Chapter 3 : Unexpected

It’s almost christmas, it’s been 6 months since i started my Senior year and it’s been 4 months since the weird that i felt about Pauleen. It's also been months since i tried to shake it off. 

Shake of a feeling. A feeling that I should have never felt. Why? because Michael is my friend and Pauleen is his girl, well they are not official yet but still i should respect them, their relationship. 

7 more days before our first event, the Christmas party. Everyone is busy, planning for the upcoming.I guess it’s everyone’s most awaited event because after the party, semester break and that's what everyone is waiting for.  

Rest, that's what everyone wanted. But me, all i want is to forget this stupid feeling that i feel everytime j sa her. 

And there she was the girl that's making me think and crazy, i was just thinking about her and hoped that i will not see her but i guess destiny has a way. 

My thoughts were suddenly interrupted when i realized that she is not alone. Of course she's not. She is with Michael and he was holding her bag as they enter the room together. 

I hear some lf our classmates are complementing them, that they look good together. It is really true though, they looked like a perfect match in heaven. 

"Being in love is making you pretty, Pauleen." I heard her friend say, Jas. They were together at a dance troupe and they are so close. "Really? I don't think so." As Pauleen answer her friend. 

Well it is true though that being in love is making you pretty but she is pretty ipeven if she's not in love. 

Wait, what? What am i even thinking? Stop daydreaming, stop being crazy, Ian. It's not good. 

More days have passed and it’s the day of the Christmas Party. Everyone is looking so good in their outfit. Me, i was just wearing a blacm trouser and white polo. This is the only thing that i can find at my closet. 

As everyone is looking good at their well prepared outfit, there she was. Pauleen.  She’s only wearing a white skirt and red top yet she looked so beautiful more than ever. 

She looked stunning as she walked through the door, but she's alone. 

Michael is not with her? What am I even thinking? I should just let them be and I should not feel this way, I should just have fun and forget everything today. “So, guys, are you ready? Let's get ready to party!!” 

Everyone was so excited and happy at the party, smiling, singing, dancing, and taking photos with their friends. And there she was, Pauleen. 

She was sitting at the corner, alone. Where is Michael, why aren’t they together? Why did he leave her there? 

“Ian” I heard someone call my name and it was Pauleen. I was stunned to know that she knew me, she knew my name. I don’t know but I felt something that I have never felt before. Something that I never expected. 

As walked towards her, she smiled and waved her hands. Damn Ian, stop thinking weird about her, she’s a friend, just a friend. “Yes? Do you need something? Why are you alone, where is Michael?” I asked with a concerned voice as she was sitting alone there. 

She was sitting alone while Michael was nowhere to be found. Where the hell was that guy? Why did he even leave Pauleen alone here? Did they fight or what? 

While I was lost in my own thoughts, I heard a laugh. And it was Pauleen. She was laughing at me. 

“Chill, one question at a time okay? first, no i don’t need something and second Michael just went out to get something. And if you think that we fight, no we did not. So, just chill.” She answered my questions while laughing. 

Oh so, that explains why she was alone. But where did he go, and what did he get? “Why did you call me though?” I asked her while she looked at me. 

I looked at her and she smiled at me, damn that smile. That damn smile would be the end of me, I swear. But no, no, no, stop Ian. Wake up, are you crazy? 

That is your friend's girl, don't think about her that way. Damn. “Nothing, I just called you because you were just standing there.” she said, wait what? 

So, she noticed me standing there but wait did she notice me looking at her? stealing a glance at her? damn, i should really stop. This is really not good, I swear. “Ahh really, I feel so embarrassed.” I scratched the back of my head as I heard a laugh. 

She was laughing, she was laughing beautifully. So beautiful that I can't even stop looking at her. “Is there something funny? Why are you laughing?” “No, nothing. It’s just that you look cute?” “Cute?” I asked her. 

"Yeah, cause you were just standing there admiring your friemds doing their own things. It's just cute." Wow i must say that she is straightforward. But what she said it again, that i looked cute. 

Cute? I looked cute?! Do i really look cute? Did I hear that right? She called me cute? I mean it's not like it is my first time hearing that. It's just that, i felt different because it's from her.

The hell, what am I even thinking? Of course you look cute because you look dumb standing there, alone. 

Damn Ian, you really need to stop. Stop daydreaming she is your Friend’s girl and you should not feel about her that way. But why do I keep feeling it? that weird feeling? 

What is that supposed to mean? Why do I keep thinking about her smile, her laugh, her voice, her face, and why do I keep thinking about her? 

Is this it? Is this what they called that

thing? The thing that they call, Love?