Chapter 3 A glimpse of him

It's been a month and 3 week ever since Ariana started attending SASCON HIGH, everything have been going alright but Celine and her crew have been a pain in the ass. They torment and bully Ariana and of course,she always retaliate, she doesn't mind the fact that she was a nobody, some of her class mates taunt her and speak rudely to them but she also speak back more rudely that they get embarrassed and wish not to ever cross path with her. though her crush has always been in school but she hasn't met him yet, she have tried really hard to see him but all her effort proved useless, he comes really early to school and leaves late or more earlier. If not for the fact that she normally help her mom in the shop, she would have stay late in school just to see him face, she even tried waiting for him to either pass by but he didn't and it baffles her, she sometimes wonder if he sleeps in school. "How can someone just decide to lock himself indoor and not come out to receive the natural breeze??? Ariana wondered to herself. Ariana's friendship with Brittany have grown stronger,they do almost everything together and go everywhere together too, Brittany always complain that Ariana declines her request of riding Ariana to the restaurant or The house, Ariana always insist on boarding a cab and going alone .

It was a beautiful Tuesday morning, Ariana as usual followed the school bus to school after saying bye to her mom,she arrived at school only to notice the students present in the school compound starring and murmuring at her,she over looked and continued walking to her class not until Brittany ran to her panting, trying to catch her breath while bending with her hands on her knees. "Rian haven't you seen what that bitch did??? Brittany asked still panting "Is that why you are running???, she's not worth your energy" Ariana replied ignorantly "Rian, it's not that,. Open the school page" Brittany said and Ariana reluctantly brought out her phone from her backpack and logged into the school page "What??? Ariana shouted after reading what was posted in the school group page. SHE'S A LOWLIFE PAUPER WHO WORKS IN HER MOM'S STINKING RESTAURANT. SHE'S A BITCH WHO SLEEPS AROUND WITH MEN FOR MONEY. Her picture was under the caption,a picture of her hugging her favorite uncle, uncle leo,he was there only family, he delivers pizza and he came over to the restaurant to say HI to his sister and niece. Ariana love uncle leo because he was a kindhearted man and never knew who took that picture. The picture was captured in her mom's restaurant. The accusation of SLEEPING AROUND WITH MEN FOR MONEY didn't upset her but calling their only means of survival STINKING was what infuriated her. "I'll deal with that bastard" she mumbled angrily and was about walking to the class to lash out at Celine and her crew when they suddenly appeared. "Liked what you saw??? Celine asked Ariana in a mockery tone "You idiot, how dare you??? How dare you call my mom's restaurant STINKING??? Ariana asked angrily "The pauper isn't even ashamed" Nikki voiced out and a resounding slap landed on her left cheek "You monster" Nikki called angrily,wanting to hit Ariana back but her hand was held in the air and another slap was dropped on her other cheek before her and was released, they were already surrounded by students who were present in school, Adriel and his siblings were not excluded, peculiar and Nicole were surprised by Ariana's reaction, Miquel and Mikel were enjoying the scene like they were in a cenema while Adriel had a smile on his face but didn't know exactly why he was smiling. The students laughed at how Nikki frowned and ran away in embarrassment while Tiana ran after her to console her. "You don't hit my friend" Celine said and pulled Ariana's hair "Damn " Ariana cussed silently and bite Celine's hand "Arrrrh" Celine screamed in pain "Jerk" Ariana said with a smile on her face and also dragged Celine's hair too "You can insult me all you want but you shouldn't insult my mom's restaurant, don't drag anything connected to my mother into our game of hatred, I don't even hate you and i don't know why you hate me but I won't warn you again, don't you ever insult my mom's restaurant or anything else connected to my mom" Ariana said and pushed her roughly to the floor and she landed heavily on her butt "Hahahaha" the students laughed "Stupid spoilt brat" Ariana said and turn to hold Brittany hand so they can leave but only for her to get a glimpse of him, a glimpse of the person she've been longing to see but what she doesn't understand was why he was smiling at her. Did he just as smile at me??? Yes he did Oh my goodness, he's actually smiling at me Wait!!! But why his he smiling at me?? Whatever, but his smile is pretty Ariana kept talking to herself inwardly,she was excited that she saw her childhood crush and he was smiling at her. Like seriously,who wouldn't be happy to see her crush smiling at her??? "Brittany, let's go" Ariana said moving her gaze away from him "Babe you were so good, you dealt with them accurately and didn't give me any chance to help" Brittany hailed Ariana,on their way to the class room "She can mess with me all she wants but she shouldn't mess with Mom or anything else connected to her" Ariana answer "She's just an idiot, forget her She isn't worth our time" Brittany said and Ariana nodded. Lectures went well , Celine and her friends weren't in class, they might have gone home cause they couldn't face the embarrassment.

" Who can explain photosynthesis??? The teacher asked and the class was now dead silent that even the sound of a needle falling could be heard. "Seriously??? None of you know what photosynthesis means??? The teacher asked again "Sir" a familiar voice called raising her hand up "You want to explain??? The teacher asked "Yes sir" the familiar voice replied "Okay then, let's hear you" the teacher replied "Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants turn carbon dioxide and water into food using energy obtained from light from the sun" Ariana explained "Wow, that was a very good explanation" the teacher praised "This girl is really intelligent,I love her definition" the teacher said again while the class clapped loudly cause they were saved by Ariana,if Ariana hadn't answered the question, the whole class will have to research about it and everybody must make a presentation about photosynthesis. "Now what is phototropism??? He asked after Ariana sat down. The class went silent again, seems nobody knows the answer. The students were beginning to panic, they don't want any presentation, the just wanted the teacher to leave the class and never return. Just when everyone lost hope, "Sir" the girl beside Ariana raised her hand up to answer "Okay, tell us what you know" the teacher said gesturing Brittany to speak "It is the action of a plant turning towards or away from light" she answered "Wow, I love your answer too "WOW I'm impressed" the teacher said…….. Finally, the class was over and everyone went out for their breakfast. "Brittany you're really improving " Ariana said to Brittany while arranging her stuffs into her bag pack "Sure,all thanks to you" Brittany said smiling "The lesson we normally have during our leisure time is really helping" Ariana said "Yes,and I'm glad you put me through and I'm learning from you" Brittany said cheerful "Silly girl" Ariana said chuckling "I was so happy when the whole class cheered me,I felt special" Brittany confessed "So you have to study hard to win more applause'' Ariana encouraged "Sure, i will, common, let's go eat breakfast" Brittany said and dragged Ariana out of the class to the cafeteria.