The Truth Within

Chapter 7 : Ignore Problem

"Nadia! " Xitlaly yelled.

I turned around and saw her running towards me.

"What up. " I said.

"Where were you? Gallego gave you two weeks of detention. "

"What?! How do you know? "

" He saw you leave school campus. I saw him walking in the hall while I took a restroom break. He told me, "Tell your friend she has a week of ISS." I was so confused and so I told him that you were going through some really rough things at home and you were having a lot mood swings. He layed back and said he'll give you only two weeks of detention and he'll give you a day to make up your presentation. "

"Man, I owe you one. Thank you, but now the freaking school is going to think I'm suicidal."

"No, chill. "

"Then how do you explain Karla and the whole damn school looking at my black eye. Then the principal told me he was going to fix an appointment with the counselor during sixth hour for me. "

"Well, you better hurry because you're seven minutes late to sixth hour."

"Oh shit. What about you? "

"I'm at the library and I have a substitute. "

"Oh well damn I'll just go down to the couselor's. I'll catch you later."

" Later. "

I went to the counselor's office and she welcomed me in. Well you could imagine the silence between us. It was like a stalemate or something. I sat on a chair just looking down at my lap with my arms crossed. Then she said something.

"So they told me you were having problems at home? " She said.

"Not really.  I'm just stressed. " I responded.

"Are you sure, you have a black eye. "

"Oh yeah it was just a misunderstanding  between me and a girl from another school. "

I lied, since I didn't want to tell the truth. My cousin Victor would get into more trouble, and I didn't want him to get convicted for something else.

"That's bad Nadia. You shouldn't get into fights. " She told me.

Honestly I didn't care. I was just done with school at this point.

"Can I go back to class?" I asked.

"Yeah, go ahead I'll email your teacher." She responded.

As I walked through the hallway I saw him, Hector. I looked down just as he was about to look up. I put my hand on the side of my face so he wouldn't see me. I walked faster.

"Hey Nadia." Hector said.

I didn't respond and kept walking.

"You know I can see you right." He said.

"Ugh. What do you want I'm trying to get to class right now. " I replied.

"Chill man, I was just going to ask you where room 2150 was. "

Crap. He had class with me again. This was not good now he's going assume we're friends and talk to me, and I don't want to communicate with him in any way.

"Um we could walk together we have history together too, I guess. "

"Why do you sound irritated, you smiled at me this morning now you're acting so cold. "

"Look I don't know if you think we're friends or what not but it's not happening. I don't like you, you're just some stuck up guy that thinks he owns everywhere he goes, but you don't. I know guys like you and all of you are full of crap, so don't even think you can get to me with your sweet talks and think you can make a fool out of me. "

"Whoa, take it easy you don't know nuthin about me so stop assuming you do. "

"Then stop assuming you can talk to me."

"I don't mean to intrude in your little world, but we're gonna have to. "

"No we're not. "

"We're lab partners. And by the looks of it we have another class together. "

"Screw you."

"I'm sure you don't mean that. "

He gave me a grin, and I felt like slapping it off his freaking face. I hated him.

We walked in and everyone stared at us.

"Do you guys have notes?" Mr. Argent asked.

"Ugh,  no I'm coming from the counselor's office. She said that she was going to send you an email, and Hector here is the new kid, and I happened to bump into him in the hall because he got lost. " I said uncaringly.

"Ah, okay. I see well Hector since your new I won't count you tardy, but next time I will. And since you happen to now each other, Hector you can sit by Nadia, so you'll get a chance to get caught up with what we've been learning about."

Hector nods.

I wanted to protest so bad, but I knew I was already in the deep end.

Here I am sitting by this peace of crap in the back of the classroom, thinking of what Victor told me.  How was I supposed to stay away from this guy, when he's everywhere! It's really starting to piss me off. He's just trouble all together.

"Nadia,  I hate to intrude,  but what are we learning about? " Hector asks.

"I don't know history. " I reply knowing it wasn't what he wanted to hear.

"Okay, but what part in history?"

"I don't know fuck off."

"Did someone tell you something about me? "

"No. "

"Well you can't just hate me without knowing me. "

"Yes I can. Just looking at your face makes my stomach hurt and want to barf. "

"You don't have to be mean. Tell me the truth I know you're lying. "

"You don't know me."

"But your eyes say a million things to me."

"Like what? "

"I'll tell you if you meet me after school by the main office. "

I tried ignoring this guy, but now I wanted to know what my eyes tell him. He peeked my curiosity.