Touch Me While I Taste You

Chapter 13

Arabella Rivera
“Oh come on tell me!” Gwen whined as w e walked towards an empty table in the Lar corner
I rolled my eyes, gripping the plastic of the lunch tray tightly as I imagined it tab e Haiden Cross’s neck. If he had just continued to ignore me like the last twelve years I had known him then Gwen wouldn’t be nagging me for answers I didn’t quite have
“It was nothing!” I hissed quietly, trying and failing to get her off my back
I placed the tray on the table with a clattering thud that goes unnoticed by the loud babbling around us. I fix myself o n the chair and picked up the plastic fork.
A screeching chair made my ears ring until Gwen stopped it way too close tom e She sits down and places her lunch tray filled with oily fries, fried chicken and a good amount of cheese sticks. Again I was still so flabbergasted by her physic for she ate unhealthy on a regular.
I dug into my slad, souching my face a
e ir kring mild do nothing about it
Before mother was who she was today. she was slightly on the overweight side Which brought on critics, hate and al course she grew sell-conscious.
Therefore she made it her mission to feed me all those greets and only allowed me a cheat day on special occasions. Whichi. was rare
Come on cinderella, tell me. By this rate, I’d die before even knowing.” Gwen whined, picking up a cheese stick and bites off half.
“Cinderella? Cinderella was broke, Arabella on the other hand isn’t” Meredith stated as she dragged a chair from the opposite lunch table to settle it contrary to Gwen and L.
Meredith was apparently Gwen’s friend who was also on the cheer team. Her beautiful dark glowing skin made
laying her lunch try on the table then lifted a fingh to remove hee Coco Curly hair out of h ere
” You’re wrong. She was actually rich bui. her bitch of a stepmother took all of it.” Samantha debuted while placing her tray on the opposite side of Gwen’s. She drew a vacant chair from a closely lunch table and came to sit beside Meredith
Meredith’s dark eyes fall onto me. “Still, Arabella is lar from being limna as cinderella. Not when she’s living the best life with her rich parents.” She then lets out a dry laugh
Sometimes I wonder why they chose this poor, downgraded school to have their pampered daughter attend with such common folks like us. It amazes met o this day.” She pops a fry into her mouth, chewing it with a look of envy.
The plastic fork I had been holding nearly bends from my fierce grip onto the plastic. You could say that Meredith and I
never quite saw eye to eye. My cold eyes ERA
” Have y no tard of the phra”don’t judphabool by its cover’? 1 am far from
pind. And common to? When havelaver portrayed myself to be higher than anyone? Seems to me that You’re just alaus and in need of my lifestyle. Let me let you on a little secret Meredith…be Careful what you wish for “‘ Ispa lowly not wanting to draw attention to our table.
Ilaww mostly Gyeryone was confused as t Owhy my parents close this school out of all the rich schools in this towTL.
My parents lived by their reputation, seeming to always want to please the public eye by their fraud at being the perlat larnily.
Reputation meant a lot to them, by that I mean, they’d do anything to stay in the public with a positive image.
Therefore they enrolled me in a school that needed many fixer-uppers than a damn sewer. They needed people to deem them as people who don’t care about
in one think we did, but I w More Khining on to the fact that my parents VE THE Iocthan hali the lawni lol, TIHT WTe normal to the toace Talks as for the positive, my parents were tar from normal.
“Olay guys stop with the shooting arrows. Meredith shut up if you don’t have anything nice to say about my friend. If you don’t, then remove yourself frörn our table and join them.”
Gwen whirled around to point at some preppy girls who sat in the middle of the cafeteria. Her wice had gone saur which was a huge contrast to her usual sweet Smooth tone
She then whirls back around quickly, eyes wide as she gawks at me. “He’s staring!”
I crinkled my brows, squinting in thought as I pushed another forkful of salad into my mouth. “Who?
“Haiden Cross.” She hissed lowly, eyes darting back to stare at him.
name Of course tht w ith us Tvenn from the impending topic but
Yuld not allow
Her cyclipe out. You can’t say Halden without wrying Cross It’s like totally
“I’m confused.” I deadpanned, putting the fork down on the tray.
She lets out a loud breath and shook her head in exaggeration. “Forget about it. You’ve been going to this school for five years and I swear you still don’t know half of the students’ names.” She sighed.
“No surprise there.” Meredith mutter faintly but I still managed to catch her words. Even though she icked me, I didn’t want to waste my time on a salty girl who I don’t consider much of a threat.
“Anyway. What I was saying is that, Haiden freaking Cross is staring right at you. Like, no tearing eyes away, no look o f hatred like his usual, just, plain, old-” She turns to stare at Halden and her eyes
narned with confusion, “Observing? She mur ES surely.
Giving in to the urge, i swallowed my pride and turned to stare at where Gwen was looking Halden instantly pinned me with his gaze that had tingles tickling my spine. Even with his friends laughing and throwing fries at him, he didn’t seem to want to tear his gaze away. And strangely neither did I.
“This is strange.” Gwen mutters.
“So strange.” Samantha agreed.
“I heard some talk going around that he confronted dear Arabella in the hallway this morning.” Meredith muttered, voice filled with mild interest
Chapter 13

