She's Different

He was always the popular one. Every girl wanted to be with him, and most guys wanted to be like the cool, emotionless exterior, that made every girl swoon. He was indeed a Fuego, Christian Dominic Fuego, Nic for short.

She was the social outcast, her curly hair, her unfashionable clothes, and her thick eye glasses. She was always just one of the girls. No guy ever wanted to date her anyway. She never wore revealing outfits she dressed modestly. Her hair was short just about reaching her shoulders. She took Linguistic classes instead of cheerleading like most girls. She was indeed a Santillan, Charmaine Yssabelle Santillian, Chassy or Chas for short.

The health teacher Mrs. Reyes was so far her favorite teacher and also her mother. She is taking the roll of mother to Chassy because her real parents had abandoned her years ago. Mrs. Reyes had taught Chassy everything she knew and now she just watched her young adopted in awe.

"Chass," she snapped "stop daydreaming and concentrate on the injection site.""Uhh, yes, sorry," sometimes this girl just went off in her own little world. She chuckled "Chassy, I know this is always a tricky subject for you but maybe you should have more of a social life?" she reasoned. She just stared at the curly haired girl waiting for a reply; she was completely lost in thought. "Mom, I appreciate the concern but I am happy where my life is at the time,'' Mrs. Reyes just chuckled and waved her off dismissively." We are done today Chass the bell will ring any second for your next class." "Hm, thank you," she smiled, and made her way to art class.

"Nic come with me." "Oh he’s really cute!"

Today his fan girls were being worse than usual. They wouldn't leave him alone. He was always chased by girls trying to get his money or his looks and frankly he was tired of it. "tsk. go away," He snapped as a girl latched her arm around his shoulder. "Why??" They squealed. "Tsk, just go away!" He forced out. They were disappointed but agreed none the less. "Uhh what is up with the female population nowadays?" He just kept walking to class with his head held high.

Dominic walked into to his art class late...again. It was so frequent that his teacher didn't even mind. Kevin Arcilla was one of the top painters in the Philippines, he was so good his paintings looked like they could come to life. Nic approached his seat only to find a girl in a mini skirt, which was riding up way to far, was cooing seductively at him. "Hi, Nic, if you want I'll let you paint me," " No Arianne, just no." everyone gasped in shock Arianne was one of the most popular girls in school and Dominic just shot her down like that. He ignored the stares and made his way back to the only seat. He moved next to the curly-haired with the glasses and just smirked. "Never seen you before." He spoke trying to make conversation. "Funny I thought you would have notice my hair." she chuckled. "Hmm. what's your name?" she turned to him and smiled " my name is Charmaine, Chas for short." "Nic, Dominic" he grunted out "Nice to meet you Nic." And with that she turned back to her work.

Dominic had never met a girl like this before, she didn't judge his cold demeanor, she never was clingy towards him or even asked him out. She was really something different. A small clink was heard. "Shit" he just turned and looked at her. A prominent blush adorned her face, her eyes were like deep pools of chocolate that captivated him, her lips were perfectly shaped and plump, her cute button nose. Dare he say it she was gorgeous. He couldn't help but stare. Panic flushed through him as she might catch him starring. He whipped his head to the side earning a loud pop at his haste movements. "Tsk" he grunted out. The pop was loud enough that Chassy turned her head in confusion. She took one glance and noticed he had a mild case of whiplash. "Here" she put small, delicate hand on his neck and began to massage it. He tensed up at first but as soon as he became comfortable with her hands on his neck he was quite relaxed. "Just a mild case of whiplash, in a couple of minutes you should be all better." He just stared at her like she was some kind of alien. Where was she all his life? Her smile, her personality, she was just perfect.

Time flew by as Chassy captivated him in conversation, naturally he didn't say much but it was still nice. "You know Dominic, you don't talk much" she giggled. "Nic" he stated. "Huh?" the look etched in her face was pure confusion. "Call me Nic" he stated. "Okay. Nic." she smiled cheerily. She really did look adorable. Her eyeglasses were bugging him though, why did she wear them when it seemed to him she didn't need them? "Chass, why do you wear glasses when you obviously do not need them?" She blushed a color of crimson that matched cherries. "Well I uh, my uh, my mom told me to wear it." She stuttered out. "She said I should focus on my education then drawing attention to myself," she sighed. Nic just stared at her. If this was her mom protecting her from boys he could see why, she was drop dead gorgeous.

"Chass do you want to maybe hang put at my place after school?" She gave him a big smile "of course," and with that the last bell of the day rang. Nic and Chass walked out of art and into the parking lot.

2 months later

They had a routine now after the end of the day they would go to one of their houses. Dominic lived alone just with a few maids and Chassy’s foster mom, Mrs. Reyes was busy with work.  "Chass do you want to go up to my room and study?" Nic asked. "Sure, uhh where is it?" she grinned sheepishly at him. She had seen his room once before but she had never actually been in it. "Follow me he, try not to get lost because I'm not looking for you if you do" he mocked. She just pouted and crossed her arms. He held the door earning a thank you from Chass. He lied down on his bed and shut his eyes for a minute while she looked around. The smell of lilies filled his nose. Wait he didn't smell like flowers ever. He opened his eyes to see Chass's face inches above his. Their lips were almost touching and it was driving him insane. "wake up Nic," she cooed. The next thing she knew his strong arms circled her waist. "Chass... Will you be my girlfriend?" "huh? Uhhh.Ye…. yes?" she stuttered out. Her crush just asked her out. "Oh my, Of course! Nic, I would love to be your girlfriend, but only if you court me properly :) "

-the end-