Coleman, a little girl who wasn't little anymore but a fourteen years old teenager and a pain in my ass.

Attending the same school means encountering her every day and dealing with her bratty attitude.

I was roaming the corridor with Lucian, my best friend when I heard her scream. "Leave me, asshole! I don't wanna go out with you."

I handed over my books to Lucian. "I'll see you in the class." And leaving him baffled, I ran towards from where I heard her voice.

Some stupid boy had her pinned against her locker making my jaw clench and my palms curled up into fists.

I stalked towards him and grabbing the back of his collar pulled him away from her and shoved him down on the floor.

"What the--" He stopped mid sentence when he saw me and fucking shivered with fear. That's right. No one messes with me in the school. They know it won't end well for them.

I glanced back at Althea who now pushed back her glasses and shot me a glare, frowning at me for probably interfering.

I will deal with her later.

I glared down at that boy as he srambled up to his feet and I grabbed his collar once again and almost lifted him off his feet. "Stay the fuck away from her. If she said no, it's a fucking no." I growled lowly.

And I pushed him away before I could punch him causing dad to have another very unpleasant visit to the principal.

"Apologise to her." I ordered and he got up to his feet and looked at Althea who was standing behind me.

"Sorry." He muttered and ran away from there.

Sighing, I turned around to face her as she stood there with her arms across her chest and that frown still on her forehead.

"Now, what did I say about staying away from the boys, huh?" I stepped closer to her and placed my palm on the locker behind her, above her head, trapping her.

The intensity of her glare didn't lessen and she once again pushed back her glasses as they keep slipping down her nose. "You are not my dad, Calix. Move now."

"Althea." I warned.

"What? He approached me first! He kept asking me out on a date, I didn't want to go with him. Don't blame me!"

My features softened and I stared into her eyes but felt frustrated when her damn glasses got in the way so I removed them from her eyes, revealing her beautiful eyes.

"Give me back my glasses!" She tried jumping up when I held them over my head and considering she is quite short as compared to me, she couldn't reach me.

"I can't see without them." She finally gave up on snatching them back and rolled her eyes.

I brushed away the hair from her forehead that had escaped her ponytail. "Then I will be your guide."

Taken aback by the gentleness in my tone, she gave me a weird look and then tried shoving me away. "I don't need you to be my guide, idiot. Now let me go, I have a class."

"This is your free period."

She was going to argue but decided against it. "I am not even going to ask how you know that. But just let me go."

"Are you not going to thank me for saving you right now?"

"I didn't need your help. You had to butt in. I had everything in control."

"Yeah, I could see that." I said sarcastically making her cheeks flush.

"Whatever, leave, Calix. And give me back my glasses."

Sighing, I placed the glasses back on her face gently and brushed a kiss to her forehead. "See you later." And she froze.

I often do that, kissing her forehead. And whether she likes it or not, she never comments on it for which I am grateful.

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I kept rotating my bike keys on my finger as I walked out of the school after it gave over and having bidden goodbye to Lucian, I went over to my Harley parked at a distance.

I was about to wear the helmet when I saw Althea standing on the other side of the parking, trying to call someone but that someone was obviously not picking up and she groaned and stomped her feet.

I smirked. This is going to be interesting.

"Did your driver forgot to pick you up today?" I asked going over to her making her head snap up to me in surprise.

She rolled her eyes and continued calling someone.

When she ignored me, I snatched away her phone from her hand making her whine and glanced at it. She was calling someone named Alex.

Alex. Who is he? Her boyfriend?

I raised a brow at her and ended the call. "Got yourself a boyfriend, huh?"

"Give me back my phone, Calix. It's none of your damn business." She gritted her teeth. "Why do you have to always trouble me?"

Yeah, because you won't be having a normal conversation with me so annoying you is the only way I can ever talk to you. But she doesn't need to know that yet.

"First tell me who is Alex? Or I would rather find about it myself..." I trailed off subtly forcing her to tell me.

"Aargh. Alex is short for Alexandra. She's my best friend. Now leave me alone."

Oh. That's okay. But she better be not lying.

"Okay." And I gave her back her phone and grumbling she started to walk away when I grabbed her wrist and pulled her back making her groan.

"What now?"

"Where's your driver?"

"He is sick. Happy?"

"No. Who will drive you home?"

