Meeting Ashley

Of course I didn't have time to inspect everyone else so I could only take a book and place it in front of my face pretending to study. A person lightly coughed just a distance from my desk. I turned to look at the funny faced guy with dirty blonde hair. He was skinny, maybe a bit skinny since his shirt was seemingly hanging from his shoulder blades, he seemed like the kind of guy who put less effort in studies but their grades were astonishing.

"The book is upside down" he pointed at my book with a playful smile. I quickly put the book in the right position.

" And its math lesson so you're holding the wrong book" he added taking out a math textbook

"You can have mine" he handed me it generously

"thanks" I said a bit surprised, he was the second nerd I've talked to in this school and a good one. Nerds were such loners and thus I was surprised.

" I'm Cruiz .....and you are Samael" he offered his hand

" how did you know my name?" I squinted my brows

"dude , your shirt's like branded with your name tag" he chuckled.

I quickly removed the name tag, how long has it been there? I was like a fucking walking puppy with a name tag on it's collar all the while.

" And here goes the teacher..." cruiz sighed boringly

"not again" I grumbled. It was actually mrs Lincoln, again. I'm so gonna hate this. She gave me one long ugly look then proceeded to the chalk board.

" Today we'll learn trigonometry four ..take out your stationery" she said scribbling roughly on the board.

"What's trigonometry class?" she turned and scanned the sea of hands that were up, I was probably the only one with his hands down . Her eyes stopped at me

"Samael Phantom is from the city, he must know a proper definition for it.. correct?" she smiled, pure evil.

"why don't you enlighten us" she made me the center of attention , all the students staring at me with expectation

" I uh.. I'm ..trigonometry is.." damn I didn't know the fuck what the word meant , the teacher is probably messing with me for getting into her class knowing my capability so well.

"Is a branch of mathematics dealing with relationship between side lengths and angles of a triangle" Cruiz suddenly said earning suprised looks " the answer was so itchy I couldn't help it" he raised his hands innocently

Mrs Lincoln frowned then looked at cruiz disapprovingly " just as he said.. today we will major on the six ratios of trigonometry" she finally said. I nodded at cruiz gratefully .

The lesson went on swiftly for another two hours , though most of the words sounded Greek to me , I managed to grasp a bit of the lesson. I was even surprised at my dedication at this lesson.

The bell rang signifying the end of the class.

" thanks dude, I really have a bad foot in her" I said immediately she left class

"No one seems to like her around here much either" he said packing his books. That was well damn obvious, she wasn't that likeble .

" I'll show you around..c'mon" he stood up. I was suprised he was taller than me, very tall. At most he ought to be a basketball player. He easily surpused everyone in the class.

"Dude, you already have a crush" cruiz playfully bumped me. I followed his eyes towards the girl from morning, Shurk. She was sending us curious looks .

"No" I laughed "I just met her"

"Just so you know, she's Mrs lincoln's fav student and top student of the school .... soo beauti.."

" Now who has a crush?"I chuckled

" Let me show you around...." he said with an embarrassed smile.

On our way, cruiz pointed at a group of strong looking muscular boys by the opposite block. "School's basketball team" he had a somewhat fearful expression mentioning them. Other students were also avoiding them as well.

"What's so special about them?"

"They are in some kind of cult..." Cruiz murmured

" Cult?"that's creepy

" You don't want to mess with them...they are strong"he almost whispered

Interesting, was my evaluation. At least I wasn't going to get bored here,more missions to uncover.

The boys were laughing loudly with no care. That was actually one of my previous behaviors so I couldn't criticize them at all. Compared to them, here I was just like some random dude. I specifically stared at the guy at the center of the group with white hair. He seemed to have the highest authority there with an air of arrogance.

As if feeling my gaze, he turned to look at us with piercing gaze. Our eyes met for a second before cruiz quickly pulled me back to the class.

"You have a death wish Sam?" he widened his eyes

"I just stared at him...no big deal" I shrugged

" That's the deal, you can't just stare directly at them .... especially the white-haired one"

" They won't beat me up for staring" I raised my brows

" Didn't you hear whatever the hell I said.....they are in a cult a fucking cult, the principal even respects them" cruiz scolded

" Jeez" I smiled, but my expression turned to a solemn one.

