[23] Need To Tell Mr. Player

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Chapter 23

[Dylan's POV]

I wrapped my arms around Alex and pulled her towards me. Her familiar fresh flowery scent enveloped me. I didn't restrain myself. I'd been dying to do this since forever. And this time even Alex couldn't stop me.

 I pressed my lips on her's. Electricity zapped through my body. Her lips were so soft and delicate. My lips moved against her's. She stood there motionless. Why wasn't she kissing me back? Was she so stubborn?

 As if to answer my thoughts, I felt her lips moving against mine. I was surprised. I really was. But she was actually kissing me back!

 We kissed softly. There was no tongue involved, but the sheer taste of her lips was just enough to drive me crazy.

 I felt my surrounding's darken as I heard the soft thud of the curtain falling down.

 Alex parted her lips from mine. The look in her eyes... She was looking so intensely at me. Then she suddenly averted her gaze and hurriedly walked off.

 I felt bad...and empty, if that is possible when Alex left. If only I could hold her a second longer and feel her lips...

 Wait, what?! What's happening to me? I'm going crazy here and all because of Alex. But why? Do I--?

 No Dylan don't even think about it.

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[Alex's POV]

"He's SO hot!"

 "True...I wish I could taste his lips..."

 "If only he lets me, I'd give him such a good time, he'll forget about all the girls he's ever been with..."

 I couldn't take it anymore. I turned around to see a group of young freshman girls. Eww! They were too young to even talk things this way. Besides they can't just think of Dylan like a piece of man-meat! I glared at them and saw their timid expressions, then turned away. God! Girls these days...

 I sighed. Maybe it was annoying me so much because I had feelings for him. It felt weird to actually know how I felt for him. Honestly the I-think-I-hate-him-but-maybe-like-him-too feeling was much better. Sure I was confused but it was way better then knowing that I was in love with him.

 And right now, the curiosity is killing me. How does he feel for me? Was all that we shared was nothing? Did he stick around me all along just to satisfy his physical needs? Did I mean anything to him at all?

 "I think you should tell him" Tia had simply said that night of the drama when both of us had one of our sleep-overs.

 "Are you kidding me?! No way!" I had replied instantly.

 "You should okay? How will you ever know how he feels for you? What if he feels the same way?"

 "He doesn't...he just can't. He's a Casanova, a player"

 "But he's human and he can fall in love" she simply stated. As if I didn't knew...

 "Yes, he can fall in love. Just not with me. I'm a boring average girl, with plain looks and nothing really special about her. What can he possibly see in me? On the other hand, he's a gorgeous guy, popular, people admire him, everyone wants him. Right, I know I sound like one of those crappy girls in those cliche love-stories, but whatever I said is true" and I knew it was true. Every word of it.

 Tia sighed. "Its not that I can force you into it...but honestly, you should tell him. You never know what fate has in store for you. Who knows? Maybe you can end up being the girl who changes Mr.Player's ways"

 "Hah! Right. People don't always change okay? And I don't think Dylan will"

 "Players always end up being the good reliable guys in those love stories..."Tia mumbled.

 "Exactly! They change but in stories. In real life, they just don't"

 After that, Tia had dropped the topic. Yeah yeah, I know my original plan had been to confess to him instantly, but really, after I actually THOUGHT, I decided to drop the idea. What good was it going to do anyway? But now, I wondered if Tia had been right all along, I should tell Dylan. What if he actually gives it a try? What if?

Oh well, these 'what if's' will remain unanswered.

"Earth to Alex! Earth to Alex!" I zapped out of my thoughts and saw Kevin's familiar face. Instantly, a smile broke across my face.

 "Hey!" Here he was, my saviour. He was my exit ticket from Dylan land. Now I could actually focus on other things.

 "What's up?"

 "Uh...nothing!"

 "Nothing?" He said raising his eyebrows enquiringly. Then he shrugged and continued. "I didn't see you after the play that day. By the way, you did an awesome job. Pretty surprising you got to play beauty when Stacey was just fine. Well, that's what you call destiny..."

 Destiny, ha! More like deliberately locking someone in an ancient closet...Yup! Tia had told me everything. Her excuse? She wanted to, and I quote-"Make me realise the passionate feelings of love hidden in the depths of my heart which could only be aroused by kissing Dylan"

 Sometimes, my best friend can be so dramatic.

 "Oh well, Stacey got stuck in a closet..." I said shrugging.

 "Whatever, the important part is, you got to go up on the stage. Me? I had to stay back-stage and mope"

 "Ha ha! Mope? Seriously?"

 Kevin pouted. "Yeah! I wanted to be the beast and kiss you!" He looked so adorable that I completely ignored his flirtatious tone.

 "Oh well, too bad. Maybe I was supposed to kiss Dylan, just like fate wanted"

 I realised a couple of seconds later what I'd just said. Was it actually supposed to happen? Did I end up kissing Dylan in the first place just so I could realise my feelings for him? In that case, Tia had to be the catalyst {she increased the speed of this discovering-my-love-for-Dylan process}

 Oh great, now I'm going bonkers!

 "Well, maybe you could make-up for that kiss now" Kevin said. In a second, he was dangerously close to me. I could feel his warm breath on my face. My heart beat suddenly sped up.

 "K-Kevin--"

 "Shh..."he pressed his finger against my lips. "Let me kiss you"

 I shut up. What was he doing? My body tensed up. Sure, Kevin was a nice guy, and I even sort of liked him. But only as a friend. The thought of kissing anyone but Dylan just felt wrong.

