I Want Her Badly

Sightseeing

ALEX POV:

"Sick", I exclaimed as I saw Xander's car( a red Ferrari with gold lines).

He chuckled and opened the door for me. "Still a gentleman, I see".

"Would you want me to be different?", he replied as he entered the car and buckled his seatbelt. He started the car and started driving.

"No, but two years is a long time", I said sadly looking out the window so he won't see my eyes. Because it will show him how much I missed him and also show him my teary eyes. I have been taught all my life not to show weakness.

After a few seconds, he pulled over. None of us moved.

"Do you hate me?", I heard him ask in a quiet voice.

I whipped my head to him and I saw he had a death grip on the steering wheel almost as if he was afraid of what I would say.

I sighed," No, quite the opposite. I love you". He let out a sigh of relief.

" I understand why you left. You had to leave to heal after your mother's death. I guess I was angry at you at the beginning. At least you told me you were leaving. I guess I just really missed you".

The words hung in the air for a while. Then I heard him laughing. I looked at him and saw that he was crying. I just smiled because it was not every day you saw Xander cry. He always put out a tough front but to me, he is a little bunny.

"Uncle will smack me if he saw me".

"Yeah, Dad will do that".

He cleaned the tears off his face and he looked at me dead in the eye. "I love you, I missed you too. I needed the solace but I'm okay and I wanted you here. Who do you think convinced Uncle to bring you guys here".

I looked at him in surprise," and he agreed?".

He chuckled, "You're here, aren't you?"

My mind was coming up with different scenarios of why he really agreed but Xander pulled me out of my thoughts.

"Honey, I am your tour guide and as I said we are going sightseeing", he said as he lightened the mood.

We went to different places and in each place we had fun.

First, we went to a park. We were walking around talking when we saw a girl about to fall off the swing. Xander got there in time and caught her before she hit the ground.

She was around 7 years old. She slowly opened her eyes and when she saw Xander she blinked rapidly. She used her hands to rub her eyes to make sure that she was seeing clearly.

She then uses her small hands to caress Xander's cheek and asks," Am I in heaven because I am seeing an angel before me". I tried to contain my laughter but she then looked at me," Another angel?. Now it is confirmed I am surely in heaven".

Xander and I started laughing while her friends were looking at us as if we were aliens. One even said, "They are beautiful".Then the girl started crying. We looked at ourselves in alarm not knowing what to do.

I took over. "Hey, little girl why are you crying?

"I am in heaven now, I am going to miss my mummy, my daddy, and my brother and my sister"

I sighed in relief," Is that so? Close your eyes, now open them"

She opened her eyes and looked around and saw her friends." I'm back". She ran to her friends and started rejoicing. Xander and I were smiling. As we were about to go, she stopped us and brought out her hands to shake.

Xander first shook it. She then said," Thank you, angel......"

"Ooo, Xander"

She then shook my hand," And angel....."

"Alex".

" It was nice meeting you but it is not yet my time". She then ran to who I assume was her sister and started telling her her experience.

Xander and I continued laughing. We continued our stroll around the park. Then we went window shopping and food testing. I ate different types of food I had never eaten before.

Then we went to the beach. I bought a bikini while Xander bought a pair of shorts. As we were strolling, I started hearing catcalls. I looked at Xander appalled," Is this how they behave? How do they expect to get the girl?".

Xander just chuckled," It is common here. I have not heard any story about anyone meeting on the beach and living happily ever after. Maybe, this is the reason".

I nodded in agreement and looked around. I was entranced by the beauty of the beach. I saw girls looking at us and giggling. I looked at Xander and he was shirtless. I smiled," Looks as if you have some admirers".

"It's normal".

I thought he would have flirted with some but he didn't pay them much attention. We took a swim. Then we ate lunch. After lunch, we were under the shade of an umbrella. He started to explain the different types of groups in school.

" We have the outcasts, nothing can be done about them. Then we have the nerds. After that the gangs, think they are in the real world, they just work for the mafia. Also the jocks, these are the football, basketball, and soccer players plus the cheerleaders.

For the top, we have the elites who are divided into three groups. The red, the blue and the black. All of us are rich plus famous. Most jocks are rich but they are not as famous as us. We can play sports but we are still elites. The group you sat with is the red elites. Chad is part of the blue elites. They sometimes call him and Jarvis the leaders of each group. We are not enemies but we don't really hang out with each other except me and Chad. I will tell you our story later.

You already know the red. The blue elites are Ally, Josie, Chad, Blake, Thomas, Alex(boy) and others I don't really know. Then the black, these are people that are enemies of the elites. We have Harry, Diana(Jarvis's old girlfriend that cheated on him), Dave, Riana, and others. Each of them are enemies of either blue or red elites".

"Woah, that's some deep politics".

Xander chuckled," You will get used to it".

"That Jarvis creeps me out with his amount of staring".

Xander laughed hard," so you noticed?"

I rolled my eyes," Of course, I am not blind".

" That's just Jarvis for you, he saw a beautiful girl and can't keep his eyes off her".

" Like I said, creepy".

