Chapter 6
I was fiddling with my pen as I sat in the English class the next morning. Mrs. Mills was distributing our assignments back and Jared was smiling like an idiot as he kept staring at me. I bit my lower lip nervously as Mrs. Mills once again walked past me.
What if Jared had not submitted my assignment? Well it did not matter I had lost hope the moment my assignment was torn into pieces. I sighed and dropped my head in my hands. "Kim" Jared said politely, I looked at him without lifting my head from my hands. "Why are you so tensed?" Jared looked at me curiously, "I don't know what to expect from my assignment" I told him honestly as I closed my eyes once again.
"Expect an A" Jared spoke confidently which made me look at him again but I did not spoke a word. "Honestly Kim, why don't you trust me?" Jared huffed which made me giggle, how could I ever tell him that I trust him with my life? "I trust you" I tried to sound enthusiastic but I failed miserably.
"Ms. Connweller" my head instantly shot up when Mrs. Mills called my name. She had a smile on her face when she handed me my assignment, "You did great" she complimented me before moving past me. I stared after her in disbelief and then finally looked at my assignment and my mouth dropped. 'A+' I looked at Jared who was smiling like an idiot again but this time he was looking ahead instead of looking at me. The assignment was not torn, it was perfectly neat, printed on new stack of sheets.
I started reading my assignment, and it was my assignment. Not a single word was changed, everything was perfect. I looked at Jared again, he had went out of his way to do this assignment again for me.
It did not matter if he did it for everyone or just me, he was a golden boy at heart and realizing this made me fall for him all over again and I had a feeling that this time he would be there to catch me.
Before I could even thank Jared Mrs. Mills called everyone's attention and started the class. I kept looking at Jared and I probably looked at him the way he looked at me. Our eyes met only once during the whole class and that was when we both blushed and looked away. Oh how would I ever be able to thank him enough for this?
When the class ended Jared packed his bag before me and started walking out of the class to the cafeteria. I quickly packed my bag and rushed after him as fast as I could. Once outside the class I called his name "Jared" his name alone and that too spoken by myself bought butterflies in my stomach.
Jared stopped and turned around, I quickly walked up to him as he was grinning. Without a second thought I wrapped my arms around his neck and closed my eyes as I rested my head on my arms. In a few seconds his arms wrapped around my waist and I knew he felt what I felt too – there was a spark, no not just a spark – there were fireworks, my mind went blank but I somehow collected myself and pulled back with a shy smile on my face.
When I saw Jared was smiling too, I relaxed a bit. "Thank you" I told him happily, "For what?" he was confused, "For submitting my assignment" and for hugging me back I added mentally. "Please don't say thank you for that" Jared told me meaningfully, "Then what should I do to thank you?" I asked, he blushed and looked down as he chuckled and then spoke "I will tell you some other day, for now if you would like to join me for lunch that would be great" "Sure" I replied immediately.
After we took our lunch and Jared guided me to an empty table I realized Lily must be waiting for me. I turned around to saw Lily gawking us with a huge smirk on her face, I mentally face palmed myself and groaned in a very low voice. Jared instantly followed my gaze and saw Lily which somehow made him laugh wholeheartedly but thanks to his laugh at least Lily looked away. "Is your friend going to kill me for stealing you today?" Jared mocked, "No, she will survive" I murmured.
Lily was not like me, she had friends besides me and she would probably sit with them today. I was happy that she was not a loner like me, I would have felt too guilty if I had left her alone today.
"Where are your friends?" I asked Jared after a while, "You mean Paul?" he questioned back with a smirk, I distinctly remember him having friends besides Paul but I went with it. "Yeah" I answered, "Well he did not came to school today" Jared informed me, he was no longer smirking. "Okay" I said slowly, maybe he did not wanted to let out any more information so I let it go.
I noticed that while Jared had his plate full of food for two people and had already finished half of it, I had not even touched my food so I picked up the apple and took a tiny bite of it and chewed. "So does this officially make us friends?" Jared asked hopefully, "I guess so, if you want to" I was taken aback by his question, "I would want nothing more than to be your friend" Jared started but then corrected himself by saying "wait – that is not true, I would love to be more than just friends with you but I guess being friends is a start right?" I was utterly and totally confused and shocked.
More than friends?! Friends?! What was going on? I blinked my eyes rapidly a few times as I tried to wrap my head around what he just said! "Right" I said in a low voice, "Would you ever want to be more than that?" Jared leant forward towards me as his gaze held mine, I blushed and looked down, and could I just say yes like that? Well I have been dreaming for it to happen but I never thought it would actually happen!
