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Ed's POV

Sidney got mad at me, and I hated myself for making her feel anger.

I was mad too, yes, but it was all just because of Jonathan. I was hurt that Sidney never told me about their little meeting. I understood that she felt alone then because of the whole Aubrey-but-really-Hayley thing, but I was disappointed that she never mentioned it to me even once.

I knew that Jonathan only bullied Sidney because he liked her, but I was afraid that he'd do it again. Bully her and still like her.

I am so in love with Sidney. I'd shout it to the world if I could. I couldn't imagine losing her just because of Jonathan, or any stupid guy that decided to come in between me and her.

But because of my fear of Jonathan taking her away from me, we fought.

She walked away and I could tell that she was on the verge of crying. It broke my heart seeing her like that.

I called, "Sidney!" She didn't look back.
Again, "Sidney!" She didn't look back.

I stood there dumbfounded. What had I done?

...

"You look horrible, dude." Harry pointed out as I went inside our dorm room.

"I know." I said. "Sidney and I just had a fight." I sighed. I threw my bag on my bed and sat down. The school had ended, and Sidney and I didn't talk after our fight.

For five hours, I didn't hear her voice. For five hours, the thought of Sidney angry at me made me crazy.

Harry shook his head in disappointment. "A fight on the first day of school. Be careful man." He said. He then stood up and grabbed one of the root beers that was placed neatly in rows on his desk.

My roommate had cans of root beers instead of books on his studying table. Great.

He pulled the ring of the can so I heard fizzles, and he drank a few sips before he said, "You better fix your relationship." He sipped another one on his soda. "You don't want it to get bigger."

He was right. If I let this fight get into us, it'll only grow bigger until we would just break apart. And God knows I would never want that to happen.

It wasn't her fault. It wasn't my fault. It was our fault. We just misunderstood each other.

"Thanks man." I said.

He smirked. "Anytime." He finished his soda with three gulps and threw it on the trash can by shooting it like it was basketball. I'd give him two points because it went inside. "I'm going to the bakery. You want to come?" He asked.

I smiled, thinking about Sidney. I knew just the thing to do. "Yes." I told him.

The bakery was a small shop a few meters away from school. The exterior looked cozy, so I guessed that the interior was the same as well. The moment we stepped inside, I could immediately smell the fresh scent of baked bread.

It wasn't crowded as I expected it to be, since it was near the school, but there was enough people inside for me to call the place loud.

At the corner I saw Sidney's roommate. Her name was Zoe, I think. I'm just not sure.

She saw me and waved. I waved back but it was too low that it wasn't high enough to reach my head.

There were other girls with her. I was surprised how she already had that much friends on the first day of school. I only had Harry and Sidney. But honestly, it wasn't what bothered me most. They were all whispering and stealing glances at me, so I knew for sure that it was me they were talking about.

I just did my best to ignore them. But I could still feel their glances, and it made me feel awkward like I was being watched.

When Harry and I finally reached the counter, I ordered something, or some things, that I knew Sidney would like.

A jar of cookies, a box of butterscotch, a small round chocolate cake with an I'm Sorry written on it, and a frappe for her and me.

"You sure you won't have diabetes with that?" Harry laughed at me and ordered his own food. The guy ordered three donuts and three cans of root beers.

I chuckled. "Nah." I shrugged. "I think what I'll get is forgiveness."

I was outside Sidney's room. I debated with myself what the perfect way to apologize to her would be. Knock and say, please forgive me? Or say I'm sorry? Or say, I have food?

The I have food was a good idea, but I suddenly had another one, and I couldn't help but laugh at it. I think she'll be surprised.

I placed the cookies, cake, butterscotch and frappe on the floor just in front of her door. I intentionally placed the cake with the I'm Sorry icing in the middle so that when she sees the things I've brought her, it's gonna the first thing she'll see.

I took a deep breath. I really hoped she'll like it and forgive me.

I knocked on her door and stepped aside so she would see the food first instead of me.

