Irresistible

Chapter 2-Basketball.--Picture of Claire

Within seconds, another person leaped on top of the body and started lobbing punches at it. Watching the scene unfold, I was scared shitless. My heart palpitated and my palms began to sweat.

' Blows rained upon me as I shielded myself, whimpering in fright.

"That will teach you to defy me,"Quile roared as he kicked me in the side. Tears rolled down from my cheeks in violent streaks. '

"Claire? Claire? " Hadley shook me.

I snapped from my daze and stumbled back from the brawl. A crowd had formed and was cheering them on. I was trapped at the front to watch the fight unfold. Watching with renewed clarity, I realized one of the guys was Aaron. He was the one who was dominating the fight. His face was set in a savage smile as he flung punch after punch at the person below him. The person below him was snarling in fury and trying to get away. They tumbled over each other, each trying to gain the upperhand. The atmosphere became tense, like wolves before they pounce on each other. Growls erupted from the fighting boys. I was in a trance. The fight was keeping me locked in my horrible memories. I was so deathly afraid but I couldn’t move. I couldn’t move to get away. All of a sudden, the boy who was losing was flung towards me. I stumbled back and fell as he came sliding to my feet. He quickly got up and snarled. Aaron pounced on him again and they were exchanging blows in front of me. I flinched, afraid by the fist fight in front of me. Another punch of Aaron sent the boy slamming into me and I knocked into the wall behind me. I groaned in pain.

"Sorry," The guy apologized, clearly in pain.

I was past my limit.

"Stop! Why are you doing this to him? "I screamed, suddenly getting a spurt of courage.

Hearing my scream, Aaron stopped and stared at me. His gaze caused my heart to stutter and I was suddenly attracted to him. Attracted to his bad boy vibe, attracted to his features, attracted to his everything. He gave a surprised look too. Like he couldn’t fathom what was happening. The guy in front of me got taken aback by my outburst too. Right after screaming, I got so mortified I got to my feet and ran away. Shit, what is wrong with me?! I hid inside the girls toilet, trying hard not to hyperventilate. The bell rang, signifying the end of school. What? I had spent two whole periods of English to watch the brawl?

"Claire? Claire? "Hadley asked hesitantly.

"I’m here," I emerged from the cubicle I was hiding in.

She ran up to me and hugged me.

"Ohmygod, i thought something had happened to you! "Her voice was panicked.

"Sorry. I forgot to tell you," I muttered.

I felt guilty for  unnecessarily making Hadley worry.

"Nah, it's fine. Hey, Peter wants to talk to you," Hadley started.

"Peter? Who is that? " I asked curiously.

"The guy who was getting beaten up by Aaron just now, " She replied airily.

The guy who was getting pounded into the floor? Ah well.

"Why?"

"How would I know? Ask him. He is outside the girls toilet."

I tentatively walked out of the toilet, looking around cautiously. Peter was leaning against the wall, raking his hand through his hair. His side profile looked rather hot. With blond hair, brown eyes and high cheekbones, Peter was a rather sensual guy just standing there by himself. Shaking off the pervy thoughts, I walked up to him.

"Erm. Hey, Hadley said you wanna ...um ,talk to me?" I asked.

The moment Peter saw me, he grinned.

"Yeah, just wanna thank you for helping me just now. "

My cheeks stained red.

"I didn’t...I mean, I didn’t help you or anything just now. I simply asked him to stop."

"That, my dear lady, is called helping. It takes balls of steel to stand up to Aaron. Well, I gather he ain’t too pleased with you but we all know for a fact that he doesn’t hit girls. So yeah," Peter winked.

But, after winking, his face scrunched up in pain.

"Don't you go to the sick bay? Those injuries must hurt like a bitch, "I immediately said.

"Nah, I'm fine. I will heal by tomorrow." Peter replied, waving off my concern.

"Tommorrow? Isn’t that too fast? "I asked, contemplating the time frame.

"I heal fast. Since I fight almost every day," Peter smiled, a look of unease flashing across his face.

I creased my brows. Even if he fought daily, ain’t healing completely in a day just...too fast?

"Oh, okay. I guess I better be going now then. Um.. See you. " I waved as I backed away.

Peter threw a glorious smile, waved and took off in another direction. Just as I was walking away, a hand grabbed mine.

"Ohmygoshhhh , I can’t believe he just came to find you over such a small matter!" Hadley gushed.

I rolled my eyes.

"What’s so surprising about that?"

"He is the bad boy number two in our school. Peter always fights with Aaron but Aaron always wins. No wonder our pack has Aaron as an..."Hadley quickly stopped talking.

"Pack? What does a pack got to do with everything?" I asked, curious.

"Nah, you know, pack of friends. His pack of friends revere him. "She hastily covered up for herself.

"But you said our just now, not his." I picked.

"It’s nothing. Oh yah, tomorrow have gym. Remember your gym clothes! You are not getting out of this one as you did the last two weeks!" Hadley quickly changed the subject and warned me.

I laughed. "Sure. Sure."

My bruises were fading as Quile was not home as often already. That night, he didn’t return home too. And I praised god for that. I don’t even care why he doesn’t return home cause he is not worth the worry.

The next morning, I stuffed my gym clothes into my bag and combed back my dark blonde hair. It shimmered down to my waist and framed my oval face. My hauntingly green eyes stared back at me as I looked into the mirror. I grabbed my bag and walked out of the house, locking the door behind me. I walked the 30 minutes to school, enjoying the scenery along the way. When I reached school, Hadley joined me. Apparently, she was very excited for gym class as we were going to play basketball. Hmm, I wonder if I still have my old magic touch. When I was young, before my parents died, I used to rock at basketball. I can send a ball flying into the basket when I am more than half a court away. When the first bell rang, Hadley squealed and pulled me into the gym dressing room. I changed into my gym clothes along with her. Woah, I didnt realize how short my gym shorts were and how tight my shirt was.

"Omg, they fit you perfectly. "Hadley looked at me in amazement.

I shifted, clearly uncomfortable in the attire. Girls then started pouring into the dressing room, getting changed. After five minutes, Hadley finally convinced me to leave the dressing room dressed the way I was. The moment I walked out, all the attention was glued on me. Every boy was ogling at me. I blushed and tried to cover myself. Then, a low threatening growl reached my ears. My head snapped up towards the growl. 

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That girl is so hot.Omg. Hahaha.I accidentally chanced on her and changed my lead. hohohoho.Going to change my male lead too~Anyway,please read,comment and vote!Thank you!