The Boy Next Door

Chapter 24: Lovely, I am back

Blake's POV
I am tired of this everyday routine.
Get up in the morning, go to school and then come back. There is no adventure in my life. The only thrilling thing happening in my life is this Cruz, which I want to forget about.
I will never forget what happened yesterday but the living has to remain so I have to put away all the hurdles in my life. I don't want to think about Cruz but he is my neighbour, goes to the same school and same bus makes it diffificult for me to forget him.
I hate him, but in a corner of my heart the little love I felt for him is still alive. He has completely changed, now he is not the Cruz I used to know, wish I could also change.

"Blake hurry-up" My mom shouts dragging me out of my thoughts
"Yes mom" I shout back heading downstaires with the bag over my shoulder.
"Blake where is your brother?" She asks. The most difficult question to answer.
"Ughh! He had some practices" I lie remembering Brook 'not to tell mom about his job.'
"Okay I will be dropping you at school today" She replies. I nod and head towards her car.

She drops me at school and I am earlier than usual as the bus arrives twenty minutes late than car.
Don't know what to do, I decide to go and watch Brook doing his part time job.
Mount George School, where Brook is a coach is a middle school next to our high school. The both school share's same badminton court and auditorium but different soccer court, basket ball court and club.
I walk towards the Mount George school's soccer ground. There is an old watchman sitting outside the field.
I sneak into the ground and see Brook instructing the little kids. I don't call him or make any voice. I silently enjoy the amazing scenery in front of my eyes. it is a complete different version from what Brook earlier told me.
His love and passion towards soccer impresses my heart. I could see the level of seriousness in his eye's while training the little Ronaldo's.
He looks so much like a coach and not even a single piece like my brother who is ready to add humour to everything and is a careless person.
"What are you doing! Go to the right and defend the ball" he shouts at one kid. He is covered with sweat and can he is really working hard to earn money.
He blows the whistle and all the kids come running towards him.
He give futher some more instructions and calls the practice for today over taking a sip from his bottle.
All the kids pass him giving high five's.
I walk towards him and surprise him with my presence.
"Pheww! You scared me
How are you here?" He asks wiping the sweat from his face.
"Actually mom dropped me today so I decided to come and see you" I smile.
"Did she ask about me?" He asks.
"Yes but I lied, You can't hide this for long" I say.
"I know but don't let anything escape your mouth" he chuckles.
"I think we should leave now" I say pointing at my wrist watch.
He nods and we both hush towards our school.
We enter the canteen and Brook join his group and I walk towards my first class.
Its the chemistry class and fortunately Mr. Sheth hasn't come yet.
I enter the class and see Cruz sitting in the first raw. I could sense that he wants to talk to me. His hazel eyes are staring me but I ignore him and take a seat in the last. Soon the professor comes and starts his nonsense again.
I try to sleep with open eyes and finally the period gets over.

"Brook wants to meet you in the theater club" a girl informs me as I step out of the class.
Brook? Is he planning to do theater now? Why he wants to meet me?
I head towards the theater room and gind the theater room empty. I sit there for few minutes waiting for Brook but no one comes.
This might be a prank. I get up when suddenly I hear footsteps towards the club.
This might be Brook. The door opens with a creaking sound and come's no other than Cruz.
"What are you doing here?" I ask.
"Blake please I want to tell you something" he says with pleading eyes. I ignore him and walk towards the door but he stops me. Why is he suddenly so interested in me? Doesn't he hates me? Or is this a stupid game or something?
"I don't want to listen anything" I reply coldly.
"Blake you can't get out of here untill you listen to me" he says showing me the door keys.
What! He locked the door?
"Okay then I will stay here for my whole life but will never listen to you" I stubbonly say. I walk to the further corner and lean my back against the wall and slide down.
"Blake listen to me"
"No"
"Blake you need to know that was just a misunderstanding"
What was a misunderstanding?
"Blake that day what I thought was wrong" he says.
Why is he solving puzzles? Say it Cruz!
"Blake even I did not know anything, you yourself told me everything"
"What do you mean?" I ask. Now is he planning something against me?
"Thank god you are listening Blake" he breathes. I roll my eyes and burry my face in my arms resting over my knees.
"Blake I always loved you! That day I was going to confess my love but I heard you saying I don't like him and misunderstood you. I was broken, I thought you betrayed me and then my fathers incident shattered me into pieces and thats why I showered all my frustration on you" he explains.
A tear roll down my cheeks realising what ruined five years of my life.
"I was in the same misunderstanding untill that day you told me that you love me and then pulled me into a kiss" he continuous.
I love him? Yes I loved him but he ruined everything. This all happened because of him and all these years I was blaming myself.
Kiss! The dream I saw was real.
"Blake say say something"
"Blake you are frightening me" he says placing his hand over my shoulder.
I slowly look up at him with my face full of tears, "you ruined everything" I whisper and look at other corner. I can see he is trying to hold back his tears.
"I am sorry Blake" he whispers,
"For everything I did."
"I can never forgive you Cruz, how could you even think of such a thing?"
"I was a child Blake" he says as a tears slips down his hazel eyes as he sits beside me.
I could hear nothing but silence.
Suddenly the long silence breaks with the ding! Sound from my mobile. Cruz immediately looks at me.
I slide up my phone to see a message I have recieved from an unknown number.
My jaw drops along with my mobile with sudden trauma as I read the message.
Cruz picks up the mobile.
"Lovely, I am back" Cruz reads the message.
"Jasper?" Cruz asks I nod.
Jasper is back, he will kill me.
All the memories of that dark night came flooding into my mind.
I look at Cruz and he pulls me into a hug.
"Don't worry" he whispers in my ear.
"what now?" I cry as he try's to calm me down.
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Jasper is back!!
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