Christian's POVRecap"Okay. Your turn." She said and I chuckled. "Okay, hit me." I told her and she feigned a thoughtful face for a moment. Suddenly she dropped a bomb on me. "Tell me about you and Jackson's history." She deadpan, leaving me awestruck. ______________________________________I didn't move. I was so dumbfounded by Makaila's question and I blamed myself for not thinking she would ask that question. Makaila was smart, very smart actually. I can't just tell her to stay away from someone and then the person goes erratic today and I wouldn't tell her why. She deserved to know anyway. She was already in the middle of it. But it was so hard. "Christian." Her soft, velvety voice jerked me out of my reverie and I looked at her. "I wa

Christian's POV"How the hell did he know that Makaila stays in your house?!" Nigel snapped as soon as I told him what went down with Jackson. I shrugged, still shocked and baffled."I have absolutely no clue." I replied, running my fingers through my hair. "He just said it like he knew my biggest secret." I added and Nigel scoffed."Well basically, it is your biggest secret. That and the fact that you are actually falling for Makaila." I looked at him, a new found shock written all over my face. He scoffed again and folded his hands across his chest."Don't give me that look, lover boy. I see the way you look at her, even a blind man can see the way you look at her. You are falling for her." He smirked and I rubbed the back of my neck nervously."Why do you make it sound like it's such a bad thing to fall for Makaila." I asked him but he shook his head."No, I am not saying it like it's such a bad thing." He clarified and I nodded. "It's a good thing, a really good thing. I'm actually

Makaila's POVI couldn't stop thinking about the little moment Christian and I had at Nigel's house, in my room. I still couldn't believe that Christian had confessed that he was in love with me, after everything that happened between us. After that day, I became even more confused and I didn't know what to make of the entire situation.I barely saw him at school. He didn't sit with his team mates in the cafeteria and the classes we shared together, I barely saw him there. It was pretty frustrating. I wanted us to talk. No, I needed us to talk. We needed to work things out. I began to feel really guilty for pushing him away. Tyler was having a party and the entire school was going to be in attendance, especially Christian. As much as I wanted to speak to Christian, I was having second thoughts about attending the party. Rita came over to Nigel's house so they could get ready and go together. She been

Christian's POV"Makaila, are you okay?" I immediately moving closer to her. "Come back here you slut!" I heard a familiar voice call from behind her. She shook her head and ran off, brushing past me. Before I could say anything to stop her, I saw Tyler, James and two other guys on the team running towards me. My eyes met theirs, especially Tyler whose lips spread in a sardonic smirk when he saw me. I saw that Tyler had a black eye and I needed no soothsayer to tell me he had done something. I felt my blood boil. "What did you do to her?" I asked him, my voice raspy. "Nothing."He shrugged nonchalantly. "We just wanted to have a little fun with her. If you are spending so much time with her, then she must be really good in bed. Better than Bethany even." He slurred drunkenly. I didn't pay attention to his last statement. I already saw

Makaila's POV Everything went back to normal. Bethany, Tyler and the rest of the Jocks that tormented me stopped taunting me, mostly because coach heard what Tyler wanted to do and had him kicked off the team. Same for Bethany who got kicked off the cheer squad. My life took a whole new turn. Jackson barely showed up in school so I didn't worry about running into him. Of course he wouldn't show up in school after Christian taught him an unforgettable lesson. Christian. That name made me smile over and over again. He wouldn't stop telling every single day how much he loves me and how he just wants to hold me in his arms and prove it. Though I was still staying at Nigel's, Christian would always come to see me. Sometimes, he even sleept over. Though I protest at every attempt, every part of me loved the fact that he was sleeping over. But Saying those three words back had become quite difficult for me to do. I was confused and I don't want to take the risk. I needed time to heal af