Almost kissed

"Love comes in wrapped up messy coils." [Jacqueline]

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[Jacqueline's POV]

If you are not playing any games, I will think about it." I was talking to him, but my tone was smaller. My ears were buzzing with my bus mates snickers but I kept my attention on the window.

"Okay. I will be waiting."

I didn't respond to him, it wasn't necessary. Focussing all attention on the road. The buildings were passing one after another. The sidewalks were crowded with students, tourists, and some common middle-class people, it was lined with bushy trees ringed in metal grated. Our neighborhood was near and I mentally prepared myself to get down. I glanced around noticing my bus mated gossiping with their friends over the shouting of some few kids as well as the noise of traffic. My chest squeezes as I notice few kids staring at me and then saying something in their respective friends' ears. 

"What are you looking at?" His voice startles me to the p