Chapter 6

He left me at the terrace of his room and I was watching the crowd at the sides of the pool. They were wearing nice cocktail dresses and suits.I saw Aya and Gray at the buffet. They were shyly looking at each other. He looked as a gentleman to her as he put the pastries on her plate. My eyes followed them until they reached the table with Kim and Felix who were busy chatting with their girls. Wait, where did they get their girls?I was startled when the door was slammed at my back. When I looked at my back, I saw a kid wearing her pink gown with shining sequins at her buckle.She was not smiling at me. She just looked at me like she was about to burst her anger. I felt nervous but Nick came back with a grin.He called her, "Gianna." Her scary look turned into a cute smiling face. He bent his knees and she hugged him. She looked like her daughter."Don't call me Gianna. Just call me, Baby." She made her voice cute.I smiled wryly at them as he kissed her cheeks. I wonder how he looked like if he have his child.No! Stop thinking like that!I shook my head. I sighed deeply and I bit my lower lip. I looked back at the crowd and I saw his parents sat down in front of the man-made stage.Her mom was beautiful at her navy blue gown. The curves of her body looked like she was young and her makeup made her face looked natural.His dad was handsome too, wearing his black suit pairing it with a black necktie with small prints of flowers that made him looked like a young man."Let's play tomorrow. Just behave later.", I heard him and gave her a quick kiss on her cheek. She looked at me and she stuck out his tongue and ran away from us.It seemed like she did not want me. I hissed and rolled my eyes. He was now standing in front of me with his piercing eyes and he wiped his lower lip with his tongue. I gulped and I pushed him slightly."Let's go to your birthday party.", I whispered and I walked ahead.He followed me and he put my arm on his arm. I felt uncomfortable but I smiled secretly and when I looked at him, he gave me a smirk."Thank you.", he said sincerely and we started to walk downstairs. I was eaten by my nervousness and I wonder why I need to escort him at his birthday."Let's split up and we'll see each other again.", I whispered and I added, "Enjoy your night."He kissed my cheek before the door opened and he went outside. I hid myself to behind the door and sighed deeply. I placed my palm on my cheek and I felt something special in my heart. "Let's greet him, Mr. Nicollo Shawn Suarez.", the emcee said with an energetic voice and the crowd clapped their hands.I ran to the other side door and I saw him smiling at the crowd. He fixed his tuxedo suit and he sighed deeply."Good evening everyone.", he greeted the crowd.I was walking to the buffet and got some fruits and nachos. I went to the table where Aya sat."Thank you for waiting me." I smiled genuinely and put my efforts to pretend about making me feel special a while ago."At this very moment, I'm happy to see you all here. Thank you." He smiled at the crowd. He was about to go downstairs but his attention was caught."Can you please tell us who is your date?", the emcee asked. "Because I heard a rumor that you were with someone."He cleared his throat before answering."Yes, I'm with someone. You'll know her later." He smiled genuinely and his mother was holding a microphone.I gulped and my knees were trembling. Aya and the three boys looked at me with teasing smiles. I felt my sweat around my face and arms. I sighed deeply and bit my lower lip. I was trying to make myself calm but couldn't."Who is she? I need to know her." His mother was teasing him in front of the crowd. "Is she your date?", his father added. "Look, he's a grown up man now." He was proud saying it to the crowd and he even stood up to be recognized."I'm dead!" I whispered to myself. I closed my eyes with discomfort in my chest and I started to walk away before the spotlight would catch me.I kept walking and forcing myself out of the crowd. My heart was racing rapidly until someone pushed me on the pool. I just saw her gown colored pink. I heard the crowd panicking as I was trying to get up. I felt the cramps on my foot and I was slowly drowning.I heard a splash on the pool. I heard the crowd still panicking when someone was catching his breath. He carried me out of the pool and I was laying on the ground.I felt his palms on my chest pumping for air. I heard him gasped and pinched my lips. My lips were touched by his soft lips. He began to give me air and I realized that it was absolutely Nick who gave me the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.My heart was racing for his second blow for air in my mouth. When he raised his face, he patted my cheek twice and he asked, "Are you okay?". I coughed few liquids and he carried me to the guest room.He got the towel and dried my hair. "Please, don't get cold." He was worried at me. I looked at him and I hugged him tight. I was too scared from drowning and he saved me again for the third time.We were on our fourth grade when I was walking at the side of the river before going home when someone pushed me to the ground. I heard them laughing behind me. I stood up and I was about to take a revenge but I accidentally slipped at the mud down to the river. I was not a good swimmer. I was catching my breath and panicking.I saw them looking at me."Help!", I shouted before I was dragged down."Nana!", I heard someone shouted.He swam to me and he pulled my hand."Nana!", he was patting my cheeks twice. I felt a drop of water on my face and I saw him crying. "You, silly girls! Go away before I get you!", he shouted at them and he was worried about me.He carried me on a piggyback ride. He took me home with teary eyes."What happened?" My mother was worried about me. She got a clean towel to dry myself."She was bullied by other girls out there. They pushed her-", he sobbed, trying to catch his breath. "On the ground and she got up and she-""Here. Take this." My mother gave him a glass of water and he drank it."She was standing and she accidentally fell to the river." He was still crying and I did not know why."Stop crying.", my father said with a smile. "You're so brave at your age.""Thank you.", my mother said and he cried again."Sssh.. Stop crying. She'll be okay.", my father said while patting his back. "Thank you for our hero today!"He smiled genuinely and wiped his tears.After that day, he was becoming sweet but still, he was making fun of me."Nana!", he called my nickname and I looked at him. I pushed him slightly and he smirked."Sorry. I didn't mean to do it." I got the robe on his hand and I ran to the bathroom.I sighed deeply and I bit my lower lip."I'm dead!", I whispered to myself. My first kiss was gone but why was my heart beating crazily for him? Why did my body react like that to him?I should go away from him.I closed my eyes and I frowned at myself in the mirror. I heard a knock from the door and it was Aya, smiling at me."I saw how he did a CPR!", she said with a high pitch tone."Stop it!", I hissed."How was it feel to be kissed?", she asked and I snorted."I said, stop it." I was annoyed. She made me remember how his lips touched mine. I closed my eyes."What, do you remember how he touched your lips with his-", I cut her words with my two fingers."Say it or I'll cut your tongue.", I said furiously.I need to put a barrier between us. I need to stop the rumors before it would get worst. I put back my dried clothes on and I put my sandals. I said goodbye to Aya and I ran to the back door."Hey, you!" I heard from the kid behind me. "Stay away from him!" She was frowning at me. She crossed her arms while looking at me with her fierced eyes."I'm not going to stay with him.", I hissed. "There's nothing between us."She smirked. "Then, you should go out of this place."I smiled wryly, holding my anger to burst and turned my back at her. I slowly opened the door."Where do you think you're going?", he asked me with a serious look. He was wearing another tuxedo and our eyes met. "What's with that look?", I asked him."And you! You have wronged her. You pushed her intently.", he said to the kid."Wait, what did she do?", I asked him and hid the girl at my back. He was about to slapped her but I hid her and he fell down at the ground.