Chapter 11 | Mistake
I kissed him.
Why did I kiss him?
What the hell happened in there?
It’s like I wasn’t even myself. It was as if I was in a trance. Like I was hypnotised. Everything is so confusing. Ok, he kissed me, but why did I kiss him back. I hate him! He is an annoying prick. I promised myself I wouldn’t get involved with any other guy after… him. My heart started racing at the possibilities of me liking him.
No, I don’t.
I can’t.
Or you will just hurt yourself in the process, you have to stop whatever you are doing.
Maybe I should leave?
Just because of a stupid kiss?
Come on Harley, you are stronger than that. And, it wouldn’t even have meant anything to him anyway. What’s the point? He would think that you like him if you leave now. I sighed, splashing the water around with my feet. The chill clear water flowed and I could see all the fishes swimming inside them, tickling my feet.
Suddenly, something caught my eye and my eyes widened when something flew past me, making me almost lose my balance and tumble into the water. It flew so fast past me again and this time I calmed down trying to look at it closely when it stopped right in front of me.
It was a fairy.
I gasped as I looked at its small body, it was a small girl, with wings that fluttered like no tomorrow. It was watching me closely, with its tiny eyes. It was wearing a white dress that stopped at its knees and I smiled at it.
It smiled back at me and flew away, disappearing into the forest.
“That’s rare.”
I whipped my head around to see Mrs. Potts on a tray filled with buns and biscuits. Licking my lips, I grabbed the biscuit and stuffed it into my mouth.
“What’s rare?”
“Fairies. They are very shy creatures and they usually don’t let humans see them.” Mrs. Potts said and I raised my eyebrows.
“They say that when a fairy shows itself to a human,” Mrs. Potts paused. “The human is going to falling in love.”
Man, my life is like a fucking fairytale.
“That must be a myth.” I said, taking another bite out of the biscuit. “Because the last time I checked, I am not falling in love with anybody.”
“You don’t say.” Mrs. Potts said, winking and I rolled my eyes at her.
“Let’s get inside,” I said. “It looks like it is going to rain.”
My heart raced at the thought of stepping inside the castle. I was scared that I would come face to face with him in the corridor. I have been effectively avoiding him since last night and the whole of today. I know I will have to face it some time but not now, I am really not in the mood right now.
Entering the castle, my senses became alert to search for any sign of him. But, once there was none, I started relaxing and walked inside.
“Harley.”
Shit.
I turned around and he was standing right infront of me, looking serious and all. I felt anxious and I could hear Mrs. Potts excuse herself away from us.
That wicked lady! She is supposed to help me!
“Um.” I said. “I need to go. I’m slee—”
“I’m sorry.”
My eyes widened at him and I stood there, trying to think of something to say back. “W-what?”
“I’m not going to say it again. I know you heard it the first time.” He pursed his lips, getting impatient as he looked down at me.
“Why?” I asked.
“For the kiss. It was a mistake.” He said and I breathed out a sigh of relief but frowned when I felt a slight pang in my chest. Ignoring that I gave him a smile and he narrowed his eyes at me.
“Oh, thank god.” I said, “Yeah. It was just a heat of the moment thing. I’m sorry too.” His smile faltered a bit before he looked away, behind me.
“Do you want to do something interesting?” He asked and I raised my eyebrows. “Or We could go to the library.”
“You have a library?” I asked, excitement filling me and he gave me a lop-sided grin.
“You like reading books?” He asked and started walking and gestured for me to follow him and I did, trailing behind him as I squealed in excitement.
“I love reading books.” I shouted and just like that, things were back to normal again and I couldn’t be more happier. “Especially adventurous books.”
“We are here,” He stopped and pushed the door open and gestured for me to go inside. Walking inside, I looked around and stood in amazement at the huge size. There were millions of books, stacked everywhere. There was another floor of books above me. There were so many that I was sure it would take me a life time to read them all. They were surprisingly well-organised and my jaw dropped the ground when I saw a section named ‘Adventure’. There was a whole lot of books in that section and I squealed like a dying hamster.
“This is great!” I shouted and walked over to the stack of books.
I saw him give me an amused smile and take a seat on the sofa, grabbing a small book in his hand as well.
THREE HOURS LATER
I didn’t know how we ended up in this position but here I was, his head lying on my lap as both of us looked at a huge book of the world map. There were thousands of books scattered around us and I was leaning against the sofa.
“What would happen if we were in Antartica?” I paused. “Right now.”
“We would freeze to death.” He said, closing his eyes and tried to sleep once again. But, being my stubborn self, I wasn’t letting him get any sleep. I ruffled his hair and laughed at his answer.
“I have always wanted to go to Rio.” I said, and he raised his eyebrows, while I shrugged at him. “Rio is colorful. And I love colorful things.”
He immediately got up and shot me a mischievious smile. I narrowed my eyes at him at his sudden movement. He stood up and started walking away.
“Where are you going?” I asked, stretching my neck.
“Can’t live without me already?”
“No.” I said, and pretended to choke. “See, I’m dying.” I said, and fell on the floor, before reaching my hands out to grab his leg. “I-I left a million dollars in the—” I closed my eyes and he laughed at my silliness. I opened my eyes and looked at him, giving him a wink to which he laughed as well.
“Drama queen.” He muttered and I opened my eyes, sitting right back up again. He stared at me for awhile, still laughing and his gaze flickered to my lips. Immediately, the tension in the air increased and I gulped. Swifting my eyes away, I stood up, brushing my hands on mt dress as I started walking out. “Let’s eat. I’m hungry.”
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