Chapter 5

"What is wrong with him?" Amelia said to herself as she walked down to the school's laboratory. 

It was time for chemistry and their teacher wanted to teach them some basic experiments so he asked them to head over to the laboratory.

Amelia was thinking about the boy, the sunny brown. He had mentioned his name at the school cafeteria when he came to sit with her. He said his name was Blake, Blake something but she couldn't remember the last name now. She didn't hate him and at the same time she didn't like him. She just wanted to be on her own. 

Who the hell did he think he is anyway, walking up to her and asking that they hang out. He had mentioned that he was the captain of the football team. And so what, what was she supposed to do with that? She couldn't deny the fact that he was handsome but still that doesn't mean he could get any girl he wanted, anytime he wanted. 

"Well, if that's what he thinks, then I'm going to show him he's wrong, so wrong.'' She said to herself. 

She got into the chemistry laboratory and took a work space at the front of the class. She looked back and saw Blake standing at the back, staring at her. She hated that staring part, couldn't he just stop looking? 

At least she could manage the proud part of him. She told herself that she wasn't even going to bother with him again, he could do whatever he wanted, that was his business, as long as he didn't get in her way. She had come here to study and nothing more, she was going to let some spoilt Maverick High teenagers bother her.

"And may I know what you were doing with my boyfriend during lunch.'' said a voice behind her. 

She spun around and came face to face with Catherine. 

"O God! Not again.'' she thought. 

This was too much for her on her first day at school.

"What do you mean by your boyfriend?" She said to Catherine.

"Don't you know Blake is my boyfriend?" Catherine said savagely.

"Oh, no wonder, birds of a feather really do flock together.'' She said and turned back to her work.

"What did you say?" Catherine asked angrily.

Amelia ignored her and continued working.

"Miss Catherine, please can you kindly go back to your workspace?" The chemistry teacher said, approaching Amelia's table.

Catherine flashed Amelia and ''I'll-come-back-for-you'' look and walked back to her own table.

 Amelia was confused, she wasn't expecting all this drama, not on her first day at Maverick High.

She didn't even know what to think or how to handle the situation causing further damage. She took a deep breath and was determined not to lose focus. With that, she managed to push Blake and Catherine out of her mind and returned her attention to what the teacher was teaching.

"Please hurry up to class, we've got about five minutes left before closing time. I have a brief meeting with the principal now, when you all are done, the lab technician is here to assist you guys in packing up. Good day, class.'' said the chemistry teacher.

Amelia was about to start packing up when Catherine came over, this time with her gang. Amelia acted like she didn't notice them and continued packing up her things.

"I think we have unfinished business. You still haven't told me what you were doing with Blake". Catherine said.

"I wasn't doing anything with him. Why don't you go ask your boyfriend why he has been stalking me all day.'' Amelia said angrily.

Catherine looked at her friends and they all burst into laughter. Amelia watched them laugh and wondered whether they were crazy.

"So you really think Blake would choose you over me?" Catherine said amidst laughter.

"Catherine, please stop.'' A voice said behind them.

 They all spun around and saw Blake standing behind them.

"Oh really, I should stop. So it's Amelia or whatever her miserable name is that you like now right?" Catherine shouted.

Her loud voice was attracting the other students and a small crowd was gathering to watch them. Blake glared at them and they scattered. No one dared the great Blake Andrews.

Catherine glared at them, burst into tears and ran out of the lab. Her girls close behind.

"Amelia, I'm so sorry about that.'' Blake said.

 Amelia picked up her bag and was leaving the laboratory. Blake grabbed her hand and drew her back.

"What the hell is wrong with you? Why have you been so mean to me? I have been trying to be friends with you since but you are proving stubborn and arrogant. Who the hell do you think you are? Do you know how many girls in this school are dying to have me as their friend?" 

"Then why don't you run off to them?" Amelia screamed back at him. 

"Why don't you go and meet one of them and leave me alone? Why have you been stalking me?"

All the other students were shocked beyond words, no one in the entire school had the guts to talk to Blake in that manner, not even the teachers. They all knew how influential his family was and at the snap of his father's fingers, they could lose their jobs.

Blake was also shocked, his shock mixed with anger. He grabbed Amelia's hand and held tight;

"Don't you dare speak to me that way, do you know who I am, do you know who my parents are?" He asked, shouting at her

"I don't care who you or your parents are.'' Amelia said, snatching her hand away from his grip.

"You can go to hell for all I care.'' She said,

And with that, she picked up her bag and walked out. 

Everywhere was dead quiet. No one said a word. The great Blake Andrews had just met his match.

This was going to be interesting.