8: Off To Who Knows Where

Chapter 8:

Hazel POV:

I clutched my cheek as the pain stretched across my cheek and started feeling the stinging sensation grow in my cheek. I looked at her, my mouth slightly gaped open. She was smiling smugly at me, Amber smirking wickedly at me while the other two tried to look like bitches but actually looked more confused at why they were actually witnessing this.

"Stay away from Zayn," she said through gritted teeth. "I know you two made out!"

"Oh because I wanted to!" I said and was welcomed with another slap across my cheek. "Fuck off would you!?"

She raised her hand to slap me again but I grabbed her wrist and pushed it away from me. She gasped at me and looked angrier than before.

"Don't go blaming all of this shit on me!" I said. "Don't think that I'm going to be scared of you. Go bully someone else Sophia."

Her mouth was slightly gaping open, Amber's eyes were slightly wide and the other two girls didn't know if they should look amused or not. I gave Sophia a fake smile and left the bathroom, wiping my face with my jersey. I pushed open the door and left without a single glance behind me, my body was practically shaking. I was actually surprised that I stood up for myself like that but I was not a toy and I wasn't going to let her do whatever she wanted to do with me. I didn't make the first move to kiss her boyfriend and I don't even know why I even continued the kiss with him. I turned my head to check inside my bag if I had the books I needed for the next two periods that I had since the last two were free and I was going to end up in detention. When I turned my head back round and ended up hitting into someone.

I let out a silent whimper and rubbed my forehead. His chest was seriously hard. I looked up and met a pair of gorgeous blue eyes and his slightly short dirty blonde hair pulled in a sideways quiff.  He smiled down at me and I smiled back.

"Sorry," he said with a smile.

"No worries," I replied.

"I'm Chase," he said holding out his hand in front of him for me to take it.

I placed mine in his and shook it. "Hazel."

His eyes slightly widened at my name but covered it up quickly. He scratched the back of his head and looked slightly guilty but, again, he quicky covered it all up and smiled at me.

"You're in my Biology class, no?" he asked, changing the subject.

"Yeah, I just transferred here around a week ago," I replied, weirdly finding myself smiling. "We have Bio now, right?"

He nodded. "I was just heading over there, I already have my books," I said and he nodded. "Wanna come or you still have to get your books?"

He shook his head and held up the Biology book. "Got it, we go?"

I nodded and we started walking towards the Biology lab. I walked towards my usual seat which I shared with Zayn, he was already sitting down on his stool.

"I'll talk to you after class," Chase said and I nodded. He walked towards his seat at the back of the class which he shared with another guy. I sat down on my stool and started taking out my stuff. I looked at Zayn and noticed his brown eyes studying me curiously, his eyebrows slightly furrowed and raised upwards. His jaw was slightly looking tight and I arched an eyebrow at him.

"Something wrong?" I asked him.

"Who's that guy?" he asked not skipping a beat.

"Chase."

"That is?"

"A guy which I bumped in to."

He licked his bottom lip and studied my face, waiting for something else to happen. "Anyway, tomorrow we don't have school since it's a public holiday and the rest of the guys, Jes, Len and I are going swimming, you're coming."

I arched an eyebrow at him. "Did you just decide for me? And swimming? Who goes swimming in the middle of winter!?"

He rolled his eyes. "It's not exatly swimming in the sea or pool, we go there every winter and it's pretty much warm."

I thought about it for a second and finally nodded. "What time tomorrow?"

"Today after school Lou's gonna pick us up at around four in the afternoon."

"Today?"

He nodded and bit his lip, thinking.

"I can't come, I have detention for coming in late," I replied and breathed out. "I finish at three thirty."

He chuckled and shook his head. "The good girl gets detention, well that's something new. We'll just pick you up from here and drop you off at your house."

I chewed my lip and shrugged.

"So that's settled," he replied and I turned my head around. "What's wrong?"

I didn't want to answer him because he knew the answer. He was acting like we were friends when in reality, I was just confused whether we were even friends or not. Just by spending a few days together, a shopping trip to the supermarket, a-non-meaning kiss and some classes together and being lab partners in science didn't make me forget what his family did to mine. I just could imaging them doing it all over again if they had the chance to but they did sort of have a point to do so but they didn't have to make such a fuss about it all.

Biology went by quickly and I figured out that Chase was with me in Math class, so we ended up walking it together and sitting next to each other. During class I couldn't stop laughing and I tried to keep my laughter in but at one point he whispered something hilarious and I covered my mouth to stop myself from bursting out laughter but I made a sort of noise and the math teacher, Ms Timberlake, turned her body around and looked at the both of us. I kept a straight face but Chase burst out laughing and he ended up getting two hours of detention and she added fifteen more minutes to my hour detention. Luckily, she forgot to give me a detention slip so I didn't get the extra fifteen minutes which was weird because she was famous for giving out detention slips without a single blink. After Math class we headed towards the detention room on the second floor. Chase entered before me but before I entered I felt a pair of eyes on me and when I turned my head, I noticed Zayn looking at me almost sadly and then Sophia ran towards him and locked her lips with his without a hesitation but one thing I noticed was that he didn't close his eyes when her lips met his but only closed them so that he won't look like an idiot.

*

"Hazel and Andrew can leave detention," Mr Edwards called out and I quickly stood up and grabbed my bag.

"Bye Chase," I said before leaving.

"Bye Zel," he replied with a smirk and I wanted to hit him for calling me with that nickname that he came with during Math class. Zel was the last three letters of my name and I disliked it but it sounded sort of sexy when Chase said it.

"Hurry up Ms Anderson, unless you'd like to spend another hour with Mr Miller, here," Mr Edwards said, referring to Chase.

I left the classroom and walked through the silent corridors of the school. Students had left around an hour or so ago and Andrew had quickly left when his name was called out which left me alone walking down the creepy corridors. The sun was still shining outside but the corridors felt haunted and I wanted to get out of here as quickly as possible. I pushed open the school's front doors and went down the steps and walked through the huge pathway. Halfway through, a car pulled up and a head popped up from the passenger seat window. I stopped and smiled like an idiot.

"What are you doing in your uniform dork?" Harry asked me with a smirk.

I rolled my eyes. "Because it's just sexy!" I replied sarcastically and this time it was his turn to roll his eyes.

"Come on dork we have to go!" he said and I walked towards the car. The car door opened and I noticed the rest of the boys there with Louis in the driver seat. I raised my eyebrow at them all.

"I'm not gonna get raped or something, right?" I asked them with a hint of sarcasm.

Liam rolled his eyes and chuckled. "Nope!"

I smiled and sat down next to Liam, opposite Zayn. He only looked at me when I came then returned to look out of the window and listen to music from his earphones.

After a few minutes we arrived at my house and I left the car and ran up the driveway, noticing that my parents still hadn't arrived. I ran up the stairs and took off my uniform and grabbed my favourite bikini, slipped on a pair of black skinny jeans and a blue hoodie and slipped into a pair of white high tops with a blue Nike streak. I grabbed one of my bags and put two beach towels, extra pair of clothes, my iPod and headphones and a hairbrush. I pulled my hair into a messy bun and grabbed my cell phone from my school bag and went downstairs and into the kitchen, grabbed a note pad and pen and scribbled a note.

'I went swimming with my friends, don't wait for me if you come home today ~Hazel xx' I stuck it to the key hanger next to the door. I put on the alarm and locked the door, dumping the keys in my bag.

I walked down the driveway and opened the car door and sat down next to Liam again. Louis ignited the engine and drove off to who knows where.