Chapter 2: Chemistry Shananigans

A N A Ï S

The next day I woke up with a really big headache. Which also meant I was in a extremely crappy and grumpy mood. I trudge down the carpeted stairs and into the open kitchen. Judy was already there cooking some pancakes.

"Morning Ana. Do you feel good? You look a bit off." She frowns and walks up to me and places the back of her hand on my forehead.

"I'm fine. I just woke up with a headache," I say and sit down on the high stool. My head resting in my arms.

"You look like shit," Cohen states walking into the kitchen, placing some pancakes on his plate.

Judy playfully glares at Cohen and he only lifts his hands up in surrender.

"Why thank you." I give him a sarcastic tight smile.

"Oh, and your car will be coming back today from repair," Cohen says, his mouth full with pancake.

"Oh finally," I sigh in relief.

"But I'm still dropping you and picking you up today, It's coming back in the evening,"

I groan and finished with the pancake I was having. My car had some problems with the air conditioning, and my right blinker wasn't working. So it had gone for repair.  

"Are you sure you're picking me up after school as well, Cause if you're not I'll just go with Evelyn," I ask. 

"Yes, I'm picking you up after school as well. Dante told me about the rant you gave him for being a "Jerk"" Cohen says, putting quotation marks on the word jerk.

"There's no point in putting quotation marks on the word jerk. Cause it's not a lie. He is a jerk." I roll my eyes.

"You really hate him huh?" Cohen smirks before standing up and swinging his bag over his shoulder. I wave goodbye at Judy before I follow Cohen to his car. We both got inside his car.

Once we reach school, I got out of the car and headed straight for the school building.

"Hey Amber" Dante appears out of no where. A smirk resting on his face, I just continue walking flipping him off as I walk to my locker, where Evelyn stood at, scrolling through her phone.

"I don't like you" I grumble and open my locker.

"Oh hello, I love you too" Evelyn innocently smiles

"Because of you wanting a "small break from school" I had to ride home with Dante" I roll my eyes.

"Oh yay, You're welcome. I did you a favor" Evelyn claps her hands together sarcastically.

"No you didn't you know I hate his guts" I groan and narrow my eyes at her.

"Hey, first of all this isn't my fault. I needed this break, school's just too overwhelming, Kiara and I went to the spa and then treated ourselves with some ice cream. Secondly, you wouldn't have to ride home with Dante if your car wasn't broken. So technically...this is your fault" Evelyn grins, Kiara is Evelyn's girlfriend and they've been dating for almost a year and a half now, honestly their relationship makes me feel so lonely, they're so in love, wish someone would look at me like that.

I roll my eyes playfully at her comment and just then the school bell rang, indicating class was going to start. 

I already hate this place, the headache is not making things easier for me.

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Once lunch came by, Evelyn and I took the school food out to the tree we usually sit under. I then started telling her about the horrible day I had yesterday. Evelyn was part of the very very few girls who didn't really adore Dante and Cohen for their playboy ways. Kiara joined in for a bit before she told us she had to finish her art project that she hadn't completed yet.

Evelyn and I decided that this Friday Her, Kiara and I should go out and do something fun, like bowling or go for a movie or something.

Around half an hour later the school bell rang and we both split up to go to our classes.

I was currently sitting on in the classroom. scrolling through my phone waiting for my chemistry teacher to come. He's always late for his classes, I sometimes even think he forgets he has a class to teach.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and once again, Ian was standing in front of me, a pleading look in his eyes.

I honestly feel like he wants to get back with me because of the amount of attention he used to get in school because of me. Once Ian and I broke up, the news spread like wildfire in school and I guess now that Ian doesn't get that much of the attention anymore, he's desperate.

"What now Ian?" I roll my eyes and wait for him and his excuses. Honestly I wish I could block people in real life.

"Ana, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have—" Ian starts but I finish his sentence for him.

"Cheated on you, I'm sorry Ana. Please give me another chance, I didn't mean to do that. I love you" I mimic him by talking in a deeper voice.

"I don't care Ian! what's done is done. You cheated on me, I broke up with you. I'm tired of your stupid excuses. If you really cared about me you wouldn't have cheated on me in the first place. Heck, you wouldn't have even thought about cheating on me to begin with. I don't care if sleeping with that girl was a mistake or that it didn't mean anything to you, because I know you weren't drunk Ian, You were in your right senses. And you still slept with her. You still slept with her Ian, and your lousy excuses of an apology isn't going to solve the mess you already made. I'm finally moving on from you and your cheating ass, and you trying to get back with me isn't helping. I seriously don't think we were happy together anyways. Cohen was right. You're lucky I lied to Cohen and didn't tell him the truth about why we broke up. So please just leave me the fuck alone Ian!" I burst, accidentally speaking a bit louder than I intended to, the class goes silent and I saw a few people recording the whole thing. Shit. I also realized that my eyes were watering up, imagine wasting 8 months of your life on someone only for them to cheat on you. It hurts, It really does. I may go around saying that I'm over him but a small part of me misses him. I know what he did was wrong, but I still love him with my whole heart and something inside tells me It's going to take longer than just four months for me to completely get over him.

