Bring it on, Nasty!!

Chapter 20

Maira

Alicia wouldn't leave me alone.

She found out that I'm horrible when it comes to balancing chemical equations ,among many other things in organic chemistry and took it upon herself to make me perfect.

" Alicia , I won't be a master of it in a single hour " I say as she drags me into the library during the free hour we both have .

Not to read amazing novels but to torture myself with organic chemistry.

" Who said you will be at it only for an hour? I know you have the next hour free as well"

Organic Chemistry for two hours together !

" Have some mercy on my brains , Alicia .Besides , you have Trig the next hour you can't sit teaching me " I say the last bit with relief

" I know " she says " But I'll give you a step by step process of how to equalize. When Trig is over I'll get back here and see how far you have gone " She says playing the role of stern teacher

And so , Begins the hour of harassing my brains with those horrible chemical equations

"See you are not bad " Alicia says cheerfully " All you need is some practice "

I groan " I have been doing that for an hour ,I deserve a break " I say wishfully eyeing the rows of novels around me

" Be quiet please " says the librarian to us , And not for the first time

"You are doing really well Miara , believe me . You are a quick learner . Just some more practice and you will be good at this "

I sigh , but already form a plan in my head . As soon is Alicia is out of the Library I'll run of to the novels section.

"You are saying that only because you are my friend .You are supposed to make me feel good"

"No " Alicia says sincerely " I'm saying it because I mean it and....."

"She would never say you are bad even if you are hopeless , Ali is just not made that way " Says a familiar masculine voice " There is not a single rude bone in her body "

My levels of irritation reach an all time high when I see Ambrose and his super annoying smirk .

How does that smirk has the ability to look sinfully sexy despite its troublesome intents ? Beats me .

" What are you doing here ? Go away ! "

"Last I checked the library is for everyone at school . I can come in whenever I want and go out whenever I want " he says smugly taking a chair beside me while totally ignoring my glare and looks at Alicia " I think you have Trig now Ali. Go to your class I'll watch over her "

The smirk doesn't go down even a notch and alarm bells start ringing in my head as soon as I hear those words out of his mouth.

Alicia looks at him suspiciously .

" What ? I 'll be on my best behaviour " Ambrose says feigning innocence. Which we all know is an act , Ambrose and Innocent are poles apart .

But Alicia looks like she doesn't have a choice " Don't start a third world war you two . " She says before hitching up her backpack on her shoulder and walking away.

As soon as she is out the library I jump on my feet

" Don't " Ambrose cuts me short " I know what's on your mind .You are not running off to read novels " He sweeps his hand over the chem books on the table " You should be studying this "

I give him a dark look

" Sit " He says totally unaffected " Sit and balance these equations "

" Nice try ! " I snort " But I'm not doing that "

He smirks tilting his chair on its back legs " Scared of a few equations princess ? "

I narrow my voice at his cheeky tone " I'm not scared of anything "

I know he wants me to raise to the bait .Ha! I Won't

" Your tricks won't work on me Ambrose " I inform him smugly turning my back to him and already heading towards the books that were silently screaming at me to come pick them . Here I come , Lovelies !!

But the next words he says makes me turn back to him shocked , " I will help you "

I'm sure I must have looked funny with my eyes popping out and my jaw hanging down to the floor.

Ambrose Wilde was saying he will help me !!

The shock of his words was so huge I came back and sat down beside him and picked up the pen.

20 minutes later .....

I was still balancing one equation after another quiet well. Until , I reach a hurdle .

" I can't get this one " I admitted a little miffed with myself for saying this in his presence but he did not give me the ' I knew it ! I knew you were dumb ' Look I was expecting from him , Instead their is not a hint of mockery on his face as he took the pen from my hand and the brief brush of his hand against mine makes warm tingles run all the way up my arm.

" You were doing very well all this while " He says " But this one is a little more complicated " His voice trails away as he turns his concentration towards the equation .

With his eyes fixed on the equation he absent mindedly begins spinning the pen in his hand. over his knuckles , Between his fingers.....

I don't know why but I have always found it cool when boys do that .

I tired to do that so many times myself but never succeeded because my pen or pencils were always too eager to fall down.

And the way Ambrose was doing it as he was thinking over the equation ,so smoothly and effortlessly it was not just cool , it was almost mesmerising.

The pen slid between one finger to the other in a perfect pattern.

But soon I wasn't even looking at the pen, I was looking at the hand playing with the pen .

Strong and sure fingers ,tanned skin stretched over his sturdy strong hand even the raised veins on his hand seemed attractive in a strange manly sort of way.

I frown at myself boggled with myself more than anything else .Since when did I start finding hands attractive ?

