"Where do you think you are going?" Ian asked looking at Nora with a smile on his face which actually reached his eyes and showed his faint dimples and this earned another gasps from the nearby students who rarely saw him smile except from forced ones which were pale compared to this dazzling smile.
Nora's friends were surprised because even though they were a little bit close with Ian they didn't know that Nora and Ian were this close. Sasha, the girl beside Ian was furious as she turned red from anger and embarrassment while Nora was dumbstruck. "What was this boy doing."
"Let's go, I've been waiting for you," and with that Ian dragged her by her wrist and left the hallway leaving the students puzzled and Nora did not even have the chance to say goodbye to her friends. Sasha was too embarrassed to stay there so she left while Nora's friends looked at each other then shrugged their shoulders and they communicated with their eyes. "Looks like we will hear the full story tomorrow, and they also left.
When they got a little bit faraway from the school Ian left Nora's wrist as if he had just touched a hot iron and Nora glared at him.
"What is wrong with you, why did you act like that in front of the whole school? Why did you act like we were best of friends? Rumors are going to spread about what happened and people will also talk about things that didn't even happened and that girl is going to make my life a living hell," she ranted, her breathing uneven and her chest moved up and down in the process.
Ian stilled, he was not expecting her to say so much without even breathing in between.
"I..I didn't think about that I just wanted to get rid of that girl that's all," he bashfully said. "You used me to...wow I don't even know what to say to you anymore. I had better call my driver to come pick me up here," with that being said she took out her phone and called her driver. She hung up after giving him directions about where she was and looked at Nora.
"I should get going," he broke the silence. "Why would you do that? You dragged me here only to leave me here alone?" She questioned bewildered.
"I'm sure you will be fine," he assured her. "No," she shook her head, "You are going to stay here until my....a car beeped.
"Your car is here," he informed and Nora looked behind her when she turned back to offer Ian a ride he had already walked away and she silently watched him leave not bothering to call him back because she had an inkling that he would refuse to ride with her.
When the car halted before her, she entered and the car passed by Ian but he couldn't see her because the glass was tinted but he still stared at her direction as if he could see her through the tinted glass. The car left him behind and she looked at him from the rear mirror as he became smaller and smaller until the car turned in a corner.
That night she was so unfocused, she barely even listened to a word her mom said and she toyed with her food, she also had trouble sleeping early as usual. After what seemed like hours she slept off dreaming of a particular handsome face.
The next morning, Nora made sure she got to school earlier than usual to avoid the stares she would receive from the students who witnessed what happened the day before.
"Hey, you came to school earlier than us , that's new," Zoe playfully said to Nora as she and Jasmine walked into the class. Jasmine looked like a ghost with eye bag under her eyes, it was glaring that she didn't sleep much.
"I didn't know you and Ian were so close," Jasmine blurted without even greeting first and Nora looked stunned by her words.
"I..He..well, he saved me from an accident that occured a while ago but we are not that close we just happen to know each other before I came to this school. I'm sorry I did not mention it when you introduced us, I was just too surprised," she stuttered a little in a panicky voice. She was supposed to come clean that they lived in the same Estate but she decided against it because Ian seemed to like his privacy.
"Ohh I had no idea, I hope I didn't sound rude? It just that I haven't seen him smile so... genuinely before, hope you didn't get hurt too much during the accident?" Jasmine asked remorsefully.
"No I didn't, I'm sorry I kept it a secret from you guys," she apologized.
"It's fine," Jasmine and Zoe replied.
"So what are your plans for tomorrow night?" I was thinking that we could go to a diner , you know, have some fun," Jasmine said being her jovial self again.
"I don't mind," Zoe shrugged.
"If you say so," Nora said in sync with Zoe.
In Ian's class.... "Hey man," Zach shook Ian as he entered the class. "So are you going to tell me what happened or what?" He asked smirking at Ian. "About what, I don't think I know what you are talking about," Ian answered feigning innocence.
" I know you know what I'm taking about, so spill it already, that's what everyone in the school could talk about. Do you like her? Do you guys know each other?" He asked impatiently. "You've gotten it all wrong, I don't like her, maybe we know each other a little bit but that's all," Ian explained.
"You...Zach started but stopped when his phone beeped notifying him that he had a message, he read it and looked at Ian.
"Zoe just texted me and the three girls seem to be going out on a triple date would you like to come?" He asked.
"Three?" Ian arched an eyebrow in question.
"Yes, Nora included."
Ian did not know why but imagining Nora laughing with another guy on a date didn't seat well with him.
"So, what do you say?" Zach asked again.
"Hmm, okay, I don't see any reason not to go," Ian replied and Zach couldn't help but laugh and Ian looked at him puzzled.
"Or, maybe because Nora is going with them that's why you want to go, you can't stand the fact that she might go with a date. I understand cause I've felt that way before," Zach laughed again while Ian's ears turned red at the tip because he got caught.
During PE class, Nora and her classmates headed towards the gym class.
"Is it all the classes that are having PE class?" Nora asked as she saw a lot of students walking in the same direction.
"Nah it's just 11th grade A to C and some seniors in 12th grade, class A. I'm sure Zoe is happy since Zach is a sport prefect and he would be there," Jasmine stated as she winked at a boy not far away because she caught him staring before she grinned at Zoe.
"Well, Ian will be there too," Zoe said slyly and Jasmine face turned sour.
"Let's go to the locker room to change," Jasmine said hurriedly, walking faster. Nora and Zoe shared a look before walking along Jasmine side.
When they changed their clothes into sport clothes, they left the locker room but before they could reach the gym class, Nora saw the monster and her two minions.
They were about to pass each other when the vixen decide to stop right in front of her
It has been a while Nor... Nory right? I thought I said you should stay away from Ian but you have the guts to do what you did yesterday," the girl glared at Nora.
This morning she had confronted Ian and asked him about Nora but he simply ignored her before he would have at least nodded or even look at her but he did none and it made her mad and it was all because of this girl.
"It's Nora, Sasha, don't go around spitting on people when you have nothing good to say from that disgusting mouth of yours," Jasmine glared back at her.
"How dare you talk to your seniors like that," the slightly thin girl said raising her eyebrows.
"She wasn't talking to you Diana, stay out of it," Zoe said firmly as she glared at the girl and it looked like a fight was about to break out between them. "I wonder what Zach will have to say about all this, hmmm," the girl with red hair and freckles looked at Zoe with a grin. "Go ahead and tell him and let's see the result. You think he will believe you over his girlfriend," Zoe grinned back as she moved closer to the girl but Jasmine held her back so she won't hit the girl. Others may not know but she knew her friend well, she may not talk much but she was good at fighting because she had been trained from when she was young.
"Guys that's enough, I don't know why you are attacking me when you can go and ask Ian why he dragged me out yesterday all of a sudden but to tell the truth he said he wanted to get rid of a petty bug that was pestering him," Nora said calmly. She looked to the side and saw Ian smiled at her and he looked, proud??..."