5

"Are you okay?" Isabella's trans of thoughts broke as a smooth voice asked.

Isabella looked up to a gorgeous pair of grey eyes looking down at her. He was so close that she could smell his lavender perfume with his minty breath on her face.

She kept staring for him for a couple of moments before she suddenly backed away.

"I didn't mean to scare you, I was just wondering if you are okay?" He asked smoothly.

She was mentally cursing herself for behaving like a stupid teenager. she was sure that he didn't give a reaction because she already looked quite worried but the slight smirk on his face was a clear indication that he had noticed that she was gawking at him.

What the hell was he even doing here and asking if she was okay or not.

He was missing from last 60 hours. he disappeared on the night two days ago and then didn't come back until today.

Dexter McCoy was known for his indifference and ignorance to those around him. He barely ever tried to strike up communication with anyone and whenever talked to replied with only one word, which made her wonder did she look that stressed that he had taken the impossible move of asking her if she was okay.

"Hey!" He said waving his hand in front of her face.

When Isabella looked up she realised that he had maintained some decent distance between the two of them and regretted the choice of being scared and backing away.

"Y.. yes! I ... I .. am fine" she stuttered.

Dexter looked like he was about to comment something with the smirk on his face but maybe the worried expression on her face made him think twice and think against it.

"What has You worried! little one" he asked instead, that pissed Isabella.

She was not little, she was 17 and reached around 5'5.

"I am not little" she replied annoyed standing up and that's what made her realise how annoying yet true his statement was.

Just as she stood up he also got straighter from his bending position. His silky hair tossed up as he stood straighter He was somewhere around 6 feet which made her indeed look like a little one in front of him.

He just smirked as the realisation dawned on her face.

"Whatever" she replied annoyed.

"You ignored my question sweetheart!" He commented making her heart flutter.

"I lost Sante's thanksgiving present" she commented in a low voice.

"Sante is my ..." Before she could continue he Cut her off.

"The twins, your younger siblings right? Sante and Lucas! The Reckless havoc maker and the nerdy boy" he commented.

"He is not nerdy! He's athletic too" Isabella complained stomping her feet.

"And you say you are not a little kid and then you stomp your feet like one" he laughed and it was melody to her ears.

She was mentally cursing herself again. Which 17 year old girl storms her feet and behaves like a kid in front of her crush.

"How do you even know them?" She asked confused and also trying to divert the subject from her. It wasn't like Dexter didn't notice her dual intentions but he let it slide.

"They are nice to talk with unlike the Snoopy elders of this town" he replied clearly annoyed and Isabella let out a fit of laugh.

Dexter watched her with surprise for a few moments before he started smiling himself looking at how beautiful she looked when She laughed.

"You can just Buy her another present" dexter suggested when she stopped her laughing fit. This got her annoyed, It wasn't like Dexter knew everything that was happening in the house so he was not supposed to understand it but somehow all the wrong things that Had happened in the day finally got to her.

"Forget it you wouldn't understand" she said annoyed before she turned out to walk inside her house.

What was she even thinking? talking to him in the middle of the street so that she becomes the next topic of gossip in the entire town.

Her journey towards inside was interrupted when he held her hand touching her for the first time as the sparks flew throughout her entire body and her tummy felt weird with all the butterflies flying around.

He forcefully turned her around pulling her close.

"I wouldn't! Would I? I think I will if you try to explain sweetheart" he said, But the smiling and cheerful aura left his face and everything that was left was darkness and anger in his grey orbs.

Before she could say anything or try to pull her hand away from him his phone rang and he himself left her hand. Picking up his phone he replied with a single word.

"Coming" And then he left.

Isabella waited for next complete year hoping that he would come around. She told Her self every single day that maybe he had just disappeared for a while and was going to come back but he didn't and she couldn't help but blame it on herself and her rudeness that made him drive away from this town. She was not in the cool to talk with kind of group that her younger siblings were in, she was in the Snoopy Elders group.

On the Thanksgiving day she was more depressed than she had ever been in her entire life.