The Unwanted Choice | ✔️

Chapter 3

CHAPTER III

K I S S

Few days later, I went to Rebecca's house as she called me out to. "You're late! Look at the time!" She exclaimed. "This place is not easy to find." "You must have wanted to meet Brian so badly, Rebecca." Her mom said.

"Why are you saying that, mom?"

"Isn't that obvious?"

"Anyway, make sure you don't come into my room, Mom!"

"I won't! The three of you should have fun!"

Wait... Three? Does this mean someone's else here with us? I followed Rebecca into her room and when she opened the door, someone's already inside. It turns out to be Charlotte! What in the world is she doing here? Why did Rebecca invite her over?

"Sorry, Rebecca. I think I should go home right now, Rebecca." Charlotte said looking down.

"Don't you like having Brian here?" She replied. "You talked so much about him a few days ago. I thought I should invite him too."

"Well, actually it's a little... Awkward."

"Is it because he and I were assigned to each other? It's not like we're dating or anything. I don't know why you're feeling awkward. And I also don't have a plan on liking Brian."

Charlotte then finally decides to hang out with us. Rebecca, on the other hand, became so happy when she said that. Will Charlotte treat me like everything is okay? Rebecca, she always does these crazy things. But, right now, I feel grateful. They talked about themselves, specifically about their interests and things they do for hobby. And there I was sitting in the corner, merely listening to them talk. I feel so out of place. I want to go home now. I think they don't notice me anymore. But, Rebecca suddenly looked back at me and said, "Hey Brian, go kiss Charlotte." Both me and Charlotte was shocked at the same time. She's really serious what she had told me then. "What, why?" I asked.

"You've done it before right?" She said. "I want you to hurry up and kiss her. Don't you want to kiss Brian too Charlotte?"

Charlotte then looked away saying, "Do we really have your permission to kiss? Does it not bother you?"

"Yes, you have my permission and it won't bother me at all. If you like each other, you should kiss each other every day!"

"Are you serious? Well then, Brian we should kiss. Make sure you take a good look, Rebecca."

Then, Charlotte stood up close to me. She held my face and slowly coming close to my face. Just as she was about to kiss me, I immediately moved away my face.

"Sorry! I'm just..." I said. "How do I calm down."

"You're so cute, Brian! Ha ha."

When I looked at Rebecca, I can see her really astonished. Rebecca and Charlotte went outside to talk. "Did it make your heart beat faster?" Charlotte then held the hands of Rebecca, "I... I really want you to fall in love with Brian because I'm probably not the one for him." She let go and went home afterwards.

Rebecca then rushed back to the room and said to me, "Brian Gaidsen! Please kiss Charlotte! Make sure you do it once a day, every day!" Another crazy thing has been said, again.

It's been a week since the notice came out. Is my love story over? Or is this just the beginning?

Me and Rebecca went outside after to buy some food. I saw my best friend, Edward, walking by. "Edward?" I called. "What a coincidence! Are you here to shop?" "No. By the way, who's that girl with you?" Rebecca hid behind me when she saw Edward. "This is Rebecca Martin, my assigned wife."

"I can see she's still a virgin."

"What are you saying, Edward?" I said. "Of course she is!"

"Well, I guess she would be. They usually are. See you later."

Edward then walked away after saying that. What's with him? Why did he tell that? As Edward was walking away, Rebecca shouted, "Pervert!" "Calm down, Rebecca."

The following day, me and Edward walked together after our P.E. Class. We were talking stuffs about our past. Just as we are going to our room, we crossed paths with Charlotte together with her friends. When we crossed paths, Edward and Charlotte glared at each other like they had a fight or something. Is there something going on between the two of them? I mean, it might just be my imagination, but... They kind of had this unique vibe. Wait, let's not think about it. They look good together that it makes my stomach hurt. Even though Edward is my best friend, I never have a clue of what he is thinking. Is it because he's good looking and popular? He gets the most attention in class. He started pestering Charlotte a while back, all of a sudden.

On my way back to the room, I heard a "Psst" sound somewhere from the stairs. Turns out that was Charlotte calling me. She was there waiting for me. She asked to come with her outside to talk.

"Charlotte, what is it that you want to talk about?" I questioned. "I'm sorry." She said. "I know you still have class but I have something I really need to talk to you about."

"Did Rebecca say anything to you after that?" She continued.

"No, she just... She told me to kiss you at least once a day."

"What? She gasped. "Kiss me? And she wants us to do it once a day? Rebecca just doesn't get it."

Suddenly, there was a voice clearing, "Ahem-ahem."

"There's a teacher!" I exclaimed. I grabbed her and pulled her out from the teacher's vision. Now, we're in an awkward position. She's lying back on a post while I'm close to her sticking out my hands on the post near her head. "We just finished gym, I'm sorry if I smell bad." I gulped my own saliva and Charlotte started doing a little twitch like she was hesitating. Unexpectedly, she moved her body towards me and kissed me all of the sudden. She stopped for a while and said, "I'm sorry." I don't know what she was sorry about and she kissed me again now with the use of our tongues. Is this really that we shouldn't be doing? Am I going to get punished for doing this? But, both of us can't stop right now. We continued kissing for a minute. Out of the sudden, Edward saw us but he didn't make any sound so we didn't notice him.

Before we went home from school, I asked Edward for a favor. He declined at first because he has a meeting to attend to but I insisted and told him that I'm going to wait for him after his meeting then he agreed later on and he told me that he has something to ask me too. After a lot of thinking in my mind, I fell asleep. Edward came as soon as his meeting was done. He came to me then he noticed that I was asleep. "You're the one to call me out here, but now you're sleeping." He giggled. "I really don't understand you."

It was only the two of us in the classroom. Wind was blowing the curtains, the sunset colored the room, and all you can hear is the sound of silence. Edward stared at me. He was staring directly at my lips. Just as the wind hushed, Edward kissed me. But I didn't know since I was asleep. I waked up and saw him sitting on a table 2 seats apart from me. "Edward? Is your meeting over?" I asked. "It was over a long time ago. I was just about to leave if you didn't wake up in two minutes."

"I'm sorry."

"So, what do you want to talk about?"

"That's... Do you like someone from our class? How about Charlotte? Do you like her?"

"What made you think that?"

"I just thought the two of you would look good together."

"And If I did, what would you do?"

I was shocked, I couldn't say anything.

"I'm just kidding." He said with a down look on his face.

"That's good."

The person I was in the past probably tried to see a lot of things. Romantic love, other kinds of love, and lies.