Bring it on, Nasty!!

Chapter 13

A sneer ,

A snarl,

In the battle of wills ,

That's all I demand.

Ambrose

" You don't have to be a constant jerk to her you know " Alicia says not the least bit pleased

" Come on ,Ali . It was fun " I reply

She sighs " Sometimes I can't believe you are my friend " She mutters , I grin

But then her eyes soften and a mix of unease and tentativeness crosses her face , Her voice is almost cautious when she speaks

"Ambrose , I pretty sure you will deny this " She looks at me more at unease than ever " But between you and Maira I sensed the---"

" Stop ! " I hold up my hand before she can go any further with this " What you are saying is impossible . I don't know where you get these ideas from , But do't go around saying this just to make me go easy on her "

" You know I've never been wrong about such things " She says defensively

" You might not have been in the past But this time you are "

She looks like she wants to argue but the look on my face must have made it clear for her that this topic was done for. For now and for forever .

The day after the chemistry practicals incident , When I head to my Harley in the parking lot.

For one complete second I don't know how to react.

I'm too stunned , Too shocked , Too everything.

Somebody had slashed the tyres of my bike

I sniff the air and it reveals the presence of a person who had been here ten minutes ago.....

My lips curve into a smirk

If it had been someone else I would have pounded them into mincemeat.

But this had been Princess's handiwork.

Finally ! She has come out to play.

I'm almost tempted to give her a head start.

Next day ,

I'm expecting her to claim back her seat the first hour , But she doesn't.

Which makes me wonder if only sneaky attacks is her strategy.

Pity !Princess ! Being sneaky won't work on a were like me .

Or

Is this the silence before storm ?

It turned out to be the latter.

And I must say she is good , But not as good as your's truly .

That day at Lunch she challenges me by walking up straight towards my table . That act in itself is reason enough for my friends to be surprised.

Because never in our high school life did a human seek us out . They usually tend to stay far away from us . The whole suppressed yet true sub conscious thinking that we being predators and they being vulnerable and useless humans comes into play.

But not this human.

As I lean on the back legs of my chair I wonder if she had always been this brave

Or Did I mess up with her basic survival instincts ?

I don't get time to decide my answer before I get knocked down from my chair and with a loud thud I'm down on my butt on the floor of the Cafeteria .

All the voices in the Cafeteria cease instantly and heads turn in our direction.

I see some humans turn pale . And some casting nervous glances at Miara.

They are probably wondering she had lost her mind and worried that that the big bad meanies at this table will eat her up for lunch.

The tension is thick in the air as she glares at me and I glare back

Right now sitting on my butt on the floor I don't think I might look as intimidating if I had been standing but I manage.

" If you can be a jerk , I can be even bigger " She snarls at me

And call me a retard ,My lips twitch into a smirk " Is that a challenge , Princess "

She doesn't say anything just glares at me with fury itched on her face

" Because it is " I continue " Then let me tell you , I have a very bad habit of always winning "

" We will see " She says indignantly. Then bends a little and stretches out her hand towards me.

I arch an amused eyebrow , But just when I reach out to take her hand , She drops her hand and straightens up

" Serves you right she says " She mutters before walking away.

The smirk doesn't leave my face , It actually grows into a smile.

Man! Doesn't that girl have a back bone. And Don't I like it !

" This is what is so did not want " Alicia says looking at me wearily " Now you both will turn school into a battle field "

" Finally something will be interesting at school " Brandon says as he tries to steal a french fry from his mate Tess food tray who chuckles but slaps his hand away

" I like her " Reema says smiling

" Yup , The human's gutsy " Shiki says looking in the direction of her table in the cafeteria.

" No s**t ! " Raze adds.

The fun had just begun.

I have my guns out and so does she.

We are both equally armed .

Sometimes Alicia acts as a referee , Ever disapproving and whining about our ways but the others wisely give us a wide berth.

I follow her smell into the school library one afternoon ( Just one of the perks of being a werewolves) and she her sitting with a book in the far corner looking all peaceful.

