Olivia’s POV
While I stood there paralyzed by his scent he leaned in and whispered in my ear, “I bet you didn't sleep well last night, because your body missed me”, his hissing voice felt like his hands were seductively running down my body, sending shivers and tingles and butterflies all through me, “hic”
I turned and he was standing inches away from my face, I could feel his breath on my cheek, I wanted his lips on my mouth, I wanted to taste him, his scent was fully around me now making me blush, I squeezed my thighs together trying to suppress the need that he brought to my core, “hic”, dammit Olivia get that under control
“Tell me how much you missed me”, he smirked, making my anger flair up and without thinking, without a second thought I slapped him hard across the face, the sound of the slap echoed in the air making the buzz of students rushing to class stop and before I knew it all eyes were on me and on him, the entire school was now staring at us
I was proud of myself for fighting back, this was the first time I’d ever stood up to him in this way, I felt brave, but I also hate the attention it brought with it, the look on his face was of utter surprise, he looked taken aback, he clearly didn’t expect me to react in the way that I did, he looked around at the countless eyes staring at us, then he turned back looking at me with menace in his eyes
I wanted to run, I wanted to get away, I met his gaze as he stared me down, I pictured Jeany staring me down and I took a deep breath and stared him down, ‘I will not be the first one to cave, this is all your fault Zack, I will not back down, not this time’
He held the spot where I slapped him and smirked shaking his head, “this is not over”, he growled smashing my locker, closing it with an immense force, the sound making me jump, he gave me one last look and stormed off
The crowd started moving again and I turned and opened my locker breathing deeply into it trying to calm myself down, my hands shook as I put my books in my backpack, I swallowed and took deep breaths with my eyes closed, nothing I did worked, I closed my locker and went to class
“Explain betrayal in your own words”, Mr Hart commanded the class, “anyone?” He urged, “come on, I’m sure one of you must have experienced this at one point or another”, no one answered him, silence fell in the room and just as he was about to give up, I stood up knocking my chair to the ground
“Betrayal, is when someone promises one thing and then does another without any warning, just blind siding you, he says he will stay away and never come back, you will never have to see or deal with him again, but all of a sudden he just shows up again, out of the blue without warning making you question everything about yourself”, I stood at my desk breathing heavily looking at the blank stares of my classmates while the look on Mr Hart’s face was one of concern
“Uh…I’m only pointing out that Anthony promised to solidify Brutus’s claim and yet he turned the masses against him, that’s what I meant by betrayal”, I sat down awkwardly avoiding everyone’s gaze and stared out the window, trying to summon the fresh air from outside into my lungs
I sat in the cafeteria, Jeany and Sean were fighting about Jeany’s journalistic ambitions again while Melody laughed egging them on, enjoying the chaos unfolding in front of her, I was sitting there with the three closest people to me, but I was lost in space, the only thing that consumed me was Zack Knight
What will he do next, will he come after me, should I ask Jeany to give me a ride home, how long will I have to do that, will I ever be free of him? I shouldn’t have slapped him. This is how all my classes went throughout the day, I was so engrossed in what will happen next that I paid no attention
The only relief I had is that I hadn’t seen Zack all day since I slapped him in front of everyone, and yet that’s the thing that’s bothering me the most, I know him, he will not just let this go, it’s not in his nature to give up that easily, I just can’t shake the feeling at the pit of my stomach that he will do something horrible to get his revenge
He was never one to do things, especially the horrible things that he did to me publicly, whenever he beat me or insulted me treating me badly he would always do it privately, and with me slapping him so publicly in front of everyone, I know that he will never forgive me, I’m going crazy trying to figure out what and when he will make his move, he never lets anything go, I just can’t stand the anticipation
Jeany, Melody, and Sean all erupted in laughter over something, I don’t know what, I smiled pretending to know the joke, pretending to be in the loop, but to be honest I was not in the mood to laugh or be joyful at the moment
“Hey, Olivia”, Jeany said in a serious tone, “I heard that Zack Knight transferred back, his official day at school is today, did you know that?”
“No, I didn’t”, I shook my head, even though I knew that he was back, a part of me still wished that it was all a dream, a part of me still hoped that I would wake up at any moment and realise that it was not real
“I can’t believe that he’s back for real”, Jeany groaned
‘Yeah, I gave him a pretty good slap as a welcome gift’, I thought to myself, and as I started to say the words the heavy feeling of his gaze fell on me again, his eyes drawing me in, making the air around me dense, and unbreathable as I froze in place
I looked up and locked eyes with him, “hic”, I looked away immediately and stared at my tray, I had mac and cheese, a salad, and some milk, ‘ugh, I don’t want this, I don’t even remember getting this food, and I’m so hungry’, I complained to myself as a distraction, trying to pull away from his gaze that still clung to me
“Still eating like a pig, I see, makes sense since your bo*bs are so big, I wouldn’t mind holding that ass in my hands again though”, he smirked standing next to me, filling my lungs with his lemony scent, he leaned in and whispered, “but you don’t deserve it though, do you?”
I looked down at my food avoiding his gaze, the table filled with my friends that was all chirpy and lively seconds ago went silent as he invaded our territory
“Well, eat up”, he growled as he took my plate of mac and cheese and rubbed it thoroughly over my face
“what the he*ll do you think you’re doing?" Sean snapped pouncing on Zack making the entire cafeteria erupt in a roar
“Fight, fight, fight”, the entire student body chanted as Sean and Zack rolled around on the floor, neither one of them giving in
“Get off me nerd”, Zack barked pushing Sean slamming him hard against our table, I stood up and put my hand on Sean’s shoulders stopping him from attacking Zack again
“Let go of me, I’ve got to teach this as*hole a lesson”, Sean boomed
“Let’s just go”
“No, we can’t let him get away with this”
“Try it little boy, I’d love to kick your ass”, Zack smirked
“Let’s go Sean, this dvmbass is not worth our time”, I turned and looked at Zack with disgust, the entire cafeteria erupted with laughter at my words
Zack stormed towards me with his face red with rage