(07)

"YOU BANDAGED CARSON's hand and didn't realise it was him?!" Isabelle shrieked out, her hands on her head as she stood up from the seat. It was lunch and the three were seated on the picnic bench outside in the garden. The boys went to check up on Kade while Aria came out.

"Gosh. Stop screaming Issy." Aria hissed, rubbing her ears.

"You literally fucking bandaged a guy's hand whose arm you broke." Ellis laughed, smacking the table.

"You broke his arm too." Aria pointed a finger at Ellis who gave her an innocent smile.

"That's not the point." Isabelle scoffed and looked at Aria, "You literally helped your enemy who had a big ass crush on you."

" I didn't recognise his face!" Aria defended herself as she raised her hands in defence.

"Imagine Carson still has a crush on Aria. Oh my God. Things are getting interesting!" Ellis grinned and let out a dreamy sigh.

"You three are so fucking loud. I can hear you from inside." Luca scoffed as he took a seat between Ellis and Isabelle.

This meant Aria was seated between Blake and Kade. She turned around to face Kade and worriedly looked at him, "Are you feeling better now? You should have rested more." She spoke, raising a eyebrow at the smiling boy seated next to her.

"Oh please, I felt like a fucking dead body and you took such good care of me." Kade snorted but soon gave a toothy grin to the girl.

"Of course I did. I'm such a kind soul." She scoffed, flicking her hair.

"So kind that you choked me on oranges." He beamed at her.

"It was a kind gesture!" She scoffed but soon grinned at him.

"Am I dreaming? Someone slap me." Luca's eyes widened at the two, his mouth agape.

"Ouch. Why did you slap me, Ellis?" Luca hissed in pain, soothing his cheek which was slapped by Ellis.

"You asked for it." Ellis scoffed, rolling her eyes.

"I didn't mean it!" Luca rolled his eyes at her but soon gawked at them.

"God finally heard my prayers!" Blake clasped his hands together and looked up at the sky.

"Oh my God. I didn't record this." Isabelle cried out.

"Are you two finally friends?" Blake asked with hopeful eyes.

"Friends?" Kade scoffed, "We're fucking best friends! Right, Riri?" He grinned at Aria and wrapped his arm around her shoulder impulsively.

"Yeah right," she sarcastically retorted, rolling her eyes but soon met his eyes, "Don't call me that."

"Never," he sheepishly smiled at her.

"Yes! I got some snaps!" Isabelle giggled as she clicked their pictures.

"The sight of two of them smiling at each other is just fucking surreal." Luca wiped his fake tear.

"You guys are being dramatic." Aria rolled her eyes at her friends.

"Dramatic?" Blake scoffed, "You two were literally throwing stuff at each other yesterday."

"Well, suck it up." Kade snorted, his arm still around Aria's shoulder.

"The world is throwing bombs on us," Ellis snorted, shaking her head.

"What's a bigger bomb than them two getting along?" Blake raised his eyebrows at her.

"Carson Walker is back," Isabelle scoffed, rolling her eyes.

"The guy who got both of his arms broken by Aria and Ellis?" Luca let out a laugh as he remembered that day.

"That day was horrifying," Blake shuddered at the memory.

"It wasn't just them two," Isabelle chuckled looking at Aria and Ellis, "Kade sent a punch straight to his jaw cause he thought Carson was harassing Aria even though it was the other way around." Isabelle let out a laugh, followed by the others.

"He deserved that," Kade muttered under his breath.

"Issy you forgot to tell them that," Ellis grinned at Isabelle.

"Oh right," Isabelle nodded and looked at the group once again. "Aria also bandaged up Carson's bruises."

"It was him? I knew that there was something weird about him! He kept on staring and smiling at you!" Kade screamed in Aria's ears as his eyes widened, his face soon scowling.

"What's with everyone screaming in my ears?" Aria hissed as she rubbed her ears, "I'm already turning partially deaf." She groaned.

"Love triangle? Things are getting interesting." Ellis muttered under her breath which no one heard since they were all screaming.

"Oh my God. Carson is waving at you Aria!" Isabelle pointed a finger behind Aria and everyone turned their heads,

Aria noticed Carson grinning at her and waving at her, almost like they were the best of friends which they were definitely not. Carson didn't seem to have stopped waving at her and it looked like he wasn't going to move until she waved back. Aria gave him a tight lipped smile and then he finally stopped waving and walked away with his friends.

"Why did you smile at him?" Kade scoffed as Aria turned around to face him.

"He clearly wasn't gonna move if I didn't acknowledge his presence." She rolled her eyes at him.

