It Ends Here?

Memory Of Mine

To begin with, I'll just introduce myself. I'm Martina Valentine. I'm not quite socially popular. I'm that kind of person who has to struggle through loneliness and somehow get a way to catch up with rest. If I dont then I'm gonna be the one left behind all in my own.
What I remember at this moment is what happened 5 years back. I was 12 back then in middle-school. I was so confused with myself that I didnt know with whom to get along. It was December and the school got to hold some sort of Annual function. Quite a lot of the students participated in it's events but I didn't. There were some more people who didn't join the events like me. And one among them was this guy- Haylard. He was a crowd-puller. Naturally many girls had their eyes on him. He was unusually unaccompanied that day. He looked at me and gave a smile. Well, what could that mean? A playboy giving me a smile when his usual friends are not around. I turned my look away.
The Principal was a thinking lady and quite considerate cuz she got to arrange things for the non-participants too. We were led to the Audio-Visual Room. Most unexpectedly we're shown a movie. "Sound of Love" was the movie name probably. As usual I took a seat totally away from the others. But there he comes! Haylard came and sat in the seat beside me. I didn't quite feel comfortable with him sitting beside me and some of the other people staring at us.
I politely said to him," Ah.. Can u take a different seat. There's so many empty seats over there. I'm sure you will get a clearer view from there."
I wasn't unaware of his tricks. I completely knew that he would argue somehow(cuz he's way too stubborn) with his melting reasons. But what happened? He stood up and took a different seat a little far from me. Okay now, I thought that I shouldn't have said that.
A little later the movie started. About half-an-hour passed and he stood up. Well, why I noticed? Because I was watching him most of the time than the movie. He came up to me and said,"Cant I even sit beside you, Martina".
"Um..No..I..Sit.. okay sit" I totally don't know how I ended up being confused and dumfounded so much that I couldnt keep my composure.
He said on his own then," From there I couldnt get a 'clear view' of u. I'm not interested in that shit movie". Okay now, so he was making fun of me by putting stress on 'clear view'. But wait, no that's not the point. He what..?? He couldn't get a clearer view of me. ME?? Me of all people!!! Wait no this possibly can't be it, I said to myself as I looked at him speechless. He gave a smile again. Flirting?? Me? Haylard is flirting me?
I didn't reply. Was that a surrender?
I felt very uncomfortable. He didn't say anything else for quite long. So this was it? I was getting tensed for no reason? No, it wasnt the end. I knew it when he put his hand over my hand... WHATT?? I removed my hand quickly.
"U dont like me?", he asked me right then.
THIS! WHAT ARE THESE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO ME.
"...Why do you ask.."
"U removed your hand."
"Isnt that natural? "
"So what? I know you like me.
Just incase you want to know, I like you"
WHATT. Is he really Haylard, the one I know, the one who everyone knows.
And WHATTT!! Who said I like him?
Who would fall for a cheap guy like him who can be lovey-dovey with anyone anytime he likes !!
"I don't like you. U are in a misconception. "
"Maybe or maybe not. I look forward to spending more time with you. U are actually cute "
(-_- "Cute" he said???)
"I dont"
The movie ended by this time and he stood up to leave. He turned back and offered me a hand to help me stand up. I stood up on my own..
"Do you want to go back to class together?",he said.
"No I'm FINE"
He left.
That was how our first meeting ended. Soon after that day rumours spread in the school that Haylard spent time with me personally seeing the movie. My ordinary school life was no more ordinary. It was disturbed and intruded by a playboy and a whole lot of onlookers.
Following that day, the next days till the Annual function came Haylard spent the time in this fashion.
Everytime he would try to accompany me and be around me. And I naturally got to become the hated person by the girls in the school. Not like I was liked by any girl before all this but atleast I wasn't hated or avoided. Haylard invited me in his groupchat. He would make me sit beside him during the group chat and he wouldn't sit beside anyone else. In that group, there were like 6 members and each one had to narrate a story when his or her turn came. When Haylard's turn used to come, he used to tell any story or incident facing me as if only I was in the group. I'm not quite well in group discussions so I used to suck in this group conversation. But Haylard seemed to love my stories exceptionally. He always used to stay right beside me as my bestfriend. As a matter of fact, he was the first person that I got this close with. I came to know more about him and he came to know more about me. When people used to harass me infront of him, he used to warn them not to do so. And they didn't do so from the next time.. I started liking him. Already fell for him???
So thats how it all started..

But things didn't turn out to be as I expected them to be. It was like I just stepped into an illusory world that would just break into a thousand pieces in the coming years...