L

hugged me, and within a second, th

!!" "NI

ed his back, and I was horrified.

my sentence, the school nurse arrived, seemingly called by one of the students.

.

looking at him strangely, befo

u hurt? Are you overh

is red! You must h

fine, the school nurse came to get me. But one thi

to not see Nicho h

bout Nicho. Is he ostracized?"

+

ly a coin-sized mark on my

this is an ointment in

s office, and right outside, my best friends for the

to go to the hospital, right?" Betty asked, turning

nd away forcefully. I felt uncomfortable with all this sudden atten

although a hint of worry wa

ay. But I noticed how what was once a lively atmospher

as the worst of all, why did you say that?" I

o do you mean by N

lthough I didn't see any sign of her pretending not to know Nicholas

ey weren'

someone from your old school? Maybe you had a concuss

lation. "Why don't we just walk quickly to class? I don't want

three of us quicken

remember Nicho

+

Jacob's Land Rover parke

immediately looked at me, and I swear I heard j

ing his hand, which I immediately took to climb in

here," he said, taking out the voucher coupons. I grinned and purposely pecked his cheek. I somehow enj

seatbelt. "But remember, I don't want to

he car sped away. I don't know why his ch

uitoes swarming

There was a mini-debate between me and Jacob because he wanted pineapple pizza be

neither of those but American lov

happened to

my hand. Now that the wound was exposed to

ause-" "L

me kids. The pitcher of lemonade o

the wall and on my left was the waiter. I closed my eyes, about to resign myself to my fat

ing my savior and shock

AS

" Jacob barked, scolding the fallen waiter. The waiter kept apologiz

p, there's peaches in your hair," Jacob sa

ocked, but a question crossed my mind: Why do I

led, before walking faster as the

hought about buying some because the house was quite far away, but it turned out the stores rarely sold his size because he

searched for clothes for 2 hours, Jacob decided to end the search and have fun at his favorite ar

ay here with Alexa Nicky..." he smirked, opening the car door

ouldn't visit it alone," I said, before Jaco

ally looked at Jacob and noticed how m

en, I remember how Jacob seemed like he jumped straight out of an old teen movie. Lean, and old money child-like, but now

' "So, Alexa...How's your life in Oz?

child life. Why do you think someone like me can have a boyfriend? I ain't attracti

ing at the car in front of him and speeding up. "You a

urself? What if there's a boy ou

nd. I didn't even get my mom's beauty genes, but my dad's ugly genes." Then, our car ride continued

ce by maybe asking him about his own crush, but before that happened,

and immediately got out, and I was even

as Ale

.Ni

R

h him! He's