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AJ's POV

My first instinct was to scream my lungs out but that wasn't me. Particularly not in this situation. It happened so fast that I couldn't think so I just froze for a few seconds and in that few seconds the person's grip got tighter.

Yeap, I was not the only one creative enough to hide in the dark janitors room.

"Sssshhhhh." At least it was a human.

A guy to be exact.

I tried wiggling out of his hold but he managed to keep me in place. I only struggled harder and his hold did not weaver. He still had his iron grip on me.

Why was he so fucking strong?!

I have managed to wiggle myself out of many situations but this was not one of those times.

What was he made of?!

"Stop struggling you geek." He whisper-yelled.

"Mhmmm," I grumbled into his hand. It was more to myself. I wanted to be louder but then there was Lizzie.

"Enough already," he whispered back. I felt his warm breath against my ear. He was pissed but I was angrier. However, instead of retaliating, I swallowed my mega sized pride and remained quiet. I mean he could let me go. I wasn't that stupid to reveal our hiding spot.

A few moments went by and I wiggled again. When he didn't instantly let me go I started shouting against his hand. It was muffled but loud enough for me to get my point across. He needed to let go. Immediately.

"Why the fuck are you being so difficult and I can't believe I need to tell you to shut the hell up when I literally have your mouth closed." He whispered some irrelevant shit again.

By this time I could already guess who it was.

Instead of wasting anymore time, I did the only thing I could think of. I threw my head backwards and hit his chin. I heard a groan and his hands loosened themselves.

"What is wrong with you?" He whisper-yelled.

I turned around to see him hold onto his collar bone. Ahh, I guess he was too tall for me to target his chin but oh well. At least I hit something.

"I will break your head and spill your brains out for doing that." He growled out.

"What else was I supposed to do?! You wouldn't let me go!" He quickly covered my mouth again, panic taking over his features.

I tore away his hand away and glared at alpha queen bee.

"She's gone!! That was what I was trying to say!" I pushed open the door and walked out.

"Hey wait!" Rylen chased after me. I saw him quickly look around before walking up straight again. "How did you know she was gone?!"

"I could no longer feel her dark aura." I shrugged and continued walking away. I can't believe he was hiding away from her like a wimp.

"Very funny. Now tell me the truth nerd."

Who does he think he is?!!

I rolled my eyes and walked faster. Unfortunately, like in recent days , I wasn't so lucky. He caught up to me and held my wrist. I instinctively pulled back and glared at the motherfucker.

"Don't grab me like that." I gritted.

"Save it. It was you wasn't it? You whined about Gabby and I making out. You rattled it out to Lizzie and that's why she's here! You just had to! You're that desperate for popularity?"

I was so surprised and pissed at the same time that I actually laughed at his face. I laughed and I couldn't stop for some time. Eventually I had to because I could practically see the steam coming out of his ears.

"Okay I'm done," I sobered up. "Listen here alpha queen bee. It's really bold of you to assume that I give a damn about all you clowns. Someone needs to smack you back to the real world. Where the Earth revolves around the Sun and NOT where the Universe revolves around YOU. And why don't you show Lizzie your gangster side because two minutes ago, you were hiding away from her like an abused victim. You're actually wasting my precious time so I'm going to go now."

I swiftly turned around and left. His reaction was something I would never forget though. He had absolutely no words. His grey eyes looked so lost and he didn't move an inch after I was done.

I left his gaping self and walked out the door. I had to get to my next class with Noah. We had to prepare for an important experiment. A project to be exact.

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"Hey I think I finally got this shit." Noah said excitedly.

"You sure? One hundred percent sure?"

"I mean I know I won't burn myself again," Noah grinned at me proudly. We were both putting on our lab coats. I prayed he wouldn't make the same mistake again and go through a near death experience. We were going to be dealing with enzymes. It doesn't sound dangerous but Noah had a special talent for self harm.

"Noah I want you to carry out the whole experiment this time."

"What?! Why?!" He yelled making us the center of attention. Even our lecturer gave him the look only lecturers could give their students.

"Shut up. I just want you to get used to it. If you get stuck I'll help so calm your balls." I gritted out. He scratched the back of his neck and did as he was told.

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"That was awesome. Did you see me in action?!!" I smiled at him.

