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Frost's P.O.V

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Chapter Three: Hulk Smash!

Knock.

Knock.

Kno-

"I'm coming!" I bellow at the top of my lungs, struggling to pull my jeans on. Leave it to me to not set an alarm.

Once they're on, I quickly pull on my brown leather boots, and run down stairs. My mother lies on the couch, passed out with Stranger Things playing. A bag of Doritos is next to her, and I swear there's some drool on her face.

Woah... I take after her alot.

With an evil smile on my face, I snap a picture. Oh how evil I-

Knock knock knock.

I jerk my backpack up and run to the door. "Manon how many times do I have to tell you that..." I trail off, staring wide eyed at Nova.

"What are you doing here?" I ask, stepping outside. I take a look at his appearance; he has on a red shirt and some grey sweats. Casual yet satisfying. Or is it slimy yet satisfying.

"You're late, I'm late, we're driving together. Don't argue, get in my car," he states and walks off my porch.

I mean... free car ride...

"I don't have gas money!" I yell and chase after him.

"Whatever, get in." he hops in the driver seat and I jump in the passenger seat.

"Nice car," I complement while shutting my door. He grunts, turning the car on. "Why are you so grumpy? Yesterday you were all happy, and smiling, and I almost felt like not annoying you!"

"I have no idea what you're talking about." he lies. I laugh, wiping away an imaginary tear.

"Okay, if that's what you think." I look out the window, watching the trees go by in a blur.

"Sensational." I say in my deepest voice. I see him give me a weird glance in the reflection.

Nova clears his throat awkwardly, glancing at me. "I, uh... want to say I'm sorry about yesterday. You know.. for saying you're not hot- I-I mean... I... you are pretty but it was rude of me to say that. And.. to make it even... I'll tutor you in all your classes, even if... you annoy me."

"Heh... heh, you think I'm pretty?"

"Don't take that out of context," he grumbles and pulls into the school lot.

I giggle, "You grumble a lot, but thank you. That was very... sensational." I climb out the car and immediately search for Manon.

As if it was meant to happen, I just so happened to see Rose sending daggers at me. Where is my Rich Girl Repellent at?

"Frosty!" I spin around just in time to get tackled by Manon. Oh god, not that name again. She pulls away and that's when I noticed, a glow on her skin.

"You're glowing... are you pregnant? Who's the father? Is it Cole? Does he need to pay child support? How many months old? When did this happen? Am I going to be a godmother to a girl or a boy?! I need answers!" The questions shoot out uncontrollably.

"I'm not pregnant! It's just my new foundation!" she laughs, shaking my shoulders. I blow out a breath I didn't know I was holding, and laugh along with her. We start walking to Ollie, Manon rambling about some foundation she bought at Sephora or something. I checked my time and saw we still had about 15 minutes till class starts.

And Nova said we were late.

"Where's Cole?" I ask.

"He texted me saying he's taking his siblings to their school."

Awe she has his phone number!

Manon looks over my shoulder, her smiling instantly draining from her face. "Don't look now... but Rose and Nova are walking over here... and they look angry." As if on cue, I hear the loud shouts from no other than Rose and Nova.

I'm just going to say it now. Rose scares the living crap out of me when she is mad.

My blood runs cold as I feel their presence behind me, and their shouting piercing my ear drums. I could feel the heated gazes of the other students. Manon stares behind me in shock.

Maybe if I act like a cockroach... they won't see me! Yeah... yeah that'll work. I mean, all I got to do is stay very still.

"Why are you even hanging out with that trash! Come back to me, baby!"

"She's not trash! You're the trash here! And don't call me baby!"

I instantly give up on being a cockroach, but before I could take a step away, I'm pulled back.

"Help! I'm being kidnapped! Somebody-" I'm silenced by Nova's cold stare. He puts me behind him, as if protecting me.

Ha! That's just too funny.

I look at Manon for help and she slides up next to me.

Yeah because that'll help...

"Honestly Rose, I don't even know why I dated someone like you. All you care about is money and popularity." Nova sneers and I raise my brows in shock.

"Ugh, why are you even defending her?! Wait... you like her don't you?! You like Frost!" Rose assumes. Everyone around us goes silent. Me and Manon share the 'are you serious?' look with each other.

Somebody hand me some popcorn and a soda, because this is getting juicy. What is this girl thinking? Is she too tan to even think anymore?! Don't get me wrong, I understand I can be a bit childish, and annoying, if you may. But I know for a fact that Nova hates me more than anything. The words Frost and like are not in his dictionary.

He would probably even sell my life if he could!

Or run me over...

Maybe possibly even strangle me with a pillow... or even choke me.

And not in the dirty way.

I swear if she was a cartoon, she'd have a big red head and steam blowing out her ears.

