The Bet To Break My Heart

13

*Alana's P.O.V*

I kept my poker face as I walked from class to class. I was not going to let anyone see me broken any longer.

This idea of mine was working great, until I saw Jack in study hall. I walked in, not completely prepared for the class ahead of me. I took a deep breath as I walked into the room.

All eyes on me, including the big brown ones that I had fallen in love with. He stared at me and I stared at him. I didn't break eye contact from him as I walked to an empty table.

We stared at each other for good 3 minutes until he stood up. No, he didn't walk towards me. He stepped onto the table he was sitting near.

"Hey everyone!" He said. Our study hall was packed, due to there being half the seniors in there. So, about 60-70 people in the library. It went dead silent in a matter of minutes. "I have something to say."

"Jack.. Stop it." I mouthed to him. "Now."

"Now, the past few days have been pretty interesting to you, I assume. I mean, all of you have seen me cry, you have seen me break down, you have seen me flip a desk and so much more. I blame Alana Hart."

All eyes snapped towards me. What was Jack doing? What kind of shit was this?

"Yeah, it is all Alana Hart's fault. Don't let her pretty hazel eyes and sweet innocent face fool you. SHe can make you go crazy in just a small month."

"Stop." I said a little bit louder so a few people actually heard me.

"So, you see. I- Jack Gilinsky, fell in love with Alana Hart. She is all I can think about. Even in my sleep I have dreams about her. I fell in love with everything about her. Her little freckles on her nose that are hardly noticeable, the way she furrows her eyebrows when she's deep in thought, the way she looks at the ground every time I compliment her. I even fell in love with her flaws. Or, her single flaw. Alana is full of many perfections, but there is one flaw. That is, she wont listen to her heart. She loves me just as much as I love her. I know it, she knows it. But, she wont just listen to her heart. She is keeping up a wall. Why Alana?" Everyone turned towards me.

I did something I normally don't do. I commented. I stood up on the single table I was sitting at.

"My name is Alana Hart.. And I fell in love with Jack Gilinsky." Everyone in the room made an 'aww' noise. "No, no, no. It's not that sweet." I half laughed at them. "Only a few of you actually know what happened, but I'm going to just flat out say it. I was his little bet. Yeah, a bet. He had a bet going with his friends to see if he could sleep with me in less than a month. I was all a bet. Our 'love' was just a bet. Does that sound like true love? No." I glared at Jack Gilinsky. "He used me.. Why Jack?"

"Alana, I never used you."

"I was a bet." I snapped back.

"When I saw you across the room the first time, you were a bet. But the second I talked to you, damn, I was crazy about you. You-you had like a spell over me. I could only think about you. I fell so deeply in love with you. And, now you hate me.. And that kills me inside. You hate me and there is nothing I can do about it. I tried Alana, I tried so hard. But- I know I fucked up.. And I hate myself for that. I will regret it for as long as I live. Please. Baby girl, forgive me."

"No." I said, as much as it killed me.

"Alana Hart is to blame for my outrageous behavior. She is the one who makes me crazy. I am so crazy about her. Everything about her is just.. perfect. Alright guys, how many of you thought Alana was hot when she walked in the first day?" He said. I looked around the room to see many shy hands raise. "My point exactly. Out of all of you, she picked me. She loved ME. That was the luckiest thing that could ever happen. Alana loved me, out of all people. That's the best feeling, having someone love you so much. And I fucked it up. I didn't really have any other way tot ell you this Alana, you wont speak personally with me for long, and it makes it harder for me to cry in front of all these people." He began getting choked up.

I shook my head slightly. "Jack.. What have you done." I said before leaving the room, before bursting out in tears. He loves me. He loves me so damn much and I loved him just as much. How dare he. I told him not to fall in love with me! I told him!

I felt a hand grab my shoulder, turning me towards him.

"I-I didn't mean for you to cry." Jack said, his voice cracking. "Please, don't cry."

He said, as he was also crying.

"I'm not suppose to love you!" My voice got higher. "I'm suppose to hate you right now. Im not suppose to have butterflies just because you're talking to me.. I'm not suppose to still love you."

"I didn't mean to make you cry. I never wanted you to cry. It was never on purpose Alana, I never meant to hurt you."

"I know Jack. I know."

"No.. You don't. You don't know how much I love you. You don't know how crazy I am about you."

"Yes... I do.. Because I'm just as crazy about you."

Jack put his hands on my waist, and leaned me against a locker. He stared at me for a minute.

"I'm going to kiss you." He licked his lips.

"I'm not going to stop you."

The second the words left my mouth, Jacks lips were so lightly pressed against mine. I grabbed onto his arm, never wanting him to leave me. Everything was so right.

I knew I belonged with Jack. I knew it all along.

He pulled away, but it was too soon for me. My lips attacked his the second he moved away. I felt him smile. I pulled him even closer to me than before. I could stay like this forever, but when I knew it had been long enough I pulled away.

"I love you." I said, wrapping my arms tight around Jack's waist. I had never had a tighter grip on anything in my life. I buried my face in his chest. "I love you so fucking much."