"Strange Feelings"
I'm half way done reading the book and so as Olivia… we were sitting inside the school library; actually we agreed to meet here to talk about what just happened last weekends. I arrived earlier than her, after that we never talk even a single word. I can hear the ticking of my wristwatch; this is silly; our free time is almost over.
I put down the book "Olivia…" I quietly call her name…
Olivia lowers the book she's reading, so that she can see him "Yes?"
Sebastian notices there something unusual in Olivia's face "You're eye bags, you didn't get enough sleep?"
"Yes… and I think it is same with you… you got dark circles under your eyes" she retorts "you wanted to talk?" she put down the book she's holding
"Yeah…"Olivia is scary today… I unconsciously rub my eyes, pinch my left cheek and let out a deep sigh "I'm sorry Olivia…" I bow down my head "I am such an idiot that I acted exaggeratedly about the kiss…" I stay still; bowing my head "It's because…" I pause… Geez… "Because… that was my first real kiss…" I am almost whispering those words… it is really embarrassing to admit it
"And also because you are a Pure Hearted Virgin" Olivia smile widely; exposing her perfect rounded pearly white teeth.
I widen my eyes… what the hell… "How did you know that?"
"I just notice it…" she reflexively rubs her eyes also, sleep deprivation sucks… "Stop bowing…I forgive you already"
The bell sounded… Free time is over…
"Thank you…" I give her a cheesy smile…
"You owe me with that" she jokes to him
I chuckle…
We hurriedly pick up our things and walks outside the library… We have different class so we walk part ways…
After that talked we had in the library, we are okay again. But there is really something wrong with me now; I am feeling strange when were together. I can't look straight into her eyes for a longer time, when were eating I now slowly chew my food, I'm giving effort to make myself look good, and sometimes I ended up staring at her out of the blue…
Zzzzzzz
Anatomy Class… is dissecting again… I am sitting beside her…
"Sebastian, hand me the dissecting knife" she ask
"Here" and our hand touches… shoot… I almost let go of the knife
"Thanks…." Olivia focuses in dismembering the specimen's body…
I turn my gaze to Olivia, staring at her; not knowingly I am now so close… I can smell her lavender scent hair
"Sebastian…"she turns to face him and their head bump with each other… "Ouch…" she reacts
"Ouch… I'm sorry" I apologize right away "Are you okay?" I touch her forehead involuntarily… shoot… another electrifying feeling hit me
She's in pain but still smile to him "I'm okay… I think I'm not…" she makes a cute, silly expression because she's confused to say if she's okay or not okay to him
My face is red… Ahhh… Don't look at me with a cute face… I quickly turn my back to her and stand up "I… I will go find an ice pack…" in this situation, I will not be able to look into Olivia's face…
"Sebastian I'm fine…" she grabs his arm to make him sit again, she notice he is trembling…"Sebastian?"
I need air… this electrifying sensation everytime our skin touches is so unknown and it's terrorizing me… giving statics, making my heart beat so fast I'm out of breath…
I look into Olivia's eyes, I feel fainting "What is happening to me?" I softly ask her and pass out.
"Oh my God… Sebastian?" she kneels down… "Sebastian?"
Zzzzzzz
I wake up lying in my bed… What happen?... I touch my forehead... yeah right I fainted in our anatomy class...What the! I touch my hair... my face and my chest...Thank God... I'm still in one piece...
Duke gets inside the room... "You're awake now..." he glances and walks his way to his bed
"Yeah..." I reply
"Olivia is so worried about you" he is sounding jealous
I pause for a moment... "She did?" I scratch my head
Duke sits down on his bed "Yeah, obviously…" he looks at him… "Did you know that she just dumped me?"