"So? You could have let him stand there." Kade snorted, his lips twisted into a frown.

"You're so fucking annoying." She muttered and shoved her hand on his face, pushing his head back.

"I told you to stop doing that." Kade hissed as he grabbed her hand from pushing his head behind.

"Did I ever listen to you?" She mused, raising an eyebrow with a small smirk.

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"Why the fuck is he in this class?" Kade gritted his teeth as he glared at a grinning Carson who was sitting in the middle of the class not too far from them.

"Can't you just ignore him?" Aria scoffed, nudging him since they were both seated next to each other. The group were currently at their Biology class and Carson surprised them by gracing them with his presence.

"He keeps on staring at you." He muttered, glaring at Carson once again.

"Then let him. Are you getting jealous?" She chuckled glancing at Kade.

She saw him scrunch his face in disgust, "Fuck no. Stop talking shit," he snarled at her while she shrugged.

"Get into groups of three, we'll be doing an experiment!" Professor Jones announced and the students moved around to find their groups. Aria just sat since she already had her group ready which was Luca and Kade since they both sat on the same lab table. While Isabelle, Ellis and Blake sat in the front.

"Dr Aria what equipment do we need?" Luca asked, glancing at the girl who had her eyes outside the window.

"Microscope. Luca. Can you listen to the man?" She grumbled, sending him a quick glare as he saluted her, "Yes Dr Aria!" He grinned at her before walking away to grab the equipment.

"Oh looks like we have an extra student today." Professor Jones exclaimed as he looked at Carson who stood in front of him.

"There'll be one group of four since you're a new student." The man smiled at Carson and the boy returned the smiled.

"You don't mind being in any group do you, Mr Walker?" Professor Jones chuckled at Carson as he shook his head.

"Any group is fine, Professor Jones." Carson sent him a kind smile.

"Hmm, since you're new I shall put you in the same group as my best student." The man smiled as he looked around the class who had their eyes on the pair.

"Who might that be?" Carson let out a laugh as Professon Jones met his eyes.

"Miss Arora, of course." The man smiled as Aria looked up at the pair at the mention of her name. The girl was an intellectual. Her knowledge was on par with a senior doctor. It was no wonder she was the daughter of an elite neurosurgeon.

"Miss Arora, please take care of Mr Walker for today." The man gave Aria a small smile.

"Take care? What is he? A fucking baby?" Kade snorted.

"Ouch. That hurts!" Kade hissed in pain as Aria elbowed his toned torso.

"Sure." Aria gave a tight lipped smile to the man as she saw Carson walking towards them.

"Luca hold Kade on a leash before he goes crazy." Blake turned around to face the trio with a worried look while Kade scowled at him, "I'm not a fucking dog," he snorted.

"Luca, how have you been man?" Carson chuckled as he came around the table, Luca being on the edge.

"Good. You?" Luca gave a small smile to Carson who gave a small nod, "Great."

Aria and Kade were setting up the microscope, mostly her doing it while Kade m glared at the guy.

"Hi, Aria." Carson grinned at her as he stood between Luca and her.

"Bye." She mumbled, looking at him for a second before adjusting the microscope again, making Luca let out a laugh.

"Someone's in a bad mood like always." Carson chuckled as he looked over at a furious Kade standing beside Aria.

"What the fuck did you just say?" Kade clenched his jaw as he glared at Carson who simply grinned at him. Kade was about to take a step towards him but Aria wrapped her fingers around his wrist, making him stop in his track.

"Do you wanna observe the cells?" Aria slowly asked and saw his hard expression turn into a softer one and nod his head slowly, "Okay," he mumbled as he looked through the microscope.

"He listens to you, as always. Things didn't change at all." Carson let out a laugh as Aria raised an eyebrow at him.

"Are you just gonna stand there?" Aria squinted his eyes at him.

"You know, you're not as evil as people say you are." Carson grinned at her.

"No. I'm much worse." She rolled her eyes and heard Luca snort.

"Luca let's switch groups. Your group has some fucking great drama going on!" Ellis muttered as she turned her head back grinning at them.

"Ellis, you aren't changing groups!" Blake sent her a glare and she frowned, turning her head around.

"I'll look now." Carson mumbled as he closed one eye and looked through the eye-piece.

"I can't see anything." Carson grumbled and Aria rolled her eyes as she came closer to him but Kade was quick to grab her and move himself in front of her.

"I'll help him," he grumbled before turning some knobs.

Aria and Luca shared a look but Luca's face soon broke out into a grin while she shrugged.