The One I've Loved 31 Flames

Those were one of the most awkward moments in my life . I don't know if he was aware of me stealing glances of him or no but he always gave a warm smile whenever our eyes met eacthother .

One day after our first cla.s.s , the girls who were sitting behind us were talking about FLAMES .

Rachel turned back and asked them how to do .

One girl explained us that , F is for friends.h.i.+p , L is for love , A is for affection , M is for marriage , E is for enemy . We have to write down our name and our crush's name and then strike the common letters . After striking the common letter we need to count the number of remaining letters and then strike the letters of the word FLAME one after the other and the last letter which remains gives the answer .

Rachel looked at me with a wide smile and said , "I'm gonna try it ."

During our lunch hour , Rachel tried my name with Austin's .

We got F, I said in a low voice .

Be happy .... you didn't get enemies , said Rachel with a chuckle.

Fine , try yours and see , I said .

She then did with her name and Justin's and she got A .

What the h.e.l.l , affection? , this is not true , I'm not gonna believe this stupid game , she said and tore the paper into pieces and threw it in dustbin .

One day after school , Justin told me that he wanted to come to my house saying that he had something to talk to my father about few doc.u.ments .

As we were walking , we saw Cindy standing alone near the gate .

Cindy , Justin called her name .

She looked at our side and gave a smile .

Why are you alone ?, I asked her .

My driver didn't come yet. she replied .

Do you want us to give you company till your driver comes , Justin asked her in a sweet voice .

A smile appeared on Cindy's face .

Rachel glared at him looking at the way he was talking to her .

Justin knew Cindy very well as we were in the same school since we were kids . They weren't close but they always spoke to eacthother whenever they met . Justin always liked her character just like Rachel and I do .

Justin was beside Rachel and I was standing between Rachel and Cindy .

Do you have anyone you like ?, Cindy questioned Justin .

Our attention s.h.i.+fted towards Justin .

Well ..... It's like ....

Cindy's car arrived before he could complete his sentence .

He gave a sigh of relief when she told that she'd leave .

Looking at Rachel's face I could tell that she had a mini heart attack when Cindy asked him.

Does she always ask such questions to everybody ? , Justin asked after walking to a certain distance .

Looking at the way you were talking to her she must've thought that you like her , Rachel answered him coldly .

Before he could tell something I told that our bus was coming .He just had a quick glance at annoyed Rachel before getting into the bus .

A month before our Final exams , we students of eleventh standard were given a chance to select our school pupil leader by voting . After voting we came to know that Austin got the highest votes . So was selected as our school pupil leader.

None were surprised when our princ.i.p.al announced that he was selected . Every student knew that he would be our school president .

The very next day I came to school early . As I entered the cla.s.s I saw Austin standing near the window .

Hey ,congratulations , I said to which he turned back and looked at me with his killer smile .

Thankyou , he replied .

Do you always come early to school ? I asked him .

Yeah , my father drops me everyday as he have go in the same direction .

Austin's father is one of the top business men in the country . I never saw his father but according to my dad he is a very hardworking man and a sweet person where as his mother is a proud lady who spends his father's money lavishly. I also heard from my father that his parents often argue with eacthother .

That's nice , I replied .

n.o.body were in the cla.s.s and it was very silent . He wasn't talking anything , looking at him I thought he wanted to be alone .

He looked at me when I was staring at him and lost in my thoughts .

I always wanted to ask you this question , he said breaking the silence between us .

I looked at him quizzically and was waiting for him to complete his sentence at the same time my heart lost it's control .

Was there any reason for you to get in the top list , he asked me casually .

You are reason , I said in my mind before replying to his question .

I just wanted to score well for the person I love the most , I replied .

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I always wished to tell him that I liked him so much . But I was afraid that he might reject me . Not only that, I was afraid that things would get awkward between us. I was happy just the way we were . I never expected him to like me back but then I didn't wanted him to reject me either.