Eleanor's POV.
"Go Lions!" Students yelled as they walked into the hallway.
It was a new week at school and with the opening game this weekend, everyone was doing their best to cheer on the school Football team. Posters of Henry were everywhere in the hallways and in the classroom, as he was the face of the team, captain and star player.
His team members' pictures were also pasted too but not as much as his. I tried to look away from his picture when I encountered one but I just couldn't, those green eyes were hard to look away from.
"Go Lions!" Students cheered as they walked past me, holding a huge hand made design of a lion's head. I was surprised I hadn't seen the lion mascot yet.
I slammed my locker shut as Tina talked beside me about her cat and how he had gotten better over the weekend.
My ears were almost falling apart from the whole cat thing, but I knew how important it was to Tina so I pretend
Eleanor's POV.I gasped in shock at Jane's words but it was like my tongue has been tied up or my brain frozen, unable to conjure words to respond back to her."What? Cat got your tongue or you've been using the tongue for other things?" She asked as the girls laughed at her attempt at a joke."Give it back," I finally said as I reached for the piece of paper in her hand.A few students had stepped to the entrance behind me as they watched the scene and even went to call the others who had settled in their seats already.I was starting to feel really embarrassed from the attention I was getting from the students.Jane drew back her hand as she laughed, taking the paper away from my reach."What is going on with you and Henry anyways? You seem to be trying so hard to get to him," Jane said and a few of the students gasped from behind me and I shook my head."Nothing. We are
Henry's POV.I stopped in my tracks when Eleanor went out of view and I frowned. It was the first day of school this week and she had already started crying. It pained me that I hadn't seen her or been here earlier. And as George drew my attention to Eleanor, I felt the little strip of happiness torn away from me in a flash.Though half of her face was shielded by her hair,I still knew she was in tears and as I ran to her, it broke me that she didn't want to see me.Now she was out of my reach and I stood there, confused and angry."What was that about?" Leopard asked as he came to stand beside me and I didn't respond to him as I looked back at where Eleanor had been standing to see pieces of paper littered around the floor.Has someone torn her homework? Because I knew she must have been busy doing it last night when she slept with h
Eleanor's POV.I went to the school roof after the girls had left the bathroom, thankfully I didn't find anyone here and the sun had started to shine down.I found a small bench and shade above it so I walked to it, dropping against it.My mind flashed with the image of Henry running towards me and the tears filled my eyes once more as I blinked them back and rested my back against the chair.Immediately, my phone chimed in my pocket and I took it out to find a text from Charles asking me if I wanted to hang out tonight..I sighed and texted back a no and placed the phone in my pocket as I looked up at the sky tiredly.I hadn't gotten enough sleep last night either and right now I didn't want to go back to class even though it was going to get me into trouble. It was better to have detention than go back to face everyone's intens
Eleanor's POV.As I took the stairs downstairs and back to class, I couldn't stop the blush that still filled my cheeks as I could still feel the faint touch of Henry's lips.I had totally forgotten that we were still fake dating, with everything that's been going on, I hadn't remembered and while I was still thinking about going to the game I knew I had to.After totally ignoring Charles's call, I knew I had no choice but to go to the football game because in the end this was all because of him, to show him that I had moved on and I was completely over him.I sighed as I saw Henry up ahead meet up with his friends as they shook hands and left the hallway to another class. Unfortunately, I wasn't going to be in the same class as him because I had Science.Thankfully, someone had come to school drunk and I was no longer the topic of the day. It was
Eleanor's POV.There was a loud eruption of laughter in the room and I breathed in the scent of sweat and I pinched the shirt of my face, frowning at the pair of eleven eyes fixed on me and Tina.I felt embarrassed and wanted to run out of the room when Henry's eyes widened and he smacked the head of a boy next to him."What the fuck Ray?" He asked as the boy laughed nervously before waving at me."Sorry, I thought it was that weird girl in chemistry who's been following me around the whole day." Ray apologized and Henry shook his head at him before he stalked towards me.From the corner of my eyes I saw Tina step backwards shyly and to be honest I wanted to do the same too. Everyone was watching us and I felt so shy I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me whole.I finally saw Henry properly as he stepped out in front of his opened locker. He had taken off his shirt revealing a toned chest which did pack
Eleanor's POV.I couldn't think straight the whole time I cleaned out the boys locker room with Tina. My mind kept wandering to what I had done to Henry and it was even worse when the rest of the team looked at me like I had murdered him or something."Why did you think he reacted that way?" Tina asked as we swept the floor and I shook my head."I don't know. But I think he got the scar from something he doesn't want to remember. He usually acts like that if I mention something he doesn't want to think about," I said, remembering when I had mentioned his mother.My best guess was that his mother had done that to him."He seems to have a lot of secrets, don't you think?" Tina asked again."Yeah," There were a lot of things that Henry had kept from me and while I knew we were still trying to know each other, it still both
Henry's POV."I don't think that girl is good enough to continue the dare," George said. I kicked the ball in the post and ran back after it."Good! Good Henry!" Coach yelled and blew his whistle as we took our positions and continued playing.I shook my head at what George had said as I raced after the ball with Ray hot on my tail."That's not it. She didn't know that's why, I'm sure she touched the scar unconsciously." I responded to George and he scoffed before dribbling past me and taking the ball from me."Are you sure? Or she's trying to play the saint, the one who would change you?" George asked and I laughed."Focus! George and Henry!" Coach yelled at us and I ran past George faking going to his right when I swerved towards his left and rolled the ball away from him and under my feet before giving the coach a th
Eleanor's POV.I walked silently into the swimming arena as I thought of Henry. My thoughts are all over theplace and finding out that I had feelings for him didn't make it easier to think straight.I shook my head and grabbed my swimsuit from the locker room before pulling open the doorsof the swimming arena.Emy and Daisy seemed to be gossiping at the lower seat in the bleachers, they had changedinto their swim suits already and had pulled their hair into a pony tail. The janitor worked besidethem cleaning the floors and they didn't even bother to leave as they rose their feet. I scoffed attheir rudeness but ignored them.Olivia, who was still in her outfit for the day, with her duffel bag on her lap, was talking tosomeone on the phone and I could only guess it was a guy from the way she looked bored. Shewas beautiful so she had ma