BETTER THAN ROMEO - CHAPTER 5&6
“n_gg@ what the f-__-k!” Rico gasped and didn’t have enough time to process what Jake had done when Jake threw a punch at him.
“Bastards like you is why condom was invented motherf_cker” He grabbed Rico’s collar and threw another punch.
People attention turned to them real quick.
“Jake what are you doing?” Julia asked but then Rico has sent Jake a punch too and they began fighting.
“You guys stop!” Julia shouted, some students where cheering for the fight to go on.
“Rico!” Julia tried grabbing him but he gave her a hard push and she fell on the floor which didn’t bother him.
“Is that how to handle a woman you bastard” Jake grabbed Rico’s collar. Their breathing was ragged and their face has blood on it.
Rico moved closer to Jake, close enough for their foreheads to touch as he flashed a playful yet dangerous smirk.
“You don’t know who you’re messing with new kid” He snapped a warning.
“And I’m not afraid of you” Jake gave him a daring look.
Rico chuckled dangerously and moved closer again, not only their forehead but they could both feel their angry breath.
“I could destroy you whenever I want so be careful with me and never cross my path if you appreciate your reputation in GGC” There was no friendly look on Rico’s face, just a dangerous smirk.
“Rico, cut it out! Let him go” A guy called from the crowds, he looked like Rico but the less tattoos on his body was what differentiate them.
“Rico!” Bryan called again but Rico wasn’t ready to listen which made Bryan sighed tiredly.
“POLICE IS HERE!” Someone suddenly screamed and people began running.
“$h|t!” Rico pushed Jake away from him and took his heels too.
The place was a madhouse, people running here and there and the police siren getting loud and louder. Julia wasn’t given any opportunity to move as she was being pushed by students to the floor.
Jake shook his head as he came to her rescue, he stretched his hands towards her but she didn’t accept.
She gave him a spiteful look as she sneered. “I don’t need your help”
“You don’t have a choice” Jake replied and reached for her, he pulled her up and they both ran out of the compound.
The police sirens was finally far from their ears. Julia and Jake where standing at a corner, trying to catch their breath from all the running earlier. Jake had long calm down but Julia haven’t, she slowly looked at him, his sweety face still had blood on it, it made him look even more segzy.
“Are… You okay?” Julia slowly asked, studying his face for any expression.
Jake didn’t reply, he only shot his eyes as she leaned back on the wall, his chest rising and falling slowly.
“Your face is still bleeding, I know a hospital that’s not too far from here I can accompany you there and don’t worry it’s on me” She said again but he once again ignored her.
Julia was trying to get her $h|t together. Who the hell does this guy thinks he is?
“Jake look at me, I’m talking to you!” Her tone was a bit harsh this time and Jake looked at her, his eyes gazing her blankly like he did not have any interest of what else she is about to say.
“I’m worried about you Jake, let’s go to the hospital” She said gently, her eyes soften as she stared at him with concern.
“I don’t need you to worry about me” He replied with his usual flat tone.
“Then why did you do this? Why did you save me?” Julia’s eyes were starting to get teary without her permission. This guy was just so.. she don’t even know how to put it but he was something, the only guy that ever drive her nuts and gets on her nerves.
“I didn’t sace you, I was raised to reach douches bags a lesson so it’s not that deep” He rolled his eyes and Julia shook her head, unbelievable to believe him.
“Are you always this heartless? I don’t know who pissed you off before coming here but try not to let it out on me!” She gritted her teeth as she warned him.
Jake chuckled a little, one could tell it’s a sarcastic one.
“Were you raised cheap? You have everything, you’re f_cking rich so why must you act like a slut all the time?” He finally looked at her, his eyes burning with disgust.
“Excuse me?” Julia looked thunderstruck with what she just heard from him.
“You just broke up with Kelvin didn’t you? Now so soon you already have another guy’s tongue down your throat and hands under your skirt. Don’t you feel ashamed as a girl? You disgust me” Jake eyed her head to toes.
“A lot” He added.
A sounding slap was the next thing he received from her; Julia was flaming in anger.
“When you got into a fight with Rico earlier, I thought it was because of me, I thought you were not as bad as you look but I was wrong. Go f_ck yourself Jake!” She gave him a spiteful look before storming out.
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BRYAN’S APARTMENT**
Rico kicked the chair before him in anger.
“I was this close” He belittled his fingers. “This close to having Julia and finally feeling what that p@zzy taste like if that stupid new kid didn’t interfere!” He kicked another chair again.
