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Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Amazing blue eyes looked curiously at my flushed face. I wasn't feeling well; I felt my stomach tightening in a knot, and I was sure I wasn't ready to talk to him. I had fancied him for so long. It had been my secret, not even Emma knew how much I liked him. Even though she was my best friend, I was afraid she would laugh at me. Jess Keagan was a dream, someone unreachable.

"Are you feeling OK?"

I breathed in as I tried not to shake in front of him. My God, he was even handsomer than usual.

"Ah.. yes I think so." I stuttered. I sounded stupid. Emma didn't say a word and looked at me strangely. "Can I help you?" I asked.

A sweet smile touched his sensual lips. Wow, my heart was going to either stop or trot out.

"You can and I really hope you do." He said in his deep voice.

"Are you sure?" I asked foolishly.

Jess smiled again, and then he unexpectedly reached out and put his hand on my shoulder. I felt a spark, a sort of electricity coming up to my shoulder.

"May I speak to you in private please?" He said in a low voice. Was he kidding? Was this some kind of joke, which maybe Lara wanted him to do? I looked at Emma, not knowing what to do.

"You will not harm her or anything, will you?" She asked him bluntly. He was somehow taken aback.

"Harm her?" He asked. "I just want to talk to her."

"Then you can do it here," Emma said steadily.

"Listen, this is personal." He said looking at her irritated.

Personal? Jess wanted to talk to me about something personal, was I dreaming?

"Come on." He said then as he dragged me away.

"Hey, you! Wait!" I heard Emma shouting. But Jess ignored her instead he pulled me in an empty classroom and closed the door behind him. I was still too dazed to even react. I looked around me, there was no one, just me and him. My heart was beating fast against my ribs as I tried to control myself.

"Listen, I'm sorry I dragged you here like that, but I needed some privacy. What's up with your friend, is she always that protective?" He asked.

I licked my lips as I reached behind me to seek support. Jess looked at me and I thought I was going to melt down. He lifted his hand and combed his sandy blonde hair nervously. He didn't seem comfortable either.

"Are you afraid of me by any chance?" He asked me then.

"What? Oh, no." I replied quickly.

"Then why are you so nervous?" He demanded.

Oh Shit, he had noticed. Of course, he had, I was making it too obvious.

"I'm sorry," I said then, not knowing what else to say. "It's just that well we never spoke and I'm-"

I bit my lip. What was I going to say? That I thought I was invisible to him, or maybe that I'm the nerdiest and ugly student in school. Or perhaps that I thought he was too cool to even realise I existed.

"I'm sorry for that."

He was sorry for what?

"I know you're in class with me for philosophy, and I know I've been a villain not to even say hello. It's just that I'm quite timid, differently from what other people say."

So he knows I'm with him in philosophy, and I thought he didn't even notice that.

"You're Gabriella, right?" He said then.