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JAMES

Since the moment I woke up, I felt sick. Perhaps I was coming down with something. Either that or I have been pushing myself too hard these days.

Whatever it was, it made me annoyed. I didn't even want to come to school today, but I forced myself out of bed with a cold shower.

It was my lunch break right now, but instead of hanging out with the lads, I opted to hang out in the library. And right now I was sitting in a random table working on my assignment. 

After a while, I hear footsteps approaching the table.  

"Uh, mate?" I recognize Nico's voice and I look up from my work. 

There, on the other side of the table stood my three mates.

"We have to tell you something." He says glancing hesitantly at Vincent and Alec.

"What is it?" I say looking down at the notebook before me. 

"Melody." At the mention of her name, I look up.

"What about her?" I frown.

Why would they bring her up all of a sudden?

"She's dating him." Alec blurts out.

"Why would you say it like that, you twat?" Nico and Vincent smack Alec on his arm. But I don't feel like laughing, not at all.

"He has to know!"Alec hisses in response.

I let the pen drop from my hand and clench my fist.

The three of them take a seat while I glare at the notebook below me.

"I saw a post of Melody with Jacob announcing their relationship and I just thought you should know before you heard it from someone else," Vince tells me.

I listen to him, but deep within me, a fire is burning.

Melody, the girl I was almost going to tell those three words that my stranger wants to hear from me so bad. I almost made the mistake of telling Melody those three words, romantically.

We dated for two years. She was the girl that I was going to give my first time to. 

I thought we would be each other's first. 

But I was wrong.

 On the day I was ready to confess my love for her and give myself to her, I found her in someone else's arms. Their bodies tangled as Melody kissed the guy who was trying to win her. 

But I guess he had already won her. 

It hurt to know that to Melody I meant so little that she would cheat on me. And it was normal to hurt because finding the one you love with someone else truly breaks you heart.

I truly loved her, maybe that's why it hurt so much. After all, two years is a long time for two teens who started going out when they were 14.

At first, I thought he stole her from me, but in reality he did me a favor.  

Because even if I wanted to think that Melody was my it, she wasn't. She never was, and she would never be. And in a way, I'm thankful because I almost made the mistake of giving myself to her.

And despite loving her, I slowly found myself forgetting her.

It only took time and forgiveness.

My romantic love for her disappeared first. And then I slowly stopped caring about her as a person.

Until eventually, she was nothing but a forgotten memory.

But the reason for my anger wasn't because I cared for her, because I no longer did. It was because her name brought me memories that had been buried deep down.

Memories that I wanted buried.

Maybe I was angry because I still had some resentment left, or maybe it was because I blamed myself for being so foolish as to believe her lies.

All the times she said she loved me were lies.

She told me herself when I confronted her.

'I never loved you.' She had said. 'It was all a lie.'

'I never loved you, I just liked the idea of toying with you. It was always, Jacob. He's the one I love. But he never paid any mind to me, until now. Thanks to you, of course' Melody places her palm on top of my heart, before jabbing her index finger at me. 'I truly am sorry.' She whispered near my ear.

Jacob was my friend, I knew he was a player. But I never knew he wanted to take Melody.

I warned her that Jacob was a player when we talked, but she didn't care. She only wanted him.

After that, I wished her good luck.

Looking at my bestfriend, I say, "Thank you for telling me, but what Melody does no longer concerns me. I've moved on-" I stop and shake my head. "No, I'm moving on." Correcting myself I unclench my fists. I find the boys looking at me with a worried expression.

"I'm fine, there is no need for you guys to worry. I wish Melody the best, in the end, I hope she genuinely cares for him, the way she couldn't do with me." I continue.

A pounding headache makes its way into my head and I sigh.

"Guys, would you mind leaving me alone? I have been feeling tired since yesterday and I just want to be alone right now." I tell them as I massage my temples.

"Alright," Nico whispers. "Let's go guys." He says to Alec and Vincent.

"We'll check up on you, later." Vincent says before giving me a smile. 

I smile and return and I watch them exit the library.

Looking down at my work, I shake my head to get rid of any unwanted thoughts.

The rest of the school day goes by fast. And as they said, the lads came to check up on me somewhere around my free class period.

I assured them I was fine until they finally left. 

My phone vibrates inside my pocket as I listen to the teacher speak. Pulling it out, I check to see another message from her.

New Message from Princess.

02:36 p.m.

Husbaaaand. Why are you doing this to me? 😭😭😭

"I'm sorry, baby," I mutter quietly as I stuff the phone back inside my pocket.

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When I get home, I go straight to bed, Theo laying next to me as I rest.

The pounding headache went away, but I was still feeling under the weather. 

I hear my phone ding again and I know who it is without even checking it.

I have been avoiding her messages all day, not feeling like talking much. So when my phone rings, I answer her phone callnprepared to tell her that I'm not feeling like talking to anyone.

"Ti amo." The girl as soon as I answers the phone.

I look down with a smile.

She always knows how to make me feel better.

"Your cute," I tell her.

"Since you're also Italian, I'm trying to learn Italian because our kids have to take after their father. Did I say it right?"

Kids? With her?

The idea scares me. Those kids would come out as little flirts.

"You did, princess." I tell her.

"Hmm, what else did I learn?" She mumbles to herself before I hear a few noises in the background. "Ah! I found it. Amore mio,  you are my fidanzato." 

I shake my head at her attempt to speak Italian. It sounds cute coming from her.

"I'm your boyfriend?" I repeat.

"Yeah!"

"So I'm not your husband?" I raise an eyebrow.

"You are!" She exclaims. "You're everything to me."

My heart skips a beat as soon as she says that.

Who taught this girl to say things like that?

She's going to be the death of me.

At first, I was only surprised to hear her flirt, but her words are actually affecting me as we continue talking.

"Calm down, baby. You don't want to give me a heart attack."

She hums in response. "Hey, is your name Jamilton?"

Omg.

"Please tell me you did not take the name Hamilton and exchanged the H for a J?" I ask but she stays quiet.

"You did, didn't you?" I reply for her.

The girl grunts in response. "I'm running out of ideas!! Help me out buddy." 

Buddy?

Frowning, I ask, "Did you just friendzone me?" 

"Nah, I want you all to myself."

Fucking hell, this girl and her lines.

Deciding to make it interesting, I say, "How do you not know I'm dating someone?"

"Are you?" She immediately asks.

Shrugging I say, "Not at the moment." 

She sighs in relief. "Phew. Thank you. I did not need a jealous girlfriend after me." 

Curious, I ask. "Would that have stopped you?"

"Well, I would have to stop flirting with you, at least until you stopped dating the person. Because I don't want to ruin no one's relationship. And then, I would wait for you because we are meant to be, so it would not work between the person and you. And then I would have you all to myself."

I burst out in a laugh at her craziness. 

And at that moment I was so glad that my previous relationship did not work.

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Yoohoo.

Hello ladies and gentlemen.

It is I, just I. (I suck because I'm not funny at all). What a tragedy.

That right there in the image is me today. I'm tired.

I finally updated my other book. 

IT WAS ABOUT TIME.

And then I was up late because I was revising it. 

But it's all good.

No damage was inflicted on the writer aka me, during this process.

This chapter was so easy to write, I was typing like there is no tomorrow. *pats back slightly* I deserve a star on my forehead. ☺☺

Now if you guys excuse me, I'm going to write text chapter.

By the way, someone told me that the chapters seemed mixed up. I noticed it on my account, but I thought it was just me. I think I corrected it, but if anyone does see the chapters mixed up again, please let me know. I have to figure out why my wattpad is acting up.

But I think I fixed it.