Arabella Rivera

“Oh come on tell me!” Gwen whined as w e walked towards an empty table in the Lar corner

I rolled my eyes, gripping the plastic of the lunch tray tightly as I imagined it tab e Haiden Cross’s neck. If he had just continued to ignore me like the last twelve years I had known him then Gwen wouldn’t be nagging me for answers I didn’t quite have

“It was nothing!” I hissed quietly, trying and failing to get her off my back

I placed the tray on the table with a clattering thud that goes unnoticed by the loud babbling around us. I fix myself o n the chair and picked up the plastic fork.

A screeching chair made my ears ring until Gwen stopped it way too close tom e She sits down and places her lunch tray filled with oily fries, fried chicken and a good amount of cheese sticks. Again I was still so flabbergasted by her physic for she ate unhealthy on a regular.

I dug into my slad, souching my face a

e ir kring mild do nothing about it

Before mother was who she was today. she was slightly on the overweight side Which brought on critics, hate and al course she grew sell-conscious.

Therefore she made it her mission to feed me all those greets and only allowed me a cheat day on special occasions. Whichi. was rare

Come on cinderella, tell me. By this rate, I’d die before even knowing.” Gwen whined, picking up a cheese stick and bites off half.

“Cinderella? Cinderella was broke, Arabella on the other hand isn’t” Meredith stated as she dragged a chair from the opposite lunch table to settle it contrary to Gwen and L.

Meredith was apparently Gwen’s friend who was also on the cheer team. Her beautiful dark glowing skin made

laying her lunch try on the table then lifted a fingh to remove hee Coco Curly hair out of h ere

” You’re wrong. She was actually rich bui. her bitch of a stepmother took all of it.” Samantha debuted while placing her tray on the opposite side of Gwen’s. She drew a vacant chair from a closely lunch table and came to sit beside Meredith

Meredith’s dark eyes fall onto me. “Still, Arabella is lar from being limna as cinderella. Not when she’s living the best life with her rich parents.” She then lets out a dry laugh

Sometimes I wonder why they chose this poor, downgraded school to have their pampered daughter attend with such common folks like us. It amazes met o this day.” She pops a fry into her mouth, chewing it with a look of envy.

The plastic fork I had been holding nearly bends from my fierce grip onto the plastic. You could say that Meredith and I

never quite saw eye to eye. My cold eyes ERA

” Have y no tard of the phra”don’t judphabool by its cover’? 1 am far from

in need of my lifestyle. Let me let you on a little secret Meredith…be Careful what you

as t Owhy my parents close this school out of all

want to please the public eye by

I mean, they’d do anything to stay in the public with

enrolled me in a school that needed many fixer-uppers than a damn

to the fact that my parents VE THE Iocthan hali the lawni lol, TIHT WTe normal to the toace Talks as for the positive, my parents were tar from

stop with the shooting arrows. Meredith shut up if you don’t have anything nice to say about my friend. If you don’t, then remove yourself frörn our

in the middle of the cafeteria. Her wice had gone saur which was a huge

back around quickly, eyes wide as she

I pushed another forkful

hissed lowly, eyes darting back

Of course tht w ith us Tvenn from the impending

Yuld not allow

Halden without wrying Cross It’s like

I deadpanned, putting the fork down on the

exaggeration. “Forget about it. You’ve been going to this school for five years and I swear

words. Even though she icked me, I didn’t want

that, Haiden freaking Cross is staring right at you. Like, no tearing eyes away, no look o f hatred like his usual, just, plain, old-” She turns to stare at Halden and

“Observing? She

at where Gwen was looking Halden instantly pinned me with his gaze that had tingles tickling my spine. Even with his friends laughing and throwing

strange.”

“So strange.” Samantha agreed.

that he confronted dear Arabella in the hallway this morning.” Meredith muttered, voice

ARL

RİYLE

out of whatever trance Halden had trapped me i n. I

the most. handsome bay at this school and looked like a younger version of Johnny Depp but still, his looks never swayed me before. Was my period

you were too busy sucking Rory’s face to

Samantha, intentionally ignoring Meredith, “Explain.” Gwen demands, crossing her

not telling her now. “He was the one who dirtied me earlier.” I was not willing to tell her everything, well not with two other people

herbes I

said dryly, “But yes, he was the son I had to chance

CaSON” Samantha Voices out with

clearly flipping the pages in her head to come up with a good enough

it. He mostly goes for blondes

for years? Why now have a crush on her? Last time I checked

narrowed her pretty blue eyes at Meredith, jaw ticking as she spoke.” Haiden doesn’t acknowledge

chills and serike Cigare . He never Y C cho tokio the real hier. Hore we a sure that he didn’t know

talking about me like!