LITTLE SECRET

CHAPTER 7

I couldn't believe I was hearing this. After all I have worked for, to build up his feelings towards me and he says we can't be together? I honestly felt like finding the nearest hole and burying myself in it. I didn't want to face the fact that I just got turned down by the guy that I have been crushing on, and possibly falling for over the last two weeks. It may seem a little too soon for love, but that's your own personal opinion. I know what I feel for him and it's not some high school crush. I started to get angry then, and nothing was going to stop me now.

"You know what?" I spat angrily. "I fake dated Jaxson for two weeks, two weeks, so you would notice me as something more than a student. Yes, I know how disgusting that sounds and I'm aware that it is illegal but the heart wants what the heart wants, and it seems that it only wants you, I can't control it! I set up this plan that you would come and tell me that you liked me because I heard you confess your feelings towards me to Jaxson, and what happens? I get slapped in the face. Do you know how I feel right now? Because I honestly feel like going to crawl in a hole and bury myself in it to stop the humiliation, all of my friends are planning on me going back in there with your arm wrapped in mine, but that isn't going to happen, because you're too worried with providing me with material things like dates and flowers. I didn't ask for that! Don't even bother anymore."

I was beyond livid and Mr. Castelo was the last person I wanted to see right now. The tears started to roll down my cheeks and I ran towards the student parking lot in hopes of getting out of here and home before anyone stopped me to talk and ask how things with Mr. C had gone. And I thanked God when I made it home without talking to anyone. It didn't mean that my phone didn't go off a million times, it just meant that I hadn't ran into anyone and I didn't answer my phone.

I still remember the dumb stricken face Mr. Castelo had on his face when I confessed everything to him. He didn't say anything; he simply just stood there looking at me with utter disbelief. But I didn't care; I was going to move on. Well, that's what I kept on chanting in my head. I wanted so badly for everything to turn out perfectly for me, but I guess it wasn't in my favour.

When I got home my mom was in the living room, which I had to pass to get to the stairs, and she kept asking me what was wrong, and demanding me to talk to her, but I didn't want to. Who would when they felt like their heart had been ripped out? I hadn't even dated the guy and I felt heartbroken! I guess it goes to show that I truly did have feelings for him.

I just laid my head down on my pillow sobbing softly when the doorbell rang. I groaned, praying that the door wasn't for me. I didn't want to talk to anyone.

"Dakota, your friends are here for you!" my mom shouted from downstairs. I didn't respond, hoping they would get the hint that I didn't want to talk to them.

Obviously they weren't smart enough to understand and came upstairs. "Dakota, let's go, we are going out for ice cream to cheer you up," Johannah said softly.

"Yeah, let's go, Mr. C isn't even worth it!" Natalia exclaimed while trying to boost up my spirits.

She was right. I wasn't going to mourn over this. It was his loss anyways. "Okay," I sniffled.

We walked out to Natalia's car and everyone piled in. As soon as the car was started I was tossed a blindfold "What's this for?" I asked, completely confused.

"Ugh, we found a new ice cream shop, yeah ice cream shop and we wanted to surprise you, as to where it is," Johnathon said from beside me. I knew that wasn't the real answer but I didn't want to argue with them so I just put it on and didn't talk throughout the whole car journey.

"Don't take your blindfold off yet," Johannah warned me. What the Hell is going on? But I didn't voice my thoughts, I just stayed quiet.

We walked a little bit of ways before I felt myself being lifted up. Not technically myself, but something was moving underneath me.

"Since when do you need to take an elevator to get to an ice cream shop?" I questioned, getting quite sceptical as to where we are going.

"It's a special ice cream shop I already told you," Natalia said with a giggle. I huffed out an aggravated sigh, they were doing something that I obviously wouldn't like, considering they wouldn't tell me the truth.

The elevator stopped and we walked down a silent hallway before we stopped abruptly and someone knocked on a door. Oh, what are you going to tell me next, we are in the prohibition era and you need to knock and give a special password to the door man?

The door clicked open but no one spoke. "Don't take off your blindfold until you're through the door and you hear the door close," Johnathon informed me. I was beginning to worry a little bit. My friends wouldn't take me to an unsafe place, would they? Someone gave me a light push and I walked forward slowly until I heard the door slam shut.

I jumped and heard someone stifle a giggle. I reached up and untied my blindfold to see where I was but as soon as it came off, a pair of hands covered my eyes. The hands on my eyes were sending tingles throughout my body that I couldn't explain. It was almost as if this was a romance novel and the girl was describing her feels towards her significant other, or the one she was longing to be with.

I still couldn't believe that Mr. Castelo had admitted that he liked me but he didn't want a relationship because he couldn't 'provide me with a normal relationship'. I mean, who does that to someone? It's clearly obvious that he doesn't fully want to be with me.

