The Veiled Love {Wattys 2016}

CHAPTER 20 - FAIRYTALE <3

CHAPTER 20

FAIRYTALE

MIA COLLINS

Adam is THERE!

Looking out for ME!

He's a few meters away from me and I'm afraid if he'll spot me. I don't want to create a scene here. I hold onto James' sleeve like a scared puppy veiling my face with my hairs.

Duh! I don't even have those long hairs to do that job!

The shoulder-length hairs don't do that job efficiently but at least they're enough to serve the purpose.

Wait! Why did James stop kissing me?

Shitttt! Does he know?

I slowly trail my eyes towards his and I trace back to where he looks.

Man! That random girl! He's looking at her. And ... she's so pretty...

She has blonde hairs that reach upto her waist. That's the only thing I can notice cause she's turning the other side.

What's wrong James? What's happening? Are you cheating on me already?

Fuck! We're not even in a relationship yet.

Then what was the kissing all about?

I look up at him confused and I find him staring at me like a hawk. His dark eyes are so intense.

Man! You can't be this hot! I can't tolerate this.

"J..James, is everything alright?" I ask him eyeing the girl that he saw. I mean stared.

"Y..yeah." he says and I can't help but frown. I wasn't expecting that answer.

"Bu-"

"Mia, she's my ex" he says cutting me off.

Those words fell like daggers in my ears.

I look down immediately. I just almost begin to wonder what I was letting him do with me. I just can't stop anticipating and deciphering things.

"Mia, I'll tell you everything I promise." He says and I look him in the eye.

"You don't have to. There's no need for it." I say him fidgeting with his rolled up sleeves.

"Don't you want to know?" he queries so much confused.

"I don't want to know. I just want to accept everything that has happened in your life. I don't care about your past relationships and all that. All I care is you. " I say him absent minded.

I just can't believe I said that out loud to HIM straight-away!

Oh God! How's this going to end? I don't even know if he likes me. The kiss could be in-the-moment thing and nothing more for him.

Shit, Mia! You messed it up!

His expression changes gradually. The lines that had formed in his forehead are now disappearing. The eyes look softened and less dark. He pulls me closer to him as he grips my waist. I shiver for a second. A reflex I guess.

I expect him to throw questions at me like: " What do you mean?" , "What's going on in your mind about us?" etc. I wait staring at his expressionless face for minutes.

I can stay like this for an eternity so that I don't really have to face hard questions. I don't really understand why his grip on my waist is so tight. Maybe he's angry or maybe he wants to say me something.

Silence.

Eye contact.

His grip tightening on my waist.

Silence.

Silence.

Sometimes silence is what it all requires when the words aren't enough to express. I really do believe that silence could be the best answer.

I really don't know what James might be anticipating now. Does he think I'm the one? Does he have feelings for me? Or is he unhappy with this?

If he actually did have feelings for me, he would've asked me out but that never really happened.

His expressionless face doesn't tell me anything. I just stare at those beautiful features of his. His flaws, his jaw, his hairs, his eyes. I examine him thoroughly. His stubble just gives me a strange feeling from the inside.

Eye contact.

It's not going to end. I can sink in those dark chocolate brown eyes for a life time.

What's next?

Kiss.

Moan.

Kiss.

Is this really happening?

Yes, it is!

I least expected anything like this to happen.

At least I didn't not expect me to indirectly indicate my feelings for him. God! Did I just utter those words from my mouth literally?

I've read a million books and I've read nothing like this.

Is this the difference between books and real life?

You don't really expect the unexpected, do you?

And when it happens you almost lose your senses. It's either a nightmare or a fairytale.

And this very moment I'm thankful it's a fairytale.