" Yes..he is," I breathed out looking at the picture of the pale guy.
Aaron nodded briefly. "Hmm..let's go to the library," he said and started walking. I followed him behind, breathing heavily. "Do you wanna know how he got me this detention?" Aaron asked after some time. "Yeah..sure," I said eagerly. If we both had a common enemy then I really wanted to hear the story. "Two weeks ago, I was walking through the hallway after football practice. Then when I reached the Janitor's closet, someone caught my hand and pulled me inside.” “It was him?” I asked. “No. It was actually a girl and then she suddenly started..er..kissing me.” “Oh...! Then?” I was amused. “Let me guess, you started kissing her and things got heated up and you guys got caught red-handed?” Aaron looked at me as if surprised at my response. “What?” I asked him. He shook his head looking away. “Yeah..something like that. I don't know what caught my head at that moment. I kissed her back. However, It didn't even last for 3 seconds. Cause, the door opened and it was Asher. And then that bastard went and reported it to the principal exaggeratedly. He almost said we had sex. That’s how we got detention. Not only that, he insulted her in the middle of the hallway when she went to ask him about it. She changed school," Aaron said whilst glancing at the opposite corridor. I could imagine how efficiently that bastard might have lied to the principal. “Why don’t you say anything?” he asked as I kept silent. “What should I say? He is so fucking cheap. I understood it already from my today's experience," I said. Aaron looked up relieved. "Yeah! A jerk! But our Principal and teachers are all on his side. He is a teacher's pet. He has brought a lot of trophies to school going to various quiz competitions and basketball matches and music competitions. So he is like a precious gem to our principal. Mr. Morris believes everything he says. He doesn't know how much of a bastard he is." "He is into music too??" I asked. "Yeah..he is a good piano player," Aaron said frustratedly. "Ahh..why do some people get a lot of talents? Especially jerks like him?" I asked more to myself. "But everyone actually likes him. He is like this only to certain few people. I'm on the top of that list," Aaron said. "Why like that?" I asked confused. "Once you get into his bad books, it's difficult to get out. He'll keep on troubling you. And that's what happened to me. Now you too." "Oh..so he is gonna continue troubling me?" I asked in awe thinking what all he can do to me. He got me one-week detention just with what I thought is a love letter. So he obviously can do a lot more. "Don't worry. He isn't gonna trouble you since you are Ty's cousin," Aaron said. By then we had arrived at the library and we both walked in. We wrote our names and put our signatures on the detention record book the librarian handed us before going to a corner and quickly occupying two chairs. There were a few other students having detention along with us. "You know, this isn't the first time he got me into detention. He troubles me ever so often. I don't know what to do with him anymore....", Aaron trailed off, his frustration visible on his face. "Aaron, let's plot against him together. Currently, he is the person whom I hate the most. I want to take my revenge on him. Tell me, what else he did to you? I really wanna know." "Last month he found me near the park at night with a few of my friends. Two of them were smoking at that time. He suddenly barged into us and forcefully dragged me into his car. He took me to my home and told my parents that he found me smoking and drinking a lot of times here and there, my friend circle is bad, so they should control me and what not. Now my curfew is 8." "Wait! Is he crazy? And how he knows your parents?" I asked frowning. He sighed. "My Mom almost hit him with her scooter last year. He sprained his ankle and so she took him to the hospital and from then they are great friends. Now he can do anything to me and my parents won't say a thing." "But still, why did you let him take you to your home?" I asked confused. He said he was with his friends. How could Asher alone manhandle him in such a situation? "He blackmailed me." "With what?" "Something...", Aaron said hesitantly. "Okay...", I nodded. I was feeling really suspicious now. There's definitely more to the story. And maybe Aaron isn't saying the whole truth. I can't completely trust him just because we have a common enemy. Asher and Aaron, both can be equally bad. "And he told something really bad about me to my ex-girlfriend that she broke up with me," Aaron spoke again. I could no longer tell whether he is telling the truth or not. I only frowned in response. "Yeah..but it's okay. I was already planning to break up with her. I didn't actually like her. I dated her because she confessed to me at the party after we won a football match. Everyone was then cheering me to accept her confession. At that moment I was forced to accept