Chapter Four : In the Name of Your Pea Sized Balls I Say Unhand Me!

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Chapter Four : In the Name of Your Pea Sized Balls I Say Unhand Me!

Let's get one thing very clear especially now that the plague called Cole Stone is fast spreading through my life. I am not an attention seeker, I was never an attention seeker and I will never be an attention seeker. I'm the kind of girl who likes to blend into the crowd so much so that a chameleon would be jealous of my skills. See my communication capabilities are terrible, I'm downright pathetic when it comes to trying to talk to someone new. Evidence of my lack of prowess in the particular department is that I only had one friend from the age of five till the age of fifteen. When she ditched me for a higher calling it took me months to find a new friend-Megan. In fact I have to hand it in to the girl for tolerating my one word stuttered responses and the general air of awkwardness that seemed somewhat deeply integrated inside my brain. What accompanies this awkwardness is the threat to constantly humiliate myself in front of large crowds so it's not exactly surprising that I would choose not to been seen or heard.

The purpose of this explanation is to highlight how frustrating it has become for me to be constantly watched. The eyes follow me everywhere I go be it my classes, the lunchroom, the ladies room they even followed me to my shift at Rusty's.  It is unnerving to say the least and most of the time I bear this unwarranted attention by reminding myself that the people are not to blame and that they were doing what human beings normally do-not minding their own business. Had I been in their place maybe I too would've started stalking the girl who seemed to be constantly accompanied by the resident bad boy, yes that's what I told myself.

Speaking of the resident bad boy...

We're sat at a table in cafeteria and for once the table isn't the one nearest to the dustbins which stink of rotten fruit. Cole of all people had threatened a group of soccer players who had scattered so fast from this very table that it was almost comical. Now once again the feeling of being watched is growing up to a point where it's making me paranoid that somehow I've forgotten to put on clothes this morning.

"You're going to eat that?" Cole asks as he eyes my pizza slice which I gladly push towards him.

Cole's sitting beside me whereas Megan and Beth are sitting opposite the both of us. Megan's tray remains untouched as she ogles at Cole, apparently she's never been in such close proximity to as she calls him 'The Cole Stone' and its wrecking havoc on her appetite. Beth remains much more composed about the situation and is munching away on her apple with only a hint of amusement on her face.

"So do you ladies have plans for the weekend?" Cole asks but I can sense it's more to do with ending the ever present silence than actually wanting to know if we we're painting the town red in the near future. He's been sitting with the three of us for a week now much to chagrin of the popular crowd especially Nicole. Hard as I try to ignore the death glares she keeps shooting me I just cannot. I get it she's mad that I've somehow gotten myself under the protection of the one bully who could out-mean her and she's probably suffering from going cold turkey to her addiction. It's been a whole week since I've been shoved into a locker or insulted to my face about how ugly I am. Her minions didn't even try to attack me when we happened to be in the girl's room at the same time. Call it pessimistic but I couldn't help but feel a little frightened, thinking of the quietness on Nicole's front as the calm before the thunder storm that was my former best friend.

It appeared that no one would answer Cole's question since expecting a reply to come out the star struck Megan's mouth is foolish and Beth's got her earphones in so she's dead to the world.

"We might go to the mall or something." I say right before mentally smacking myself knowing that I've given away my possible location over the weekend. I'd been hoping that the girls and I could go out and do something fun without Cole foreshadowing us. Now that seemed somehow impossible.

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