Unexpected Love [Completed]

Chapter 14: I don't want him

Eli avoided me every chance he got. Nandini said he kept looking at me in class, but I never saw him when I turned to look. A few of my friends said he was the type to play girls so I don't know what to believe. My friend Jacob thinks he's messing around, but Nandini thinks otherwise. But Jacob is friends with Eli. He knows him.

I don't know what to believe because I would be so relieved if he was just playing me. because I know my heart is with Avi. There's simply no other way to explain how I feel.

And it's so weird how many guys I talk to now that I'd never have talked to before. But I have to be friendly with them to get to Avi. And the funniest part is that these guys are so chill and they are fun to be around.

I swear senior guys are crazy.

Anyways, Avi and I seem to be getting so close. And that's one of the reasons why I don't want to lead Eli on.

Even Nate said I should drop Eli. We were in Spanish when I told Nate what happened. I asked him, "On a scale of one to ten how much do you think I like twelve (the codename for Avi)?"

"A billion. You seem so crazy for him and the littlest interactions get you all excited."

I smiled and nodded, "I needed that answer."

"Why what happened?"

"Eli likes me, or so he said."

"What how when what"

I told him what Eli said and did. Nate said, "But you don't like him do you?"

"Maybe once. But there's no way I'd betray twelve for him. There's just something there waiting to happen and if I choose Eli I'll always regret wondering how things could go for me and twelve."

"I get it. So let him down gently."

"he won't even talk to me so I think I'm safe for now."

"Good. I'm all for twelve."

"Thanks, Nate. You have been with me since James. I know your advice is the best."

"Of course."

Even when I asked Nandini she said that if I start talking to Avi and we start connecting then I should dump ELi. She said we'd end up together within two months. But if we were going to be chickens, then I might as well tell Eli I like him.

But she didn't understand what was happening. She didn't know that Avi and I already had a connection. She didn't know that we already felt something. We just hadn't built it the typical way. We'd connected in the fashion of our heritage. *Guyanese accent* ya fin one bai n ya marry 'im. we na people da date an do such n such ting dem. we a like one bai n da it.

Sure, my heart didn't thump like crazy when he was around. Sure my face didn't go beet red when I saw him. But there's this feeling of calm, of peace and happiness, of support. There's something about the way I feel less alone knowing he's simply around.

Eli was someone who'd come and go. And he didn't even want to talk to me. He avoided me. We used to flirt all the time. What's the big deal now? So he likes me. Ok. Move on.

Guys can be so dramatic sometimes.

But Eli is probably playing me, seeing as he's just that type of guy.