The weekend went by quick, not that I did much anyway. My brothers have been busy with work lately even the twins although Matty made time to watch a movie with me, that's become our thing watching movies in the theater room. I never thought that I would have a thing with anyone but my mom, let alone it being one of my brothers. It's exciting.

Back at school everything's the same, I really only talk to Lilli and her friends even though other people have tried talking to me. I still get glares from that girl Becca when she thinks I'm not looking. I wouldn't even tell she was glaring at me if Lilli wasn't glaring back at her.

It was now Monday beginning of the week and I was walking towards my locker after arriving with just Emilio. When I asked him where Antonio was he just gave me vague answers like 'he had something to do before school' even after Emilio reassured me that it was nothing but I couldn't help but worry, if living with my brothers has taught me anything it's that Antonio doesn't get up early for NOTHING unless it's very important.

I couldn't help but notice a new buzz going around school, i like to think I'm pretty observant and one thing I picked up from the people that go to this school is they like to gossip, and most of the things that go around the school that I've heard are crazy, I'm pretty sure most of the teachers are in on it too.

When I reached my locker Lilli was already there on her phone waiting for me. I've gotten really close with Lilli over the past few weeks, she's really funny and is good at making me feel comfortable around her which to ms is very important. If I'm not comfortable around someone I won't talk to them or let myself be alone with them.

"Hey bunny." Lilli said when I reached her. She stared calling me bunny after I told her about how one came up to me in my 'not so secret garden'.

"Hi." I whispered back I've always been a soft spoken person, something about raising my voice in front of all the random people crowding the hallways is unnerving to me.

"God I can't wait for school to be over." She groaned while covering her messy black hair with her grey hoodie which is hiding under her black leather jacket.

"We just got to school. Are you upset because you think your gonna fail our history test?" I questioned while opening my locker and taking out the books I need. Looking around the hallway everyone seems to be talking to each other excitedly I haven't seen anyone in this school excited at the beginning of the day at all yet.

"No I just want to sleep- wait there's a test today?" I laughed quietly while shaking my head at her. I should have known that she would forget all about it, reaching into my backpack I took out my notes that I scribbled down while studying over the weekend.

"Here you can't fail this is an important test." She rolled her eyes before seeing what I'm handing her and smiling.

"Aw thank you bunny for making me read notes for a test that I'm probably going to skip anyway." Now it was my turn to roll my eyes at her. I've never considered myself sassy but the more time I spend with Lilli the more I find myself creating a sassy side.

"Lets just go unlike you I plan on passing so I can get good grades." With that we started walking with me inching closer to her whenever anyone I don't know gets to close for my liking. I find my body tensing and my breath hitching in my throat when any boy walks past me. I walk to the other side of Lilli so I'm between her and the lockers, she just looks at me before looking away. She's gotten used to my weird habits that she doesn't ask questions, not that she really did to begin with anyway.

We finally get to the history class and find our seats while students come tumbling through the door being way to loud for 8am on a Monday.

After everyone takes there seats we all wait while the teacher talks to a student I've never seen before, I don't think anything of it seeing as I haven't payed that close attention to the features of my classmates just their body language to see if they could be a threat to me.

"Hello class, I hope you all had a fun and relaxing weekend because now we're getting right back to work. We also have a new student joining us this year. Aaron why don't you introduce yourself please?"

The guy Aaron stands next to our teacher looking annoyed that he has to introduce himself to a bunch of strangers. I take the time to analyze him to see if he's someone that could cause me harm and if I should stay away from him.

He's quite tall, definitely one of the tallest boys in my grade but still shorter than all of my brothers who are walking trees. His hair is a wavy mess of auburn while his eyes were a pretty stormy grey, he definitely had muscles and broad shoulders even if he was hiding it behind a hoodie and sweatpants.

"I'm Aaron." After seeing that he wasn't going to say anything else Mr. Harris our teacher told him to find a seat.

I looked around to find that the only seat that's empty is next to me on my left. I watch as his eyes scan the room before landing on me and then the seat next to me. I tensed as he started walking towards the seat, I forced my body to relax as he sat down without glancing in my direction.

He's not gonna hurt you Ella calm down.

"Now that everyone's settled in I'm gonna pass out this test, it's worth half of your grade so I hope everyone came prepared if you need a pencil or to go to the bathroom nows the time." After no one raised their hand he started handing out the test until everyone had one. "Alright you have until the end of class to complete it. Good luck."

I looked down at my test while bouncing my leg up and down. Looking over the test my mind becomes hazy and I can't think of the answers no matter how much time I spent studying, taking a glance over at Lilli I see she's already halfway through the first page.

Come on Gabriella think think think.

Glancing at the first question I finally remember the answer and write it down with a shaking hand. I wipe my hand on my pants since it was sweating because of how hard I was gripping the pencil.

Taking deep breaths I can finally think properly and manage to finally complete the first page. After finishing the test I go through it to see if I got one wrong or if I missed something.

"That's wrong." I flinch and look to my left towards the new boy, Aaron, who was looking over my test while leaning back in his chair.

"What?" I question quietly while looking at his test to see it all filled out in his neat handwriting making my test look like a child wrote it.

"Number 15 it's wrong, you put B when the answer is D all of the above." He whispered back looking at my eyes before glancing away again.

