young love

chapter Nine

Annabelle's POV
I was at the backyard with my pet Sam. I came to check on my paintings that I had displayed earlier to dry.The sun had been so good to me lately,I did alot of drawings and painting within a week.

Selling them had not crossed my mind,but when grandma talked me into it I gave it a thought.I was still in doubts about selling them because of  "what ifs."I was worried that people wouldn't like it or even a single of them doesn't get sold.

Grandma told me to give it a try, nonetheless, earning money from them isn't my priority.I will continue with my art work whether it paid or not, because it's what I love doing. 

Aside from that,I had alot going in my head lately.I have been staying indoors to avoid him.Grandma and I talked about my "strange feelings"concerning the boy.She told me it was okay to feel that way because it was part of growing up.
But nothing felt okay for me,I felt weird.

I was only fifteen about to turn sixteen on the eve of Christmas.It's not like I didn't  know anything about human reproduction,as matter of fact I learnt it school.I also know it's normal to have a crush on the opposite sex when growing up but mine was a different case.

I hated boys in school because they were mannerless.Moreover,I wasn't good at making friends let alone having boyfriends.I was a nerd in school and I was always solemn.My colleagues made fun of me and even nicknamed me "the loner." Not at anytime did I look bothered in front of them,but when I got home after school I broke down.My mum never noticed anything because she was always busy with work and I wouldn't blame her for not being there for me at my worst.So,I found refuge in good music that comforted me.

When grandma told me that I had developed feelings for him I kept denying but it was true,he was the same person that made my world stand still. Every thought of him brought a silly smile on my face.My grandma found me in a daze a couple of times that she laughed at me.We've met with him a couple of times on my way to the market and even at the highlands of pineapple and he wasn't good at all.He would always bring trouble to me  by blocking my path, talking rudely or even making fun of the way I dressed.That angered me a lot,he is so full of himself compared to the first day we met.I tried ignoring him but it didn't work,we would argue about everything each time we met.

I wondered how he and I would become friends when we don't last a minute without a fight.Grandma's advise of getting to know him by being friends wouldn't work for me.So,I decided avoid him by letting grandma go alone to the market.We bumped into each other often on our way to market until I believed he was stalking me.I confronted him about it but he would laugh or talk rudely as always.

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Brian's POV
It's been a week since I set my eyes on her again.The funniest part about it is that,we bump into each other a couple of times but hadn't gotten each other's name.I know I have fall helplessly in love with her but I decided to get rid of any feelings that has developed for her. You would think of me crazy but that's just it.I also Know that I prayed to meet her again since the first day we met and that prayer came true for me.But then again, looking back at how my love life has been a terrible mess gave me doubts of dating again.All the girls I dated never loved me, they just loved me because they knew I came from a rich family.

I was termed as a casanova because girls were all over me,I enjoyed the attention I got from them and that made me famous in highschool.Even when I joined campus the same happened and the other boys were Jealous of me.I was a bad boy who got what he always wanted.My parents never knew of my behavior in school because of the good grades I scored In school that covered everything up.

At home I behaved well before my parents,most especially my dad Henry Johnsons,he never entertains nonsense.Call me momma's boy, she pampers me and support me in all my decisions.Whenever dad scolds me when am on the wrong she defends me, that's what I love about her.

When I dated Jedidah my ex girlfriend of two years,I called it quit when I found her cheating on me with my best friend Mark.I detested girls and after Jedidah,I was a play boy.I got back at girls by playing with their feelings.I would pretend to love them only to leave them when they got attached to me.I saw that as the best way of healing from the wounds Jedidah and Mark installed in my heart.I don't want to think about those two fools but I will surely get back at them.I broke the hearts of many girls and I didn't care. That is how much Jedidah made me detest the opposite gender.

That is why I decided to be rude to the girl I met.I know am in love with her but I haven't fully healed from my past relationship.Nonetheless,am not ready for any serious relationship right now.I have tried all means to forget about her but i just can't.I guess she's been avoiding me because it's been a week I last saw her.That what I expected because I haven't been good to her.

You would recommend me a mental hospital when I tell you I miss her and I badly need to see her.I know I pushed her away from me,think of me crazy but I just don't care.Even if she's hiding from me I will find her.