Next day at school.
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I jumped out of the bed and checked the time. I had slept through my alarm.
I was going to be late again. I hurriedly went into the shower and had my bath. I had picked out my outfit for the day so I quickly slipped them on. I wore a white crop top, my fanciest bohemian skirt and my boots. I opened my mom's little jewelry box and wore her diamond necklace, and earrings. I applied my light makeup, styled my hair into a pony tail and sprayed my cheap perfume. I
heard a knock on my door. It was Katie. She barged in with a bright smile on her face. "I hope you're ready knuckle head?" "Almost" I said applying my lipgloss. I took one last look at the mirror before grabbing my bags and we headed out. Aunt Caroline had left a note at the kitchen desk along with two lunch packs. She had gone in search of a job, so we could pay bills and afford some food.
Our cab was already in front of my house. We zoomed off but ended up getting to school late due to traffic. Luckily enough we had no class in the morning so we decided to wait inside one of the halls since we had lectures there. The lecture finally came to an end and everyone exited the hall. Another set of students began trooping in since that was the next lecture.
Shortly into the lecture, the door flung open and four guys walked in. Everybody in the class began to whisper and give low comments. I turned and looked at Katie, she had frozen on her seat like she had seen a ghost. Who were these guys. Why do all the girls look so excited to see them? And Katie, she's not even moving at all, she's been staring at them since they came in.
The guys went straight to the seats beside us. It was like they knew the seats were reserved for them.i avoided eye contact with them so I don't look like I'm falling for them like the rest of the girls in the class. Katie leaned in an whispered with a shaky voice.
" I can't believe they school here too". I turned around and stared at her. "Who?". Katie looked at me bemused. "You don't know the Rocky Five?, The hottest and most popular band in the whole of Canada?"
"Oh" was all I could reply. It's no wonder everyone stared at them like they were gold. I turned to steal a glance at the guys.
They were all really cute, the had diamond chains around their necks and wrists and were putting on pretty simple clothes. I was still lost staring at them when I caught their gaze. They were also looking at me. They must have noticed how I stared at them and probably thought I was one of their crushes.
One in particular seemed oblivious about everything going on in the class. He had his airpods on and seemed to not care about the girls staring at him. He was the centre of attraction. The one closest to me blew a bubble and winked at me. I immediately looked away to avoid embarrassments.
After several hours, the lecturer brought out her register and began to call the attendance.
"Melissa O'Neill?" She looked up taking off her glasses. My heart skipped a bit. "Present ma'am"... "You are the scholarship student aren't you?"... "Y..y..y..yes ma'am" I stuttered... "You must be really brilliant then.
Cleveland rarely ever gives scholarships to students. Infact as it is, you are the second scholarship student in the history of the school." My knees went weak in that instant. Everyone had turned to look at me. Katie beamed with pride as she held my hands.
The rock band guys also raised their heads to look at me even the oblivious one. It was then I noticed how cute the guys were. I smiled weakly and looked down at the desk. "You would have to pass tests and exams extraordinarily too miss O'Neill, it's one thing getting in, but the main deal here is staying in and graduating. I'm Miss Ferguson. You can come to me for anything. I'd do my best to lend you a hand okay?" I nodded still looking at the desk.
Axle's POV
We left home pretty late the next morning because my mom had to force us to have breakfast. She treated my bros as her own children even though they weren't. My mom and my late dad had decided to take them in after they lost their parents to a plane crash when they were four. We bonded pretty well since I had no other siblings at the time. And we shared the same goals, hobbies and dreams. We all wanted to become rock artists.
We got to our lecture hall. Everyone stared at us as usual. I hated the attention. So I wore a face cap and put on some shades. We headed straight for our seats and barely five minutes into the lecture I heard my bros murmuring about another girl they had just seen.
Two girls sat at the last desk at on the left side of the hall,while we sat at the right. I ignored their chatters until the girl was introduced as a scholarship student. I took a glimpse at her and saw she wore cheap clothes and barely had any make up on unlike the girls I was used to seeing. I could tell she was from a low class or middle class family. Nevertheless, she was pretty. Very very pretty. I felt something sharp in my chest. How could a low class or middle class girl look so pretty.
Being the second scholarship student in our school, she was undoubtedly very smart too. Thoughts raced through my mind but I shrugged them off. "You can't catch feelings Axle, remember?". The voice of guilt in my head echoed loudly.
The lecturers for the day finally ended. We walked down the hallways towards the parking lot. We spot the leader of the 'Hott Pink' band, Chanel, coming towards our direction with her girls.
"Axle,look , it's your wannabe girlfriend and her little pests" Liam teased me. "Ewww" was all I could say. Chanel was not someone I wanted to have anything with. We had collaborated on a few songs and occasionally gone on dates and made out but I never had an iota of interest in her. She must have spread rumours about us dating as everyone in the school seemed to think I was her boyfriend.
"Heyyy, my bundle of cuteness" she said annoyingly, jumping on me and planting kisses on my face. "Hi, how are you?" I asked her pulling her down from my body. I turned around to look for my bros but they were nowhere to be found. Carl, Liam and Blaise had somehow found a way to escape since other girls threw themselves at them too just as Chanel was doing.
"I'm not okay, where have you been baby? I've missed you". I couldn't stay longer. "I had work to do, see ya, gotta catch up with my bros" I said as I slid out of her grasp and walked away quickly.★★★★★
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