(The author's note at the end is very important at the end of this chapter. Please read it to the very end my beautiful readers! :)
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"Choose those who choose you."

-Kamoyrocks (:
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"I just realised that I'm a sucker for dark brown eyes."

His words fill my mind as I stare at him. He literally just said that he loves my eyes.

Why does he though? My eyes are as plain as everyone else. There's no difference in them. They have no spark or twinkle in them. If only he could see what was going on behind them.

"Oh..." Is all I can say. He just stares at me and smile.

"Hey! I said to leave my boyfriend alone!" Bianca says and Jace seems as if whatever trance he was in was gone.

He helps me up and turns to Bianca. "I'm not your boyfriend Bianca. We broke up along time ago. We are just friends and we always will be."

"No please jus-just give me a chance please, I'm sorry for what I did I..."

"And I forgave you. I think it was just better to move on. But we are friends now, we can't be more than that anymore."

"But..."

"I don't want to hear it. And I don't want you to be messing around with June. Because she did nothing to you. Leave her alone or we won't even be friends." Jace says and I am taken aback by him defending me.

And what did Bianca do? Why can't they be together again?

All these questions have come to mind and I want to find out but I keep quiet. The last thing I want to do is intrude.

"But she's manipulating you! She wants to take you away from me! She is nothing but a voo-doo witch!" She shouts.

"She's not. You're just jealous that you can't be anything like her. And even if she was all those things, she'll be better than what you've ever been." He finalises, and Bianca runs out of the class in tears.

"Oh snap!" Alex says and the whole class laughs.

"Somebody had to put that girl in her place." Alexander says.

"Alright back to the lesson guys." The teacher says.

I am smiling, literally smiling at what Jace said. He really is something. And I don't know what I'm feeling towards him but it grows everyday.

Jace turns to me. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." I sigh. "But I think you hurt Bianca's feelings."

"I'll talk to her later. She'll be okay. Besides, she hurt me more than I ever did." He smiles at me and I do the same.

I find myself wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing his cheek.

"Thank you." I whisper.

"Anything for you." He says and nuzzles his head into my neck and I shiver at his breath fanning against my skin. We stayed there for a few more minutes and I just realised something...

I like Jace...

..........

"Mi aguh miss yuh papa." I kiss him on his cheek.

"Me too baby. But mi aguh come back before you can seh peppa." He says and puts his suit case in the trunk.

"Peppa." I say and he turns around and gives me a playful glare.

"That's not what I meant." He deadpans.

"I know." I chuckle and put his suitcase in the car. Also followed by Jace and the boys with other stuff.

"Ready babe?" Linda asks. She agreed on carrying my dad to the airport and dropping him off. Which means I get the house to myself...

I smile at the thought.

"I'm gonna miss you babygirl." Papa says for what seems like the hundredth time today. "One last hug."

"But look how much time we hug?" I whine.

"Oh alright." He says and attempts to get in the car, I stop him and hug him.

"Bye Papa." I say as I kiss his cheek.

"Bye baby."

"Let's go babe. I don't have all day." Linda says. Can't she just shut her mouth?

"Okay okay." Dad flashes me a smile before turning to Jace. "Mi want you to take very good care of har." He turns to the rest of the boys. "You guys too."

"We defiantly will. She'll be okay. She's in good arms." Alex says.

"If I have time I'll call you or the guys okay?"

"Yes papa."

I watch as the car drives away with my papa in it and I can't help but feel empty. My papa just left me but I know that I can't hold him from what he wants. After all, he is doing it for me and I am not going to be selfish.

"Ready to go inside?" Alexander asks.

"Mhmm." I reply as we walk inside the house.

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"Right. You basically got it. In no time you'll be ready for your English and French exams." Alexander says.

"Yes." I groan as I fall on the bed.

"It seemed as if you understood the concept before I  taught you. Maybe you really do understand you just need someone to interpret it for you."

"Yeh, seems like it." I sigh. I am so glad to finally understand these subjects. They were driving me crazy.

The boys have been talking turns in teaching me about the different subjects that I need help in. So far I have been through Alexander, Alex, Ethan and now Lucus. I just have Jace after this.

Alexander leaves the room and I am relieved because I know that I am almost done with these painful subjects. I hate school but I think I hate it even more now. If that's possible...

Surprisingly, Ethan is a very good singer. The reason why he keeps his voice so high pitched is because he always wants to practice on his vocals. Well, at least that's what he said...

Alex is a really good artist. He can draw anything, just name it. Well, not everything but to me it seemed like everything. He says he wants to be an artist when he grows up and I think that's pretty cool. He has a passion for art I'm a whole different and even I am intrigued I'm the way he adores it.

I watch as Lucus opens the door and walks in with his eyes glued to his iPhone. How am I going to learn if he is just going to sit there with his eyes glued to his phone?

I haven't even heard the guy speak before. Did he lost his voice or something?

I know its a crazy accusation but that's the first thing that would come to one's mind.

"Okay so, what are we going to do?" I ask. Ever since Alexander helped me with English, I've pretty much gotten the handle of speaking English. Noticed that I said pretty much. I still talk patwah, just a little bit of English now too.

Lucus just stares at me and I shift uncomfortably.

"Do you even have a voice? Are you ever going to say anything?" I say flustered. I get up in an attempt to leave but he grabs my hand and I gasp.

"I do have a voice." He says and I am frozen. His voice is deep, cold and has no emotion. "I'm a thinker, not a talker." He says and let's go. "You're just going to have to deal with it."

"Okay, I can do that." I shake my head. I can do it. Some people are like that and I'd rather not prude him in what happen in his life that made him this way.

Everyone has issues. You can't just roam this earth and just never have something burdening you, life is not like that. You are going to have struggles and tribulations. And we can't hide or fight it, that's just how this world is.

