The jerk next door

Chapter 7

*** Mia’s POV ***

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Much to my surprise, Ryan kept his promise. He was really nice and friendly to me. It was a bit strange since just yesterday he pranked me two times, but I will worry about that later. At the moment, Dominic and I were sitting in the class and it was very boring. This teacher talked too monotonously and I almost fell asleep a few times if it was not for Dom. He was very funny and I think he was ‘the glutton in their group’ who Ryan referred to yesterday as he was eating a chocolate secretly in the middle of the class that he took out of his pocket.

“Would you like some?” He took some candies from his backpack and offered them to me and I looked at him in disbelief.

“How can you eat so much and stay slim?” He just shrugged his shoulders and continued eating. I took a candy from his hand and ate it. The time went faster when you had someone to spend it with. After the class, he dragged me towards the lockers. I told him to slow down, but I think he ate too many candies and he was full of energy.

“Hey guys, how was your first class?” Tyler asked us when we reached there..

“It was good, we were eating the whole time, that teacher is boring as hell.” Dom said dramatically.

“YOU were eating the whole time, Dom.” I corrected him with a laugh and he just pouted, which caused me to laugh harder.

“What’s funny?” Ryan came and joined us.

“Oh, nothing, just Dom and his eating habits.” Tyler said while he rolled his eyes at his brother. They were funny.

“Oh, I see. What’s your next class, Mia?” He asked me curiously and I checked my timetable.

“I think it’s P.E.” I said and I saw his face lit up with joy.

“Mine too. Come, let’s go. See you later guys.” He told them hurriedly and dragged me towards the changing rooms before anyone could say anything. Why was everyone in a hurry today?

“Slow down, what is with you guys dragging me everywhere?” I asked with a chuckle while trying to catch my breath.

“Sorry” he said, he seemed a bit embarrassed. “It’s just, there isn’t so much time to change so... there are the girls' changing room and here are the boys'. I will meet you here when you change, okay?” He told me excitedly. What was wrong with him today?

“Okay.” I said hesitantly and went inside the changing room. There were a few girls already, but I just walked in and chose an empty spot where I could leave my stuff.

“You are the new girl, right?” An annoying voice that I heard somewhere before asked from behind me and I turned to face her.

“Yes, I am.” I told her with a half smile. It was that blonde girl from yesterday who flirted with Ryan shamelessly.

“I saw you in the morning getting out of Ryan’s car. Are you two dating or what?” She asked with a frustrated expression, which she tried to hide, but failed.

“What? No-no-no, we are just neighbours and he offered to drive me since he ruined my bike yesterday.” I told her laughingly and even though I said we weren’t together, she became furious.

“Stay away from him, I warn you, he is mine.” I raised my eyebrows because of her change of attitude. Bipolar much?

'Who does she think she is, anyway, talking to me like that?'

“Excuse me? I told you we are just neighbours. Don’t you dare to threaten me.” I told her with a cold face.

“Whatever, you have been warned.” She said and walked away. What a b***h. I decided not to pay more attention to her.

I brought a white fitting t-shirt and blue mini shorts for this class. I think it will be okay. In my previous school, we didn’t have any rules about how to dress up for P.E. I put my hair up in a ponytail and headed out of the changing room. Ryan was leaning on the wall doing something on his phone. He looked up when he heard me coming and smiled at me.

“Let’s go.” He said and grabbed my hand. We walked out to the sports field and everybody was there already. “You look good by the way.” He leaned close to me and whispered close to my ear. I shuddered and smiled at him. We were going to play football. The coach split us up into two teams. Me and Ryan were in the same one. All that time, that girl- who’s name was Bianca I think- was giving me dirty looks.

“Hey Ryan, is that girl your girlfriend?” I pointed at her and asked him. He suddenly looked at me with wide open eyes.

“Who, Bianca? No way, we just hooked up a few times last year. Why?” He asked and I shrugged my shoulders.

“Just because she tried to threaten me in the changing room, she said to stay away from you.” I said with a chuckle.

“Oh, sorry about that, she is too dramatic sometimes. Don’t worry about her. She just can’t accept the fact that I don’t want anything else from her.” He said a bit embarrassed and finished with a shrug.

“It’s okay, she doesn’t scare me.” I told him with a smile. “I told her we are just neighbours, so she has nothing to worry about anyway.” I said simply.

“Right... let’s play, come on.” He said, and as if I had seen a bit of disappointment in his eyes.

We started to play and Ryan was really good at this game. I wasn’t bad either. Our team won the game and Ryan rushed to me and lifted me in the air. It was just a game but he was so happy when we won, it was adorable. We were laughing when he spun me around a few times.

“Okay... stop it” I screamed at him laughingly when I started to feel dizzy. He wanted to put me down but he lost balance and fell to the ground. He tried to take the hit so I ended up on the top of him. We were still laughing, but then I realised that he had become quiet, so I looked at him to see why he stopped, but he just stared at me like he had just seen me for the first time. We were looking at each other like we were in some kind of trance.

“Ryan” Bianca’s annoying voice broke us apart. We stood up and she glared at me angrily.

“Well.... I will leave you two alone.” I said a bit embarrassed and walked towards the changing rooms hurriedly. What just happened? He was looking at me so... gently. How can someone change so much just in a day?

'The whole day makes no sense and it’s confusing as f**k.' I thought.

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*** Ryan’s POV ***

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“What do you want, Bianca?” I glared at her, she had to ruin my moment with Mia. I could have kissed her, or maybe that would have been too early. I don’t know.

“Ry, I miss you and now I see you with the new girl having fun and ....I don’t like her Ryan, come over to mine today after school. I have a surprise for you.” She whined and my ears were hurting from her sharp voice. When we had s*x before, I needed to lie to her that I liked girls with a gag in their mouths just to keep her quiet. She was screaming like a banshee. She was lucky she was good in bed and had a nice body, otherwise I wouldn’t f**k her more than one time.

“She is my friend Bianca, so stop whining and I told you we aren’t an item and I don’t have time today anyway.” I told her and left her there.

“You can come over another day, no problem, my surprise can wait.” Bianca shouted after me. Oh, God, she was delusional. I hurried to the changing room to change before Mia did, so I could wait for her in the front of the door.

“Ryan, how did you change so fast?” She asked in surprise when she found me leaning against the door.

“Yes, I was waiting for you, but why are your clothes wet?” I noticed her clothes were drenched. What happened to her?

“Bianca.... She ‘accidentally’ poured water on me.” She said, emphasising the ‘accidentally’ word while she rolled her beautiful eyes. Wait, what?

“Why did she do that?... Because of me?” I asked her worriedly. I don’t want Bianca to mess with Mia because of me.

“I think so... she said ‘I told you to stay away from him’ before she poured the water on my clothes..” she imitated Bianca’s voice “...but she was nice enough to wait till I dressed up.” She said sarcastically. “I am sorry Mia, I will talk to her, but what did you do?” I asked her.

“Nothing, I just told her she needed help because she was sick in her head and if she was there already, she could ask them to check her vocal cords as well.” She said with a frown and shrugged her shoulders and I burst out laughing.

“You are right about those things..” I said, still laughing, and Mia laughed along with me. “What is your next class?” I asked her.

“Biology.” Sadly, we don’t have biology together. “Don’t make that sad face , after that we will have Math together.” She said with a smile and poked my chest. Did I make a sad face? I let out a nervous laugh.

“See you in Math then.” I said and hurried towards my next class. I needed to be careful because she was smart and I couldn’t have her see through my act.