His Human Mate

After Mrs. Evans had explained what she would be expecting from her students, she told them to get into pairs and discussed about the topic that she had given. Following that, she sat down on her seat and began to do her other things, leaving the students to themselves.

Amber was gathering her things and was prepared to turn around when she just realized. 'Wait, why do I assume that he wants to work with me?' she thought. She sneaked a glance at him and saw him quietly gathering his things as well. She sighed in her heart. 'He's probably going to team up with some other girls in this class.' She unconsciously placed her hand on her c.h.e.s.t. 'Why does it feel like it's hurting me inside, knowing that he's with another girl?'

Her eyes widened. 'I couldn't have fallen for him, could I?' she shook her head vehemently. 'No, no, he's a playboy and a flirt,' she reasoned with herself. But then she still couldn't help sneaking a glance at him. Even if they don't really spend too much time with one another, she still feels some kind of attraction towards him. Though, she does not know what was so attractive about him, other than his good looks. He was smart, yes. But personality wise? Remains to be seen.

'I couldn't have fallen for him this fast, could I?' she asked herself again. She mentally smack herself on the forehead. 'Wait, wait. That's not right! It doesn't matter whether its fast or not!' She inwardly g.r.o.a.n.e.d to herself.

Just then a couple of girls walked up to him. One of them placed her hand on Erick's bicep and with a flutter of her eyelashes, she smiled flirtatiously at him. "Hey Erick, want to partner up with me for this assignment?" she asked.

"Zoe, I thought I told you that he's going to work with me!" one of the other girls protested.

"No, he's with me!"

Erick held up both of his hands and said, "Girls, please! I'm sorry but I'm already partnering with Amber for this assignment."

The girl whom the other girls called 'Zoe' frowned as she narrowed her blue eyes. "Amber who?" she repeated snarky.

Erick pointed at Amber, who looked shocked.

All the girls turned towards Amber in unison. Zoe scowled. "Aren't you the new girl in school? Seems like you have the guts, trying to steal our man," she said nastily. "Do you even look in the mirror and see whether you're worthy of my Erick here??"

Amber blinked her eyes at her rude comment. Whew! Jealousy of a girl is definitely awful. She did not expect that Erick would really hold up to her words. Before she could say a word, Erick had cut in by saying, "Now, now, girls. Let's not be rude here. There's plenty of me to go around, alright?" he grinned, showing his deep dimples.

Zoe's scowl changed to a beautiful smile as she turned towards Erick. She poked him on the c.h.e.s.t, flirting. "Fine, we won't. But don't forget that you're mine for the next assignment." Amber could hear her unspoken words of 'and the rest of our lives.'

"Don't forget me as well, Erick," one of the girls piped in as she placed her hand on Erick's forearm.

Erick grinned. "Sure, sure. Now ladies, I'm gonna need my arm back since Amber and I need to start working now."

The girls nodded and waved goodbye as they went on their way.

Erick turned to Amber and c.o.c.ked an eyebrow. "So, shall we?" he asked.

"Um, you sure you don't want to work with them?" she asked as she walked the girls walked away. Though, she could see Zoe looking back over her shoulder, giving her a glare. To be honest, she does not really care much about the girls' opinions about her. But she felt like she was forcing him to work with her when she wasn't sure whether he wants it or not. She forgot that the guy she had been talking to was regarded as the 'School King' and she was just a mere 'commoner' who dares to interact with him. She sighed again. 'How tedious,' she thought.

He frowned when she asked the question. "Didn't you want to make me a Potterhead?" he returned.

Amber shrugged. "Alright then," she said nonchalantly. And before Erick could say anything, she had already placed her books on top of his books. She turned around and pushed her chair aside. She continued to lift her table to place it in front of Erick's, connecting the two tables. And again, before Erick could utter a single word, she had already grabbed her seat and sat down, facing him. She reached for her books and began to arrange them on her table.

Erick raised his eyebrows in surprise. Such an independent woman. It was the first time he had encountered a female human like this. The other girls such as Zoe and what's-their-names would usually wait for him to carry their table over and also waited for him to hold out their chairs for them. He doesn't mind it at all. Because his mother taught him to always become a gentleman, even towards a human. But this Amber. She was different, alright.

After he had sat down on his seat, he began to rearrange his books as well. He watched as she took one of her notebooks and began to scribble in it. She had wrote in huge letters, 'Harry Potter'. She then began to doodle a little picture beside the heading. She drew a small face with glasses and a thunderbolt on its forehead. She continued to colour the hair black. Seems like she was also very creative, he mused as he watched her concentrating on drawing.

He cleared his throat to get her attention. He felt bad for disturbing her but they really need to get started on working before Mrs. Evans noticed them playing around, instead of studying.

Amber looked up from her doodles and saw Erick smiling down at him. 'He really does have a nice smile,' she thought. She liked how deep the dimples are when he smiles. Made her want to poke on it, which she did.

Erick was taken aback when he felt a soft finger poking his dimples. The two of them froze. One guy was surprised because he did not expect Amber to be the touchy kind of girl. One girl was surprised because she did not realize that she had acted on impulse.

She pulled her hand back away, gripping her hands underneath the table. Her blonde bangs softly covered her eyes from his gaze. And Erick could see her face turning red from embarrassment. If anyone could see them now, it looked like the two of them were flirting with each other.

Erick let out a soft chuckle and acted as if nothing had happened earlier.

Amber sighed and started to open her textbook, placing it in-between. She turned the book sideways so that the two of them can see. The two of them began to discuss among themselves, with Amber patiently explaining to him what Harry Potter was all about.

She suggested that he should also watched all the Harry Potter movies so that he could easily understand; the houses, the characters, the plot and so forth.

The two of them were in deep discussion until the end of class.

They couldn't continue working after class because they have a different class from each other. And later after school, Paccia had already told him to come over to her house. So, in the end, they should just meet up during lunch tomorrow.

They waved each other goodbye and went on their separate ways.