Chapter 5: CHAPTER FOUR

K E I T H

"What's going on over there?" I asked Leonardo Coleman, the first person that spoke to me when I transferred here.

"Just some girls arguing, nothing major," he replied, shrugging his shoulders.

I paid no attention to the fight until I heard a rather familiar rude voice.

"That voice sounds familiar," I said to Leo, whose uninterested face suddenly sparked with curiosity.

"We can check it out now." He scratched the back of his dirty blonde hair.

We put our books into our bags and headed in the direction of the screams and gasps. Because Leo was popular, the students made a small path for us, letting us go right to the front of the whole scene.

"I won't be so nice," I heard that voice mutter to her before casually walking away.

The mass of students dispersed immediately after she left while a girl walked out to the girl with jet-black hair.

"What's that girl's deal?" I turned to Leo as we began to make our way to our next class.

"Which one? The one with glasses or the one standing there?" he asked.

"The one with glasses."

"That would be Riona Davis. Transferred Into this school last year and she's very smart, some would call her a nerd because she wears glasses and is good academically, but no one dares get on her bad side. She's rumored to have beaten up a jock who tried to have his way with her. She doesn't have friends and doesn't talk to anyone; you only see her with her sister who is also quite the cutie," he explained in a light tone.

"Also quite the cutie? Do you think she's cute?" I teased and Leo just hit my chest lightly before increasing his walking speed.

So she has a sister, that's interesting.

After class was over, Leo and I stayed longer so everyone could leave before we did. But two familiar girls walked over to us.

One had a slender body, and her dark hair made her pale skin more pronounced. The other was quite the beauty. Her caramel skin and brown eyes made her stand out, but her small afro highlighted her well-structured face.

"Hey Leo, we want to have a party at my house tomorrow to celebrate the start of the school year and we would love if your friend came with you," the girl with the afro informed Leo, who in turn looked at me as if asking if I was up for it.

"Sure," he replied to them after I slightly nodded my head.

"We'll see you there." The dark-haired girl grinned before they exited the classroom.

"Those girls looked familiar," I said as I watched them leave.

"The dark-haired girl is the same girl who was arguing in the hallway earlier. Her name is Kara, the other girl is Alyssa. She helped Kara earlier, after Riona left."

"I saw the way Alyssa called you Leo just now, do you have something with her?" I teased as we walked out of the classroom.

"What no—" he stopped talking when he hit someone.

"Did everyone go blind this year?!" a rude familiar voice thundered.

"I didn't see you. I just walked out the door and—"

"Don't bother! I'll have you know that the last person who tried to sweet talk me ended up going to the nurse's office with a broken nose, you sho—"

"Rie that's enough. He was apologizing. Don't be like that," a tiny voice said from behind her.

"Let's go." Riona took the girl by the hand, and they walked towards the exit.

"Dude you’re shaking! Did you think she was gonna break your nose?" I laughed seeing Leo's expression.

"What, no! I'm going home!" Leo’s expression turned sour and he left.

Was he really scared of her?

Shit! I asked Miss Rachel for a favor, I need to check on that. I walked up to the physics classroom and found Miss Rachel writing something in her notebook.

"Hello teacher!" I greeted loudly with a smile on my face.

"Keith! We're in school, show me respect and address me as miss!" she scolded.

"Sorry aunty! Habit!"

"Don't slip up like that in the presence of other students, okay?"

"Yes aunty."

She glared at me.

"But there's nobody here!" I defended.

"What do you want, Keith?" she asked, clearly tired of my presence.

"Did you convince Riona?" I inquired.

"Yes and she agreed. So you can approach her to ask about when would be convenient for you both."

"Yes!"

"Why are you so interested in Davis though?"

"Nothing important. Just want to know that's all."

"You better pay attention during those classes; I won't give you a passing grade if you don't do well."

"Sure aunty."

I exited the classroom and glanced down the hallway which had attracted a lot of attention this afternoon.

Something didn't add up about Riona and I would figure it out. Now I had the perfect excuse to approach her and spend time with her. You'll soon start telling me all of your secrets, Riona.

L E O N A R D O

Girls were never interesting to me, I have been attending Colton's since I was born and when I finally entered High school, my popularity attracted a lot of female attention which I had no interest in.

The girls I've met only either cared about their looks and popularity status or nerdy and cowardly.

When Riona first transferred here, I thought she would be like those nerdy females who couldn't stand up for themselves, but her feisty nature made her look all the more attractive.

I remember the first time someone tried to hit her for being smart, she ended up beating up the girls who cornered her in the hallway or when Cole a player for our basketball team tried to force himself on her but gave him a broken nose.

I don't know when it all started but whenever I would see her or hear her name, I would get interested in the conversation.

Today was the first time I had any contact with her, when I bumped into her today, her shining green eyes rested on mine for more than a second.

I never had the courage to ever speak to her because I heard rumors that she wasn't interested in making any friends and so I kept my distance while admiring her from afar.