The Light Behind Your Eyes

He sat next to me and he smelled of fresh smoke with a hint of spearmint that i'm assuming was from his gum. I raised my head focusing on the board pretending to pay attention to Mr McKay.
"Hey, I'm Frank" he said bluntly
"Izzy" I replied and that was all that was said until the bell rang and we packed up for class. That's when he spoke again.
"What's your next class?"
"Art"
"Oh cool, i'm heading in that direction too." I nodded my head and we began to walk to our next class in an awkward silence.
"So, are you new here or something?" he asked
"Yeah" - God Iz why can't you think of more than one word answers!
"Are you new to Jersey too or..." he began
"Oh no, just new to the school."
We continued the walk through the corridor making awkward small talk. As we walked side by side I really noticed his beauty. It sounds stupid describing a guy as beautiful but that's exactly what he is. He has these big gorgeous hazel eyes that I swear I got lost in for a while. He has a cute little button nose rounded off with a nose ring on the right side and he would purse his lips together and then they'd slide to the side of his face into that infamous smirk. My heart started to flutter when he would do this.

"Guess this is your stop" Frank said when he seen Lana and Ava waiting outside Art for me. It sounds ridiculous but I was sad we had to part ways.
"Yeah, thanks for walking me"
"No problem, see you around newbie" he winked and like that he was gone.

In art I was bombarded with questions from Lana and Ava about Frank. I explained that we were just lab partners and we just made awkward small talk.
"That doesn't sound like the bad boy Frank Iero we know!" said Ava
"Um what do you mean?"
"I mean, he doesn't give a fuck about anything, he's like the least awkward person in this school...he must like you!"
"Yeah right!"
"He totally does! we saw the way he looked at you, plus you're fresh meat and a grade A hottie!"
"No way" I said blushing.
"Omg, You totally like him too!" Lana added
"I do not! I don't even know him!"
"C'mon, don't lie to us, we're your friends! plus the only people who don't have the hots for Frank Iero are people without pulses!" It felt nice to have Ava point out that we were friends even though we only met hours before. But then Lana turned awfully serious.
"Look, i'm not trying to tell you what to do, I just feel like you need to be well informed before getting into anything with him."She spent the lesson explaining to me that Frank has a long list of exes at this school, especially one in particular - Jess, she was the longest and most recent. Anyway to sum it up apparently Frank Iero is a ladies man who has no respect for women because he'd just jump from one girl to another. He also apparently hangs out with an older crowd who's heavily into drinking, smoking, and doing drugs. Rumour has it, he's even been arrested a few too many times. I should trust what my new friend is telling me but for some reason I just couldn't believe that this cute awkward guy would be like that. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
"I really appreciate your concerns, but I think you're jumping the gun a bit here. It's my first day of school and we're only lab partners!"
"Yeah Lana, plus you never know, our Izzy here could be the one to lead him down the straight and narrow!" Ava added nudging me. We laughed it off and that was the end of the Frank discussion.

Eventually school was over and as I walked to the parking lot I could see a crowd of students around my car. 'What the fuck?' I thought. I approached apprehensively and overheard some talking.
"Maybe it's the new girls"
"Nah can't be hers, if she was rich she'd dress wayyy better!" the leader of the rich kids said
"Plus there's no way a little girl like that could drive a beast like that!" some jock added
"Maybe there's an FBI agent here!"
"It must be that new teachers car and he parked in the wrong lot!"
I took a deep breath - 'fake it till you make it Iz', put on my shades and pressed the button on my keys unlocking my car causing everyone to turn and look at me.
"Excuse me" I said with as much fake confidence as possible. The silent crowd parted allowing me to walk through, someone muttered 'nice ride'. I hopped in and drove off leaving the crowd of stunned faces behind me. It felt good.

