Chapter 40 - XXXIX (2/2)
Which translates to ”please don't leave me with them and help me with Jake please” basically.
She even catches how the asshat was looking at her with an inscrutable expression which he seems to be having a lot these days.
Is he practicing for another upcoming play or something?
”Laia, come with us! It will be fun, we swear!” Shane insists with a pout as well.
What's with all the pouting, honestly?
Jake tried to make them stop. ”Hey, let's not force Laia.”
”Don't be a scaredy-cat, Lopez. A little bit of skipping classes won't drag your grades down to the bottom quickly,” The asshat says. ”Or are you too scared to take risks for once in your life?”
Fucking asshole. He just knew how to hit her buttons every time!
Brie looked at her with a renewed passion. ”Would you really let him speak to you that way, Laia?”
Laia mentally scoffed. Sometimes Brie can be very obvious when it came to pursuing her own agendas and in the process showed her attitude on where sometimes she really cared for no one but herself.
But that's a topic for another time.
”I don't pay attention to things that I deem irrelevant,” Laia replies. She stands up from her seat. ”I'll be going now.”
Brie pouts openly but says nothing else. The rest bid their goodbyes to Laia, albeit obviously disappointed at how the girl turned them down.
Only the asshat seemed to be happy at her decision.
Maybe he didn't want her to come but Laia doesn't care. It's not like she wanted to come with them, either.
She'd rather listen to her teacher!
Not.
Laia regretted every second she spent in her Mathematics class.
Continuous thoughts of her friends (except the asshat) having fun and enjoying in the arcade ran through her mind which only made her suffer more.
”Ms. Lopez, can you answer number three on the board, please,”
Laia ran her fingers through her already unkempt hair and made her way to the board without even stopping to evaluate the problem her teacher wrote on the board.
Not that she's bragging or anything but there really was no need to evaluate it as she had already studied about their current topic a few weeks back and even created her own problems to solve later.
The girl reached for the marker from her teacher and quickly answered the problem on the board. She double-checked her answer and returned to her seat.
As her teacher turned her back towards the class for she checked her answer, Laia took the opportunity to peek at her phone to see if Brie sent her a message.
Just as she expected, her friend did indeed send her a message.
More like messages, as Brie sent her a total of ten messages in just fifteen minutes of Laia not checking her phone.
[Brie: Laia he's flirting with Shane]
[Brie: Laia he's holding Vivi's hand]
[Brie: his hand's now on her waist]
[Brie: why'd i even come, what did i even expect]
[Brie: he's smiling the way he smiled to me before :(((]
[Brie: at least sammy's accompanying me. i guess he's the only one who's currently keeping me sane]
[Brie: i wish u came with me :((]
[Brie: we're still here, i just want to go home]
[Brie: i shouldn't have skipped. maybe we could've had more fun dissing our awful math teacher who doesn't even know how to spell trigonometry]
[Brie: i want to go home..]
Laia tried her best to look as subtle as possible as she quickly sent her friend a reply.
[Laia: I told you. This is why you should listen to me.]
It might seem harsh, but Laia knew that Brie already knew by now that Laia was never the person to shy away from being blunt, especially when someone particularly needs a wake-up call.
A very much needed one, mind you.
Brie doesn't reply.
Laia sighs and tried her best to stay awake until the end of her class.
She can only hope she won't fall asleep.
She didn't drink coffee today after all because she thought that the asshat wouldn't take her grilled cheese craving seriously and would have her pay for the grilled cheese which probably cost more than what Laia is thinking.
Laia rolls her eyes.
Everything bad really does happen because of the asshat for some reason.