Chapter 8
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Chelsea gasped as she stared at Adrian.
"You're one of those boys right?" She asked and he walked closer to her.
He stopped walking when he stood few inches away from her.
"Yeah. I'm Adrian. Can we be friends?" He said and asked stretching a hand to her.
She looked at his hands then at his face before scoffing.
"Why should I accept your handshake. It might be a prank as well" she said with an eye roll.
"I'm not like Angelo and Alexis alright"
"But you laughed with them"
"Because it was funny" He said.
"So seeing me covered in yoghurt is funny?" She asked and he nodded.
"You're unbelievable. So why are you even here?" She said and asked.
"I came to help"
"You were among those who rose their hands up saying I threw a paper at Mr Evan so what are you saying?" She asked.
"I had to. You know how Angelo can be, one wrong move and I'm outta this school so I don't want to get on his bad side" he said and she rolled her eyes.
"I doubt"
"I'm serious" he said and she looked at him.
He didn't look like he was lying so she sighed.
"I won't forgive you until we're done with this" She said and carried the broom before starting to sweep.
She then heard footsteps again and she looked up.
Doris, Emma and Avery were here already.
"Mind if we join in?" They asked at once and Chelsea smiled widely at them..
"You don't have to but thanks" She said and they went to carry different cleaning materials.
"I wonder what Adrian is doing here" Doris whispered to Emma.
"How do you even know his name?"
"Because....."
"Yunno what, save it" Emma said and she laughed.
★★ 30 MINUTES LATER ★★
They finished and they all sat on the ground.
"Finally" Chelsea muttered.
"The students in this school are animals" Emma said and Doris laughed.
"Like how will you even throw trash in the restroom. What kind of punishment is that huh?" Avery muttered.
"Angelo will surely pay for this" Chelsea muttered and stood up.
"Let's go guys. It's getting late" She added and they stood up too.
"Lemme take you home" Adrian suggested.
"No. I'm going with my friends" Chelsea said.
"Which friends? We're going with Avery" Doris said and she looked at her.
"I have my own car yunno" Chelsea said with a smirk.
"Let's see how you'll drive it. You aren't even with the car keys. Neither is the car here" Emma said with a chuckle.
"And the driver isn't coming cos I told him we'll drop you but since you're not coming with us, he'll take you home" Doris said with an annoying smirk.
"Bye!!" They chorused before running out of the school.
"I'll kill those girls when I get my hands on them" Chelsea mumbled before facing Adrian.
"Shall we?" He asked and she rolled her eyes before walking out of the school.
She waited in front of the car and he came to her.
"You haven't given me any reply." He said and she looked at him.
"I can't be friends with you."
"But you made a deal with me. You said you will consider it after we're done" He said.
"And my answer is no"
"Then we aren't leaving this school" Adrian said and pocketed his hands.
"Are you serious right now?" She asked.
"I am"
"Alright then" She said and folded her arms under her bóóbs as she stared at him.
5 minutes passed already and they were still staying like that.
Chelsea bit her lips before closing her eyes.
"Alright fine!!" She half yelled and opened her eyes.
"Fine what?"
"We're friends now. Happy?" She asked.
"Yeah. Let's go home" He said and opened the car with the car key.
She opened the door and entered and he did the same.
He ignited the engine and drove off.
"Mind telling me about yourself?" He asked.
"No"
"Why?"
"Cos I don't want you to know about it" She said.
"Okay. Can I at least ask you some questions?"
"Alright" She replied.
"Where did you school?"
"Sky high school" She replied.
"Really?" He asked.
"Yeah"
"But I never saw you there" he said.
"You saw me alright"
"I doubt. If I did, I would have remembered" he said.
'If you only knew I'm the freak you and everyone in the school hated, you wouldn't be talking right now' she thought staring at him.
"Okay. No more questions please. I'm tired" She said and he nodded.
She looked outside the window watching as they passed through the street lights.
She told him the address and soon, they arrived at her house.
She got down and he did the same.
"Thanks for the ride" She said.
"You're welcome"
She walked into the house and closed the door.
Adrian smiled before entering his car as he drove off.
★★ ANGELO'S MANSION ★★
Angelo was in his room laying down while reading a novel. He sighed and dropped it when he couldn't concentrate.
He sat up and ran his fingers through his hair.
"Why does she look so familiar?" He asked himself.
"It's as if I've met her before but where?" He asked himself again.
A thought ran through his mind and he shook his head.
"It can't be her. They bear the same name yes but their surname is different. Plus, she's dead" He said again and groaned loudly.
He picked up his phone and called someone.
"I want you to investigate Chelsea Aguas. Find out everything about her before tomorrow evening" he said and cut the call.
He lay down back on his bed and closed his eyes as he drifted to sleep.
★★ NEXT MORNING ★★
Alexis barged into the room with Adrian behind him.
"Wake up sleepy head" Alexis said and hit his leg.
"Not yet" He groaned.
"Are you aware Chelsea is in the room right now?" Adrian asked with a smirk and his eyes widened.
He stood up immediately.
"Where?" He asked looking around.
"Go and shower first" Alexis said and he rolled his eyes at them.
"You guys are so annoying" He mumbled and walked to his bathroom shutting it loudly.
"Where did you go last night?" Alexis asked.
"Somewhere" He muttered.
"Somewhere has a name" Alexis said.
"I went to help Chelsea" He said.
"What?! Why?!" Alexis asked.
"What's so wrong in doing that huh?" He asked.
"Everything is!!" Angelo snapped and they turned to see him with a towel tied around his waist.
"There's nothing wrong Angelo"
"Of course there is. We're meant to torment her so she'll leave this school so why in the freaking hell are you helping her?!!" Angelo yelled.
"That was too much. I mean you want her to clean the whole school? And the worst part is that you made sure everywhere was really dirty. Why huh?" Adrian asked.
"Cos it's a punishment. She's meant to suffer in this school for punching me" He replied.
"A punch you healed from. But what you're doing is getting too much and I freaking hate it" Adrian said and he chuckled.
"Why are you suddenly defending her?" He asked.
"I'm not. I just don't like it. When she left the class yesterday, I left the class saying I needed to use the restroom but instead, I went to search for her. I overheard her crying at the rooftop and it was all because of you" he said and Angelo face changed.
"You mean someone like her cries?" He asked and Adrian scoffed.
"Yeah she does and you need to apologize" He said and Angelo looked down.
TBC.....