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JAMES

Pressing the call button, I wait as it rings.

I feel my heartbeat increase by the second, which causes me to bite my lip in anxiety.

Why was I so nervous? She was just a stranger.

Nothing more, nothing less.

We didn't even know each other's names!

What we knew about each other was little.

But nevertheless, she has become a stranger I'm growing fond of.

After four rings, I hear some sounds in the background.

"Princess." I whisper into the phone.

I hear a gasp, but the girl doesn't say anything.

"What's wrong?" I say again.

"I, uh, nothing. Absolutely nothing." She finally speaks and I suck in a breath.

Her voice.

It's beautiful.

So soft.

So alluring.

I shake those thoughts off of my head and concentrate on the problem at hand.

"Princess, You didn't text me. You read my messages, but you never replied." I tell her sadly. Remembering the worry she caused me when I saw that she read my messages, but never replied to them.

"I'm sorry." She answers softly.

"Is that all you have to say?" I ask, suddenly upset that she was ignoring me.

"I am sorry. I just wasn't feeling very well."

"Mhm, tell me why?" I wait for her to speak, but she doesn't.

"Baby?" I try again. 

"I- umm-" She starts, and I sigh cutting her off.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. But if you want to talk, remember that I'll be waiting for you. But I want to know why you were ignoring me? I thought you loved me." I joke hoping to make her feel better.

"I just wasn't..." she starts, but groans. "I didn't want to annoy you anymore. You're probably tired of me. And I guess I wanted to save you the hassle of taking to me."

I stay quiet thinking about what she just said to me, but her voice brings me out of my thoughts.

"Stranger?"

"I'm here baby, I'm here." I say first. "I want to tell you this first. We don't know each other. But if it weren't for my mistake, I wouldn't have texted you. And none of this would have happened. And even though I asked you to delete my number several times, you kept on texting me. It was annoying at first, but I'm growing fond of your sarcastic remarks. But listen, even though we don't know each other, I've grown used to you. So it's kind of weird not getting a text message from you. But if you ever feel like that again, let me know. And like I said, you were annoying at first, actually, you still are, but it's the good kind. The kind that makes me think about what a strange girl you are. So please, if you ever feel like that again, let me know. Even if you don't want to talk to me, let me know that you don't want to talk. But please, don't leave me hanging and not reply to messages. Okay?" I take a deep breath after my little speech as I wait for her to say something.

"I'll try." Is all I hear.

"That's all I need, baby." I tell her.

"Now with that being said," I suddenly smirk, thinking of something else."So,  this is your voice, huh? Is this your real voice?"

I hear a chuckle from the other line and I smile fondly at the sound if it.

"Yeah, it is. Why? Does it sound weird? No, let me guess, is my voice too sexy for you ears?"

I groan loudly at that.

This girl.

"As if," I scoff jokingly, but apparently she seems to believe it because of her following words.

"I know it isn't sexy. My voice is alright, I guess."

"Darling, where is your confidence?" I start. "I love the sound of your voice. It's soothing, so soft. And I like it." I continue.

"Hmm, what about you mister. Is this your voice? Or are you voice psyching me?"

"This, my darling, is my real voice. I know it's hot. Specially with my British accent. So I'll let you fangirl about it after our phone call."

I hear her scoff at my words.

"Cocky much?"

"Nah, it's just that a certain stranger brings it out in me." I tell her, running a hand through my wavy hair.

"I'm flattered." She answers.

Deciding to joke with her, I say the following words.

"You, flattered? What makes you think I'm talking about you?" I bite my knuckle to stop from laughing.

"So you talk to several strangers on the phone?" The girl questions.

"Well, just the ones that won't leave me alone."

"Hey! You're the one that called me first!" She exclaims.

"I did, didn't I."

"And I'm glad I did." I mumbled the last part quietly hoping she didn't hear me.

"Yeah, don't forget this relationship started because of you." The girl accuses.

"Relationship? When did this become a relationship? I don't recall asking you out."

She gasps loudly and I smile.

"How dare you say that? I see my love means nothing to you. But I won't give up. You'll be mine, eventually."

Oh god.

I swear, this girl and her comments.

"Goodness princess, do you study flattery as a subject?" I ask.

"Nah, they don't teach that at my school." She says sadly, causing to burst out laughing.

"That's good then, if they did, you would be unstoppable." I respond.

"Wait a second princess, how can I be yours if we're not dating?" I raise an eyebrow even though she cannot see me.

"Oh, dating, we don't need that. We can just get right into the fun part."

Damn, she's good.

"No, if I'm going to be yours, we need to go out first, and we're not even friends yet."

She gasps.

"You don't consider me your friend." She cries out loud. "I'm hurt, but don't worry, you'll be mine before we even become friends." She sighs dramatically.

"How can you be so sure I'll be yours?" I ask her.

"I don't know, the power of love? It's written on the stars? Or maybe you secretly love me, but don't want to admit it." She questions making me chuckle.

"Hmm, princess. What if I don't want to be yours?"

"You will have to suck it up and love me."

"That's not how it works, sweetheart." I tell her.

"Well then, you'll be mine before we even become friends."

"Alright if you say so, just know that I like I like to go out with the girls that consider me theirs.

"I told you, we don't need to go out or date. Let's just get to the fun part." She reminds me again.

"And what's the fun part to you?" I smirk, wondering about her next words.

"Um, loving me and loving me, and loving me again."

I shake my head at her words.

"That's the fun part to you? Are you sure it's not something more interesting, fun, even?"

"Like what? Going on dates? That can work, but I told you, you can just love me unconditionally."

Biting my bottom lip, I find myself laying on my bed.

Is she actually this naive? I wonder.

And the thought of it makes me grin.

I hear a knock on the other line and I pause.

There is some shuffling before I hear a man's voice talking to her.

The continue talking for another minute until she comes back.

"Sorry, I'm back." She breathes out.

"You okay?" I ask to make sure she's alright.

"Yeah, it was just my brother checkingup on me. Nothing bad." For some reason that makes me feel better.

"By the way, stranger. I want to thank you for talking to me. You don't have to, but you're here right now. So thank you, really." She whispers quietly.

"You don't have to thank me for that. Like I said, you may be a stranger, but I've grown used to you." I tell her.

We continue talking for a while more until both of us have to leave. After hanging up the phone I close my eyes. 

Who is she? 

She would probably say something like, "the love of your life?"  

But I finally heard her voice.

I don't know what I was expecting, but that wasn't it. 

Her voice is soothing and soft. Something I was not expecting.

At least now I have a voice to put on the unknow image of hers. 

And it makes me realise that even though she is a stranger, she is real. 

Pushing myself off of the bed, I stand up and exit my bedroom.

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Hii *waves enthusiastically* 

My wattpad is acting weird.

I don't appreciate it.

It actually deleted the end of this chapter, so I had to write it again. But at least remember what I wrote.

Can you guys see the chapters in order? Because my wattpad shows the chapters mixed up.

I'm not even sure if you will be able to see this. 

Hopefully, you enjoy reading the chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Until later, my lovelies.