The Bad Boy's Weakness

10- Embarrased

"Love never claims, it ever gives. Love never suffers, never resents, never revenges itself." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

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Sunday went by quickly. Most of the day was spent watching Netflix and recapping notes. My mom and I barely spoke seeing that she was hardly ever home. As for Ethan, we haven't spoken since the beach incident. I don't know what I was expecting really, he'll never fall for a girl like me.

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I pull up in the school's parking lot feeling annoyed that it's a new school week.

"Lizzie,"I hear a familiar voice calls out in a distance. I look to see Emily jogging her way to catch me up.She looks beautiful today as always. We both make our way to Literature class and take our seats at the back seeing that the other seats are occupied. A few minutes after Ethan and his friends walk in.

"Good morning class. We will be choosing our Romeo and Juliet in today's class."Mr young greets us.

"Mr. Colby, you'll be representing Romeo and as for Juliet...."He pause scanning the room to find the perfect match.

"I think I'd be perfect for Juliet, after all my boyfriend is playing Romeo." Regina says in a flirty tone. Her boyfriend huh? He's such a liar and a cheat.

"Mrs. Rowe, you'll be representing Juliet." Mr. Young says taking me off guard. Why did the odds to this to me? I sure know that this is not fate! Ethan as Romeo and I'm Juliet, my mind screams as I try to picture it.

"You'll be great Liz" Emily says, realizing my change in mood and facial expression. I still feel guilty about leaving her in the dark about what happened between Ethan and I. I haven't mustered up the courage to tell her as yet but I will. Eventually.

"We will meet after school in this same classroom for our first rehearsal. Remember that the cast is a major part of your grade so I'm expecting to see all of you here after school."

The bell rang signifying the end of class. Emily and I went our separate way seeing that we don't have the same class now. As I am walking down the hall, I felt a pair of hands covering my mouth and pulls me in the janitors closet, shutting the door behind us.

I try to put up a fight but I can't break lose from this grip. "Hey, relax it's just me" A familiar voice whispers, making my blood boil when I realize that it's Ethan.

"What the hell!?" I yell...Why did you pull me in here?"

"Shhhh, you might make person's hear us." He says and I lower my tone.

"I want to apologize for the other day. I—-"

"You don't owe me an explanation Ethan. Your actions were clear enough." I say, breaking him off.

"That's the thing I do. Look Liz, I know that I'm a screw up, but when I'm with you I feel like I want to be a better person. There is nothing romantic going on between Regina and I, I only want one person. You."

Our bodies are pressing together due to the lack of space, making our faces inches apart.

"Let us start over."He continues, leaning in closer to me.

"Sorry, I can't...."I broke from the kiss and ran out of the closet. I went straight towards my next class which Ethan is apart of but he didn't show up. I can't help but think about what happened a while ago. I really wanted to kiss him so badly, but I feel like I'm setting myself up to get hurt. I honestly feel something for him, but I don't know what to do with those feelings. I try my best to wipe Ethan from my mind to concentrate on what the the teacher is saying. He gives us homework which I complete in class since I finish the class activity that he gave us earlier.