Cherry Blossoms - Love in the air..

Chapter 4- Encounter

Luciana:

"Luke, Dylan, what's up?"Nev started the conversation very casually.
"Hello", I said with my awkwardness. Why are Luke and Dylan hanging out together? Something doesn't feel right. Dylan said he would help me, but he wouldn't blurt it out. Would he? I better get out of here. I slowly slide away from the sports area.
"Hey, over there, look out.", some dude was shouting from my right.
"Huh?", is he talking to me. As I turn around a football came with the speed of light and banged to my face. BOOM!Damn! My nose hurts badly. I lost control and was about to trip and fall down as Luke caught my hand and held me tight.

Gosh, we just looked into the eyes of each other. He held my hand and asked me gently, "Are you okay?" He looked worried. He was giving his handkerchief as my nose was bleeding. It's so damn embarrassing.

"Yeah...I'm fine.", I said trying to control my face turning red. I shouldn't blush before him. Control Lucy. Control! I took the handkerchief.
"Haha...what year is it that you're still wearing that old fashioned handkerchief?", he said laughing at us and waving his hand.

Jerk! Why would he have to say something like that all of a sudden and change the atmosphere?
Like smiled at me and said, "Lucy, I heard a while ago that you transferred to this school. Have you gotten used to it?" His smile was filled with warmth and affection. My heartbeat is rising so fast.
" Yeah Nev helps me a lot, it hasn't been bad.", damn my heartbeat is rising faster and faster. This jerk Dylan kept laughing and stifled at the background. I want to strangle him with his own tie.

He bent forward as I was short and said, "That's good. You never did talk much, we can't know if something is wrong if you don't tell us." Wow, I feel so happy. He pinches me on my cheek and tells" If you need anything, just ask me, okay?"
Wow, wake up Lucy. It better not be another dream.
Luke turns back and says, " Well, see you later, Lucy."
"Bye!", why do I talk so awkwardly.

"Well, Luke's pretty lethal after all, huh?" whispered Nev. Yeah, he is. Was it Dylan who called him over? Is he really helping me? Just what on earth is going on in my life?

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School's out! Wow finally over. It was quite a long day.
"I know you don't have art class today, so let's go the place I mentioned before!", Nev jumped up in excitement. She caught my hand and was pulling me.
"Sure, whatever!" I continued walking. Suddenly someone pulled me from the back. I was on my tiptoes. He was pulling my coat. Who was it? Shit! It's Dylan.
"Nevaeh was it? Sorry, but I gotta borrow this dimwit for a bit", he said with arrogance. Wait whom are you calling dimwit. You jerk, you are a dimwit not me.
Nev was in a shock when he pulled me like that. "Huh? Okay..." she mumbled. Does he even care about others reputation?
Crap what does this idiot want.
Nev was looking at us with shocked expressed. Her expression is clearly understandable. She wants to ask me when we both got close. She wants to make me spill out all the beans.
But who got close. He is a ghost who appears out of nowhere. God, please save me.

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He pulled me outside the school. "Why have you avoiding me, huh? If you blow the cover, you are screwed."  His face turned back to arrogance mode.
"Okay..okay.." I mumbled again. But not avoiding him is even more dangerous.
"So, I pulled you here to ask you about the thing I have been helping you with.", he told with an expressionless stone face."What! So you don't want to know about Luke?" he questioned as I didn't give a reply.
"No", seriously Lucy. What kind of habitual response of denial do you have? You, of course, want to know about Luke. Why did you deny it?
"That so? Well forget it, I guess. And after I worked so hard too." he said turned around with a wicked smile. He is acting like this on purpose...
"But I really do want to know. Well, no use of fussing over it." I shouted at him in the middle of the path.
He returned back with a smile as if he won something. I hate this. I hate his expression.
He came bent forward and whispered  " Well, you really want to know. So let me give core information about him. He...already...has...a...G-I-R-L-F-R-I-E-N-D."
Huh? What?.
Three years...three years and I never told him a thing...and this is how it ends?
I secretly liked him for so long, but I don't even have a clue. The even worse situation is I got to know about it because another guy told me. This is so unfair. Guess I only have rights to dream hopelessly.