Nathania’s POVNathania could feel her heart beating loud in her chest as she thought of a thousand and one reason to escape from the person pinning her against the wall until she perceived the familiar cologne. “I will deal with you later about trailing me but now, you need to hush,” Xavier’s voice, ever so smooth flooded into her ears like a silent wave and just then, she heard the murmurs of two men, walking past by quickly and wondering where they have gone. When the coast was clear, Xavier still held her like he did earlier and she tried not to breathe too much or nosily and alert his attention. He smelled so good and all she wanted was just to put her head on his neck and inhale deeply while slowly reaching up to feel his lips. She had her eyes closed, imagining how mesmerizing that would be if she could do it.If she was in her true form, perhaps she would have taken the risk, but at this moment, and donned as Oliver, she would never try it. Not for her sake, but for the sake o
Nathania’s POV “Where on earth were you two?” Teresa bellowed as soon as she and Xavier stepped into the house.“I went out, he followed,” she heard Xavier say and her eyes went to him sharply but he didn’t even gift her a glance as he went up the stairs, ignoring Teresa and the rest of their classmate.Teresa didn’t seem fazed about that and just turned her anger to Nathania, like she was expecting Xavier to act just like that. “Couldn’t you at least tell me you were going out? Do you have any idea how worried I was and none of you even left with your phone.”“I’m sorry, babe,” Nathania smiled and went up to her, putting her arms around her and wrapping her in her arms before placing a kiss on her forehead, “it won’t happen again.”“It better,” Teresa said. And she chuckled above her head, kissing her softly on the head and closing her eyes, thinking about when Xavier was just that close to her and shivering softly, remembering the feeling of his hot breath on her neck.Xavier’s POV
Xavier’s POVXavier stared at the boy, his heart thumping loud in his chest and he cleared his throat, glancing away from him to hide the emotion in his eyes. “What rubbish are you spouting?” he asked coldly, “if I hate you then do you think I would let you date my only sister? Yes she is my cousin and we are both only child’s, do you think I will let you be with the only sibling I have?” he raised an eyebrow.Oliver bit his lips and nodded, “I understand that but from my own understanding, most people are friends with the partner of their siblings. I mean, I am friends with my brother’s partners. I talk to them when I see them and I laugh with them at their jokes. I always even go out with them and spend some time with them, it’s all fun. But you have been ignoring me since you knew me. After our bet, you almost loosened up around me and before I knew it, you were uptight again. What did I do? Am I annoying you or something?”That was a long speech that Xavier didn’t know how to comp
Xavier’s POVXavier rode into the property and as he turned off the engine and took of his helmet, he heard the laughter. He frowned, the laughter was a little distance from the cabin and he knew instantly that the laughter wasn’t in the house. He got down from his bike and walked towards the beach, the only place he suspects the laughter to be coming from and sure enough, he could see the people having fun in the water. He found himself instantly wondering if Oliver was having a swim and how he would look with drenched body. He found himself drooling and had to snap out of it.They were plenty girls in the water, some he knew and some he has never seen in his life before, why can’t he drool over them and here he was drooling about a boy in his mind. He bit his life, his new discovery about his taste is not sitting well with him and he knew he had to do something about it. Approaching the beach, he noticed that he couldn’t find the brown messy hair he was searching for in the water an
Nathania’s POV Nathania didn’t know the best way to express her joy. She wanted to scream, jump, dance and swirl around, or maybe it was just the alcohol intake from the whole day finally reacting. She just couldn’t name it but she reached out and grabbed Xavier’s hand, her eyes twinkling as she asked in all excitement. “When did you return?” Xavier’s POV Seeing the way Oliver looked at him had shocked Xavier silly but when Oliver took his hand, feeling his soft palm, he couldn’t explain the current that passed through his hand to his heart. He snatched his hand from Oliver and looked at his drink immediately, his heart beating so loudly in his chest that he felt like he was going to suffocate. He gulped and took a huge gulp of his drink, still very unable to look at Oliver. Jesus, what the fuck is wrong with me? How am I reacting like this? “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.” Oliver said and let out an awkward laugh. “I guess I got carried away.