I had no idea whose hands they belonged to...until he spoke.

"I never said I didn't want to be with you," Mr. Castelo whispered softly. "I just don't want you to miss out on some of the experiences you would have in a regular relationship. But if you're sure about having a relationship with me, then I guess we can try it."

My heart started beating a thousand miles per minute. Please don't wake me up from this dream. This can't really be happening. This all felt surreal, and like I was going to wake up at any minute, so I pinched myself and let out a soft, 'ouch!' Yep, I was definitely awake.

"Are you for real?" I whispered back, the smile on my face probably big enough to fit a real life canoe in it.

"Yes," he whispered back, hugging me from behind. "But before we actually do date, we need to get to know each other; do you know what I mean? I only know four facts about you since the first day of school, and surely you were too busy getting mad at me to remember anything anyone had asked and my reply to the question."

He was right. I was mad at him, and I was mad that everyone was so attracted to him and following all over him, when I was being a complete b***h to him. Maybe that's one of the reasons he likes me? I guess I'll never know unless he tells me, which he better.

"Yes, I know what you mean, let's play twenty questions then..."

"Okay, I'll go first. What's your phone number? Don't answer if you find it too creepy," he said with a nervous chuckle.

"Of course I don't find it creepy, but other people might. Give me your phone and I'll type it in," I responded with a laugh. He led me over to the living room which was actually quite nice. There was a fifty-two inch flat screen T.V handing on the wall, with a set of nice cushiony brown leather couches. I typed in my number quickly and carried on with the game.

"Do you have any siblings?" I asked after a moment of thought.

"Nope," he said popping the 'P', "I'm an only child." He didn't seem bothered by this; he probably liked all of the attention, with his cocky attitude and all. "Do you live with both your parents, or?"

It didn't even seem to faze me as I answered with, "Nope, my dad left my mom when he found out she was pregnant. He said he didn't want anything to with my brother or me."

A flash of anger crossed his eyes as I told him the story. "He was obviously a very stupid man," Mr. Castelo spat.

I shrugged my shoulders and continued with the game.

We played twenty questions for a little while until he ordered some Chinese take-out.

"So you've liked me from the beginning of the year?" he asked with a cocky smile.

"Maybe," I responded, a light blush tinting my cheeks. Why was he trying to embarrass me? I already slipped about the plan to make him jealous, he didn't seem to be upset about it, just shocked, and now he's rubbing it in my face. Ugh, he's so frustrating!

"Oh please, don't lie to me," he said teasingly.

"Don't get too cocky, Mr. C," I stated with a playful smile.

"Please, call me Landon."

"Okay, Landon." He seemed to smile much brighter than he already was when I called him by his first name. It felt good that we had our feelings out on the table , but we weren't technically dating yet, but all he really had to do was ask me.

"So, what made you fall for me? Was it my incredibly good looks, or my adoring personality?"

"This is going to sound really bad, but your looks is what attracted me to you, but your cocky attitude was trying to push me away," I explained, not looking him in the eye. I didn't want him to think I'm only attracted to him because I want a good grade, which I'm not. "What about you, what did you see in me?"

He flushed a light pink and took a deep breath before talking. "Your amazing good looks definitely had me when you kept looking at me on the first day. But your attitude, your attitude just intensified the feelings I had toward you. I felt so dirty for liking you and having any types of feelings towards you, but eventually I got over it and I let myself get so jealous of you and Jaxson, but I come to find out that it was all false."

I shot him an apologetic look which got me a bright smile in return. His smile had my stomach flipping and the butterflies fluttering.

"Stop giving me that apologetic smile, I don't care that you did it," he stated softly, still smiling at me with affection.

"Okay," I whispered. I was still waiting for myself to wake-up and this all be a dream. Just thinking about being in my twenty-four year old teacher's house, which I happen to have feelings for was making my face heat up dramatically.

"What would you say if I were to ask you out right now?" he asked after a moment's silence. Did he know that I had just calmed my heart down and he makes it roar up again, making it go at least a million miles a minute.

"Yes," I answered almost immediately. I literally almost smacked myself when I seemed too excited at the thought of dating Mr. Cast- I mean Landon. That was going to be kind of hard to get use to.

But catching me by surprise he just said 'Oh'. Maybe I got too excited over this, and he's just playing around about him actually liking me.

"What do you want to do? Maybe watch a movie or something?" he suggested.

I had too much going through my mind right now. "I think I should go home now..."

He looked a little hurt, but I didn't know what to do. I wanted to know if he actually did like me or if this was just some game to him.

"How can you prove to me that this isn't just some game to you? Because right now, I'm feeling as if you're going to make some big fool out of me."He thought about it for a minute, "How about a kiss?"