Love At First Semester

Chapter 6: A Rival Comes Along

"I have to do this. I have to tell James about this. Katie.... Inhale... Exhale. You can do this, Katie. You can do this! Bakit ka kakabahan? Be strong, Katherine Lopez! You have to save this relationship before that creep ruins it all! You can do this for James, for the relationship you've been waiting for your whole life, and for God. God gave James to you, Katie! Fight for it! Fight for love!"

ang tagal ko na ata sa washroom. Kanina ko pa kausap ang sarili ko sa salamin. Tsk! Nahiwalay pa kasi ng section si James. Tapos na siguro klase nila...

"James! I'm right here!" waving my two hands in the air like a lunatic

James: "there's my lovey dovey." he held my arms and gave me a smooch "how are you, love? Tell me everything about your start. How was it when you prayed?"

"well, it went wonderful. It's was a teriffic experience. I felt so blessed and I feel like all of my stress went away when I prayed. But, sweetie I have something very important to tell you..."

Hala. Ba't ganito expression ni James sa face nya? Parang kinakabahan...

James: "about saan yan?"

*gulp* eto na..

"James, you know how much I love you, right? You know I love you with all my heart and as I have promised to you I'll never leave you. I'll never replace you with another guy. But, sweetie please promise me you'll never leave me or think of anything that's negative about me.. Please???"

James: " I promise. And why would I leave you? I told you I'll never leave you. No matter what happens, I'll always love you. Now, Katie tell me about what our supposed to tell me"

"well... It all goes like this... You see, when I was in elementary I have this classmate named Carlos. When we were young I already hated him because he irritates me a lot. Carlos kept on following me everywhere. But of course if ever he follows me to the ladies' room he stops outside the door. And the creepy part is that he never leaves my side. NEVER! He's a total weirdo and a bit of an a**hole. Sorry for the word, but that word is the perfect word to describe that pervert. Everyday whenever I make friends with ither boys and girls he stands up on the teacher's table and yells at my new-found friends to stay away from me. I remembered Carlos yelling at one girl who was pkaying with me,, he said "stay away from her, SHE'S MINE!!!" 

That was stupid and I hated him more after that. I wanted to punch him and say "I AM NEVER YOURS! YOU DON'T OWN ME!" 

In high school, he transferred to a different school but still he never stopped stalking me. And LAST NIGHT HE TEXTED ME. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE HELL HE GOT MY NUMBER BUT STILL THIS IS CREEPY! Here.. I'll show you his text."

I showed James the text Carlos sent to me last night.

James: "so in short you have a creepy stalker whom you wanted to punch him so badly and tell him to quit stalking you because I know deep inside you that you want to protect our relationship and you don't want that 'pervert' to ruin it... Am I right?"

"ABSOLUTELY."

James: "great! Then let's give him a call and the 3 of us are going to meet up tomorrow after classes."

"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!"

wtf. T___T what the heck is he thinking? That Carlos guy is crazy. This is bad... I don't wanna see that pervert anymore... I just want him to stay away from me..that's all. Why do we have to see each other? Why do we have to meet up plus THAT ANIMAL(CARLOS) MIGHT GO NUTS AND ATTACK US. T_____T

James: "Katie. You okay? Ohh.. I see, you're worried about the whole plan. Naaaahh. Don't worry. Starting today, I'm gonna call you 'baby' coz I'm gonna treat you like one. Come here you..." james grabbed me and hugged me so tight and kissed the top of my head. "don't be afraid, baby.. I got you. You'll be safe in my arms.. I'll never let you get harmed or stalked again. I love you.. See, I'm not mad.. Smile now, baby,, smile for me." he cupped my chin and stared at me waiting for me to smile.

:)

"i love you too.. There, I smiled"

Then he leaned over to kiss me and he walked me home.