Till I Met You

Chapter 47

HARRY:

Moments of sweetness with Jen. Aaah! That's what I have since her mother came, and I guess that's the reason why a smile on my face never left.

How I wish Mrs. Lopez would stay longer.

"Hey dude!" Ryan said, while tapping my back. "What with those smiles, huh?" He asked.

I simply smiled and shrugged. "Oh, nothing dude."

"Oh, come on dude. That smile can't be nothing.:

"Well, let's just say that I'm spending a lot of time with Jennifer lately."

"Oh, right. Still playing those 'crazy-in-love-couple' act?" he said.

"Yeah. Until her Mom leaves. I wish she'll stay longer."

"Oh..." That's all he answered.

"What's wrong dude?" I asked.

He released a deep sigh. "Aren't you hurting Harry?"

I got confused. "Wh..what? Didn't you just say that I am all smiles a while ago? Ofcourse I am not dude!"

"Well, I just wanted to make sure."

"And what made you think I am in the first place?"

"Because you are making a fool out of yourself dude!" he said, yelling at me.

"Look at you! You're being happy with that? Spending time with Jennifer and getting close to her even thoughboth of you know it is just an act? This is all fake dude! Your sweetness, your happiness, everything! You are just pretending. Maybe I guess you are not in love!"

"I am in love with her." I immediately defended. "I am madly and deeply in love with her, Ry."

He shook his head. "What about her? Is she doing it all out of love for you?"

Shoot! That made me think.

"Give yourself a little respect dude. You, both Jen and you are just using each other. You know that? She is just using you to make her Mother believe that you are in love, while you take advantage of the situation satisfying yourself. You being close to her. And dude...that...is...lame."

I released a deep sigh. "Then what am I supposed to do, Ry?"

"Make it real."

Then he continued, "Tell her how you feel, win her heart,a nd hope that she'll fall in love with you too."

"How am I going to do that??" I asked.

"You'll need lots of courage, effort and..... pure luck." He smiled and gave me a slight hug. "You can do it dude."

"Right. But, how am I going to tell her? When?"

Both of us is thinking, until he spoke, "I know!"

"Know what?" I asked.

He faced me and took a grip on my arm.

"On Saturday! At the school party. I'll set up a place in the garden and you'll confess to her. Get that?"

"You make it sound so eay man." I said.

"It's just easy. All you have to do is just wait for her in there and I'll make her come to you. Then you'll confess to her what you feel to her and that will be the start of your fight to win her. Get it?"

Before I could respond, another voice spoke to us.

"You really think you could win her heart? Well, dream as long as you want, but you'll never do that."