A Love Story 2

A Love Story 2- Part 24

'Alice! Wait up!' I heard a voice behind me. I quickly turned around and noticed Luke running up to me. I stopped for a moment, waiting for him to catch up. 'What's up?' I faked a smile. He placed his hands on his knees and breathed heavily. 'One sec!' He mumbled, trying to catch his breath. It was like he was running a marathon and I had only been walking a few meters through the corridors. It was like he was doing it on purpose, pretending to be out of breath for some reason? After a couple of seconds, which happened to look like hours, he smiled at me, 'I'm sorry about Carol.' I shook my head, 'No, it's ok.' 'She is usually nice. She's just going through something at the moment so she is quite moody.' He explained. 'It's fine. Honestly.' I stared at the ground. It was pretty awkward because we had nothing else to say. I tried to start a conversation but no matter how hard I try, no words left my mouth. 'Well, I should go. They're all probably thinking I've been abducted by aliens.' He smiled, those cute dimples appeared on his cheeks. I couldn't help but blush. Hey! I know you're thinking what a freak I am for using 'abducted by aliens' as an excuse but I wanted to see him smile! I wanted to see those dimples on his cheeks again! And hey! I liked making a fool of myself in front of him. I smiled back but I was sure I wasn't as cute as he was. I slowly turned around and started walking off. But he grabbed my hand and pulled me a bit closer to him. I looked deeply into his eyes. I could feel butterflies fluttering and moving in my stomach. It kind of made me feel sick. His gaze made me melt like an ice cream on a hot summer's day. 'I'm sorry about Carol.' He repeated himself. I laughed, pushing him away from me. 'I told you! It's fine.' I had to pretend everything was ok! 'No.. I mean I'm sorry I'm dating someone.' He whispered. I cocked an eyebrow at him, 'What do you mean?' 'Well..' He paused, 'Since you're happily married, I guess I don't have any chances with you anymore. I had to move on, Alice. I'm sorry.' I bursted out in laughter. If you didn't guess, it was obviously fake. I had to laugh it off, I can't let him know that deep inside I still loved him. He doesn't know how much I wanted him to take that all back. 'You're crazy, Taylor! CRA-AY-ZY!' He didn't seem amused. He wasn't laughing but just stared at me laughing my ass off! NOT LITERALLY! Jeez you guys are gulliable. 'Well, maybe we should just forget about our past. Forget everything that happened between us.' He said. Ok, NOW THAT IS DEFINITELY no laughing matter. It freaking hurt me! I felt like someone has just punched me in the stomach, I could literally taste blood at the back of my tongue. He doesn't know how those words that left his mouth made me feel like a piece of shit. It was like I didn't matter to him at all. He was ready to forget all our happy memories, just for that Carol girl. Who the hell does she think she is? Coming into Luke's life and taking over his mind. I stared at the ground in disappointment. 'So what do you think?' He smiled. I looked at him, 'Hmm...' I faked a smile, 'Whatever.' I rolled my eyes at him and walked off. I hope he gets the idea that I'm not happy with his decision.