Chapter 18

Pat

“Fine, yes!” I bark out, my eyes wide, arms spread out around me.

Eduardo grins at me, his cute features staring down at me in the cramped hallway as I feel eyes stab me. 

For the past three months, I’ve been feeling him trying to get to me but was unable to do it right. It all started after the day at the cafeteria during the break.

Since then, I’ve been finding Eduardo really annoying in what he seems to see as endearing.

I could be walking down the halls, hear a bang, and look up to find Eduardo holding a student by the neck to the wall, his face inches from the person’s, with his eyes craning to catch mine.

Once, he went as far as beating a boy up. I was walking down the hallway, just returning from history class, when this boy called him out. Eduardo hates many things, I’ve come to realize, but being shouted at or someone saying he is less than who he behaves as turns him into a monster you don’t want to meet.

As soon as this boy sa