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Chapter 21: Bittersweet Victory
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How Not To Chase Love Chapter 22: Why is it Always Her?
Just like that, examinations were over and the university was about to close for the winter break. However, before that could happen, Shane realised that the big day was still coming up. The day of the talent competition had arrived, and the students were buzzing with excitement at the prospect of it. Many of the students, as well as Shane, signed up for it already, so their nerves were starting to get the best of them. The morning of the competition, Shane looked at himself in his bathroom mirror. He felt a lump form in his throat. The day was finally here. He had to go on stage and perform in front of thousands of students. He wondered that since it had come to this, would he be able to go through with it? He received a text message on his phone which informed him about the time and place he should be as well as when it was his turn to perform. He took out his guitar and played 'The First Dance' for the last time in the comfort of his own room. He felt emotions wash over him as he s
How Not To Chase Love Chapter 23: Her Time to Shine
Once Shane arrived backstage of the talent show, he was surrounded by dozens of other contestants. He could see some of them biting their nails with how nervous they were, while others were laughing and chatting with one another. Everyone had a slightly different demeanour. Shane was part of the group who were quite nervous since he saw the huge turnout of people earlier in the crowd. He just hoped that he wouldn’t make a fool of himself when he performed on stage. It wasn’t usually a problem for him to perform in front of a large audience, since he always had Andrew who would watch his back, but now he was all alone. This was a path that he had to walk on his lonesome if he wanted to become a man. “Fancy meeting you here,” a voice said. The voice sounded very familiar so Shane was pleasantly surprised when he saw Melissa calling out to him. She had a huge grin on her face as she looked at him. Shane relaxed a bit when he saw her face. There was just something about her presence tha
How Not To Chase Love Chapter 1: Pilot
“Come now, you should stop looking at her,” Andrew said as he looked over towards his friend who laid down with his back on the ground. Shane spit out a mouthful of blood and laughed. “I guess you can only take advantage when I am distracted. You still cannot beat me fair and square,” Shane retorted. He dusted himself off and stood up to take a better look at Andrew’s neighbour. Maddison Grey, or Maddie as people knew her, was just exiting a truck that was driven by one of the most popular boys at school. She got off and kiss Caen, on the lips. The buff boy smiled from ear to ear as he thoroughly enjoyed the kiss. “Are you still so obsessed with her? Why don’t you just tell her how you feel? You know tomorrow is the last chance you would get. You still have no idea where she is going to college. Who says you will ever run into her again after we’re done with high school?” Andrew asked while getting ready to defend himself. He knew what was coming next. Shane was upset because he saw
How Not To Chase Love Chapter 2: The Day of the Results
Shane woke up the following morning, reinvigorated for the new day. He wasn’t as worried as he should be like the other learners in his class. Everyone had a knot on their stomach, because it was the day of their results. That morning Shane wanted to go over to Andrew’s as usual, but just as he was about to leave his house, he saw Andrew walking down the street over to him. Andrew was a nervous wreck. Shane couldn’t help but feel sorry for him when he saw the dark rings under his eyes. It was understandable. Andrew’s parents were successful people and they demanded nothing less than perfection from their son. That’s why they hired a private tutor for him from a very young age. Andrew did his best so he could only hope that his results would reflect that. After all, their family name was on the line. “If I didn’t know any better, I would say it is still too early for you to cry now. We still haven’t received our results yet,” Shane said as he wanted to start some banter with his frien
How Not To Chase Love Chapter 3: The Performance
Shane was still inside his room when he heard someone hooting outside the house. When he looked through the window, there was an Audi R8 standing outside. Next to the car was a young boy who was grinning from ear to ear. He had the car keys in his hand and he swung it high above his head. When he saw Shane's face through the window, he called him to come out. Shane smiled when he saw the boy. Andrew just knew how to lift his spirits. Shane rushed out and heeded his parents goodbye before he went to greet his friend. "She's quite cute, isn't she," Andrew bragged to Shane. Not to sound too impressed, Shane just responded and said: "I think she might be too good for your lousy ass." Andrew bursted out laughing. He knew he could freely brag, because Shane wasn't one who would become jealous over earthly possessions. His friendship was true and the only time Shane had genuinely showed that he was jealous of Andrew was for the two months that he and Maddie used to date in the tenth grade.
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Shane and Andrew left the arcade and made their way home. The only thing they had to worry about from then onward, was if they got accepted into the university of their choices. Shane knew that he had to succeed no matter what. His family depended on him, even though they would never admit it. He jumped straight into bed that evening and went to sleep. The next few days passed by pretty uneventfully. That was until the day they got their acceptance letters to their universities. Andrew was the first one who got his. He was accepted for the biomedical engineering course at Cornell University. That was his dream and he could finally make it a reality. Shane was ecstatic when Andrew told him all that over the phone. Just as he was about to hang up, his mother called him. Shane said goodbye to Andrew and went to check his own results. His mother came to tell him that there was mail for him. The first one he opened was also an acceptance letter to Cornell University to study Engineer
How Not To Chase Love Chapter 5: Starting Campus Life
Shane woke up bright and early the following morning. He knew that he shouldn't dare oversleep, since orientation was so important. He took his cellphone and called his parents, just to set their minds at ease. He also made sure to give Andrew a call to make sure that he settled in nicely at his new university. Unlike Shane, Andrew's parents rented an apartment for him, so he didn't have the luxury of sharing his room with a mate. Andrew told Shane about everything that he was missing, since according to him, Cornell was a far beter choice than Sommerset. Shane just laughed it off and told Andrew that his mind was made up. No way was he going to let go off Maddie so easily. When he hung up, Shane remembered that he still had a mission which he should never forget. If he couldn't make 60 000 dollars in the next six months, his parents' livelihood might be on the line. Shane scanned the room and to his surprise, it looked like his dorm mate still hadn't arrived. He was kind of curious
How Not To Chase Love Chapter 6: We Meet Again
Shane was aware that the three boys were looking for a fight and he just wanted to avoid one from happening. “Do you know who you just pissed off,” one of the boys asked, with anger written all over his face. How were they expecting Shane to know who that was? It was his first day, how was he supposed to know?“I have no idea,” Shane answered. Was the girl someone important, because Shane simply had no idea. “You must be new here, so let me fill you in. The person you just insulted now is none other than Alicia Windsor, our resident queen,” the same boy responded again.‘Oh she’s the one,’ Shane thought to himself. He wondered what was going on with the university boys and their fascination with their girls. “I think you understand. Since you’re new, your punishment won’t be as harsh, but for disrespecting her, we will be satisfied with just taking your lunch,” one said as he started laughing. Shane quickly scanned around and he could notice one of the seniors who were working as
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