The sun hit my eyes and they slowly opened. I felt warm and comfortable, even though the environment felt..different. I opened my eyes slightly and they widened when I realised i was in Nathaniel's arms in a warm strong embrace.

I raised my head to look at his messy hair and slightly furrowed brows and he looked hot and cute the same time. My gaze fell on his pink lips and I knocked myself mentally for the thought that crossed my head

But at that moment, I remembered some time ago that I fell out of his bed. It was horrible.

Not wanting to have another experience, I decided to wriggle out of his hold which only tightened making me more tinglish than ever. My breath hitched when he pushed me much closer and our faces became upclose. I shivered slightly when he stroked my upper arm but he didn't wake up.

It was almost like he was dreaming because I led out a soft gasp when his face fell into my neck. My breathing got ragged when his lips pressed on my skin and he groaned a little. Gathering some bravery, I pushed his back gently and his forhead landed on mine.

As if on cue, his black eyes opened and caught my blue ones staring. He narrowed his eyes and his brows furrowed more. I shut my eyes and squeezed myself mentally and waited for my fall. But it never came to pass, he examined every inch of my face before he unwrappped his hands and that was when the chillly air went through me. He then sat upright and ran his fingers through his messy hair.

I also sat upright and massaged my temples. The memories of yesterday came flooding in my mind. Right after Mackenna and Angela took me from Nathaniel who saved me from the deceptive guy, I decided to go out and wait for Mackenna and Angela.

But when I was making my way towards the car, the same guy caught me from behind. I screamed but he coverd my mouth and I began to feel dizzy. I don't remember what happened afterwards or how I ended up in Nathaniel's bed.

Did Nathaniel save me?

Stupid Pamela, why would a guy who hates you save you? Okay maybe for humanity sake and why didn't he take me home instead? I wanted to ask him what happened last night but the look on his face dampened my spirit.

"Hurry up, I'll drop you at home." He offered in his deep morning voice making me..blush? For no reason.

"Y..you don't h..have to um.." I stuttered.

"Would you just hurry up so that I can get you out of my house?" he asked and I bit the insides of my cheeks.

Jeez you shouldn't have brought me here.

I got down from bed and picked up my shoes and sat on the floor, wearing them while I waited for him to come out. I stood upright and waited for a while before he came out and I followed him outside.

We decended the stairs and went into the compound to where his car was parked. After we both sat and buckled our seat belts, he revved the engine and started to drive.

I leaned my head on the window and shut my eyes simply ignoring Nathaniel's time to time glance at me. I was too sleepy and tired to do so.

"Did you really want to be where you were last night?" His deep voice spoke.

"Where?" I muttered pursing my lips afterwards,

"Where were you last night?" He asked glancing at me and for some reason my heart warmed at his... concern?

"Um... your house..um.." I said with my cheeks flushing.

"Before that." He rolled his eyes.

"The club?" I asked.

"Thanks for the stress you just took my through," He muttered sarcastically, "Now did you want to be there?" He asked. Honestly, not at all. I just didn't want to disappoint my friends. And I womdered why Nathaniel was speaking a little nice to me. It's like this was ou first ever normal conversation even through he was trying to taunt me through his words..

"Um..yes.," I nodded and he didn't say anything afterwards.

He pulled up in front of my house and before I could get down, he grippee my wrist. On instinct I started wriggling gently because I didn't want him to bruise my skin again. He held my hand in place and grazed his fingers on mine.

Was he high this morning or what?!

"You should be mindful of those you roll with." He said drawing circles on the back of my hand.

"Okay.." I whispered and wriggled my hand out again and after muttering a 'thank you' I turned to my home. My heart was racing as I heard him rev the engine to drive away. Our earlier interaction started replaying in my ears and it felt too good to be true

I went inside to find Eugene sleeping peacefully on Stella's lap as she was playing with his hair.

Relief was evident on her face when her eyes fell on me.

"Pamela, where have you been? Eugene has been very worried." She said and I stared at my brother.

"Uh..I went out with some friends.." I said taking off my heels and hoping she won't interrogate me again.

"Well go upstairs and take a shower." She ordered and I passed her a smile before I went I took a nice bath and came downstairs for breakfast.

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"..And Nathaniel dropped me off at home..can I have my food now?" I begged Angela and she passed it to me.

"You should have stayed with us.." Angela complained.

"No, I'm sorry I put in all that.." Mackenna apologised.

"It's ok, at least we're still alive." I patted her should and she gave me a grateful smile.

"Wait, if Nathaniel dropped you off at home, where did you sleep last night?" Mackenna asked nd my face turned bright crimson.

"Not really important." I shrugged but Mackenna being her will never let this slip in peace.

"I'm serious, where did you sleep?" I asked as Angela and I looked at her.

"Na..Nathaniel's room." I replied shyly and Mackenna gasped.

"What? He allowed you to sleep in his room?" Angela's eyes widened.

"Y..yes." I murmured.

"Wait..where did he sleep?" She asked and my face got more redder.

"Gosh." I whispered under ny breath.

"Pamela tell us." Makenna begged biting into her taco.

