Clarissa Grayson Tate grew up in a wealthy home. From a far, her family looked perfect. To anyone who saw them in a picture or exchanged a few words with them at a party they were lucky enough to be invited to, they seemed like an annoyingly perfect...
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I forced Emery out of my room quickly so I could fix myself back to perfection. This girl I'm supposed to pretend to be wouldn't be caught dead walking around school on the first day with sex hair. When I was done, I smiled at the mirror.
"It's all good Issa. You got this. You just have to flirt and smile. It's not that hard and you've had to do much worse. So don't be a fucking pussy." I hopped a little in the mirror and took a deep breath.
"Don't be a pussy." I reminded myself and opened my door.
My life flashed before my eyes when I found Derek leaning against my door frame with his arms crossed and a smirk lingering on his mouth. God that stupid smirk. I go to move around him but nearly run into his arm as it shot out to block my path. What the hell?
"Nice pep talk doll." He said in his new York accent that I so love.
"Just getting ready for today."
"It's just the first day doll. You can ease yourself into this. No rush." He said moving closer to me which sent a shiver down my spine.
"Yeah tell Daniel that."
"I don't give a rats ass what Daniel says. He's a fucking weirdo so you do what you want at the pace you want and I'll deal with him."
We haven't talked in weeks and all the sudden it's like nothing happened. For some reason the thought bugged me. A lot. I think he noticed because his face softened and he grabbed my hand.
"Listen doll. I know it's been a bit awkward since the whole kissy locker thing but I'm tired of being avoided." He said.
"I am not avoiding you Derek." I said as I tried to look anywhere else but his captivating eyes.
"Please. Since it happened you've been running out of every room I walk into and you always seem to have headphones in when I try to talk to you." He uncrossed his arms and shoved his hands in his pockets.
"Okay so maybe I've been avoiding you. I don't know.. everything's just been weird especially after Liam's sim and that whole thing after our talk. I just don't really like to deal with awkwardness." I said. That was mostly true actually. I can't stand uncomfortable situations but it has nothing to do with my reaction to Derek making out with that girl.
That day we had connected on a level I had never experienced before and talked for hours but the next day, he went right back to being a dick. I mean what was I expecting honestly. God I'm such a child sometimes. We weren't dating, we hadn't even kissed or said anything of the nature. Until that day I didn't really think much of Derek actually but I guess the fact that he had expressed interest in me and then comforted me in a time I needed it... and related to me about our lives, I guess I just thought.. I don't even know what I thought.
"I get it. Me neither but no more avoiding okay?" He said seriously and looking me right in the eyes intensely.
"Okay." I said breathlessly. He sighed in relief and pulled me into a hug that sent fireworks straight to my stomach. Don't touch meee! EMERY. EMERY. EMERY!