"You don't have to answer now" Jared started but I cut him in the middle of his speech "Yes" I replied shyly, "Yes as in you would want to be more than that or yes you don't want to answer that?" either he was trying to get me to speak up my feelings or he was actually clueless, either way it was making me blush.
"The first one" I was not sure if Jared heard it or not but apparently he did. "Good, because I want that too but I am willing to wait" he replied honestly. Really? Would he wait for me or would he get bored and move on? I guess we will see that in due time.
"So do you always speak this less or is it because I am making you uncomfortable? I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable" Jared babbled and I looked up to him with my brows creased together, "Jared, you are not making me uncomfortable and I generally don't speak much" I told him truthfully. "Why?" Jared frowned, "Why do you want me to speak more?" I chuckled, "Because I would love to listen to your voice" Jared sighed dreamily and once again I could help but blush again – cheesy Jared.
"What do you want me speak?" I asked him ignoring his previous words, "Anything really, tell me about yourself" he said, "Well – I um—"I thought for a moment, "What is your favourite colour?" Jared tried to make it easy for me, "White, what about you?" I asked, "Brown" Jared said that as if remembering some private joke, "That is an interesting choice" I remarked, "I know most people don't like brown" he chuckled, "No, I think brown is an underrated colour" I told him the truth.
"You think so?" Jared asked with a grin, "Yeah" I nodded. "What are your hobbies?" Jared asked me curiously, "I like spending time outside, reading, listening to music and stuff like that" I told him as I looked down at the table. I know I was boring, I just wished Jared would not know about it. "You like spending time outside?" Jared sounded happy but I did not look up and just gave him a single nod, "So can we – maybe go to the beach – sometime?" my heart picked up pace once again. Was this going to be a date? I bit my lower lip to hide my grin when I looked up at Jared who was looking extremely nervous.
"Sure, when?" I asked calmly, but I only knew how fast my heart was beating. "Today? After school?" Jared asked nervously. "Sure" I replied with a smile and then looked down again. "I will pick you up" Jared offered, "Oh that is not necessary, my home isn't far from the beach, I will walk there" I told Jared as I looked up at him. He looked as if I had rejected him rather than his offer of driving me to the beach, which was completely unnecessary and besides I would have to explain my mom everything and she would think it is a date, which it probably is not and it will be a mess.
"We will meet there at 5 pm" I said slowly, "Sounds great" Jared's grin reappeared which relaxed me. After making our plans we talked for another 10 minutes until the bell rang and it was time for the next class. I looked over to Lily who, much to my joy, was sitting with her other friends and was having fun. "Can I walk with you to your next class?" Jared broke my trance, "Sure" I smiled looking at him and we both got up from our seats to dump the trays and then walked to our class.
People still stared at us when we walked together which always made me look over at Jared. I always hoped that he would feel ashamed of walking with me but it seemed like he did not even bothered about other people. He was always very comfortable walking with me and not just that, he seemed proud. It made no sense to me, he was – beyond perfect and well I was just – me, we were no match, how could he even stand me? It would probably last for a little while longer only so I decided to enjoy every second of it while it lasted.
Will it break my heart when it ends? Yes, hell it would crush it into millions of pieces, but would I give up these perfect moments just to not get hurt in the end? No, I would trade my soul if I got to stay with Jared forever and I was not even bluffing. Only if he loved me the way I loved him, it would be perfect. I sighed and looked at my feet and that was when Jared spoke, "I noticed that you sigh a lot, a penny for your thought?" I looked up at him and he was looking down at me.
"It is nothing" I lied convincingly but somehow he knew me better. "Kim, you can share anything with me, I promise I will understand you as best as I can" he promised. Oh Jared, how can I ever tell you that I am in love with you? "Maybe some other time" I said, I did not wanted to lie to him but I could not tell him the truth either at least not now.
Before he could speak any further we were already outside our class. "Okay" Jared mumbled as we walked to our seat together. I did not like seeing him like that and especially when I knew it was because of me! It was unbearable to sit next to Jared, who was upset and I could do nothing to comfort him. I looked up to Jared from under my eyelashes and saw him already looking down at me. Somehow I had the perfect timing with him, always! My heart skipped a beat as we looked into each other's eyes and then I blushed and looked away but he kept looking at me – like always!
I got the feeling, although I had no idea how true it would be, that Jared would never get tired of looking at me the way he looks at me now. It might not make sense if I spoke it out loud to anyone but to me it made sense and it was more than enough for me.
A/N: Hey Readers,
Sorry for another late update, I was waiting to get some reviews on my last updates which I sadly did not get. So I am hoping that I would get some reviews on this one and I will update the next chapter soon after that! Hit the Follow and Favourite button if you like my story and please don't forget to review, it would mean the world to me! :D Thank you :D
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