her." "Okay..." I nodded. What a foolish excuse! And Oh, he is on the football team. So that's one reason many girls are behind him. "We just dated for two weeks. I don't really know what Asher told her. It's okay, I'm only grateful for that. But you know, he tells shit about me to every other girl and practically everyone who tries to get close to me. He doesn't like me having girlfriends or even friends. He says I deserve to be left alone." "Why? Why does he do all this? Is he mad? I can't believe Ty would keep a person like him as his friend." I said. Aaron bit the side of his lip. "Ty and I were best friends at a time. But I really messed up and he started hating me. Asher could have helped me. I had pleaded with him. But he made Ty hate me even more. And I know he is making Ty hate me more and more every day. I already suffered a lot for my mistake and I'm still suffering. Don't know when he'll understand." Wait! what the hell is he talking about? I couldn't help but frown hard at him. "What did you actually do?" "I'm afraid you will hate me after I say it," he said, looking down. Okay, Isn't he being a bit too dramatic right now? Why did he tell me all this if he doesn't really want to tell me the actual thing? But it's sure he badly messed up with Ty. Cause Ty doesn’t usually talk rudely to anyone. But today he did. Aaron suddenly looked up. "I'll tell you. If I don't tell you, you'll know from Ty. So it's better I myself tell you." I was going to tell him I'd better hear it from Ty when I heard footsteps approaching us. It was none else than the librarian. She was now standing in front of us, glaring at us. "You guys are not supposed to sit and talk during detention. If so detention is very entertaining, right? This is supposed to be a punishment. So you need to sit quietly and write the works you got," She snarled looking at us. "Yeah...we were actually discussing our topics and thinking what to write," I said. "That's not allowed. You need to work alone. C'mon..you get up," She said to me. "Sorry. We promise we'll sit quietly and work," Aaron then said. "Yeah..so, why do you guys need to sit together?" She asked him and turned to me. "C'mon you get up or I'm reporting to the principal that you were talking instead of doing the detention work." 'Oh hell' I cursed in my mind and stood up. She made me walk to a far away desk and sit down. I took my notebook and started scribbling down distractedly about 'the importance of honesty.' The whole time I was thinking about what Aaron might have done to Ty. I really wanna know it. Will Ty tell me what happened? I looked at Aaron and saw him scribbling down on his notebook with his head resting on the desk, his face had a genuine sad look and his lips were pressed together in a tight line. After about half an hour, I finished three pages of my first essay. Next was the 'French Revolution' and I knew nothing about that. So I got up and walked to the shelves to find something about it. I went to the history section and started searching for a book. Soon Aaron approached me. "What are you here for?" I asked him. "Agrarian Revolution," He replied. "Anne, can you please do one thing for me?" he asked me. "What ?" I asked. "Please don't ask Ty about me today. I want to tell you what happened between us before he tells you about it. Because he misunderstood me a lot and I want you to know the real truth. And I'm afraid you wouldn't listen to me once you hear it from Ty. I actually want you to help me. You are the only person who can help me.", He said looking into my eyes. I see. So he actually wants me to help him and that is why he is trying to be friendly to me. "Do you think I would believe you over my brother?" I muttered staring back at him. His jaw dropped and he looked at me desperately. "Please..." "Hello! Are you guys again talking over there?" the librarian shouted at us from her desk. I quickly moved away from Aaron and started searching for my book. Soon I got it and walked back to my desk. Aaron was still searching and I could feel him occassionally glancing at me. I just ignored it. I quickly copied down three pages about French Revolution and then looked at my watch. There were five minutes for Five. Okay, I'm not going to start writing about one more topic today. I closed my book and laid down, waiting for the five minutes to pass. Then a bell rang indicating the detention ended and I stood up along with the other few people who were inside the library. I and Aaron met at the exit and then we walked down the hallway together. "How many essays have you completed?" he asked me. "Two," I said and he nodded. There was now an awkward air surrounding us. We didn't talk after that. And when we reached the main hallway leading to the main entrance, someone called Aaron’s name from behind. I saw Aaron instantly clenching his fist. I turned around along with him to see none else than our Villain standing in front of us. He seemed surprised to see me along with Aaron. He was eyeing