I Love Him But I Don't

Feisty eh?

"and she closed her eyes, happy that she married the guy of her dreams"

"Awww" , I said as I shut the book that I was reading and had a fake tears moment at the perfect ending.

For a 17 year old , I might have been a little childish. I wasn't that immature but usually 17 is the age when every girl is over the fact that true love exists. It was kinda the opposite for me.

Growing up and looking at my mom and dad I always used to admire them as they went through an arranged marriage , something that is totally unknown of in our world these days . Yet they still managed to live together and have 2 kids.

So yes , I am a 17 year old who believes in love. Reading all these cute books about guys that drive all the way from another state to kiss you on your anniversary or guys who cook perfectly , I have always imagined that one day a guy will come and he will take my breath away. I will feel like I'm on cloud 9 when I'll be with him and he will definitely be the perfect guy. But until then I shall remain a proud hopeless romantic.

A loud horn snapped me out of my thoughts and I looked out of my window to see my best friend Alex waiting in his car for me. I quickly grabbed my school bag and rushed out the door , yelling 'byee' to my family.

Clumsily walking in my black skinny jeans and white full sleeved shirt I reached Alex's car and sat shotgun.

"Why hello there pretty lady" , Alex grinned.

"We have exactly 20 minutes before my class starts and if I get late , we are not friends anymore" I say before shutting the door and putting on my seat belt.

"Well, good morning to you too" he says before starting the car and pulling out of my drive-way , onto the road.

I chuckle and tap his nose with my finger then say "Good morning best friend. By the way thanks for agreeing to take me to school for the whole year. I'm saving up for college and I don't see the point of getting a car because I have you"

"Are you saying that you're practically using me for my car?!" Alex gasps dramatically

"You know you love me" I grin cheekily

"That I do" he says before speeding up the car .

We reached school 10 minutes before my class starts and I rushed to my locker. Alex of course un bothered by the fact that he could be late to class took his sweet time to come to his locker which was opposite to mine. I shoved my extra books in my locker and rushed to my first class , which was English Literature my favorite subject. Being a book nerd earned me extra points and the teacher adored me which made my love for that class grow.

I reached my class and found the only two seats that were empty right at the back. I hated sitting at the back. I know that's not what most people would say , but sitting at the back made listening to the teacher almost impossible. Alex loved it back there but because he was stuck with my potato face in this class and I forced him to sit with me in the front.

Today however I had to sit at the back and to add fuel to the fire , Alex looked so smug when he walked in the class wearing a full sleeved white t shirt and slightly faded jeans when he saw me sitting at the back.

Our teacher entered the classroom as soon as the bell rang and all of us took out the novel we were reading that year. To my dismay it was Romeo and Juliet. Now don't get me wrong , I freaking love Shakespeare but Romeo and Juliet was just not my favorite work of his. The class ended with Alex falling asleep and me arguing with an Asian kid in our class who thought Romeo and Juliet was so thought-provoking. I nudged Alex awake and we continued with the rest of our classes.

My last class was Biology and Alex had Ad maths so we parted ways and I went to Bio. My parents wanted me to become a doctor so even though it wasn't my favorite subject in the world, I still managed to stay at the top of my class. My last lab partner Jo, moved back to Australia over spring break and currently I had no partner. My teacher didn't mind because she knew I could do the work on my own and I liked being alone too because then I didn't have to deal with a slouchy boy who was more interested in looking at his Instagram followers rather than what we had to study.

I went to my normal seat and put my bag on the slab. I was taking out my books when I noticed that we had a new student. Probably a transferred student. He looked slightly older than me and was wearing a blue t shirt with a grey blazer , blue jeans and sneakers. His hair were a little curly and he had a black cap on. He looked extremely laid back whilst he was talking to the teacher. Our bio teacher , Mr Paul said something to him and then pointed at me. As soon as he saw me , a toothy grin took over his face and he started walking towards me , winking at a girl that was basically drooling over him.

"Hey there gorgeous" he said in his British accent as he slid on the seat beside me.

I would never say this to his face but this guy was extremely good looking. All the way from his gorgeous blue eyes to his heart crushing dimple and British accent , he was one handsome dude.

"I'm Elizabeth and we're lab partners so you might wanna refrain from calling me 'gorgeous'" I said calmly.

"Oo feisty, eh? I already like you. The name's Xavier by the way but I won't mind if you preferred calling me 'Hottie'" he said cockily while giving me that damned grin that made my heart skip a beat.

"Well well, aren't you Mr Overconfident. Listen pal , I take Biology very seriously so you might wanna actually focus rather than flashing that ridiculously handsome smile" I said and opened my book suddenly realizing I just called his smile 'ridiculously handsome'. My eyes widened at what I had just said and I looked up to see him smiling so smugly at me. He said nothing at took out his book too.

All throughout the period , I couldn't help but glance at the pair of two adorable pair of eyes sitting beside me and it got me thinking , what if this was it? I couldn't deny that my knees went weak every time he smiled at me and how I wanted to brush my hands through his extremely soft looking hair every time he ran a hand through them. The period ending and he quickly got up to his feet. "See you later munchkin" and winked as he slung his bag over his shoulder and headed out.

This boy looked like trouble. But he was the kinda trouble I was willing to take a risk for.

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Hi everyone! First chapter is up and I hope you guys like it :)

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Signing out as a forever hopeless romantic :p