I might have not mentioned this before, but I never really told Cohen that Ian cheated on me, I just told him we broke up because our feelings for each other just started fading. So if Cohen finds the video that people recorded about my small outburst, I know for a fact he's going to be pissed. Not only at me for lying to him but at Ian for cheating on me.

When Cohen is mad, you can't really do anything other than pray he doesn't rip someones head off or do something very stupid.

And that's on Anger  management issues.

Ian stares at me for a few seconds, I stare back at him with my blurry vision because of the tears that were pooling in my eyes. He looked shocked, and I probably looked at him in the same way. I never really meant to go off at him like that. I was just annoyed with his constant fake excuses.

Ian then slightly nods his head and then walks to sit back in his seat which was at the back but on the complete other side from where I was sitting. I also took a seat back down, not knowing when I had stood up. I quickly wipe the tears with the back of my hand and just stared at my phone, not really believing that I said that. The teacher then walks through completely unaware of what happened a few seconds back.

During the whole class I was constantly fidgeting, my anxiety was skyrocketing right now, people kept glancing at my direction, and other giving dirty looks at Ian. I was scared of what was going to happen. People didn't know that Ian cheated on me. They all thought that we just broke up because we weren't right for each other. I felt bad for Ian, the glances people gave him were dirty and rude. Oh gosh...this is all my fault.

My mind then starts running around with the thought about how Cohen would react if he saw that video, I am one hundred percent sure he saw it by now and all I could do now is wait and see what happens after school.

God.

***

The last bell for the day rang, indicating that school was over. I slowly walk down the hallway, my feet dragging against the floor. I really don't want to see Cohen right now.

People were staring and whispering in my direction, which wasn't really new since they always did that, but this time the only difference was they looked at me with pity. God, I hate this so much.

Evelyn spots me in the crowd of teenagers and speed walks over to me, Kiara following behind her, both of them looked pretty mad. I was now at my locker slowly removing things from it. I will do anything it takes to not see Cohen right now, because I'm pretty sure that Cohen knows about what happened in Chemistry class.

"Anaïs. Why didn't you tell  me this" Evelyn says, a look of pity in her brown eyes.

"Can you stop staring at me like that. And I didn't see why I had to tell you the exact reason I broke up with Ian" I shrug trying to look unbothered.

"He cheated on you Ana, I would have ripped his head off by now" Kiara grits her teeth and stares ahead, Evelyn staring in the same direction with her jaw clenched. I turn to look at who they were staring at and sure enough, they were stating at Ian. Who looked unbothered about everything going on right now. He either doesn't give two flying fucks about what's happening or he does but is trying not seem bothered about it at all.  This is all my fault, I shouldn't have had that outburst in class. Not that I did it purposely. I genuinely didn't mean to yell like that in class.

"Hey look, um, I need to go home. I'm not feeling really good right now, I think my headache from today morning is coming back," I say and close my locker door shut. Evelyn looks at me for a few seconds before she nods her head and hugs me, Kiara joining in.

"I know that you're not okay right now, but I'm not going to push you to tell me anything you don't want to yet. But you need to explain yourself later Miss" Evelyn gives me a playful pointed look to lighten the moment a bit. I crack a smile and nod my head. We all walk out the school building and that's when I saw Cohen and Dante, both of them with clenched jaw. Both of them looked extremely mad. Fuck.

Cohen starts taking long strides up to me and that's when Evelyn quickly says bye to me and scurries off with Kiara, she too looked scared. Cohen definitely looks scary when he's mad.  

"Look before you say anything, I'm sorry for lying to you okay, I didn't want you to get mad. I don't need you to give me a lecture. I've already gotten dozens of looks from people in school" I say and look up at him with a pleading look.

He still looked mad, but he stared at my face before he closes his eyes and opens then opens them once again letting out a frustrated sign.

"I just don't understand why you didn't tell me about this before Anaïs" Cohen shakes his head.

"Like I said, I thought you'll get mad at Ian. So I didn't tell you" I state.

"Look, can we just go home. I'm starting to get a big headache." I say before I start walking to the car. Dante was still leaning against Cohen's car and he was just staring at me.

