You say different, I say interesting

Kaya's P.O.V

"See you around cutie." I hear Maggie say as she walked towards me. She shoves me into my locker, I stumble a bit but regain my balance enough to stay standing.

"That was faster than I thought" I mumble to myself. I should have know that Maggie would pounce on a new guy, especially one that looks like Harry. I can feel my cheeks heat up as I realize Harry is standing there looking at me and that he saw that whole encounter with Maggie. Ugh. I need to get out of here. I quickly situate my things in my locker, grab what I need and get moving. As I'm about to walk past Harry I feel him staring at me. I get past him and am about to breathe a sigh of relief when I feel a hand on my arm. Shit.

I am pulled towards the tall boy but refuse to look at him. "Hey, are.... Are you alright?" He asks, concern clear in his voice. I nod quickly hoping that he will be satisfied and let me go. "I'm sorry I didn't say something to her, I was just a little shocked that she was so rude to you." He continues. My eyes widen a little bit and I finally look up to meet his eyes. Why would he be apologizing? Why is he shocked? I mean I get that he's new and doesn't know I'm the walking target of the school, but I mean one look at me and you can tell I'm different and high school doesn't go well for people who are different.

I shook my head and told him "Don't worry about it, I-I'm used to it..." the shocked expression on his face made me nervous and I looked away again. I can't look at someone who pities me, especially him. I feel his grip tense a bit but I don't dare to look at him.

He lowers his head to look me in the eye. I turn a bit and suddenly our faces are very close, a bit too close for my liking, I freeze like that. "W-what?" He stutters. "What do you mean you're used to it?" He asks bewildered. We're so close I can fee his breath on my lips. He is killing me, I've never been this close to a guy before, well except when I'm being harassed.

I take a deep breath and try and explain to him what goes on here. "You'll soon realize that I am not someone you want to be seen with. I'm the target that everyone picks on, it's been that way for years now. Once you start making friends here you'll see, you'll join in and you'll understand that this," I motion between us, "interaction will do nothing but hurt your reputation." I finish. I felt a tear roll down my face. Woah, I haven't cried in years. I didn't realize how he was affecting me. I need to get away from him before he makes me divulge any more of my life story. "You'll thank me later." I say as I escape his grip and rush to my class. I hope for his sake that he gets the message and steers clear of me.

Harry's P.O.V

I spent the rest of the morning thinking about what Kaya had told me. How could someone think so lowly of themselves? Why would people treat someone like that? Especially someone like her. She's so nice, and she's beautiful.

I'm brought out of my thoughts by the sound of the bell. I gather my things and head out of the classroom. I take out my schedule to see where I am supposed to head next. Lunch. Awesome I'm starving. I find the cafeteria easily enough. After grabbing some food I scan the room, looking for Kaya hoping that she has this lunch with me. When I spot her in a corner table by herself my heart drops when I see people throwing garbage in her direction. Rage begins to build inside of me. I start walking in her direction, this nonsense needs to end. When I'm half way to her table a familiar figure walks in front of me. I roll my eyes and look down to the queen bee.

"Hey there hot stuff" she greets with an obnoxiously fake grin, "why don't you come sit over here with us." She motions to a table full of snobby looking teenagers.

"Uh actually I think I'll pass." The look on her face is priceless when she processes my response. I walk past the stunned girl and continue my trek to Kaya's table. When I get there I place my tray on the table and shove a bunch of garbage to the floor and take a seat. The cafeteria seems to go quiet as they notice me sit with the lone girl in the corner table. Kaya looks up and her eyes go wide when she notices my presence. "Hey." I say nonchalantly as I start to eat. I smile at her, hoping to change her expression but she still stares at me in shock.

I hear footsteps approach from behind me and notice that Kaya looks down nervously. I continue eating, paying no mind to the presence I feel behind me.

"Um excuse me, but what do you think you're doing?" I hear the obnoxious girl behind me say. I ignore her and that just makes her even more upset, which makes me smile smugly. "I SAID, what do you think you're doing? You don't just turn me down to come sit with THIS reject." She spits, throwing more garbage toward Kaya. Now that, was the last straw for me.

I push the chair out from under me and stand up to face my target for my anger. "I don't know if you've noticed but I could care less about who you are." I spit viciously. The cafeteria goes quiet. "That girl behind me, the one that you so rudely threw your garbage at, is an actual human being not just some animal you can treat however you see fit." I continue. I ball my hands into fists and she takes two steps back startled by my outburst. "Finally, you can stop trying to flirt with me because I don't find you the least bit appealing considering your attitude sucks! Kaya happens to have a better personality than you and any of your little friends, I know that for a fact and I barely even know the girl. Oh and she's about ten times more attractive than you, especially with all that clown make up on your face." I huff out. "Now if you can kindly walk away, Macy or maddie, whatever your name is, I'd like to enjoy the rest of my lunch hour with Kaya in peace." I finish. I take my seat and the whispers in the caf commence. As I calm myself down I hear the snob and her posse walk away. I look up to see Kaya staring at me, she looks like she's actually trying to suppress a smile. I smile and wink at her and blushes and goes back to her writing.

The rest of the day flies by. It seems word of my outburst has spread through the school because I have gotten some pretty weird looks all day. I could care less, in a couple of days some new gossip will come out and they will all forget this ever happened. I walk out the school doors and walk towards the bus. When I get on I notice Kaya is already seated. I slide in next to her and she turns to look at me. We look at eachother for a moment and then to my surprise she smiles at me. She has an incredible smile, I feel my heart flutter a little and I have to blink to get myself together. By the time I can pull myself together she is already looking back out of the window. No matter, that was the sign I needed. I'm gunna make this girl mine.

Notes

Protective Harry FTW =].
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