Chapter 33: Chapter 33

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I know the reason why I love you__ because you are different from the others; you like no other

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Megan's POV

"Then she hugged him and started gushing about how long It’s been since they last saw each other, how he had become more handsome and how happy she was to see him”I paused, I didn't even feel like writing the damn essay anymore.

"I mean she was in public yet she was finding it difficult to take her hands off him, what will she do if they were in a closed place, what did they do in the office? I wanted to be there but i wasn't let in and yet It’s my office too. Aish!”I hit the pen on the paper hard It’s a miracle it didn't break into two, then I looked up at Keith, he had been silent all through my rant, you'd think he had fallen asleep.

But he was awake at least I think he is_ he seemed lost staring at me, with_ with admiration?

"Keith?”I called, I smiled "Keith!"

"Yea?”He responded coming out of his trance, "Sorry Meg you were saying?"

"You weren't listening to me were you?”I asked amused at his behavior.

"I was, I was paying full attention”he defended.

"Really? What was I talking about then”I challenged.

"Umm the new Lady in your office, Fire_ Fa_ Fa-something”he said trying to remember.

"Faye Perez, I reminded him”I don't know why but am not too happy about her arrival.

"Yea Faye, so why do you hate her?"

"I dont hate her, I barely know her even”I defended.

"But you clearly don't like her”he pointed out, flipping through a textbook.

I sighed, "I don't know, I guess am just overreacting, they may have been really good friends. It's just_ Javier and I_”I paused to smile, I felt happy again just thinking of him, his eyes, his smile, his hand, our hand holding, his confession, mine too, our__

"You are dating your boss?”Keith asked, not trying to hide the disgust in his voice.

I snapped out of my jolly land and squeezed my face at him, "No, we are just friends”I lied, even I knew how unbelievable my lie was, what were we? We sure weren't dating and we weren't just friends either. "Ok, that's a lie"

"I know”he stated so bluntly with no emotion, was he upset?.

"Don't get upset, I just don't know what we are now, we've just admitted our feelings to each other and am still getting used to the idea that he likes me”I said smiling.

"You really like that annoying jerk?”He asked me with a frown.

I sighed, "Keith I know you guys started off badly but Javier isn't that bad, a bit rude and authoritative but not bad and regarding your question, yes, I really like Javier"

"What happened to Samuel, I prefer him to your boss"

"Samuel doesn't like me, as a friend and maybe sister he does but relationship wise, No. It’s OK though, am happy now and am leaving him to be happy too”it felt good to say it, months ago I wouldn't be able to admit this without tears in my eyes but now, it didn't bother me at all, Samuel being with Kristen is the best thing that ever happened to me.

"How about him? Are you sure he feels the same way, he knows about your history with Sam, he might just be leading you on"

OK I know Keith is just trying to be a good friend but this was getting upsetting, "I don't think so, he is not like that, he really likes me, I know”that was for Keith and myself.

Keith reached for my hand and held it, "Meg I don't want you to get hurt"

I looked at our hands together and his eyes, he looked sincere but this hand holding could be misinterpreted, "I know”I said as i carefully and gently withdrew my hand away from his.

He stared at his now empty hand for a moment with a blank face, then smiled and looked at me then he used his hand to tap my head, I smiled too, Keith was so sweet, "So where we, we have to finish this before midnight you know"

Ah the essay, I got an assignment in the university and Keith was helping me at it, we were at the library, Ma'am Caroline had already gone leaving the keys to Keith, we had the library all to ourselves.

"Yes, the essay”I said coming back to my paper as Keith and I gathered points to be written down, I don't know what I'll do without Keith, he has been really helpful and supportive especially towards my educational pursuit and health, always there when I needed him. A cool friend, his attitude sometimes makes me miss Sam.

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"I want to go see Susan, but I don't think she'll recognize me, no chubby cheeks and big tummy”Keith said rubbing his six packs as if missing his fat tummy.

I laughed, "how did you even lose all that fat?"

He looked at me, his face only visible by the street lights, then he looked away and tucked his hand deeper into his overcoat, "there was this girl_ she usually teased me about being a big fat ugly bully"

I laughed again, "really, ugly bully?"

He chuckled too, "yea, I was kinda annoying then, a fat boy always following her around teasing her, sometimes being mean, but I know she didn't mean it, she really saw me as a good friend and even defended me from real bullies”he paused and smiled, "she was and still is one in a million"

I got a warm feeling in my heart looking at Keith, I've never seen this side of him before, so beautiful, calm and sincere. I could tell he loved the girl in question maybe even still does.