 "Kevin..." I stepped away from him and shook my head. "No"

 He sighed. "Fine. But I'm gonna kiss you someday, you just wait and watch"

 I rolled my eyes. "Yeah right! Dream on!"

 Suddenly I felt a hand around mine. I turned to see Kevin holding it.

 "Seriously Alex, one day you'll realise my feelings and let me kiss you"

 I snorted and with another roll of my eyes looked away. But at the word 'feelings' my heart started beating erratically. What did he mean by feelings? He couldn't just like me right? I mean we hardly know each other! After a couple of minutes I convinced myself that Kevin was just kidding.

"Uh...C'mon Kevin, we're getting late for class" I mumbled and started for the class, Kevin followed behind.

My mind was unusually still lingering on Dylan. Does he like me? Is there actually a chance of him sharing the feelings I have for him?

I shook my head.

No way! There's no way he feels the same way. He just can't. Its just not possible.

Or is it?

I sighed. Tia was right. I'll never know until I find out. But the thing is, should I find out at all?

I closed my eyes and sighed again. I will never forget the way Dylan looked at me on the night we kissed as Beauty and Beast. His eyes were burning with lust, but there was something else too... He had been looking at me the same way when he pushed me up against the wall during drama practice and was there to 'complete' what I left back there. Could he actually feel something for me? The though of it made my heart flutter. 

I needed to know. The curiousity would kill me alive.

"Hey best friend!" I felt a hand pat my back, and I turned around instantly, to see Tia standing there looking all smiles.

"Hey Tia!"

"Hey Alex, you know wh--"

"YOU BITCH!"

She was cut off suddenly by a shrill voice which sounded angry, really angry.

We both turned to see Stacey stomping towards us at the same time. She looked angry, really angry. Though still flawless. Not a hair was out of it'spalce. Her outfit was perfectly matched and brought out her asset, but the angry glare and the mean expression on her face was something which couldn't be ignored.

"How dare you!?"

"What did I do?" Tia retorted instantly, sounding calm. It was a wonder how she managed to do it.

"You know exactly what you did--bitch! I can't believe you!"

"No really, what did I do?" Tia replied.

I though, had a fair hunch of what Stacey was talking about.

"You locked me in that closet didn't you? So that your ugly friend righ there could snag my role and win a minute of the spotlight which was actually meant for me. Too bad bitch because I figured it out!"

"I have no idea what you're talking about..." Tia said with a shrug.

Stacey turned to me. "I bet it was your idea, you conniving bitch! You told her to do it didn't you? Told her to lock me up in the closet so that you could go up on the stage and kiss Dylan. Isn't that what it's all about?"

"Sta--"

"No you listen okay, if you think playing such stupid schemes and throwing yourself at Dylan would get you a place in his heart, you're wrong!" Suddenly, Stacey crept closer to me. She was standing tall by a couple of inches right in front of me.

"Let me give you a tip Alex Rogers. Stay away from Dylan. Yup! You heard me right, stay away from him. It's a girl to girl advice I'm giving you. Dylan breaks hearts and steals them, he never keeps them. He throws them away and breaks them into pieces. So stay away from him if you don't want that happening to you"

And with that she turned around and walked (cat-walked) away, her hips swaying, and her Jimmy Choos clanking against the tiled hallway.

I stood right where I was, perplexed. Suddenly, I felt tired, like all of my energy had been pulled out of me. What the hell just happened?!

"Alex..." I felt Tia's hands rest on my shoulder.

I shook my head. "No Tia, you know what she said is...true. Maybe I should listen to her and just drop--"

"Alex!" Tia suddenly smacked me across the shoulder.

"What!?"

"Since when did you started listening to Stacey, or for that matter anyone!? You love Dylan Alex! And when you love someone, you just don't let them go! You fight for their love. So you go to Dylan right now and confess your feelings for him!"

"What? No! I can't--"

"Yes you can, and you will! Because that's what you should do. You need to tell him how you feel. Heck! You're not only confusing yourself but him too! You just need to go and tell him!"

"But I can't!"

"Yes you can! Please Alex, out of all these times, you chose this very moment to not use your brain. Use it! You're not a bimbo like Stacey! Just go and tell him! What's the worse that can happen!?"

"He'll reject you, right? That's the worse. But maybe you knew it all along! He's a player. So you know what to expect if you're expecting the worse. But what if he says yes!?"" Tia continued, sounding more hyper then ever.

"Tia, I don't know..."

"Alex, please just say it"

I took in a huge breath. Suddenly, I knew what I Had to do. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision. A second ago, I had been uncertain. But right now, I knew what I should do. I should tell him. I can't wait anymore. It's practically killing me to just wonder about his feelings. Wouldn't it be a thousand times better if I just go and tell him? Besides, its just a crush (love) people have crushes all the time, right?! I don't need to tell him I'm hopelessly in love with him. I could just go and say I have a major crush on him and--

Yes. I have to do it. 

I have to tell Dylan.

And I'm going right now.

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A/N- I know this chapter was a drag :( as much as I wanted to make Alex confess in this chapter, I didn't. This was just a filler chapter. Next chapter is going to be dramatic, and yes, she's going to confess!!!! So VOTE if you want me to update soon. I mean, I'll need some motivation, right?

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