Jade Thirlwall.

An edge of my lips curved up as I smirked at the thought of the girl's name. I crossed my arms to my chest and sluggishly laid my back on my seat, my eyes doing their normal routine as they glance at the brown-eyed girl who was conspicuously squirming under my intense stare. I grinned victoriously as I looked back at the blackboard.

That girl definitely likes me. And as arrogant as that sounded, I know that it was the truth. She was just playing hard-to-get.

"Psst... Jade!" I whisper-shouted. But she didn't bother to look at me. I stared at her, more like stared at her jawline which actually looked hotter when you look at it closely.

"Edwards, please stop that," her innocent and childish voice caught my attention as I met her uneasy gaze.

I feigned innocence, tilted my head. "Stop what? Looking at your beautiful face?"

She nodded sharply. "Yes."

I shook my head, my charming smile still plastered on my pretty face. "I would appreciate a 'thank you'---you know. I'm sure it was your first time to hear someone compliment you like that."

"It was definitely not the first time I have been complimented... especially by you," she tells me matter-of-factly. "And I would appreciate it if you just stop with your innocent facade because it doesn't take a genius to figure out how arrogant and presumptious you are."

I raised my eyebrows in astonishment and surprise. Well, this girl is definitely something I'll give her that. She's basically the only new student who didn't give in that easily---and it bothered me. I leaned my cheek upon my hand as I stare at her. To be frank, the longer I peer into her intense and mysterious hazel brown eyes, the more I desire to touch her. I raised my hand and slowly lifted it towards her face when I suddenly felt my hand being slapped away and simultaneously heard my name too.

"Thirlwall and Edwards, first warning."

My eyes darted up at Miss Halls, my History teacher who apparently happens to be a bitch and ruin the only chance I could have with Jade. I looked back at Jade, whose eyebrows were connected and I knew she was upset because of what I did.

I chuckled, "Relax, love. It's just a warning."

She shot me a glare. "Yeah, for you. I swear if I get detention on my first year of school---"

"Trust me. If you know Miss Halls you'd know how forgetful she is," I smiled at her reassuringly and leaned closer to the side, my face inches away from her. I whispered, "She'll even forget you even had a warning."

Jade gave me an incredulous look, as if she isn't even believing at least a single word that I said. Though it seems like my smile looked adequately genuine because when she saw it, her face softened and she heaved a soft sigh and nodded subtly.

I chuckled. That girl was something.

~•~•~

Jade Thirlwall.

Once again, an edge of my lips curved up as I smirked once I saw her passed by the corridor. Only 3 days had passed by without a sight of her pretty face yet here I am, leaning back on my car's leather seat, cogitating about how that girl whom I know little to nothing seemed to effortlessly take my breath away.

Impulsively, I unbuckled my seatbelt and quickly got out of my car as I jogged towards her.

"Hi, Jade," I greeted cordially once I reached her, running my fingers through my blonde waves as I rest them on my shoulder.

Jade turned her head and rolled her eyes when she made eye contact with me. "Well, I wonder why I wasn't surprised to see you again."

Jade faced the front again and kept walking, as if acting like our conversation a few milliseconds ago wasn't even part of her history. I shook my head and trailed beside her. "You were absent for 3 days and I would like to know the reason why."

"It's none of your business."

I smiled. What a typical Jade reply. "Don't make me force it out on you, love."

She glanced at me through her peripheral vision. "Try me."

"Go out with me," I retorted. Jade's footsteps went to an abrupt stop and she snapped her head to look at me with an incredulous look.

"Are you serious?"

I shrugged. "Sadly, I am."

"No," she quickly answered. And before I could even muster a reply, Jade was already a few steps ahead as she walks briskly away from me.

I jogged after her. "Why not?"

"Because I don't know you."

I let out a giggle. I have never heard such a blunt reply, nor have I have ever met such a blunt person like this girl. "Isn't that the point of a date? So that we'll get to know each other?"

Her feet halted once more, and I copied her as I watched how she turned her head beautifully and wonderfully. Jade crossed her arms in front of her chest and rolled her eyes as she lets out a sigh that sounded like frustration. She holds up a finger in front of me.

"Let me rephrase that," she paused, then she leaned forward, our foreheads almost touching and I swore I felt something ignite within me. She speaks again, slowly this time, "I don't want to know you."

"Watch out, Thirlwall," I warned the brown-eyed girl. I closed the gap between both of our foreheads and smirked. "I'm not giving up that easily. And sooner or later, you will go on a date with me."

Then I saw her eyes darkened, as she looks at me... somehow seductively.

"Try me," she spoke, her voice was different this time. It was laced with seductiveness. It was raspy and low. I gulped silently as she continued to hold her intense and sensual gaze.

And then I noticed her gaze switched, and she took a quick glimpse down at my lips. I watched with arousal how she sinks her teeth in her bottom lip, and how she opened her mouth slightly as she grazed her tongue gently on her lip.

