We fell in love

Carl who recently came out from the shower was drying his face with a face towel. Luckily, he was already in his boxershorts when Anne saw him. He saw how she gasped and quickly turned her face backing him.

Nevertheless, Carl didn't budge when Anne saw him half naked. He knows his body is a work of art and sexually appealing. He's ready to flaunt his rugged abs at every given opportunity. Carl was only surprised to see Anne in his room.

"Why didn't you announce you weren't on clothes?" Anne said sternly, backing Carl.

"I didn't know you were sneaking into my room to checkout out my sexy abs," Carl said in a flirtatious tone, staring at her back view.

"Geez, I've seen sexier abs" Anne rolled her eyes.

"Yet mine made your jaw drop." Carl teased Anne, wearing sweatpants and a hoodie.

"Just shut up and put on something," Anne said almost getting pissed at Carl's clean comebacks.

"You can turn around," Carl said.

Anne slowly turned to face Carl and she saw that he was already dressed up.

Her eyes wandered around Carl's large and spacious room and she saw a shelf where tons of books were stored like a library. She also saw an office chair and a desk with a personal computer on top of it. It looked so serious and formal.

"He's such a nerd," Anne mumbled but Carl heard her clearly.

"How am I a nerd?" Carl asked her.

Anne walked to the shelf with Carl following her from behind.

"Do you read ALL these books?" She asked Carl using her hand to illustrate the numerous books on the shelf.

"Of course," Carl replied, expecting Anne to be impressed.

"That's why I called you a nerd," she said and Carl laughed softly.

Anne picked a random book from the shelf and slowly read the title,

"Endless Desire by Skye Lark" Anne scoffed seeing that it was a romantic book and she kept it back on the shelf.

"It seems you don't have a thing for romantic novels," Carl said because of how she scoffed at the book.

"Yeah, anything that has to do with romance is bullshit," Anne said flatly.

"Don't say that, that's not true" Carl argued.

"Oh really? Don't tell me you still believe in love and all that fairytale lies" she said.

"yes I do, love is real and beautiful…"

"...and where has that gotten you?" Anne cuts in

"Carl you need to get your head out of the clouds and face the reality we're all in. Everything about love is fiction just like romantic books and saying love is real, is like saying mermaids exist." She added with an expressionless face.

'She has completely lost it,' Carl thought to himself.

"You're saying this because of one heartbreak right?" he said to her.

"One heartbreak can do a whole lot of damage. It can make you regret a lot of things and unlike you, I'm willing to learn from my mistake and never give love a chance…" Anne said in a serious tone.

Carl felt heartbroken when Anne said the words 'never give love a chance'. It's like she was indirectly telling Carl to give up on his chase for her.

'has she forgotten about my feelings towards her? Or is she intentionally ignoring them to push me away?' Carl wondered.

"…You need to wake up and realize that at the end of the day, love will eventually bring nothing but pain" Anne added.

Carl was right, Anne wanted him to have the idea that she was done with relationships. She knows that Carl is still in love with her so she wanted him to move on and forget about his love for her. She didn't want to give him false hopes or end up falling in love with him since he was too pushy.

"Just because someone breaks your heart doesn't mean true love isn't out there, somewhere. We can't just give up on love because some idiots decided to get us fucked. I believe in happy endings because if it doesn't end in happiness, it hasn't ended yet" Carl said, with determination.

"How are you still positive about love when you've been heartbroken twice?" Anne said softly, staring at Carl with amazement.

"Because the girl I'm in love with is worth putting my all for. I am ready to give her my heart with my eyes closed and I can't imagine myself with anyone else" Carl said and Anne knew he was referring to her because of his intent stare. His eyes were fixed on her silver orbs and for some reason, her heart started beating faster.

"Anastasia you know how I feel about you, if you'd give me a chance I swear I'll…"

"…No, Carl stop…" Anne interrupted Carl

She knew where the conversation was heading and she didn't want Carl to complete his sentence because he might start confessing his feelings to her. Anne wasn't sure if she would be confident to hear what he has to say. She was already nervous at the way Carl was staring at her and those sweet words from his lips can make her lose her mind.

"Stop what? Why should I stop?" Carl said in a serious tone, walking closer to Anne.

He didn't want to hold back, he wanted to pour his heart to Anne again. He wanted to remind her how he feels about her and tell her he loves her so much, more than anything in this world.

