Chapter 12
Christine had a new plan. And it will have to involve John... It's going to be something major. Christine smiled to herself, glad that she had thought of such a plan.
"Nicole, sorry. I ignored you this morning..." Christine apologised to Nicole, hoping that she will not ignore her.
"It's okay." Nicole smiled at Christine, wanting to forget everything and for things to go back to the way they used to be...
Christine smiled back. At that moment, Nicole truly thought that things were back to the way they were. Well, she was wrong..
As they slowly made their way for lunch, they could feel that there's still this annoying awkwardness between them.... However, it soon fades away as Christine attempted to break the ice by cracking silly jokes. Not long after, they were holding hands and gossiping. Well, I guess this is the power of friendship...
"hey, Nicole. Um... I think we should really talk about Tim..." Christine looked at Nicole, being serious all of a sudden. This is a long silence...
"Well, maybe I should give up on Tim or something?" Nicole stared at the floor. She knew that it will not happen between Tim and her. Tim will not fall in love with her. Anyway, both Tim and Christine like each other. She should not be so selfish as to stop them just because she too, likes Tim. It's unfair to Christine...
"Are you sure?" Christine asked, worried. "Really?"
Nicole nodded her head. Well, it will hurt but she will just have to bear with it. Bear with the pains. Blame it on herself for ever loving Tim. She ought to have known better.
"Can we just eat?" Nicole pushed Christine towards the canteen. They went and bought their food and sat down. Later, John also joined them. He did not talk much, just sat there and ate his food quietly.
"Um.. Excuse me. I need to go to the washroom." Nicole got up. Christine immediately saw this as a chance to talk with John and find out more about him.
"What's that?" Christine pointed at tthe thing John eating, looking disgusted. "You actually ate that?" She asked, incredulously. John nodded, embarrassed.
"Nevermind. So, you like NIcole. Right?" Christine continued. John choked on his food, coughing. HIs eyes were staring back at Christine, surpiried. Christine noticed that his eyes were blue-green in colours. Well, that looked nice, but that retro glasses... Ew!
"Are you okay?" Christine patted his back. John calmed down. He took a few gulps of water, then gave Christine the 'okay' sign.
But deep in his mind, he isn't okay. Infact, his mind was bombarded with what Christinne had just told him earlier. 'Do I like her? Or do I not....' That was what he was thinking all about till Christine snapped her fingers in front of his eyes and he was startled.
"So, what's your answer?" she asked with a please-tell-me face.
"I...I..." John hesitated on telling her the truthh, in which he himself was not even sure of. 'Is that counted as liking someone?' he mumbled to himself, so softly that even Christine could not hear him when she was already sitting very close to him.
'I...I don't know' John flustered as he managed to stuff the remaining food into his mouth and walked off, hanging his head low in any case of remaining him of her question when their eyes met.
With that, the 'recess over' bell rang, which is also a signal to the students that its time for lessons already, just as Christine went back to where Nicole is.
(In laboratory----Chemistry lesson)
"Now, I will pair everyone up for the project that you will be accessed on" the Chemistry lecturer spoke in a solemn voice as he adjusted his spectacles.
" ~~~ and ~~~
~~~ and ~~~
....
....
Tim with Jen..."
"Oh... Ow... No... I want to be with Tim.. Ow..." the girls was moaning as they were not assinged to do the project with Tim... Ow..." the girls was whining as they were not assigned to do the project with Tim.
"Erm...Erm..." the lecturer cleared his throat.
Everyone silenced down immediately.
"~~~ with ~~~
~~~with ~~~
...
Nicole with Dave
....
And last but not least, Christine with John."
Everyone heaved a sigh of relef as they gave out a lucky-that-it-was-not-me-who-is-assigned-eith-that-nerdy-looking-John. John, who is a sensitive person, noticed that too and was disappoited. Nicole on the other hand was delighted. Why, you may ask. but allow me to tell you the whole story, your highness (trying to sound like some olden days noble man speaking to the king =) ).
As you know, Dave is going to sit beside Nicole. Dave. DAVE!!!! If anyone is going to try and compete against Tim in whatever means, that will be Dave. He is popular too, having just one vote less than Tim in the voting, 'Who is the guy you would want to date with?' held just in the beginning of the year. However, Dave's got a big problem. He loves flirting around, making girls' flowers to bloom. (Worse than Tim)
Below are what Nicole had written down about the two of them in her diary:
Dave
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 67kg
Eye colour: Blue
Hair colour: Blonde
Popularity: Tim - 1 (Tim minus one)
Good looking status: ******/***** (6 stars against 5 stars)
Tim
Height: 182 cm
Weight: 66kg
Eye colour: Sapphire blue
Hair colour: Chestnut brown
Popularity: Dave + 1 (Dave plus one)
Good-looking status: ******/***** (6 stars against 5 stars)
-----Back to the story------
So, given such a wonderful guy sitting next to her, how could she be not excited. Moreover, Dave is Tim's best friend. So, maybe she could know more about Tim from Dave.
