Surprise Guest

                                    

                                          
I walk into my Spanish class and take my seat next to Delilah. She eyes me from the corner of her eye and I roll my eyes at her. I can't help but glance around me wondering where Xander is. We take Spanish together, so he should have been here. Just then the door opens and Xander walks in, flustered. His face is red as a tomato and he is panting as though he has been running or working out. Just then, my eyes fall on what looks like a shadow outside the classroom. I notice a girl with her blonde hair falling loosely over her shoulders,wearing a brown jacket and a tight leather skirt. It's Ecco. Maybe , they're dating. I can't help but feel a little disappointment at the thought but Xander's flustered face and Ecco just outside the classroom, obviously they were together. I look down at my hands and my face falls. Delilah notices and she nudges me quietly. She leans closer to me and whispers inaudibly in my ear. "What's wrong?" I just shake my head mouthing her a nothing, trying to calm my nerves. 
                          
The lecture is uneventful. Once the lecture is over, I don't waste any time sitting back in the classroom, I stand up from my chair and toss my bag across my back and almost run out of the classroom without turning back. I keep running down the corridor, bumping and running into different people all along my way, some of them turning around and hurling abuses at me. I make my way to the back of the campus building , the spot where all the students come to smoke. I sit down on the grass and grab a cigarette, placing it to my lips and lighting it. What is wrong with me? Why am I feeling so disappointed at the thought of Xander and Ecco together. They're probably fucking.
                          
I lift my hand, curl it into a fist and hurl it angrily against the brick wall behind me, injuring my tendons in the process. I wince and pull my hand back, blood leaking out of my injured hand and falling drop by drop onto the grass. I hear the sound of someone running towards me. I look up and realize it's Delilah. She glances at me and then down at my injured hand, her nose flaring with anger. She yanks herself down next to me and takes my hand roughly, making me wince. "Serves you right for being a baby. Why'd you do that ?" I sigh and lean back, resting my back and my head against the same brick wall I just punched a few minutes back. Delilah is wrapping a handkerchief over my hand to stop the bleeding. "I got mad over something I guess."
                          
 She raises an eyebrow and drops my hand gently , placing it over my thigh. "It's kinda stupid.. I don't know what got over me Delilah.." I sigh bitterly and look down , unsaid tears threatening to spill out of my eyes. Sadly, Delilah could always see through my heart. She always knew when I had a heavy heart. She places a finger on my chin and lifts my gaze up, looking into my watery eyes. "You're crying."
                          
I can't control it any longer. I bury my face into her shoulder and sniffle, my tears spilling out finally. Hot tears falling down my cheeks, I look up at her. She looks at me flabbergasted and upset, stroking her hand comfortingly over my back as I sob. "Hey.. Ruby.. talk to me please? Did some fucker say something to you?" I lift the cigarette to my lips and take a puff, letting it back as I tap it to remove the ashes. I then run the back of my hand over my streaked face and wipe my tears. "Xander and Ecco are probably fucking." I can't help close my eyes for a quick second. 
                          
Delilah clears her throat. "You like Xander, don't you?"
                          
"Does it matter?" 
                          
Delilah throws her hands into the air and hops up, wiping the back of her jeans to remove the grass stuck to her back side. 
                          
"I'm going to talk to him." 
                          
"Don't you dare talk to him about this, Delilah!" I can't help but spit out each word. 
                          
I hate it when she tries to become my wing woman. Besides what is the point in telling him how I feel when he already has a girlfriend ? She shakes her head but doesn't push me.