"Anyway”he said continuing, "when I had to separate from her I felt very bad, I cried and cried but it didn't change anything, then she always gushed about how she loved her teachers, how she thought the teaching profession was cool and when kids bad mouth teachers, she will go all defender mode"

"Don't tell me you decided to become a teacher because of her?”I asked.

He laughed, "yea I did, but I later found the passion in it. Let's say she was just my gentle push towards my dream profession"

I nodded, we were slowly approaching my house.

"Well, I vowed to become a better person, someone worthy of her love, I didn't eat anyhow anymore, I watched my weight, and tried not to be lazy, I even did stressful, low income jobs so I would be a fair opponent, because of her"

"That's so sweet”I said kicking a rock, I didn't say anything, I looked at him and he quickly looked away.

"I guess so, that girl_ that girl is y_"

"Pretty boy?”I asked disbelieving as I saw somebody waiting outside kicking rocks, he was putting on a grey hoodie, his hands inside the pouch, black sweatpants and white converse. I couldn't see his face but by the statue I guessed it was Javier.

I looked at Keith and I saw him frowning, his brows furrowed as he studied the figure, he was probably suspicious but I know that figure anywhere, my cute boss, kicking out rocks in front of my house.

A full blown smile appeared on my face as I started approaching him, then Keith held my hand, I pouted as I looked at him, he shook his head telling me not to go.

"Javier?”I called gently, just to satisfy Keith's protectiveness. He quickly looked up, his blue eyes searching for the source until it landed on me, I smiled, it's him, It’s really him. He straightened up and smiled at me before his eyes landed on Keith and him holding my hand. I released Keith's grip on me as I ran to him and stopped just close to him, smiling.

He finally tore his eyes away from Keith and looked at me, a beautiful smile coming on, with a small wave he said "Hi"

I resisted the urge to chuckle and I waved too, "Hi"

We just stood there smiling like dummies. I didn't feel like saying anything, I was just too happy at the moment and was content with just staring into his eyes and looking at his face.

"Isn't it too late, to visit your workers, it's almost midnight you'd think a rich guy like you supposed to have a watch”Keith said, I didn't even notice he was now standing close to me.

Pretty boy tore his eyes away from me to glare at Keith, they were almost the same height, Keith being the slightly taller one, "I think you need to listen to yourself, TEACHER, being with a student at this time, you'd think the teacher is wise enough to know when study time is over and maybe call her a taxi or something"

It was like a glaring contest both men looking so scary, wow, who knew I had so many caring people.

Keith looked at me and sighed backing away, "Goodnight Meg”then he did the most unbelievable thing, he came closer to me and kissed my forehead, I froze, "rest well”them he tapped my hair and left, I think I saw a smirk on his face.

"What?!”Javier shouted snapping me away from the shook, his face had horror and anger written all over it, "That son of a_"

He started searching the ground in anger as he picked up a rock and was about to throw it at Keith's retreating figure that I couldn't see again anyway but I quickly held his hand, "ha! Oh you save him? You save that ugly smirker that calls himself your teacher, that was sexual assault right now, he just_ argh!"

I didn't know whether to smile or be worried, Javier was angry and jealous, but cute. He broke my hand away from his and walked away inside the building, I followed him touching my forehead, why did Keith do that? Is he crazy? And in front of Javier, Aish!.

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"You really aren't going to look at me?”I asked for the uptenth time, we were currently sitting on the stairs and Javier had refused to look at me, he was looking up, down, left, right but not at me.

"No, I told you_ you are ugly”he said.

"Why? Because Keith kissed my forehead?”That's the reason, am sure of it.

He clenched his fist and unclenched it, "yes"

"That's was nothing, it was just a goodbye kiss, people do it all the time"

"Ah, so today isn't the first time?”He asked finally looking at me.

"No no today is the first time I swear, I don't even know why he did it”I defended, he looked away again, facing the ground. "What to I have to do for you to look at me"

"I don't know, remove your forehead?"

"OK what if I clean it like this”he looked at me as I wiped my forehead with my palm. He put his hand behind my head then used his hoodie to wipe my forehead continuously, I couldn't help but laugh, when it almost started hurting he stopped.

"There almost better”he said looking at me proudly.