While thinking of these stuffs, Nicole was brought back to reality by Dave's pat on her shoulder. She blushed, entirely and turned to face him. 'He's incredibly....dashing!' She thought as her eyes shone with glitters when she saw Dave smiling at her. His pure blue eyes with long eyes-lashes, accompanied by a high-pointed nose and a cute-looking kisable lips finished the touch-up of his face. Nicole was amzed by his beauty. 'How could a guy be so beautiful? I knew none, but this one is.'
"Hope that we will be the best partners of this class" Dave gave a smile that sent Nicole to heaven.
"Sure" Nicole said, still admiring his beauiful face, especially those lips.
Then, as if to wanting to make Nicole fall more in love with him, Dave reached out his hand to hold hers and he held it towards it and kiss it. He replied, "I'm sure we could".
'Why did it feel so..... The feeling of his hand.... And his smile, so attractive. His hair looked so soft when they were blown by the wind. Why can't I just take my eyes off him....' She stared at him and imagined him to be a prince from some fairy tale who sleeps ina flower bed.
Well, for Tim, he was quite annoyed that Jen was sitting beside him because she keeps on talking and takling, and talking about her family, her background, how she get to beg her mum to let her get a plastic surgery on her nose, so and so....
Instead of looking at her, he was looking over Jen's shoulder at Nicole. Somehow, he just can't stop feeling bored looking at her. Somewhere deep in his heart, it hurts. It hurts when Dave get close to her... It hurts when Dave touched her.... It hurts when Dave kissed her... It hurts when Nicole looked at Dave with shining eyes....Everything that revolves around Nicole hurts him... 'Why?' he thought as he lowered down his head and moved his hand on his chest to where the pain is. 'Why am I feeling this way?' His eyebrows turned into a frown as he pushed himself up with the support of his hands on the table and walked towards Nicole and Dave's.
"What's the..." Nicole was surprised when Tim walked towards her and pulled her on her even before she could finish her sentence.
"What're you doing? Let go of me!" Nicole struggled to pull her hands out from his but to no avail. instead, Tim tightened his grip on herd and keep dragging her along as they walked down down the corridors. It's only after sometime that Nicole stopped struggling as her heart was melted away by his grip on her hand. Then, Tim stopped, all of a sudden and Nicole bumped into him. The two of them kneeled to the gound as Tim was rubbing his back with the back of his hand.
"Sor----ry" Nicole said, in embarrassment as she managed to stand up, in a shock to see Tim standing just in front oh her. Even without sparing her a second to react, he had already pushed her gently against the windows and placed his arm on them. He leaned close to her, their lips almost touching each other's.
"Tell me, what do you think of John" he said, looking right into Nicole's eyes.
Nicole could feel her heart thumping as if it is racing against a sport car. She could feel her face heating up too, and was certain that it must be red now, very red.
"Or should I change the question. What do you think of me as?" Tim said. Nicole could feel his breath on her face. But what filled her mind was not this.
'What do I think of him as?'.....
~To be continued~
"What's that?" Christine pointed at tthe thing John eating, looking disgusted. "You actually ate that?" She asked, incredulously. John nodded, embarrassed.
"Nevermind. So, you like NIcole. Right?" Christine continued. John choked on his food, coughing. HIs eyes were staring back at Christine, surpiried. Christine noticed that his eyes were blue-green in colours. Well, that looked nice, but that retro glasses... Ew!
"Are you okay?" Christine patted his back. John calmed down. He took a few gulps of water, then gave Christine the 'okay' sign.
But deep in his mind, he isn't okay. Infact, his mind was bombarded with what Christinne had just told him earlier. 'Do I like her? Or do I not....' That was what he was thinking all about till Christine snapped her fingers in front of his eyes and he was startled.
"So, what's your answer?" she asked with a please-tell-me face.
"I...I..." John hesitated on telling her the truthh, in which he himself was not even sure of. 'Is that counted as liking someone?' he mumbled to himself, so softly that even Christine could not hear him when she was already sitting very close to him.
'I...I don't know' John flustered as he managed to stuff the remaining food into his mouth and walked off, hanging his head low in any case of remaining him of her question when their eyes met.
With that, the 'recess over' bell rang, which is also a signal to the students that its time for lessons already, just as Christine went back to where Nicole is.
(In laboratory----Chemistry lesson)
"Now, I will pair everyone up for the project that you will be accessed on" the Chemistry lecturer spoke in a solemn voice as he adjusted his spectacles.
" ~~~ and ~~~
~~~ and ~~~
....
....
Tim with Jen..."
