great intensity. He saw I was not hurt, I guessed that was what he was looking for. He was probably the one to freeze time. Him or Hina.
He finally decided to speak after Gabriel put his arms around my waist and waited patiently behind me.
“Hello,” his voice had a thoughtful and careful tone in it. He was hiding something as well. “My name is Spencer. I already know who you are, miss Miyazaki.” He was probably referring to the many times my sister had made my face appear on the cover of People magazine. I didn’t like it, the attention it brought me, but the photo shoot was an opportunity I had always wanted.
He held up that same magazine with my picture on the front cover. How ridiculous, I thought. They actually made me look like my sister in the picture. Only my color was blue instead of red.
I giggled in embarrassment as Gabriel eyed the photo of me with awe.
“You took that?” He asked me with great incredulity. He took the magazine in his hands and he was speculating the perfect position they made me do. I actually agreed with my sister this time. I looked beautiful. More beautiful than her. I looked a little shy in the picture that made me look like I was a little girl, innocent of all charges put against me. I was proud to look at that picture.
Hina came to me now and dragged me from the group we were forming. She tucked the left side of her hair behind her ear. “So did you confess to him?” She asked me, surprised to see him not mad at me anymore.
I nodded many times, smiling a brilliant smile that felt good to do. I giggled a little too. I felt so calm and happy now. He liked me too. I could feel it! I knew I chose the right person to fall in love with.
She gave me a meaningful look now, like I was forgetting something.
Oh, no…
Now I realized what she was saying. I had to tell Jason. But how? I didn’t have enough courage to do that, but I realized that was a lie. I had just bet everything, my happiness into telling Gabriel that I loved him. Why couldn’t I try to tell Jason? What was I afraid of? I shouldn’t be scared of anything now.
Then why are my hands tingling with fear, like something horrible was going to happen?…
I probably made Hina worry now. I could see it in her face. I didn’t want her to feel that way about me. All this pity. All this understanding was making me sick to my stomach. If I get attached now, I’ll miss her so much in my next life I wouldn’t be able to take it. But I didn’t want to distance myself either. She knows so much about me already. Does she know the secret I hide from the world as well? I think so. If not, they would have never invited me here. I was the one that needed to free Gabriel from the demon inside him. I looked at her awaiting a response. Maybe a plan to calm down Jason.
We had spoken about it in school when we returned. She said I needed to get him alone and she offered to help me. I refused her kind offer. She had already done so much for me. It would be unfair of me to ask for more.
After school, I headed to the usual place where the limo waited for me every day and I got on. Though the scrutinizing did not end. I had many people look at me from every direction as I got on the limo. Three boys caught my eye. They eyed me not with speculation, but like they were considering to ask me out. One was tall, dark hair shaped into a Mohawk and he looked like a serious body builder. I saw into his mind and I scowled. He actually wanted to become a pro wrestler. I laughed a little at that. Then there was a cute looking blond one. He looked a little scrawny, but I learned never to trust those oversized shirts guys wear nowadays. He had green eyes and he was thinking about becoming a drug dealer. I shook my head in irritation and looked away from him, despite his promising good looks. Finally, there was a short one. He was the one that was scrawny. He wore a shirt that was too small for him and it showed a good portion of his
 Liliana Heron · Sun Nov 15, 2009 @ 10:10am · 0 Comments |
