There's one thing in this world that I enjoy and that's walking around the school while no one else is there except for me and my phone that is always equipped with headphones. It makes the mystery stains on the wall more enjoyable, the weird puddles that you know would get you sick more beautiful and the day bearable. Especially since Thorin was home bound and took an early vacation.

It was the last day of school until Christmas vacation. The halls were bright because of the snow outside was blasting its white hue into the windows. They were also empty from everyone being in class, except for me. I had decided to skip the class that Thorin and I shared, it was becoming too hard to look at the seat that his butt once filled. The stares that he would bring along with him were no longer able to fill my heart with the warmth of anxiety.

Just kidding, I just decided to skip because I hated everyone in that class and found them to be annoying. My confidence was still boosted through the roof because of Tj who did indeed kept messaging me until later into the night when he probably fell asleep and I couldn't stop giggling like an idiot. It was nice to know for sure that someone liked something of yours and doesn't seem wishy-washy.

I hadn't panicked all day and I felt like my shell was starting to break a little bit. A hammer was taken to it and slowly, this blob is starting to come out for the world to see. Slowly, but it's coming out.

Okay, I know it's bad that my confidence is a little higher just because some guy with abs said that he liked what he saw (he even said that in one of the messages that I ignored). But like Beyonce, I was really feelin' myself.

The feeling was about to diminished. My music was not playing, but my earbuds were in. I had a bad habit of doing that. It was mostly because I was a nosey bitch who wanted to know what was going on but didn't want anyone else to know that I knew what was happening. But a bunch boys, a big group of boys were walking down the hallway. I wanted to actually put some music on at that point but my arms froze and felt like cement had taken over my blood.

Shout out to my legs who kept on walking, though.

I braced myself, trying to become some type of rock person so whatever things they would say about me would just come at me and fall to the floor and try not to stick to me. Though it never works and if anything is said to me then the only thing that would fall to the floor would be my tears. It was ridiculous but then again, so was my whole life.

I kept moving as they kept moving. My shoulders bent forward as I tried to squeeze by the massive clot of guys. The ones I was near did the same out of kindness and the willing to not knock me over. A breath was held in, pressing on the inner walls of my lungs. My ears were filled with the sound of their chatter. What felt like an hour was actually no more than thirty seconds of walking past them and the best part of it? They didn't say a single word about me.

I was truly invisible.

That or they did see me, which there was no way they couldn't but didn't say a word about me. Maybe, just maybe, some people aren't assholes. Besides the kid that pushed me down. He was an asshole and kind of a bitch, but besides him, some people were okay.

It just had to take a long walk by myself and a bunch of boys who didn't even really noticed that I was there to realize that, A: not everyone is really paying attention to me and B: it was fucking amazing. It felt like some invisible person decided to lift some of the weight that good ole anxiety was suddenly lifted. I was once again invisible and no one was paying attention to me.

I practically skipped throughout the school and tried my best not to dance because I was that happy. I was invisible and no one was paying attention! There was nothing I had to panic about besides the occasional test and Thorin but yay! It was one less thing I had to worry about.

"There you are!" The voice ranged just before I was about to pick the next song. I recognized the croaky voice. "Flora!"

It was Mr. Louis and next to him, a guy who was double the size of the old man. "Sorry, I just got here, I was about to go to your class right now."

"I call bullshit!" The old man waved his finger. "You were skipping my class! Which by the way, I don't care but I need you to do me a solid." His accent resembled a Valley girl.

"....What do you want?" I said slowly. Mr. Louis never talked to me let alone talk to me. The old man barely knew that I was in his class, he just knew me by using the bathroom every day. Did I actually use the bathroom? No, but the balding man who wore sandals with suits didn't care. He would only grumble yes without breaking his weird eye contact with his desk.

He gave me a sheepish smile. "Well, since you're skipping my class, you can show Mr. Sai here." The short man hand to lift his toes to reach the shoulder of the thick guy and pat it. Quickly, the frumpy science teacher twirled dramatically and began to shuffle away.

"Wait wait wait." I grasped to the over-sized jacket he was wearing. The good thing about working out is that you got stronger and gain the ability to grasp onto old men who think they can just leave you with some random kid. "No, you don't."

"Come on, Fern." Mr. Louis whined.

"My name is Flora." I gritted my teeth. "I'm not going to take some kid with me, you're the teacher here and I'm not skipping. If anything, how do you know I didn't just ask to use the bathroom and you totally forgot."

His wrinkled fingers went to his chin that jutted out into the world. "Fine, I'll give you and Thorin bonus points." Now, this wasn't the first year that I've had Mr. Louis but Thorin didn't have him until this year but oh, he definitely remembered his name even though there wasn't a single other Flora.

"Oh no, I don't just want bonus points." I hissed.

"What else can I give you? Money? The blood of my first born child? I can't do the first one because that's illegal or the second one because I don't have a kid." He croaked.

"Not only do I want my grade to always to be an A plus, and Thorin's but also I want to be able to use the bathroom whenever I want."

"Deal." He squirmed away.

The kid began to walk away even after I had to touch our science teacher. His shoulders were held up tight, hands in fists and he was moving fast. Obviously, he didn't want a good ole Flora Greensteen tour but I was going to get bonus points for this.

Everyone could always use bonus points.

"Hey S..." The 'S' slithered out of my mouth. I knew his name started with an 'S' which in my opinion was a good start. It took me at least a month to know Thorin's name and I still forget J Something's real name. I forgot at that moment but at least I knew it started with a 'J'. "Don't walk away!"

"It is obvious that I'm not welcomed here, I'll figure the school out for myself." His voice was soft spoken.

