Filed to story: That Campus Prince Is a Girl
Xander leaned in with a mischievous grin. “Look at you, Cameron. Why are you so worried about Bradley? Trying to cozy up to him, huh?”
Cameron ignored him, calmly brushed her short hair in front of the mirror, and then put on her black obsidian studs. Xander watched her reflection in the mirror with a pout and thought, ‘Damn, this guy’s really good-looking. His sharp features seem to be chiseled by heaven.
‘His face is pretty, but his eyes are determined. Kind of a mix between a guy and a girl. Can’t believe he didn’t even make it into the top school heartthrobs list.
Arms crossed, Xander kept going. “Let me tell you something. Bradley is the fifth son in his family. Saunders Enterprise is already in his oldest brother’s hands. Bradley’s never gonna have real power. He’ll just be rich, and that’s all.
“If you wanna ride coattails, you picked the wr Successfully unlocked! rphy Enterprise. Come on, I’ll give you a chance. It’s not too late to get over here and kis
Xander smirked, his chin tilted proudly like he was doing Cameron a huge favor.
Cameron looked straight at him, her face unreadable. “Congrats on picking the right womb to be born from. Are you proud of that? Strip away the Murphy name, who are you?”
Xander rolled his eyes but didn’t have a comeback.
Cameron didn’t stick around. She pulled the door open and walked right out.
From behind, Xander shouted, “Being born lucky is a skill too. Are you jealous?”
Then he turned to Elijah for backup. “Right? Don’t you think so?”
Elijah looked at him and asked, “What?” Clearly, he hadn’t heard a word of Xander’s argument with Cameron.
Xander sighed. “Man, you are really a nerd now.”
Elijah shot back calmly, “I don’t want to argue with an idiot.” Then he grabbed his books and left too.
“Tch, what makes you so proud?” Xander muttered.
Top students always looked down on slackers. And slackers? They couldn’t care less.
In homeroom, Cameron sat there, waiting for the teacher to check the attendance while checking her phone under the table.
She was reading through the submission guidelines for the Noir ?clat design competition. She hadn’t realized until now that there was only one week left until the deadline.
But for her, that was plenty. A week was more than enough.
When the breakfast break came, students poured into the cafeteria.
Cameron bought two pies, stopped by the campus store to grab a new set of sketch pens and specialty paper, and headed straight back to the dorm.
The moment she opened the door, she saw Bradley.
He was standing by his bed, tall and put-together in a black trench coat. Thin-rimmed gold glasses rested perfectly on his nose. He looked like he stepped out of a magazine.
Cameron was a little surprised to see him, and she greeted him. “Oh, Brad, you’re back.”
Bradley turned around and gave Cameron a small smile. “Yeah. Wait, you only have one pie for breakfast?”
“I already ate one. Two’s enough,” Cameron replied.
“That’s too light,” Bradley said. “Wanna go out and get something better?”
Langford Academy wasn’t so strict with students, so even boarding students were free to leave as they liked. They just had to sign out if they weren’t coming back for the night.
Cameron shook her head and replied, “No need. I’m good.”
Bradley took out his bank card and insisted, “Come on. I haven’t eaten either. Let’s just hit that place right outside campus.”
In the end, Cameron couldn’t win against him.
Bradley seemed soft-spoken, but once he decided to do something, it was surprisingly hard to say no. Like last Friday, when he insisted on taking her home, or now, he insisted she go out to eat with him.
The two of them strolled down the busy academy avenue, surrounded by chatter and footsteps.
“Is that Bradley? He’s so dreamy.” A girl noticed them, and her face flushed.
Another girl said, “Wait, that’s Cameron, right? I heard he got assigned to Room 316. Can you believe that? Living with the four hottest guys in the school. I’m dying of jealousy.”
That girl’s friend joked. “Why are you jealous? You’re a girl. It’s not like you can live in the boys’s dorm.”
The girl replied, “I wish I could though.”
After that bet with Xander, Cameron became popular. Naturally, people dug up the fact that she was now living in Room 316. Plenty of girls envied her so-called “luck”.
Hearing the whispers, Bradley and Cameron exchanged a look and smiled.
Bradley pointed at a row of bikes parked by the
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‘s ride them. tes. That was why they had shared bikes
But it was the morning rush, and only one bike was left there.
Cameron stroked her stud and said, “Just one left, but we…”
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They had a one hour breakfast break
Cameron stared at the spot fradley had left for her. It was enough to sit, technically But dard haw to lean in rest dose and hold on tight, or she’d fall off for sure.
Cameron said in an awkward tone, “Why don’t you go ahead? Fil run behind you’
Bradley looked at her, puzzled “Are you serious?”
Seeing Bradley’s expression, Cameron added, ‘Don’t worry I run pretty fast
Judging by Cameron’s serious face, Bradley could tell she wasn’t joking
He thought, it makes sense It’s a one seater. Two people would be cramped. And Cameror’s kinda got that germnachobe vibe going and always wiping stuff like my brother!
Bradley got off the bike and said, “How about this? You ride, and Fil run.”
He was used to morning jogs anyway, and he was fast enough to keep up with a bike if it wasn’t going too fast.
But Cameron shook her head and insisted, “No big deal. I’ll run” And just like that, she ran off.
Bradley let out a helpless sigh and pedaled after her. He kept the pace slow, worried she might fall behind, but in just a blink, she was gone.
By the time he reached the school gates, Cameron had already been waiting there for a couple of minutes
She stood by the entrance, blending into the crowd in her standard school uniform. At 5’9′, she wasn’t especially tall among the students, but somehow, she just stood out. People couldn’t help but look at her and even turned their heads.
“Whoa, who’s that guy? He’s so good-looking” someone whispered.
Bradley spotted Cameron instantly. “How’d you get here so fast?”
Cameron stared at him and replied, “Didn’t think you’d go that slow.”
Bradley chuckled, locked the bike, and motioned across the street. “Let’s go. The restaurant is just over there.*
As they crossed the street, Xander said, “Oh, by the way, my fourth brother’s here too. That’s who I was with last night.”
Xander didn’t know why he felt the need to explain himself to Cameron.
Cameron stopped in her tracks and said, “What? You’ve got an appointment? Maybe I should leave you guys alone.” Honestly, she and Bradley hadn’t known each other that long. Showing up to breakfast and meeting his family felt like too awkward.
“Come on, you’re already here,” Bradley said casually, slinging his arm over her shoulders to lead her forward. Cameron froze for a second. It was the first time in her life a guy had ever done that.
She’d been dressing like a boy since she was a kid. Martin and Heidi never let her get close to anyone for fear her secret would get out. Thus, Cameron had no friends at all.
She’d never let anyone in her space like that before. Strangely, though, she didn’t hate it when Bradley broke into her safe zone.
Quietly, she leaned away just a little, and Bradley’s arm naturally dropped.
They stepped into the restaurant. A guy was already sitting by the window, casually leaning back in his chair.
He looked their age with a stylish hairstyle. His mischievous eyes seemed to smile even when his lips didn’t. He looked like trouble-in a charming kind of way.
When he saw Bradley, he waved them over. “Come on, I’m starving here, man.”
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Bradley said, “Didn’t I tell you to start eating?”