Falling For A Hot Nerd

Six | I'll be your Augustus Waters

Charlie's View

"Stop following me, will you?"

I say as I glare back at him. He hold up his hands up, playing innocent and I shake my head. I saw him smirk, and that made me even more irritated.

I am walking home now? and still can't believe the fact that after I left him at Ommel's while he pays for everything he still manage to abandon his car just to follow me home. Pretty unbelievable.

I can't help it but to stop and look at him to make him stop following me, but everytime I do, he's just going to smile at and before I can even yell at him I would turn and walk again finding nothing to say, and feel awkward. So I just ignore him.

"The world is not wish granting factory."

He suddenly speak and I frown turning to him.

"What?"

He smiles, and he walk closer to me.

"I am. I'm in love with you, and I'm not in a business of denying myself the simple pleasures of saying true thing. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is  just a shout into a void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when our labors returned to dust, and i know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you."

I smile realising that he just quoted my most favorite line of Augustus Waters in my favorite book: The Fault In Our Stars.

"You read books?"
"It impress you?"

I bit my lip and even if I stop myself from smiling because it was impossible for me to do it. And I am, I'm impressed.

"Ahh, here. You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world old man, but do you have some say in who hurts you."

He quoted again and my mouth swung open. He smile and I let out a quiet chuckle when I saw his face. I suddenly feel excited without knowing a reason why.

I shake my head, and I beam at him.

"Why are you doing this?"
"Maybe because I want to win your heart? Did it work?"
"Hmm, it'll never happen."
"Aww."

He pouts and I laugh finding it adorable. He watch me laughing, and afterwards he started chuckling himself. It did last for while, and then we stop when we found each other looking directly to each others eyes.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but his hot, like seriously, it should be a crime.

The silence vanish when he sighs and continue walking. So I catch up on him, walking beside him.

"Hey, that was really good by the way. That is my favorite book."
"I know."
"You do? How?"
"I sort off remembered seeing you reading it on the library before along the way. So guessed it must be your favorite book."
"Wow, that's news."
"I have photographic memory."

He taps his head and I nod, still amazed of what I am just hearing from him at the moment.

"So, what do you like in a guy?"

He open up and I think of answer, feeling a little comfortable to talk to him. I guess I've warmed up to him, only because of the amazing novel quotes I can't believe he read.

"Well, I like a guy with a good sense of humor, funny and smart."
"Like Matt?"

I shake my head disagreeing to him.

"Nope, hell no. If you ask me that before I made myself stupid from falling for him then I'd definitely say yes. But now, never. He is a total asshole."

He nod. "I see."

I sheepishly smile and nod in return and then sigh, putting my hands inside of my jacket's pockets.

"Yeah. Hmm, if you only Augustus Waters is real."
"I'll be your Augustus Waters then."
"Oh yeah? And what made you think you are somehow like Augustus?"
"Well, I have a great sense of humor, I can be funny if you wish for it, and I don't look and act like one but I am smart."

I rise an eyebrow, crossing my arms together disbelieving him. I shrug and I shake my head, still not convinced.

"You're smart? Then why'd you have C-?"
"Because I'm busy with basketball. I'd rather play ball all day than end up problematic with school works. Too much knowledge can make you crazy."
"Uh huh."
"Believe or not I am. I can be like Gust if you want."

I hiss and chuckle. "Do you even believe in love?"

"I did."

I look up to him when he suddenly sound serious. And he is, its written all over his face. He is not being dishonest.

"What do you mean, you did?"

I look back to me and started shaking his head as he hardly smile at me while patting my head.

"It's a long time ago, and I don't remember because I choose not to. Forget that came out from me."
"Ok..."

He smile and then stop patting my head.

"So, your house is near?"

He stop walking and started to look around and I did too. I look at the place and nod. My house is blocks away from here so I nod to him.

"Great, I'll walk you home. You should feel special, I never do this with other girls."
"So I am not like any other girls you approach?"
"Like I said, you are different. You're special."

He fired me the sweetest smile and my gut suddenly hurt. I cleared my throat and I simply just nod, because I can't find a word to say.

After a minutes of walking,  we finally arrived at my house. We stop by the path and he started looking up my house.

"This is me, that's my house."
"It is, we're here."
"So uhh, I do you wanna go inside?"

He bite his pink lips and smile. He look at me for a second and shake his head making me furrow.

"Nah, I'm good. But I'll see you tomorrow?"
"We'll see."
"Ok, go inside now. Good night, cupcake."

I nod and I started walking backwards and wave at him.

"Thanks, good night asshole."
"Fair enough."

I chuckle and I went inside smiling.

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