Love Happens
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Episode 40
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~Xander~
“What pizza flavors do you want?”.
“Pepperoni”. We both say together.
Hmm, Pepperoni Pizza and Z0mbie video game.
What a night!
“The delivery service is with delay, they don’t have anyone in there right now. Do you want to go pick up the Pizza or do you boys prefer to make sandwiches?”.
Adrian and I looked at each other slowly shaking our heads.
We’ve had a bad history with things done in the kitchen.
“There’s a bunch of things in the fridge and there’s bread. Ashley said she don’t mind either one”. Mum added.
Adrian and I look at each other.
“Pizza”. Adrian said. “Xander will go pick them up”.
I rolled my eyes.
Mum flashed a smile. “Great. Ashley wants to tag along”.
I froze not blinking for some seconds.
4,3,2,1.
Ashley? Seriously?
I turn to Adrian. “I can pick up the pizza with your sister if you want”.
“Yeah sure. I’ll practice beating you in the game”.
I smirked. “Ha! So you admit you are not as good”.
“Dude, shut up”. He replied.
Mom tells the person on phone that we are going to pick up the order and I get up going to Ashley’s room.
I got to her room.
Ashley was boldly inscribed on her door in pink.
I swallowed nervously.
You can do this. Alexander.
I knocked on her door.
“It’s open”. Her sweet voice rang out.
I opened the door entering.
Her room was decorated in Pink.
I glanced at her.
She was busy clipping off her toe-nails.
“Hey .. Ashley!”.
She looked up. “Why are you in my room?”.
“Your mother said you want to pick up the Pizza with me”.
She was stunned. “You? I thought she said Ian”.
“Never mind”. She added standing up.
~Fast Forward~
The Pizza place is two steps away. For some reason, there’s an awkward silence between Ashley and I, so i say the first thing that comes into my head.
Here it goes.
“Hey, Ashley, what do you know about girls?”. I ask and she shoots me a despising look. “Ok, sorry. I just .. There’s this girl, i’ve liked her since the fourth grade … but i don’t know”.
“What are you afraid of, like, do you think she will say no?”. She asked staring at me.
“She might. Yeah i guess because we don’t really talk to each other, its not as if we are friends or whatsoever”. I said.
“Hm, then, you think she’s pretty?”. Ashley asked.
Talking about feelings is hard.
Is this a bad idea?
“She is beautiful, nice and also has a cute laughter”.
“I want your opinion, Ashley”. I added.
I really want to know how Ashley would react if i confess my feelings to her.
She chewed the insides of her lips as she kept on thinking.
Her lips were .. G0sh .. Tempting.
She smiled. “Well, you need to create a connection with her, you know? Find out what you have in common. I mean, you wouldn’t, wanna, like, ask her to watch a movie she hates or whatever”.
That’s brilliant.
I grinned.
“Yeah, well, thats what i’d like a guy to do, i guess”. She added.
Now i know what she likes.
“Thanks. Thats really nice”.
She doesn’t even know she’s the girl i’m in love with.
“But hey, i wanna know everything!”.
Ashley tucks her hair behind her ear and she looks really cute doing that.
I’m strangely glad to be in her company.
~Ashley~
Here I am talking about feelings with Xander.
He’s so unbelievable.
After kssing me .. He tells me he likes another girl.
“She’s beautiful, nice, also has a cute laughter”. He added.
I frowned inwardly.
I can’t walk with him if he keeps talking about this girl.
I chewed the insides of my lips as i thought about the girl.
Could she be beautiful as he said?
Why are you thinking of this, Ashley?
Get a hold of yourself.
I looked at him and saw he was expecting me to say something.
I gave him a smile. “Well, you need to create a connection with her, you know? Find out what you have in common, i mean you wouldn’t wanna like ask her to a movie she hats or whatsoever”.
He grinned cutely.
G0sh! Those blue eyes.
“Yeah well, thats what i’d like a guy to do, i guess”. I added.
Truth be told. Thats what Axel always did.
He always took me to watch movies; especially my favorite.
He knew my likes and dislikes.
Well i guess he did all that just so he could win sone stupid bet.
I feel like strangling the hell out of Axel yet I can’t.
I totally fell for him.
I can’t help it .. I love Axel.
I just hope the feelings slide away.
“Thanks Ashley. Thats really nice”. Xander said jolting me back to reality.
“But hey i wanna know everything”. I said giggling.
The wind blew slapping my hair against my face.
I tucked my hair behind my ear.
I turned to Xander and saw he was staring at me.
I became confused. “Do i have something on my face?”.
He nodded. “Yep, just around that corner”.
I cleaned my face.
I turned to him. “Is it gone?”.
“Nope”.
I wiped my face again frowning.
He bursted into laughter.
“What?”. I asked half-smiling.
He kept on laughing.
I widened my eyes in realization.
He tricked me.
I started hitting him playfully.
“Hey, stop, stop .. Stop”. He said still laughing.
“How dare you trick me?”. I said giving him little slaps on his chest.
He held my hands placing them on his chest.
“Do you feel it?”. He asked staring at me intensely.
The stares he gives me is intoxicating.
Giving me goosebumps.
“Fe .. Feel .. Wh .. What?”. I asked nervously.
He pulled me closer to him; my hands placed on his chest.
We were standing on the almost-deserted road.
“My heartbeat”. He said in a whisper-like tone.
I placed my palm softly on his chest where the heart is.
I rested my palm there feeling it.
It was beating rather too fast.
I glanced at him and our eyes met. “I feel it”. I said to him.
He smiled genuinely, his blue eyes shining. “My heart. It beats for__”.
A sound of a ringing tone was heard.
“I think its yours”. I told him.
He let go of my hands rather reluctantly taking his phone out of his back pocket. He cussed silently when he checked his screen.
He tucked his phone back into his back pocket walking ahead rather too fast.
I ran over to meet him standing at his front. “Seriously?”.
“What now?”. He asked running his fingers through his hair.
He looks cute while doing that.
Focus. Ashley focus.
“Why aren’t you answering your call?”. I asked curiously.
“Nothing”. He answered sternly. “We have Pizza to pick, remember”.
He groaned.
The phone rang again.
This time more louder.
“Just pick up the Goddamn phone, Xander”. I yelled at him.
He sighed. “Fine”.
He took the phone out of his pocket walking off to answer it.
“Yes. Mum”. I heard him say as he walked off.
Mum!!
That was his Mother.
And he didn’t want to answer it.
I stared at Xander as he talked on his phone.
He seemed really annoyed.
“Hey Babe”. I froze when i heard that voice.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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