I look at him too "Yeah man… she told me about it… that you kissed her without consent… in my opinion it's your fault also, rushing her like that"
Duke sighs… "Yeah… and I regretted my action that night…" he grabs his soccer ball and throw it to Sebastian "Dude… help me… let me talk to her again… even just a few minutes; I will explain myself to her maybe she will give me another chance…"
Catching the ball… "I don't know man… even though I'm her close friend; I can't just command her to talk to you, she has her own mind." I throw the ball back to him "But I'll try to convince her about it…"
Duke catches the ball and throws it in the air with glee "Thank you dude… you really a good friend"
I smile "Anything as long as I can… but I can't promise you…" I stand up and grab my things "I need shower… maybe that's why I fainted this morning…" I chuckle
Duke laughs… "You stink…" he jokes
"Whatever" and I close the shower door… the truth I need to chill my body… for the reason that I am feeling weird…
Zzzzzzz
Soccer game between Tigers and Hawks…
I am sitting at the bench; together with my reserve teammates… the score is good so far… a tie scores between the two teams…. the spectators' cheers are divided between our team and the visiting school team. Our cheer dancers singing and dancing for our team Tigers…
Before the end of the first half; Duke scores a goal… and that makes us leading in score… a wild shout from us and from the audiences' uproars…
"Wohhhh… that's our captain…." I shout….
"Yeah….. Who's you're daddy… aha aha" Duke dancing at the middle of the field and we all dance together with him
"Yeah…. That's my boy!" our coach shouts "Now to the locker room ladies!" he commanded
"woohhh" we shouted and rally inside
Second half… the captain of the hawks scores back and the score is tie again…
"What the hell!" I stand up "Get back to them guys!" I shouted.. My voice squeaks a little
Joshua who is standing right beside me turns his gaze…
"Ahemmm" I clear my throat… "I swallowed my saliva…" I lower my voice "is there a problem?" I give him a death glare
"Nothing…" Joshua immediately looks back to the field…
I adjusted my soccer uniform "Good" lol…
In the middle of the up roaring crowds, Olivia is sitting together with Maria and Danielle…
"Why Sebastian is not playing? His sitting the bench in the first half" Maria looking at Sebastian's cheering at their team's sideline
"He is a reserved player" Danielle reply, still focusing her sight in the field… "Go Tigers!" she shouts emptying her lungs
Olivia is just quiet, watching the game and sometime glances at Sebastian's direction. If it wasn't for him, she will not watch the game, she has no interest about soccer, and even though Sebastian is a reserved player it's still important for her to be there for him…
The crowd up roars again… Andrew scores a goal….
"Wooooh!" Maria jump with happiness "Haha! God this is so much fun!"
And the score is 3-2 now… Tigers leading 1 point… the announcer's updating the score
"Look at Sebastian…" Danielle pointing Sebastian's location…
Both Olivia and Maria focus their gaze to the dancing Sebastian
"He is so cute… Hahaha" Maria said it humorously watching him dancing
Danielle laughs "Totally cute…" she give Olivia an evocative look
Olivia just rolls her eyes… and she looks back to Sebastian … he is a delicate guy; none muscular, his shoulder is not that broad but it just the right size for his slender body… his hands are soft and I like it when we hold hands sometimes… his overall physique; in my opinion is tall , delicate and sexy… she had this imagination how it feel to be in his arms…
The game ended and we won… our coach is so happy so as Duke, Toby, Andrew and our other teammates…
Zzzzzzz
The night after the game, a house party is organized by our teammates…
I used to party but with my close friends… well Duke, Toby and Andrew are not stranger to me anymore so I go with them to have a party and it is for us after all.
