The Player's Dare

Chapter 4

Lexa stared at the ceiling of her bedroom while thinking of her conversation with Princess. "What do you mean?" Lexa eyed Princess suspiciously. Princess thought if she really wanted to protect Lexa, she'll have to tell Lexa her story. She sighed before answering.
"I dated Jun, the guy who asked you out by the way. I fell for him pretty hard, I must say." Princess laughed without any emotion. "We were only dating for a couple of days, but one morning just like this one, before school starts, infront of dozens of students, he broke up with me. He said he never really loved me, not even liked me."
Lexa was speechless. She can feel Princess really depressed so all she can do is comfort her. She hated Jun! She was right. Right when she saw him, he never liked him. She hated Jun to the end of the world! "So he didn't like me after all. He was just playing with me." Lexa said to herself. "But wait, why do I feel so sad about that?" She ruffled her hair in frustration thinking she's going crazy.
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Lexa didn't feel like going to school today because of all the stuff going on. She arrived in school only to find Jun and some of his friends looking embarrassed. Students were whispering about Jun and what happened just a day ago. She started to continue on her way to her class but when she passed by Jun, she gave a sorry look. She felt bad because it was somewhat her fault that that happened to him. Jun met her eyes but he didn't seem to understand the meaning of that look. To him, it looks she is mocking him and she was enjoying what's happening but there was also that kind of feeling that it wasn't like that at all. Lexa kept walking and kept hearing students whispering, but she hoped that Jun wasn't blaming himself for all of this. She can't help but think she is really at fault.
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Time for lunch came and students started to go out of the classroom to get going to the cafeteria. Lexa was straving because she barely ate this morning. But she wanted to do one more thing. "Jun!" she called out before he can step out of their classroom.
 

Jun halted in his tracks, and turned around, only to find Lexa walking towards him. "What?" he said coldly, not wanting to have any eye contact. "Can we talk?" she asked looking into his eyes but he's avoiding her's. "It'll be quick." One of his friends nudged him because he wasn't talking. Jun said him a glare but his friend just whispered something and seems to bring him back to his senses. "Fine." Jun gave up with a sigh. "Can we talk somewhere a little bit more private?" she asked and Jun just nodded. Lexa started walking and Jun followed. Lexa opened the door to the rooftop of the school and Jun just kept following her. Lexa sat on a bench just infront of the ledge and Jun just leaned on the ledge. Silence enveloped them for a minute but Lexa just had to break it because she hates it being so awkwardly quiet. And beside she was the one that said she wanted to talk. "Umm. I just wanted to say sorry." she started looking at him, which caught Jun by surprise. He wasn't expecting that at all. He wasn't expecting her to actually talk to him, let alone say sorry.
  "For what?" he asked but still avoiding eye contact.
 

"You know. For r-rejecting you." she said while stuttering, which surprised her the most. Was she really that bothered about this, she thought .Jun was more surprised! He didn't think she was going to say sorry just for rejecting him! That was the last thing he thought that she was going to do. Mostly, he thought she wanted to talk to him to actually laugh at him. But he was completely wrong. He unexpectedly looked at her but now she was the who's looking away and avoiding eye contact, but her cheeks were in a tint of red. Is she blushing? Cute he thought Wait, what did he just thought of! "Aish!" Jun growled in frustration. "Something wrong?" Lexa asked, worried that she did something. "What? No! Its fine!" Jun abruptly answered, shaking his hands infront of him. Lexa sighed in relief.
*Grrrr*
Lexa's cheek got even hotter when the sound of her stomach was heard all over the rooftop. Jun wasn't able to stop his laughter. And Lexa's cheeks got hotter and hotter.
 

"Do you want to eat lunch?" Jun asked in between his laughter. Lexa quickly nod her head and said she'll go first, but Jun was quick and held on to her wrist. Lexa was taken aback, and turned around. "I meant, with me." Jun said in a little serious tone, but he was looking straight into her eyes as he spoke, "Do you want to have lunch... with me?"
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  Lexa felt so happy walking home from school after the day she had lunch with Jun. I'm going to tell Princess all about this tomorrow. Its too bad she wasn't here today. Princess.... she thought about her, how she has been treating ever since she came to that new school, and also her heartbreaking story with Jun. With Jun...
She stopped on her tracks. Why was I being so nice to Jun. And agreeing to have lunch with him! I feel like I'm betraying my friend who treated me so nicely like a sister, who told me her story just to persuade me, to never say yes or to never even trust Junho Sy.
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