Don't let me go?

Chapter 02

Author's Note
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As soon as I felt a hand on my shoulder, I froze and stood there dumbstruck, getting some flashbacks. I zoned out for a few minutes and realised it when I heard someone say..

"Umm.. Excuse Me?"

I turned around to see a blonde guy with a pair of deep blue eyes. He was wearing a grey T-Shirt and blue jeans with black sneakers.

"Hey! I'm Niall. I'm new here and I was wondering if you could help me?"

I was actually in deep thought and was surprised by his politeness. Probably he is the only person who's been so nice to me in so long, except my brother. I didn't respond and kept looking at him, zoned out again.

"Hey Love! It's okay if you cannot. I'll ask someone else. Take Care. It was nice to meet you!" He said.

As soon as I heard those words, realisation dawned upon me and I recalled Liam's words..

"Forget whatever happened in the past and try to grab this opportunity, to start afresh, with both the hands"

I realised what he meant and thought that Niall might be the opportunity he was talking about.

"Umm.. Excuse Me Niall!" I called out for him.

"Yes Love?" he responded.

"Erm, Hey! I'm Candice. I'm sorry for my behaviour earlier." I said.

"Oh don't worry about it. Not an issue at all." He said.

"Thank you." I said.

"So, can you help me?"

"Of Course! I will." I said.

With this, we started walking and I led him to the Principal office so that he could learn about the rules and regulations of the school and also about his schedule for the day.

He came out after about 5 minutes and showed me his schedule.

"My first lecture is Mrs Salvatore's History. What about you?" He asked.

"Ohh.. Erm.. Yeah.. Me too. I have History too."

"Ohh Great! We have our first lecture together. That's lovely!" He said.

With this we walked towards our class. As soon as I entered the classroom, I could feel people glaring me and I just wanted to run away.

"Is everything alright?" Niall asked.

"Umm.. Yeah.. Yeah. I'm okay." I said.

I walked and chose the last bench, so that I could ignore the people around me. Niall followed me.

The class started and Mrs Salvatore starting discussing things.

Moments later, Niall passed me a note which read "This class is so boring!"

I smiled a little at it. History indeed was boring.

He passed me another note which read "Let's play 20 questions?"

I was not totally comfortable with the idea of letting him know a lot about me, but I nodded and we started playing in an attempt to what Liam says start afresh.

I actually got to know pretty much about him through the game. Now I know that his full name is Niall Horan, he is Irish, he loved eating, he can play a few instruments like guitar and drums, his favourite colour was Green and a little about his family.

But as soon as he asked about my family, I felt tears well up in my eyes and I ignored his question by saying that we need to pay attention to the class.

Luckily, he didn't interrogate any further and we started studying. Well, he was, I was missing my mom.

I was hiding my tears when a tall, lean boy with curly hair walked in and asked "Excuse Me! Is this Mrs Salvatore's History class?"

"Yes! It is. But I'm afraid I can't let you in. You're late." She replied strictly.

The entire class had their eyes on him and I could see some girls swooning over his looks but he looked so confident and comfortable. Had I been in his position, I would have not been able to gather the guts to interrupt an ongoing class.

"I'm sorry Mrs Salvatore. I'm new here and it took me a while to look for the class but it's okay I'll attend the class tomorrow. Have a good day." He said and walked off.

She resumed the class and soon the bell rang and we had a break.

Niall dragged me to the canteen, the place I do not usually visit. But he insisted and I accompanied him.

I could see some girls here and there, gossiping and laughing about the usual stuff. I felt so uncomfortable here.

I spotted the same guy, the one with curly hair, in a huge group of boys and girls, some of whom were seniors too.

"Wow! The guy got charm!" Niall started speaking.

"He befriended so many people already despite the fact he is new here!" He continued.

"Ohh! Yeah.. Maybe!!" I answered, trying to act normal but in reality I envy that guy, I envy his confidence, I envy his ability to befriend people so easily and I envy his charm!!

He is all that I've ever wanted to be. I wish I could be like him, so full of life, so charming, so confident, just in a hope that maybe, I'd have some friends too.

Niall called out for me and we sat on a table, where he ordered something to eat. We talked about the random things for a little while and the bell rang.