Loving Everly Gray (✔️)

Chapter 45

"It worked out for you and it worked out for me, too." He smiled.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I got myself a girlfriend, three weeks back and we are doing good."

"I am so happy for you." I said.

"Me too." He said, "I just wanted to tell you, not to feel bad for not feeling the same way or for whatever happened."

"Thanks." I said, really appreciating how thoughtful he is.

"I wanted to tell you a while back, but Elliot is always hovering around you and I didn't want to bring trouble or misunderstanding."

"I get you." Was my reply. "What are you doing here?"

"I am here for Christmas shopping." He showed us the bag.

"Alone?" Abby asked.

"No." He smiled, "my girlfriend is in the fitting room."

"Shouldn't you be with her? She might have misunderstanding."

"I told her I will be right back."

"Does she go to our school?"

"Yes." was his reply.

"Good for you." Abby said, patting his back, proudly. "Couples everywhere."

"See you later, I better go back before she starts looking for me." As he jog back to the fitting room.

"Well, at least he is doing better. I was wondering how he was doing, in class he didn't talk to me, so I thought he was mad."

"News travel faster and if your boyfriend finds out, that the dude who made a move on you approached you, he will feel like he is threatened or challenged."

"What is this? Some game of possession?"

"I don't know?"

I texted Elliot asking where he was, but he did not reply and I wonder if I should update him about meeting Landon, but it's not like I bump into him and spoke to him. It should be okay, I hope so.

"Now, would you like to explain who you are hiding from?"

"There is this creep who came to my work place and asked me out for dinner, a couple of weeks back and now he is here."

She was not at all surprised by that. "Poor lad, does Elliot knows that?"

"Yes."

"And that dude is still alive?" She joked, seeing my serious face, she sighed and said.

"Well, I am sure that he is over it."

"You think?"

"Definitely." She said, "I will protect you."

"He is just so creepy."

"You should have showed me how he looks!" She said, excitedly. "Is he young?" And gasped, "or a pervert?"

"He is older to us by few years." I said.

"Asked you straight out." She smirked, "means he is confident and good looking."

"He is a creep." I corrected her.

"How? Did he stalk you?"

"I feel so?"

She rolled her eyes at me.

"What is this? You have fan followers? You have the hottest bad-boy as your boyfriend and there are others who have a crush on you? Brianna must be burning with jealousy." She give me a smug look.

"It is embarrassing how I am falling into these awkward situation with people."

"More than embarrassing, I think you feel more awkward when someone is bold and share their feelings with you, but that's fine.. at least they are honest with themselves and with you about how they feel."

"It put me in an awkward position when I don't feel the same." I whispered.

"Your heart gets to decide who you want to love." She smiled.

"Love?" The word sounded different from my lip.

"Don't you love Elliot?"

"I think you are going too far? We are at the stage of infatuation, he will get bored of me very soon." I said, my heart sank at the words and thoughts.

She frowned. "I don't think this is infatuation. You guys are dating?"

"We are just curious about each other's lives and personality, once his curiosity dies, we are over."

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