4~ABIGAIL

(14 years ago)

I played with my doll on the playground during recess in school. It was the new barbie doll that came out last week which they advertised on television and I asked my parents to get for me. I smiled as I brushed the doll's hair and twirled her around in her pink glittery dress. I was still playing with the doll when suddenly it was snatched from me. I looked up only to find Billy Evans, the big bully in our class standing in front of me a smirk on his face.

"What have we got here?" Billy asked twirling the doll in his hand.

I stood up from the ground, "Give it back Billy."

"No, it's mine now!" Billy said tucking the doll in his arms.

"No, it isn't!" I said looking at him in confusion, "It's mine!"

"Oh yeah? What are you going to do about it?" Billy sneered at me as he waved the doll in front of me but then the arm suddenly fell off, he broke it!

"Oopsies." Billy said with mock sympathy and just like that, I snapped. I sat down on the sand and started wailing loudly, not caring that I was ruining my white skirt.

"Hey!" I was still crying when I heard a loud voice. I turned back only to see a boy walking towards us.

He was tall and skinny compared to Billy's chubby stature. He had long dark hair which was slicked backwards. He had long eyelashes and stormy grey eyes with a perfect straight nose. He was very beautiful! I thought to myself as the boy approached us.

"Give it back to her!" The boy ordered in a stern voice.

Billy looked at the boy with a confused look on his face, "No I won't and who are you?"

"I'm her friend." The boy said and I cocked my head to the side.

He wasn't my friend, he was lying! I thought to myself but I kept my mouth shut and just stared at him, "Now give it back here!"

"And what are you going to do about it?" Billy sneered at the boy who didn't back down but instead grabbed Billy and gave him a hard shove and he fell into the dirt.

I let out a soft gasp and quickly stood up moving to the boy's side. Billy groaned from the ground, his grip on my doll. loosened. Without another word, the boy walked towards Billy and grabbed my doll.

"Here." He said handing the doll to me, "I think this is yours."

I sniffed collecting the doll for him, "Thanks."

"You are in trouble now." Billy groaned as he lifted himself from the ground, "I'm going to go tell Miss Grey!" Billy announced as he ran inside the school to go report to our homeroom teacher.

Coward! I thought to myself and turned to look behind me for the boy who saved me but he was already walking away from me. I ran after him, till I finally caught up with him. I followed him quietly so as not to draw attention to myself but he suddenly stopped making me slam into his back.

The boy turned to look at me with a bored look on his face, "What?"

"Nothing, just wanted to thank you." I say hugging the doll to my chest.

"Yeah, you already mentioned that before." The boy commented dryly and then turned to leave.

"I'm Abigail Howard." I introduced myself making the boy stop in his tracks.

"Nicholas Kincaid." He said and I grinned at him, his name suits him.

"Hey Nicholas, want to play with me?" I asked grinning up at me and he smiled back. The smile on his face transforming him into a very handsome boy that made tiny butterflies flutter in my belly.

"Alright." Nicholas said then stretched out his hand to me. I stared at it for a few seconds before accepting it with a smile on my face. Right there, right at that moment where my tiny sweaty hand was engulfed with that of Nicholas, it was at that moment that I knew it I had a crush on him, Nicholas Kincaid.

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Present

I woke up monday morning to get dress for my first class at the University. I took my bath and got dressed in a simple body hug top with Jean trouser. I sat down to eat my breakfast of toasts and OJ. As I ate, I scrolled through the i*******m posts of my favourite authors, checking for new updates and if they were having any book signing at the moment.

When I was done, I dumped my plates in the sink and washed it. Carlacia came out of her room, dressed in a oversized black tee and a satin bonnet on her head.

"Good morning" She greeted with a yawn as she pulled a cup out and grabbed the carton of my orange juice.

"Morning" I greeted back drying my hands on a napkin.

"Hey, you okay?"

I looked up to see Carlacia looking at me with a note of concern on her face, "It's just that, you've been acting somehow, all weekend."

"Oh, sorry about that." I apologized with a smile on my face, "I'm fine though."

Carlacia nodded her head at me, "Alright, I'll see you after class." She said and I smiled at her.

"Of course, bye." I waved at her as I grabbed my books and went out of the apartment.

I plugged in my earphones as I walked to the college. It wasn't that far from our residence. I got to the University and went straight to my faculty. I entered the lecture hall where the class was going to be holding today. I grabbed a seat right at the back of the class. Not long after I sat down the lecturer came inside. A middle aged woman, Mrs Carson entered and began teaching us.

She didn't stay long, just called out bunch of textbooks that was going to be needed for the course. Mrs Carson took her leave after that and we went out of the class. I was busy plugging my earphones in when I slammed into someone, causing my phone to fall out of my hand and straight to the ground.

I looked up to stare at the person only to see that it was Nicholas. He was dressed in a soccer outfit and he was all sweaty. Beside him was a girl who I instantly recognized, she was the girl from the party. Without wasting any time, I picked up my phone from the ground and I saw that the screen already cracked, great!

"Hey, watch where you are going next time." The girl beside him said and I offered her a small smile.

"I'm so sorry." I apologized and turned to look at Nicholas only to find him staring at the cracked phone in my hand. He then raised his gaze up to look at me and we stared at each other.

I stared deep into his eyes, waiting. Waiting to see if there was a flicker of the boy I knew in my past was there. To see if the boy who saved me was still there, the boy who used to my friend. But as I stared at him, I realized the boy I was knew was gone. Nicholas just continued to stare at me with a blank stare while I stared at him with eyes full of questions.

What the hell happened to you? I wanted to ask but instead we just continued to stare at each other till the girl beside him awkwardly cleared his throat, snapping us out of our thoughts.

"Sorry." I mumbled then hurriedly took my leave but as I walked I could feel the weight of two emotionless eyes staring after me.

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