"Oh... Ow... No... I want to be with Tim.. Ow..." the girls was moaning as they were not assinged to do the project with Tim... Ow..." the girls was whining as they were not assigned to do the project with Tim.
"Erm...Erm..." the lecturer cleared his throat.
Everyone silenced down immediately.
"~~~ with ~~~
~~~with ~~~
...
Nicole with Dave
....
And last but not least, Christine with John."
Everyone heaved a sigh of relef as they gave out a lucky-that-it-was-not-me-who-is-assigned-eith-that-nerdy-looking-John. John, who is a sensitive person, noticed that too and was disappoited. Nicole on the other hand was delighted. Why, you may ask. but allow me to tell you the whole story, your highness (trying to sound like some olden days noble man speaking to the king =) ).
As you know, Dave is going to sit beside Nicole. Dave. DAVE!!!! If anyone is going to try and compete against Tim in whatever means, that will be Dave. He is popular too, having just one vote less than Tim in the voting, 'Who is the guy you would want to date with?' held just in the beginning of the year. However, Dave's got a big problem. He loves flirting around, making girls' flowers to bloom. (Worse than Tim)
Below are what Nicole had written down about the two of them in her diary:
Dave
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 67kg
Eye colour: Blue
Hair colour: Blonde
Popularity: Tim - 1 (Tim minus one)
Good looking status: ******/***** (6 stars against 5 stars)
Tim
Height: 182 cm
Weight: 66kg
Eye colour: Sapphire blue
Hair colour: Chestnut brown
Popularity: Dave + 1 (Dave plus one)
Good-looking status: ******/***** (6 stars against 5 stars)
-----Back to the story------
So, given such a wonderful guy sitting next to her, how could she be not excited. Moreover, Dave is Tim's best friend. So, maybe she could know more about Tim from Dave.
While thinking of these stuffs, Nicole was brought back to reality by Dave's pat on her shoulder. She blushed, entirely and turned to face him. 'He's incredibly....dashing!' She thought as her eyes shone with glitters when she saw Dave smiling at her. His pure blue eyes with long eyes-lashes, accompanied by a high-pointed nose and a cute-looking kisable lips finished the touch-up of his face. Nicole was amzed by his beauty. 'How could a guy be so beautiful? I knew none, but this one is.'
"Hope that we will be the best partners of this class" Dave gave a smile that sent Nicole to heaven.
"Sure" Nicole said, still admiring his beauiful face, especially those lips.
Then, as if to wanting to make Nicole fall more in love with him, Dave reached out his hand to hold hers and he held it towards it and kiss it. He replied, "I'm sure we could".
'Why did it feel so..... The feeling of his hand.... And his smile, so attractive. His hair looked so soft when they were blown by the wind. Why can't I just take my eyes off him....' She stared at him and imagined him to be a prince from some fairy tale who sleeps ina flower bed.
Well, for Tim, he was quite annoyed that Jen was sitting beside him because she keeps on talking and takling, and talking about her family, her background, how she get to beg her mum to let her get a plastic surgery on her nose, so and so....
Instead of looking at her, he was looking over Jen's shoulder at Nicole. Somehow, he just can't stop feeling bored looking at her. Somewhere deep in his heart, it hurts. It hurts when Dave get close to her... It hurts when Dave touched her.... It hurts when Dave kissed her... It hurts when Nicole looked at Dave with shining eyes....Everything that revolves around Nicole hurts him... 'Why?' he thought as he lowered down his head and moved his hand on his chest to where the pain is. 'Why am I feeling this way?' His eyebrows turned into a frown as he pushed himself up with the support of his hands on the table and walked towards Nicole and Dave's.
"What's the..." Nicole was surprised when Tim walked towards her and pulled her on her even before she could finish her sentence.
"What're you doing? Let go of me!" Nicole struggled to pull her hands out from his but to no avail. instead, Tim tightened his grip on herd and keep dragging her along as they walked down down the corridors. It's only after sometime that Nicole stopped struggling as her heart was melted away by his grip on her hand. Then, Tim stopped, all of a sudden and Nicole bumped into him. The two of them kneeled to the gound as Tim was rubbing his back with the back of his hand.
"Sor----ry" Nicole said, in embarrassment as she managed to stand up, in a shock to see Tim standing just in front oh her. Even without sparing her a second to react, he had already pushed her gently against the windows and placed his arm on them. He leaned close to her, their lips almost touching each other's.
"Tell me, what do you think of John" he said, looking right into Nicole's eyes.
Nicole could feel her heart thumping as if it is racing against a sport car. She could feel her face heating up too, and was certain that it must be red now, very red.
"Or should I change the question. What do you think of me as?" Tim said. Nicole could feel his breath on her face. But what filled her mind was not this.
'What do I think of him as?'.....
~To be continued~
Aw... Nice story! Luv the progress~ This story is almost the only thing which I had my mind on. Heheh. Gonna look out for more! :D
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