Crush

Chapter 7

The weekend had passed, I was researching different colleges I wanted to apply for since this was my last year of secondary school. A lot of Universities offered a pre-college programme which I was swaying towards. Only something was different now.

My phone buzzed and I couldn't help but smirk as I reached over to pick it up off the desk

Ysander: Heeey Cutie!

I couldn't help but smile

Me: Hiiii Ysander.

Ysander: You seem busy would you rather I call?

My heart fluttered in my chest.

Me: An evening call from the King of class 11S. Wow. I'm so honoured.

Ysander: Hahaha!

Not long after though I heard my ring tone and hurried to answer it.

I was excited. We weren't... Dating per se but we were doing..... Whatever the hell this was....

" Hi Taygor!" He squealed in a mock Mandy voice and I rolled my eyes.

" Stop!" I chuckled he was also laughing in the background

" I can't help it she's so cheesy. She calls you Taygor like as if you're Greg the gay tiger."

I bursted out in giggles as he continued teasing her " Hey yaaalll I'm Greeeg the gaygor!"

That was enough to have me gasping for air.

" Oh my God stop it!"

I slapped at the table as he chuckled in the back.

Eventually he quietened up " I like when you laugh. Its so nice. It means you're finally having fun. And you need to."

I nodded to myself " You're right..."

He sighed heavily on the other side and for a moment there was silence... And it felt nice...

" Y'know... I like this." I purred.

He hummed " Huh?"

" Its like you're in the room with me... accompanying me. I don't feel like... the house is home to just me right now."

He inhaled sharply " You're... Home alone?"

I blushed realising what he was thinking.

" Yeah... My mom works nights sometimes."

He cleared his throat " Oh yeah?"

I bit my lip " Yeah..."

He scoffed " You're such a tease. I wish I lived nearby now! "

I giggled " Now you wish you'd eaten at mine today!"

He growled playfully " Taylor... I told you... Once you manage to get me over, you're gonna have a hard time getting me to leave."

I smirked to myself.

I was stupid feeling like this but I nearly had said those three special words.

Its so easy to say them when this happy. But they weren't cheap. So I had to be careful.

" Tell you what... Since you dodged my invite today... How about we hang out alone in your favourite place at school tomorrow."

Again silence.

" Okay... Now you make the King of 11S sound like a creep that likes hanging around the toilets."

I burst out laughing " I didn't mean it like that..."

He giggled " I know! Its my favourite place to get away with you."

My face lit ablaze. It burned from heat and my muscles tensed.

Yeah, we got privacy there... It meant we could snog undisturbed. Believe it or not. Guys in England... Just... Didn't use toilets like a girls meeting parlour.

So... Like usual, the moment I got to school, with ten minutes till class and the taste of minty toothpaste still in my mouth I headed off into the boys bathrooms.

Make fun of me all you want... But when I saw Ysander smirking at me from the bathroom stall... It was almost like a challenge.

I think both of us were quite aggressive... We liked to pull and tug and didn't mind a playful bite here or there.... What made things worse though is how he would palm at my abdomen and belt as if to realllllly rile me up.

But of course when the school bell rang... It was a major upset.

" Come on... We gotta go to class..."

I tugged on his hand as he kept them wrapped around me " Do we have to?"

I rolled my eyes smiling at him, he had that same old fond look in his eyes.

" Fine... Only cause you say so." He finally sighed.

I wanted to hold his hand the entire way back to class but obviously some people weren't okay with what two guys do in their private life, never mind their public life so ultimately we pretended like we were just two mates when in the open.

" Right!" Miss Rudy clapped her hands silencing the class as we arrived just barely on time.

She smiled at us as we found our seats and I found mine next to Mandy. She scoffed " I've seen that look before."

I glared at her " What do you mean?"

She smirked leaning forward her short curly hair bouncing " Both of you look like you got interrupted in the middle of something important... When's the day you guys pop the cherry?"

My jaw dropped from sheer mortification " Mandy!"

She giggled " What... I mean you both obviously can't even stop gawking at each other."

I frowned at her " What do you..."

I looked over and nearly jumped when I saw Ysander was giving me doe eyes. He smirked right after I nearly had a heart attack. That prick!

I frowned at Mandy. " Mandy its nothing. You're being delusional."

She huffed rolling her eyes

"Whatever you say fairy godmother."

I was being fair. Yeah so we were snogging in our private time but I hadn't exactly discussed dating or s*x at all.

Maybe we wouldn't for a while...

I mean I was excited... and I wouldn't mind but we shouldn't really rush right?

Besides what was important right now was building a friendship and deeper trust with him. I couldn't have any more blows to my heart after everything else.

It just so happened at that very moment I felt something buzz in my pant pocket.

And then I saw the text message

Ysander: Your place after school?

" Taylor! Confiscated! Get it back at the end of class!"

Miss Rudy held out a hand to me wearing a frown.

I hesitantly handed the phone over, before glaring over at the root cause.

I glowered noticing he was trying hard not to laugh.

Oh my God.

I was in love with him.