me thoroughly. "What the hell do you want?" Aaron asked angrily. "I heard you are failing in maths. Mr. Jacob asked me to tutor you. So I'm coming to your home to tutor you. Be ready at 7. We'll do a two-hour section today." "What!?", Aaron uttered wide-eyed. Yeah, what the hell is this happening? I too was surprised. "I wonder what the fuck is wrong with you!" Aaron sneered. "Who told you, you can come to my home? No way in hell!" "I already talked to your Mom and told her I'm coming. She is more than happy about this. You know, she even asked me what I want for dinner," the Carter guy said with a smirk. "You are not coming Asher!" Aaron nearly shouted. "Of course, I'm coming," Asher spat back. "I'm getting extra credits by tutoring you. So I'm not changing my decision." "No! Go tutor someone else!" Aaron yelled. "There isn't a worse student than you in Maths," the jerk said calmly. Aaron gritted his teeth and barged toward him. "What the hell do you want? Why are you interfering so much in my life?" He asked angrily, grabbing Asher's collar. The scene was getting tenser. I didn't know whether I should go and pull them away. Moreover, I was surprised to see Aaron's whole new violent self. He was angrily shaking the jerk but the jerk was there standing calm. "Aren't you satisfied troubling me yet? What did I do to you to deserve this?" Aaron sneered at him. "You didn't do anything to me. But to Ty. And yes, I'm not yet satisfied troubling you. You deserve a lot more for what you did to Ty," Asher said yanking Aaron's hands away from his collar and pushing him away. I saw Aaron freezing at the mention of Ty's name. "Be ready with your books at 7," Asher said glaring at him. Then he looked at me for a moment before turning and walking away. Aaron stood there froze even after Asher walked away. He had his gaze down on the floor and his fisted hands were shivering. I walked to him and he looked up. His blue eyes seemed to be getting watery. Before I could say anything, he started briskly walking away from me. Once he took a few steps, he started running and soon he disappeared from my sight.I woke up to the sight of Ty sleeping peacefully on the other side of the bed, cuddling with his bunny plushie. Yesterday we ended up sleeping together on his bed after watching a movie. I tried to yank the fluffy bunny from his hands in order to wake him up but he had an iron grip around its neck. So I ended up kicking his butt and he instantly jumped up, groaning. "The hell is wrong with you? Why did you kick me? Ouch my bum," he whined and groaned rubbing his bum and falling back again, closing his eyes. "C'mon..wake up," I scoffed. "Don't you need to go for practice?" I asked and looked at the alarm clock, only to find the time is already 7:20 Am. "I don't have morning practice today. I know when to wake up and I've set alarm. I'm not you." he said in an annoyed yet sleepy hoarse voice, hugging his bunny tightly. "Oh..okay. I forgot you are the Mr goody two shoes," I blurted crawling out of his bed. I then walked out of his room and went to the nearby room or currently my
After I had lunch with Ty and his friends, I rushed to the library to meet with Aaron. We had decided to meet there after lunch. Aaron was already waiting for me when I arrived. I quickly walked toward him and took my seat opposite him, can't able to control my curiosity for one more second. "I and Ty were best friends..," Aaron commenced with a small smile on his lips. "We were best friends even before we started Kindergarten, from the time we were in diapers. My family used to live in the house beside yours. Our Mothers were also really close." "Oh..", I nodded. "We both started school together and we were really great friends until 4th grade. A lot of people were jealous of our friendship, right from that time. Everything actually started with Mateo. He transferred to our school in 5th grade. Unfortunately I was sick during that time and didn't attend school for a week. Mateo occupied my empty seat and became friends with Ty. I of course didn't like it when I went back to
"What's your next hour?" Aaron asked me as we finally walked out of the library after the bell rang. We had thought a lot about how to prevent Asher from tutoring Aaron today, but none of our plans seemed to work. "Chemistry," I replied. "Oh! Chemistry? Me too." Aaron said surprised. "Woah! This is the 4th class we share," I was quite surprised. "Guess this will be the last. I don't share more than four subjects with anyone," he said. "How many subjects do you share with Ty?" I asked. "Three. Maths, Biology, and Physics," he said. I nodded. So I can't watch the two in Biology and Physics class. "What's your elective subject?" "Computer science. What's your's?" "That breaks the record. I also took computer science," I said turning to him. "Oh..really ?", he laughed. But then suddenly a frown took over his features and soon he was glaring hard at someone who was probably standing in front of us. I turned to see none else than Asher. He was standing at just an inch's
