The low murmur in the classroom faded into reluctant silence as Mr Gabriel, a man in early forties, walked in with a textbook and marker.
"Morning everyone."
Sweeping the classroom with his gaze, he blinked when he saw Miles sitting attentively behind his desk.
'So it's true?' There was a rumour circulating through staff that 2 litres of blood belonging to a single person had been found in the swim locker room but the said person was strangely alive and well. An expensive prank? No way. But strangely the police had closed the case.
" Morning sir." The class echoed a half-hearted response.
"Alright, today we'll be dealing with Quadratic functions."
A collective yawn spread through the class the instant they heard it. It was clear it would be a long, boring, torturous forty minutes.
Meanwhile, at the far left of the third row, ignoring what was being taught, Alice's eyes were focused solely on Miles from the moment he stepped inside the classroom. Observing every detail in his appearance, especially the nonchalant way he carried himself.
At first doubt clouded her mind, but after hearing about the police DNA report, she and her sisters had sneaked into their father's office to check the school's student records. There was only one Miles.
The terrifying image of him being soaked in blood while staggering for his life, it seemed, was very vivid in her mind.
Compared to that, the current Miles was starkly different. What more, the fact he pretended everything was okay made her curiosity boil. They had seen it, those two litres had definitely come from him, but how?
'I have to get close to him–' However before she could embrace this thought. Her face flushed, remembering Miles had seen her naked alongside her twin sisters.
'We shouldn't have been there.'
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[Alice Hayes Infatuation> 50%]
[Carolina Armon Infatuation>90%]
'Huh?'
Miles was trying to formulate a plan on how to approach Britney who was sitting next to him when the system flashed him two new notifications.
'Alice Hayes? Wait, aren't we in the same class?'
The moment Miles realized this, he quickly tilted his head and caught two pairs of eyes focused solely on him.
It was indeed her, one of the triplets, Alice with the big ass.
There were rumours that every guy in the school had tried their luck with her but were all rejected.
On the opposite end, Alice was speechless.
'How did he sense my gaze?'
Her heart skipped when his eyes met hers and she instantly looked away while hiding the slight smile afterwards.
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'What just happened?'
Miles was dazzled by Alice's reaction as he turned his gaze away. Failing to understand the dynamics of a girl's emotion.
Based on his memory, he had never related with her nor revealed his crush for her in any way.
To think her Infatuation gauge would spike from 30% to 55% as of the moment, without any form of contact or communication, left Miles amazed.
Minutes stretched into hours, and after three lesson periods, the electronic bell rang, signaling it was time for lunch.
The whole class buzzed. Some darted straight for the cafeteria, while the least bothered lingered, tidying their desks or attending to matters they deemed far more important.
Britney was in the second group. Holding up a compact mirror, she pressed a kiss to her lip gloss while listening to Daisy, her friend and the class chatterbox, prattle on about something utterly random.
As was customary for a clique, two other girls hovered nearby, doing their best to flatter and align themselves—just to feel included.
Seeing this, Miles glanced at the folded piece of paper in his palm and stood up. Pretending to stumble, he let it drop on her desk and walked towards Theo who was waiting by the doorway.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere between the girls froze for a moment as they glanced between the paper and his departing figure. A funny silence taking place.
Daisy didn't hold back and burst out laughing, covering her mouth while at it.
Britney revealed a light, knowing smile. A glint of pride in her eyes as she stared at the folded piece of paper. To her it was an all too familiar scenario.
She was hot, and secret confessions came in almost everyday from her admirers.
On a normal day, she would have rolled her eyes and quickly scanned the paper before throwing it away. But today she was intrigued and curious as to what had given Miles the courage to do this because she had always thought he was someone who knew his place in the hierarchy and didn't dare stare at her since she was Daniel's girl.
What changed all of a sudden?
Under the rapt eyes of the girls, Britney unfolded the paper, reading it out loud.
"Dear Britney, please don't read this with your friends?"
Trying to hold back her laughter, she read the next phrase of words and her heart chilled.
"I wonder who it was that got deflowered at 11?"
"Surprised? I've got much to share. What do you say?"
It wasn't Britney who read out the latter part but Daisy who couldn't believe what she had read.
Without a word, Britney quickly squeezed the piece of paper. Her heart beating rapidly.
This was a secret she held onto dearly, and to think that Miles knew? Britney realized what had happened and her eyes gleamed with rage.
'Daniel…'