"Oh god no. I strongly dislike her." he retorts immediately. I peek up around his shoulder and see pure disbelief on Rose's face.

Trust me honey, it's the truth.

"Then why do you let her stay in your life! Leave her and come back to me, only I made you happy.. remember all the good times we had? All those nights we cuddled together.."

Cue the internal gag.

"Because unlike you and roaches, she's somebody I invited into my life."

Heh. I wouldn't use the word, invited.

I would've said, "she barged into my life, just like a roach."

The crowd makes 'oo' noises and Nova glares at them all, and they scatter out. Rose spots me, and points an accusing finger at me. "This is your fault!" she screeches.

I chuckle, "You know... when you point at someone you're technically pointing at yourself."

"Now please, leave Rose. I want nothing to do with you." They begin to stare each other down. She struts off and Nova turns around and glares at me.

"Why did you open your mouth? Answer me."

I hear the bell ring, grab Manon and begin sprinting. "Run Manon, run!" We reached Math, breathing in the most unattractive way, looking unattractive.

Wait. What am I saying? I'm a sexy potato.

"What was that?!" Manon exclaims as we sit down. Students begin filing in, chatting loudly. Nova bursts in and Mr. Earl glances up at him.

"Frost! I wasn't done talking to you!" he begins to march up to us, but I hold up my hand. I sniff the air, and scrunch up my nose.

"You smell like drama And drama is karma so please, back away before I spray you with drama repellent." I grin and Manon giggles. He glares at me, slowly taking steps towards me.

"Matthews, now is not the time for your silly little jokes, or your little stupid annoying comments. Don't think that because I 'defended' you, means we're on good terms."

"Well I actually never thought of that.."

"I may not like Rose, but that doesn't mean I like you, I will never like you. Cole may think you're awesome and all that, but I don't and I never will," he snarls, inching closer to me. This damn boy is pms-ing. I pull my head away, a little bit startled.

Wait boys don't have periods.

That'd be funny though. To me at least.

"Nova, back off." Manon suddenly growls, standing up from her seat. I see Cole standing in the doorway, his eyes settled on us. I wave at him with a smile, before going back to Nova.

"This isn't scaring me. This is only provoking me to irritate you some more," I say truthfully with a smirk. If we're going to say the truth, I might as well say mine.

"Nova, please take a seat." Mr. Earl orders as the bell rings. Nova looks as if he is going to burst, and snap my neck.

For whatever reason, the image of a turkey pops in my head.

I should ask mom to buy one from Safeway later.

I raise a brow, daring him to say something else. "Go on before I make you." Manon snarls, keeping her eyes trained on Nova. Slowly, he goes to a seat all the way in the back. Cole walks by, muttering a sorry.

Mr. Earl begins talking, but I ignore him. Instead, I turn around in my seat and find Nova's eyes. They narrow, and I give him my biggest smile.

As I once told Manon many years ago, once you're on my annoying list, you're not getting off.

Ah, the glory of standing in a line of at least 20 people.

Classes ended, and I tried speaking to Nova, but he insulted me and walked off. He probably isn't going to come over to tutor me, which is fine, because Manon invited me out to the mall, and I said yeah.

As I'm waiting in line to get my lunch, I hum the song Single Ladies by Beyoncé.

All the single ladies, all the single ladies.

Cole jogs up to me. "Hey Frost, have you seen Manon?"

"Uh, nope. Why?" I ask with a tilt of my head.

"Because after you and Nova argued, she's been ignoring me.. I tried talking to her and I sat by her but she moved away. I don't know if I did something wrong or..." he tried saying in a chill tone, but I could sense the panic.

The line died down and I snatched up a plate of spaghetti. Stupid lunch line got me starving. "Look, I know Manon, and if she's ignoring you, then she probably is mad at you." I respond truthfully. An unknown emotion flashes through his eyes.

Just kidding.

I don't see any emotion in eyes. Eyes disgust me.

"But I'll talk to her, see what's up and see if I need to kick your ass." I innocently smile before strolling away. As I walk by the windows, I notice a girl sitting at a picnic table, by herself. Immediately I know it's Manon.

All by myseeeeelllllfffffff!

I march outside, and slam my trey down on the table. "Explain. Do I need to beat Cole's booty?" she looks up and shakes her head.

"Then what's wrong. You better not be flushing him down the toilet."

"I'm not... it's just... when Nova was saying all those things.. I just think Cole should've helped and he didn't," she shrugs her shoulders, "I don't like seeing you get hurt."

"I wasn't hurt at all. I never get hurt!" I pound my chest hardly, "Actually.. that hurt." I wince and pat my chest.

She laughs. "But I wasn't hurt. Maybe you should tell Cole that you felt that way," she looks up with a small smile but her eyes lock on something behind me.

