He was broken.
I was happy.
He wanted every pretty girl in sight.
I only wanted him.
He never noticed me.
I was in love with him since the day I first saw him.
My dilemma is trying to get Lark Everlake to fall in love with me, even though I'm not on his level of popularity or anything of the sort. I hadn't known Lark very long before I fell...hard. What I mean by 'not very long' is I hadn't known him for longer than a minute. Two minutes and I knew there was no hope for me.
Lark Everlake is the bad boy at the boarding school my parents sent me to. I'm all alone here, except for my younger brother Jordan.
Nothing would ever be the same once Lark actually noticed me, determined to be my first everything yet try to play a dangerous game of love. If I fell for him, I lost. If he fell for me, he lost. Only, he didn't know that if that was the case I lost before the game could even commence.
I know Lark knows how to break a girls heart, however I wanna know how, you don't just know exactly what to do to hurt someone not unless someone hurt you first.
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"If I win...What do I get?" I ask, not taking my eyes off my text book knowing if I did I'd blush or crack under the pressure of Lark's narrowed eyes in amusement.
"You get to be with me, I'll drop everything just for you," Lark offers, shutting my text book so I'm forced to look at him. His green eyes are watching me closely, examining my face for any signs of weakness. I shrug my shoulders, pretending not to be too interested in the the topic.
"And if I lose?" I ask curiously, I'd really like to know since this could ideally ruin my entire existence.
"If you lose, which is most likely to happen, you get nothing at all," Lark responds, he looks up like he's reconsidering.
"I've decided that when you lose I'll ruin your social life,"
"Deal."
He croaks his head and his winning expression makes me think I said something wrong, something to give him the upper hand. „So you took that as an insult, huh? Or were you rather disappointed?", the corners of his lips twitch, almost making him smile and he looks down at me, challengingly.
„What? No! Of course I wasn't-"
„That's it, isn't it?", he interrupts me and steps closer, if that was even possible. Suddenly he lifts his hand and pushes my chin upwards, ever so gently, so I'm looking right in his eyes, „you wanted me to say... what exactly? That's the reason you came to me when Theo wouldn't leave you alone as well, right? You wanted to be close to me."
I wanted to be close to him? He was the one practically pinning me against the wall right now.
I press my right pointy finger into the bare skin of his chest, pushing him away from me with it. „I've said it to you once, Nikolai, and I'll say it one more time so even you can comprehend it. You're. Not. That. Damn. Important. Not everyone wants to be close to you. Not everyone cares for you attention. Not everyone, and certainly not me!"
And with that I brush past him, not turning around when walking away. I hurry around a corner, until I'm out of his sight.
Only then do I allow myself to slow down.
Only then do I allow myself to breathe.
Only then do I allow myself to touch the part of my jaw where his hand had traced my skin.
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June Lockwood loves to win.
Nikolai Coleman cannot afford to loose.
When the two of them meet at Everlance Academy, the most elite boarding school for competitive athletes in all of England, it's like stars colliding.
It is yet to be discovered whether they will send sparks flying or cause an explosion with irreversible consequences.