Normally I don't like it when people give me the answers to something instead of helping me but this was my first test that determined my grade and I wanted to make my brothers proud instead of being a burden anymore than I already am. I quickly circled the right answer before looking at him again.

"Thank you." I mumbled back to lowly while looking back down but in my peripheral vision I could see him nod his head at me with a quick lift of his lips before dropping.

At the end of class we all hand in our tests before leaving to our next class.

"How did you do on the test?" I asked Lilli.

"I don't know I guessed for most of them." She shrugged before taking out her phone and checking the time.

"I'm surprised you didn't skip class." I laughed as she let her lips go up into a small smirk.

"Yah but it's the first class of the day and if I didn't go to it they would call home and I don't want to worry mom and dad, more than they already are." She mumbled the last part thinking I wouldn't hear but I did.

"Why would they worry?" I questioned obliviously.

"Oh just you know my siblings weren't the greatest role models and now I'm a teenager just worrying is a parent thing." She laughed while quickly looking away I laughed with her while nodding my head agreeing with her. My mom was extremely protective of me and was constantly worrying about me.

After a few more classes me and Lilli parted ways, we both had a study hall but she needed to meet one of her teachers about an assignment we got a week ago, while I headed to the library.

Out of all the rooms in this school the library is one of my favorites, after the art room, the library reminds me of something out of beauty and the beast with books upon books.

Walking into one of the most comforting places in this school a smile blossoms across my face as I take in the scent of vanilla and old books, most people wouldn't like that smell but it's always comforted me. For quite some time all I've had were my books and the characters that came with them so the smell has become my safety blanket when everything else in my life was a nightmare.

I find a comforting bean bag in the corner away from everyone else and decide to sit there for the next 45 minutes. Putting my book bag next to me as I sit I grab my book that I started reading two days ago, Bridgerton the Duke and I, I'm already half way through I would've read more over the weekend but with all the studying I did I barely had time to eat.

About 15 minutes into reading I hear someone sit down on the bag next to mine. Not expecting anyone to sit in the seat close to me I jump and turn towards the person who dared to interrupt me when I was reading only to freeze at the stranger who helped me on the test.

While I study him to see what I want he takes out a book and starts reading without playing me a glance. I relax in my seat and go back to reading but I couldn't see one word as I kept glancing at him wondering what he was doing.

"You know you don't have to look at me like I'm gonna attack you." I flinch at his deep smooth voice while he chuckles at my reaction.

I laugh nervously even though that's exactly what I was thinking he was gonna do, but still I don't away from him while sitting up straighter and unfolding my legs so that I could make a quick escape if I need to.

"I can read here right?" He put down his book while looking at me with his beautiful brown eyes that now that I'm looking at closer have grey surrounding the iris.

Him raising an eyebrow breaks me out of my analyzing of his eyes and makes me focus on what he said. "O-of course." Nodding my head quickly I look away hastily while turning my body so my back isn't to him.

Before I start reading my book I sneak a quick glance at his book to see what he's reading and my eyebrows furrow in shock at what he's reading.

"You like Pride and Prejudice?" The question tumbled past my lips before I could stop myself. I've never met a guy who has like the book that has become one of my favorites over the years. Normally I was made fun of for liking that book over more common love stories such as Twillight and The Fault in our Stars.

"What becomes I'm a guy your shocked that I like it?" He shot back defensively while looking at me over the top of the cover so only his eyes are visible to me.

"NO! I-I mean I've just never me a guy who likes the book so I was just shocked. Not that you can't read it just because your a guy or it's weird for you to like it because it's a romance novel and a really good book I was just surprised, I'm sorry." I look down while playing with the edge of my book wishing I could take all that back.

I just embarrassed myself in front of the new guy really Ella?! It's one thing rambling in front of my family but I just met this guy who I know nothing about except for his name is Aaron he's smart likes pride and prejudice and has really nice eyes. Well at least I'm not blushing yet.

I'm broken from my rambling mind from a throaty laugh coming from beside me, looking over I see Aaron hunched over laughing. I sit with a stiff back while waiting for him to stop laughing and make fun of me. But he surprising me by just looking at me with a wide smile and a twinkle in his eyes which makes them light up like the Stars.

"Your cute I'll give you that." He lets out one last quiet laugh while shaking his head making his wavy hair fall into his eyes. I watch as he runs his ring covered fingers through his hair. I look away quickly as his eyes meet mine.

Cue the blush.

"So you like pride and prejudice then?" I look up with my long hair covering my tomato red cheeks, to see him look at me with a soft smile.

"Oh yah it's one of my favorite books." I smile back at him while willing my blush away which is proving more difficult the longer he stares at me as is trying to calm my racing heart.

"Me too, it was my sisters favorite book." Judging from the find look on his face at the mention of his sister I can tell he loves her a lot, but I picked up on how he said 'was'.

"Was her favorite book?" I questioned hesitantly expecting him to snap at me, but he just look at me before looking away quickly with a blank look in his eyes, the twinkle from earlier fading away like a dying fire.

"Yeah anyway we should probably get to lunch." He started packing his things quickly while I check the time on my phone seeing lunch has already started and we were late. I started packing my stuff as well but he was faster than me and started to leave before me.

"I'll see you around Gabriella." I paused in my packing and turned to look at him with my mouth open ready to ask a question but he was already walking out the door.

I stayed frozen on the floor with one thought running through my head.

I never told him my name.

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