NERVOUS ANXIOUS HEARTBEAT

Chapter Four

Daniella's PoV:

I was scared of changing rooms. Not because of girls were comparing their bodies, but because I was afraid to show my scars. All they did were bringing back horrible memories and questions that I did not want to answer. So, I always tried to either skip P.E, or just change in the bathrooms. As I was heading there, two girls stepped in front of me.

"Is it true that you were on a date with Chase Anderson?" The tall blonde asks and I scrunched my eyebrows.

"Is it true that you were with Zack Myers this morning?" The short brunette next to her asks.

"Um...Yes that's true?" I said with confusion and their eyes widened.

"OMG! You're British! I was wondering why they were so interested in the new girl. Because we've been trying to hook up with them for years!" The blonde said and I gave them a weak smile.

"You need to come to my party on Friday!" she continued.

"I don't really do parties".

"But this is just any party! Everyone who is anyone are coming!"

"Wow, when you put it like that..." I answered sarcastically but they didn't seem to notice since they squealed out loud and gave me a hug. They quickly said that they would text me the details and then they ran away.

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"Chase" I call out his name but he didn't seem to hear me. "Chase!"

He finally turns around with the expression of 'hurt' written all over his face.

"What do you want, Daniella?"

"Um... c-can we please talk in private?" I ask and he shrugs but then leads me out of the school. After staring at one another for a while, Chase repeated his question.

"What, Daniella?"

"I-I am so sorry about what I did to you yesterday... it's just that when you tried to kiss me, I panicked and ran away which I realize sounds so stupid now that I say it out loud... It's just that I...um... I have these commitment issues". I looked into Chase's eyes to see his reaction but all he did was to nod.

"I understand. You really hurt me though, I thought that I did something wrong".

"Oh" is all that comes out of my mouth when I processed this information. You did wrong by asking me out but I was wrong to say 'yes'. "I'm sorry that you thought that".

"Me too".

"Will you forgive me?" I say as I pouted my lips, trying to look like a puppy. "Sure, Dani" he says and gives me a short hug. Once again, I winced at his touch, but this time I tried to not back away to once again, hurt his feelings.

"Well, I'm going to lunch now, see you".

"Bye" I said, happy to have cleared that up.

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The school bell rang, indicating that the day was over and the students were free to go home. I packed up my school bags and walked out the school building when I suddenly recieved a text.