Chapter8

#Chapter8

'Look, she's here.' Someone said.

'Her cheek looks really red.' One girl said.

'She must have thrown herself at David and got rejected.' A brunette girl said with whom I shared physics class.

If only you knew the truth, I thought of spitting the words to her face but refrained myself. Even if I did throw myself at him. That didn't give him the right to hurt me. I wanted to correct her but I didn't. I felt so embarrassed about what happened.

I ignored all of the comments and kept scurrying to the food counter. The older woman behind the counter looked at me and sneaked me a sympathetic smile, and I averted my gaze. I didn't want sympathy.

Before I could take one more step towards the counter, my head spun a little. I saw black dots before me but they were gone soon after appearing. I held onto the closest thing to me which was a chair. I balanced myself a little and then with small steps went to the food counter.

I was going to place my order when the entrance door slammed open and I quivered due to the sudden loud noise. Heath came in looking like a wild animal. This boy loves slamming doors. I thought.

His pupils searched the crowd, and when they settled on me, his expression changed, now he was fuming in fury even more. I could see the imaginary smoke coming out of his ears.

Strangely, Heath went straight to David's table, grabbed David by the collar, and yanked him up.

"What the fu-". David couldn't even complete his sentence when Heath's fist collided straight into his jaw. The crunch sound of cracking echoed around the room and I took a step back in utter shock.

Gasps echoed throughout the hall and everyone was watching the scene in bewilderment. David stumbled back and tried to fight, but Heath fought him like a pro. He defended himself against all the hits David made.

I wondered where Heath learned to fight like that. He was so swift and precise with his hits that it felt like he had been doing this for ages.

Heath bent down and said something to him. David shook his head and intensified his stare at Heath, but one piercing look in return from Heath was enough to make him do whatever he said.

Heath's personality was intimidating. No one dared to cross his path, let alone stand against him. David really had some balls to fight him.

David looked for a certain someone throughout the room and when he saw me, he stood up and slowly walked towards me.

Every single person was watching us and was probably shocked at what was happening.

I shook my head to get rid of the sudden dizziness that clouded my brain.

David came closer, but I didn't move. For some odd reason, I couldn't mobilize my feet. He looked at me enraged and I felt a wave of fear rushing through me. I was so nervous and scared that I was rooted in my place. I didn't move even when he was close to me.

"I'm sorry." He mumbled in a strained voice. What? Did those words really come out of his mouth? I was dumbfounded by his apology, to say the least. When I came back to my senses I gazed at him. He was waiting for my answer. Slightly nodding my head I moved away from him creating a large distance between us.

I could feel him staring at me darkly but he didn't say anything. Finally nodding his head reluctantly he slowly started to walk away. With his friends' help, he left the hall.

I was flabbergasted at what Heath had done. The fact that he got into a fight because of me seemed unreal. I didn't understand him, especially now. I mean, why did he do it? What were his motives?

Heath hadn't cast a glance at any girl in Liberty High before, and here he fought for me. I was beyond confused. One minute he was rude, and the other minute he wanted to protect me?

I peeked up at him and saw him already looking at me with a stoic face. I never understood what he was thinking. He always kept his emotions well-hidden. It was like he had some kind of wall in front of his eyes and face which made it difficult to read him. He never let that wall down.

Heath was surely a big mystery and I don't think anyone had figured him out. Maybe because he never gave anyone a chance to talk to him. He talked discourteously and cursed way too much. Plus his penetrating glare was enough to make you stay away from him.

My eyes fell on Sebastian who was behind Heath. His green eyes switched between us two perplexedly.

I made a move to walk over to Heath and to thank him, but my head spun so hard that the last thing I registered was my head hitting the solid cold floor of the cafeteria.

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"Are you sure she's alright?" An unknown voice asked. I had never heard it before, had I?

"She's totally fine. Don't worry, child. Keep an eye on her, I have to go now. By the way, when she wakes up, give her that juice." A sweet voice said. I knew this voice. This was nurse Anna. Was I in the infirmary?

Opening my eyes slowly I saw Sebastian looking at me. His green eyes brightened up at the sight of me and he looked relieved. Politely smiling at me he handed me the glass of juice. I eyed it for a while but then took it because my head was pounding. I finished it and looked around the room. I was in the infirmary.

"How are you feeling?" Sebastian questioned, softly.

"I'm feeling better now," I tried to muster up a smile but it seemed hard. Continuing, I asked, "What happened when I fainted?"

"Heath carried you here and threatened me not to leave you alone until you woke up. He even told me to look after you," suddenly his smile vanished and he looked worried.

"Fuck! He also told me to not tell you any of this," he said with a pinch of regret.

So Heath brought me here. He didn't seem like the type of person who would go out of his way to help someone. Especially someone like me, whom he had threatened just yesterday.

The scene of him beating David replayed in my mind and I shook my head and looked at Sebastian.

"Thank you for doing that," I said with a smile whilst getting off the bed. 'I have to find Heath,' was the thought that kept running through my mind.

"It's fine. I would have done it anyway. You looked really pale back there," his words were light and soft as a feather and I felt more comfortable talking to him than Heath; whom I would avoid after thanking him.

"David is a douche," Sebastian said, making me crack up in a laugh.

"Well he definitely doesn't take rejection lightly," I uttered and Sebastian chuckled.

"No guy takes rejection easily but what he did was wrong," I scrunched my eyebrows at him. How did he know what happened?

"How do you know about what happened?" I asked and his face contorted up in an expression that represented that he wasn't supposed to say that.

"Uhm, you know how news spreads fast here. Anyway, you are going to be okay, right?" He asked with a concerned expression.

"Yeah, you can go. I'll be fine," I tried to assure him.

"Okay then. I'll see you around Hope." With that, he left the room.

I looked around the infirmary and saw my things in the corner. I took them and left the room.