Starco : It All Started With A Shoe [COMPLETED]

TVD|Christmas Eve

C H A P T E R  S E V E N T E E N -
C H R I S T M A S  E V E

-star-

-short chapter-

I can't believe time passed by so fast. It was just September, now it's December 24. We were let out of school a couple of days ago and we also did our exchanging of gifts.

I was kind of flustered on who would've picked my name. Then Marco suddenly comes up to me and hands me a gift. It wasn't the biggest but it didn't matter. I look at him in suprise and he just shrugs.

I remember elbowing him in the sides for lying to me and making me so happy. Everybody's eyes were on me as I unwrapped my small gift to find a necklace. He goes beside me and asks if he could put it around my neck.

Janna and Xiara screamed the loudest as I try not to let them see me smile as I watch the words on the pendant. Star. It's for me and only for me.

Besides that, Janna got a green day poster as she wanted from Ferguson. I gave Xiara the book and she hugged me to death. Oscar gave Marco a supposedly condom and Marco smacked him, to which he actually received a novel. Xiara gave Oscar some shades since she said that Oscar could get blind from his narcissist self and everyone laughed.

Janna gave Tom a t-shirt and Tom gave Ferguson some CD's to watch. Overall it was a fun party with just us seven and we went to the karoke. Xiara and Oscar were the horrible singers and everyone covered their ears when they sang a duet.

As we were nearing the end of our fun. I remembered what Ms. Veru suddenly said. It was up for me to take the risk and I'm nervous but I wanted to atleast try than regretting it for the rest of my life.

I pull Marco to the side and asked if he could come meet me at night on Christmas Eve. I know it's too ambiguous and that he has a family too and they would celebrate but he suddenly didn't mind.

I didn't know if this was a good thing that things are going too well for me or that something is gonna go wrong. But I can't do anything to change it, it's already done and I have to face it with courage.

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"Were you waiting that long?" I panted as I ran as fast as I could towards the park. I asked him to meet me at the park since I felt that less people were gonna be here and since it gives me the peace of mind.

He shakes his head, scooting to give me a seat. I sat beside him on the bench and clasps both of my hands. "I'm really sorry for calling you out here. I know you're gonna celebrate with your family and I---"

"It's alright, Star," he dismisses me and I fiddled with my fingers. "I don't know why I'm doing this at Christmas Eve. I could do this anytime, but I felt it's gonna be special, a good or bad memory for me."

"Here goes," I take a deep breath. "Where would I be if I hadn't met you? If that shoe hadn't been thrown, would I be the person I am right now? Would I have so much fun right now with you and everyone?"

"I wanted to just bury this and try to forget it but I didn't want to miss a chance I might miss and regret for the rest of my life," I look at him, even though my heart was racing so fast I felt like I could feel him hear it.

Yet those hazel eyes were still the same, indifferent and stoic. I knew this was pointless, stupid but I was stupid. This surely was my karma after all those things I've done with him.

"I like you. I said it, I like you!" I scream and look at him with courage. It doesn't matter anymore. I already did it.

I look away, feeling embarrassment eat me away. "This is stupid right? I called you out for this."

I laughed bitterly. "You must feel weirded by me now, won't you?" but a tear defiantly trickled down my eyes. "B-but this is the only thing I know I can do."

"I can't stop this feeling, this happiness when I'm with you," i wiped my tears. "I even let myself go, even doing something that embarrasses me just because I wanted to be with you. It's like I'm different person when I'm with you."

"This is clichè right? I hated you to the point I wanted to kill you but here I am confessing my feelings," I sneer. "--this is bullshit."

"But I like you and that's t---"

I froze when I felt his face lean close to mine. His eyes were closed and he leaned his forehead with mine, our lips close to touching. "If you called yourself stupid for having these feelings, then what would I be?"

I blinked. "Star, I never planned on liking someone. But it seems I did."

"I never understand why I was so different when I'm with you.  Why I'm like this and I always thought it was nothing."

"I try not to acknowledge this feelings but you beated me to it," he smiles and pulls his face away from mine, looking into my eyes as he carresses both of my cheeks. "--how can I pretend I don't like you when you're already saying this in front of me?"

He kisses my head. "I"

"Like" then my forehead.

"You" he kisses my nose and I feel myself fainting from his kisses then he smiles at me and whispers. "Too," before he kisses me fully on the lips.

And even if there weren't any fireworks, grand suprise or a mistletoe, it didn't matter because I managed to steal the heart of the guy I liked.

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