Holden's pov

Yesterday was one of the most scariest moment in the world when i saw the braves and strongest girl in the world who i knew looked like she was falling apart so i gave her my helped to try control her panic attacks by focusing on her breathing then i immediately passed everyone that were in my way to rushed over to her aid.

Flora my cousin and Grayson a close friend of mine were sat in the living room alongside me during listening to me explained everything that i saw last night even though, i decided to take all of this business into my own hands to be investigated by me because i don't take all of that nonsense which were happening to her lightly she doesn't deserve for this forked up mess to happened to her.

"Whoever this low life is or whenever I find out who would do such a thing to her." I paused to try to control my breathing before my rage and then I said " I would break every single bone in their body."

If this was any old normal day then I would have irritated her or pointed out to her that all of the boys who she had loved before were stupid just knowing she never had a chance to experience what real love was. However, i was so vexed that someone was trying to threatened her as if they weren't man enough to showed their faces like why hide behind those threatening notes to go undercover being afraid that they might get caught which meant this person was a coward for doing this in my opinion but anyways, i was sitting there clenching and unclenching my fist as Flora, Grayson and Fletcher who had just walked into the room with a carton full of orange juice he was drinking out from which reminded me to buy my own orange juice from now on even if i only drink apple juice.

Moreover, I was willing to figure out who it was that spooked her in return, leaving her feeling so small as I continued to explained it to a few of my friends and Flora. It was then that I decided I would follow her around, get some hired help or a couple of my friends to be her bodyguard for her own protection for her own good not caring if she said no at all.

"I think what you're doing is mightn't be good given your situation with her although I can see your good intentions behind it. Besides, don't you think that you're infringing on her freedom?"asked my cousin Flora.

I was well aware of that problem that Flora had just addressed but it was the only way to protect her from getting hurt to kill two birds with one stone in letting me know that she was safe irregardless of the invasion of her privacy plus it would be very indirectly which mean she wouldn't even noticed it was me who had people looking after her or an extra pair of eyes on her. Therefore, she does need to learn a lot of self defence skills if she was going to keep herself protected from harm as I ruled out every single girl on campus including the boys except for someone who might be mad at her for her recent broadcasting about her hit list then i would have to set my sights on them.

The listed names of people inside my mind who were responsible for the death threats notes kept getting shorter by a minute as i messages every single guy that was on the list soon as i started revisited the list it might be her ex-boyfriend Knight or all the other ones although we were going to need proof against them. He was must me furious when she trash talked him in front of his friends despite all of it, i definitely wanted to teach him a lesson for any further notice, she loved to figured who done it a mysterious case except in her case it wasn't a murder mystery stuff for starter, i learned a few important information about this so i guess that we were teamed up together to prevent some sicko from getting to hurt her too.

"You might be right Flora but I need you to keep in contact with her please." I begged my cousin Flora.

In the meantime, my cousin Flora was agreed to did what i had asked of her whilst Grayson sat there to helped me thought of a plan even if i hated to admitted it that there was no other girls like her who loved to speak their own mind, smart-mouth, intelligent, so elegantly gorgeous as her beauty shine through every single day, stubborn, strong and know how to make me smile. Her personality was divine and one of my favorite assets about her that I awfully admired too much.

"Mate, we will do whatever it takes ro help keep your girl safe." said Fletcher reassuringly.

Sometime, i wished that i could prevent her from being scared or stop her from pretending that everything the universe and other people put us through in life suck tremendously even that she had always denied herself of being looked after by others who loved her the most because she keeping on saying that was a big girl who could handle her own problem as she kept bluffing. She thinks that she was on her own, which I know she would never go to me knowing her pride was similar to mine, because I know all too well when she was sitting on the bathroom floor crying especially when she needed someone who could save from it. Furthermore, the best plan that i could come up with although, it could be a little risky for us to do it also, this plan can reveal many truths for us.

"Do...you must really like this girl, if you want to keep her safe and she's constantly stuck in your mind."Grayson in a matter of factly way to me.

