Entangled (Entangled Trilogy #1) Read Free Page B

Did I say that out loud?” I ask,
furrowing my eyebrows.
    “ Yes,” she smirks and I
sighed.

     
     
     
     

CHAPTER 2
    back to the beginning, hit
rewind

    School had not been very kind to
me these past two days. Although, I got to hang out with Elliot
which hadn’t persisted very long after Savvy had called
him.
    Savannah Chelsea Grey is my
brother’s classmate/girlfriend who goes to the same school as him.
She has straight, beautiful golden brown hair that falls halfway
down her back. Savvy also had a pair of stunning grayish blue eyes
that somehow darkened whenever she felt like she was in imminent
danger. She has a beautiful round face with pale skin and a few
almost invisible freckles around her high cheekbones. Savvy’s a
great friend of mine who not only “hangs out” with Elliot, but she
manages to find some time for me too.
    I authoritatively endure an
antipathy against school. My whole week sucked, a lot. I tried to
get Mr. Moore to change my partner from that freak to someone more
. . . compatible.
    Instead, Mr. Moore had just
laughed and told me that was the main reason we had unstable
partners in the first place, to accept them for who they are and
overlook their freakiness. The last person that I craved to see was
had stood by my locker, again, before my next period.
    * * * * *
    As I went up to my locker to open
it, he stepped aside and beckoned me to open it. I was surprised to
see him of all people to stand by my locker, but I masked my face
with an impassive expression. I will not give him the satisfaction
of seeing me like this. As I unlocked my locker, he just eyeballed
me from where he was standing, trying to find out something about
me.
    At last, I couldn’t take it
anymore so I just blurted, “What do you want from me?” somewhat too
harshly. He didn’t even flinch or move or anything. What was his
problem? When he didn’t answer, I rolled my eyes and turned to walk
away.
    He seized my wrist and I thought
he would turn me around to face him, but he pulled me to him, my
hands flat on his chest and his arms wrapped around my waist. As
much as I hated this position, this is the only way James can talk
to me without me having to run away and him having to catch me
every time.
    Ah, now I could see him clearly.
He had angular cheeks and a pair of full, naturally rose colored
lips. His eyes were a beautiful shade of pale baby blue while the
irises were surrounded by dark, stygian black. Last time I checked,
his eyes were not so . . . pale. I frowned at that, thinking he
might be some sort of freak. Or maybe he just wore contacts he
bought from the store Freaks-R-Us. Suites him though, he is a
freak.
    “When is your next free period?”
he whispered in a calm, voice that said “I don’t bite. I just want
to ask you a simple question.” His face was really close to mine
and I could feel his breath fanning my face.
    “Why do you care?” I asked, a bit
chary of his intentions. He probably wanted to vociferate at me
about how tedious my life is based on all the statistics he has
congregated about me.
    “Because you haven’t called me in
the past two days to get some stuff about me for your essay. I’ll
have you know that I am a very . . . remarkable creature,” he
retorted, searching for the accurate words. When he saw the
expression I was dressed in, he continued.
    “Okay. I know that I probably
freaked you out the first day in Biology class so I want another
chance to, you know, make it up to you. You know, a chance to go
back to the beginning, hit . . . rewind? Maybe you can meet me in
the library during your next free period with your blonde friend
and I’ll bring Mark along so we can all ‘study’ together?” he said,
offering me a charismatic smile that was probably meant to make me
fall for him. I bet you he smiled like that in front of every girl
to make her swoon, but it isn’t that easy to get me.
    I should just turn down his offer
for calling Maddie a blonde, but I didn’t.