The Late Bloomer's Revenge

Chapter Two

" Who is he? " I asked Mia. My voice oozed curousity.  Mia Holbrook is a girl i've met through the class groupchat on Facebook. 

One morning during the summer when the notifications kept popping up. I noticed she, along with me, were the only ones merely observing the conversations. Being someone who intended to atleast have a decent amount of friends that year, I chatted her up then Bam  Good friends ever since.

I found her sitting in the second row, doodling with obvious boredom in her pink, chevron notebook. She was wearing her ombré hair up in a ponytail. A denim jacket, white tank top, black skirt and flats made her look like an absolute doll paired with her cutesy black, round glasses.

She leaned towards me. "His name is Adam Neale" I glanced back at him to catch him staring at me, again. "Am I imagining things or is he staring at one of us?"I had to be sure. She looked at him and then back to me " Well, he's been looking at you all morning. I think he likes you."  She winked. I blushed.

It was a ludicrous idea that a guy like him would like me back. And at that time, I thought i had a chance. As the days turned into weeks turned into months, I found myself slowly liking the tidbits of himself. His quirks and flaws. I got to know him with each passing day.

We had bits of things in common. We thought the same way and had the same opinions on each topic we talked about. I felt a pang of jealousy whenever i saw his wandering eyes scan the halls searching for girls who were his type. He was a predator and i was all too willing to be his prey.

This, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the dangerous side of affection. I've been acquainted with a few shares of attachment to people which has left me in shatters in my 18 years of existence.

This might sound cliché but back then, he was like a different person. As we grew up though, I realized that the face i became well acquainted with was a mask he wore to charm those he fancied. He was charismatic, funny, sweet, smart and everything you could ever want to put in a person. Appeal oozed from every pore. 

If our professor don't show up to their classes, they would usually just send us an email containing the homework to be passed for our next meeting. Lucky for us, today was one of those days.  

*ping*

I swiped my Iphone and stared at the Email in shock. It said that we had to find our designated partner to answer our homework. 

And like the world is purposely embarrassing me, It said that my first partner in college was going to be him. 

Adam gave one last glance towards me and rose up from his seat to gather his things. Mia leaned in to my ear. "Think he's going here?" I shrugged. Honestly, I don't want him to go anywhere near me just yet. My heart was pounding. I felt my cheeks getting flushed and i'm pretty sure my hair's a mess. 

I plugged in my earphones and hit shuffle. The lovestruck lullaby that was Everything has Changed by Taylor Swift started to play. Perfect timing, I thought. 

"Hey Mia" We both looked up in unison. There he was. 

To say that I was nervous was an understatement. I thought he was cute from afar but close up.. wow. His hair looks disheveled, like he'd been running his hand through it. He was wearing crisp worn out blue jeans that hugged his legs nicely, black shirt that had his favorite artist on it and plain black Nike Roshe.  

In all my years, I've never felt how life was unfair until that moment. Seriously, How can anyone look so good while looking so gorgeous at the same time? Times like these make me think how truly unkind this world is. 

Mia cleared her throat which brought me back from my reverie. Oh no. 

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Looks like that'll be all for today folks ;) 

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- Angelica xx