"Drinks man…" Toby offers us melon punch
"I'll pass bro…" I refuse; I don't like to get drunk anymore
"Olivia and friends are coming…" Andrew signalling us
We all look to their direction… Duke widens his eyes looking at me…
"What?" I ask him
"Talk to her about it" he reminds Sebastian
"Can I do it later bro?" I am having fun talking to Toby and Andrew about the game
"Do it now. This is the best time dude" Duke insisting
"Come on man" I snub
"Go!" Duke gently kicks him to go to Olivia
"Ouchh… okay okay…" I wipe my ass… and slowly walk to Olivia's direction… I wear a lip smile in my face as I get closer to her… "Hello" I angle my head a little; and make a cute face
Olivia blushes seeing Sebastian is charming to her "Hi" she reply
I stand infront of her "Good evening…" I look into her eyes
Not prepare to Sebastian's charming attacks tonight… "Good evening too… Congratulations" she gives him a cheesy smile
"Thank you… Actually I didn't contribute anything about our winning" I giggle… "So are you having fun?" I keep looking into her eyes…
"I just arrive, with my friends…" she turns her gaze to Danielle and Maria who is having fun in the dance floor
I did not turn my gaze "I see" I pat her head
She frowns and holds his hand "Sebastian… What with the patting of my head" she reacts
I flip my hand and hold her hand instead… "I'm having fun…" I make her twirl…
"Geez… stop it… I'm not a puppet…" she smile to him
"You're not…" I slightly close my eyes; to look appealing to her "You are a beautiful, young intelligent amazing girl…" some flattering remarks from me
Olivia is speechless; drowning to Sebastian's sweet praises to her…
"Anyways… can we talk somewhere else?" but before hearing her answer… I gently pull her hand already and leading her to somewhere quiet.
We sit in the swing chair at corner of the garden… it is only the two of us who spotted the nice place.
"So Mr. Hastings… what do you want to talk about?" she may be firm outside but deep inside of her is trembling and full of excitement… may be this is the time she'd been waiting for…
I did not look at her "well you see… I know this is difficult for me to say this to you Olivia because I know you'd been struggling about this also…"
Oh my God… this is it? "You can tell me" she is controlling her emotions
"Don't get angry, okay?" I now face her
She nods… waiting eagerly to what she think Sebastian will confess his feelings to her
I smile "Duke asks me to convince you to talk to him, hear his side…"
Olivia can't help but she's really annoyed of what she just hear from Sebastian… the etched reaction of her face says it all… and she darken her glare to him
"I know, I know… don't look at me like that… It's scary you know... " I immediately ease the spoiling situation between us
Olivia sighs… she is disappointed… She raises her right hand
No way… will she gonna slap me? I close my eyes and waited for her hand to strike my face… but a gentle touch on my left cheek is what I feel, so I open my right eye and next my left eye…
"You think I will slap you?" Olivia smile, getting use to the situation they always had… Hot and cold affairs… just like Katy Perry's song…
"Yeah…" I softly reply, looking at her stroking hand on my cheek
She takes away her hand "Okay… here's the deal… I will gonna talk to Duke and listen to his explanation…" she pauses; gets a little closer to Sebastian's body
"That's great Olivia, that's what Duke really wanted…" I grin, geez when our body touches again… I'll faint like the other day .
She gets serious "Is that what you wanted also Sebastian?"
"Well… you see" I adjusted my body… trying not to get in contact with Olivia… "I want you to be honest and sincere with your feelings for Duke…" I mean it what I just said…
"Wow… you're right" her eyes were twinkling… what he just said is in fact the right thing she should have done before… she should have at least a formal closure with Duke…
"See… I'm right" I sounded proud…
"But before I do that… there is a very special task I want you to do for me" sticking to the deal she just said
Not so sure what will be the favour… "Okay… tell me… I'll gladly do it for you" starting to be charming again
"I am one of the debutante at the incoming debutant ball 2 days from now… what I want to ask you… is that… can you be my partner to that special night of my life?" she is serious and heartfelt about it, pushing herself to have the courage to ask Sebastian
Stuns… wait, wait… Am I hearing her correctly? Me to be her partner… I look at her face again… she is serious and her eyes are twinkling… "Sure… I'll be your first and last dance…" I said humorously,
Delighted and full of gladness… Olivia hugs Sebastian…
Astonish by the sudden hug from Olivia… Shoot… not this again.… a thousand of electric bolt shocks him… this is so strange…