"Umm, would this make it completely better”I moved closer and kisses him on his cheeks, he was taken back for a moment before he smiled and pointed his other cheek, I proceeded to kiss his other cheek, then he pointed his nose smiling, I squeezed my face but went to kiss it too, when he grabbed my face and placed a kiss on my lips.

I felt my toes curling up and my butterflies jubilating in my tummy as Javier kissed me and soon I kissed him back, it was perfect. When we broke for air, he didn't stop looking at me, his eyes held passion in them.

"So now It’s_”I started speaking when my senses came back.

"Shsssh”Javier said placing his fingers over my lips, "you won't speak of another man after kissing me"

I smiled, I really like Jealous Javier.

We sat in comfortable silence after that, just holding hands, I still wondered what we were, we weren't just friends anymore, I decided not to think about that now, instead I started looking at the sky full of stars, it looked particularly bright and shiny this night, there was this particular one_

"Am going to ask you to be my girlfriend”Javier blunted out.

I gulped and looked at him, is he a mind reader?

"I just_ I just want to finalize the end of my engagement with Kristen, i want to be with you completely, no attachments, just you, there is this paper, like an engagement agreement, after It’s torn and the media are told then am a free man, for only you"

I nodded, I fully understood him and am ready to wait as long as possible. Am so happy right now, I wish for it never to end. Is breaking engagements simple? Especially long ones? Ha I hope it is.

"I didn't expect to see you again today, am so happy you're here”I said.

"Yea, I missed you and I couldn't see you in the office because of the whole Faye stuff”he said.

"Yea, what's up with that?”I asked cautiously happy that the conversation came up, I've been so curious.

"She's a long time friend, I hadn't seen her for a long time because she got sick and had to go away, far away_”he had this distant look in his face, with a frown.

Go away? Where? I wanted to ask but it didn't seem like my business and Javier would tell me if he had to.

"Anyway now she's back and am happy to see her. We also scored the contract with the Germans”he told me happily.

"We did?”I asked excited, I was so nervous during their meeting, then I couldn't answer their question, am happy it went well.

"Yep and now we have a shit load of work, other companies are now seeking this new York branch more and more, so after Faye came back home, dad employed her to come assist me, that's why she's here, to be the second boss”Javier finished.

I nodded, finally understanding everything, "so she's also a close family friend?"

"Yea, we once lived together, she's very close to the Altamiras. Don't worry she's a really nice person once you get to know her, she may seem intimidating but she's all jelly inside"

I smiled, but it wasn't so genuine, Javier knew her so well. Mr Altamira obviously had no problem with her too. An unwelcomed knot formed again.

We talked some more before he departed, it took a while before I slept off, I thought of Keith, I thought of Faye and then I thought of Javier. Life is gonna go smooth and fine right?

Javier's POV

"He did that just too provoke me, am sure of that, else why would he do it and In front of me too, he even gave a stupid smirk before going away, I felt like punching his stupid British face”I ranted trying to hold my anger in but failing miserably, I forgot it in front of Megan but now It’s all coming back.

"Dude am sleepy”Clyde whined rubbing his eyes, I could see his stupid star wars shirt through the screen.

"That shirt is stupid”I stated clearly and bluntly, star wars pfft.

"Carina likes it and you would too, if you weren't so angry, chill Javi Megan says It’s you she likes, goodnight”he said but didn't attempt to go.

"Anyway, do you know Faye is in New york”I asked him.

"What Faye?”He asked rubbing his eyes again and yawning.

"Faye, our Faye, dark hair, big brown eyes, prom Faye”I explained ignoring his sleepy acts.

He immediately became awake and alert, "Prom Faye? Faye Perez?”I nodded. "What's she doing there?"

I shrugged, "dad employed her to come assist me"

"Is she_ is she OK now, isn't that dangerous?. Javier__”I cut him off.

"I called, he assured me she's OK, she's been away for years Clyde, we can't continue to hold it against her, she's better now and you can see it in her looks”I said.

"I know, It’s just her going to new York immediately makes me worried"

"She's been in Mexico for 3 months, coming here was dad's idea"

"OK OK, just be careful and send my greetings, tell her am angry she didn't come to see me first"

"OK OK, goodnight doofus”I said smiling.

"Goodnight cactus"

I laughed and was about to close my laptop

"Javi?”He called again.

"Yea?”I noted his serious expression.

"Be careful, once a psychopath, ALWAYS A PSYCHOPATH"

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