Chapter 38 - School Encounter

"We have a new student from the Bronze Class. She will be joining us from now on. Can you please introduce yourself?" The teacher said while looking at Nina.

Her classmates turned their eyes on her. She took a deep breath and slowly stood up. She bit her lips and glanced at her friends. When she saw them smiling at her, her nervousness vanished.

"My name is Katharina Sommers. I know you knew me as Nina so you can all call me that. I came from the Bronze Class and yes I was transferred here because I am now the fiance of Andrew Cross. If you want to know how it happened, it's simply because we love each other." She answered with a firm voice.

Her teacher and classmates were smiling at her. She was relieved. She thought they would look at her differently. She was just a normal girl trying to survive everyday by taking errands for the rich kids. Nobody expected that she would suddenly become the fiance of an heir.

The class ended smoothly. Nina was really a smart girl and the teachers were impressed by her performance. It was lunch time and she was fixing her things when Peggy approached her

"Looks like you have a visitor." She said.

She frowned and she saw her smiling while looking at the entrance door. When she turned her head to see who it was, she was surprised to see Andrew. Her classmates and some students outside were also looking at them.

She smiled when he started walking towards her. Her heart skipped a beat seeing him so sexy and gorgeous even though he was just wearing a white shirt.

"Why are you here?" Nina asked.

Andrew smiled at her and gently kissed her on the cheek which made her blush.

"The others were not here yet?" Andrew asked instead.

He looked at Peggy and Alora to greet them. Alora nodded and Peggy put her hands to Andrew's arm.

"They'll be here in a minute. You're just too early." She said.

Peggy was really like that. She would sometimes hold on to Luke, Percy and Andrew's arm. She might be missing her big brother, Kyle, Emily's fiance who is now back in his country. Kyle is the crown prince of Flousia, a country just two hours away from here by plane.

"Are we going somewhere?" Nina asked, confused.

"Just lunch. And I want to see if you're okay." Andrew said while pulling her closer by grabbing her by the waist.

Nina blushed when she saw Peggy staring at her with a wide grin on her face.

"Don't look at me like that, it's embarrassing and go away. Don't put your hands on my boyfriend." She said, teasing Peggy.

Peggy rolled her eyes and her face lit up when she saw Jayden walking towards them. She rushed towards him and Nina was surprised when Peggy jumped into Jayden's arms then kissed him on the lips.

"Is that allowed in here?" She asked, curiosity piqued.

"It is allowed for those who belong to the top ten richest students of Golden Oak. Their family has a huge amount of contributions here so no one actually dared to stop what they wanted to do. Public display of affection is common in the Platinum Class."

She was again surprised when Andrew pulled her and leaned his face towards her, but she avoided him and slightly pushed him. She walked a step backward and saw him frowning.

"I'm sorry but I'm not used to this kind of things. They were all looking. Can we just do something like that in private?" She asked, sincerely.

Andrew smiled and reached out his hand.

"Will you at least let me hold your hand?" He asked, flushing a gentle smile on his face.

She nodded and reached back to hold his hand.

"Let's go and eat lunch. I'm starving." Andrew said.

The rest of their friends were already waiting for them outside. They were walking along the hallway when she suddenly remembered that she forgot her phone so she asked them to wait for her.

She was running towards the classroom when she bumped into someone. It hit her hard so she fell on the floor and she felt a sudden pain on her bottom.

"Watch where you're going bitch!" It was a woman's voice.

When she tilted her head up to see who it was, someone from behind her threw trash on her. It has an awful smell and some of it was wet. Her hair smelled like spoiled food and she could see that a dark liquid was flowing from it.

There were students who were looking at them but they didn't help her. She saw them holding their phones and taking photos of her.

"That's what you get for trying to be on our level. You are just a trash and a nobody. Don't ever think that you are one of us!" The girl said.

She didn't see who they were. She couldn't look them in the eyes. She was embarrassed and she felt like she had no right to fight back. They were right. She was a poor errand girl who would do anything in exchange for money.

Tears were starting to fill her eyes when someone crouched down in front of her, handing her a towel. At first, she thought it was Andrew but when she tilted her head to level his, she frowned. 

She didn't really know who it was. He was wearing a black suit and looking at him, he wasn't a student. He doesn't look like a teacher either.

"Here. Sorry I came late." He said.

Nina took the towel even though he didn't know the guy. He has jet black hair and a pair of green eyes. When they stood up, she noticed that he was also tall like Andrew.

"T-Thank you, sir." She stammered.

He chuckled. "I'm not that old. My name's Trevor but call me Rev."

He reached out his hand to shake her hand.. She was about to reach her hand back when she heard Andrew's voice.