My arch enemy

6

He stood up from the rowing machine and took  a few steps in my direction until we were head to head , he looks like a venomous kiss.
Dark and sinful and irresistible.
He's wearing nothing but his Adidas track pants  which ride low on his hips.
OMG. He has a perfect V taper.
His arms are big, tan, and full of veins and muscle. His cuts are purple against his brown eyes. And those browns are descending my body like a whip, potentially deadly, but for now, tender. I resist the urge to flinch, knowing the painful stroke is about to hit me. He drinks it all in.
"Look who's here, my long lost stalker ."
A slow smirk tugs at his cracked, heart-shaped lips.
Stalker?
STALKER...??!!!!
The guy's dead .
I did not stalk him , he just happened to be there all the time and I might've spared him a few looks but that's it .
And honestly it wasn't even a big deal, so what? I was 13 and I randomly told a boy I liked him huh.

"Oh? So I'm the stalker huh? Considering the fact that you're the one to release a fucking fatwa against me ? Low blow jerk"  I poked a finger at his chest showing him that I am not the same weak girl I was back then .
If he wanted to play with fire, then he wasn't only going to burn , he was going to turn into ashes.
"You're Rhea I assume."

This guy is unreal. I'm so mad, I could punch him in the face. Maybe I should. He won't hit me back.

"Don't pretend we haven't met." I couldn't help but look at his body again. God I hate how my traitorous body reacts to him when even inch of me hates his guts , and I like him a little less than Kirron kher's overacting, which is like Nada.

"Like what you see?"  A slight smile crossed his face.
And man ,   Hell if it wasn't the most toxic smile I'd ever seen and yet , I couldn't look away.

"Hate," I corrected. "I hate what I see, and plan on seeing very little of it."
I didn't have the time or energy for this crap.

So I got straight to the point.
"Now , Listen to me very carefully, I don't fucking care if the entire school abandons me , or the entire Jaipur for all I care, because you know what ? You guys suck ass . But the fact that you pay so much interest in my life is what's bothering me . I don't know why you hate me , but if you wanna play then Be. My.fucking.guest." I turned around to walk away but stopped and looked back right at him , a smile tugged my face .
"And kiddo?"
"I am not scared of you" a devilish grin appeared on my smug face .
now it was my turn to taunt him. I pushed his chest with both my hands , but it felt like pushing a wall .

Those snake eyes, they speak to me.

They tell me that he doesn't want to be my friend.

That he is fully prepared to be my enemy.

And before I could register what was happening, he spun me around in one swift movement and my back slammed against one of the mirrors, the pain seeped through me.
His hands  were plastered against the mirror and caged me from both sides .
"Aren't you just overrating yourself  ?  yes , I might've told a few people to stay away from you. The moment you stepped into Pearson high , there , you lost everything good in your life at that very moment. your senior year is going to be hell for you I promise . And Rhea? I see through you . You're still the same coward ,and I'm not big on words , because my actions speak louder and your face is way too painful to look at , even for me. So just hear me out once and for all. I WILL RUIN YOU." He breathed against my ears and his lips almost touched my hair. His tone was dead serious and it sounded like a promise.
I knew that since I was 13 stupid .
His hand moved west  towards my face , and they didn't touch me but still, it felt way more intimate than that .
My eyes were wide open but for a second everything blurred. And the flashbacks from that night came again. Their voices boomed in my head.
"Ohhhh look she speaks ! I swear dude I thought she's a mute ."

"She's just a coward, don't worry . You aren't going to tell on us  now are you babygirl?"
Laughter.
More and more laughter.

Panic gripped me , I started feeling those heart palpitations , my breathes became heavier.

Woods .
Woods after a thunderstorm.
Ryan smells like woods after a thunderstorm. Clean and elemental.
My head felt a lot lighter immediately and everything started getting clearer.
His  presence seeped through me and it brought me back .
And I realised that he didn't touch me at all. Relief.
It's okay, breathe.
It was a minor one , he must have not noticed it at all actually .
But these panic attacks are usually more scarier , the fact that his mere presence was enough to bring me back from a -soon to become - panic attack was somewhat even more hurtful plus disturbingly crazy.

"Is this one of those moments where you thought I was going to cage you , our breathes became heavy, you part your lips and your eyes pleading me to kiss you , and then boom. Full blown 1st base . Nah baby . You aren't worth it ."
He was smirking at me . Crap. I went blank for 30seconds  and he thought Iwas  flustered by him . Bastard.

I couldn't stand him anymore, I didn't have the strength in me . he is cruel and pathetic and wtf? I ain't worth it ?
I couldn't think straight, I was not my best self right now and I didn't wanna hype and say something I would regret for the rest of my life .
Medicine . I wanted my medicine.
I pushed him back with all my strength and walked away .
His voice boomed behind me when he said
"And kiddo?"
"You're still ugly" I could practically imagine him grinning at me .
"Narcissus" I screamed while leaving the gym and nearly choking.
"But you can't punish me to death nemesis."
His voice echoed behind me.

Hey guys, I've just edited   chapter 6 and I've also made a slight change in chapter 2 . Please give a look at it for future reference.

Chapter 2 edited part-

And that's when I decided that this is the right moment to confess what I was holding on to during the entire week.
"Because I like you silly and when you like Someone you do unexpected things for them... ."
Did  I actually just say that ?  Oh. My. God. I couldn't have been more lame .crap.
"Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Hold on ." He jumped in surprise.

"You like me? Do I need to remind you that this is the first time we're actually talking?" I don't know if he was laughing at me or he was angry , but it did hurt more Than a bullet .

"I.. I didn't mean it that way .. I meant ....I meant.."
"What. Did . You. mean.?" He was just a kid like me but he didn't sound like one.
"That i... I like when your jaw ticks every time someone initiates a conversation with you , I like watching you running on the beach fearlessly , and it's pathetic but I even liked you when you killed your that jellyfish. Siya says I'm attracted towards you ..... I've never felt this way about anybody but she says I like you and you.... you should ... be my b.. boyfriend"
I realised that I was shivering. And I knew that I am going to regret confessing this to him for the rest of my life.

"Did you actually just say that ? You want to be my girlfriend huh? What makes you think that Ryan Oberoi would possibly date a girl like YOU. Just because I offered you a brownie you thought you can be my girlfriend ? Well , take your orange sea glass back because I can't be impressed by ugly girls  like you just with a cheap piece of glass and for the record, I hate you . I hate you for reasons you'll never know but trust me , we will meet again and it will be much more uglier than this . YOU disgust me!" He slapped the necklace on my hand and stood up angrily .