The next day in school was fine. Spent home room chatting with Lana, ended up having a few classes with Ava, Aaron and Ellie but most importantly I had chemistry with Frank right before lunch. We spent the lesson making awkward small talk again but i didn't mind as long as we were on speaking terms, it was weird though, I swear I caught him gawking at me chest once or twice which made me feel kinda good but also a bit exposed, I kept pulling my top up just in case. Frank and I walked to the cafeteria together then we went our separate ways, he went to one side of the room to his usual table and I went in the opposite direction. While I made my way over my friends the skinny blonde who was leader of the rich popular kids, Heather I believe her name is.
"Hey new girl!" she said rather enthusiastically
"It's Izzy"
"Right, whatever Izzy, how are you?!" Why the hell was she talking to me
"Um fine thanks, and you?"
"I'm fab, just wanted to say I love your outfit today! You're like really pretty! And your car is awesome! isn't it girls?" the 3 girls beside her nodded their heads in unison
"Um, thanks?"
"Anyway, I just wanted to say that you can totally sit with us!"
"Thanks for the offer, but i'm just gona go sit with my friends over there" and I pointed to my eclectic group of friends.
"Those kids? no way!" I arched my eyebrow.
"C'mon, you don't belong with them. You belong with us, we're more on your level like socially, if you know what I mean?"
"Jeez, I'm afraid I don't."
"Oh let me break it down for you! They're poor losers, they're only gona bring you down. Plus look at them they're all so...weird. Stick with us girl, I can take you right to the top! but if you stick with them then you'll be at the bottom. So just ditch those freaks and come with us"
"No thanks, I'm just fine down here at the bottom with 'those freaks'!" I smiled politely and began to walk off.
"Excuse me?!" Heather screeched causing me to turn around and the whole cafeteria to go silent and stare.
"No one says no to us!" one of her side kicks added
"Sorry guys, it's not you, it's me. But don't worry, you'll get over it!" and with that I did my own infamous Frank smirk and walked to my table. I caught Frank looking at me, when our eyes met he nodded his head in approval, he seemed impressed by me. I felt pretty bad ass right now.
When I sat down at my table the guys quizzed me on what just happened. I explained the popular kids offer and obviously left out all the insults they said so I didn't hurt their feelings. They each hugged me and was thankful that I was loyal. I made up another excuse at the end of lunch so I could go for a cig, I went straight to my car and started to spark up when I seen him walk towards me.

Franks POV
'C'mon man! snap out of it! you're not awkward! EVER' I felt like an idiot, i couldn't think of any good conversation starters. I felt tense the entire lesson and it didn't help that Izzy was wearing a tank top today so I could see that she had pretty big tits, it wasn't too revealing, she still looked really respectful not like most of the other girls in this school. I couldn't stop staring at her face or her tits and i'm pretty sure she caught me a few times. We went our separate ways in the canteen when I seen Heather the rich bitch who thinks her and her stupid friends are so much better than everyone else stop Izzy and talk to her. I could tell she took a shine to her, probably because all day no matter what class I was in everyone was talking about her, her car, how she lives in a big house and how her dad is a top lawyer and has even represented some celebrities. Obviously, these things never factored in my feelings for her but I thought if they were true then she probably would end up with those rich kid fuckers. I'm glad I was wrong. Damn she was so hot when she burned Heather, and her perfectly round ass looked so good when she walked to her friends. Fuck.Me. Lunch was nearly over and she got up to leave again, I couldn't control myself I had to follow her. "Sorry bobbo, Gotta go!"
She walked quickly and efficiently, like she was on a mission, straight through the corridor and out a side door, and then to parking lot, I picked up the pace but slowed down when she stopped so I could catch my breath, I pulled out my keys as if to pretend I actually needed something from my car when I noticed her spark up. I was shocked that she smoked, she didn't seem like the type, but it just made me want her more. I pulled out a cig and approached her as nonchalantly as possible and asked her for a light.
"Didn't think you'd be a smoker, you don't look like the type."
"And what exactly does a smoker look like?" she asked playfully, fuck she's cute
"You got me there" Great, now another silence
"...So what was all that back in the canteen, if you don't mind me askin that is..."
"That heather girl invited me to be part of her group but I told her I already had friends, and well you saw the rest."
"That's impressive, isn't it every girls dream to be in with that crowd?"
"Nah, all I want is to meet genuinely nice people who are fun and don't give a shit and I found that here in a day and people like heather, who think they're so much better than anyone else because she has money just make me so angry! They don't like anyone who's the least bit different! I just can't be around people like that, they just make me so...so..." then she took another drag of her fag, she was so cute when she was ranting, she used her hands a lot more and her nose would crinkle up
"Angry?" I asked, she laughed
"yeah, well basically I just people who try and put other people down for no reason, it's pathetic"
"Fair fucks to you for standing your ground and defending your friends. I respect that."
"Thanks" she said now blushing. I liked making her blush.

Notes

Just another boring little chapter sorry!
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