Cast : Ace Rodriguez Aka Damian Saca

And Cara Martin Aka Lilly Collins

Cara was in her canteen after completing her classes for the day. She was waiting for the bus to arrive after which she could go home. As she was alone, she looked for the person she wanted to have a look at least once a day. It was like a medicine which she needed once per day. She saw him sitting in the corner with a bunch of boys. She sighed dreamily looking at him.

Cara's pov-

I always knew something was different about him. Something unique about him.. Which made him stand out from too many people..
The way he walked.. god the way he talked. His looks.. His charms..

As cliche as it sounds, Ace was perfect in every way.
He really was.

As I leave the cafeteria, he glances at me.
I meet his gaze and eventually our eye contact is broken.
I make my way outside towards the large yellow busses.
The driver ushers students on and I pile in just like the rest of the kids.

I take my seat all the way in the back and most of the students give me a bad look when I pass them. It was always like this, everyone over here somehow hated me. I never had a friend except Lily. But today she was absent.
I ignore them all and I sit down quietly.

I take out my phone quietly and I put my earbuds in.
I turn Adam Lambert- Closer to you
on and I turn it up to drown out my loneliness.
I blankly stare at the bus door and the last kid is Ace.
I glance away from the door before he notices my stare and he takes a seat across the aisle from me in the back as there are no more seats left anywhere else except next to me and where he is now sitting.
I don't turn my head but instead I close my eyes and think about the music.

"Sorry, it's late, I know I missed your call again.
Been tryna change, got stuck in my ways again.
I've been feeling faded, disconnected lately.
Missin' What money can't buy,
All I want to do is be brand new.
I swear I'd give it all up just for you,
And I would sink my house down underwater.
I would trade all my gold for dirt.
Let me tell you right now,
I would walk through fire just to hold you,
Whatever gets me closer to you"

I open my eyes and I casually glance over at Ace.
His eyes were already in my direction and it surprised me.
His black eyes lock with my hazel ones but he doesn't smile.
I've never actually spoken to him, and I can't help but wonder what his beautiful voice must sound like.

My expression stays flat like his and I eventually look away.
The next song comes blasting through my earbuds and I take them out and turn off my phone.
I Place them back into my backpack and I blank out again, staring forward.
Suddenly I felt something cold send a shiver down my spine.

"What were you listening to?"
Suddenly a voice speaks next to me.
I quickly turn my head and I realize that Ace is sitting right next to me.

"Uh.. Closer to you"
Is all I reply and I stare into his almost pitch black eyes.

"Why did you stop?"
He asks and I'm almost confused.

"Because I just felt like it,"  I replied back.

"Why so rude? Have I asked something wrong?" He said,

" I'm not interested in talking with you.. now will you please stop talking!"

And suddenly the bus comes to a stop and the bus driver calls for my stop.
I quickly get up and walk out, not paying him another glance.

But I could feel his gaze on my back..

That was the first time he'd ever talked to me.. but why now?
Why about music?
Why did he look at me like he wanted to know everything about me?
Why had it all of sudden he been here to talk with me?

I walk down the exhaust stained concrete sidewalk for what feels like hours.
I get to the front door of my house and I unlock it.
I walk in and it's empty as usual, my mother is gone at work and my dad is no longer around.
The silence fills my ears and I throw my bag down on my bed.
My family has never really been “whole” I guess you could say.
We’ve always had issues.
My mom is basically an alcoholic and my dad is a gambler. But atleast mom goes to work and earns her drinks and dad's gambling.
It’s been hard my entire life but I always found a way to get through it, I guess.

I've been a scholarship student. I don't know how I would've survived if both of them had been dependent on me.

I take a shower and I let the hot water run over my skin.
I put on some light blue pajama bottoms and a white T-shirt.

I hop in bed and I can't help but reflect on the day.
The way he looked at me,
The way he spoke to me.

How is it that every part of me is attracted to him in some weird way?
It’s like he has a hold over me somehow.
Like he’s luring me into a trap.

Cara you're losing it, he’s not out to get you.
He’s totally fine and he wouldn’t hurt you, emotionally and physically.
I will try to tell myself.

Why was it so difficult to not to think about him?
At Least before today I used to believe I'm invisible to him, but after today's talk I won't be able to give reasons to myself...

I try to keep my mind from drifting back to him but it doesn’t work very well, I drift to sleep at the thought of him. Knowing that I'll again meet him in my dream land..

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