At first, there was silence. I got nervous. What if she wasn't there? What if she went outside by herself or something? What if she really got mad at me and went around with someone else?

I was about to knock again, but then I heard the doorknob move. I got startled and hurriedly removed my hand from the door and stood frozen beside it. I tell you, if there was a cctv, the video would go viral because I looked stupid.

And then the door opened. At first I didn't see anything. Sidney was probably wondering why no one was there so she didn't come out. My heart beat grew every second as I waited for her to come out.

Then, I saw her head and hands pick up the food on the floor.

She just sat there for a second, looking at the cake with the message. She didn't touch it, she just looked at it like it was an UFO. Untouched Food, Obviously.

I took that moment and sat down, and wrapped my hands around her waist.

She got startled, all right. She moved in surprise, but the thing was, she moved with gentleness. Like she was still inside the world of the cake. And with that gentleness, I held her gently as I wrapped my arms around her and told her that it was just me and everything was just okay.

"Ed, you scared me!" She said, her hand on her chest. She breathed in and out, closing her eyes, and she was just beautiful that I just held her there and looked at her.

I smiled at her. "Sorry. I wanted to surprise you." I then looked away and bit my lip. "And apologize, for this morning. I should've listened to you. Maybe Jonathan did change, but I was just afraid that he still likes you. My fear beat me. I'm sorry. Also I'm sorry for...."

I stopped because she cupped her hands on my face. I couldn't help but smile at her face. She was the most beautiful girl in the world. In my world.

"It's okay Ed. I accept your apology." She assured me and rested her forehead on mine. "I'm sorry too. I didn't think about what you felt."

I sighed in relief. This was what I liked about our relationship. We may fight because of misunderstandings, but in the end, we choose to understand each other.

We were just there, on the floor, my arms around her and our foreheads touching.

"We better get inside before the others think that we're on some sort of pictorial." She joked and stood up. She looked at the food. "You are going to make me fat, Ed." She said.

I stood up as well. I picked up the food and then faced her. "I wouldn't care. Even if you're a hundred pounds, I'd still love you and I'd still think that you're the most beautiful girl in the world." I told her, and every word on that sentence came from my heart.

We went inside and ate the food. I ate like 20% percent of them, and the rest was Sidney's. I thought about it and maybe she was right. I am making her fat.

I was about to throw the wrappers away when Sidney stopped me.

"Don't." She gripped on my wrist.

I raised an eyebrow at her. "Why?" I asked, confused.

She looked away. "Just don't." She said shyly. "I can just throw them myself later."

I had more questions, but decided against it. She looked like she didn't want to talk about it, so I didn't push her. I can't make her talk about something she doesn't want to talk about. I didn't want us fighting again.

"Okay." I said, giving her the wrappers. She just placed them on her table, where I noticed a picture of us was placed.

The picture was taken at a beach back home. Sidney was wearing a cute white dress while I just wore shorts. We were holding hands, and apparently, Sidney's mom took a photo of us while we were walking by the beach. I had the picture inside my wallet. Surprisingly, Sidney had one too on her desk.

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Sidney saw me looking at it. "I liked that picture of us." She said. Then her eyebrows scrunched up.

"What's wrong?" I asked her.

She shook her head. "Nothing." She sighed. "It's just that Zoe said she thought you were my brother when she looked at the picture."

I snorted. "How could I be your brother on that?" I asked. "We were holding hands, Sid. Brothers and sisters don't go holding hands like that on the beach."

"Exactly!" She exclaimed. "It's just weird. I can't believe I haven't thought of that yesterday." She slapped her forehead and groaned."

I raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong with it?" I asked.

She sighed. "I don't want to trust her, Ed." She admitted. "Yesterday she said that she thought you were my brother and that you're hot. I wanted to snap at her, but I thought she just really thought you were my brother. I think she was lying."

I placed my arms around her shoulders and rubbed my palms on them to make her feel better. I wanted to tell her how Zoe waved at me and talked about me at the bakery shop, but decided not to.

