I hate you because I love you and I shouldn't

-Uknowkn

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Colten could not live with the burden of knowing that he was the one that told her girlfriend about Alina's fear so he took the consequences, he decided that he was the one that should be punished. He was the one that should be pranked.

But for that, he need to prank Alina first so she would stop prank Emma and prank him.

It wasn't that hard, it seemed like the good old days when Colten and Alina were daily pranking each other... Even in detention.

So with the material that he had he work something out and in the first class, Alina was pranked.

He was the first to get in class, he did what he has to do and then sat in the back like always, he watched every step of her, she got near her table and she pulled the chair to sit down.

He smirked

Her hand was stuck in the chair full of glue, she could literally lift the chair with no effort, it was glued to her. She was pissed, she tough of Emma right there, she thought it was revenge.

But she looked carefully at the chair again and there it was written a name, a simple name and a winky face

JONES ;)

Her eyes instantly advert to him and he smirked and lifted to fingers to salute her.

In their language that meant... War.

He wants war? That's what he's going to have then! She tought

Let the games start! They both thought at the same time

~*~ Pranks... ~*~

Jones                                       

Food poisoning on Perk's Stake
Result: Vomit. Good.

Tied shoes to each other
Result: Face on the floor. Very Good

Bucket of eggs and then bag of flour
Result: Great Bread... Excelente

Perk

Experimental Vulcano goes boom in Jones' face
Result: Completely full of fake lava. Good

Bucket of weird green jelly
Result:Disgusting. Very Good

Change of clothes while she was in PE
Result: Punk style doesn't suit her. Excellent

Conclusion:

DETENTION

~*~

They were both in detention now on the last day of school, they were alone in the big room with only Mr. Dudley sleeping in his desk, nobody gets detection on the last day of school, nobody but them.

Everyone was getting out of school, ready for Christmas and doc doc doc while these two were waiting for hours to pass.

Alina was drawing a dress, she was obsessed over being a stylist while she was in her little world thinking she hears an annoying sound like a bottle cap. You know that pens with the button? Yeah someone was trying to break that by pressing it repeatedly.

"Could you stop?" She asks turning back

"What do you mean? " he smirked, not stopping of continuously pressing that button

"With the pen!"

"What pen?"

"That fucking pen that you have in your stupid ass hand!"

"Spicy are we?"

"Oh don't you start... We are in detention, let me have my peace"

"fine than you stay here, I'm gonna head out I actually have a life"

"Going out to your house with your girlfriend is not actually the best definition to : I have a life but ok"

"oh I'm sorry it should be I have a life because my boyfriend takes me on dates and walks near the beach to repay for the time I didn't know about him" he said ironacly

"it isn't me that doesn't knows how to control my partner" she said looking to the window "Looks like a fucking dog waiting for it's owner" near the window was Emma waving at Colten, waiting for him to get out of detention

"And that's called jealousy, ladies and gentleman" he said to his imaginary audience

"Look I'm Colten and I'm just so full of myself" Alina said in a thick tone, mocking him

"Look I'm Alina and I'm the most childish and stubborn person alive" he said mocking her

"Like if you're better..."

"You know what? I'm outta of here I just can't stand another second with you in this room"

"Please do me that favor" she implored, he got up and grabbed his backpack and walked to the door and a masculine figure appeared in front of him

"May I know where you're heading to, Mr. Perk?" the principal of the school asked causing Alina to chuckle

"I was just moving my backpack to here" he said laying the backpack on the floor "Better now"she got back to his seat but not without making some death glares to Alina which just made her chuckle more

"Mrs. Jones is there something funny?"

"No sir, no"

"Very Well...Mr.Dudley " he said waking up the teacher

"Yes, yes, Mr.Copeland"

"I want these two doing extra works for two hours, they can help clean the school"

"Yes sir!" The principal got of the room "I'm going to see what's there that you two can do! STAY HERE!" Mr. Dudley demanded to get out of the room too

"Oh c'mon"  Colten breathed revolted, Emma was out there knocking on the window repeatedly like a bird craving the wood

"Oh my God! Just open the freacking window" Alina told him, Colten got up and walked towards the window opening it

"Hey baby!" Emma said grabbing his face and giving him a very heated kiss that made Alina wanting to throw up

"Hey" Colten smiled "We can't watch the movie today... We got extra hours"

"WHAT?" she screamed "This she made this? I'll kill her" she threatened

"No she-" he tried to say but Alina interrupted

"Yes! My dream wish is to be closed with Colten in the same room for hours and hours oh how happy I am " She said ironically while packing her stuff

"I hate her" Emma commented "Will you be okay?"

"Yeah babe! I will! Just go home and relax" he gave her a quick kiss she nodded and he closed the window and she mouthed I love you and he simply smiled

~*~ somewhere in school corridor ~*~

They were washing the floor with some gowns that the janitors use.

