Promise You Paradise

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that we landed here, but it was still irritatingly boring, but totally worth the rush of beating that a-hole. I let my messenger bag drop at the side of the desk I chose and slumped down into the chair throwing my legs up on the desk. The teacher in question wasn’t paying much attention to the other students who followed me in here. Detention, first day of school, wonderful. I wonder if Hailey was going to wait for me, I told her not to, but she might as well choose to do that. When the door opened again, I knew exactly who walked in and I had to look up, just to see what his face looked like after my lovely gift. I have a little bit of a temper, but it’s not a big deal, seriously. His face was gorgeous, you could see that blue coloration appear underneath his right eye, and I split his lip, it was nice and swollen. Ah, my handy work, maybe I shouldn’t be appreciating my doing, but hey he deserved it.

I looked away just as his eyes started scanning the room, there was a nice spot in the corner on the far side of the classroom and it had his name written all over it, but I guess the fucker can’t read, because not even a few seconds later I heard a heavy bag drop on the desk next to mine and then his legs came into view as he sat down. I looked him straight in the eye, smirked and focused my vision to the front of the class. The teacher was leaned back in his chair reading the newspaper. Well, I was going to enjoy this, at my old school you had to sit in detention for an hours repeatedly writing a sentence assigned to you, here, apparently, all you had to do was sit and wait.

I heard a throat clear next to me, rolling my eyes I said: “What? Need another knuckle sandwich?”

“No, but I’d lower those legs if I were you.” He nodded towards the teacher. “Don’t let that lean back position fool you, once the newspaper lands on the desk, you’d wanna be lookin’ like a mother fucking honor student.”

“Aww thanks, did my fists jump-start the gentlemen hidden beneath all the shit?” I smile at him, while kicking my legs off the desk and sliding them under the desk. I pulled my bag on top of the desk and took out a book my sister insists that I have to read and opened it. Before I could read the first sentence, I heard the chair next to me move a little and then a big hand yanked the book out of my hand.

I turn around ready to pounce him, but stop myself, I’m already in here, I don’t need another added date, Hailey wouldn’t like that. “Give that back” I hiss, swinging my arm towards him in an attempt to get a hold of the book.

“A reader?” he said, keeping the book out of my reach as he went through the pages.

“It’s my sisters and if you break it, so help me god I will rip your tiny balls off.”

“You’re a real feisty one, ain’t ya” he smiled, revealing dimples, and dropping the book back on my desk. “I’ma let that using me as a punching bag shit slide, but don’t ever think I’ll let that happen again.” He flexed his muscles, ugh such a typical guy thing.

“You deserved it, you’re an obnoxious ass and you made my sister uncomfortable.”

“What? I just asked a question!” He gave an ‘I’m totally innocent’ smile and let his eyelashes flutter a bit.

“Ugh, grow up!” I reopened my book, leaned back and began to read. He was as obnoxious as when he walked through the cafeteria door, and oh look, his buddies were about to join him. I knew immediately it was them, because the loudness echoed all the way inside the detention hall. Great, if he was sitting here, they’re were going to join him.

When the door was slammed open and a tall one walked in, dimples next to me leaned in, “follow our lead if you don’t want to stay here till five.”

“Five?” I cursed. “This shit is till five?”

“Yup, so… do whatever.”

I looked up at the tall one who was speaking to the teacher in a hushed tone, his face carried a very serious expression and his lips were moving fast. I had to wonder what kind of lie he was scrambling through and hell, by the look on the teach’s face, he was buying it. “When he looks your way, nod if you’re in” I heard dimples say, and just then blue eyes flashed towards me and I felt my head nod, well what did you expect, I was so not gonna sit here till five, especially because Hailey might be waiting outside for me. “The name’s Bailey by the way.” I was going with him right, I punched the fucker and he was getting me out of detention, name sharing was in order.

“The name’s Matt,” he nodded. “And out we go, before he figures it out.” He grabbed his bag and I followed him out of the classroom dragging mine along.

Notes

_Artemis Love
(Stephany)