Title: Anyone But You
Summary: Each and every day he goes especially out of his way to make her life hell. Little does he know the girl he mocks during the day is the very same girl he can't stop chatting with at night.
This is a Purpleangel (Rosie) and St. Elmo-lover (Briana) collaboration; we hope you enjoy!
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What a waste of time, thought the blond boy as he let out a loud sigh causing his friend to look over to him. Tyler looked at the blonds' notebook only to find it covered in drawings, mostly of the professor hanging by a tree.
"You know there's a reason why you're failing this class," whispered the boy grinning slightly at the fact that his best friend could be so careless.
Reid shrugged his shoulders while brushing a hand through his blond locks, "Whatever baby boy, you should go back to your notes. Wouldn't want to miss anything," he mocked.
The boy simply shook his head and continued writing away in his notebook as the professor went on explaining World War I. Reid was never one for taking notes himself. Why should he when his best friend could? Besides taking notes would surely ruin the 'bad boy' image the girls in Spencer seemed to have imprinted on him. Not that this 'image' was a bad thing, far from it.
Looking over his shoulder he caught the eye of a pretty brunette who had been obviously staring at him. Smirking, he threw a wink her way causing the girl to immediately blush a bright red. Oh yeah being Spencer's bad boy has its advantages, he thought amused at the way the girl tried to hide her current embarrassment
His eyes drifted over to the metal clock on the far right wall, 2:44, damn still more than a half an hour left. Just as he was about to continue his aimless doodling the door to the classroom flew open.
Finally some entertainment, he thought as he looked at the raven-haired girl who was standing at the door apparently breathless judging from the way her chest rose. A blush was spread across her face as she mumbled an apology and walked over to her assigned seat. Reid's blue eyes followed the girl as she took her seat in the row right below where he was.
Reid knew the girl to be named Andrea something or other, a.k.a. his daily source of amusement. The girl was an obvious bore, ever since he first met her freshmen year she wore the same thick-framed glasses and braided ponytail. Mousey, that was the word to describe her perfectly he thought.
She could feel the eyes of a certain blond burning a hole through the back of her head. Turning around her hazel eyes met his icy blue ones. Rolling her eyes at him she turned back around and took out her notebook. I don't understand why he always wants to tease me, she thought as she began taking the lecture notes.
Feeling a paper ball hit the back of her head she let out a low groan, god how I hate him. Ever since freshmen year he had gone out of his way to make her life hell. But the reason why was beyond her comprehension. Well the only logical reason would be because every time she got within two feet of the guy she managed to make a complete fool out of herself. In other words she guessed she was an easy target for his jokes.
Another two paper balls hit the back of her head. Pounding her hands on the desk, the girl turned around to look at the blond who sat back with an 'I'm innocent' look on his face. White hot anger shot through her veins as she glared at him but it seemed to go unnoticed by the blond. Narrowing her eyes at the boy she took the paper ball and hit him square in the face. Unfortunately for her the teacher had managed to see her little exchange.
"Ms. Mendel you have morning detention for the next two days."
Turning back around to face the head of the class Andrea immediately opened her mouth to protest, "But I…"
"I don't want to hear your excuses," the teacher once again scolded as he returned to lecture completely ignoring the look of dismay on the girls face.
The snickers of her classmates could be faintly heard in the background and she could have died on the spot from the embarrassment. Damn you Garwin, she thought as she pounded her fist on her desk once again. Well at least there is only thirty minutes left in class, nothing else could possibly… A paper ball hitting the back of her head once again interrupted her thoughts. I hate Mondays, she mentally whined as she let her head fall on the desk. She heard the chuckles coming from the boy behind her, but I still hate him more.
For the reminder of the class time went by without much of a hitch, much to the relief of Andrea. At the sound of the school bell, everyone in the class stood up to gather their things. Time to take a quick nap, she thought happily as she headed towards the door. Consumed in her own thoughts, Andrea didn't notice the classroom door closing and ended up walking straight into it.
Falling to the floor, Andrea closed her eyes and she clutched onto her nose. Seering pain took over her thoughts for a few seconds before she shook her head. "Damn it," the girl cursed as she opened her eyes. Her books were scattered all over the floor and her nose hurt like hell. Looking up she pulled herself up from the floor, still holding her throbbing nose. The door suddenly opened and on the other side it revealed a laughing Reid.
"Didn't see you there, my bad," he said as he gave the injured girl a smirk. Without another word he left, leaving Andrea absolutely speechless.