I shift around, and see Cole and Nova standing awkwardly. "We don't want you losers here," I playfully scowl at them.

"Nova has something he wants to say, don't you?" Cole slaps Nova on the back of his head. Nova elbows Cole, and I, just shovel food in my mouth.

"Sorry," Nova finally says. Cole gives him a look, "Alright! Sorry for yelling at you... and saying those things earlier." he mumbles.

I swallow down my food because it's rude to talk with a mouth full of food, "It's fine."

Cole smiles at Manon, "Can I talk to you Manon."

She stares at him before standing up. "I'll be back." she tells me and they walk off.

"You're still going to tutor me right?" I ask Nova. He nods and shoves his hands in his pockets.

"We're gonna have to tomorrow.. me and Manon are going to the mall."

"No," he says with no emotion.

"Why? You don't care either way."

"Because I'm supposed to make sure you don't fail classes. So, either you stay or you fail."

"Just come with us," I suggest. "Or I'll tell Mrs. Isa you're not doing your job," I smirk. He clenches his jaw before huffing.

"Fine."

"Yay! It'll be so fuuuuun!!"

"Someone kill me now."

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"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"Frost I said no."

"Um, Nova I said yes. It's just right there!" I point to the store.

"Your mom made me promise to watch you two, and I'm not going to be held responsible if you two idiots get into trouble. So, you're going to stay by me, and you're not going anywhere without me." he states with a scowl.

"Maybe if you would've brought Cole, we wouldn't be having this discussion." I state back, and beam.

He leans down, a little bit too close to my face, "I make the rules, you follow them."

"You know what? Hulk smash!" I then, using all my strength, punch Nova in the chest. He didn't even move an inch, and stared at me with disappointment.

"I mean," I look at Manon, "I tried..." she jerks her head to some boy walking out of the store I wanted to go in. As if feeling my amazing presence, he looks up and at me.

I recognize who it is, "I, uh, got to go!" I yell to Nova, and before I know it, I grab Manon and start sprinting at full speed.

"Where are you going?! Did you not listen to what I just said!" Nova shouts, chasing after us.

"Suck a ding dong Nova!" I yell over my shoulder and duck into a clothing store. We start walking around the store, until I see Nova and the boy outside the window, looking around.

I pull Manon into the girls bathroom, and we hide in separate stalls. "I cannot believe he's here!" I whisper shout.

"What's his name again?" she asks.

"I don't even know! Adrian maybe? "

Let me tell a story.

(A/N: *grabs popcorn*)

When I was in middle school, maybe sixth grade, there was a boy who I think is named Adrian. He would stalk me on social media and always stare at me, like 24/7. I was beyond terrified. And one day, he left his phone on the bus and I took it to my house. It didn't have a pass code, so of course I snooped through it. Although I wish I didn't. But... all I found were photos of me. His whole photo album was filled with me. And it was so creepy, even Manon was freaked out. The next day, he wouldn't stop following me around school. I told my mom, and all she told me was that he probably had a crush on me.

But I knew he didn't.

"Do you think it's safe to leave the bathroom now?"

"Yeah.. let's go before Nova has a heart attack," I respond before leaving the stall.

We left the store and found Nova panicking. "What the hell is wrong with you?! Where did you go?!"

"First off, I ate Taco Bell," I lie, "so I had to go boom boom."

He stares in disgust, "Really? You had to tell me that?"

Suddenly, a hand falls on my shoulder. "Long time no see," I whip around and see Adrian with a sick grin on his face. I shudder his hand off, and run behind Nova and Manon.

"Who are you?" Adrian asks Nova.

"I was going to ask you the same thing." Nova snarls. I glare at Adrian from behind Nova.

"I'm Adrian, her ex boyfriend."

Then, I choke on my own spit. "We never dated you creep!"

"Are you sure about that? Because I remember clearly holding you in my arms, kissing your lips.." he stares me down.

"I never even let you say hi to me! Look, I was having a nice day until you showed up! I even bought a bunch of food with money I don't have!" I exclaim.

"Look jack ass, you should leave before I beat the smirk off your face." Nova growls, taking a step.

Woo! Go Nova! Someone hand me some confetti!

"Yeah.. a-and I'll help!" Manon speaks up.

Woo! Go Manon!

"Fine. Have it your way.. but I'll see you soon, Frost... real soon."

"No," Nova grabs him by his collar, "You won't. And if I even see you look at her, I'll beat your ass."

"Whatever you say, pretty boy." Adrian pries his hands off, and jaunts away.

"Yeah! And if you ever come back, we'll kill ya!" I quote The Lion King with my impression of a hyena laugh.

"How can you be happy at a time like this?" Nova questions.

"Because that's what I am. I'm happy."

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Yyaaaalllll.

Sorry if I misspelled anything, I stayed up all night typing this.

chILL.

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