"I..I don't know but..I..I..woke up to find him h..holding me in his a..arms," I answered biting my lips.

"That's it. He likes her." Mackenna muttered.

"No he doesn't!" I shook my head.

"Did he dare do anything to you?" Angela asked.

"Any thing like what?...oh no! He didn't!" I said. "In fact, he was a little bit nice." I smiled.

"Ouuuu!" They chorused.

"Oh come on!" I grinned looking away for a bit.

"Boy's coming to his senses." Angela sighed.

"Guys, can we please change the topic?'' I requested.

"Sureee." Mackenna smirked.

"Have you guys heard the game is a few days away?" Angela reminded.

"I'm pretty sure Nolan told you." I teased her. Even though she blushed, she glared playfully at me.

"I had to ask him though. That guy is pretty erratic." She sighed,

"Erotic?" Mackenna's eyes widened and we burst into laughter.

"Aren't you gonna cheer for Angelo?"Angela asked Mackenna.

"Naa, I'll just be cursing him in my mind."She said dreamily. "But on the more serious note, he's really cute and sweet." She sighed.

"Awww." I smiled.

"I should bee saying aww to you because of your tiny crush on Nathaniel." She pressed her lips into a thin line.

"Guys! I don't have a crush on him!" I pouted.

"Hmmm.'' They hummed and I grinned. We finished off with our food and went back to class.

Thankfully, I didn't have an encounter with Nathaniel's crazy girlfriend. In fact, it's been long since I came across her and I was grateful for that.

When I got to class, many seats were available including the one beside Nathaniel and Nolan . Nathaniel was gazing at me, daring me to sit by Nolan.

I wanted to somehow sit next to Nathaniel but I stopped myself because i wasn't sure if the idea. I mean Belinda could be in this class and if she saw me next to her boyfriend, she wouldn't like it, and besides, it wasn't like Nathaniel and I were even friends or anything.

Ignoring him, I slouched on the seat beside Nolan and brought out my notebook. This whole time I could feel Nathaniel's deadly glare piercing into my head but I didn't mind him. Let's face it, the guy hates me to the extent that he hates to see me happy. So I think that's why he hates to see me with Nolan. Even though he helped me out last night.

"So Pami,'' Nolan called.When he calls me Pami,I always remember my brother. Nolan is almost the exact replica of my brother, just that Eugene is a redhead like me.

"What do you think about Angela joining cheerleading?" Nolan suggested.

"Don't worry bro, it's already done," I assured him and he passed me a grateful smile. I can't say Nathaniel was looking elsewhere..he was glaring seriously at me and Nolan.

God, please do something

It seems he was glaring more specifically at Nolan but why? What did he do? Angela told me that Nathaniel and Nolan were good friends before I came to this school.

But it seems Nathaniel treats Nolan like he's an enemy, a betrayer. If you ask me, I don't think Nolan is even bothered, he doesn't care.

"Pami?"Nolan snapped me out of thoughts.

"Yeah Eugene..I mean Nolan?..yeah Nolan?" I replied and he chuckled at me.

"So these days, I've realised something...I have a question ." He furrowed his brows in confusion. "I know this may seem awkward..but um..do you um..like Nathaniel?" He asked and my heart skipped a beat or a thousand.

Mostly a thousand by the way.

"N..no..not at all."I..lied? Fake scowling.

"You sure?" He narrowed his eyes.

"Yeah." I nodded feeling flustered all of a sudden.

"Why are you even blushing?" He chuckled.

"The weather.." I ssmiled.

"I see.." He slowly nodded and silence prevailed.

"But Nolan." I called ignoring my heating cheeks.

"Yeah Pami?"

"Does Nathaniel..always bully new students?..because I don't understand why he doesn't bully Mackenna but he still bullies me."I asked.

"He never bullied a new kid...I think he doesn't bully Mackenna because of um,.maybe Angelo..I don't know."He shrugged.

"I think he's interested in you." Nolan said.

"Yep, he's interested in making me miserable."I guessed and he guffawed.

"No, I meant I think he has a crush on you." He said.

"Now that's funny." I giggled.

Nolan and I both sighed.

"But my question is...what did I do?" I asked and he shrugged.

Later, The teacher then entered and gave us our test reports in which I got an 'A'.

I would have been satisfied if I saw a plus on the 'A' but I had to accept that the 94% wasn't changing into a 97% and above anytime soon. I sighed sadly and started going through.

"I had an 83%...what did you get?" Nolan askee beside me.

"Um..94%." I hesitated. I wasn't really one for telling people about my scores. No matter who they were, I didn't feel comfortable about it. That's why I preferred report cards instead of notice board report post.

I went through the sheet to figure out ny mistakes. With each one I saw, I made reference in my notes or text book. Some of the ones I had wrong made my heart break because I knew the answer and I was contemplating. Sigh.

"Well done Nino, scoring 96% and you too Miss Lucas, scoring 94%," Miss Dorries smiled at us. Nolan whipped his head at me and smirked, making me roll my eyes mentally.

"The rest of you too did amazing, keep it up..but I'd prefer you do more in your exam, because apart from a few of you, some were just bad." She said sadly.

I sighed heavily and stared at my sheet.

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