Evening, after the detention, I and Aaron walked out of the library. Today also, Miss Bennett had made us sit separately. "Here, your lab notes," I said, fishing the paper out of my pocket and stretching it to him. "Why you wanted this?" he asked me, taking it from my hands with a frown. "To learn how to do the experiment. You were the one who did the whole thing, right?" I said and smiled innocently. "I'll definitely help you next time." "It's okay. No problem," he smiled without realizing my evil intentions. As soon as Aaron said 'bye' and walked away, I rushed in direction of the basketball court. Yesterday I waited about 10 minutes in the parking for Ty. So their practice probably hasn’t finished yet. And I don't want it to finish soon. I ran to reach the basketball court faster. I was relieved on seeing the basketballers still practicing when I reached there. Ty saw me and I flashed a smile in his direction before going and sitting on the sidestep. Strangely, Ty didn't
I shut the car door behind harshly and walked toward the front door. But I stopped there in front of the door as neither of Ty's parents had arrived back from work and I didn't have the key to the house. "Carrie..are you still mad at me?" Ty asked hopping out of the driver's seat, leaving a sigh. I didn't talk to him and pretended angry the whole ride back home. So he is a bit upset. Yeah, I want him to be upset for trusting that Jerk and choosing to believe him more than me. I crossed my arms over my chest and waited for him to come and open the door so that I can finally get inside, go to my room and hack Asher's FF. Ty came behind me and embraced me in a back hug, placing his chin on my left shoulder. "I'm sorry," he whispered. "Can you now open the door ?" I asked coldly. "Uhmm..yeah.." he nodded taking his arms from me and fumbling with the house key. He jammed it into the door and twisted it. The locks clicked and the door opened. I quickly ran in and rushed up the stai
A few minutes after Ty's alarm started going off in his room at 6, I shut down my laptop and leaned back on the chair whilst yawning. I slept late yesterday and only got less than five hours sleep because I woke up at 4 Am to work on my coding skills. I had to almost plead my legs to drag me to the bathroom instead of towards my bed. But once I brushed my teeth and washed my face, I felt magically lively. Then I quickly went and got dressed up for school. If you are wondering why I'm getting ready so early, then I'm going to school along with Ty. He has basketball practice at 6:30. I'm going with him not because I like so much to watch his practice but because I'm very eager to meet Aaron. Aaron is on the Football team and he too has practice morning. I want to meet him and know whether my plan worked or not. I mean whether Asher taught him yesterday or not. I didn't have Aaron's number to call him and ask. But I of course tried texting him on FF. He didn't even see the message.
After the very peaceful and prosperous breakfast with Asher Carter, I went to my first class Biology. Olivia and Isabella were there and they waved at me. I went and sat on the desk beside them. "So you became friends with Aaron?" Olivia turned and asked me. "Yeah.." I nodded. "What did Ty say about it?" Isabella asked, bending a little forward from her chair to see my face. "He didn't say anything. He is okay with it," I replied fishing out my books. They both looked at each other surprised. "He is okay with it? He doesn't even like us talking to Aaron. That's why we don't actually talk to him," Olivia then said. I placed the books on the table and fully turned to them. "Why are you guys bothered about what Ty might think if you talk to Aaron? If you like to talk to a person then you should. You don't need to care what others think." "Yeah..er..that's right." Olivia nodded awkwardly. "So we heard you were running around in the ground with Aaron and the other footballers
During the lunch break, I made a quick trip to the library. I needed some books for the new history assignment. Every student in our class had to write on a different topic from the current chapter and my topic was Industrial expansion. I first thought I'd copy something down from the internet but then Mrs. Cooper said she needed us to use the library and provide the names of the books we used for reference. On reaching the library, I went to the history section and scanned through the names of the books on the shelves. Finally, when I thought I found a relevant book and was about to pull it out, a hand caught it from the other side and pulled it forcefully to that side. I made my grip tight on the book because I saw the face of the owner of that hand. It was none else than Mr. Grey eyes. "I was the first one who touched it. So take your hands off," I said. "Who told you, you were the one who touched it first? It was me. So find some other book cause I'm taking this one," he said