The Half to my Whole

Chapter 24

Jennie's P.O.V

Manila, Philippines

7:00 PM

           "So basically that went on for months?" I asked as I raised an eyebrow. Leo's deep chuckle vibrated through my being, making my insides coil in a pleasant way. His dark brown eyes reflect mischievousness and nostalgia, "Oh man, hell yeah it did and let's just say it was one of the most annoying, hellish but amazing moments of my life."  he states, his playful tone doesn't go unnoticed. 

Flashback

        Fuck, this  feud between us has been interesting, annoying and hella' crazy. I'm beginning to rethink the ongoing silent war has been worth my time and energy. On one hand, she was annoying, stubborn, hot tempered, feisty and rash on the other hand, she was interesting, witty and good-looking. That's why I conclude, that she makes a great boredom killer even though she gets on my nerve sometimes, scratch that; she gets on my nerves most of the time. 

I walked towards the kitchen when I saw Kyla trying to reach something in the cupboard and she was standing on her tippy toes, I decided to tease her as I opened the fridge to get a bottle of cola. 

"Want some help shortie?" I teased as she turned her head at me and glared, "No thanks, I don't need your help." she snaps as she tries even harder and tries to grab hold of the bag of chips on the highest  bench of the cupboard. I raised an eyebrow, "Okay then, I'm just gonna watch you here and see if you try." I  taunt as I twisted open the bottle cap of my cola and take a gulp, my back leaning on the counter . She glares at me one more time before turning her head back to the prize as her right arm tries to reach for the item, her left hand anchoring the edge of the granite countertop for support. Her eyebrows furrow as I stare at her side profile. Unconsciously staring at her lips longer than I planned to, I quickly drift my attention to my coke; mentally cursing myself.

I hear her groans of frustration so I glide my attention back to her. I shake my head at her stubbornness  as I carefully approach her; her back is only a few centimeters away from my front. She hasn't noticed my  presence yet since she's so focused in grabbing the bag of goodies. I reached my right hand up and grabbed the bag of chips and at the same time, a warm hand enveloped my own hand. I looked down at her, I successfully hid the shock I was feeling when she was staring up at me; our nose was close to touching  and I could feel her heavy breathing hitting my lips and thank good Heavens that I managed to resist licking my lips, her doe brown eyes were wide in shock, well who wouldn't be? In this position, I could see small details that I haven't noticed before. 

Light freckles were tattooed on her cheeks and nose, there was also a mole near her hairline and her chin. She looks.... well... beguiling. Is that even the right word to describe her? I don't know, my mind is not functioning and I think the gears of my brain wrecked when our eyes locked on each other and it seemed like I was trapped on those endless pits; unable to break through. Her throat bobbed as her lips parted.  

"U-uh," she stuttered out and here I was my mind completely blank as I just stare right at her. I unconsciously leaned further down, our noses now touching and if even possible, her eyes grew even wider and right as I was about to dive in and savor her lips. A loud ringing sound erupted  in our surrounding making us jump back. At that point, my mind began to process what just happened as I stare at her. She looks confused, surprised and flushed and honestly who wouldn't? Even I'm surprised myself, my body just moved on its own, like an impulse just for her. We continued studying each other, watching each other's moves like a hawk until she reaches for her pocket and grabs her phone and holds it up on her ear; still not taking our eyes of each other.  

"H-Hello?" she rasped then cleared her throat. This was the time that I broke our eye contact and turned my back at her. I could still feel her eyes on me as I grab my cola on the counter and walked away.  I hurriedly reach towards my room with huge strides, opening the door without delay and shutting it close and began to reflect what just happened. Everything sank in all at once and there's one word to describe it, and that is:

Fuck

I ran both my hands on my hair, pulling it roughly; welcoming the slight pain that comes with it. I groaned in frustration as I pace back and forth. "What the fuck just happened to me?" I  grumbled. This has never happened before and I certainly don't want to start. 

"Calm yourself down Leo, don't lose your cool it's just a girl."  I mutter and flop down onto my bed then immediately closed my eyes; drifting off to oblivion.

 I woke up with a huge headache. I groaned as I changed into my uniform. Yeah I shouldn't definitely stay up all night and play video games. After waking up past 12 AM, I decided to stay up all night like a true night owl, and only slept an hour after playing my video games, completely forgetting that I have school the next morning. 

I took a shower and changed into my uniform. It was a white short sleeved collared shirt under a navy blue wool vest with the school badge attached to the upper right chest part and then a grey slacks with navy blue and white checkered design, finishing it off with a derby black shoes. I quickly brushed up my hair and head outside. Once I reached outside, the girl that was on my mind last night came in contact with my eyes, her sister standing beside her but her focus was on her phone that she was holding. She immediately looked away; her ears red. 

"Are you guys ready?" Vec's voice broke my stares at her when he emerged from the door and seemingly oblivious to what's going on. 

"Uh, y-yeah. Let's go dad." Kyla replied, her sister looks at her; an eyebrow quirked up but didn't say anything.

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       We arrived in school 20 minutes before our first class. Me and Kyla are ironically in the same class, well at least I don't get to communicate that much with her while I'm here but when at home we're like cats and dogs.

Wait....

Home?

Did I just refer to their house as home?

Ugh, I won't think of that right now. It makes my head hurt much more. I slid my backpack off my shoulder and placed it on my chair, just then a bulky arm draped over my shoulder and pushing me to him. I look at the owner of  the arm and I sighed once I saw his face. His grin almost reached his eyes, his dark brown hair tied into an updo and his eyes display mischievousness. 

"What is it this time Ace? Are you gonna tell me another one of your conquest?" I raised an eyebrow as I shrug his arm  off of my shoulder and crossed my arms over my chest. He pouts, "Aww, it's early in the morning and you're already so cold to me lil' lion." he asked using his baby voice knowing I hate it. I scowled, "Drop that, you're disgusting." I spat.  He laughed and I mean wholeheartedly laughed, "This is why you're so interesting, you're savage as fuck." he replied amused; shaking his head. "But seriously though, have you heard of Caleb Velez?" he asked.

"No, and I don't really care who he is." I reply, bored and grabbed my phone from my back pocket and began typing away.

"Oh, that's a shame I thought you would be interested to know who's crushin' on your housemate Kyla." I snapped my eyes back at him, his grin turning into a smirk. I shouldn't really be interested but I am. 

Shit.

He pointed his finger towards the door to our classroom, my eyes narrowed at the scene. It was Kyla talking to some guy?

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