And I would be lying if I said I wasn't turned on.

And in the blink of an eye, she walked away again, but I didn't stop her nor did I do anything for that matter. I just stood there, practically frozen as if Medusa's snake hair just so happened to catch my gaze and froze me right in the spot.

I smiled. That girl was something.

~•~•~

Jade Thirlwall.

My mouth curled up at the edges at the thought of her name again. I could actually say her name a hundred times a day and still love the sound it comes from my mouth. Because that's how whipped I was about this intriguing brown-eyed girl.

I trudged down the familiar path towards my classroom, wondering why I couldn't find Jade sitting down on a park bench near my locker. I shook my head. She's just gonna be late, I guess.

And that's when I saw her again, but this time, I saw her with someone else.

My mouth turned into a straight line as I stare at them. They were whispering God-knows-what in each other's ears and I forcefully swallowed a formed lump in my throat as I saw Jade slowly brush her lips with the guy. Her slim fingers were losing themselves inside the guy's brunette wavy hair while his hands roamed around Jade's body.

It was sickening.

And before I could even do something I'll inevitably regret, I whirled my heel around and walked away.

Am I missing something here? Was I just hallucinating her kissing another pair of lips? Or was it just my delusional and paranoid mind?

My heart was palpitating at the thought of her now in a relationship with someone else. It was as if my heart just wanted to rebel, leap out of my chest and hunt down the guy who just so happened to steal the girl whom I would die for. And this time, I wasn't even exaggerating any of it.

I plopped down on my seat and heaved a sigh as I looked down at my notebook.

There were... fresh teardrops? I slowly shook my head when another teardrop fell, wetting yet another dry paper in my notebook.

"What the fuck?" I muttered. Well, there's only one way to find out where it came from.

I wiped my eyes, seeing warm fresh transparent liquid running down my fingertips.

I heaved a heavy sigh. Today is going to be a long day, now that my heart is figuratively shredded into pieces by a girl whom I barely even know.

I frowned. That girl was something.

~•~•~

Jade.

I couldn't bring nor force myself to say her last name for saying the first syllable makes my throat want to puke every food that I just digested in my stomach.

3 months. We didn't talk for 3 months all because she is now with someone else. I don't even know the guy's name, nor do I want to even know at least the first letter of it. Because just by looking at his face I knew that I truly and immensely despised him as an individual.

"Hey, Edwards."

I froze in my seat as I heard her beautiful and alluring voice. My head slowly turning to face her and my pupils dilated as I finally met her gaze, her usual uneasy gaze.

I shifted on my seat uncomfortably and gulped silently as I suddenly felt self-conscious under her stare this time---which was ironic considering I have never felt this way for someone before. And Jade seemed to notice this as she unanticipatedly placed her hand on top of mine and I glanced at her.

She smiles at me and squeezed my hand. "Don't worry. I'm still the same Jade."

"Are you really the same Jade?" I snapped. I saw her eyelids stretched up for a second as if she never expected me to even say that. But I couldn't care less.

"I am the same Jade," Jade mumbled under her breath. She drew her hand back as she stared at me quizzically. "What are you talking about?"

I rolled my eyes at her response. Lies. "Because the Jade that I know wouldn't talk to me because she's agitated by me."

"I'm not agitated by you," she quickly replied.

"Really?" I countered. And I could feel her body tense from my uneasy and unsettled gaze. I chuckled humorlessly. "Then you've changed."

"What's the matter with you---"

"Jade, I don't want to talk to you right now, so leave me alone," I finished as I tore my eyes away from her and looked back down at my notebook. And even if I wasn't looking at her, I could still feel Jade holding her curious gaze at me and I heaved a sigh.

Even though I told her to ignore me, I was still hoping she won't give up on me because right now, I admit that I was already missing her gentle voice speaking to me softly. But seeing Jade take in a deep breath and turned to look away in my peripheral vision, I knew that Jade already did.

I turned my head to look at her and I instantly regretted doing that because she looked gorgeous.

I shook my head and looked away. That girl was something.

~•~•~

"Perrie, we need to talk. Please meet me at my usual spot. You know where that is. Goodbye." I shut my phone and slammed it on top of the counter as I frustratedly bury my face in my palms.

Of course. Why am I not surprised that she believed such ridiculous rumours?

After our little interesting conversation a month ago, I told her to leave me alone. And in my surprise, she obliged. She didn't acknowledge me when I walked past her as she sat down comfortably on her bench. She didn't bother to contact me or even messaged a simple 'hey' or a mere 'sorry'. She didn't even made eye contact with me.

But that was until a rumour about me was spread in school.

I sighed as I spun around to storm off the house and towards my parked car.