Nathania’s POV As they got to the cabin, everywhere was quiet and a post-it note was on the refrigerator. Xavier went up to it and cursed seeing the content of the note. “Fuck,” he cursed out loud and Nathania rushed to him. She slowly whistled seeing what it said and turned to grin at him. “I guess we are all alone then,” She giggled. The note was obviously from one of the servants and it said that dinner won’t be prepared by them as Teresa had given them a day off, claiming that they would sort themselves out that night. “And it’s worse because I am starving.” Xavier cursed once more. His handsome face twisted in his annoyance as he yanked the fridge door open and took out a bottle of orange juice. He uncorked it and drank directly from it. And seeing Nathania staring at him, he asked, “What?” Nathania smiled. “You don’t have to be so angry.” “Are you deaf or just playing dumb? I just said I’m starving and who knows when T
Nathania’s POV Nathania was clearly shocked. What just happened? She wondered. Xavier clearly looked like he was in pain and she only just wanted to offer her support, she didn’t know he loathed her touch so much that he would even run out of the kitchen. Is she that bad? But he doesn’t seem to hate Nana’s touch or her presence, so why was it so different when she is Oliver? Does it matter if she appears different, after all, she is still the same person inside, right? She wanted to run after him, to apologize if she had crossed her boundary but she recalled what Teresa said, that the best thing to do when Xavier wants to be alone was to leave him alone. In as much as the conversation wasn’t flowing and the vibe wasn’t there either, Xavier had actually intended to stay in the kitchen with her, so obviously he left because she just couldn’t let him be. She bit her lip, wanting to curse herself for being too troublesome, however, try as she may, she just couldn’t
Xavier’s POV “What did you do in the kitchen?” Xavier asked, watching Oliver and taking note of every facial expression and reaction he was giving off. “Well,” Oliver shifted from one foot to the other. “It was obvious that you didn’t like me touching you. I mean, I should have taken the hint with how you behaved when I suddenly grabbed your hand back at the beach, I shouldn’t have repeated it. I am deeply sorry and to show my goodwill, see, I made everything you requested.” He pointed at the tray of food in the bed. Xavier didn’t care about that. He was more concerned at the impression he had given Oliver by running out of the kitchen. Hell, he wished he could tell him that he didn’t run out because he loathed his touch but rather because watching him cook had given him a boner he couldn’t calm down. Xavier cleared his throat and looked around, not able to look at Oliver for the time being as he was reminded what he had done in the bathroom and wit
Nathania’s POVIt’s been three days since the announcement in the assembly and no one has seen or heard from Tyler. Chloe had slipped into coma and no one knows when she would wake up. Everyone was looking for Tyler and even his parents had filed for missing person report as Tyler has not been seen since the night of the accident. While it was a big news in school as everyone was wondering what could have really happened and while Tyler had ran away from home, Nathania was more worried about Xavier and why he was acting and living like she doesn’t exist. He has not said a word today and when she would try to approach him, she would always chicken out, afraid of what he would tell her or what she would say to him.Not able to take it anymore, she decided to approach him in a way she wouldn’t have to be afraid or worried with how he would treat her. She dressed in a nice floral gown, her long hair was let down and she tried to apply a simple and light makeup. Satisfied with how she look
Nathania’s POV Nathania parked her truck in the lot, for once since she could remember, she couldn’t find Xavier’s black bike in the lot. She had come a little late herself but Xavier seemed not to be coming in today and she wondered if it was because of that night in the alley. Right after Xavier had broken the kiss, with both of them breathless, she had pushed him and ran out of the alley. A part of her had thought he would follow but he didn’t and neither did he contact throughout the weekend. She had been restless, so restless and a lot of times she had picked up her phone to call Teresa and ask for his number but not once did she carry it out.Even when she sees Teresa’s call, her heart would miss a beat before she would answer, hoping that it was him that was calling with Teresa’s phone but not once did that happen. And now, here she was in the parking lot, after calming herself down with the fact that she would see him today and that they would talk about everything and only f
Nathania’s POVNathania couldn’t understand what was wrong with Xavier. If he called her Ollie, it means he knew it was her, that he knew her as Oliver and yet he was being this touchy? She couldn’t understand him, she was finding it really difficult to read him. A part of her was telling her that he was teasing her, and the best thing to do was to react by pushing him away and calling him out on his actions. However, to think it was one thing and doing it was another. Her hands were placed on his chest and his body warmth burnt like a scorching fire, yet she couldn’t take her hands away. She could feel his muscles underneath his shirt and all she wanted to do was to rip the shirt open and feel those abs skin to skin. However, she had to remind herself who was in front of her. Gracious, it was Xavier for crying out loud.“You are not speaking, what’s the matter? Cat caught your tongue? Or in this case, is it me?” Xavier asked, his voice was playful, proving to Nathania that she was ri
