Finally Real (short story)

                                  

 Finally Real I heard a scream at the corridor of my classroom and I wondered who could that be. My curiosity took over my body and I run outside then I regret my action. I saw him, with devilish smile painted in his face. His eyes twinkle like the stars in the night, lips as red as a newly bloomed rose, brows perfectly shaped and he really looks dashingly handsome in his school uniform with tie slightly loose and first two buttons of his shirt open.

                             The perfect definition for a man of every girls dream, I'm the only exception of course. For me he's a product of stupidity and chaos. I mumbled cursed words in the wind frustrated seeing his face in the bright early morning. "I finally found you my Cassandra!!!" he said in a sweet tone but I knew it was his way of pissing me off. He roar my name again and I knew what will he do next so I run away from him as fast as I can, as a reflex he chased me. We're like idiots running around the school building not minding the people's weird faces as they saw us passed them by.

                             He was gaining pace, close enough to pull me back to him. I tried to escape from his grip but he was stronger than me. We were panting as we normalized our breathing. I just rolled my eyes at him and he winked in return. "What are you doing here?" I asked Lance in a frustrated tone. "Is it bad to visit the apple of my eye, the girl of my dreams, my one true love, my world and my everything?" he replied happily. I raise my eyebrows thinking how stupid he was saying those things to me.

                          And that's when I realized where we are. "Class 4-B" was written on top of the door at the front side of me. And then it hit me. Now I know why. I saw a girl walking towards us. Her skin was so fine and smooth like the skin of a new born baby. Her face was molded perfectly, eyes as brown as a moonstone. Hair as dark as the starless night moving like the waves of the ocean. She is perfect. She is loved by everyone. She is Iris, my bestfriend's ex. She smiled at us and waved hello. "Good morning Lance. Good morning Cassandra. Love chase I guess?" She greeted us with a smile showing her well structured pure teeth. Her voice was angelic. "Nope. More like a morning LOVE run, right honey?" Lance said emphasizing the word "love". He looked at me, I knew that look so I simply nodded my head as an answer. "Classes are about to start so we better go now. Bye" I said dragging Lance away from Iris. "Is she jealous? I hope she is." Lance whispered as we are two corridors away from Class 4-B. "

                           I hope. So we can end up this little play of yours. I'm your best friend, not pretend girlfriend if you can remember." I said to him irritate. "Cassey, you're the only girl I know that can do this without falling in love with me in the process. Just bear with me" He objected. That s where you're wrong. We're not real couples, just pretending to be just to make Iris jealous so they can be together again. I dont know why I signed up for this. Stupid me. He walked me to my room and waved goodbye. And then I proceeded to live life as classes are about to start. Time skipped and it was then the end of classes. When I was walking down the building, I saw a water dripped from above to the solid grassy ground. "Maybe the main water tube was broken again." I said to myself. So I continued to walk my way to the school gate. Until I felt something wet fell on my head. Then another one again. It was water falling all around, it was rain. I ran as fast as I can to find a shed. It was raining so hard and I'm already wet. I let out a sigh and my pace began to slow. What s the use of running when you're already wet right? I knew from the start that I will be wet running in the rain. I cannot deny. Just like me with Lance. I knew I would fall in love with him if I agree to be his pretend girlfriend. And yet I allow myself to be used by him.

                           "Casssseeeeeyyyyyy!!" Someone yelled my name from behind. I knew who he was. He's the only one who called me that. I turned around to see him. He run towards me holding an umbrella. "You forgot your umbrella didn't you?" he asked. "Sorry for making it not obvious stupid" I replied. He's irritating, stupid, troublesome, prankster. He s not the man of my dreams, definitely not my ideal man but I don't know why I fall for him. "Let's share umbrella" he suggested. "What's the use of that when I'm already wet?" I told him. He just simply smile and put down his umbrella. He s wet now. He holds my hand and we walked together. I glared at him. "She s behind Cassey.