The bell for second period rang. An old man with a bit too large pants entered the class. His coat was too large for his short body as well, he looked ridiculous. He looked like a ladybird , a male one. He scanned the room as if counting the number of students then his eyes landed on the smiling me

" You are the new student" he said as a matter of fact. I felt like that seemed obvious enough so I could only nod in response.

"You aren't offended by my dressing code, are you?" he squinted his eyes. I wonder how he noticed that

"Not at all" I said scratching my hair

He lingered his eyes a bit longer on me before he turned back to the class

"Group into groups of five, I have some group assignments to be submitted before the end of the class" he placed a stack of papers on his desk then walked away like he didn't even bother if we did it or not.

"That easy?" I asked cruiz who was dragging his seat towards me

"Mr Azekiah teaches that way, sometimes he even sleeps while monitoring our exams" cruiz replied

I was beginning to like this lazy teacher, we might even have our little click. Two boys came over to our group making us four but what suprised us most was that Shurk came all the way from the front just to sit at our group.

"Quit staring and let's get to work" she almost shouted at the class, she was like the class monitor. She then courageously placed her seat between me and cruiz. I swear cruiz couldn't stop widening his eyes, he didn't even blink at all. I had to throw a pen at his face to break him out of his stupor.

Shurk led us through the questions as if she didn't just do anything surprising. I noted down answers like a good kid, surprising right? I've never done that in over two years. I started realizing studying was actually a piece of cake. I didn't even realize two hours had passed already and the period had ended .

"Let's go lunch ... " Shurk said after the other two boys dispersed.

"Yeah...I'll put my books first" I smiled

"Finally!" Cruiz heaved a sigh of relief

" You actually were having a hard time breathing" I chuckled

" It's not everyday I sit with her....." cruiz admitted

He was going to tell me something but then Shurk was heading back at us together with another girl. She led us towards a big hall which was flocking with students, the school had to have a large number of cooks as well.

She chose a bench at a corner then went to order food for us together with the other girl.

I turned my eyes to the basketball team at the center of the hall. They occupied the whole table with food piled all over, I wondered if they could finish it. I couldn't doubt when I saw one particularly swallow a large piece of roasted beef like a normal snack.

My attention was attracted to a group of beautiful girls who entered the hall. All of them were beautiful, make up and all. Their bodies were also surprisingly yoga- fit. The leading one, tall ,thick red haired girl seemed to even double the beauties . She wore a short skirt that exposed her thighs midway, very alluring . She even seemed to enjoy capturing everyone's attention.

"The cheerleaders.." cruiz said his eyes twinkling like stars. He even blanked out staring at them.

I gazed back at the red- haired girl for a while, she turned stared at me then smiled .

" She smiled at me" cruiz held my hand excitedly, I could only nod with an amused smile. It was just a smile anyway, no big deal .

"Yeah she did" I patted his back

Shurk and her friend were at this time coming back holding two trays of food.

"Should I pay?" I asked removing my wallet

"No, my treat. " Shurk smiled " what's wrong with him?" She pointed at cruiz who was dumbly smiling.

" He tickled me"cruiz said immediately

"Yeah...., I tickled him, that's why he's smiling" I added

Shurk looked weirdly at us " let's eat"she said

I had just bitten my bugger when the strangest of feelings hit me. I instictively turned and looked behind me, a wall. It was I was being pulled.

"Are you okay?" Shurk asked

"Yeah..." I smiled darting a glance behind me again

The feeling only grew stronger by the moment.

My eyes turned to the halls door seriously and fiercely. I didn't understand what I was doing but I just couldn't take my eyes off it. A group of about six pale looking people entered. My eyes immediately found its way to a blonde girl leading them only to find her gazing at me as well.

Our eyes were locked for so long, I was lost inside her brown eyes...so hypnotic. I don't remember getting this feeling from any girl before. She was beautiful, really beautiful ,like a goddess. Her features were curved perfectly and seemed to be extremely delicate. She was much more beautiful than the red haired girl in a cold way. I could only open my mouth in awe, I can't get enough of staring at her.

I almost shouted when one of the guys she came in with dragged her back outside.

"What was that about?" Shurk inquired

"I don't know..." I shrugged ,my thoughts still lingering around the blonde girl.

"Who is the girl?" I asked cruiz

"Ashley Lanay" he answered. Ashley, I repeated the name inwardly. What was that about? who is she? What was that pull I felt?

" they tend to keep to themselves" shurk added. "the players are also kinda antsy in their presence"

another cult? I questioned myself.