“Calm down Rico, I did a little background check on him, he’s not that powerful, his parents are separated and he lives with his mother” Bryan replied, not taking his eyes from his laptop.
They are twins but separate personalities because while Rico is into sports , Bryan is into science.
Rico is every girl’s dream, a handsome sporty puck guy while Bryan is like simply a cool kid who has all the time in the world to study other than have fun. He do give off nerdy vibes but his looks says otherwise which is guy girls can’t help but gawk at him but unfortunately he takes his life too serious to give them his attention.
“I want to get him back!” Rico gruffed.
“Well I found something interesting about his mother” Bryan said, reading through Martha’s article.
“What?” Rico came to stand beside him.
“Her medical history says she has attachment anxiety” Bryan replied, more like talking to himself.
Rico stared at it but he was still confused. He don’t want to ask Bryan what it means because of the looks Bryan would give him but he didn’t have a choice, he had to get back at Jake.
“What does attachment anxiety means?” He asked and what he had expect, Bryan shot his eyes for some seconds before opening them and releasing a short sigh.
“Attachment anxiety, meaning she needs to be attached to someone, usually an opposite gender everytime, she needs a man Ric or it could be a friend or anyone, as long as she’s not feeling lonely” Bryan explained and clicked an article in his laptop.
“I’m seeing her martial history, looks like she’s been married and divorced five times with five different partners” Bryan smirked. “She’s interesting”
“Sheesh” Rico shook his head. “But how will this information help me get back at Jake?” Rico then asked.
“I don’t know, I’m too busy to plan bullshìt with you. You asked for a background check and I helped you so can I go to bed now?” Bryan gave Rico a tired look.
“Fine you lazy @zz brother, twins always have their backs, I don’t know where you came from” Rico scoffed and went to sit as Bryan stood up.
“Don’t forget to drop my key in locker tomorrow, this room isn’t open for you after tonight” Bryan gave him an understanding look before climbing his bed.
“Wh@??ver” Rico scoffed and clicked on Martha’s picture to stare at her face.
“Martha Connor” He repeated her name from her bio data and smiled. “You brought this to yourself Jake”
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GGC= JULIA AND AIME’S ROOM***
“Julia you’re back!” Aime jumped happily from her bed. “I was so worried sick about you, where you you been?” She asked but Julia stormed to the bathroom and slammed the door.
“Julia!” Aime followed her, she knock the door. “Why did you lock yourself in? What happened? Are you okay?”
“I just want to be alone Aime!” Julia shouted from the bathroom.
“Fine then I’ll just sit on the floor till you’re ready to talk to me” Aime sat on the floor.
The bathroom door opened and Julia stepped out. She looked at Aime who was sitting on the floor and sat beside her.
“Aime do you think I’m a sl*t? Am I cheap?” Julia asked softly.
“What? Did someone say that to you?” Aime gasped with her mouth opened.
“It doesn’t matter, I mean I date too much anyways, I’m probably the cheapest girl any guy has ever seen” Julia muttered.
“No! There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be loved, we are humans with feelings, we want to be loved and spoiled so don’t ever sl!t shame yourself for dating guys!” Aime pointed at her, giving her a warning look.
“Thank you Aime” Julia smiled but Jake’s word won’t stop ringing in her head. She normally don’t care of what people have to say about her and her dating life but hearing Jake’s criticism hits different.
“Let’s sleep it’s getting late and you stink of alcohol, you should shower” Aime stood up from the ground.
“Yeah” Julia stood up too.
“Oh and did you see what happened today, school puck Rico and the new kid Jake where fighting because of you” Aime smiled as she recalled earlier.
“Jake is so sweet, he’s the best Romeo you can ever find I mean he noticed you feeling uncomfortable with Rico and he came to your rescue. Why need a boyfriend when there’s Jake” Aime gushed.
“Julia and Jake equals Jalia or Juke” Aime gushed again.
“Trust me Aime, it doesn’t mean anything” Julia gave Aime a helpless smile before going back to the bathroom.
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NEXT MORNING ~ FINE ART DEPARTMENT••
“Jake” Amanda came to sit beside Jake. “You got into a fight with Rico at the party yesterday, your face were gathered in blood but I didn’t have the time to check on you because of the police and all” She explained to him.
“We don’t owe each other anything Amanda, you don’t have to explain yourself to me” Jake replied to her.
“I know, it’s all Julia’s fault” Amanda rolled her eyes and at that moment, the door opened and Julia stepped in, Jake couldn’t help but stare at her as he remembered last night.
