Chapter 31: The Idea of Them

Lex's POV.

I walked out of the classroom in anger. Landon had just set the stage for war, and the good thing was that I was ready to fight.

It didn't make sense to me before, but now it does. I wanted her right from that moment I kissed her on the balcony; I wanted her.

I couldn't stop myself because all of me craved her, and even after, I couldn't get her out of my mind. I instantly began to bully her, thinking it would change the way I felt, but it only made it worse, and now I couldn't pretend anymore.

It was her or no one else, and I truly do not care about fighting with Landon over her. For the first time in my entire life, I was certain of what I wanted, knowing it was not being forced on me by my family, the society or the people who have already rated me as a god when I am just 21.

She didn't see me that way, and for the first time I was reminded that I could be a normal person who's not rated by what he has but seen for who he was.

When she called me 'ill mannered' on that first day, it made me reflect for a second, and I knew right there that what I did to Anna wasn't right, but I was only trying to defend my pride, which led me into the complicated situation with her at the balcony.

It was the first time a situation ever felt normal and not orchestrated by the people who wanted me to play god. There was someone to challenge me, and I felt so seen.

"Lex, where are you going?"

I heard Nick's voice calling out behind me, but I didn't stop to listen to him.

"Common Lex, what are you planning to do?"

This time he was standing in my way as he blocked me from moving forward.

"Stay out of this, Nick; it has got nothing to do with you," I warned.

"Seriously? Two of my best friends are in a very dangerous fight, and you think it has nothing to do with me? You know me, Lex; I do not even enjoy watching the wrestling on the TVs, and now you're both practising it before my eyes, and you expect me to be quiet."

"Then do not be quiet, Nick; do whatever you want, but please get out of my way."

"Not until you tell me what you want to do right now. I know this look on your face. I know these moves. You're going to do something crazy, and I have the right to know."

"No, you don't." I replied curtly, standing up to his face now. I was not kidding.

"Fine, Lex, I just need you to please take it easy. We are still friends; we are all still friends, and we cannot let matters like this bring war between us. I know you do not want that."

"You stood there when Landon challenged me to this fight. Even when I told him I did not want a fight, you expect me to stay calm and play safe when he's the one who's stepping on my toe now." "Why don't you go talk to him? Because if he wants a fight, then I'm ready to give him a fight, and that's exactly what I'm doing now," I said, nudging his shoulder as I went walking down the hallway.

"Lex!!"

I wasn't the one he should be talking to. Landon started it, and I was only helping him make it more interesting. Whatever gave him the idea that he would punched me I was going to let it slide was a whole fat lie, i might have let Lisa go when she punched me but not Landon.

I stood at the door to Lisa's classroom. All the students, especially the females, were making a big deal of my presence, but I didn't pay attention to them.

When I noticed she was not in the class, I turned around to walk away, and just then, I saw Anna, the girl Lisa had defended.

"Hey," I called out to her. She was standing some steps away from me, staring at me with what seemed like fear in her eyes.

I beckoned to her to come closer, and slowly she moved closer to me.

"First of all, I would like to apologise to you for what happened that day on the first floor. It wasn't right of me to do that, and you had very terrible timing, but I apologise."

I couldn't believe I was saying that to her, but she seemed to be like the only one who would know where Lisa was at the moment, and I needed her location.

"It's okay; I figured I must have startled you with the impromptu present," she responded with a really shy smile on her face while I nodded my head as she spoke.

"Yeah, that's right. "Thanks for accepting my apology, though," I said, extending my hand to her for a handshake, and I saw the way the look on her face instantly brightened into a broad smile. She took my hand immediately, holding me tight.

I rolled my eyes as I slowly pulled away from the handshake.

"Have you by chance seen Lisa? She's not in her classroom."

I asked with my gaze completely fixed on her.

She hesitated for a second and glanced around the hallway as if checking to see if there was anyone listening.

"No, Lex, I have not seen her today, but I heard a few people talking about how she was taken to the clinic. Your friend Landon told everyone that she's his girlfriend."

I froze for a second when she said that girlfriend part. I bite my lower lip to suppress the anger of hearing that word attributed to Landon and Lisa.

"Lex?" She called out to me when I didn't respond to her, and that was when I realised I had spaced out.

"Oh yeah, the clinic, right?" I asked, not waiting for her to respond, as I walked past her heading in the direction of the clinic.

It took me about three minutes before I was walking right through the clinic door, and there they were, Lisa sorted up on a bed and Landon standing beside her. At this point, I was convinced Landon was intentionally testing my patience, and if he was doing it to make me react, this was the last strike that breaks me.