Her words caught him off guard. For a moment, it sounded protective.
And his heart did a flip.
What the hell was that? He thought, confused.
"He's not worth it," she added, laughing. "I can take care of myself."
His heart literally sank!
Just then, the teacher suddenly yelled, "Miss Riders! Mr. Harlow!!!"
He threw his pen onto his desk to get their attention.
"I've been calling your attention for the past five minutes! This is not a discussion class!" He sighed in frustration. "Maybe you can discuss it better in detention..."
Circe burst into laughter. "Sir, aren't you a little bit hot?"
Mr. Steven froze, suddenly fanning himself with his hand.
Circe's lip curled into a wicked smirk. "What on earth..." he stammered, his face now turning bright red.
"You're red, Mr. Steven! Getting a little breathless???" She teased, and the teacher fled the room in a rush.
The entire class erupted in laughter as Mr. Steven ran out, his face as red as a tomato. "Did you see his face?" Circe laughed.
Matt leaned closer to her, still grinning. "What did you do?"
She cocked her head coquettishly to the side, pouting. "Me??? Nothing..." She batted her lashes, her voice dripping with innocence. "I'm a changed person—how could you accuse me?"
Matt grinned back, his voice thick with sarcasm. "Of course you are..."
Darwin sighed, deciding to take a nap. The class had been cut short, and he figured it was better than trying to focus on this mess.
"Well, what? You hate math anyway..." Circe continued, her voice sing-songy. "Decided to give us a break, huh? Don't you like it?"
"I love it," Matt said darkly, laughing along with her.
The conversation irritated Darwin, so he slipped in his ear pods, ready to shut the world out.
But before he could, the door slammed open, and a blonde bombshell stormed in, her movements filled with fury.
Her huge chest bounced in her hot pink long-sleeve tank top as she marched toward Circe. The entire class stared in disbelief as Brandy Ray, the most popular girl in school, stormed up to her.
"You fucking bitch!" Brandy screamed, and a slap echoed across the classroom as her hand landed hard across Circe's cheek.