"Yes, Noah. You were great." I chuckled at his excitement. Noah carried out the experiment with no problem. He almost dropped a few test tubes but I managed to save them. We were the third pair to finish our experiments for our project so it was a big deal. For Noah's performance, I paid for his lunch.

"Sooooooo, how's cupcake boy?" He drawled. Gone was my cool exterior. My cheeks instantly flared up. Noah laughed before his reaction changed. He squinted his eyes and looked out the window on the right side of the diner.

"What are you staring at?" I mumbled and followed his line of vision. We both saw Cora talking to one of her course mates. He was a lanky dude with square glasses. They were chatting happily and we witnessed how Cora would giggle from time to time. I observed the guy more closely.

"I know that guy. His name starts with an A. Abe? Andy-?"

"Andrew." Noah spat. He didn't sound happy at all. I on the other hand was ecstatic to see Cora giggling and Andrew staring at her with those lovey dovey eyes. Andrew's style was always swag. He had light brown skin and curly hair that matched his bright personality. As the best friend, I definitely approve.

I looked back at an annoyed Noah.

"Why are you so sour all of a sudden?!" I threw a fry at him.

"What does she see in that dude? He has no sense of humor, no style, and he's tone deaf!!"

"He's got style Noah. Everyone can see it. How do you know he's tone deaf?"

"You should listen to the songs he listens to. All crap. Just plain techno music and no actual words. Who listens to crap like that?"

"Um....this generation?"

Noah glared at me and took a huge bite out of his burger.

"How do you know so much about that guy? Why do you not like him?" I scanned Noah. He just shrugged and kept eating.

"If you like Cora...."

"Oh wow! I knew you were going to assume some cliché shit like that! Are all girls like you?"

"I dunno but most of the time we turn out to be right about stuff like this." I sipped on my iced tea.

"Just because I don't like that guy, that doesn't mean I have a thing for Cora. I'm perfectly happy getting laid once in a while." I scrunched up my nose at him. "Do what you want but don't get sick."

"I'm always careful AJ."

"Why do you just sleep around if you don't mind me asking? What's your deal? Is it the basic I don't wanna be tied down or.....?"

"Sort of. I haven't found anyone for me yet. I've tried to form serious relationships though. Trust me on that. It just never worked out for me. I'm still looking and in the mean time, I'm not gonna hold myself back." He winked at me. "So about cupcake boy..."

"I think I want to tell him how I feel." Noah dropped his half eaten burger on the plate and remained dumbfounded.

"Okay if it's a stupid, crazy, bad idea just tell me now. Tell me so I won't do it." Noah quickly snapped back.

"Whoa, do not back down. You have to tell him. He needs to know the truth before he gets diabetes from all that cupcake." I playfully smacked his hand and laughed. We were both quiet after that. That's when I started thinking hard.

"When do you think I should do it? I'm thinking maybe two weeks time?" I stared blankly at Noah.

"What the hell?" he scoffed, making me frown. "Why don't you tell him after you graduate?"

I rolled my eyes at Noah. Expressing my feelings to someone was an extremely huge deal for me. This has never happened before. What if he doesn't like me back? The better question was, what if I can't handle the rejection?

Just then I felt a knock on my forehead.

"Stop thinking so much and tell him by the end of this week."

"That's really funny. I can't do that! It's too soon!"

"What's too soon?" We both turned around and saw Willow and Cora.

"Cora you tell her. Tell her to be honest with Eli. She needs to tell him how she feels."

"Yeah AJ I think it's time." Cora egreed.

"Wasn't it time like a month ago? Come on AJ," Willow groaned.

"I'll think about it." I muttered and finished my meal.

"Cora can you take these back with you?" I handed her two heavy textbooks. I didn't need to bring them along to the bakery.

"Sure. Hey wait a minute, you don't have to go to work today." She tilted her head at me. Noah just gave her a look.

"Eli needs his daily dose of cupcakes. Did you forget?" Noah made kissy faces at me. Normally I would hit him but now, I could only blush and scramble out of my seat. Anything about Eli made me warm and fuzzy. I could hear Willow giggling as I left the diner.

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I don't know how else to tell you this. I wish I had the strength to tell you this face to face but I guess I'm a wimp when it comes to showing my soft side. Especially this particular soft side. I guess I'm more afraid of your rejection that I thought I would be.

