Aurora had just come back from work, she was exhausted since she had to work overtime, since her boss told her to.She collapsed on the couch and took a deep breath, sighing when exhaling…"Finally… peace-" just as Aurora said that, a voice cut through the air.
"MOMMMYYYYYYY!!!!!" her daughter screamed as she ran to her, hugging Aurora and jumping on her."What is it?" she said, half-tired from her day.
"I want more story!!!" her daughter yelled, making sure that Aurora would get annoyed and give in.
Aurora sighed and looked at her daughter and rubbed her hair… "Fine… where did we get to last time?""Dad told me some of the story. When he said his feelings, and after that, in the gym class," her daughter said excitedly, clearly enjoying this little romance story.
"What happened next is… I kept avoiding him…" Aurora said, shrugging as she tried to dismiss the story, her daughter only kept jumping more and more on Aurora's lap.
"OKAY OKAY, I'll tell you, just calm down," Aurora said in resignation, sighing before talking once again.
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Months later, we had just finished the mid-term exams… I was still second… I was also hiding that fact from my parents… Hoping they would believe me…
One day, I was sitting with my "friends", they were yapping and yapping, never shutting up, while I was lost in thought… trying to shut him out…
Every time I think, my thoughts drift to him, but as I was almost able to shut him out… A voice burst in, a manly confident one. Elliot had this kind of voice, but it wasn't as deep as this one.
"Hey, babe… thought I'd say hi to you!" The guy flirted, I looked at him, then I looked at the girls who were admiring him.
The guy was handsome, but… There was a certain vibe that made me wanna distance myself from him.
The guy stood confidently, his chest puffing out. He was muscular, which made him more attractive, yet the more attractive features that I found, the more I despised the guy.
Every girl at the table stared at him like he was a god, some staring with lust, some with admiration, some with respect.
"Who are you?" I asked, I was skeptical, no way that my friends would let some guy just flirt with me…
"I am Bryan! Seems like you haven't heard of me yet… It's okay, in the end, I am the most superior guy here…" he bragged, his confident tone still there, "and I'm here to ask the most superior girl here on a date!"
"As if! I may be superior, but I sure as hell am not bending to your will!" I yelled, I hated how smug he was, thinking I'm his toy to ask out anytime.
My brows were furrowed, my face red from fury, his smug grin was so frustrating that I swear, if he says another flirty line, I will sla-
"Whoa! Calm down, honey, I'll give you all my time, just for you~" Bryan winked, his voice was enough to make a normal girl fall for him, but I am not ANY girl… I am Aurora!
I opened my palm, then sent it flying to him. For a split second, I saw his eyes widen and mouth open from shock, but the slap caused his head to turn.
Loud gasps can be heard as the slap echoed in the cafeteria, the noises of the cafeteria hushing as they stare at where the sound came from…
Bryan stood there, shocked. His cheek was red from the slap, and he touched it before staring me right in the eye.
I smirked… Feeling triumphant… "I am not some stupid girl who will fall for any guy… I AM THE QUEEN BEE!! AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU ARE WAY BELOW MY LEAGUE!!! SO SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND GO BACK TO YOUR SAD LITTLE HOLE!" I screamed, the anger echoing in the silent cafeteria.
Bryan stared at me with fear… He's now unable to speak, I gasped, taking my breath before yelling once again
"FLIRTING WITH A GIRL LIKE THAT IS CALLED HARASSMENT! YOU THINK THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND YOU JUST BECAUSE YOU LOOK GOOD?! YOU ARE MORE DELUSIONAL THAN A GIRL ON AI.CHAR!!!" I yelled, then I stopped, taking my breath.
My chest was heaving fast, as I was breathing fast, and my breath was audible. I sat back down, calmer than I was before.
I can tell Bryan was too shook to even react; he was staring at me like I had just stabbed him with a knife.
Whispers can be heard as Aurora ate the rest of her food and walked out of the cafeteria. subconsciously heading to the cafeteria, which was where Elliot hung out most of the time, isolated from the rest of the students.
In the library, it was the usual empty place, an old woman sitting at the registry, and the emptiness and quietness were calming.
I took a book, reading through the start before getting bored, and putting on my AirPods and scrolling through TokTik.
Then I felt something poke my shoulder… I looked at who it was… It was him… Elliot!!
"Hey… Uhm… Just wanted to say… why are you avoiding me…"