BEHIND OUR MASKS ( Finding us)

Chapter 31- In love

Nichole walk up to Troy, she was going to apologize for what happened earlier.

She notice he was staring at Andrea who was busy joking around with Mackenzie.

"Wow look at her. Doesn't she look pretty?"  Nichole ask.

"Yeah. Yeah she does." He said dreamy.

Nichole continue to stare along with him until realization hit.

"Nichole what- what are you doing here? How did you get here?"

"Uh, I school here, I came by means of leg, why?" She asked feigning cluelessness.

"Aha very funny."

"I can't help it, it's the first time have seen you this nervous before; it's so out of character and I wonder what might be the cause or rather who? If you know what I mean?" She wiggle her brows and wink.

He rolled his eyes at her childishness.

"So am I right or wrong?"

"Uh, I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh come on sure you do, it's Andrea you lik-"

He quickly clamp one hand over her mouth.

"Shh."

He let go slowly.

"Okay but you've to give me something."

"Hold out your hand."

"Okay." She said unsure.

"Wait why should I have-"

Her words her cut short as he took hold of her outstretched hand and dragged her with himself.

"Oh so you could do that."

They got to the school's garden.

"Now that we are alone spill." Emphasis on spill.

"Hey." She grumble as she notice Troy go up in the tree, he sat down on one of the branches.

"What's the matter too scared to come up."

"Is that supposed to be a challenge?"

He shrug in return.
"What if it was?"

"Then you are on."

She climb up and was briefly assisted by Troy, she sat on the branch with him.

"If this was a challenge then you'd have already lost. You had help from me remember?"

"You trickster I never asked you to lend a hand. Humph!"

After a while.

"I like the view up here." He said out of the blue.

"Yeah me too."

"So. Is they anything you want to say to me?"

He doesn't say anything for a long time. Silence overtook.

"Ever since that night. I still couldn't get that off my mind. The way I looked at her changed, I changed."

"What do you think? Do you think it's a bad thing?"

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

"I hated her for so long, but now... Now I realize I might not actually hate her like I thought. When I thought I'd lose her for good I freaked out Nichole a lot, I was so scared it was weird; what's weird is I don't know why I feel this way."

"Do you think maybe it might be because you feel guilty?"

"Guilty? Why? Why should I be the one to feel guilty?"