As Long As You Love Me

Chap 10 ALAYLM :)

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Im lazy....

anyway..song- Just to see you smile by Tim McGraw.

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CHAPTER 10

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Alright, I cannot understand what I'm going to say to David. I mean, I cannot just go and drop the bomb and ask him, “David, care to tell me why my brother hates me?”.

I needed to know the truth. Jake would definitely lie to me and say “Haha Alice… You’ve got a good sense of humour!” while David would probably tell me about the whole deal. At least, I think he will.

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I entered the auditorium and found everybody there except, David. Why wasn’t he here? W as it about anything to do with the whole thing with Jake?

Well, I hope not…

So, I  casually  asked Jake about David, and he casually replied that he was probably late. So, I was supposed to dance without a partner, and pretend as if he was holding me.

But, for some reason, mind kept going ‘David David David’. I was never so desperate to see a person in my whole life. The practice looked as if it will never end.  Finally, after a long time, it ended. I went around the  school, asking a few people I thought he knew. Nobody had any idea where he was. I tried to call him but it went straight into voicemail.

The night seemed long, I couldn’t sleep. I was damn worried about him. No calls, no messages. God, I hope it isn’t anything about what happened earlier. Jus t the casual Oh-I-was-just-skipping-school-nothing-serious thing. I hope.

For the first time, I was ever worried about something. I was always the casual type,  the I-don’t-give-a-shit type of a girl. I was not even so worried when Dad got into an accident, some years ago.

Probably, I fell asleep after the Hours Of Worry, as I put it.

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The next morning, everything around me had some sort of a weird vibe and I felt kind of dizzy. My head was paining, as if I repeatedly banged my head into the wall. It all felt like a hangover, minus the alcohol part.

“You OK?” A familiar and rather caring voice asked me.  It was very close to me.

Opening my eyes, I found the face, I wanted to see since yesterday.  The face was so perfect, it got me swooning!

Ah!  Hot!

It had tension written across it.

David.

I didn’t realize that I had a huge smile across my face.  He had a grin on his face.

“What’s so  funny?”

“Your face” He chuckles.

Whats wrong with my face?

“Ok, I have never… seen you… in your night gown before.”  He motions towards my  body.

I looked down…Aw crap! I was in a red satin night gown. The thing Mum forced me to wear,  or ‘the things ladies wear’ in her words.

I pulled my blanket and hid myself while David was still laughing his ass off. I kicked him hard, and then he stopped laughing.

Bitch!

But something had to ruin my time with David. The whole Jake-and-David-talking and David not coming to school yesterday.

“Why didn’t you come to school yesterday?”

“Skipped” He shrugs it off.

Skipping? What shit? He couldn’t skip school. I was so worried about him…

“Are you mad?” Maybe he was, who knows…

“Have you lost your mind? Bloody hell, I was so worried about you after I heard Jake and you ta- I mean, you were my dance partner and all, I was worried, you know, …that I had to do the routine alone and…maybe you were sick and… wouldn’t be able to perform on the final day…” I finished, not looking at him. Maybe it was too late and he understood that I what I was talking about…

“Alice, spill” says David in a commanding tone.

“What were you doing at my house anyway?” I asked him, hoping that the topic changed..

“Alice”

I glared at him

“I was passing by and thought I’d pay a visit. Your Mother let me in. I knocked at your door but then I heard you cry…I wondered why you were crying so I came inside. But you were crying in your sleep.. Some bad dream , I thought, but then, your hand was hot, you had temperature.. I thought it wasn’t the right time to wake you up and so I just sat here…” he trailed off, looking at me carefully.

“Oh” I say.

“Your turn”

“David… I don’t…--” I was about to make up an excuse when there was a knock at my door.

“Alice, can I come in?” asks Jake.

“Wait, I'm changing…Or come back after ten minutes alright.”

“Alright”

I told David and went in for as quick bath, dressed up and went to Jake.

“You ready?”

“umm.. yeah…just take the car out, I'm coming..”

“Cool..”

I went back to my room where David was still there.

“Alright..I’ve gotta go..getting late for school, see you there?”  I asked him.

“Yeah..See you there..”  He says,  smiling and left.