Wabi-Sabi

Chapter 20

{Lance Ray Cortes' POV}

It was early in the morning and I was already kissing the floor. Something hit me hard and caused me to fall, face first. "Lance?! What are you doing?! Let's get the hell out of here!" A familiar voice said. I looked up and saw Amelia with her hands on her waist. "Come on! Get up!" I know she won't bother helping me stand up so I stood up by myself even though my head hurts. Just when I stood up she quickly dragged me away from our classroom and towards the building's exit.

"W-Where are we going?" I asked still dizzy.

"Away," she answered.

"Why?" The world finally stopped spinning and I was finally able to see the devil I fell in love with. A girl's scream echoed the building and we both stopped and looked behind us. I heard her chuckle as she said, "Because of that." Cher marched in the middle of the hallway covered with some kind of brown gooey substance obviously furious. 

"Umm...Is that chocolate?" I asked. 

She snorted and choked back a laugh. "Is that chocolate? Well...you could say that." Amelia said while backing away and dragging me with her. 

"What is wrong with you woman?! Still can't get over about what happened during the play?! Oh come on! You already had your happy ending! Just leave me in peace!" Cher yelled. Everyone came to watch the scene, carefully trying to not get in the two girls' ways. "Aww that's really cute Cher," Amelia muttered. "But I was just keeping my promise. Aren't you proud of me?"

"You are sooo going to regret what you did Amelia!" 

"Oh really?" She raised her eyebrow. "Hit me with your best shot." And that's when Cher attacked and I became an instant human shield which was not really part of the whole plan of escaping. Amelia doesn't really give a fuck if I get hurt or not. She didn't hesitate hiding behind me and pushing me around letting me take all Cher's hits which was actually painful. Very painful. I ended up having a bleeding nose and Amelia having a broken nail. Well at least she still had the heart to  take me to the infirmary.

"I can't believe you just let her beat the fuck out of me," I said while wiping the blood out of my nose after letting the nurse finish cleaning my wounds. 

"Umm duh? What was a human shield suppose to do?" She rolled her eyes. "Why do you care anyway? Did you want me to get hurt?"

"NO BU--"

"See? You didn't want me to get hurt! It's your fault, not mine. So don't bother whining you idiot~"

"You could at least say you're sorry," I grumbled.

Amelia smirked. "Did you already forgot what I said to you before? I don't say that word. I will never. And there's not a fuckin' thing that you could do. Get it?"

"Well how about saying that you love me again?" I smiled. "Pretty please?" 

"No. Why are you even so sure that I love you?" She raised her eyebrow.

"What? Why? You..don't?" I got a bag slammed on my face as a response. Why is it so hard for her to say that she loves me? She's making everything more complicated. And we're not even together yet.  "Hey," someone entered the room. It was Emily. "I heard what happened. Are you okay Amelia?" She asked.

Amelia just cackled. "Oh stop it Ily. You know I'm just fine. You're more worried about Lance."

"What about your broken nail?" She smiled. 

"Err...still broken but I'm fine," Amelia replied. Emily tossed her a nail file which she was really grateful for. Emily then glanced and beamed at me. "Are you okay?" She asked while sitting beside me. 

"Never better," I said sarcastically and she giggled. "You know it's gonna get even harder. I even became a bitch myself didn't I?" She muttered and paused after that. "Just...take care of my best friend okay?" I nodded and promised her. "And could you please NOT smile a lot? I might fall in love with you again," she said before leaving the room and giving me a wink. 

After she left, silence filled the room. That's when I realized that Amelia was looking at me coldy. "What?" I said confused. She just stared at me. Drowing me in the depths of her pupils before answering my question. "She can fall for you again anytime but don't you dare fall for her back." 

How am I so sure that she loves me? She just answered her own question. "Don't worry sweetheart," I grinned. "I won't."