Tangled up in you

Such a creep

I looked up to see him looking at his phone intensely, reading a documentary maybe, with his eyes scrunched, him biting his lower lips ever so slightly, with a perplexed and almost a comical expression on his face, and I just could not but feel lucky and thank my stars over how on earth I managed to score this person, my hooman, to spend the rest of my life with.
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7 years ago

"You know what, if we study at this rate, we will never be able to finish all three chapters before our exam!", Dan exclaimed all of a sudden, making me, Sania, and Tracey jump from our seats. "Was that drama really necessary, Dan?", Ryder says irritably, slamming his textbooks on the table with a thud, looking equally frustrated as Dan, when the librarian sends a loud shush to us to keep the volume of our voice to a minimum.

Looking at the boys so exasperated made me feel really sorry for all of us but this was bound to happen as we chose to have a good hangout during the weekend rather than studying for the dreadful Management exam. And look at all of us now, trying to gulp all the texts at one go only to vomit on our exam papers and forget the whole thing the moment we step out of our classroom.

While I was busy staring blankly at my textbook and pitying on our situation rather than using the time to study for the exam, I could feel someone pull out the chair beside me and sit down. I looked up from my book to see who it was, and to my surprise, it was the same olive skinned "angry bird" guy, but only not in the angry bird red tee, but a stripped black shirt with the sleeves folded to his elbow, showcasing his lean arms with veins popping out, which I think, is such a turn on omfg! Okay fine I am focusing way too much on him, but I just could not help it! He paired the shirt with a pair of washed out jeans, and had his hair in a messy form shooting upwards, making him look oh so like an angel, but a fallen one. *zoning out* *going into a trans* *swooning internally*

At this point, I realised maybe I was gawking him way too hard, because of noticing him to minute details from head to toe, I had a feeling he might be thinking me to be a creep, if he did notice that I was staring at him with awe. Anyway, thank goodness he did not because after a while I broke off my trans to see that he was actually talking with my friends, which made me realise that maybe they all knew the guy from beforehand. Obviously I did not know him because I am such a socially awkward potato and it is very difficult for me to socialise.

It was him who took the initiative to turn towards his left and finally notice me sitting there. Thank goodness, by that time, I came to my senses and thought of shifting my concentration from him to my textbook, so that he does not notice how flustered I felt that he finally acknowledged my presence. After a few awkward seconds, I hear someone clear his throat and speak up, "Hi! Looks like we haven't met yet". It took me a moment to realise that it was the same person who I was gawking all this time, and his statement was directed towards me. When I did realise, I could feel my heartbeat increase its rate a notch up and once again I felt flustered, praying my best that it does not show on my face. I slowly turned towards him, seeing him looking at me with a dazzling smile, with his lips twitched upwards from one side, where an almost non-existent dimple showed, and his drunken dark brown eyes shining from behind his thick rimmed glasses.

I finally gained my composure and replied back, "Hi. Yeah we haven't met before, but it looks like you already know my friends. "Yeah, we all used to study at the same high school.", came his reply. "Soooo....I am Raymond, Raymond Montgomery. But you can call me Ray if you want to.", he continues, once again with that killer of a smile. It took me all my strength to look across that smile, not faint, keep a straight non - affected face and reply back, "I am Arabelle Holt, but you can call me Belle", I take a small pause and say again, "Only if you want to.", ending the sentence with a soft smirk on my face, because I swear I imagined it in my head that I looked sexy, only to realise I maybe looked like a weirdo.

Oh my goodness, did I just flirt? 😩
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