Hands are hands , simple !

Seriously! Can I get any more weird ?

Thankfully , Unaware of my strange thoughts he explains me how to balance the equation " I'm sure you will understand this one as well "

Surprisingly ,I do.

And when I have balanced it correctly I ask him the question that had been on my mind " Why are you helping me ? What are you up to ? "

And there it is , that familiar trademark grin creeping up his face " I'm always up to something princess"

I glower at him ," Spit it out ! Why are you helping me ? and what do you want in return?"

" Hey ! Me helping you has nothing to do with what I want from you . That was my good deed for the day " He says sounding genuinely sincere and a little offended " Once in a while I do have my good samaritan moments "

I snort " But you do want something from me " I say keen about that other part, scanning his face to catch even a tiny hint of him helping me just because he wants something from me. Ulterior motives but I do not find any such thing.

He arches an eyebrow at me amused as if he knows exactly what I'm doing .

I sigh when he slides the pen and the book back towards me " Practice your equations and when you are done I will tell you what I want from you "

I roll my eyes at him " Control freak much ? "

He winks " Something like that "

True to his word when I'm done with the equations by the end of the hour Ambrose asks me a question that makes the pen drop from my fingers to the floor . " Will you go to the Halloween dance with me ? "

My reaction involved three different stages.

First Stage : ( Despite the stern librarian ) I burst out laughing , " You are kidding !....Kidding , Right ? Of course you are ,I mean ,I mean...." I stop abruptly when I see the silent and totally serious on his face . Not a single twitch of smile or trademark smirk or Anything!

Second Stage : Shock !!

" What ? Really ? "

Third Stage : I pick up the pen from floor than collect my stuff and walk out of the Library saying " NO"

The guy is out of his mind if he thinks I'll go to the dance with him.

I'm not a fan of dancing in the first place so I was't planning on going anyways and God forbid If I go with Ambrose.

But I should have known he wouldn't let me go this easily.

He pounced on me when I was least expecting him to. In the Girls washroom !

After finishing my business I was washing my hands when I see him walk in " What are you doing here ? " I shriek looking around quickly . Thankfully all the stalls seemed empty . No one was in the washroom except me and him but that doesn't mean people won't jump to stupid conclusions if they find him here

" I'm asking you to come to the dance with me " He says perfectly calm

" This is girls washroom ! "

" I know "

" Get out ! "

" Not until you say yes "

I glare daggers at him " There is no way I'll say yes to you "

" Then I'm not going anywhere " He states casually while I'm loosing my mind

I shake my head at him " Stop being so annoyingly suborn ,you need to go--" It happened so fast, the door opened two girls walked in and the next instant I was inside a locked stall.

Ambrose has me on his lap while he sat on the covered toilet seat

"Did they see us ? " I whisper hiss at him

" No " He says confidently .

That's a relief , I try to wriggle out of his lap but his grip on me is firm .

" You are crazy " I say keeping my voice low as I struggle against him " Rather than going to the dance you should check yourself into a mental asylum"

" Nice advice , I might consider it " He deadpans

My frantic struggle continues.

I struggle - No use

I struggle some more - No use.

I struggle again - Still no use

I have the urge to start screaming in frustration but the girls are still here so I resort to every thinkable kind means to get myself out of the dance situation " I don't have any costume and that stupid dance is only a few days away "

" Don't worry I'll buy you a costume " He says unfazed

"I can't dance " I say a quick lie

" No worries , I'll show you " He says back just as quickly

" I hate you " I say as a last ditch effort

" I know , you say that to me only a million times a day "

" I mean it each time "

" I know " He smirks

I sigh " Let me go "

"Not until you say yes "

My shoulders drop in defeat . After minutes and minutes of my failed struggling I have realised that there is no use fighting this guy , this stubborn jerk always gets his way

" Fine " I say annoyed " I 'll go with you to the dance "

The smile he gives me is brilliant enough to light up this whole town . And nope, it does not make me go weak in the knees or set my heart racing.

The guy must be messed up in the head but he keeps his word. As soon as the dumb girls walk out , he lets go of me . Unlocks the stall and is almost out the washroom door when it hits me ,my last saving grace " How will you know what size costume to buy for me ?"

" Still trying to get your way out of the dance ,princess " He says his voice a combination weariness and amusement

I shrug " A girl can hope "

He looks at me from over his shoulder " I had you on my lap for a good ten minutes in there, I think I know your size pretty well " With a wink he walks out the washroom door.

Leaving me behind fuming and exasperated and shocked

That jerk ! That stubborn , arrogant , pervert , Idiotic , Infuriating , disgusting , Jerk !!