"Seeing right through me

Is so sweet yet so scary

So i guess I'm a coward backing into a corner begging you to please not look at me"

Amal POV

"Hey i'm Zachary perez, my friends call me Zach so I guess you can too" a familiar voice says making me jump in fright and look up, only to see the one and only Zach resting his head on top of his hands which were on top of the table, peaking up at me with a smile making me frown in confusion as i wondered what his plan was this time?

"Um hi?" i say but it sounds more like a question than a statement.

"Your name?" he asks with a ...is that a polite real smile?, since when does he give me those instead of that stupid smirk?

"What?" i started to say but i purse there I can't ask him about why?,he was not smirking!,how weird would that be?, next thing you know rumours would be every where not only is she a terrorist but she is also a weird creep yassss!

"You didn't say your name after you said hi?" he states making my frown deepen as i stared at him trying to figure out what game he was playing at and only God knows for how long I was staring at him.

"You look weird staring at him like that" that voice in my head screams at me snapping me out of my trance.

"Amal Abnan" i muttered not really enjoying the fact that I was answering another possible enemy.

"Well that's different" he mutters making me stare at me confused, is that was a compliment or an insult in disguise?

"Hm" i decide to say in reply because who cares I won't mind if it was an insult anyway I get them on a daily.

"But I like it" he says with a grin i look at him one more time what is this guy high on...crack?

"Oh-Okay" i say before opening my lunch bag taking out a familiar long wrapped food.

"Take it and leave" I state making him blink in disbelief.

"Have anyone ever told you that you are rude? "he replies not missing a beat.

"Well did you expect me to act nice sorry, am not a good actor unlike You are" I shoot back at him I can't seat or lay on my back and take his offensive words.

"What do you mean by acting?, i have always been nice not acting!" he states as if trying to prove it to me why is he even trying too hard?

"Then where were you on that day?" i mutter to myself. I mean if he was so nice then why didn't he stop them that day?, why didn't he help me that day?

"Which day?" a confused Zach asks making me roll my eyes

"Never mind!,just take it and leave, you don't have to talk to me If you don't want to" I state seriously making him...God he looks pissed but why?

"What do you mean?,I want to talk to you that is why am here but you know what forget it!" Zach states standing up angrily but then he spun around making me raise a brow as he leaned back down towards me.

"Look I don't know what made you change, I don't know what hurt you so much, i don't know what made you So cold, I don't know who hurt you, I don't know what taught how to abandon the world before it can abandon you, I don't know what hurt you so much that you now have trust issues, I don't know why you are trying so hard to impress people that their opinions shouldn't matter to you, but I certainly do know one thing,that you were not like this back in middle school and even freshman year" He States surprisingly keeping his voice low which made me feel some type of way and his words, they were like bullets because he saw it, he had seen through the mask, my mask!,MINE and it felts like I'm naked and I don't like that feeling at all also, i surprisingly felt guilty as I stared after his form walking away I looked down at my lunch bag.

"It's Looks like it's just me and you now xeeva" I mutter to myself but that feeling didn't disappear even after I had finished consuming my shawarma my sister made for me, i let out a groan as I think of my sister speech about being nice, guess her speech has gotten to me,and yes that's a bad thing!

I got up throwing the empty lunch bag into the trash bin before making my way out of the cafe, looking down the empty hallway seeing no one in sight so I did the only thing I could, I ran and ran taking the first turn leading towards the exit and there he was walking towards the exit.

"Hey where you going?" I yell through my panting,I really need to start going to a gym.

I watched as he halts his footsteps, before turning around he looked taken back as he eyes landed on me, not that i blame him,i'm not that nice well... not anymore i couldn't find it in myself to look at his face,I felt ashamed so i looked down at my hands.

"Home obviously" he states his voice so cold it hurt

"You can't just leave the school premises that's... illegal" I say trying to sound as if his words didn't affect me but illegal really?

"Oh please I don't want to receive any lecture, and even if I wanted to, it wouldn't be from you" He states again, owww this boy just keeps on releasing those bullets like fire.

"What is your problem?" i scream in anger!,why was he so mad at me?

"My problem?, you are my problem" he yells back

"Excuse me?" I ask in disbelief

"You have been excused" he says making my mouth fall open okay so I thought I was rude but this boy he was on fire.

"How in the freaking fudgeball am I your problem? "i yell in reply

"Because you are trying to hard" he says shaking his head

"Trying to hard what are you even saying?" I ask in confusion

"It turns out she wanted to be liked so bad that right now she is behaving just like the rest" he says why is he speaking in riddles I hate those!

"who is she? and what does she have to with this argument? "I state as I just realised that we were arguing in the middle of the empty hallway.

"You call this an argument meanwhile I see this as you trying to apologize" he states making my shoulders to drop that is true, how can he see through me?

"Maybe I was trying to" I say softly pushing my hair behind my ear wanting him to stop looking through me like I was a piece of broken glass.

"Go ahead" he states

"What?" I asked obviously confused

"Go ahead and apologise, am waiting" He says with a smug smile making me purse my lips the annoying Zach is back, am not wasting my words on him.

"What no!" I reply

"You see what am talking about?" he states the smile fading away

"Actually no,not at all" I say being the smart ass I am

"The Amal I knew was strong and brave also very hopeful and not the coward you are acting like right now, she wasn't afraid to be herself but like I had said earlier on, turns out she wanted to be like the rest so bad that right now she is behaving just like the rest" he says to me making my mouth fell open in shock in disbelief too, like who is this guy?

"Wait you knew me before?"i asks he just sent her a disappointed look in reply

"Really?,that's all you actually picked up from what I had said?,wow just wow!, aren't you the smartest?" he say sarcastically making me flinch but he didn't see as he had already turned away, I watched as he started to walk away.

WELL i deserved that one but still, I opened my mouth to call out to his name but the then the bell started to ring signaling that lunch period was over making students flood the hallway. It was time for class so he didn't hear me calling out his name as he walked out the door while i got pushed around by everyone, I stumbled and my back hit one of the lockers, i leaned on it with one question on my mind. who is this guy and how does he see through me?

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