Paul & Moi

Chapter 8

He does not finish his sentence, lowers his eyes and removes his arms. I remain perplexed.

"You're right, you should leave. Go home and rest as you should. Forget the fair for tonight, we'll go another time. I'll take you back."

He is quite distant and rude.

He dropped me off at my house and we didn't say a word during the trip. My parents are at home and were informed about the death of Hillary's father.

I go up to my room directly to rest.

It's Sunday evening, I haven't done anything since Saturday afternoon. I barely ate and no calls from Jena or Hillary or Paul.

I fall asleep hoping that tomorrow I would get better.

It's Monday, the day of class after this eventful weekend. I get ready and then I go out and go to high school.

Hillary is not here but Jena is waiting for me at the entrance as usual. We go to our lockers to put down our belongings and from afar I see Paul with his gang. Our eyes intersect but he diverts him. I'm going to the classroom with Jena.

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Point Of View Paul

Jake: "It's tense between you. What have you done again, man?"

"Nothing"

"Did you fuck him?" Asked Fred

"No"

"Do you have the only time that you couldn't?"

"Close there, Fred. She's a good girl"

"And then?"

"And I don't want her to be with me, she's much better without a jerk like me in her life"

Tim: "So you give up? What does it mean that you put an end to our bet? "

Paul: "I don't want to make this bet anymore. You won but I don't touch Nina anymore. I don't want to approach him anymore if it's to hurt him"

Tim: "Do you mind if I try my luck? "

Paul pushes Tim violently but Jake puts himself between them.

Jake: "Mec calm down"

Paul: "I'm sorry, I don't know why I did that"

Tim: "I think you're falling in love man"

Surprised, Paul answers: "No...I've never been in love and it's not now that it will happen to me"

Jake: "And why not? That would be your first real relationship"

Paul: "I don't really know. It's weird...when I'm with her...I don't see the time go by, I just have a desire, that it doesn't stop. And then I've only known her recently and I have the impression that... "

Jake: "Hey man, I'm telling you that you're officially in love, which is pretty weird to say since I've never seen you in this state. Throw yourself, man! Make it your girl!"

Paul, embarrassed, replied: "I don't really want to talk about love. It bothers me."

He moves away from the group and goes to his next class.

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Back PDV Nina

For the whole hour, I didn't stop thinking about Paul. I asked him to let me go if he played with me and he let me go... Would he have lied about his intentions? These moments spent together seemed so sincere to me... How could he have lied to me? Was it real? My head is filled with unanswered questions and it runs through my head, I need answers. When I leave class, I go in search of Paul. I end up finding him outside, leaning against his car, alone, a cigarette in my hand. I'm heading towards him with an assured step.

"How long have you been smoking?" I asked him

"I smoke when I'm bored or when life gets me drunk"

"Does life get you drunk?"

"I don't want to talk to you Nina so go

"I wouldn't leave until I have clarified things"

He throws his cigarette on the floor and turns it off by trampling it.

"Very good then I'm leaving"

I grab him by the wrist and he pushes me away violently.

"Let me go!"

"I don't recognize you anymore, you disappoint me," I replied.

"You don't know me at all Nina"

"From the beginning...nothing was sincere, wasn't it?"

He lowers his eyes and is silent.

"You're really just a big jerk...I thought you were different and you're just a bastard. From the beginning, you played with me, you just wanted me in your bed, didn't you?"

"I could have slept with you a few days ago"

"Why didn't you do it? And to say that I was starting to..."

"You scare me"

Perplexed, I can barely pronounce a word.

"... Why?"

He gets angry: "Because I think I'm falling in love with you Nina, okay?"

No words come out of my mouth.

"Listen, I don't deserve you. I played with a lot of girls and feeling......this thing...when I see you or when I'm with you, the fact of thinking only of you all my days, of having this constant desire to kiss you..."

I put my lips on his and we kiss languorously, passionately and slowly at the same time. This feeling of his lips on mine is magical. Time seems to stop and the rest disappears. There is only him and me.

He lowers his head.

"Paul, I don't care about your past, it's what you are today that interests me so even if you've played with a lot of girls before, people can change. And if what you're telling me is true, that you're really falling in love with me, then it shouldn't scare you because..."

"Because what?"

"I think I'm also falling in love with you Paul..."

He remains perplexed.

"I have to think"

He gets in his car and leaves high school...

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Hello to you! I already wanted to thank the readers of my story. It makes me very happy. I wanted to tell you that with the classes, my story has fallen behind and I can't write too much regularly but don't worry, I don't stop the story, there may just be a delay between the publications of the chapters. I also wanted to have your opinions on the story in comment because it would help me to know what you like or don't like about my way of writing, what you think of characters for example etc... Thanks again, kisses ;)