I know that I told her to back off and I swore to myself to never talk to her again. But I just needed answers; I needed to know why she said such a ridiculous thing about me and what her real motives are; I needed to know why she was doing what she was doing and so as I pulled into the familiar driveway in school, I was ready to listen if it means getting the answers that I wanted at the end of the day.

I trudged down the memorized pathway towards her usual spot in the bench and froze once I saw her seated there alone. She looked different this time; she looked beautiful in school days but right now she looked like a goddess. Her ombré waves braided at the sides as they laid there on her shoulder, her hands fastened around her crossed legs as she leaned back on the bench. And I watched her chest rise up and quickly release.

Without procrastination, I walked up to her with a confident mask and sat down beside her without a cordial greeting. I could tell she was startled by me as I felt her body tensed for a moment before relaxing beside me.

We didn't talk for a moment... a long moment. 5 minutes to be exact. Though that doesn't mean that Jade wasn't acknowledging my presence. I couldn't count in one hand how many times I had watched her open her mouth then quickly closed it for she didn't know what to say first.

I sighed, "Why, Jade?"

I expected her to be startled but it seems like she's been practicing for ages for this one because I was the one startled with what she said next.

"Because that's the truth. Because that is what you deserve---"

"Bullshit," I interjected, shaking my head as I try to compose myself. "Those are fucking lies and you know it. I did not kiss your boyfriend because your boyfriend was the one who kissed me. I did not initiate the first move nor did I plan to do so because he was an asshole and I don't pursue assholes."

"Liar," Jade muttered, standing up on her feet and walked away and I did not hesitate to jog after her.

"What?"

"You kissed him," Jade claimed, completely ignoring everything I said.

"He kissed me!"

"But you kissed him back!" Jade countered, and I let out a chuckle though not showing her any amusement at all.

"I so did not kiss him back, Jade. What the fuck is wrong with you?"

"I don't believe you because you're a liar," Jade hissed.

"Said the girl who believed in every lie she's been told!" I hissed back. I swore that I would try to control myself but my patience is decreasing drastically and I couldn't help but be pissed off with what Jade is actually claiming.

Did she actually believe those shits that people say? Did she actually think that I would betray her and kiss her boyfriend who doesn't even deserve her? Is she actually that stupid to even believe such farcical and delusional scenarios?

"Tell me the truth, Perrie. That is what I deserve," Jade tells me, her words laced with bitterness and threat though I still put on my confident facade and did not give her a sign that I had gave in to her.

Jade and I remained standing with a thick and feisty tension surrounding the both of us as we stare at each other with contempt.

I peered into her and realized how much I missed her dark and mysterious hazel brown eyes. They were staring at me as well, but I did not make a move as I held my gaze. They were the kind of brown eyes that made my heart flutter yet crack at the same time; the kind of brown eyes that never failed to impress and simultaneously captivate me.

I heaved a sigh. She wanted the truth? Then I'll give her the truth.

"I love you, Jade."

Jade's eyes twitched, as if a branch or a twig had just been snapped out of the tree's body and I watched how her hard face immediately softened.

"Wh-what?"

I hesitantly took a dangerous step forward as I remained gazing at her. I spoke again but softly this time, "You want the truth? That's the truth, Jade. I love you. Now if you still don't believe everything that I've said then... that's not my problem."

I find myself leaning forward. My eyes looking down at Jade's heart-shaped lips this time as our foreheads touched each other. She didn't budge. She didn't move a single muscle as I came closer to her.

"I'm going to kiss you now," I whispered as I leaned even closer to her.

I said the previous time that I would try to control myself but right now, it seemed like my brain was on a shut down and my heart was the one in charge this time. I couldn't stop myself because as soon as my lips collided with her soft ones, I have been addicted.

Her lips tasted delectable; I couldn't get enough. I lifted my hand, my palm landing on her soft and smooth cheek and I pulled away slowly as if to tease her.

I watched as she slowly lifted her eyelids, allowing me to peer into those brown orbs once again. I peered into them deeper, I needed her eyes to show me a sign if she had liked the kiss. But I found none. In fact, her eyes were just holding a plain stare.

I drew my hand back at my side frantically. "Jade?"

Her mouth curled up at the edges as she smiles at me. I blinked a few times, wondering why the smile never left her face for I thought she'd be mad.

And then I felt her hand gripping my neck before I could even say anything and she pulled me into her again as her eyes were shut and her mouth covered mine in a another kiss. I closed my eyes and kissed her back, her face between my hands as I deepened it.

I felt her smile creeping up and she pulled away. I looked at her expectantly.

She smiled widely. "Kiss me again, please."

I smiled back at her and did not wait a second before our lips collide as the space between us starts to decrease. I now know the feeling of being the person that Jade is kissing right now. I now have the power to roam my hands around her slim body and she has the power to lose her hands inside my blonde waves.

I mentally smiled.

Jade Thirlwall. This girl was definitely something.