Nathania’s POVNana felt her heart missed a beat as she turned sharply to Xavier. Her eyes spoke of her fear and she found herself praying that he didn’t see it or even associate it as something important. She knew she needs to act and fast and so she tried her best to swallow her fear and think of a good answer. She laughed half nervously and glanced at Xavier like he was speaking nonsense, “bleeding? Why on earth should I bleed when I feel no pain?”She saw Xavier gulped and she knew instantly that he was thinking of an answer too. “Well, are you sure you are not hurt? I mean,” he licked his lips and avoided her gaze. “Is that really not blood?”Nathania pretended to check her body, “I don’t see any blood, where do you see it?” she looked up. She could see the difficulty in his eyes and if it was on a different circumstance, she would have loved seeing him like that and would probably humor him some more but too bad she really has to get out of here as soon as possible. She knew alr
Xavier’s POVXavier parked his bike at the street he could remember coming with Nana, he glanced up ahead at the many houses in front and frowned, he wondered which one would be hers since he could remember what she had said about her neighbors, he wouldn’t want to cause her any problem or defamation by going around and knocking on different doors while asking for her. He glanced around, wishing he could just see her by chance and also regretting why not asking for her number that other night.The times ticked by and he paced to and fro, waiting and trying not to check the time. Eventually, after what felt like two hours had passed, he gave up, there was no way he was going to see her and without her number to call her out, it made it all the more impossible. He sighed and climbed his bike, putting on his helmet. He glanced at the rows of houses and heaved another sigh, he would have really loved to see her and ask her to come with him to Hawaii, he sure as hell knew it would be fun w
Nathania’s POV The flight wasn’t boring for the rest of them but Nathania guessed it was for Xavier since he slept all through the flight and magically woke himself up just as the jet was landed. Nathania’s family isn’t poor but compared to the Greys, she guess they are just living by. There was a limo waiting for them when they got down from the jet and they all boarded and was driven to the cabin, that is if it was supposed to be called a cabin but a mansion. It was two floors building but it was massive compared to other cabins she had ever seen. She cannot even begin to describe the building other than the word: flawless. Two servants welcomed them and their classmates being teenagers, screamed and ran into the house, trying to get the best rooms. Nathania was rooted at the spot for it was only at this moment that she realized that she would be expected to share a room with Teresa. Just why didn’t I think of this? She wondered while staring at the beautiful house in horror now. I
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 POVCatherine’s rejection indeed reigned the school for days until the news of Chloe waking up from the hospital and Tyler being found made everyone forget. Chloe had confessed to Tyler being innocent and having nothing to do with her accident but everyone wanted to know why Tyler was hiding and only came out when she woke up. No one knew the full details and the principal had told everyone to leave the case to the authority to focus on their exams coming up. Nathania had been trying her best to meet with Xavier but all to no avail.She had even purposely gone over to his room on the days on visiting Teresa but only to discover the room always locked. No matter how she tried to make a contact, it was Xavier always knew what she was planning and was prepared for her. She even tried calling him with a payphone and he picked up, but that only happened once. He had ended the call instantly when he discovered she was the one and hadn’t picked up any call from a payphone again or
Nathania’s POVXavier didn’t come to any of the morning classes and neither was he seen at P.E. Nathania knew he must have gone off somewhere to be alone and may be avoiding her. She just wished she knew all the hiding places he usually frequented to sleep but sadly, she only knew of the Library and since the teacher found him that day in the storage room, the room was always locked and she had heard Xavier complain about it a few times. As she packed her books to get ready to head for the cafeteria, a loud commotion sounded on the hallway along with excited screams of students. The rest of the students in the class all rushed out to know what was going on and Nathania’s interest was picked as well as she grabbed her back and left the classroom.Getting the lockers hallway, she saw a crowd of students, everyone was whispering and she could make out from their conversation that someone was confessing to someone and the girls high pitched voice was urging the one being confessed to, to
Nathania’s POVNathania stiffened at the sound of Xavier raising his voice. She knew it would be like this, even she would find it difficult to forgive herself for what she did. No matter how justifiable her reason may be, it doesn’t remove the fact that she played with his emotions and gave him a lot oof emotional break down.“Do you know what I went through?” Xavier asked. “I had to fight with myself about my orientation. I knew I was straight, I have always been. But from our trip to Hawaii, I haven’t been myself, thinking about and wondering what was going on with me. Nana, no matter how you look at this, you really broke me. And to think I had altered my orientation just to be with you, do you know what that means?”“I’m sorry,” Nathania said and Xavier scoffed and stood up.“You know, ‘I’m sorry’ were the words my mother heard a lot from my father after finding out he already have a family. Judging our case, it doesn’t look too different from what my Dad did to my Mom. I’m sorry
