Unshaken Bond

Chapter 7: chapter 7



Project Partner

When I woke up the next morning, my head felt heavy and groggy.

As soon as I sat up in bed, I reached for my temples and massaged them.

How odd, I thought. "why do I feel very weak and tired after a night's sleep?"

I glanced at the clock and saw that it was already 10:00 a.m

I had set my alarm last night, but for some unknown reason it didn't wake me up. I'm not one to sleep that deep to not hear my alarm.

Damn it! I can't miss school, I will be picking my project's partner today and I really want to choose someone that is smart so I could have high grades.

I hurried around, trying to gather my stuff for school.

"Knock, knock, knock…"

Just as I was about to get into the bathroom I heard a knock on the door.

"Come in". I said

"How are you feeling?" my grandma asked

"I'm fine, but my head is aching, I don't know why".

I think I saw a flicker of anger in her eyes for a brief seconds before she masked it up.

How odd, my grandma doesn't knock before entering my room, why then did she knock today? I thought

"Or did something happen?"

"Just relax, I will make you soup right away" she said

"No need grandma, I need to hurry to school, I'm already late".

"You won't be going to school today, I already spoke to the school and they've granted you permission". She said

"Why will you call the school to give me a break? I'm perfectly fine".

"No honey, you were not fine last night".

"What happened to me last night?" I asked

"You went to the fo…"

We got interrupted by the bell ringing, signifying that someone was outside.

I will get it, I said before making my way to the front door to receive whoever was outside.

But when I opened the door, I saw the last person I couldn't believe would come to my house.

He was my crush. Jeez! What is he doing here?

"Could you stop staring and let me in". He spoke up arrogantly.

That was when I remembered that, I've been staring at him for some minutes now. "Oh no! Carina, get a hold of yourself". I scolded.

"What do you want". I spoke rather harshly

"I'm your project partner, it's only right I came to your house so we can start right away since I didn't see you in school".

"Huh" was all I could say.

"Can you let me in now?" He spoke impatiently.

"I don't even know your name". I said.

Seriously, I don't know what came over me to talk this much to him.

"I'm Zed Marcus".

It took a while for his name to ring in my head, Zed what. I became alarmed.

"No you can't come in". I spoke hurriedly.

Carla, already warned me about him. How could I not know that the two bad boys are the hottest guys in school.

"Carina let him in". That was my grandma speaking.

"Grandma, I need to tell you something". I said.

" Just let him in first, it's rude to keep a visitor outside for too long". Sha scolded

I let him in before dragging my grandma to a corner to tell her all that Carla told me about him.

"Just let him stay, he might not be as bad as they say, besides he's here to help you with your project you should be grateful". She said before walking away leaving me to face him alone.

"Can we start now or are you just gonna stand there spacing out". He spoke harshly.

God! He's so rude, I can't let him boss me around in my house.

Throughout our section together, I couldn't concentrate. His manly scent was messing with my breath. His voice, slow and drawn out like the mellow hum of a double bass, was so mesmerizing to my ears.

I was still in my imaginary world, when I felt a light tap on my left shoulder.

I lifted my head up, but my heart nearly leaped out of my chest because his face was so close to mine that I backed away in fright, causing me to fall.

Just as I braced myself for a painful fall, I was caught by someone.

I got really angry that I forgot to be afraid of him.

"Zed Marcus, you did that on purpose, why would you do that?"

"Ah!"

Before I could finish cursing at him, he suddenly let go of me and I landed heavily on the floor.

My ass hurt so much that I couldn't get up for a while. I felt too embarrassed to even look up.

As I was struggling to get up, Brian leaned forward and spoke slowly, with a hint of amusement. "Now that was on purpose".

I fumed in rage, muttering under my breath. "Such a jerk, doesn't even know how to treat a lady".

"Oh honey, does it hurt?" He asked in a rather mockery tone.

The anger within me simmered, slowly boiling until it could no longer be contained and finally exploded.

"Do you even consider yourself a human? Letting me fall is bad enough, but to use it to make a mockery of me. What does it make you feel? Happy or what?"

"Absolutely and besides I'm not a human". Zed replied nonchalantly, his lips curling with a mischievous smirk. This only made me even angrier.

"God! He's so arrogant". I was determined to teach him some manners.

I lifted my right hand and aimed to slap his face. However, before my hand could make contact with his face, he caught it swiftly and twisted my ankle.

I struggled to pull my hand but he had a firm grip on me.

"Let go of me". I screamed, I was beginning to have a headache.

"And what if I don't?" Zed asked me with a hint of amusement. So all this was a joke to this psycho, I didn't know what else to do other than glaring daggers at him.

But something caught my attention while looking at him. His eyes, and in an instant, I recalled the haunting images of his eyes turning a fiery red.

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