Twisted Love

Chapter 16

I have concealer all over my neck to hide the marks he wanted to see.
I consider sitting far behind them as my safest option no matter how difficult it is to see them together.

As I am going to pass them, a boy calls my name and I turn around.

"You can sit with me" he shouts so loud even the teacher turns around.
I muffle my laugh as I go sit next to him.
"Hey I am Alizeh."
"Hi I am Isaac and I just moved here." That explains why he isn't scared.
I feel like I have seen him before but I don't remember where.

Well I am gonna make the most of the situation.
His eyes sparkle like a Christmas tree. Cute.

I check him out. He definitely doesn't play any sports but he is pretty cute.

"Do you play any instruments, I play the guitar and the piano." he whispers. That explains it.

"Oh wow. No I don't." I don't tell him I haven't even held a guitar in my life.

Zohravar

I grit my teeth as I catch Isaac and then Alizeh blatantly check each other out.

All my classmates look at me nervously and Zain gives me a slight shake of his head. Like he can fucking stop me.

I look at her and see the pony she is wearing. She has covered up all my marks. Except she missed the two on the back of her neck. I grin.

Alizeh

Turns out me and Isaac have nothing in common. But I am attractive. So I keep him interested. Boys are just too easy. He seems very interested in me and Zo but I tell him there isn't anything to start with.

The lesson ends and I rush out of the class with Isaac.
I don't look, speak or even pass by Ace for most of the day. But I know his eyes follow my every move.

I sit on the table with Isaac and munch on the disgusting school pizza. Isaac is asking me twenty questions that I answer half heartedly with one word. He gets the cue and stops making me uncomfortable as I hear snickers.

A poor guy is the object of Anoushka's brutality as she makes boring comments on his appearance. I glance at Ace when I see him looking at Isaac with a glint in his eye. It's strange. He breaks the stare.

He looks around on his table. Unaffected. Bored.

All the teenagers stare up at him like he is God. They admire him, beg for his validation.

Then I realise our story could never be a fairy tale. A mere mortal and a god? They never mix.

I feel bile rise through my throat as the realisation sinks deep into me. I rush to the loo when Isaac shouts my name and pour all the contents of my food out. The nasty bitter aftertaste hits me as I cringe and pop a gum. I breathe in, maintain my dignity and wash my face.

"Since when are you doing this?" Raina asks, looking at me though the mirror, sympathy lacing her voice.

"Doing what?"

"It's okay, I understand. I am here for you. I don't know why you have body image issues because you are by far the most beautiful girl I have ever seen." She thought I was- Oh god.

Why are humans so fucking annoying.
I look at her. Face caked with at least 2 pounds of makeup, a push-up bra, hair extensions and two cut marks on her wrist. Probably because her boyfriend cheated on her. And a lecture on body positivity? Wow looking at her gives me a whiplash.

"I am here for you" is like the dumbest thing I have heard. Are you gonna be the one losing hair when I go through chemotherapy if I get cancer? Or are you going to be paying my loan when I drown in debts? Or maybe when Zohravar potentially kills me, will you be the one turning him to the cops? No you won't.

So just shut the fuck up and move on with your life. No one is here for anyone. So stop pretending to be something you can't.

"Thanks" I say as she walks away not before I see her phone screen.

Of course. She took a video of me puking. Well if she posts it online it would be fun making people guess what I ate before this.

But I stop. Raina was sitting on Zohravar's table earlier. Plus it's a little fishy that he isn't hear outside the loo to mock me.
Ugh why is he so infuriating?

My questions are answered soon when the devil himself walks to me as I look for spots to run away. I ignore him passing by him as he quickly walks beside me. Of course the video was for him. I wonder what he had said to her to make her video me.

"Pregnant so soon?" he asks as I look at him if he is out of his mind. I know he would do anything to tie me down to him but this was a low even for him. An unwanted kid?

Well it wasn't possible anyway. I wasn't going to be the one to tell him I am on birth control.

"I would rather have babies with my dead dog." I say as I walk away.
Plus I hated babies anyway. They were whiny, too dependent and could end up as serial killers.