Star Crossed

........A Fairy?.........

“I'm so sorry! I really am!” I repeated again and again as I carefully stacked the fallen books on the floor while Jeremiah just let out a nonchalant It’s okay.

He was obviously annoyed. Shit! But I myself was annoyed. He was so arrogant!

I watched as he easily picked up the entire shelf- yes, the shelf- which I had oh-so-amazingly knocked over with my clumsiness. He sure worked out a lot if he was this strong! I saw him giving me a cocky smirk when he caught me staring. urgh!

Any attraction I had towards him had vanished completely.

So how did we reach here again? 

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#recap# 
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*a few minutes ago*

“Let me help you with that” I stood up, walking over to him and picking up a few books out of the cardboard box next to his leg.

“There's no need for this miss” he said as he tried to take the books back from my hands.

“I insist!” I said cheerily. 

“It's fine really!” he replied as we began pulling the books back and forth. 

“Okay fine” he sighed at last as he let go of the books. With the sudden loss in momentum, I lost my balance and fell backwards. 

Of course, this should be the cliche romance scene where the male lead will catch the female lead and then the cheesy look-into-my-eyes moment will take place. But then again, it was ME who we were talking about… no such thing happened and I crashed straight into the book shelf behind me, successfully knocking it down along with all the books arranged on it.

Now another cliche scene where the ML should help up the fallen FL by grabbing her hand and pulling her into his chest should be happening.

Again, guys! I AM EVANNAH F*CKING NYX RIVERA.... The unlucky girl! So Nope! Definitely not happening in my case!

Jeremiah just stared at me in shock, standing as still as a corpse and I swear I saw a bird flying by…

“Oh god! Are you okay? I'm sorry! I shouldn't have let go like that!” he said, suddenly coming back to life, even though he didn't look sorry at all. 

I thought he'd at least help me up, but nope, he cared more about the books. I got up on my own and dusted my dress off.

But then again, it was my fault. So I started apologizing as he began picking the books off the floor.

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*the present*
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He gracefully stepped back after he put the shelf back in its place and began arranging the books again. 

I sighed loudly as I too began arranging the books. 

Suddenly a door somewhere in the shop opened and an elderly man walked out. Jeremiah smiled at him and received a smile back. The man walked out the door and stepped out into the rain with an umbrella. 

“I told you, you don't have to do anything. Please leave it to me "Jeremiah pulled back my attention to him with his voice and I noticed him giving me a cold glare. I shuddered, sensing the sudden attitude change.

Shit.. I messed up big time. 

But it looks like he was being nice to me earlier because the man who seemed to be his boss was inside. And maybe he thought that I would actually buy something. Now that it was clear that I wasn't gonna buy anything, his attitude changed.