"Oh, Dante's coming with us by the way" Cohen says casually.

I stop in my tracks and just stare at Cohen.

"Sorry" He says before shooting me a small grin

I roll my eyes and continue to walk to his car, as soon as I reach his car Dante opens his big, fat, annoyingly perfect yet disgusting mouth.

"Ian cheated on you and you didn't even—" Before he could continue with what he was saying I quickly open the back door of the car and cut him off.

"Shut the fuck up," I simply say and got inside the car slamming the door shut.

Cohen walks to the drivers side laughing at Dante, Dante just shakes his head before getting into the car mumbling about how I'm a brat and that I wasn't funny.

The entire ride home Dante and Cohen were talking about their own stuff while I was minding my own business listening to music with my headphones on. I didn't really realize when I fell asleep in the car. But I soon woke up with someone quietly whispering in my ear.

"Princess" Someone whispers into my ear. I groan and readjust my sleeping position to become more comfy.

Soon after I felt someone blow air harshly into my ear. I jolt up looking at whoever did it and I grit my teeth when I saw none other than Dante the dickhead.

"Get away" I shove him away from me since he was super close to my face, I got out of the car and slammed the door shut. We reached home.

"You're honestly so rude. I don't understand you" Dante shakes his head as he slings his bag over his shoulder. Cohen was already inside the house.

Usually if I ever do fall asleep in Cohen's car (which rarely happens), he usually just leaves me in there until I wake up. He doesn't bother trying to wake me up. So I was just a bit grateful that Dante woke me up. Not that I'm ever going to thank him for it. His ego is already pretty big.

I stop in my tracks when I see my shiny black car in the driveway. I run up to it and hug the hood of the car.

"Oh how I missed you" I talk to my baby as I kiss the hood.

"You're like, extremely weird" Dante mummers and walks to the ginormous front door.

"Why are you even here?" I ask him as I shut the front door close.

"Why not?" Dante shrugs

"But why?" I stare at him, his face annoys me so much. I'm pretty sure if I could I would have smacked it to Mars.

"Oh Dante! I haven't seen you in such a long time! How are you, darling" Judy appears from the kitchen and smiles when she sees Dante.

"Hi Judy! I'm doing great" Dante shows her his signature drool worthy smile that I'm pretty sure any girl or boy would faint when they see it.

Not me though, he looks like a slimy mole rat. Remember, I'm not like other girls, teehee.

Yuck.

Judy walks into the kitchen and I follow behind her. Dante heading upstairs into Cohen's room.

I groan and sit on the island counter. Judy appears with a plate of her famous brownies.

"I made these for you, you looked a bit down today morning. How are you feeling now?" Judy asks as I thank her and pick up a brownie.

"Today was honestly the worst day ever. Ian wouldn't leave me alone, so today I ended up having an outburst in class and people ended up recording it. And I also by accident mentioned that he cheated on me, so now the whole school knows that Ian cheated on me and Cohen was mad. But he's okay now. I just feel bad for Ian though, because people were looking at him with a dirty look the whole day," I explain my day to Judy. She just stays silent listening to me. Occasionally nodding her head to let me know she was listening to me. I even shed a few tears because of frustration, which Judy only wiped away with her thumbs. I'm not usually someone who shows a lot of emotions to begin with, I usually tend to bottle up my emotions, which isn't really good.

When Ian and I broke up in the beginning, the first person I told was Judy, and of course Evelyn except I told Evelyn our feelings faded. I really trusted Judy, she was the like a second mother to me, since my actual Mum is rarely in town. I had even told her about Ian cheating on me. I trusted Judy with all my secrets.

Not that I don't trust Cohen, because I trust him too. After all he is my older brother, but he sometimes let's his anger get the best of him. And knowing Cohen he'll probably get really pissed at Ian and Lord knows what he'll do when he's pissed at Ian. To top it all of, Cohen never liked Ian to start with.

"Well, What's done is done. Let's just hope that Ian doesn't bother you anymore. You deserve so much better Ana." Judy smiles at me. I hug her because right now all I wanted was to be hugged. It sometimes makes things a bit better.

"Thank you Judy. You're the best. But I'm really tired, so I'm heading to take a nap. Wake me up when dinner is ready" I smile at her one more time before I head up the stairs.

Cohen's room was right beside mine, and as I was entering my room I heard both of them yelling at the TV, both of them holding controllers in their hand.

Dante must have sensed someone staring and he looks at the door, his eyes meeting mine. He smirks and winks at me before focusing back on the game.

I roll my eyes and shake my head lightly, shutting my bedroom door behind me. Why do boys have to be so goddamn loud?

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