Xavier’s POVXavier had just walked out of the nerd house, feeling angry at himself for coming second yet again in the competition and this time, he only had one person to blame: Oliver. Right after that night of tasting his lips, even though it was just for a second, Oliver had gone around avoiding him. Even though he would purposely sit on his bike to wait for him to arrive, as soon as Oliver does and saw him, he would quickly park his truck and make an excuse to rush inside the school. Once Xavier had run after him but seeing how the few students that had arrived then were staring at them, he had let Oliver go and never was able to catch him alone.Now as he stood in front of the Nerd house, about to go down to his bike, he saw a silhouette walking down the streets and he guess he has embedded the way he looks and walks inside him for he knew instantly with one glance that that was Oliver. As he wondered what he could be doing there and was still considering whether to call out for
Nathania’s POVNathania tossed and turned on her bed. Sleep was impossible like it has been for the past seven days. She still found it hard to believe that she had kissed Xavier. Whether it was only for a second, it was still a big deal for her. She found herself thinking back to that night for the thousandth time. When she had decided to kiss him, she had placed a bet that he would laugh it off, punch or, push her away or withdrew himself. Nothing, absolutely nothing had prepared her for the fact that Xavier would stand his ground and that she would kiss him.She could still remember how shocked she was and how Xavier had stood staring at her, not saying anything or even shouting at her. She on the other hand had been to shocked to say a word and if it wasn’t for Teresa coming out for that moment and saying that she had been looking for her, she wondered how she would have escaped Xavier that night because she had used Teresa as an excuse and also begging Xavier to take her home bec
Xavier’s POVXavier stared at the boy in front of him. Two weeks, for two good weeks he had ignored him, wanting to forget about him and the stuff in Hawaii but every day, every single day, instead of hating him or forgetting him like he had hoped, he had found himself being drawn to him the more and now, here he was, making the first approach. Isn’t he cursed? He almost laughed at himself. In those two weeks, he had tried to understand himself, he had gone to club, meet women, talked to a few, made out with a few but none, absolutely none of them had succeeded in getting this boy out of his mind.He had also visited gay clubs, got hit on by a few but none attracted him like the boy in front of him. He even forced himself to entertain a guy in the club by giving him his full attention but when the guy had touched him, he had felt irritated. And nearly had a fall out with the guy when he wanted to force himself on him. Well, if it wasn’t for the bouncer, Xavier was sure he would have k
Nathania’s POVIf Nathania said it seemed like Xavier had gone back to withdrawing to himself, it was an understatement. For two weeks, two whole weeks, Xavier lived like she was not in the world. Ever since they came back from Hawaii, he had been ignoring her like she was a carrier of a deadly plague. Even when she goes over to their house to visit Christy, he locks himself in his room and only comes out when he was on his way out and even then, he wouldn’t even glance at him. At first, Nathania had liked it, believing she needed time to get over what happened in Hawaii, however, as the days stretched and Xavier showed no sign of backing down, she knew it had became serious and so tried to ask what his deal with. However, dear ol’ Xavier refused to honor her with his attention and time.It got to a point that she even went looking for him in the nerd house as Nana but only to be told that he has not visited the place since the week that went to Hawaii. And it only made her wonder, if
Nathania’s POVThe remaining day of the trip was fun and Xavier stayed home the whole day but even though he was, Nathania found herself staying away from him for fear that he may bring up the dare and Xavier stayed on his own as well, letting them be and did his best to disassociate himself from their fun and on Monday morning, they found themselves in the jet and flying back home.When they landed at the airport, everyone said goodbye and Teresa walked Nathania to her truck. “It was fun. Honestly.” Nathania said.“Is it? When you abandoned me and kept following Xavier around like his lackey.”“Hey, I didn’t do that. I just wanted to make him feel among, like a part of us. You know.”Teresa rolled her eyes. “I will let it go, but only because you made up for it yesterday.”Nathania smiled, knowing she had won her over once more. “You are my number one priority, and you know it. Never you doubt it. If I follow Xavier around, it’s only because I want to be friends with your siblings s
Nathania’s POVNathania was shocked to see Xavier and the fact that he was now dressed in lose shirt and track pants made her gulp and also remember his shirtless chest when he was pinning her against the wall. Remembering how his voice had said ‘kiss me’ made her flustered once more and she closed her eyes, wishing she could somehow retreat to her room so that she could think about everything to great length.“Why would you say that to me?” Teresa cried, “do you have any idea how all of were worried. If it was you, do you think I would be worried? After all, everyone knows that’s how you are. But Oliver isn’t, and him acting like is so unlike him and irresponsible.”“So, I’m irresponsible?” Xavier asked.“How could that be the only think you picked from all that I said?” Teresa pouted.“It’s fine.” Xavier waved her off. “He is here, everybody is here, there is nothing to be worried about. He already knows he is wrong so he won’t do it again, isn’t that enough?”Teresa pouted some mor