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As Alethea stepped inside the classroom, her eyes met the eyes of Maverick who was sitting at his desk and doing something in his phone, their eyes stayed in contact since some pretty seconds when suddenly someone waved a hand in-front of alethea's eyes making her look at the person beside.
"where you lost?" it was Benjamin, "no-nothing." she said awkwardly, while she knew maverick's eyes were on her still. "let's go to basketball court, I've a match there." Benjamin said excitedly, while he held her wrist making her frown her eyes with wide ones.
she glanced at Maverick who was right now standing in his seat, with his fists tightened and his jaw clenched. but before she could say something Benjamin made her run towards the basketball court.
Maverick was just so pissed off the guy Benjamin, maverick never dared to hold her hand and the guy Benjamin held it without her consent, it was sucking him, he ran towards the basketball court, running across the corridors and stopping at the court just to see Benjamin and Alethea laughing.
his eyes watered, after seeing her laughing with Benjamin, he couldn't make her laugh but he did, maybe benjamin had something special in himself that Maverick didn't have, he thought.
exhaling a shaky breathe with tears in his eyes, he turned around just to meet his step-brother standing behind him with his friends.
"move." Maverick warned sternly without making eye contact with him, "poor Maverick, lost his first love?" Andrew said in a teasing tone, making Maverick look up into his eyes, "are you crying?" Andrew asked and laughed, "Andrew, i said move." Maverick warned him again but before Andrew could speak more, Maverick gave him a harsh punch in his face making him fall on the grass ground.
players along Benjamin in the basketball court and Alethea diverted their attention to the Maverick and Andrew as Maverick just punched Andrew in his face which made him fall.
Andrew stood up and punched him back, making Maverick back away as it hit hard, his nose bleeding as well as lip while same goes to Andrew, they were fighting like animals when no body dared to jump in between, but soon Benjamin and his playmates managed to stop Andrew as well as Maverick to stop fighting.
they took Andrew to the care centre of the university as he was more injured than Maverick, Maverick was left alone there with Benjamin and his playmates when maverick turned his head back to see Alethea looking at him already, his face was bloody.
Benjamin saw him looking at Alethea, and Alethea at him, then Maverick walked away from there with his injured body, Alethea sighed, as she ran behind him while Benjamin was just clueless and didn't follow her too.
"Maverick! Maverick! stop! i said st—"
"go away! i don't deserve to be cared! I'm useless! Don't waste your time on me, Alethea!" he yelled while walking towards his motorbike but she never stopped and now she was standing behind him.
"we need to talk." she said in calm but declaring tone, he turned around to her.
—
he hissed while putting the bandaid on his cheekbone as it was wounded by the punch Andrew gave him, Alethea and Maverick were sitting at the beach while it was 2pm and the beach was quiet empty no body was there at that time.
the sunlight wasn't that hot as it was November, and they could easily sit there and enjoy the sound of waves and the wind blowing across them.
"you don't want me to stay away from you, right?" Alethea asked him in a not joking tone while looking at the sea water, while Maverick also didn't look at her. "i don't know," he spoke annoyed, after a long break.
"i don't know what i want, im sucked up, i want you to stay away from me but at the same time i feel so jealous when i see you with someone else, i–i don't know what's wrong with me." he added in irritation, "coincidentally, im going through the same." she spoke with a sad chuckle making Maverick look at her face.
"i don't know why, but i think i can't keep myself away from you because i started to feel calm with you when we used to talk although our conversations weren't long but still they were enough to make my heart calm, my mind calm and i can't afford to loose someone like you after spending the worst time of my life since i was eight." she stated and sniffled on her running nose due to crying.
"If you had told me that night that you hate me instead of the reason you told me, it probably wouldn't have been so difficult for me to keep myself away from you, Maverick." she added more and now looking at his eyes with her teary ones as well as his were glossy too.
"i don't know why I'm hoping that you will change your mind just for a random girl like me." she laughed with tears before standing up, and he looked up at her face with his emotionless ones.
"i should go." she turned around to walk away but just then her wrist was hold by Maverick making him stop and let her tears slide down, "You—" he paused, "—should not go." as he completed his sentence, she turned around and hugged him while he hugged her back.
