ஃ✿ Chapter 8 ✿ஃ

ஃ✿ Chapter 8 ✿ஃ

I had trouble falling asleep that night… thinking about Dominique’s problem with me. What does he has against me? What about Cedrick? Does he see me as a threat to his relationship with Cedrick? … I hope not…

I went to school, hoping I’d meet up with Cedrick again… and yup, there he was! Right ahead of me, sliding his smooth fingers through his beautiful blond hair. I thought about surprising him… then again, he looked like he’s in a bad mood.

“Cedrick, good morning” I waved my hands at him. He didn’t bother to turn around and look at me. I thought maybe there’s something wrong with my voice, since he didn’t reply at all. I tried again “Cedrick, Hello!”

“I heard you the first time…” he sighed as usual. “… Hi”

He looked awfully annoyed when I stared deeply at his angel-like face. He was pretty quiet as I began to wonder what could be the cause of his crappy mood today. Maybe he was still embarrassed from the hug he gave me the other day… or maybe he just got himself in another fight with those silly boys from gym… like Angel.

“What’s wrong, Cedrick?” I asked, trying to investigate. “You look pretty annoyed… it’s not me, is it?”

He took a deep breath. “No… it’s not you… well, not this time anyway…”

“Then who? Who dares disturbs the mighty beloved Cedrick?!” I said heroically, trying to boost up his happy level. And it surprisingly worked! He let out a little laugh, but soon turn into an upsetting smile.

“It’s Dominique… we had a fight” Cedrick said in a sad tune, I recalled Dominique’s strange behavior yesterday. “He has been acting really weird lately…” he added. “I told him what’s his problem with having new friends, and he suddenly got really angry and kinda insulted you…”

I raised an eyebrow. “He insulted me…?”

“Yeah, which is weird… ‘cause we weren’t even talking about you… he just kept on bring your name randomly to the subject, every example he gave me was based on your stupidity… Leela this and Leela that…” he explained. “I’m getting sick of hearing your silly name”

I thought he’d say it in a ‘pissed-off’ tune, but he was actually laughing. I joined his laughter, which was so adorable, though his laugh sounded a bit sad and unserious… but I was happy to laugh with him anyway.

“I never get tired of hearing your name… Cedrick” I giggled. “Cedrick… what does it mean?”

“I thought it was cool too… not until I looked it up” he looked away blushing. “Cedrick means ‘A gift of splendor’ or something like that…”

I fell in love with his cherry pink cheeks, his beautiful silky blond hair tickling them… making him look utterly cute. When I first met Cedrick, he was hot and insanely handsome… but now, he’s just innocently cute and adorable. If he keeps this up… I might completely fall under his spell…

“I’d say… you’re more like a gift from heaven” I giggled, he looked confused… my face soon became plain emotionless. You suddenly jumped into my mind when I said ‘heaven’ and I believe Cedrick noticed my sudden silent. A gift from heaven… I wish I’d use that phrase again on you someday… if Cedrick was you right now, that would mean the world to me…

“Leela…” he approached, taking a good long stare at my face. He paused before asking “Are you crying again…?”

I reached for my cheek to find a cold tear running down my right cheek… I haven’t noticed it. I was crying…

“Oh… stupid eyes…” I giggled, quickly wiping my tears away. “Something must’ve gotten in my eyes”

Cedrick sighed heavily. “Is it ‘Jadrien’ again?”

Unexpectedly coming from Cedrick, I completely froze. I felt terrified… how on earth does he know your name?! I haven’t mentioned you to him… have I…?

“I remember the last time I’ve seen you crying… it was raining” he said quietly. “Luckily for you… it’s gonna start raining again”

We both looked at the sky. The first drop fell between my eyes… I felt unwanted, broken, lonely… now that Cedrick knows about you… he’ll never want me… I ran off by my own, leaving him and his long stare at the sad grey sky…

He immediately noticed me leaving. “Hey… Leela!” he called me out as I continued to run. I was sure he wasn’t gonna run after me, I never wanna cry in front of him ever again… but I heard his loud footsteps running towards me, approaching me, almost reaching me… I tried to run my fastest, even though I knew I could never compete against his mans speed. It didn’t take long before he grabbed the back of my shirt, causing me to fall flat on my face… what makes it more painful, Cedrick fell on me, all his weight was crushing me… though it didn’t hurt me one bit…

I cried out loud as I hugged the ground, hiding me face between my arms. “Ow… my knees…” Cedrick groused as soon as he got off me.

“Leave me alone…” I cried, refusing to budge. Cedrick tried to pull me up on my feet, but I curved up on the ground, completely refusing to get up. I cried even louder every time he pulled my wrist…

“You’re acting like a baby, get up” he demanded so seriously, trying to pull me up and force me to stand. “It’s starting to rain, you’re gonna get all dirty and filthy”



“If it’s Ok to ask… who’s Jadrien…?” he asked so quietly, making me even more nervous. “It’s Ok if you don’t wanna answer…”

I was still hugging the ground and crying, though I let out a small mumble, “He’s just somebody… who’s supposed to be mine…”

We both paused. The rain started to pour down so heavily. “I hope you’re not planning to rot in here” Cedrick poked me on the head, probably making sure I was conscious. I thought I should get up before getting all muddy and filthy. Cedrick had an umbrella, he pulled it out of his backpack. “Are you thinking of joining me…?” he said in a demanding tune, sounding like he’s insisting that I should join him.

We both walked in silence. I was on mute mood… and I was not planning to say anything else. I was ashamed of myself, I wanted to be buried alive… Cedrick might think I’m a total dork right now. I took a quick glance at his face, he looked like he had plenty of things in mind he wanted to ask me.

“I-I’m sorry, Cedrick…” I blushed, in an ashamed kinda way. “I won’t blame you if you think I’m a total weirdo…”

“I’m not surprised… Dominique referred to you as a cow” he giggled. “From now on… I won’t bring out the ‘Jadrien’ subject, I wouldn’t want you to cry, would I?”

He smiled so sweetly at me, rubbing my wet hair… making me feel like a little puppy… the most luckiest puppy in the world…