As they were all touring Shane around the school, Alisha nurged Mindy and said quietly.
"Where do you know him?" She had been curious about this since the moment Mindy had pointed at Shane and said 'you?'
"You mean Shane?" Mindy said.
"Yes." Alisha replied.
"It was last Friday at the club. He was the one who told me about your departure."
"Oh...Okay." and just like Mindy, Alisha was curious about what had happened after the call. So, she gave her friend a curious smile and said "So, what happened after I left?"
"Nothing." Mindy replied without making eye contact with Alisha.
"Really?" She teased.
Mindy fixed her eyes on Shane that was in a deep conversation with Kelvin and mouthed to Alisha "Later."
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Just like what happened to Kelvin yesterday, Mrs Evelyn do not want to introduce Shane since she was sure that everyone in the class already knew who he was but Shane also had told Mrs Evelyn to treat him like the other transferred students. But unlike the other transferred students, Shane was given an opportunity to pick any seat. Which to no surprise to Alisha was by Mindy's.
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At lunchtime, Kelvin, Shane, Alisha and Mindy sat around the same table with some popular boys in the school who instantly joined the Kelvin's squad the moment he stepped inside their class.
Zhang wasn't one of these boys even though he also was popular and it was quite obvious that he couldn't stand Kelvin's presence.
Alisha looked across from her table and spotted Zhang at his usual table with Piaf by his side, on Alisha's former seat. Rage flowed through Alisha's veins and she felt like walking towards Piaf who was laughing at something that Zhang had said and slapped the hell out of her.
As if being informed about Alisha's stares, Piaf tilted her head abruptly and made eye contact with Alisha who instantly looked down at her food. Alisha's eyes became blurred with tears and she gripped her spoon forcefully as if it was going to make her feel better.
She had promised Kelvin that she was going to act strong whenever she sees Zhang with Piaf but it had only been eleven days and the wound was still pretty raw in her heart.
"Alisha, are you okay?" Mindy who had noticed a sudden change in Alisha's behavior asked worriedly making all eyes to turn into her direction.
"I am." she replied without looking up from her food which she was pushing around on her plate unconsciously.
"Babe?" Kelvin called.
Alisha pushed back her tears and replied as she got out of her seat. "I'm okay. I just need to use the restroom. Continue eating, I will soon be back."
"Should I come with you?" Mindy asked.
"No but thanks." Alisha replied and walked away.
After blowing her nose and wiping away the tears on her face, Alisha reapplied her bloody red lipstick, adjusted her gown and was about to be heading out of the restroom when she heard a movement at the main door and before she knew what was going on, the main door was locked.
Out of curiosity as to who was at the door, Alisha started walking towards it but stopped on her track when she saw who it was.
He was as hot as usual. He was putting on one of his favorite black leather jacket on a black top that Alisha had given to him few months ago. A beautiful diamond earring was shinning on his right ear. His dyed brown hair which was recently cut into 'long fringe with fade' looked pretty good on him.
His firm chest and abdomen could be visibly seen through his black, tight top and even though Alisha was mad at him for what he had done to her, she couldn't actually denied how handsome he was.
He was walking towards her, fixing his deep black eyes on her like a lion does to it prey. And Alisha knowing fully well what was about to happen started moving back.
"Zhang." she called slowly as she was moving back. She had wanted to say more than just calling his name but the rest of the sentence had clogged up in her throat.
Within few seconds, Alisha's back hit the wall and she started sidestepping until she hit another wall.
Zhang, whose eyes were showing no sign of kindness, stopped in front of Alisha and put his hands on each side of her head. Making sure there was no way she was escaping from him until he was done with her. And looked down at her, making sure his deep black eyes were connected with her hazel ones before speaking.
"Where do you know him from?" He asked.
Alisha knew that there was no way out of this than to face Zhang back. So she bolden herself and tried to act as if there was nothing odd about looking straight into Zhang's deep black, angry eyes after what he had done to her.
"Who?" Alisha asked as if she had no idea who he was talking about without making her voice to waver.
"You know who exactly I'm talking about." he replied.
Alisha heard something cracked and ran back to the restroom where Kelvin had punched Zhang twice before Zhang was able to return one of his punches.
"Since when?" Zhang said as he raised his hand up again and tried to punch Kelvin who dodged it swiftly and punched Zhang on his right chin. Something flew out of Zhang's mouth and Zhang spat out blood.
"Kelvin, please stop." Alisha pleaded as Kelvin raised up his hand again in order to punch Zhang that was groaning in pain but stopped midair when he heard Alisha's voice and looked at Alisha with a very fierce looked that scared the shit out of her even though she knew that the anger in his eyes wasn't directed at her in particular.
"When something is mine, nobody messes with it" he said while still focusing his attention on Alisha. When Zhang realized that Kelvin's attention wasn't on him, he used that opportunity to readied himself and punched Kelvin the moment he was through with his speech.
Kelvin groaned out but it was only for a microsecond because the next microsecond, Kelvin had thrown another punch at Zhang who was still trying to get his shit together.
Alisha had no idea what to do now but to just watch as the two guys punched each other but all of a sudden, she heard a voice behind her.
"What is going on in there?" A male voice said.
Alisha abruptly turned around to see who it was. It was Shane and Mindy and she was beyond happy when she saw them.
She ran towards Shane, tugged his hand and said "Please, help."
Shane instantly ran towards the restroom and separated the two guys who were both breathing heavily.
Zhang's face was all bloody and Alisha was sure that what flew out of Zhang mouth the other time was one of his teeth.
Alisha ran towards Kelvin whose eyes were still as hard as a rock and watched as Zhang walked past them.
"What happened?" Shane asked Kelvin who said nothing but just grabbed Alisha's hand.
"Babe, what happened to your face?" Piaf who might have noticed that Zhang was missing by her side was heading towards the restroom but stopped when she came across Zhang whose face was all bloody.
Her eyes went past Zhang and she spotted Kelvin, Alisha, Shane and Mindy who were all looking at them. Her eyes landed on Kelvin's hand which was holding that of Alisha firmly, she angrily looked away and instead focused her attention on Zhang.
"Babe, what happened?" She asked as she tried to get a hold of his hand but Zhang who wasn't in the mood for any chitchat jerked his hand out of hers and walked away.
"I need to get some fresh air. Let's go." Kelvin's voice broke into Alisha's thought but before she could say a word, he was already heading out of the school with her hand in his.
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