Loving My Enemy

Chapter 4: Cash, check or card?

Emily’s POV

As I am making my way to the principal’s office I am wrecking nervous about what is to come.

When I arrive in front of the office door , I knock lightly hoping they won’t hear and I could go back and prepare for the next class.

What can I say ? Shortly after, I hear the classic “Come in!” . I hesitantly open the door, I am not really a problem student, but I have been here a few times . I reluctantly enter and there he is! The Greek god himself! Ah.. no, I mean the devil himself. A very handsome,good-looking ,and insanely hot devil, says my inner voice . NO! I scold myself . This clearly won't be good for me, especially when I will spend quite some time with him.

“Good morning “ I say as calmly as I can.

"Take a seat Ms. Brown" says Mr. Griff . I make my way to the seat next to Nate and I wait to hear the words that I don't even want to think about.

"Ms. Brown,I wanted you to meet Mr. Nathan Westwood I have called you here because you are assigned to Mr. Westwood's guide for a few days as he is new to our school." says Mr. Griff.

“ We already know each other “ said the al mighty devil in a flat tone.

“ Okay, now I understand why your father especially requested her to be your guide”

“ Yes, probably that’s why” responded him as if there was also something else. And of course it also were the details as my father being the one responsible for his presence here and now. My trail of thoughts is interrupted by the principal “ Anyway is much better if you already know each other , it will help you integrate faster”

“ Yes it surely will” replied the gorgeous devil beside me with a slight smirk on his face...ohh no , that probably isn’t a good sign .

“Now that we clarified this you two should probably return to classes “ said Mr. Griff dismissing us.

I stand up and make my way to the door knowing very well that Nate is following right behind me.

I haven’t said a word the entire discussion and I still am nervous because I don’t know what Nate has in store for me.

As I am losing myself more than I should in my thoughts once again I make my way to my locker to take what I need for the next class.

“ Hey! You’re not waiting for me?” I hear that voice that makes me remember that I have to babysit some big baby from now on .

I turn on my heel and look at him without saying anything for a moment .

“ So ?” He asks.

“What’s your next class?” I ask him as unbothered as I can .

“Biology. You?”

“Same . Let me go to my locker and get what I need then we can go” I say to him. I want to say that I am surprised that he didn’t said anything mean to me yet .

Because come on , let’s face it , he’s Nate , he can’t be this impassive about everything that had been happening between us for four years, where I suffered and he enjoyed seeing my suffering.

Being so concentrated on what I was thinking I hadn’t realized that he was following me around , and everyone stared at us until he spoke to me again.

“ So...” he begins , bringing my attention to him, making me nervous because I didn’t know what to expect. He didn’t said anything bad at all until now , and he doesn’t seem to wanna do it eigther . He’s like struggling to say something or he feels awkward because of the silence that is filled with tension between us. Maybe both..

“ I wanted to apologize....” at that moment my breath hitched and I didn’t know if he was for real , but I knew for sure that he was referring to the countless times when he tormented me .”.... about everything that I’ve done to you and every horrible thing that I’ve put you through while secondary school . I’m really sorry “ he finished what he was saying and I was a little stunned. He really was apologizing , his face said that he meant what he said, but I also new that he was a remarkable actor. You know what they say , keep your friends close but your enemies closer. I knew him very well, he could play in front of everyone. I’ve witnessed him numerous times doing it in front of ours parents. They believed him. Lucky me , I hadn’t had to deal with him in the last 3 years and I’ve been happy that way, and I successfully succeeded to overcome every insecurity I had before and I succeeded in loving myself exactly how I was.

Seeing me standing still, not moving for a few seconds he looked concerned and said “ I know it sounds quite weird, and you probably don’t believe me, but I really am sorry for my past actions and I want us to be on good terms especially that we will be stuck with each other for some time” he says while flashing me a friendly smile. It was so gorgeous it made my knees go weak and make me think he was saying the truth.

“ Friends?” He asks and I softly reply “ Ok.. for now is ok but don’t except my trust because what happened really had an effect on me at that time , and it wasn’t easy to bear all that without telling anyone about it “

He’s looking at me sheepishly, something I couldn’t imagine him doing, then extends his hand to me “ So that means we’re ok now?”

I reach for his hand and shaking it slowly feeling jolts of electricity up my arm while nodding my head . When we start to walk I notice that there’s almost nobody in the hallway. “ I think we should hurry up a little , we don’t want to be late ,Mrs. Gray is not the nicest person around here”

“ Okay let’s go “ he says and grabs me by my wrist , once again feeling electricity running through me from where our skin touched , and running to ensure that we make it on time the class.

A few minutes later we make it to the classroom before the teacher arrives and we take some sits as far away from the front of the class as possible .

The class went smoothly after Nate had presented himself again .

As the bell rang we exited and I said to him “ Can I see your timetable ?”

“ Yeah,sure” he says as he gives me a printed paper that look almost identical with mine. Literally, most of our classes were the same for example , today we had all our classes together, there were like 3 classes which were different , in the whole week.

“ Soo, looks like you’re stuck with me for the whole week except for 3 hours “ I say in a comical voice that makes him smile , biting back a laughter.

“ At least we’re on good terms, and don’t need to jump to the each others throat all the time”

I smile at him with an amused expression and then he says “ I wonder how he convinced them to make our programs almost the same. Cash, check or card?”

That was the breaking point , we exploded in a fit of laughter without being able to stop it .

I was very happy that everything was ok, I still wasn’t sure how genuine his apology was but at least he won’t bully me anymore. Maybe we can become friends in the future.

Or maybe .. with time... we would be more than friends.

Who knows?