Chapter 51: 51

James POV

"Long time no see"

She was standing right in front of me while I was searching for her everywhere.

"What happened? Can’t you recognize me now?" she said while I didn’t utter a single word.

"I’m Chloe", she said while I clenched my fist when some I ended up going to my school time memories.

Years ago

"James"

"James"

"James"

Someone kept on calling my name while I was in deep sleep.

"James woke up!!! I have some news for you!!" he said and kept on shaking me.

I opened my eyes and said, "Can’t you see I’m skipping classes and sleeping? Or did you go blind in just a day?"

I kept on rubbing my eyes when he didn’t bother to hear me and said, "It’s not that important but the important thing is you are going to lose your place."

He kept on rambling when I decided to leave the place but it didn’t work the way I wanted when he said, "I saw a girl giving a letter to Aaron and I heard she is so popular. You know if they both come in a relationship then there will be no place for you in front of the entire school."

"Aaron?" I said.

"Yes he is trying to steal your place", he said.

A girl gave a letter to Aaron. Did he accept? Maybe not. I don’t want this to happen. If this happens the distance between us will never disappear and he will hate me even more.

"Where are they?" I asked while he led me the way.

I walked until I reached my destination when my eye fell on Aaron who was about to leave the place but he was holding the letter making me clench my fist.

"She is the girl", as he said my I fell on her. She had bright hazel eyes while her hair colour was jet black as if someone for the first time made me skip a beat.

No, I can’t be like this!!! I have to focus on the matter I came for.

"Isn’t she too pretty? And if she has fallen in love with Aaron then you will lose your place so stop it before it happens", boys kept on rating near my ear when one of them again said, "Or you don’t have the confidence to get her?"

I turned to see who it was when I saw an old enemy of mine speaking some nonsense making me angry.

"Paul, I thought you had forgotten the nature of your challenging one’s ability but I didn’t know you were the same as you are before?" I said looking at him.

"I too didn’t know the guy who roams around being cool will take his step back seeing just how pretty she looks to be with you. Didn’t I say right?"

I clenched my fist hearing him but somehow I was already angry enough to see her with my brother. I don’t want him to be with anyone till then we didn’t solve our family issue. I don’t want anyone to come and take him away before I sort the feelings out.

"I will do it", I said.

"What!!!" all questioned at once.

"I will seduce her", I said while my eyes kept on looking her way.

"Is that a bet?" Paul questioned.

"You can say it is a bet so when I’m done winning make sure to come to me and kneel before me", I said and walked toward the girl.

I don’t care about anything now. My mind kept on blabbering YES YOU HAVE TO GET THE GIRL. YOU HAVE TO CHASE HER UNTIL SHE FELL MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOU.

"Hey", I said while entering through the door of her classroom when she was right in front of me.

"Hey?" She was hesitating to respond to me.

"I have something to talk to you about", I said in a low tone which is unusual for me.

"Yes?"

"Not here? But outside", I said while she followed me toward the ground.

"Ok, what do you have to talk to me?" she asked while I instantly pinned her to the pillar placed in a corner of the ground making her flinch.

"Whhhattt arree yoouu dooinggg?" she shuttered and looked away but I didn’t stop but held her chin and made her look at me.

"You understand my actions right?"

"Iii ddonnttt", she shuttered again.

"Ok then let me tell you", I said and went closer to her ear while my breath kept on landing on her collarbone making her flinch even more than before.

"I fell in love with you, Chloe", I whispered in her ear but she just pushed me away and started running.

"Hey, you didn’t answer my confession", I shouted loud but she didn’t respond but turned toward me once and ran again.

I wanted to follow her again but I stopped. I don’t think too much pressure will give me any good result when a slow chase will make her mine.

I walked inside crossing her classroom when I saw her classmate circling around her whispering something. I stayed at her window but as soon as our eyes met she looked away as if she saw a ghost or something.

I wanted to ask," Are you scared of me?"

"I wanted to ask, "Do I look like a ghost?"

But her seeing me, looking away, again looking at me sure was mysterious for me.

After School

"Hey, I heard you confessed to that girl", one of my classmates said while I nodded.

"Woah her luck is on another level", they started gossiping making me wonder.m

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Don’t you know?"

"What ?"

"That girl is in love with you for a year now and before she could explain her feelings you did so, of course, it’s her luck", as he said I gasp.

What the fuck I did!!!! She has been in love with me for a year? Then did I misunderstand her feelings for me and started this bet as a child’s play? What the fuck I did do?

I held my temple and kept on whispering when I felt someone holding my hand. But it was soft as cotton.

"I.."

It was her.

"Actually, I wanted to tell you for a long time but never got the chance to explain my feelings but -

When you came to find me today I was so happy which made my palm all sweaty with my nervous feelings growing inside me."

"I never thought I would be able to stand here like this and express my feelings but I’m finally doing it. It’s like an achievement for me to get to be with my first love. So-

I’m here to tell you that I too have been in love with you for a very long time. And at last please be my boyfriend." she said and handed me a box of chocolate and ran without me answering her.

My mind is still in a phase of processing but how everything is going on inside me is making me suffocate.

"So you won the bet?" Paul came and said as he saw Chloe leaving the place.

"You knew it?" I asked.

"Of course, I m not dumb like your so-called friend. Even the school knows about her feelings only you are the unaware one which I am finally able to defeat. And even if I kneel before you I won’t feel bad as your reputation won’t be as good as it was before." he said and crossed past me.

So I made a mistake just for the sake of my brotherly affection of mine.

What will I do now? It’s not like I want to be involved with anyone holding the love feelings but I want to be alone so that I won’t end up like my parents and be a fool in love.

James, you are doomed.

I kept mumbling to myself when I saw her coming toward me again.

"What ar-

I was about to say something when her lips ended up pressing into mine in front of the entire school watching us. I couldn’t respond to her but her ears sure were turning red as best while her little hands holding to my shoulder tightly made my feelings even more unstable than before.

I can see how she is struggling to reach the top of me which made me uncomfortable too which made me pull her up by holding her waist and respond to her sweet teenage kiss which is possibly my first kiss as well.

Blood kept running fast in my veins while I couldn’t think of anything. My body kept making me feel as if I’m not myself. This is a feeling which is new for me as well.

"Umm, I’m out of breath", she broke the kiss and said.

"Sorry for the sudden but I always wanted to do", she said and again ran from me leaving me all speechless and frozen.

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