Kartik was trying to get over her.
But alas, all he could see was her striking green eyes and flaming red hair. All he could hear was her laughter and sarcastic remarks. All he could smell was rosewater.
He went back to his tent and tried not to destroy everything he owned.
What a stubborn girl!
He had told her what he felt, and she only laughed at him, saying he was lying for her.
"come, Kartik, you cannot make me believe you love me. It isn't how you feel, and why you say it, I do not know." He had told him.
He knew she loved him. But for some reason she didn't want to hear it. Maybe she thought he was lying, but he wasn't, and didn't know how to make her see it.
Frustrated, he lay down on his bed and fell into a fitful sleep.
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Gemma didn't know what to do. Should she go to him?
"he does love you." Felicity said for the umpteenth time that night. "you are so blind." She huffed.
"YOU ARE NOT HELPING." Gemma panicked, and Fee only laughed.
"you, and your bull mind, are not helping. He told you how he felt, it is the truth. Men rarely ever tell women their feelings, and you should consider yourself lucky." Felicity lectured, and Gemma whirled on her.
"ok, ill go to him, just stop being so…"
"so smart, ey?" fee laughed.
Gemma decided not to dignify that statement with a comment, and instead fastened her cloak around her.
"now look who is seeing the light." Felicity, mock praising her friend, flipped onto her back, laying on her bed.
Gemma rolled her eyes and snuck out of Spence academy and into the woods next to it.
She came upon Kartik's tent, and asked or entrance.
"come in." came a half sleepy voice, and she felt her heart flutter.
She did so, and saw that Kartik was putting on his shirt. She blushed, and looked away.
He was beautiful, and she knew it, but was still shy about her feelings.
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Kartik deliberately put on his shirt slowly, just to see how she would react, and he loved to see her blushing. When he was done, he asked about her business coming to him.
"i- I thought about what you told me earlier, and I agree with you. No- I don't agree, hat not what I meant, I mean to say that- that is – I lo- love you too." She stuttered out.
"why did it take you so bloody long?" he asked exasperatedly.
She shrugged, and he bent stood up, next to her. "miss Doyle, if you were any slower im afraid I would have been dead already." He laughed, and she joined him, chuckling in embarrassment.
He cupped her cheek in one hand, and bent down to kiss her full lips.
She responded by wrapping her arms around his neck, and he helped her lie down on her back.
That night, Gemma and Kartik finally showed each other how much they loved one another, pent up passion exploding from years of being pent up.