She and Peaceful !

God ! I knew I had to change that !

She has her headphones plugged in as she flips through the pages of the book she is so busy reading That she doesn't even notice me when I take a chair beside her .

I plan on changing that soon.

I pull out an ear bud from her

"Hey " She shrieks at me

" Hmm.. Listening to Lobo , The guy rocked the 70's but I'm impressed you have the sense to admire his music "

She looks like she wants to say something but then abruptly dismisses me and goes back to reading her book.

I frown .

She is ignoring me !

That's so not not gonna happen . I take it as a personal insult and snatch the book away from her

And that gets her attention .

" What the hell ? " She snaps at me annoyed and loud enough that it earns her a glare from the stern librarian.

" You into this kind of stuff " I ask looking at the Blurb of the story . Which is all about some vampire and blah blah blah...

I'm not a book guy so , I don't understand the appeal books have for her but the was she looks all restless and annoyed as she tries to get the book away from me is pretty good entertainment.

In a good foot taller than her and there is no way I'm giving the book to her

Ofcourse , Our chaos attracts the librarian's attention and she says us to remain silent.

Yeah right!

Several failed attempts later , With a huff Maira turns away

" Fine ! do whatever you want to do with this book , I'll get myself another one "

I'm more than surprised with her reaction.

It's unlike Maira to give up.

But then I realize she loves reading so much she doesn't want to waste her time on me.

Hard luck , Princess!

I watch her as she walks from one shelf to another scanning books. and It's subtle but obvious , The way her face lights up , Her eyes get a curious and excited gleam and then.......She stretches on her toes to reach the upper shelf and the T-Shirt she is wearing rides up.

I find myself staring at the revealed strip of smooth skin.

Will it be smooth to touch too ?

I snap myself out of the thought .

What the hell is wrong with me ?

This is Maira .Crazy , Stuborn Maira . And not to mention she is a human .

Frowning at myself I walk out of the library.

Later after lunch its time for Astronomy class.

When I walk into the class I see Calestine smile coyly at me , Giving me sly glances .

I blink .

There are days when it seems Calestine is finally over me then again there are days when she gives me glances and coy smiles .

Talk about feeling uncomfortable.

I'm pretty wrapped up in my own thoughts and may be that's why I don't notice where or rather on what I am sitting until , I land into my seat and feel a packet of liquid burst under my weight.

" s**t !" I jump up turn around and there , splattered all over my seat is red paint.

No doubt my jeans at the back must be red too.

Red color on my butt !

I suppress a groan .

In the front seat I see Maira has almost falling out of her chair with wild laughter

Though the others in class take one look at my face and whatever amusement they might have felt at my expense , Wisely fades away within the blink of an eye.

I walk out of the class to the one spot I hope I can probably find something wearable.

The lost and found booth

I shake my head in dismay people never loose cool things.

After a long but useless search I find something to replace my paint smeared jeans with . Knee length beach shorts.

Yeah ! Seriously !

Though I have no idea why anyone would bring beach shorts to school or why couldn't anyone loose a cool pair of jeans my size .

Why theses stupid beach shorts ?

Bright orange with shells printed all over them.

If I had any other option , any other option , I wouldn't have given those stupid beach shorts a second glance.

May be would have set them on fire simply for being so stupid. But.....As much as I hate it I don't have any other option.

I'll have to give Maira this ,When the girl wants to get mean , She does .

" You guys should stop " Says Alicia , ever the voice of reason as we head back home

" Come on Ali , It has just got started " I say besides me Brandon is still laughing his dumb head off " Red on your pants !! ....It's...It's.... " He is laughing so hard he is having trouble breathing " Watch out your gym locker Dude , You both share the same gym hour right ? "

I take a swipe at him.

" Ouch ! " He complains rubbing his head but the grin lingers on his face as he looks at me.

I chuckle back at him and then suddenly I can't stop laughing.

And then we are both roaring with laughter .