"I was supposed to go with Alex but she seem to have disappeared. Now let me go." And she yanked herself out of my grip.

"I will drop you home." I suggested. "Come on."

She stuffed her phone inside her jeans pocket. "No, thanks. I can manage on my own."

"I wasn't asking, I was telling. I will drop you home."

She hit me on my chest. "Are you demented? I don't wanna go with you!"

"Why not?" I frowned.

She gave me a 'are you serious' look. "Because I don't want to! Who knows you might just throw me off a cliff? Or I don't know maybe kidnap me?"

I scowled. "Why would I kidnap you?"

"Who knows. Maybe to harrass me." And then she added in a whisper. "Sexually."

My jaw clenched. Ouch. "You really think that low of me? Do you really think I would stoop to that level?"

That seriously hurt. I can't believe she thinks so low of me. I might not be the purest person but I would never harrass anyone sexually. Especially not her. Never. I would never hurt her. I can't. I would rather die.

But still, it hurts.

I tried my best not to show the hurt on my face, to not look very vulnerable and I cleared my throat and turned around. "Okay. I won't drop you." And I flung a look at her over my shoulder. "But maybe you should find yourself a ride back home cause standing here in this empty parking lot can be dangerous. Maybe someone might end up harrassing you."

That was just to scare her. I don't want anyone hurting her though.

And I started to walk away from there without looking back at her even though I wanted to. But soon, I heard her footsteps following me and I smiled to myself.

Reaching my bike, I picked up the helmet and wore it over my head, adjusting it and finally looked at her as she stood there sheepishly. "What?" I asked dryly.

She fiddled with her fingers nervously. "I didn't really mean what I said back there... obviously you won't do such a thing...I just said it in the heat of the moment."

"And...?" I urged her to keep speaking.

She pursed her lips. "Can you...drop me home?"

I couldn't stop the toothy grin from forming on my face and I picked up the extra helmet that I usually keep around and pulled it over her head, surprising her and adjusted it for her.

"Hop on." I gestured to the bike as I got on it and hesitantly she sat behind me.

Balancing the bike on my legs, I looked over my shoulder and grabbing her arms, wrapped then around my waist and held it there firmly when she made an effort to remove them.

"Unless you want to fall down, you will hold onto me."

"I won't fall, idiot."

"Believe me, you will, Al."

And my grin widened when she huffed and held me tightly and revving the engine, I drove us out of there at a high speed making her squeal.

"Slow down!" She shouted.

I didn't listen to her and she shouted and asked me to slow down once again. "Please, I'm scared."

"Promise you will keep holding me if I slow down?"

She replied after a few seconds. "Yes!"

So, I brought down the speed making her sigh and thankfully she kept holding me.

Soon, we reached her home and I stopped the bike outside her parents' mansion and she got off the bike and followed.

I pulled off my helmet and rested it on the bike and watched as she struggled to get off hers and I helped her with it. And tidied her hair which got messed up due to it.

"I am waiting for a thankyou. For saving you earlier and dropping you home."

"I didn't need you to save--" She stopped mid sentence and sighed heavily rolling her eyes. "Let it be, your brain is too rotten to understand anything. Thank you."

I bent down to her level and pointed to my cheek. "I want a kiss."

"You will get a slap instead."

I didn't bulge though. "I am waiting, Al."

A minute later, she gave up. "Fine." And coming closer, she pressed her lips to my cheek making my heart skip a beat. And she pulled back immediately.

The grin didn't leave my face for a second and I ended up blurting. "Be ready to marry me in the future, baby."

Her eyes widened before she must have realised that I am probably just messing with her. "In your dreams."

I stepped closer and leaned in making her breath hitch. And whispered, "In my dreams I have already done a lot of things to you, baby." And my lips brushed the corner of her mouth. "Believe me you don't wanna know."

She stumbled back and stared at me in shock, her cheeks red. "You pervert! I am going to complain this to your dad!"

"Dad already knows about it and he approves of it too." And it was true. After dad caught me staring at her for too long at the family dinner two years back, he confronted me and demanded to know what was going on and I ended up telling him everything. He is my best friend after all.

And I kissed her forehead before hopping onto my bike. "Goodbye, Al. I'll see you in school tomorrow."

That's a different thing she never came to school that day probably to avoid me but it was okay.

I am going to marry her one day. And that's fucking final.