something to hide || mattia polibio

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first day of school

"mom, i'm leaving for school now," i shout as i head to the front door.

we hired someone to transfer my car from our other house to this one. i get in my car and make my way to school.

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it look a lot for me to even take a step into to the entrance but eventually i did it.

"hey," reina says walking up to me. "can i see your schedule?"

"yeah sure." i pull out my phone and went to my camera roll.

we compared schedules and found that we have 2 classes together.

"you have first with Kara i think," reina informs me. "i'll see you later?"

"see you later," i smile.

"i know you're nervous to me back," reina says. "but don't be. this is your home."

her words were kind but i was still nervous to be back. i wouldn't be if nothing happened, but that wasn't the case.

before heading to class, i decided to pay a visit to my old locker.

mattia alejandro and kairi were only a few lockers away and secretly eye mattia.

"kennedy?" alejandro says looking at me. "you're.. back."

i turn to him. "yeah.. i'm back." i turn back to my locker and put some of my text books in.

i've talked to both alejandro and kairi a little bit during sophomore year because we had a few classes together but i never interacted with mattia before.

kairi looked at me. "why didn't you ever call me?"

i bite my bottom lip. "i'm sorry. i was too busy settling into my new school."

"so why come back now?" he says coldly.

"kairi don't be angry with me. just don't start. not now," i said sternly.

mattia watched us in awkwardness but then coughs to break the tension.

"kairi, ale, we should start heading to class yeah?" he suggests.

they look at me for a bit and then walked away with mattia.

first period

"hey kara," i say taking a seat next to her. " i ran into the trio."

"are they just as cute in real life now? or did they use facetune to make themselves look good," she asks.

i chuckle. "no they're good looking in real life too."

"i heard rumors that jenna and mattia are dating," kara whispers. "think they got together over the summer."

"good for them," i say.

throughout the day, a lot of people came up to me and said they were glad i was back. half of these people i don't even remember socializing with but i just said thank you and moved on.

mattia's pov

i barely remember anything about kennedy but a part of me was glad that she came back.

we had 4th period, english together and she sat at the same table as me but across from me.

"hey," i say. "kennedy right?"

"yeah, and you're mattia?" she replies.

i smile and nod.

jenna was also in the same class as me but she sat across the room.

"kennedy?" i hear a voice call her from the table next to us. "it's true. you're back."

"josh," she says.

josh richards. he was a good friend of mine only we weren't really that close but i still had his back. he gives me a small nod to greet me and then looks back at kennedy.

"what happened to you? i mean one minute we called everyday and then suddenly you kept dodging me," said josh.

"it's complicated josh, okay? you did nothing wrong and i thought about you everyday."

"so what was with the 'you need to move on' bullshit?"

"i still mean it. you need to move on," kennedy says sincerely.

"okay class please take a seat at your assigned table thank you," our teacher says.

kennedy looks at josh one last time and then sits in her seat facing me.

kennedy's pov

i cared about josh, i really did. we were talking near the end of sophomore year until i moved away. we never made anything official but we had something.

mattia and i made small talk for a little bit during class and jenna came over once to say hi to him and kiss him.

"kennedy," jenna says. "welcome back."

"thank you jenna." i smile awkwardly. 

"okay class for tonight's homework i want you think about this project— you can start on it tomorrow. your partner will be the person sitting at the same table as you," the teacher informs us.

mattia and i look at each other and smile.

"uhm, can i come over tomorrow after school for the project?" he asks. 

uh no. "yeah sure."

i didn't wanna be in the same room as mattia as much as i did. around boys like him i couldn't control myself.

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