I narrated last night's incident to Rose and she was completely amazed. A broad smile shaped her red lips as we proceeded to our class.

I couldn't tell her about it on my way to college because my mom had dropped me off today.

"Awe, that's so romantic," she said squeezing my hand

What is it with her and squeezing my hand? She does it to no other but me.

"Cumantic? That's not even a word. What does that even mean anyway?" I asked her

"Cumantic. Cute and Romantic. And in my dictionary it sure is a word, " she replied flipping her hair

"No. It's stupid. Plain absurdity. I mean, who would do such a thing for anyone?" I protested.

"Is he falling in love with you?" she said as she tickled her finger on my belly.

"Oh my god, Rose. Please No. Not again" I beseeched.

"What should your ship be?" she said looking at her top left view.

I rolled my eyes. Which she ignored, as usual.

Austin and Hazel

"Oh how about Auzel, or Austel," she said, rubbing her thumb and index finger on her chin as she folded the rest of her fingers in a fist

"Ew. No, don't even think about it. " I responded

"Oh, I know we should ship you Haustin. Hazel and Austin, Haustin, " she said, excitedly.

"You know what, " I announced, "I'm done talking with you "

With that, I left for my first class which happened to be history. For once I was glad that Rose wasn't with me, else she would pull my brain out with her cringe 'ship name' ideas.

I sat in my usual seat and opened my books like I always do. But this time I wasn't able to concentrate. The reason wasn't Austin or the other boy or any other thing except for what Rose said.

Is Austin actually falling for me? I began to think of those ship names Rose was suggesting earlier, I know it's stupid of me, but yet here I am thinking about it.

"Oh God, what have to put into my head, Rose? " I sighed to myself.

Austin walked in right before the professor did.

"Hey. What's up? " he asked me as he took his seat next to me.

Without answering I looked at Mr. Williams, who was now facing us.

"So now you're going to ignore me for no reason? " he asked me as he leaned towards me.

"I'm not ignoring you, " I responded

"Okay, so how are you? " he asked smiling

"Oh well, I'm good, thank you for asking Mr. Moon" I replied to him by giving a mocking smile.

"Oh you're quite welcome, Miss Cortez, " he shot back with a cheesy smile.

It annoyed me to death. But yet I threw him a short smile. Also, how did he know my last name?

"So? How are you feeling? " he asked.

"I'm feeling good. Now, will you please allow me to concentrate in class, " I responded.

"Sure," he said straightening himself.

I couldn't help but smile. Somehow that guy never fails to leave an impact on me. Somehow he always gets in my head and it's not just because he's hot but also because of his nature. No matter how much I try to ignore him, I simply can't.

I rushed out of class as soon as the bell rang because the hall gets pretty crowded and it's hard for you to get past those tall and arrogant people.

As I was about to go, someone pulled my hand harshly and it could not be Rose because she never uses such force on me. It couldn't be Austin as well because I know he wouldn't use that kind of force on me either.

When we finally came to a halt, the figure turned out to be of Jenna Rink, the most popular and mean girl the entire planet anyone would have ever seen. A little bit of exaggeration, I agree, but it's close to how she is.

"So, I see you hanging out with the new guy a lot, lately," she said as she crossed her arms across her chest.

"Who are you talking about? " I asked completely clueless, my throat ached as I got nervous.

"Oh. So you're playing the I'm-so-innocent card, Huh, " she said leaning her spine back.

"I- I don't understand. What are you talking about " I stammered as I felt like my heart would come out any minute?

"I'm talking about Austin, you dumbo," she said hitting my head slightly with the tip of her four fingers.

"What about him? " I asked, still clueless.

"Are you truly that dumb or are you just pretending to be one? " she asked, violently.

"No. B-But-" I stammered

"You listen to me. Don't you play your itty-bitty games with me? Else your dead" an infuriated Jenna said, holding my hand tightly.

She shoved my hand away and stormed off hitting her shoulder to mine causing me to step back.

I didn't know what to do, so I walked as fast as I could to my locker and yanked it open. I dug my face in as tears rolled down my eyes.

I felt a slight tap on my shoulder

"Guess what. " said a happy voice from behind

As I turned to look, it was Rose. Her smile faded as soon as she saw my tears.

"Oh my God, are you crying? " she asked me as she cupped my face with her gentle hands.

I couldn't take the amount of pressure around me, so I ran, I ran as fast as I could. I knew there was no place I could run so I ran in the washroom. Behind me followed Rose.

Making sure no one was in there I opened the door of one of the toilets and sat on the toilet seat with my hands on my face as I cried.

"What happened? Why are you crying? " asked poor Rose, concerned, as she half-sat on her toes

"Nothing, " I replied

"Nothing? Nothing never makes you cry? What changed now? " she asked

"I said Nothing" I replied with a broken voice as I sobbed.

"You know I'm neither leaving nor letting you leave this place until you answer my question," she announced. "Did someone say something to you? "

I didn't answer. The thought of it still hurt. I was scared because everyone knew how ruthless and emotionless Jenna can get if she finds things not going according to her. I was scared because I didn't want to be her target.

"Was it Austin? Did he say something to you? " she asked.

I shook my head from side to side.

"Wait. Was is it...? " Rose asked as she placed her hand on my knee

I nodded in reply. We both hated Jenna since the day we stepped in here. She was worse than all the mean girls in every movie ever made.

"What did that termagant say? " she asked, this time wanting an immediate answer.

"I- I don't k-know. She was ta-talking about Aus-Austin. I don't know wh-what she meant. " I stammered.

"Austin? Why would she talk to you about Austin? " Rose asked raising her eyebrows. "I mean I saw her talk to him once but I don't think they are even friends. Why would she talk to you about him? "

"I don't know " I responded meekly.

"Hey. It's alright. You know people like them shouldn't bother you. I thought we were past that" Rose consoled.

"I - I know. But she said I should stop playing my games. What does that suppose to mean? " I asked looking up at Rose.

"Maybe she likes Austin, " Rose stated

For some reason, I did not like that statement. I didn't like to hear it and I don't ever wanna hear it again.

"I mean the last time I saw her talk to Austin she was kind of all over him. I can swear I saw her flirt with him. She was also getting touchy but Austin wasn't. He was trying to back away as much as he could but, god, that women didn't let him go until the bell rang. Austin was so pissed." Rose said

A chuckle escaped my lips. Rose smiled at me.

"It's going to be okay. Just hold on to yourself" she said tugging my hair behind my ears.

"Thanks. " I said

Finally, my tears stopped and my heart lightened. I was feeling a lot better. I swear, this girl has some magic in her, or as she calls it 'her jazz'.

I got up and washed my face as Rose passed me some tissues, I wiped myself clean.

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A/N
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