3. Damon Arcuri
I blinked my eyes, confused at her tone. It was true that Kayleen knew almost half of the class but she never looked this agitated before.
My eyes automatically shifted to the boy. He didn't look eighteen at all. His cerulean blue eyes were sharp and so alluring that you could get lost in them. Not to mention his dark brown hair loosely falling on his forehead and messy. His jaw was clenched tight as he walked forward.
The black skull hoodie he was wearing did nothing to cover his muscular arms. He had AirPods in his ear and boys glared at him while some were fawning at the new guy.
Fortunately, most of the girls were not near the lockers, definitely in lectures or cheerleader tryouts. The last one just made me shudder because Erica must be doing that right now.
"Who is he?" I asked in a curious tone as he stopped exactly opposite us. I bit my lips hard enough to draw blood as my body felt like it was heating up.
Kayleen glared at his back before turning towards me, "Trust me you are better off not knowing"
She had a grim look on her face and she hastily pulled open her locker. I narrowed my eyes at her sudden change in behaviour. Kayleen was never was good with secrets, atleast with me so what was she hiding?
"Oh please like it could kill me" I snorted while turning towards my locker. As I entered my key a hard slam made me flinch, enough to make me turn around. Damon sneered at some guy in his way and walked away.
"You have no idea" Kayleen rolled her eyes as she picked the books and stuffed in her bag.
I frowned at her tone, "What do you mean?"
"Anya drop it. We are getting late for the class by the way"
"This is not over" I mumbled in a deep voice.
"It is" With that, she walked away.
"Good morning class. Glad that you all made the effort to show up for the first lecture" Mr Thomas sarcastically smiled with his arms crossed.
I refrained from rolling my eyes because that guy has a lens for eyes. He is the subject teacher of English literature but feels like he is above everyone. Most of the teacher doesn't like him because he's extremely rude and sarcastic. Somehow Kay gets along with him just fine.
Sadly she was not in the class today because of her practice. Kayleen was part of cheerleading squad yeah shocking.
"Sir we wouldn't disappoint you on the first day" Someone snickered from behind.
I was not sure but it had to be Sam. He was the class clown and Archer's best friend.
"Right Mr Samuel because you have the entire year for that," Thomas said while rolling his eyes.
He roamed his eyes around the class as if to get familiar with each and every one. Just before he could turn around someone loudly cleared their throat. I peeked at the door only to see Damon standing there with a bored look on his face.
"Yes? Did you not find the class on the first look at the map?" Thomas crossed his arms as he turned around to give Damon a look.
"That's a disgrace for map." Damon snorted with his fingers tightening the strap. That's the first time I heard his voice. It was deep and raspy. I felt shivers down my spine as he looked around with a bored look on his face.
Did he have a death wish?
Last year when I tried to correct Mr Thomas about the Etymology of Alliteration he was so pissed that he made my life hell. Even when I was right. That's why most of the students steered from him.
"Sorry, your highness. Next time we will consult you while designing the map" Mr Thomas gritted his teeth while looking down at him.
"Eh, I don't have time for this bullshit" He brushed it off. Talk about being arrogant. He was practically asking Mr Thomas to rip him off.
"Language, Mr?" The teacher screeches, a scowl on his face. He was definitely not expecting a rude student in his class.
"Damon. Damon Arcuri"
"James bond much?" Mr Thomas. The class cackled at that.
"So much better and faster than him" He brushed it off and others were gawking at him.
"Very modest of you Mr Arcuri. Now if you are done grabbing everyone's attention come inside"
Damon nodded his head and stood near the desk. He was scanning the class as if deciding where to sit. The seat beside me was empty because I had reserved it for Kay.
"Okay, Mr Arcuri just go to that seat over there. You have wasted enough time already" Mr Thomas spoke with his lips pursed. He was annoyed at the situation. Who could blame him though?
I clenched my eyes shut tight as I noticed him walking towards my seat. No no he cannot sit beside me. I did not want any more drama in my life. I was already the girl who injured herself and was hospitalized during the camping trip.
"Good choice" Mr Thomas sighed as Damon pushed the desk and settled on the chair beside me.
I let out a sigh.
The gap between my neck and shoulder started tingling again, almost like an itch. Damon shifted a bit away from the seat to which I glared at him. He did not even look at me and was already acting like an asshole.
"Ok since our new celebrity student has already arrived we will begin the class" Mr Thomas clapped his hands together while pointedly looking at Damon. He was not even affected by that instead he looked bored.
"I hate to break it to you guys but I will be the one assigning partners for the entire year." Mr Thomas said with an evil grin on his face.
I was so sure that he was the devil incarnate. I mean that's why he did these things to piss us off. The collective groans from the students echoed around the class. Obviously, no one was happy because once the partner is assigned it cannot be changed under any circumstances unless the teacher does it.
"Ok save the excitement for the rest of the class guys" Mr Thomas chuckled while adjusting his black-rimmed glasses. They were old enough that there was a dent on the right side of the frame. For some reason, he refused to change those frames.
He looked around the class one more time and sighed, "Eh it's a lot of hard work to call everyone and select the partners"
I sighed at that. Maybe he was allowing us to choose our own partners.
"So simple solution. The person sitting next to you will be a partner for the rest of the year"
No! I almost yelled while looking at Damon who was grinding his molars. Maybe he despised me for some reason enough to not follow Mr Thomas's decision.
"Mr Arcuri any problem?" Our teacher asked with a sly smile on his face.
"Don't care" Damon brushed off while opening his book. My eyes widened at that. That went well.
"Well it's settled then you'll be together for the entire year." Mr Thomas excitedly said while shooting me a look. I knew he hated me but not to this amount.
Great just great!
"Why do we even need a partner?" Sam yelled from behind again.
"Because Mr Samuel not everyone is gifted like you. The projects and assignments are to be taken very seriously because it's your last year. So I don't want anyone to mess up." Mr Thomas explained looking at him with a challenging look on his face. Of course, no one was going to opposed to that one.
"Okay let's begin our first lecture" He turned towards the board with chalk.
The entire lecture was about Mr Thomas complaining. He started comparing Shelley and Wordsworth which did not make sense considering they are from different eras. He did not like their works, stating they were too simple to be poetry.
After that tedious lecture, I had to attend the meeting regarding the next editorial issue. It was the final one from our batch and it had to be best.
With that thing in my mind, I quickly sent a message to Kay informing her about my change of plans. We have a third shared lecture anyways.
The tingling sensation spread inside my body as I started walking closer to the hallways. Before I could make a turn I felt an arm on my elbow and I was pulled inside.
As I opened my mouth to scream a palm covered my mouth and I couldn't see anything. With my eyes shut I started struggling to get rid of the person holding me captive.
I purposefully sagged in his arms and as he loosened his grip and neared me I used the opportunity to knee him in his groin. The person groaned while moving back in pain.
I opened my eyes only to be met with the blue ones, "Damon?"