Destined

Chapter 17 - Don't Fall, Again.

"God Ally ! You're so dumb ! How can you not know this ?!" Maria asked in an exasperated tone.

"Oh, so since you're so smart and you know everything, then why don't you tell me what it means ?" I asked.

"Sorry, you have to find that out by yourself." Maria said and shrugged.

"What ? Why ? Urgh. Leave it. I don't even wanna know." I said, too tried to argue with Maria cause' I know that no matter how many times I say, she will never open her mouth.

"You didn't even finish !" Maria reminded me and I narrated the rest of stuff that had happened and me forcing Austin to promise that he'll not beat Max, or atleast until I tell him to.

"No wonder he didn't smack his face at the very beginning. I thought there would've atleast be some blood cause' they both were looking so angry, especially Austin. He could've killed him right away !" Maria said. For the time, I felt that I did the right thing by forcing Austin to take the oath. If I didn't, then he would not have hesitated a tiny bit and World War III would have started in our school, Delia Broadway.

Jess was apparently late and during the first two periods, English, Maria told Jess everything that had happened. The third period was Biology and I was looking forward to see Austin. I walked down the stairs and entered the Biology Lab. Everyone was seated on their seats, including Austin. As I walked to my seat, I sensed Max's eyes on me. Ignoring the disturbing gaze of his, I sat beside Austin.

"Hi guys." I said.

"Hi."

"Hey." said Austin and Cal.

Mr. James entered the classroom and started teaching about auxin in plants. I tore out a page from my notebook and started scibbling.

'Hey Austin. Thank you. Thank you so much for being with me this morning.'

I stopped, wondering what else to write and then added ':)' on it and folded the paper once and slid it on top of Austin's textbook. He looked at me and raised his eyebrows. I nodded towards the paper and he unfolded the paper and started reading it and later, he smiled. He took his pen and also started writing something and he gave back the paper to me.

'It's OK, Ally and that's what friends are for.' He wrote.

I couldn't help but smile. He is so sweet. I continued the conversation. I wasn't in the mood to learn today, I just wanted a good friend to talk to and after a while, Cal joined our letter passing game and wrote down some jokes which were so hilarious that I had to bite my cheeks from the inside to stop myself from laughing out loud, whereas Austin and Cal chuckled for like only five seconds and quited down.

The Bio lesson ended pretty fast as well as the rest of the lessons of the day. I was leaning against my chair and in just a few minutes we would be dismissed. Mr. James ordered everyone to return a notice and after a few seconds, Mr. James looked at me.

"Alicia, could you come here please ?" Mr. James asked and I walked up to the front.

"Yes sir ?" I asked.

He flipped through a thick stack of papers and took out one white A4 size paper.

"Are you feeling any better, Alicia ?" Mr. James asked.

"Yes sir. A lot better." I replied.

"Good. Since you were absent yesterday, here is a notice. Remember to return it to me on Monday with your parent's signature."

I took the notice from his hands and went back to my seat and started reading it.

It was about our camp ! Every year, our school would organise an overnight camp with loads of activities and fun. This year, the camp will be held in October and it's a 3 days 2 nights camp ! I can't wait for the camp !