Was he too harsh?
“It’s like the devil always have the perfect timing for everything” Amanda scoffed and rolled her eyes as she watched Julia walked to her sit.
Jake took his eyes off Julia.
“Right Jake” Amanda held Jake’s hands, her eyes filled with concern. “I want to warn you about Rico, you should stay away from him because he’s pretty dangerous, trust me”
“I’ve told you not to bother about me” Jake mumbled and he took her hands from him.
“And I will also love to sit alone if you don’t mind” He added.
Amanda looked like she had more things to say but she licked her lips before standing up. She took few steps forward then stopped to give Julia a hard stare before going to her sit.
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT; LABORATORY••
“As we’ve learned, when two particles become entangled, their properties become correlated, regardless of the distance between them. This means….”
The door opened, interrupting Professor Micheal. Turning to the door, he met Aime and rolled his eyes like he wasn’t surprised she could be attending his class after thirty minutes has passed.
“Care finding another excuse on telling me why you’re late this time?” Professor Micheal looked at her. “And where’s your lab coat?” He asked.
“A dog ate it” Aime forced the reply out of her mouth and the students present laughed expect from Bryan who was frowning at the back sit, he really h@?? it when his study is being interrupted.
“A dog? Pet aren’t even allowed in school” Professor Micheal gave her a knowing look.
“Well then a… I..”
“Don’t worry about it, have a sit” Professor Micheal waved at her to go sit.
Aime gave him a thankful smile before rushing to her sit. She opened her bag only to realize she forgot to bring her book.
“d@mn!” She lets out a silent curse.
“You know medical courses are for serious people and everytime I wonder why a girl like you wants to become a doctor when I don’t see any potentials”
Aime paused and blinked her eyes thrice, how can she ever forget her sit mate is a nagging, annoying serious science freak.
“Last time I remembered, you said not to talk to you because we are nothing but sit mates so why are you talking to me?” She gave him a side eye glance.
Bryan shook his head. “My bad, sorry”
“My bad” Aime mimicked him and rolled her eyes.
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GGC CAFETERIA**
“What? My dad isn’t going to be around for a week?” Julia was on a phone call as she stepped out of the cafeteria with her packed lunch while on her way to the girl’s hostel.
“I’m not even surprised, I mean they never tell me anything” She scoffed and was about entering the girls hostel when Amanda blocked her path.
“I’ll call you later Nanny” She cut the call and gave Amanda her attention.
“Jake” Amanda said.
“What about him?” Julia pursed her lips, looking confused.
“I like him and I want you to stay away from him” Amanda then added as she gave her dirty looks. “Not like you can pull him off anyways”
“What do you mean by that?” Julia frowned.
“I mean Jake doesn’t like you no matter how hard you try, you tried using Rico to get to him but it didn’t work out so face it Julia, you might have been enough for other guys but not for Jake” Amanda smirked.
“I don’t need to be enough for anyone Amanda” Julia spoke with one of her brows raised, it always happens when someone is getting on her nerves.
Julia’s lips then curled into a mocking smile. “Or maybe you’re just so insecure and thr_@tened by me. I have natural charms that’s what guys sees in me, it’s something you can never get that’s why you chase after my left overs”
Amanda felt attacked with what Julia said but she would never let it show.
“Then what’s stopping your charm from bringing Jake to your side?” Amanda asked with her usual smirk.
“Probably because I don’t want him” Julia shrugged.
“Or maybe you’re just afraid, face it Julia, Jake doesn’t find you attractive for the first time Julia, a guy don’t like you” Amanda laughed out.
Julia remembered last night, the mean things Jake said to her while feeling so unbothered but she shook it off.
“Or maybe he’s pretending” She said, more like talking to herself.
“Then let’s do this, make Jake fall for you before this semester ends and I’ll give you a public apology for everything I’ve ever been mean to you, I’d also transfer from this school and you’d never see me again and if you lose, you’d leave and I’d never see you again” Amanda said with a smirk.
Julia smiled and moved closer to Amanda.
“It’s not that deep for anyone to leave but consider it done but don’t come crying for forgiveness when you lose” She said to Amanda’s face before turning around and entering the hostel.
Amanda waited till Julia was out of sight before smiling. Her inner self knew Julia might pull Jake but she won’t let it happen and even if does, she can end it because she has the leverage in her hands.
She stared at the recording concerning her conversation with Julia. “Don’t also come crying if you both fall for eachother and I tell him it’s a bet” She muttered with an evil smile.
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