                              Start acting now please" he whispered. I didn't notice Iris was behind us. And so I let him be. I didn't mutter a word. I like the feeling that he holds my hand so tight like this. But I don't like the thought of it that its just for show, not love. I felt his hand loosened and he put it around my shoulders as he pull me closer to him. "I'm so lucky to have a bestfriend like you who can understand me" he said with a chuckle. "Thanks for the reminder." I blurted out all of a sudden. He stared at me confused. I just shrug my shoulders as an answer. Thanks for the reminder that I'm just your bestfriend. And it will never change. The play lasted for months. Sometimes he brought me flowers and chocolates in the morning. Leaving love letters on my desk. We eat recess and lunchbreak together. He holds my hand more often. But I know its all for show. No love at all, just purely friendship. A platonic. A one sided love. What did Lance do to me to feel like this? Why do I love him when I know behind this sweet gestures, he's irritating and always pissing me off. Why did I fall inlove with my bestfriend?

                                  Why did I let this happen. You're so stupid Cassandra. So stupid. It was lunchbreak. Lance didn't showed up in my classroom. I was getting worried. He never failed to wait for me when my class ended. "Where could he be?" my mind asked. So I wandered around the campus. Searching every place he often go. I asked his classmates if they saw him, but their answer are the same, "I don't know". I don't know why but my feet dragged me to the back of the gymnasium...It was quite there. And then I saw him. I gasp at the seen. How I regret on searching for him. I saw him with Iris hugging each other. I stare at them. They look so happy. Like they've won a lottery. I felt that my eyes are about to become a waterfall so I tiptoe my way out. I can't and won't disturb them. After a few tiptoe, a cat suddenly appears. It purred at me and quickly ran pass by me. It was then a heard a crash sound. Like something fell and broke. I turned around and saw a broken flower pot. It was the cat's doing. "Cassey?" My body began to stiffened. He called out my name. I quickly composed myself and took a large bag of air to my lungs. I smiled at them. Preventing my tears to fall. "Hi! Sorry if the cat disturbed your moment. So I'm just gonna leave now. Bye!" I managed to say without cracking my voice. I ran as fast as I can. I just want to be alone for now. I don't want to remember him or them and especially this feelings I felt. I'm so stupid to fall inlove with my bestfriend. "Cassey wait!!!" Oh no. Please. I heard wheels rolling fast. I knew he's using his bike. But I still ran away from him. A screech was heard from his bike as he pulled it on break. He's now infront of me. He quickly get off of his bike. He looked at me worriedly.

                                     But I just smiled at him. "I know you since we were kinder Cassey. So I know if your faking a smile or not. Is there something wrong?" he asked. I shake my head as an answer. I can't bring myself to tell him the truth. It will make things more complicated. "Cassey, please tell me." he pleaded. "I'm okay Lance. Everything's fine. I'm happy for the both of you. Finally, all our hardwork has paid off. You had her back again." It broke my heart as I said it. "Did you hear our conversation?" he asked. "No. Don't worry I'm no eavesdropper." I fake a laugh at the end. "So you didn't hear what I told her?". I shake my head again as an answer. I turned away and continued to walk. But he was humming a tune all of a sudden and I froze. " I pray for all your love Girl, our love is so unreal I just wanna reach and touch you, squeeze you, somebody pinch me (I must be dreaming) " he sang. I looked, more like gazing at him. His eyes that seems so dark and dull, was filled with happiness. And I know it was not because of me. "This is something like a movie And I don't know how it ends, girl But I fell in love with my best friend ." I was stunned at what he said at the end. Confused of what he said. He walked closer to me and held both of my hands. "I fell inlove with my bestfriend and I was stupid enough to let you pretend to be my girlfriend. Sorry". He said not locking his eyes to mine. "What?" That was the only thing I could blurt out. "Iris already know this. She was happy that I could finally found the girl I could love

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                                      And I could let her go now. That's what we were talking about back then." He said. I don't know what to say. I just let my tears to flow. I sniffed and wiped my nose out. "Cassandra, I love you more than a friend. I'm sorry if I didn't told you earlier and prolonged the play I stupidly create. I'm sorry if I'm a coward. I wont blame you if you reject me. I wont blame you if you decide that we are better off to be just friends. I wont..." I didn't let him finish his sentence. I blow a kiss on his cheek that made him stiff. I gathered a bucket of courage to let my heart talk. "You're so stupid, troublesome, a pissing machine, a prankster, definitely not my ideal man." I exhaled heavily.

                         

                                        He frowned. But I smiled at him "But I love you. Ever since." I saw his face lit up. He hugged me and I hugged him back. "I love you the apple of my eyes, my one true love, my world and my everything." He said happily. From then on, everything is real.








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