Chapter two: "What an A-hole"

"Now, now, I could sense anger between those words that both of you exchanged to each other" Alice pull me a bit far from Cloud

"Do we always have to see you guys pretend to like each other?" Alice asked me through a whisper, and I shrug at her. Me and Cloud go way back even more than 2 years ago

We met at a preschool through the same friend, who is now in a different country. it was ok at first but as weeks and months go by, I can feel him being hostile to me and I return it in a non-direct way. It seems that he found out and we just straight on hating each other. a few years later we would meet again because of Will and Jane so we have to pretend that we like each other for the sake of the good friendship of our group

I would never forget the day on how we reacted to seeing each other again. unlike back in preschool, where he would just plain hate me this time, he would literally just pretend to like me which made me even angrier

He wouldn't want me to face him properly about his anger, so I joined in his charade, and we just got into this situation, this is another reason why I want to graduate out of this place quickly. I can see many girls look at Will and Cloud, I can't lie but they are both seriously good looking like preppy bad boy good looking. They are not actually Bad Boys since they don't do what they do and their grades are phenomenal, they just give off that feeling

I just have to rub my temple for just accepting that fact that Cloud is good looking, if there are dumb people, nice people, smart people then someone must at least take the form of a smart mean girl

Danny the perfect ten pretty smart mean girl, She would constantly mock me for being slow at everything. I lack what she has, and she would always keep reminding me about it, she also said that everyone would think that Cloud and she would make a perfect couple, I would have to agree with her that if they date, they would be the power couple in School

We got into our first-period class and I chose to stand specifically behind the tall guy because the lecture would be long and I easily become sleepy. I put my bag at the table to my right for Jane to sit but someone removed the bag and I glared at the person
"Grumpy that place is for Bashful" I said to him, he rolled his eyes and he side glanced at me as he sat down at the place that was supposed to be for Jane

"Bashful is in the clinic right now" he said, and the annoyed expression on my face turned to worry.
"Did something happened?" I whispered. he ignored my question and pulled out a notebook in his bag to prepare for class

"What an asshole" I said in my head, I shifted my focus to the board as the teacher started writing what we would do for the day. The teacher left because a student caused trouble and that student was supposed to be in his class, so he had to go to the principal's office to scold him alongside the principal. this was my chance to sleep. I smiled at the thought

I pulled out a little pillow in my bag and put it on my desk, then I put my face on the soft pillow, I made the pillow specifically on rare occasions like this. I looked to see what Cloud was doing and I found him studying
"Geez, even for a break he would still study" my subconscious said, and I would have to agree

Half of the people in the room are now sleeping and he, along with 4 people, are the only ones studying. I yawned quietly and Cloud glanced at me. He put his arms on the desk and rested his head on his arms as he looked at me with an evil smile. if he ever does that evil smile he is bound to do something that would get me in trouble

I flipped him off, turned my head the other way and I doze off into my sleep

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I was woken up with someone slamming their hand on my table. I rubbed my eyes as I looked up at the person
"Did you have a nice nap, Miss Price?" The teacher asked and everybody was looking at me. I gave him a sheepish smile and he sighed.
"You might fail in this class, the least that you could do is stay awake" he scolded me and went back to teaching

I look around to try to understand my surrounding
"Oh right, I'm in first period" I whispered to myself, I saw the board was filled with writing and I wrote it down in my notebook

The bell rang and I finished writing on time. I packed up my things and I looked to see that Cloud had already left

"Sleepy~" Alice sang as she came into the room to fetch me, so we could go to the next class together. I laughed a little at how silly she could be

I stood up and went to our next class. this went on until recess time where I met up with Jane.
"I heard you were in the clinic, how are you?" I asked her. She grinned at me and showed me her finger that had a band-aid

"Jane got a cut from a rock" Will answered as he sat down at the outdoor tables of the cafeteria. I was planning to sit down but I suddenly heard my phone ring so I pick up the call

"Penelope speaking" I answered

"Ah Penelope, cariño, ¿has visto mi corbata roja de la suerte?" (Ah Penelope, Sweetie have you seen my red lucky tie?) It was dad speaking Spanish on the phone, I looked at my friends

"Guys I need to talk with my dad on the phone".
They gave me a thumbs up so I walked away from our table and walk around randomly on the campus

"¿Has revisado el cajón de mamá?" (Have you checked Mom's drawers?) I asked to him

"Lo hice pero no esta ahí" (I did but it's not there) I can hear him opening and closing drawers and closets through the phone speakers

I held my waist because if dad tries to find something, it would take years for him to find it
"papá dale el teléfono a mamá" (Dad give the phone to Mom) I told him and I could hear shuffling noises in the background

"Эй милая" (Hey honey) I could hear Mom's voice speaking in Russian

"Мама, не могла бы ты проверить свои ящики, раз уж папа не может найти свой счастливый красный галстук" (Mom, can you check your drawers, since Dad can't find his lucky red tie?)

"Конечно" (Of course) she said gladly and ended the call, I sat down on a bench to catch my breath from switching languages fast enough for me to end the call quickly

"What an interesting family you have" I heard a woman's voice which startled me, she was sitting beside me on the bench

"Did you hear my conversation?" I asked her and she nodded
"Yup. You could switch languages as easy as switching outfits" she chuckled then sipped on her coffee from a Starbucks cup

The woman was in her late-30's and she dressed up smart and looked fashionable, She had meadow green eyes that looked exactly the same as Cloud's but lighter since Cloud's eyes are forest green, and wavy brown hair
"Sorry if I asked but are you a teacher here?" I sat up properly as I ask her

She looked at me and laughed loudly.
"Sorry darling but no, I don't work here. I am here because of my son" she smiled and fixed her dress

At a distance, I can see a familiar figure starting to appear, a very familiar figure that I might as well be nicknamed Grumpy just by looking at him

"I see, good luck finding him" I mumbled as Cloud walked closer to us with a smirk on his face as he was carrying his book and shoulder bag

I look at the woman who by the way was actually drop dead gorgeous like a model
"I should get going bye" I stood up and waved at her as I walk away

I wouldn't want to destroy my appetite by talking to him, so I speed walked back to our table

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Author's Note:
To the readers who know the actual language, I will apologize if I might have done it wrong because I just used Google translator and this will go on through out the story