Ignited Feelings

Chapter 1- Present

                                                  "I love you Pen." he said, his blushed visible from the moonlight, as he locked his grey eyes with my brown ones. I wrapped my arms around his neck as he embrace me with gentleness, as if I'm a fragile glass. This guy is too sweet to be true; his awkwardness, and his shy side is the total opposite of how he looks like. His clean-cut  black hair that emphasize his strong jawline; his masculine-built body that all girls would drool over; those beautiful winged-tattoos that marked his wonderful tan torso. He is beyond the perfect bad boy type, but his attitude says other wise. Now, he's blushing and looked away as I continue staring at me. 

"we should get out of the water now, it's getting cold." right, we are in the middle of a night swimming in the lagoon near the campsite. But again, I just stared at him; at his beautiful moonlit face.

"I love you so much!" I said and kissed him, he kissed me back.

It's so romantic to believe that we are here kissing under the moonlight. We just kissed, without a care of the world around us. He held me tightly but gently, as I did so with him. We parted for air. How long did we kissed? I don't know. 

He smiled at me and cupped my cheeks with his huge hands, "We should go back, An will be furious if she caught our tents empty." I agree, that girl is so annoying she won't stop bugging you if she gets contented. 

With a heavy sigh I let go of him and swam back to the shore. I heard his soft chuckle, as he followed me. "Lets have another camping, just you and me, Pen." he said. I looked at him, he's already out of the water. His beautiful body is so wonderful, the moonlight truly did it's job making it visible in my naked eye. Thank you so much, Man in moon! Woah, I sounded like a huge pervert. 

He laughed at me and held out his hand, I grabbed it and he gently pulled me out of the water and then he then wrapped me in his arms with a towel. Just how sweet if my boyfriend?

I stared at him, "promise me, that you will take me on a camping." I said flatly. he smiled, and promised, "just you and me, no Andromeda, no Angelica, no Rhys, no Yuna, no Ameth, no Horo, no other, just you and me Logan Johnson!" I said, and he laughed at my long list of banning of friends. I yelp as he carried me in his arms. He gave me those gentle reassuring smile of his, and gently kissed my forehead as he whispered "I promise. I love you Penny." 

And that was the last time I saw his smile; the last time he held me in his arms; the last time I heard him say "I love you."  The last time I heard his gentle voice calling me name. That was the last time I saw the Logan I knew; the Logan I love. After that incident, he was gone. He never came back. He didn't take me to camping like he promised. He never showed himself to me again. Gone. Logan was gone. But I never bothered looking at him. Why should I? He left me, he hurt me, he choose her. Was I not good enough? I gave him my everything; I gave up everything for him; I trusted him, choose him over everything. But what was the cost? A shattered soul and a broken heart. He is all in the past. I have a future ahead of me. 

It's been 2 years, but I just smiled, thinking of all those mistakes. I was really a stupid hopeless romantic before, and now I'm getting crazy. Why? It started 3 days ago, I felt like someone's watching me and every time I turn around, its seems normal. Do I have a stalker? Sometimes I muster all the courage and go the trees or behind buildings to look for that stalker if he ever did exist. Or is it just me hallucinating because of lack of sleep form all those thesis work. I'm surely getting insane. 

"PE-NE-LO-PE!" my worries disappeared  and smiled as I heard the voice calling me.
I turned around to see that idiotic face. "Rhys!" I called. He ran towards me and gave me that breath taking smile of his.
"You ready? Andromeda, Yuna, and JJ will be there. I don't wanna waste money over a stupid bet, 'whoever gets to be late on the meeting area will be paying for dinner' my ass!" I laugh as he mimicked Andromeda's voice and actions.

"You idiot, if you don't wanna loose, why wait for me? You know I'm the most tardy here because of my sched. Besides if I'm the one who's late, An won't let me drop a single penny." I don't know why I'm still a part of this shenanigans if they wont let me pay.  I smiled at the thought, that I never became broke because of this. 
"yeah, yeah, bias." he is so cute when he's complaining. "I just waited for you, because you look pity when you're alone. So, enough chit-chat and lets go Pen!" he said dragging me to his car.

I stopped, for some reason, I think someone's looking at me again. "Pen? what's wrong?" 
Strange, maybe I'm just tired from all those thesis. 
"Nothing, I just felt like someone's looking at me." I said as I look around.
"Hmm? you're just hallucinating." he said and grabbed my shoulders, angling me to look at him "Like someone's gonna stalk a girl with a height of a kid." he jokingly said that made me want to punch him. "oh wait! there are! you better watch put for those pedophiles babe, they're disgustingly dangerous!" he laughed.
I punched him hard on the stomach before I entered in his car. A kid he says, look at him frown in pain. I opened the window and laugh at him "lets go babe! If you don't wanna end up emptying your savings! you still owe me a dinner date you know" 
And with it, he hopped in his car and he mutter some words I can't understand but still laugh because of his face. I apologized and kissed his cheeks. His frown was replaced by a smile, and then he started driving. Did I mentioned my boyfriend is so handsome? or did I ever mentioned this idiot is my boyfriend? 

I smiled at his stupid face, he maybe childish but he's beyond sweet. Thinking of how he treated me for the past years, I was really blessed. Despite of how I was, he never left my side. He was my best friend back then, and now he is my sweetest boyfriend. And I'm glad he did't change and still treated me the same, well some things change. 

"Penelope Heaven" I looked at him, his smile is still plastered in his face as he focused on the road. He gently grabbed my hands and kissed it. "I love you" he said. 

My heart is beating fast. This guy knows how to sway a girl. I smiled at how cute he is, "I hate you Rhysand" 

He chukled "I love you more" he backfired.

"I love you most" I replied with a smile. 

Rhys is now my present, and he is all in past. I have to focus on whats in front of me. I must never look back.