The Veiled Love {Wattys 2016}

CHAPTER 10 - AWKWARDNESS

CHAPTER 10

AWKWARDNESS

MIA COLLINS

He has been staring at me for a long while. I don't know what to do. I just look at his handsome face and those features that were perfect even with those little blemishes on his forehead. Suddenly he shifts from his position and looks everywhere but me. I wonder what happened to him all this while and I put on a confused look. He's trying to hide his face with his hands and it definitely looks weird. It's been a long while and Emma and Adam are not seen anywhere. 

"Do you know where Emma and Adam are?" I question James and finally he looks at me normally.

"Ummm... yeah! I almost forgot about them. Where are they?"

"I think I asked you the same thing." I say squinting my eyes and he looks at me and laughs. 

Oh God! He's laughing and he looks so... cute!

The bell rings and I stand up immediately. James looks at me and smiles as if what I did was funny. Oh yeah, the way I stood at the strike of the bell seemed like a punctual kid. 

Oh, why do I have to behave so weird ALL THE TIME?

We head towards our locker. James's locker is a few lockers away from mine. I take my book and lock it safely. James waves at me from a distance and I wave back at him. I sit in my Chemistry class waiting for the teacher to arrive when Emma rushes to my place.

"Where were you all this while?" I ask her with a puzzled face.

"That's a big story." She says and sits beside me. 

"When we were rushing to the cafeteria, I remembered that I had left my keys in the car and rushed to get them back. And it was the most unexpected thing that happened." She says and stops without continuing the story.

"What was that?" I ask her curiously. 

"The keys weren't there in its place where I last left." She says and I gasped.

"WHAT?"

"Yeah, I called Adam for help and he came there and solved he matter." She again stops without continuing the story.

"Oh, Emma! Continue...!" I exclaim.

"The freshmen were up to some prank. They took the keys from my car to see One Direction keychain that was hanging with it."

"What?" I asked disgusted.

"Yeah, those crazy girls just pissed me off. Adam somehow got my keys back." She says and that relieves me.

"Craziness..." I say and shake my head in disgust and annoyance. Meanwhile the teacher arrives and starts off with his lecture. This seriously blew my mind. I hate Chemistry and those equations really piss me off.

"So, did you meet James?" Emma whispers and I nod.

"What did he say?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing? C'mon tell me what happened." She asks eagerly.

"I met him and he said that he was okay and we just sat there quietly for a while." I say her skipping that awkward part where we was staring at me.

"That's it?" she asks suspiciously.

"Yeah" I reply.

"I'm yet to meet him." She says with a puppy face. I smile at her reaction.

"What's going on Miss. Collins?" I hear a voice that made me jump. It was the teacher.

"Umm.. Sorry." I apologized and he just let it go. I sigh with relief.