"Oh look my favorite people here" Julia said, she worked in the school, she cleaned the bathrooms and the floor and she was well aware of theses they used to cause a lot of trouble in the early days

"Hello Julia" Alina said giving her a kiss

"Hello Ali" she smiled at the girl and she saw the boy with his head down "What's the matter with him?"

"Misses his dear girlfriend"

"That crazy girl?"

"Yup Emma"

"Eh I don't like her that much, she's really rude"

"Yeah sometimes she can be really... hum ridiculous "

"Yeah, he likes her? "

"I guess so" Alina answered struggling her shoulders

"Hm, he could do better" Alina laughed at Julia's comment

"I think she loves him" Alina said, with her chest tight

"Hm, but does he?" Julia asked looking at him "I'll see you later, I have to clean the bathrooms"

"Ok"

"You can clean the library next and then leave alright dear?"

"Yeah sure" Alina smiled, Julia left leaving the two in the corridor washing the floor

"Maria said that after we finish this we can go to the library"

"Ok" he simply answered and Alina raised her eyebrow

"You could said Hello to Maria"

"Yeah"

"Why didn't you?"

"didn't felt like it"

"What's wrong with you?" Alina asked grabbing the mop and the bucket full of water walking towards the library, he followed her

"Nothing"

"look" she put the bucket on the floor and turned herself to him "I don't want to be here either but that attitude ain't going to take you from here so just stop it"

"ok" he simply answered and she growled, they got in the library and there was a product over the librarian desk to put in the wooden floor of the library. Alina grabbed one of the bottles and started her work ignoring Colten and his stupid moody attitude.

"And I'm the one with the attitude?" he commented, she breathed to herself, her back facing him, she took her time and walked again avoiding his ridiculous comment

"You're so childish" he said grabbing the other product walking to the other corner of the library

"Deal with your problems and stop caring with mine"

"I don't have problems"

"Oh you don't? Are you sure? Because that down there in the detention room seemed a big of a problem"

"What are you talking about?"

"You know, the fact that your girlfriend mouthed a I love you and you just simply smiled..."

"You have no right to comment about my love life "

"I don't neither have you over my problems"

They gone silent. Both of them. Ignoring each others presence. After 20 minutes or so Alina went to pick up some water and saw Colten, not washing the floor but reading.

"Are you serious?" she asked, he looked at her

"What?"

"If you do your part of the work we get out sooner"

"I know" he said looking to the book again "But I found this book"

"Hm" She hummed but she was actually interested "What's the name?"

"The course of love"

"Deep"

"Yeah"

"What is it about?" she asked he turned the book and read

" is a novel that explores what happens after the days of passion, as well as what needs to be done to keep love alive, and what happens to our original romantic ideals when faced with the pressure of life"

"Hm, I'm intrigued"

"Yeah me too" he said looking at the book "Want to see if the book is actually something?"

"Sure"

"Ok, tell me when to stop" he grabbed the book and defoliated the pages carefully

"Stop"

"Lets see" he picked a place to start reading "Love begins with the experience of being understood in highly supportive and uncommon ways. They grasp the lonely parts of us; we don't have to explain why we find a particular joke so funny; we have the same people; we both want to try that rather specialised sexual scenario. It cannot continue. When we run up against the reasonable limits of our lovers' capacities for understanding, we mustn't blame them for dereliction. They were not tragically inept. They couldn't fully fathom who we were – and we could do no better. Which is normal. No one properly gets, or can fully sympathize with, anyone else." he looked at her when he ended up by reading, the words stick like knives upon their chests, and it made their hearts beat as faster, but they didn't knew why

"Ok..." she walked towards him and grabbed the book "Let's try again" she did the same

Then he said "Stop"

"I will never be able to do or be everything you want, nor vice versa, but I'd like to think we can be the sort of people who will dare to tell each other who we really are. The alternative is silence and lies, which are the real enemies of love." For a brief moment they stood there looking at each other, like the words we're meant for them two...but they weren't right?

Hate and love

Lovers and Enemies

No, no, it wasn't about them.

"Let's continue or work, so we can go to our loved ones" she said shaking the book and giving it to him

But that made him more intrigued, who is his loved one? Is it the girl he has right now as his girlfriend or the woman that he used to love? Love... What a great and gigantic word but somehow when thinking about that woman and that word the two things combine and operate well the same doesn't happen with the girl...

Alina went to clean her side of the library and for the last time he closed his eyes and open the book in a random page and he read

Pronounce a lover 'perfect' can only be a sign that we have failed to understand them. We can claim to have begun to know someone only when they have substantially disappointed us.

Then it hit him, the pure and cold truth...

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