due to my file saved in offline notes I had to copy - paste it through the site. 😤😤😤😤😤 .

I was so pissed 🤣 I almost destroyed the Godforbidden device,  like I wrote 3000 words,  was excited to share it with you guys and after everything, it all went downhill like fckkkkkkk.

But thankfully I rebooted the laptop and YOLO BITCH!!!!  Everything went back to normal ,I swear I would've cried if I faced that  situation today too  ,but now everything is fine AND ITS A HAPPYFUCKING DAY! 😤😪🥺🥺🥺🥺.

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