I like you. Okay I'm lying. I more than like you. I think about you all the time and when I don't see you for some time, I really start to miss you and I feel this unexplainable longing in my heart. You make me enjoy long conversations. You make me genuinely happy. I want to know you even more. I want you to be mine. I know this might sound cliché or stupidly dramatic but my feelings are real. And because they're real, I'm not afraid to fall for you. You will know who I am real soon and I can only hope you would accept me and my bizzare personality that can drive you insane.

For now, enjoy.

It was the longest note so far.

My insides felt warm. I blushed as I read the letter again. Oh gosh if anyone saw me doing this. For now, only Cora knew I send him secret letters and even she doesn't know what they were about. I couldn't bring myself to tell her so instead, I let her guess.

"Oh, please I hope this works for us." I whispered to myself before placing the rich mango flavoured cupcake into the silver box. My mouth watered just by its smell. Thick mango puree slid down the sides off the cake. The top of the cupcake was decorated with there mango tarts.

Why didn't I make one for myself?

"AJ stop experimenting and go home!!" Winnie the Pooh yelled. Well goodbye bakery.

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I was busy going through my quiz book while my lecturer gave his talk.

It was Wednesday and we had a four hour lecture on microbiology. Noah was busy doodling while taking short notes. Yeah he could do both at the same time.

While I did my last quiz, my mind drifted to the silver box resting in my desk space. Although I'm aware of Eli not knowing that it was going to be me sending him the cupcake, I felt the gripping anxiety for this one. This is me confessing my feelings to him.

I never imagined a day like this. I never imagined I could ever be in a position like this.

"Hey, are you alright?" Noah's concerned voice brought me out of my reverie.

"Yeah, I'm fine. This last question is quite difficult." He scoffed and muttered about me being a dramatic nerd.

It felt like a never-ending lecture but somehow, by some miracle, it came to an end.

"Don't run." Noah warned me as soon as it was over. I chuckled and nodded at him in understanding.

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Later that day, placing the silver box under Eli's desk was the hardest thing to do. It felt like I was placing my heart in an oven. And when it's ready to be cut open, you don't know how good it was going to be. Whether the critique was going to like it or not. The moment I strode out of the hall, I quickly walked away from the area and rested my back against the wall. I let out a heavy breath and touched my forehead. I felt the moisture on my hand. Realizing that I was sweating due to the whole situation, I frowned upon myself.

Get a fucking grip AJ! He likes you, he likes you and if he doesn't so what?!

Hah! I wish it was that easy to convince myself.

I calmed my raging heart beat as I slowly walked out of the building.

"Mhmmmm, yeah baby."

"I think this is enough Gabriemmm-"

"Seriously, stop. I don't need more drama justmmhmm." Again, she pulled his face towards her and connected her lips to his.

Eww Gabrielle. You should really do it somewhere else. You never know when Lizzie is going to pop in.

Gabrielle and alpha queen bee slash the sorority mother were openly making out at the side of the building. Well, I wouldn't call it making out anymore. He was actually pulling away from her but she kept pulling him towards her so that she could deepen the kiss. Gross. Why did I have to look?!

A few of his faithful sorority children were hanging around too. Among them was none other than Jax.

Gabrielle's deafening moans made me roll my eyes.

Hey at least they weren't blocking any entrance. Talk about progress. I scoffed making them stop.

Oops.

Gabrielle turned around and glared at me. Partially shocked. Again.

"Why are you always here?! You don't have any classes in this part-"

"Yeah? How would you know Gabrielle?" I snapped at her and turned around. However, I didn't miss the way alpha queen bee looked at me. He was literally shooting lazers at me with his stare. He must think I was going to crumble. Just like a typical queen bee. I shook my thoughts away and kept walking after side stepping Gabrielle.

A moment later I heard Rylen say he needed to be somewhere else. She wanted to continue her make out session but he blew her off. Quite rudely at that. What else could one expect from a dude who believes that he was the center of the universe? Gabrielle staggered back and pouted like an insolent child. She tried to touch him but he held her wrist and dropped her hand.

"Hey sailorman!!" Jax drowned out their conversation. Not like I needed to hear any of that in the first place.

I gave Jax a curt nod and walked past him.

"So what were you actually doing in there?" He gave me a knowing smirk. Like he knew something I didn't.

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