We have to tell ourselves that we are going through these problems for a reason. Every struggle has the best end. I would always tell myself this and believe that the best is yet to come. I have to be strong, but I also have to keep in mind that I am also weak. And what's wrong with that?

It's not like I'm strong like hard steel

Because I'm not. I am weak. But I make it look like I'm strong. I'll be okay, someday, just not today.

"Okay let's get started. And please, don't stare on me like what you just did a minute ago, its creepy." He says, and it was only then that I realised that I was staring at him while thinking.

Lucus is actually a very funny and sweet person. He never talked to me because he wasn't comfortable and didn't know me. He wants to be a scientist when he grows up and that's so cool. He says he rarely talks because that's just him and I'm okay with that. Because that's just me. I let people be who they are. There's no need to change them and if I don't like their faults, then I'll just have to deal with it.

"Hey Julia, we have to go because we have to do something at the twins house because their parents need help so its just gonna be you and Jace." Alex says and I gulp.

Me and Jace alone, Jace and I alone, alone with Jace...

I start to panic. Oh god, oh god, oh god...

Jace's POV

"Got it?" I ask as I look at her with those big beautiful dark brown eyes. I gulp at the twnikle in them.

"Nope, you're gonna have to do that again." She laughs, and I am once again left in awe at her laughter.

"Are you serious?" I chuckle and we both laugh.

"Alright so its like, saying that in order to find the algebraic value for an item, you would have to use 100 because they work together. They are made for each other." I explain and watch as she leans slightly into me to look into the maths book.

I want to hug her again. She felt so good in my arms and I felt so good in hers. It feels amazing when she touches me. I find myself my being intrigued with just about everything she does.

"Do you remember when I almost caught you naked in the girls bathroom?" I ask and watch as the smile appears on her face.

"You still remember that? Oh god..." She covers her face with her hands and I remove them from her face while chuckling.

"Its pay back time." She says as she tackles me unto the bed.

This is what we always do, we always laugh and play with each other. And I'm so glad that she seems so relax when she's around me and my friends.

"Alright fine, fine I'm not gonna bring it up ever again.." I laugh as she tickles me.

"Promise." I say and hold out my pinky finger for her to hook hers with mine and she does.

"But just remember what happen that day.." I smile and she playfully hits me in the chest.

Flashback

"I'm sorry for ruining your lunch, so I brought you some more...hello..." I trailed off as I open the bathroom curtain.

Now you must he wondering what in Gods name am I doing in the girls bathroom, moving the shower curtain when I could find something that could be very...well, not what I should see. I'm invading their privacy but, I had to make sure that this girl is okay.

I am instantly frozen when I see her in her towel wrapped around her body.

"Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!" She screams and I find myself screaming with her.

"Wheh yuh a do in here?" She asks.

"I came to give you back your lunch, since I ruined it. So here." I say and hand out the lunch that I bought for her.

"Thank you." She says. I smile at how shy she is.

"What happen to your clothes?" I ask and look at the stain.

"D meet weh wi did ave in a d cafeteria did stain it up." She wipes her eyes.

"You can put it in the laundry right there, I can help you." I take her clothes and put in the laundry and watch as she bites her lip.

"You didn't haffi do dat." I am taken by the edge at her accent. This girl was amazing.

"Well I wanted to." I smile and she smiles too and we just stare at each other without a word, and right there and then I knew that she took my heart away.

Flashback over

"That day was so embarrassing for me." She laughs.

"I almost caught you naked." We both laugh.

"Its a good thing I have quick reflexes so I knew what to do in time."

"Yeah. Anyways, let's continue. We're almost finished so we could take a break." I say. She nods her head and goes back to doing her homework.

I stare at her for what feels like forever. I was the one who asked the boys if they could give June and I some time alone, just the two of us. But June didn't know that, she didn't have to. She does understand her work its just that she needs someone to open her eyes to give her a more way to understand it better. And that's what I did. Well, me and the boys.

I love spending time with her, and I have a deep feeling that she does too. She makes me smile, laugh and everything in between. I love her personality and how she's so caring and understanding. The way she is so shy and quiet sometimes but that's just because she isn't fully comfortable around us yet.

I noticed something. Something that hit me by surprise. Something I felt from the day I saw her in her father's car but now it has gotten stronger. I could tell by the way I leaned over and kissed her check, I noticed that...

I'm falling for her...

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Author's Note: Very Important

Hi my beautiful yet talented readers! *waves hand like a maniac*

Here's a new chapter for you all. I hoped you all liked it. I hope you all noticed how I input the previous chapters that I kinda-ish put a cliff hanger in but finalised what happen in them. It might be confusing but I really don't know how to explain it, but I hope you understand. I also made Julia talk a little bit of English because some people are complaining on how they can't understand what she says so, *slides some English in*

I'm not the best writer in the world guys but I try for my readers.

Anyways, I am soooo sorry that I haven't posted in a long time and I hope you guys can forgive me. I really hope you guys haven't changed your minds and opinions on this book. I have three excuses as to why I haven't posted for so long.

•My phone was stolen with every single thing on it. Even my chip and I had to save up my money to buy another one.
*echoes* Another one, DJ Khalead!

*Also, I have been have been very busy with school lately and its just terrible.

•And finally, my birthday was just the other day, (you must be wondering what that has to do with my writing) but I received some news which really had taken a toll on me and I wasn't really inspired to write and stuff like that. But I'm okay now, so yeah. (My birthday was on October 2 btw, all wishes are welcomed if you want to say it in the comment section)

So those are my three excuses. I am really sorry guys and I'll try to keep the updates coming. And finally, I will be starting give out dedications to those special people who have been supporting me from this book has been created.

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