Dammit I Love Him

Chapter 3 - Noticed

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How has everyone been? :)

Man I had fun writing this part where Nichole and Ben really start interacting :P

This is where the story gets fun, haha

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Chapter 3

I was listening to music when someone interrupted me and tapped me on the back. I ignored them but this person was relentless and i was starting to get irritated, they kept calling 'Nichole..Nichole..'

Grrr... I turn around and rip my head phones off ferociously glaring at the person that interrupted my peaceful solitude, only to see those familiar striking hazel green eyes staring at me.

Ugh!! It was Ben. What's he want bloody!

"Can i help you?" I asked in a sweet sarcastic tone so he'd get the message and bugger off.

"Well hello to you too, sunshine." He laughed. He stops, "You've piqued my interest, but you seriously shouldn't mess with Peter, he's got issues and isn't afraid to hurt anyone for his pride." He said in a grave tone.

I replied, "Thanks for the useless advice but it's too late and he is an asshole that needs to get off his high horse and stop abusing people."

His expression changed to that of a person mocking you and equally intrigued by you.

Geez everything this guy did annoyed me. Grrrr.

"Thanks for wasting my time." I huffed.

I turned around and went back to listening to my music.

He just smirked and walked off, like he was all that.

The day dragged on forever and I thought I would never get home. Finally the last bell rang and I sprinted out of that jail cell, named 'high school'.

I reached home in a record time of 6 minutes and 30 seconds. I took my bag off and stripped my clothes off replacing them with my gym clothes. I walk downstairs to my basement, that was turned into an mini-indoor gym, with matts on the floor and various machines like: running machines, punching backs, abb blaster, large red workout matt, beams, poles and other stuff that my dad installed. I needed some stress relief and immediately started on the punching bag, taking deep controlled breaths and punching in concise points of the bag repeatedly until beads of sweat formed all over my body. After that I continued onto the routine of 20 reps push-ups, 15 reps chin-ups, 30 reps sit ups, 10 reps planking and then finished it with some relaxing tai-chi exercises.

I went upstairs and washed away all the sweat and irritation of the day in the shower.

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The sharp rays of light woke me up in the morning. I felt refreshed after that awesome workout. But for the rest of the week I still have to go to mandatory training sessions with my instructor. Oh well I guess it will be a good stress reliever.

Since I woke up early I took full advantage, and went for a run around my block. I started my stretches and breathed in the fresh morning air that seemed to relax and rejuvenate my body. I blasted my hip-hop and R&B music on my IPod as I started running. After running for 4km's, my street finally came back into view.

I was in the zone and was in complete concentration, until something crashed into me and I fell over and grazed my arm. As I recovered and opened my eyes I realized I was laying on something soft, a person's body. When I looked up to see the person that had crashed into me, it just so happened to be Ben who was looking ruggedly handsome with his tussled raven hair sexy smirk pasted on his face. I swear why does this guy always pop up around me?

I was entranced as a unique smell of musky wood, fresh mint and something else that i guessed was just uniquely him, hit my senses. Immediately i was aware that i was pressed against his big hard, toned and delectably tanned body. His eyes bored into my soul as he watched me. It felt like a raven was swooping into my soul searching for my deepest secrets and shadows. My heart rate picked up and electricity coursed throughout my body. It felt like my senses had finally awoken from a slumber, and suddenly i was acutely aware of how far my face was from his.

"Hey, Nichole. Fancy crashing into you here" he drawls, snapping me out of my trance. "Seems to me like we always keep catching each other in unexpected circumstances."

"Oh really? I hadn't noticed" I replied sarcastically. I turn to get up, to escape, to be anywhere but here, when his hand lands on my lower back and keeps me locked in place. "Why is it that you're trying to run away from me whenever you see me?" he questions. "Uh excuse me?! It's not called running, It's called avoiding things that waste my time". And dangerously hot guys like you.

"Oooh burnnn, are you always this nice to people who you smash into?" he queries. "Are you always this annoying and invasive" I said exasperated. "And I did NOT crash into you, you crashed into me!" I retorted. He just had to keep going. "Noooo, you were the one that wasn't looking where you were going and smashed into me". Grrr...what a pain in the ass, I'm sick and tired of this blame game.

I hold onto his chest and lean in towards his face whispering; "I'll give you a reward for catching me" He looked momentarily shocked and quickly replaced the expression with a lazy grin, he relaxed and his hold on me loosened. I took that chance and propelled myself up so that I was standing again. I glowered over him declaring, "You were the one that was in MY way when I was CLEARLY in the zone, alright. You have no common sense to move the hell out of a persons way, so the fact that you fell over is not my fault but yours". My hands behind my back were trembling, i really want to get to the safety of my home.

His eye gleamed with a glint of devilishness and he smirked saying, "I like sassy girls like you, you're so fun to toy with, I look forward to the rest of our school year. With that he gets up and before he can gallantly walk away like some champion, I quickly trip him over and proclaim, "I guess we'll just have to see who will be the toy at the end of this stupid little game that your attempting to play with me mate". Finishing with that statement I proudly continued running back to my house.