I would totally allow him to go on his own but this kid was going to need who to mess with and who not to. "Come on dude, just let me show you who the cool kids are." I trailed the kid. I called him kid though he was around my age and ten times taller than me. "Don't make chase you throughout the halls."

He began to walk faster, swinging his long arms back and forth. "No." He said sternly. This asshole was starting to get on my nerves, to the point that I wanted to kick his ass. He was just being so stubborn and not letting me help him out.

Did Thorin every feel like this?

"Hey, Flora." J Something said when I passed him.

"Hi." I said shortly.

"How are you feeling?" J Something turned his body to the direction that I and the S Kid were going. Suddenly this line of people was running through the halls.

"I'm fine." Again, I answered him in a short answer.

My usually loose shirt was pulled tight from the back, pulling me back. "What was that?" His eyes looked at me coldly. "I couldn't hear you."

"I said I was fine." The lump in my throat bobbed out of nervousness. He kept a large clump of my shirt in his hand, holding me there like holding a dog by its collar. "Can you let me go now? I need to show that kid around." Although he was walking away, I was going to catch up to him. No way that kid was going to get away from me.

Plus it didn't help that a prep was touching me. He was touching me!

"But I need to talk to you."

"No, you don't?" I furrowed my brows.

"Yes, I do. About Thorin."

"Again?" I winced. "Listen, to me Jace. I have a headache and he's the last person that I want to talk about. If you're so obsessed with him, maybe go to his house and talk to him yourself." I pushed his hands away. "Now excuse me." I brushed where his hands were on my shirt.

"I'm not finished with you." He grasped me once more and pulled me against a locker. "You're not allowed to see him anymore."

I smirked. "Does me hanging out with him make you that mad?" It was funny seeing the angry look on his face.

"I'm worried about you and this school. He's the one that pushed you down." He tried to give me a voice full of fake concern.

My eyes squinted in confusion. "He didn't push me down, that one kid did."

"Aw, Flora, I'm so sorry." He tried to pull me into him in an awkward hug. "You must have hit your head but I saw all of it. Thorin pushed you down and before I could get in there, that kid came at him and tried to beat his ass for you." His hand went to the back of my head, rubbing it.

"Dude, get off." My hands went to his chest, pressing on the muscle. His arms were tight around me and not even the good type of tight. This type of tight surpassed the tight you would feel when wearing a shirt three sizes too small and into Anaconda territory. I pushed harder but his grip tightened, nearly suffocating me.

Thorin came into my mind and how much I wish I was expelled myself so I could be an asshole to him rather than trying to push Jace off of me. But no, I was slowly dying from some guy trying to squeeze me like some snake from the Amazon. Okay, I wasn't actually slowly dying but from my lungs crushing, it felt like it. I didn't know why Jace was starting to act like some controlling asshole but it made me want to punch him in the face. I would have done it too if my arms weren't confined to my sides.

"Please let her go." S Kid came back.

"Get the hell out of here." Jace snarled. "Go back to India or something."

S (I should really get better at names), though he looked pretty harmless, rolled his lips into his mouth before releasing them back in anger. "I'm not from India, my parents are. I am from here and you're bothering her." He grabbed him Jace the shoulder with ease and pulled him away from me. "Have a nice day."

"Flora, we're not done yet." Jace said hoarsely. He tensed his jaw, balled his fists and eyed the guy. As much as Jace wanted to fight, he couldn't. He was having it too good at this school and one little fight could mess up his reputation.

"But for now, we are." I said, taking in the deep breaths I had missed for a few minutes.

His head shook when walking away. He had a hurt expression on his face that he thought would actually make me feel guilty. I didn't feel guilty for wanting to breathe or knowing that he was bullshitting me. He was crazy and a liar for some reason. He straight up thought he could try to make me think that I was in the wrong and didn't know who pushed me down. Technically, I didn't but I knew Thorin wouldn't actually hurt me like that.

No, it was just some random kid.

A random kid that just so happened attacked me after talking to Jace that day.

A kid that Jace probably had taken a beaten from Thorin so Thorin could look like the bad guy and make me want to keep Jace around. But if Thorin knew that, he would fight Jace and would get into real trouble for beating one of the most popular kids in the school.

I turned to the new guy. "Thank you, I really appreciate it."

"No problem, just don't follow me around, okay?"

I was fine with that. At that point, I wanted to crawl into a dark hole where I could be by myself. "Don't worry, I won't." I chuckled.

"Flora!!" Pale arms went around my waist. Again, someone had to be touching me and feeling every inch of me.

"Ew, you're pinching my rolls." I picked at her hands, trying to get the little suckers to get off of me. There was going to have to be a sign on me that read 'do not touch' so no one would know just how much I had underneath my shirt.

"Sorry." She chuckled, eyeing me when walking to the side. "What are you doing?"

"I was trying to show him around but I think I'm going to go die now."

"Him?" Mel moved her eyes away from me and up to the new kid. Like someone turned on some lights in her head, her usually dull green eyes lit up like the Fourth of July. Her mouth was slightly jarred but nothing came out but silence.

"Yeah."

She coughed and rubbed her mouth with a fist, trying to hide the rosy color that filled her cheeks. "I'm Melody but you can call me Mel." A cute little hiccup came out of her. My brows furrowed again at her. This wasn't usual for Mel. She was the cool girl who could kick your ass just by staring at you but now she was blushing.

Mel must have been sick.

"I'm Sai."

Ayyyee! Flora is starting to figure a little more about Jace and exactly how crazy he is who I imagine as Reece King (This cutie):

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