Xavier’s POV“Xavier, I’m sorry, please,” Nathania said but Xavier was not himself. His mind was going through a lot of thoughts and the most affected was his heart. How could she play him like this? And then again, why? Everyone in school believes her to be a boy, why did she lie about her identity, about her gender? Xavier ran his fingers through his long hair, he opened his mouth to speak but no words came out. He brought the glass of water to his lips and nearly emptied the it in one sip. He placed the glass on the coffee table and stared at the girl in front of him, her beautiful gray eyes were covered in tears but he didn’t want to be affected by it, in as much as it was a hard battle to win. He just couldn’t believe that she has been deceiving him for months, months!“Why?” He asked in the end, “why do you it?”“Can you sit down?” Nana asked.He struggled but at the end, he sat down, his eyes not leaving her for one second when she sat opposite him once more. “I have a brothe
Nathania’s POVNathania had found it hard sleeping or doing anything else. Her mind was always preoccupied with Xavier’s confession and what she has to do about it. No matter how she thinks about it or look at it, the only way she can be together with Xavier is by telling him the truth. However, the problem now was how would she do it? How will she approach the topic? When her Granny told her to help her get her medication and the chemist didn’t have it, she didn’t think twice on driving to the city to get it. Anything to get her busy and prevent her from thinking about her situation with Xavier. When the old man asked her to help him get some beverages, she was happy as well, the more busy she can get, the better.Now standing in front of the Chemist, standing face to face with Xavier and knowing deep down in her heart that he must have heard their discussion and even if he didn’t, he could obviously see Oliver’s car, she was actually relieved than scared. Now, she would have no choi
Xavier’s POVXavier kept going through his words he had prepared for Nana in his mind as he ride to her place. It was until he heard a loud honk and the angry voice of the driver speeding past him that he decided to keep his mind clear until he reaches the town. Approaching the town, he stopped in front of the Nerd house and took off his helmet, staring in front of him, the street that leads to Nana’s Neighborhood. Oliver had left his house yesterday immediately after leaving his room. He could still remember Teresa sulking over it that she even came to his room to ask him what they talked about and why Oliver had to leave so soon. He had spent the whole night wondering if maybe he did the right thing? Should he have waited a little more before confessing to him? But why wait? Oliver lets him do whatever he wants with him and he shouldn’t be blamed if he wants to do more than just stealing kisses. He shouldn’t be blamed if he wants to openly claim him and be with him. He sighed and s
Nathania’s POVNathania had been shocked seeing Xavier with two different eye colors, at first, she had thought he had on lens until he told her to ask. And now hearing his story and discovering that he has been wearing contacts all his life simply because he thought his eyes were not beautiful was a big surprise to her. She slowly approached him, being sure not to overstep her boundaries despite knowing Xavier had kissed her as Oliver a good number of times but since he had said nothing, she just doesn’t know where she stands with him, even as Nana.“You can’t possibly know what I’m thinking.” She said.“Of course I do, you have been quiet, obviously,” he rolled his eyes.“Just because I am quiet doesn’t mean I think your eyes are not beautiful. Xavier, you do know that some people are born like this, right?”“Yes, but theirs are different, it wasn’t caused by an accident.”“Can I ask you something?” She asked and when he nodded, she licked her lips, “why is that you didn’t hate the
Xavier’s POVThe days grew longer with Xavier spending time with Nana and the little he can with Oliver. With each passing day, he was getting to the conclusion that he was falling for both of them and hard. He still has his secret alone times with Oliver while he openly asked Nana out to dates. With each passing moments, he knew that being with both of them would do nothing but hurt him, however, he doesn’t know the one to let go. He loves his open outing and flirts with Nana but also cherish secret moments with Oliver. He knew he can’t go on like this, he would have to let one go and the best person to let go is none other than Oliver. And he has reasons for that to be. Teresa loves Oliver, he could see it, besides, which girl would happily date a guy that won’t kiss or touch her? So taking Oliver away from her would hurt her and it might ruin his relationship with his uncle and aunt.But at the same time, he wants to help Oliver to come out. It was official, Oliver is gay, if not,
Xavier’s POVOn getting to her neighborhood, Xavier remembered what she had said the first time and stopped in the spot he always did during the times he came looking for her. They both climbed down from the bike and Nathania handed him her helmet.“I had a really great time.” She smiled in thanks.Xavier took the helmet with a smile. “Me too. You made me forget about a lot of things but got me to talk about a lot of things.” They both chuckled at that. “When next we meet, it’s your turn telling me about your family. I will like to know a little about you.” That was true but he really just wants to know if she was related to Oliver, but he can’t tell her that.“Of course.”“Now can I have your number?” He raised an eyebrow.“Actually, my phone has an issue but I can give you my granny’s number. She hardly uses it her phone so feel free to call anytime from six pm.”Xavier nodded with a light chuckle, “I will be sure to.” He handed her his phone and she punched in the number and handed