"I… I…" Anne stuttered, taking a few steps back. The way Carl was walking closer to her made her body tremble.

"…Anne please" Carl held her hand and as soon as he touched her she let go of him causing her to trip because she missed her steps.

Carl saw that Anne was about to fall to the ground since she lost her balance so he quickly held the back of her head with one hand and held her waist tight but they still ended up on the floor.

"Are you alright?" Carl asked Anne in a worried tone.

"yes… yes I'm fine" Anne groaned softly. "I must've tripped"

Thanks to Carl, she didn't hurt herself at all since he held her head to protect her from having a serious injury. Carl might not have caught Anne in his arms but at least he was able to protect her.

Although, Carl wouldn't have fallen too if Anne wasn't pushing him away. There was something about Carl's touch that made Anne feel some type of way and that was what she was avoiding.

"I'm sorry I couldn't catch you" Carl apologized.

Meanwhile, Anne's chest was heaving up and down. She just realized that she was still on the floor and Carl was on top of her. His face was so close to hers and Anne couldn't help but admit to herself that Carl was crazily handsome.

She wondered how she didn't realize it or noticed his physical features from the onset. Maybe it was because she never wanted to see Carl's good side from the beginning.

Anne's eyes were exploring Carl's muscular face, graced with his chiseled jawline. Her eyes traced his full brows and she locked gaze at his seductive dark-green eyes which had a hint of innocence on them.

'How did he become this handsome all of a sudden' Anne thought to herself.

Carl on the other hand was also staring intently at Anne's silver orbs like he was staring at her soul. It was as if he was lost in her eyes feeling mesmerized by her outstanding beauty.

Carl and Anne were both locking gaze for almost a minute until Anne's eyes subconsciously traced Carl's slightly-full pink lips that were drawing her to taste them.

She kept staring at his sexy lips till Carl observed it. He wondered if Anne was checking him out or if there was something on his lips. He had no idea how hot he looked right now.

Carl slowly bit down his bottom lip and Anne's heart immediately throbbed. She felt her heart beating faster than usual as Carl did that. It was so sexy and it was turning her on.

Carl carefully removed his hand from the back of her head and held her neckline. His soft warm touch was doing the most and Anne could see Carl coming closer to her face. She had the idea that he wanted to kiss her. She couldn't push him away like the last time, she didn't have the courage to do that. Rather, she was weak in the knees and she has already imagined how her tongue would explore his mouth.

Maybe they should just kiss, after all, Carl and Anne wanted it.

"OH MY GOODNESS!!!" Carl's grandma exclaimed loudly after seeing Carl and Anne in that position like they were about to kiss.

Anne's eyes widened immediately after she heard Carl's grandmother's voice. She was shocked and she felt extremely embarrassed to see Carl's grandmother while she was underneath Carl.

However, Carl was chill, he had no shame at all. In fact, he was a little pissed at his grandmother for ruining the sweet moment.

Though, it wasn't his grandmother's fault at all. She thought Anne had left the house and she wanted to see Carl. Unfortunately, his room door was wide open and that was when she saw Carl and Anne.

"I'm so sorry to interrupt you guys, you… you two can go on with what you were doing… I'll give you both some privacy" Carl's grandmother said with excitement, turning her back to leave Carl's room.

"no no no no… It's not what you think" Anne yelled. She wanted to explain to Carl's grandmother what really happened. She didn't want her to get the wrong idea.

"get off me, Carl!!" Anne said vehemently, pushing Carl away from her body. She has definitely come back to her sense.

Carl got up and tried to help Anne stand up to her feet but she rejected his offer and she stood up herself.

"what is going on? I thought you two were making out?" Carl's grandmother asked Carl and Anne with a confused look after seeing the way Anne acted.

"No! We were not making out! I fell, …we fell. It was an accident" Anne strongly argued.

Meanwhile, Carl had a naughty smile on his face that made Anne seem as if she was lying.

"Carl tell her we fell," Anne said to Carl in a husky tone.

Everyone in the room was calm she was the only one feeling anxious. She was worried that Carl's grandmother would look at her differently because of what she saw but on the contrary, Carl's grandmother cared less. As a matter of fact, she's in support of them having a relationship.

"We fell… in love" Carl chuckled softly and Anne flashed him a death stare.

Moreover, Carl's grandmother smiled at the chemistry she was seeing between Carl and Anne