Archenemies (Improved)

Chapter 4: Suddenly Prince Charming

missed my daily upload schedule. :'( anyway, here you go! I added one cute scene to the original!!! --love, stupidcupid

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Calm down, Princess. Breathe in. Breathe out.

That just didn't happen. It didn't. You were-- hallucinating. It's nothing but a nightmare that visited you in your sleep.

I slap myself and wince in pain. I am definitely awake right now.

I groan. It did really happen. As in really really happen!

Since the day of the "showdown", Vince has been doing strange things to me. I expected him to retaliate with violence so I kept my guard up. As much as possible, I avoided passing his way but I always held my spray on perfume just in case. Also, I've been trying to keep him out of my system -- not thinking of him, not glancing his way, not mentioning his name and not listening to Andy's shallow praises about him. I could call myself an Iron Girl Scout for all the preparations that I've done. But the one thing that I wasn't ready for was exactly what he planned.

He didn't want revenge. He wanted forgiveness.

I started getting the hints a week after. It was dreadful! One morning, I'm happy and ready for school and the next I just feel so pissed and angry. I discovered that Vince placed a sticky note on my locker. On the first day, it was just blank which totally got on my nerves. Wasn't he thinking about all the trees that were cut to make that small piece of paper? He's just so crazy! On the second day, I was completely speechless. It had a message... a really freaky one. It's the sticky note that stuck to my heart and that's the annoying part. 

Remember the paper yesterday? That's how I felt without you. Empty. -V

But then again, he might've just missed the locker where those notes were intended. After all, I know a hot blond chick just two lockers away.

There were no more notes on day three. He had a different tactic up on his sleeve. It was during a Math test. For some reason, I get really unlucky during Math tests and that time was no exception. I was equipped with my eraser, scratch paper, pen, pencil, and handkerchief. Almost nothing could go wrong. I thought I was in a good shape to take the exam. 

That was until the air conditioning unit got angry at me. It huffed and puffed with all its might causing me to feel the chilling sensation up my spine. I couldn't bring myself to move because it would make me feel colder. I kept rubbing my arms but it wasn't enough to heat me up. Worse, I didn't bring my jacket.

Great. Just great. I couldn't focus completely on the exam. And it was about logarithms too.

Vince took this as an opportunity to get on my good side. He passed on his black cotton jacket with a smile. As if he really cared about me freezing and failing the test.

I was reluctant to accept his offer because it might cost me a lot. He's an enemy of mine and I am sure that he'd love to collect a debt from me. I was about to throw it back to him when our teacher told us to begin the test. The air conditioning unit was also roaring wildly at me so I decided to wrap the jacket around me.

I tried to deny the fact that it really helped me during the exam. That it warmed me up enough to clear my mind. That it felt comfortable next to my skin. That it smelled sweet like honey. And that I love honey.

After Math, I threw it back to Vince without even saying that I was grateful. He didn't seem worthy of my thanks just yet.

The most shocking of all his "sweet gestures" was the one that happened this afternoon. It was the one that I've been fretting about! I didn't think that he'd go that far just to say sorry.