Miss Hot Topic and Mr. Abercrombie Together?! Chapter 16

------------------------------->> There's the new guy!
I'm not sure if I like the picture.
but whatever.
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When Elle disappeared I couldn’t help but to roll my eyes at her enthusiasm. How could she expect me to get over Austin that quickly? But when I saw the ‘new guy’ I understood. He was the exact kind of guy I would have wanted before I met Austin. Of course, he was the opposite of every living guy in the high school - meaning he was a total outsider and definitely /not/ preppy, just like me. And even though it was against the rules, the new guy was skateboarding around the school, whizzing pass other students. When he stopped his skateboard expertly at his locker - four down from mine just like Elle said - I finally got to see what he looked like. He was wearing a beanie over his head but I could still see his long dirty blonde hair poking out from underneath. He was wearing a pair of ripped jeans with a studded belt and a big white Volcom hoodie with his beat-up backpack slung over his left shoulder. Of course, he was taller than me which didn’t surprise me at all since everyone seemed to be taller than me. Suddenly, the new guy turned towards me with a confused look in his sparkly hazel eyes, catching me stare.

"Oh crap, sorry. I didn’t mean to stare…" I stuttered, feeling embarrassed for myself.

"No problem. I’m getting used to it by now. Everyone here seems to think of me as an alien or something." He shrugged, giving me a half-smile. I couldn’t help but to giggle.

"That’s exactly how I felt when I first moved here! Where ever I went, they would always give me this ‘what the fuck’ look, but you get used to it after awhile." I replied with a toothy grin.

"Well I can see you’re definitely not like /them/." He turned back to his locker, struggling to fit his skateboard into it.

"Um, was that a compliment?" I asked, skeptically, while slamming my locker shut.

"Yeah, it was. Everyone here are like clones. I can’t tell the difference from one girl to the other, but you definitely pop out from the crowd, which is a good thing - at least in my book." He walked closer to me and threw in a flirty smile.

‘Oh no. I don’t need another guy! But he’s so damn cute. Gah! Stop it, stop it, stop it, Selena. Do you want to get your heart broken again?’ I battled with myself over and over again, probably looking like an idiot. Only the loud bell for homeroom woke me up from my daze.

"Okay well I’ll see you around…uh…I still haven’t got your name! I’m Connor." He gave his left hand for me to shake.

"Nice meeting you, Connor. I’m Selena. Well, I better g -"Just as I was about to finish the word ‘go’ I remembered Elle saying how we had practically the same schedule! "Wait, who’s your homeroom teacher?"

"Mr. Collins, why?"

"AH! That’s /my/ homeroom teacher, too!" I squealed excitedly. Wow, Elle was right. This guy really /can/ make me happy - well at least for a little while.

"I hope he’s not an ass or anything…" He muttered while following me towards our homeroom.

"Let’s just say this girl hid her cell phone under her shirt and he told her not to bring her phone to class anymore…"

"Ew, pervert…He looked down her shirt?!" He made a disgusted face while I laughed along and nodded. I could tell we were going to get along just fine.

When we were only a foot away from the classroom, Connor stopped and hesitated. "Hm, instead of meeting a perverted forty-year old teacher, how about we skip this morning and come back after lunch?"
I thought carefully about the offer. I had biology second period which meant I would have to endure sitting next to Austin for a whole hour while trying not to cry about the break-up the whole time…Yeah, skipping sounded really good right now.

"Fine. But only the morning, okay?" I smiled and dragged him outside to the parking lot by his elbow.

"YES! Besides, playing hooky can be good for you sometimes." He gave me a high-five and tickled me ‘till tears fell out of my eyes. Well he definitely wasn’t a shy one.

"Are you sure you want to skip school on your first day here?" I was still skeptical about the whole thing. Golly I became a goody-two-shoes haven’t I?

"Oh I’ll just lie and say I got lost or something." He blew it off with a shrug and told me not to worry about it. I rolled my eyes at that but didn’t mention it again.

"So where can we go from here without a car?" Connor asked, leaning against someone else’s car.

"Well we could go to the mall, the beach, or the park. Actually we could practically walk anywhere as long as you’re up for it."

"How about we just hit the food court at the mall and get something to eat? I skipped breakfast and I’m starving!"
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"Delicioso!" Connor’s attempt at sounding like a Spanish chef was quite pathetic and I cracked up loudly, earning myself dirty looks for strangers at the food court.

Being with Connor made me feel like myself again. /Before/ I even met Austin and Angela. It felt like I knew him for years instead of few hours. We just clicked.

"Now dig in!" He handed me chopsticks and a bottle of sweet tea. I rolled my eyes at his enthusiasm since it was only just cheap Chinese food.

- b a c k a t s c h o o l -

"That was the best brunch ever." I exclaimed while rubbing my full tummy. Me and Conner were now walking back to school, just in time for end of lunch and the start of fourth period.

"You are oh so welcome." Connor smiled proudly, brushing his blonde hair out of his face. "We should do this some other time!"

"Yeah, I just hope we don’t get in trouble." I chewed at my bottom lips, worrying a little. Not only about teachers or detentions but about facing you-know-who.

"Oh we’ll be fine." He blew it off again and dragged me inside. I guess fourth period started just as we got in because the few people out in the hallways were running to get to their classes. I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized there weren’t any teachers around.

"C’mon, let’s go learn about bunch of dead people!" Both of us had history next and we were already late so I started to jog a little with Connor right behind me. I was being silly and jogging backwards when I ran into someone. It kind of felt like a déjà vu. Uh-oh. I turned around slowly, praying to god it wasn’t who I thought it was. But of course it was exactly who I thought it was - Austin. I backed away from him slowly but in the inside I just wanted to run right back to the mall and stay there until the end of the school year. When I was about to walk past him towards Connor, Austin grabbed my wrist and forced me to face him.

"We…need...to…talk…NOW."
-------------------------------------------------------->> To be continued.
So I tried to hurry. seriously I did. I'm just a slow writer, sorry :( but anyway I hope you liked the chapter and if you did, PLEASE comment and take the poll. I would appreciate it very much ! Nothing makes me more happy than your comments, hahaha.