MY CHILDHOOD CRUSH - CHAPTER 19&20
{ You ki||ed him }
Their second kiss.
*
They both left the restaurant, walking to college as planned since it’s just a thirty minutes walk.
“I thought you were gonna tell others?”she said.
“Just wanna do it on my own”he replied and silent took over again. The only sounds they could both hear was that of the birds and their foot steps. Their interlocked hands swinged as they walked.
“I…”
“You…”
Both said at a time and smiled.
“You go first”she said.
“No, you”he said.
“Fine, I am just too happy right now”she said. “I don’t know why I can’t remember anything about our childhood except the place I told you that I like you”she said.
“Same here, I remember just that, maybe it’s cause it’s special”he said and she stopped walking to look at him while he did same.
“Something wrong?”he asked when she wouldn’t say a thing.
“So…. we’re now….. I’m your…. girlfriend?”she asked, playing with her fingers in the process and he tried not to laugh, he really tried but he couldn’t.
“What’s funny!”
“You”
“Hmm?”
“You’re funny”he said and she frown, making him act serious.
“Okay fine, I’m acting serious, where were we at?”he asked.
“You wanna say something”she muttered.
“You look too happy and I love it”he said and she smiled. They both began staring at each other until an unexpected rain started pouring, pouring on them real hard.
“Ah!”she screamed in laughter as he took her hand, running.
“I love it though!”she screamed.
“What!”he laughed more.
“Let’s just keep running! We’re almost in college!”she screamed.
“Almost!”he laughed as they ran, playing in the rain as they ran.
—-
** NEXT DAY, GIRLS DORM, ROOM 102 **
“Sleeping beauty”Julie tailed as Arabella sat up.
“Good morning”she yawned.
“Richie should just get an apartment outside college and you can move in with him”Fiona walked out of the bathroom on just her towel.
“Correct Fiona!”Julie chuckled.
“He asked me out”Arabella said and the both of them ran to her on bed.
“How?”
“Where?”
“A restaurant, he planned it himself”she said.
“He’s great but he should have told us”Julie groaned.
“Yeah, we’d have chanted yes and took photos”Fiona said.
“It’s his style and i like it since it’s about him”she smiled, remembering the moment.
“What did he get you?”Julie asked and she showed the necklace she’s putting on.
“Oh my! I didn’t notice that!”Julie gasped.
“Looks freaking expensive!”Fiona said and she blushed with giggles.
“You’re really lucky girl”Fiona said, stepping down the bed for her wardrobe.
“About Alex, heard he locked himself in and was beating himself….. sounds weird”Julie said.
“Beating himself?”Arabella asked.
“Yeah, Finn said he always do that whenever he’s pissed. He uses belt on his naked body”Fiona said.
“He’s crazy”Julie shaked her head.
“Why would he do that….”Arabella muttered but they heard her.
“Don’t tell me you’re feeling bad? You should have known him, he’s said to be a psycho and it seems true”Julie said.
“Yeah, Emily told her story of him and her, reason why she’s never gonna like him, he’s so full of himself, that’s what she said”Fiona said.
“What happened?”she asked.
“Emily did tell you herself and it shouldn’t bother you though”Fiona said.
“Yeah, it shouldn’t”Julie said and she nodded, but deep down she didn’t agree.
—-
“May!”Finn ran after her though she won’t stop walking.
“May! I’ve been calling after you”he said as he caught up with her and she scoffed.
“Something wrong?”she asked.
“Did I do something wrong?”he asked.
“What would he matter”she said.
“Let’s be friends”he stretched out his hand.
“I don’t need a male friend”she said and he slowly dropped his hand.
“And about the party we attended as couples… It was just for the time, in case you’re thinking of it”she said and smiled before walking away.
“I just wanna be friends and nothing more”he muttered.
—-
** ROOFTOP **
Emily walked in with a can of soda and meat pie. She has class in an hour time but since the others are in class, she decided to come here but she met someone there. Alex. He’s shirtless, revealing the bruises he got from the beating.
She ignored him and sat on the available chair there. Alex looked at her and scoffed.
“Are you doing this on purpose?”he asked and she raised her head to look at him, same time she took a bite from her pie.
“Why don’t you put on a shirt before you start bragging”she scoffed.
“You still haven’t changed”he scoffed.
“Neither have you”she said and silence took over, both minding their business till he talked again.
“Let it be the last time cause I have someone I’ve got to chase”he said.
“Last time?”
“We meet like this”he said and she laughed.
“Meet like this? Jeez guy! Wake up from wh@??ver you’re sleeping on cause I f-__-king don’t, won’t ever like you! Jeez!”she stood up.
“It’s cool that way”he said.
“You need drugs!”she snapped and walked away. Remembering their first encounter and how he acted.