In addition to this, there was no point of denying how i felt about her as heard my cousin Flora immediately gasped when she heard me not denying anything or confirming her suspicions about how she thought my feeling for a strong headed, Smartass Natalia, whilst her eyes widened in surprise alongside her lips that twitched up in a happy smile at me. Yep that was us McClellan bunch of men in our family were too prideful or egotistical to admit our true emotions about how we truly feel. My cousin was proud of me for finally telling her how I feel.

And for a beat, i thought to myself that there was no possible way the ame girl who i been pinning after would ever like me as we don't always seem eye-to-eye now seeing my plan might be a bug stretched through my mind even though i seemed to annoyed countless of times but i yet i would usually never put her in harm way because she had made sure that everything made sense in this world. Some would say it was like figuring out how to play hockey for the first time, instantly trusting your instinct whether or not knowing if you are gong to score a winning goal as well as figuring out the probability to score a number higher than five or lower than that, a chance of winning the game.

"I honestly don't know, man."I said cluelessly to Grayson.

Estimated the probability of a shot or score in the back of the net to gathered up the data values that i don't really have any topics or valuable data to files to store up the information unless we made an experiment even if she see me as a hockey jock who only skills were to charms all the girls off on campus, handsome, cool guy who know how to play and shoot flying pucks into the net nonetheless, i was more than just a pretty face that actually, i was a math genius that have many great qualities about myself including having a passion for not only hockey but tonnes of other stuff too.

"Your major is business right?that does involve some extent of mathematics too?" Grayson wondered out loud to me.

Everyone else looked at each other in this room, not knowing where this was going to go until Fletcher suggested "then, why don't you do the math and then maybe she does the science on her part based on an experiment purely on humans feeling known as love or something like that."

Fletcher's ideas or mere suggestion was extremely smart today in comparison to his reckless attitude, his carefree behaviour or his non-filtered comments. No offence to him about it but this guy can come up with some smart ideas instead of being knuckle head often he would rarely shows his deepest inner thoughts or feelings to our team and sometimes, i think he was going into watching his sporty hockey television show or movies characters that he had seen on the big screen with those cliche storyline.

"Fletcher isn't wrong about but all you need to do is come up with a mastermind plan now that she cannot resist."said Flora with an amused smile on her face.

How to trick a sophisticatedly smart and gorgeous girl to agree to go out with me? Oh my sweet nemesis you are going to be in a long streak with me.

All of the girls on campus were pretty smart or both uniquely good looking in their own way however, this has been on the bane of my existence for a couple of months now and she practically hates me so much that everytime that she sees me. She walked in the opposite direction even i wasn't sure if she still believes the dating process was a joke as she had given up on all of her hopes or recently she was ready to focus on herself now after her dumb ex-boyfriend did a number on her that left her with an broken heart as well as trust issues too.

"see, i told you my math would be Math-ing sometimes even more than yours."said a cocky Fletcher with a confidence smile.

At this moment, it was when I decided that I was going to need my friends' help and some luck to make her agree to go on a date with me. This meant that I would spin the reason behind the truth of this experiment to tell her it was strictly based on data. Additionally the plan was to scare off whoever the culprit was that had been writing a lot of nasty or threatening notes to her to come out of their hiding place to see if the her and dating each other might be a problem for the creep although, my money was on her ex-boyfriend Knight or a bunch of other people who might had it out for her too.

"Dude, we need to gather up all of our friends together to form a plan."I said to all three of them: Grayson, Flora and Fletcher.

Later tonight, we had boy night in the living room whilst watching a horror movies or our last year hot takes and highlights of last season hockey games before gathering around the living room couches formulating a plan on a massive chalk-board talking amongst ourselves about how i get the girl and outed the stupid creep who ever tried to threaten her.

I swear if he ever lay a hand on her then i will break every single bone in his body. Like i say we may be each other's enemies but I was not a cold hearted snake.