" Don't mind him. He will soon start flirting to win you over but I am sure you can handle yourself with that You only sleep with a person once".

" I know you don't like that rule".

" As I always tell you and Chad, it doesn't make sense".

" I don't want to argue. That Josie in the blue elites, is that the one you have a thing for? "

Xander blushed and avoided my eyes. I widened my eyes in shock because this had never happened before. I sat upright," Zoom, talk to me, you tell me everything".

Xander slowly looked at me," I thought you forgot about that nickname".

I smiled as I recalled the memory. It was during training and we were practicing with knives and he started showing off, targeting different and random things around the training room and making noise. Unknowingly, he woke up my pet tiger, Ban.

Ban normally sleeps during training before I take him for a stroll. Ban angrily broke through his cage and chased Xander around the room. I have never seen anybody run as fast as I saw Xander run that day. Since then, we( the members of the mafia) have called him Zoom.

I replied," Ban still hates you".

Xander shivered in fear of Ban," I will never forget that day. But, I hoped as I came here that I escaped the nickname, I guess not".

" Back to the topic, don't try to change it".

He exhaled and ran his hand through his hair ( some girls sighed in response but he didn't pay attention to them). " I like her very much". He paused.

I signaled for him to continue," It's as if she doesn't notice me, she is different, she is beautiful, not clingy nor slutty, she is a lady in every sense. It's not as if she doesn't date, she has dated people. It's as if I am invisible in her eyes.

The whole school is aware I like her. I have been trying to win her over for almost a year. I don't know what to do".

I took in this information with interest and asked," How did you meet her?"

" We resumed on the same day. We met in the receptionist's office. After receiving our schedules, we found our way to class. We had the same first class. We chatted throughout the day even during lunch. I took her home after. We became very good friends.

We made other friends but we were still friends. Even after joining different groups of elites, we were still friends. We went as each other's dates to parties. We still dated other people. Then, during one Halloween party, we were dancing together and during a heated moment, we kissed and even made out.

She subtly avoided me since that day. I realized I liked her and tried to talk to her but she avoided me. I tried to figure out what was wrong because we were both single during that time. That's how it has been till now".

I mused over his words," Maybe she is afraid of what she feels for you".

He scoffed," You are just being optimistic".

I sighed," Isn't that what I am supposed to do? Should I discourage you and tell you to give up?"

"Yh, I am sorry. The situation is just tiring me out".

" Ok, just ask Paul, he knows how to win a girl over".

" No thanks, I want her long term". My phone rang and I saw it was my mum. I told her I was with Xander and she invited him over for dinner. I asked her if Paul was back and she said yes. I ended the call after saying bye.

I told Xander of the invitation and he smiled happily," I missed your mom's cooking". We went for another swim and caught up on each other's lives.

Then he drove us to our house for dinner. On the way, I asked him whether he could come and stay with us because I knew he was staying alone in his penthouse. He thought for a while and agreed.

We got to the house and I remembered I was still vexed at Paul. When we entered, I started looking for him calling Florence (his English middle name which he hates). When he heard me, he rushed out of his room. I smiled in success when I saw he was angry. To add to it, the guards and servants plus Xander snickered.

With a red face, he said, "I told you to never call me that name again".

"Next time, Flooorreennncccceee , don't abandon me in a club".

" I was occupied".

"With a girl or girls, I am sure. Did you introduce yourself as Floorreenncce?".

"That's it". He then proceeded to chase me around the house. We only stopped when we saw Dad in a hallway. We abruptly stopped and acted as if nothing was wrong. He saw us and raised an eyebrow in question.

To not act suspicious, I waved," Hi, Dad". I hit Paul's elbow and he quickly greeted Dad. Dad just looked at us and I fidgeted because Dad's stare can make a grown man piss himself. He then dropped the stare and smiled, "Hey, pumpkin". I exhaled in relief and went to hug him.

I asked him," Did you go out today?".

Paul answered," No, he and Mum were getting it on till this afternoon". Dad and I just chuckled but when I looked behind Paul I knew he was in trouble. Behind him, I saw an embarrassed and pissed-off mum(never a good combination). Paul followed my line of sight and when he saw Mom, he took a few steps back and looked horrified. He exclaimed, "s**t".

This just made Mom angrier," Paul Florence McQueen".

I laughed and he glared at me.

Mom dragged him downstairs by his ear. Dad and I followed behind laughing. She was cautioning him about using words like that and embarrassing her. When we got downstairs, we saw Xander trying to steal a piece of cake, Mum also used her other hand to drag him by the ear. All they were saying was, "ow, ow, ow". She dragged them both to the dining table.

All of us then sat down with Paul and Xander nursing their red ears. Dad then whispered something in Mom's ear and she blushed and went red. She cleared her throat. She then brought dinner, we ate and the children bantered as usual. Dad and Mom were asking Xander how he had been.

When Xander complimented the food, Mom blushed again as usual. I told the story of the park and beach. All of us laughed in response. I asked Mom and Dad if Xander could stay with us and they agreed. That's how the day went.