Mumbling a few curses, Andrea bent down to pick up her books, but was surprised to find a helping hand. Looking up she recognized the boy to be one of Reid's friends, Tyler she thought was his name. The boy picked up all her books and handed them to her without so much as saying a word. After picking up all her books, she whispered a quick "thanks", expecting him to leave. She was surprised when he actually spoke to her.
"The only reason why he does that to you is because he knows he can push you around. You should stand up for yourself more often," he said, and with that he walked out as he tried to catch up with his best friend
Hazel eyes watched the boy walk out of the classroom, and once again she was speechless. A loud sigh escaped her lips; I really need a nap now, she thought as she walked out of the classroom and headed over to her dorm
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Tossing to her side, Andrea rubbed her sleepy eyes. How long have I've been asleep, she wondered. Opening her hazel eyes she looked over to the clock sitting on her nightstand. 11:56. "Damn I guess it was more than a nap," she said to herself as she got up from the bed.
What am I going to now? I'm not sleepy and it's too late to go out. Stretching her arms over her head, Andrea walked over to her dresser and grabbed her laptop. Lying back down on her bed, she opened up her laptop and went to check her email.
You have no new messages…
Like that's surprising, she thought as she stared at the blinking words on her screen. Now what? The girl frowned as she let out a sigh; she had the whole World Wide Web at her fingertips yet she couldn't think of a single thing to do.
Just as she was about to start browsing a screen suddenly popped up, it was an instant message. Looking at the screen name she couldn't recognize it as one of her friends, but being curious as she always was she decided to open it.
SUI GENERIS: appassionata? What kind of screen name is that?
Andrea frowned, she hated when people did that. But being as she was bored as she was, she decided to reply rather than ignoring the aim like she usually did. The girl rolled her eyes as she ran a hand through her hair before typing a reply.
APPASSIONATA: it means passionate in italian
SUI GENERIS: passionate huh?
SUI GENERIS: tell me; are you like a hot italian lover or something?
APPASSIONATA: picking up girls online, someone's a little pathetic
SUI GENERIS: hey you can't blame a guy for trying.
APPASSIONATA: yeah well that's true
SUI GENERIS: glad u see it my way
SUI GENERIS: what are you doing up so late anyway?
APPASSIONATA: I couldn't sleep – what about you?
SUI GENERIS: same
APPASSIONATA: how come u can't sleep
SUI GENERIS: lets just say I had a rough day
APPASSIONATA: yea same wit me, what happened?
SUI GENERIS: no not what more like who
APPASSIONATA: huh?
APPASSIONATA: wait don't answer that
SUI GENERIS: what can I say I'm popular wit the ladies
Andrea started laughing out loud in her semi-dark dorm room. This guy is something else, she thought. Obviously amused as she shook her head from the laughter. Stretching her long slim fingers she started typing in her next reply.
APPASSIONATA: if ur so popular wit the ladies then y aren't you with one right now
SUI GENERIS: yea well every guy needs a break some nights
APPASSIONATA: if you say so
SUI GENERIS: what? it's true! they practically attack me
APPASSIONATA: you're full of yourself
SUI GENERIS: well if you don't believe me, maybe I can show you some time
APPASSIONATA: yeah because I'm so stupid that I would go meet someone off the internet
APPASSIONATA: sorry there buddy, but in order to get into my pants I need to at least know who you are
SUI GENERIS: so you're saying that if you knew me... then I could...
SUI GENERIS: okay so lets start to get to know each other
APPASSIONATA: geez, you never give up do you
SUI GENERIS: no, i just keep going and going
SUI GENERIS: the girls around here sure aren't complaining about that
APPASSIONATA: lol you are something else
SUI GENERIS: so are you going to tell me you're name
APPASSIONATA: no... you need to earn my name
SUI GENERIS: really ? that isn't a problem with me
APPASSIONATA: I bet it isn't... but it will have to wait until another time...
APPASSIONATA: it's been fun sui generis, but I need to get to bed … ttyl
SUI GENERIS: see ya lover girl…
Closing the laptop, Reid laid back down on his bed with a playful smile on his face. His eyes looked over to the clock: 1:13. Reid Garwin had actually had a conversation with a girl for more than 3 minutes without it revolving around sex. Putting the laptop back on Tyler's nightstand he smirked, the girl's reply to his innuendos echoed in his mind. I'm always up for a challenge, he thought as his eyes drifted shut.
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