Chapter 1 Anna's pov

I walked into school with the chilly wind blowing against my cheeks, you know the feeling when you feel that something big is going to happen but you don't know what ?

Yep that's exactly how I'm feeling right now

"Anna Anna!" I heard a voice that could only belong to one person call, it was sasha, my best friend in Winny bridge high, she rush towards me in a flurry, I wonder what is up in that head of hers now

"Hey what's up" I greeted with a smile

Which she returned sticking out her tongue

"Have you heard the lastest?" She hushed glancing around

I smiled , dis was so much like sasha, if anything was happening, she was surely among the first persons in school to know about it

I wonder how she does it

"What now?" I asked rolling my eyes at the way she leaned towards me

"You won't believe it"

Okay now I was getting impatient, what could it possibly be?

" Come on sash just spit it out"

"I heard he's transferring back today" she replied

"Who?" I asked furrowing my brows in confusion

She looked at me and mentioned the one name that was able to insert fear deep inside me

MARK ANDREW

What did you say?" I asked feeling the blood rushing away from my face and my heart speed up furiously

"Yeah I heard he's back" she replied giving me a sympathetic gaze

"Didn't he transfer to another town? Why is he back now?" I asked totally freeking out

Wait

If he was back, that means that he might be in school today

Oh no!

Ever since I could remember, Mark has made my life a living hell, worse was that I couldn't remember how I've ever offended him

He became harsher that it even got a little physical

He isn't like that to anybody else

I think it's just me

When he'd transferred to another town two years ago due to his family's business, I had been so relieved and happy, I had even begun to enjoy my simple life

Now he's back!

This was my final year of high school, why did he return now?

Relax, I told myself in a deep breath

Its been two years and times have changed, he might not even remember me

"It will be fine," sasha said placing a reassuring hand on my shoulder to which I just nodded

As we got inside, we separated into our various classes

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I walked inside the class slowly, the sound of chartering was the first thing I noticed, a certain area of the class was filled with students laughing and discussing, i proceeded to sit down when I saw him

He sat down like a king and the rest of the students were his subject

My heart gave a loud thud and I suckled in a breath sharply

He suddenly looked up from the crowd of students surrounding him, his eyes widened a fraction in surprise then it was gone

It was replaced with a smirk that I Know all too well

He always had that trademark smirk on his face before he does something bad

"Are you gonna sit down or what?" a voice said, it was lilian another friend of mine who was in front of me who spoke giving me a curious stare

When did she even arrive?

I broke the contact I had with Mark and sat down like I was in a chair of nails

"Are you alright?" Lilian asked looking concerned

No! I could never be alright with Mark just a few meters away from me

I nodded anyway giving her a reassuring smile

*****

All through out class I could feel a stare burning right into the back of my head, I didn't need to look to know who it was, I just wanted the teacher to get out of the class so I leave, knowing that I'm even understanding a thing she was talking about

Immediately the bell rung signifying the end of class, I packed my stuff and rushed out ignoring Lilian who was calling out to me

But wait

Why was I even scared ? What did I do wrong?

But it's not the first time I was asking myself something like this, I didn't need to do anything wrong before Mark hurts me, finally I escaped the class and him

As I rested my head against my locker taking a deep breath, a hand suddenly slammed loudly just above my head causing me to jerk back with a yep

It was the one person i had been trying to avoid

It was Mark Andrew

"Hello bunny, did you miss me?" He said with his signature smirk

Oh God!

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