*
FLASHBACK, A YEAR AGO*
Emily and May walked in the college for the first time. It’s their first day here.
“I’m loving it already!”May giggled as she took photos of things with smiles. Emily on the other eyes got stucked on a stand as she stared at the guy walking to her direction.
What’s he!’ she said inwardly.
“Emily!”May shouted after noticing she’s not beside her.
“You shouldn’t stare too obvious”Alex said as he got to her and she blinked repeatedly.
He’s he front of me!’
“I’m handsome but you are obviously not my spec”he said. By now, students were already round them.
“You should grow more segzy at least….”
“Hey! Why the show? You’re handsome and i admit, I was staring fine but you shouldn’t be too much. Can’t I appreciate a flower by staring at it? Hmm?”she said with confidence and just as he was about talking, she raised her hand in a signal for him to stop and with that, she walked past him.
FLASHBACK ENDS*
Emily hissed at the thought of it as she climbed down the stairs, bumping into Richie.
“Hey!”
“Sorry”he said. “Alex’s up there?”he asked.
“Yeah”she said and walked away.
He got up, meeting Alex buttoning up.
“Knew you’d come”Alex smirked.
“You think pulling that $h|t did work? You should stop all this”Richie said.
“And the crazy fact if you hadn’t taken Ryan there that day he’d be alive”Alex smirked.
“You’re still stuck in that $h|t! I didn’t….”the remaining words got stucked in as Alex completed the remaining space between them and landed him a punch.
“$h|t??”Alex screamed.
“Cause I didn’t do anything!”Richie shouted.
“Stop f-__-king denying it!”Alex shouted.
“I’m not! Ryan begged I took him there and I swear I didn’t know it was gonna be dangerous to him!”Richie shouted.
“Lie again and I’d ki|| you! I told you every f-__-king thing through the phone you bastard!”Alex shouted.
“But I wasn’t there! I wasn’t near the phone, someone else…..”Alex punched him again and again.
“You shouldn’t be alive and you know the funniest? The fact that Arabella doesn’t deserve you and I wouldn’t watch you have her. Wait till I expose you slowly!”Alex said and let go of his collar and turned.
“If you give me a chance to explain, all this would end”Richie said and he faced him back.
“I hellishly don’t need that and you should hit me back when I do, forget that childish promise, we were just acting silly”he said and stormed out.
Richie sighed, trying not to remember anything from the past. He touched his wounded lip already and sighed.
—-
“Julie!”Vince waved through her class window with a sandwich this time.
“You’re the best!”she mouthed and stood up in haste.
“Miss Julie?”the lecturer in called and she smiled.
“Ladies call”she said awkwardly and ran out. Emily chuckled as she knew what’s happening.
“Where do you wanna go this weekend?”Vince asked as they walked away.
“An amusement park, it’d be fun with everyone”she gushed.
“Just the both of us though”he said.
“Anywhere, we should wear matching outfits”she said and he nodded, taking out his phone to take a picture of her while she pose.
“Vince! Julie!”Fiona approached them.
“Hey! You’re done with classes?”Julie smiled.
“Yeah”
“Where’s Ara?”
“Went for Richie, what are the both of you doing?”Fiona asked.
“Skipped class for this”Julie said as she showed her the almost finish sandwich.
“I’m craving for that sudden….”she was still talking when Vince handed the other one which should be his to Julie since she just finish hers.
“You were saying?”Julie raised her head.
“I’ll just go study at the library, see ya!”she waved and ran off.
“Going back to class?”Vince asked.
“Nah, I’ll just text Emily to get my things. Let’s watch movies!”she stood up.
“You’re too childish”he said.
“Hm hm”
—-
** BOYS DORM **
Arabella asked Daniel and he said Richie is in his room. She was just at his doorpost and was about knocking when a hand held hers.
She raised her head to look at the person, Alex.
“What’s it this time?”she snapped taking her hand roughly.
“You’re quite crazy. You told me you crushed on me for two years instead of Richie and it seem it was me you still like but all of a sudden you got all on Richie”he said.
Richie was also by the door, hearing what he’s saying. Daniel already texted him about Arabella coming. He was about opening the door to drag Arabella in but….
“About the third guy in the photo, Ryan. That’s his name. Your Richie became a ki||er by making him die”he said.
“What are you blabbering about?”she muttered.
“Why don’t you ask him to tell you why we stopped being friends? He won’t tell or he’d lie”Alex smirked and she found no word to say.
“I’m around if you wanna talk”he smirked and walked away. She stood there for a while before deciding to knock but a message came in her phone, stopping her.
RICHIE: I went for a group meeting, let’s meet at night.
She read and sigh.
“What’s going on?”she muffled.
TBC