All her life, Siya had strived for nothing but academic validation. She had only one thing in her life - Studies, until she met Liam, who was practically her polar opposite. Shameless flirt, eye candy and a ladies' man. Normally she wouldn't mind it...
".... and that's it for today's class. Now, i see a lot of you submitted your essays. For those who didn't, tomorrow is the last day. " says Mrs Brightly. I wait for her to continue with the one essay caught my eye statement. It comes but, " i must say, 2 essays really caught my eye! " It takes me a moment to realise what she just said. 2?! What the hell? She holds up 2 sheets. I squint my eyes to see the names. Siya Kaur and Liam Carter. My blood boils. Liam. Freaking Liam. He's everywhere. I'm quite certain she liked mine more. That calms me down a bit.
Class ends and i head over to Liam who's talking to Kristen. " If you're done with whatever it is that you're doing, Liam, i gotta talk to you "
" Can't you see we're busy here? " Kristen scorns. The second hand embarrassment I feel is real. Can she be any more desperate to get laid.
" She wasn't talking to you Kristen. I'll meet you outside the class in 5 Siya. " Liam says sternly. I'm surprised at the sudden change in his behaviour. I feel a hint of relief after seeing the way he talked to Kristen. I'm not sure why. Exactly 4 minutes later Kristen runs out of the class sobbing her heart out. Liam follows her outside leaning on the wall next to me. What the hell was that about.
" what did you do? " i ask him. He looks over his shoulder in the direction Kristen went and shakes his head. " Nothing of your concern. " " fine whatever I'm not even interested. Anyways, we have to start working on the project. Can we meet at your place? Or mine, whatever suits. " i say feeling a little disappointed at the coldness in his voice. " Sure. My place. Be there at 4 sharp. I'll send a car to your house. " he says and walks away. I'm hella confused as to what happened to him. Whatever, not my problem. " I found nothing " I'm startled by violet suddenly putting her arm around my shoulder. " i tried but I found nothing on the locket. I'm sorry hun." She says apologetically as Leslie puts a hand on my shoulder.
"Oh. Well okay that's alright. Doesn't matter anyway. It was just a guy. " I say. Although I'm highly discontented. But i decide to not think about it a lot. " I've gotta meet Liam today guess I should get home now. " they both eye me suspiciously.
" you're meeting, Liam? " they both ask together. "Oh my god guys! I'm just meeting him for the science project! " I claim. They are still suspicious but they just nod. I give them a quick hug and head home.
At home- I'm standing in front of my closet deciding what to wear. I don't understand why I'm so conscious about my outfit. Its just Liam. What happened to him... he was acting so weird. I know he hates me but so much? And what's up with the car anyway? I could have brought my own car. " What're you doing? " I turn around to see Sam. " I did knock but you didn't answer and then I saw you standing there. Like a statue. " he explains.
" Oh yeah sorry I just. I was thinking. " he waits for me to continue. Maybe he can tell me about Liam's behaviour. He's a guy afterall. " What does it mean when an annoyingly flirty guy suddenly turns cold towards you for no apparent reason? " i ask hesitantly. He thinks for a while before answering, " well there's 3 possibilities - 1. He found something out about you that hurt him a lot. Or heard. Whatever. 2. He's falling in love with you 3. He feels sexually attracted to you but wants to hide it. "
I think about it for a while. He can't be in love with me he despises me. I'm not his type so there can be no sexual attraction. So he heard something about me. Huh. Or maybe he was having a bad day. Ughh why am I thinking about this. I don't care. I quickly get dressed.
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I look at myself in the mirror one last time before heading outside. There's a car already waiting for me. " excuse me, are you here to take to the Carter residence? " i ask the driver. He smiles and nods. I get in and ask him how far it is. Its a 10 minute ride. I plug in my earphones and wait patiently. We make a turn and the sight leaves me astounded. Its one of the most beautiful houses I've seen seen. So modern yet so old money. We stop in front of the main door. I'm escorted inside by a security guard. " Siya honey is that you? " Mrs Carter says as she descends down the stairs. " Yes Mrs Carter! I'm here for the science project. " " Ah I see, Liam sweetie... Siyas here. " she calls out to him. " You're here for Liam?! " I try to locate the source of the voice and find Dean looking at me with an elated gaze. " Liam has never brought a girl home. You must be special " he approaches me explaining the shock on his face. Before he can say anything else Liam appears at the top of the stairs. " Dean. Shut up. Follow me Siya. " he says and starts walking away. I quickly excuse myself from Dean and Mrs Carter and follow him. He takes me into what i assume is his bedroom. Its painted mostly in dark grey and black. There's a few chase Atlantic posters and a huge bookshelf containing only academic books. There's a guitar too. " Are you done inspecting? " he asks pulling me out of my thoughts.
" Oh uh yeah. Should we get started then? " i ask. He doesn't answer. He pushes a button and a table emerges from the wall. I pull out a couple of papers from my bag and place them on the table. " let's start with a rough sketch. " We spend the next half an hour on the sketch. " You want something to drink? Or eat? " he asks. " No thanks. I'm good. " i reply without taking my eyes off of the sketch. He nods and goes to get himself some water. I look around the room for a while. He sure has good taste. I run my finger across the furniture admiring the woodwork. As I'm about to turn my attention back to the sketch, something catches my eye. A picture frame. I slowly pick it up and what I see almost makes me drop it. Its the same children as the picture in that locket. Oh my god. It was Liam. So then why is he avoiding me? Maybe when he found out I was his dance partner he was disgusted. That can be the only possible explanation. A chill runs down my spine as a picture of his hands on my waist forms in my head. I shiver a little.
" What're you doing? " i immediately place the frame back turn around to see Liam in the doorway. " Oh nothing! Just admiring the room. " I quickly reply. He seems unsure of what to say. He just comes in and shuts the door behind him. " Right. Oh and uh Dean was lying. Of course I've had girls over. Lots of them. " he says sitting down on his bed. I feel that weird suffocating sensation again. He's reminding me that I'm not special at all. Whatever I don't even wanna be special to him. " Yeah i figured. " i say annoyed. " You did? How? " he says raising his eyebrows. " You seem like the type. " i say looking out of the window. " What about you then? Have you had guys over? Nevermind who am I kidding of course you haven't. " he mocks. " Well I'm sorry but I'm NOT a slut. " i say glaring at him. "& definitely not a player " " a player? That's what you think I am? Too quick to judge aren't you, Little miss perfect? " he scoffs. " You need to shut the fuck up Liam. " i stand up pointing my finger at him. " Yeah? Make me then. " he stands up and starts walking towards me. I walk backwards until I hit the wall. He cages me in as he places both his hands beside my head. " Or is that too outrageous and scary for you ? " My breath hitches and i involuntarily bite my lip. It doesn't go unnoticed. " Fuck. You act so innocent but deep down all you want is to be ravished. Look at you getting all worked up " his voice is deep and filled with lust. I gather all my thoughts and decide to show him what I can do. I get on my tiptoes and brush my lips lightly against his. This time, his breath hitches. And then i push him away. " You're delusional. If you think I want anything to do with you, you're so wrong Liam. " I say calmly. Half of it is a lie but he doesn't need to know that. " we're done for the day. I'm gonna head home. Same time tomorrow. " i say walking out of his room but not before looking back at him once again, " oh and, try not to think about me as you relieve yourself of... " i look down at the bulge in his pants "that." His eyes widen and i walk away with a proud smirk on my face. I have him right where i want him.
A.N - Okay writing this was so scary!! Lemme know how you liked it :)