Maybe they weren't talking about me and I was just assuming. I don't want to talk something bad about a person I barely knew.

"Try to know her better first. If you find out that she's up to something, just tell me and she'll wish she never met you." I assured her.

She rested her head on my shoulder. "Thank you." She said. I didn't answer, but I smiled without her seeing.

I just needed to let her know that I'll protect her no matter what.

...

4 days later

"Are you sure you want to go to this party?" I asked Sidney as we were walking towards the parking lot with Harry behind us.

She was wearing a plain t-shirt, skinny jeans and her favorite converse, while I was wearing a baseball tee, black pants and sneakers.

I was relieved that Sidney wasn't like the other girls who wear too revealing clothes just for a party, where they know perverts are  lurking everywhere.

She just nodded in response. I could tell that she was nervous. She wasn't a party person, and neither was I.

"Are you sure?" I asked again. "We could just stay if you want." I told her.

She sighed. "I think we should go." She said. "I really need a break from this whole college thing."

I only nodded in response. We finally reached the parking lot and we all got inside my car for our ride to the party.

Harry gave me directions since I didn't know the address. We weren't familiar with streets yet, so we had to ask Google where Peter's house was.

When we finally found the place, my jaw dropped, and I had the feeling that Harry and Sidney's jaws dropped too.

It wasn't a house. It was mansion. A huge mansion with about 50 cars parked around, loud music blaring from its windows, and about five hundred people dancing with red cups on their hands.

"Is Peter a college student, or a millionaire?" Sidney asked, obviously shocked.

"Let's go and find out." Harry tapped my shoulders and got out of the car. Sidney and I followed.

On the way inside, I held Sidney's hand. It was the only thing I could do since talking would probably be pointless because of the noise. On the way inside, I saw some people in some of my classes, and they all nodded at me but I could tell that they were already drunk.

I felt Sidney's hand grip mine tighter, so I knew she was nervous with the environment that surrounded us. I was glad that I wasn't the only one.

We were finally inside the house. Mansion, I mean. I was amazed with exterior. With the interior? No words would be enough to describe how huge, amazing, and jaw dropping it was.

I was still astonished with the mansion when Sidney suddenly dragged me away. "Where are we going?" I asked, then I remembered that there was no way she could hear me with the noise.

She finally stopped walking and let go of my hand. She then leaned on a wall, and tilted her head telling me to lean beside her. And I did.

She rested her head on my shoulder and we both watched all the drunk people in front of us dance. I didn't know them, and I wondered if I'll ever have a chance to.

I kind of missed high school. Life was smaller back then. Even during school events, the people were much lesser that you could know everyone. Looking at the people that surrounded me that moment, made me miss high school real bad.

I was startled when I felt Sidney's lips touch my ears. She whispered, "Let's just stay here. No drinking. Just watching."

I looked at her, with her eyes surrounded with black from lack of sleep, her lips cracking probably from dehydration, and her face gloomy due to stress, and smiled at her. "Okay." I mouthed.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could feel someone watching us. I turned to look at him and saw a blonde guy. I realized that he wasn't staring at me. He was staring at Sidney.

I leaned to Sidney's ears. "Do you know that blonde guy who keeps on staring at you?" I asked, trying my best to ask it clearly.

She looked at him. She nodded. "His name is Zach." She said. "He helped me find the cafeteria last Monday."

I nodded in understanding. But something was suspicious about him.

I wanted to tell Sidney to never talk to him ever again, but I didn't want to sound over protective. Plus, I still didn't know the guy. Maybe he had a reason why he was staring at Sidney.

Okay, fine. I was jealous of how serious he looked at Sidney, and I was afraid that he would like her because I admit that he was good looking and I don't want to lose Sidney.

Damn. I'm such a jealous boy friend.

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Fourth Chapter. Weeeeeeh! Four chapters in a week. I'm so proud of myself! 🤗

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