Chapter 1

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When you were a kid, you always thought of love as something magical. It happens to those Disney princesses. They go through these tough challenges but in the end they are saved by a handsome prince, then they get together and get married, happily ever after. As a kid, the thought of a handsome prince saving you from a cruel dragon while you are locked away in a high tower is the definition of love. We compare our prince charming with our friends, then you plan your wedding. What dress you will wear, how big the wedding is, while you were giggling under your forts.

I always imagined my prince charming to be someone who is tall, he has this light brown hair that was as soft as the clouds, he has eyes that are the same color as his hair and it looks perfect, and his smile, oh his smile, its so beautiful you can never imagine him frowning. The perfect guy, he's loving when he's with me, he's caring ,plus he's secretly a prince. He has a strict family, but we  will fight for our love, we will run away together to this beautiful country and build a house beside the sea. Then his parents will finally accept us and he will be the king, we will have this big wedding with our friends,while I wear the perfect dress. Then we will have kids, they grow up and we go back to our house beside the sea, outside the porch holding hands and we pass away, together.That's how I imagined the love of my life to be, my soulmate, the other half of the invisible string that's connecting us together.

But now,my prince charming is far from that description, my prince is someone that has very black hair that's always gelled to perfection, he has these brown eyes that looks so intimidating, and his smile, well he doesn't really smile a lot. He's mostly frowning. He isn't the nicest person, he can be pretty rude and self-centered, and he. is . not. a . prince. Well I don't think he is, but you never know ladies.


He's mysterious, when I first saw him, it was at a park that my mother used to take my. I saw this boy with the darkest and most disheveled hair I have ever seen. He was wearing some brown shorts and a superhero shirt. I hid behind the tree while I looked at him, he was with another boy. He looked angry and he was upset, from what I can remember it was about a toy that belonged to the other boy but he stole it and now he's claiming that it's his.
"Hey! That was my toy, I just left it in the sandbox when my mom called me!" The other boy shouted looking very upset.

He shook his head while his forehead was frowning " It was left on the sandbox, no one claimed it, 5 second rule! If you leave it there and don't come back for it within 5 seconds it's mine already!" He stuck his tongue to continue teasing the boy, I giggled quietly while still hiding behind the tree.

The boy was crying and calling for his mom,while he kept shouting five second rule. Then the boy tried to steal the toy and the black haired boy pushed him away. I gasped as the other boy continued crying and calling for his mom, I saw his mom run to him. When I looked at the superhero wearing black haired boy, I snickered.He's already running away yelling five second rule with his arms flailing around.

He has always been troublesome, you may think that he's the kind of guy that will pick fights for no reason, is secretly in a gang, bullies everyone and makes other people do his homework. But nope he's not exactly that. He... is unique from the usual bad boy persona that's always, ALWAYS the protagonist on those cliche teen romance movies. He is one of the smartest people in our class, he's the vice president of the student council, and he has all these fan girls that are so in love with him, but he doesn't acknowledge any of them, some even think he's gay ( though there's nothing wrong being one) .


But this year that's going to change, I will make him acknowledge me! Then he will open up to me, we will go on dates, then he will shyly make this big gesture and he will ask me to be his girlfriend. He can be pretty cold but he won't be to me, he's protective and caring. Then we will tell our parents, go to university together, buy an apartment, and on New Years eve while we are on vacation in Iceland he will propose underneath the Aurora Borealis, and we'll lay underneath the stars, tucked in his arms. The wedding will be on a small church, we will work hard for this big house and we'll have kids (4). And after we retire we'll go cruising around the world.

I jumped from my seat as I heard a knock on my door," GAH!  Who is it?" I don't want to open it, it might be a serial killer, but... why will a serial killer knock first before you know stabbing me in my stomach. " Open the door, it's me" I looked at the door, shocked at how stupid it is. " How will I know who you are if you don't say you're name, you might be just copying my dad's voice" I looked around the room and saw a pen, to protect myself before opening the door, I slipped my head in first to look and released the breath I was holding. It was just my dad, whew! He shook his head and sighed " You have to stop being so paranoid and over react, I already locked the doors and closed the windows and I checked it twice." Well you never really know, it's better to be prepared. " I just stopped by to see if you're still awake, and you are, you know its your first day of school tomorrow" He scolded and the look of disappointment can be seen in his eyes. " Dad, This is my 12th first day of school it's nothing new and it's not like I'm a new student."  He sighed "Still this is your last year in high school then, you'll be off to collage,go to a dorm and you'll never visit your old man again."

I shook my head, now who's over reacting. " Dad,you know that I won't forget about you. How can I when you're always so strict, if I did that you'll probably file a missing person to the police." I joked and laughed. I gave him a hug and saw that he was holding a red box with this pretty big bow. " Is that what I think it is?" I pointed to the gift. He slapped his forehead, " Oop I almost forgot, it's just a small thing, open it." He grinned, I looked at him and the gift cautiously, as I narrowed my eyes,he nudged the gift in my hand, I took it and untied the pretty big bow and opened the lid. It was this gorgeous pin, it was littered with this diamond looking rocks, surrounding this flower that is made out of red looking rocks. It was beautiful. " It was your mother's, that's her favorite pin, she wore it when I first met her in high school. I think you would want to wear it tomorrow, I didn't want to give you before because I know how messy you were, but now you could at least remember where you last put your stuff." I laughed but I could feel my eyes getting watery. " Thanks dad." He smiled and hugged my " Now go sleep, if you're late I will leave you, I've done it before." My eyes widened, I don't want that to happen again, that was horrible, the last time I was late he did leave me, and it was a horrible week, he kept reminding me and saying  how lazy I was. "Yep I won't be late. Good Night dad."





I closed the door and fell backwards on my bed, I smiled and looked at the pin again. I can't be late, I alarmed my phone and turned off the lights. I looked up at my ceiling and sighed. Back to school tomorrow, I have this butterflies in my stomach again, the anticipation and anxiety. I shook my head  and just thought that I'll see him again tomorrow, after 3 months of a boring summer, I sighed. This year I will finally tell him how I feel. I pumped my fist in the air and giggled as I rolled in my bed. I put the pin beside my bed and finally fell asleep, as I thoughts of him invaded my mind.

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