Athletic club

Is she in love? Her great-grandma has made so many parables and proverbs of words concerning love, lust and crush. She picked one of them which said, 'Love can make you lose your cells in one second if you don't chase after it.'

Well, it's true. She almost lost her mind last night and now this morning. Even when her sibling made her mad, she kept smiling because all she could see was him. And no one but only her could understand her emotions.

"I- I don't know--come on, let's eat." When he didn't moved a muscle but continued staring at her, Britney quickly look away and try to resist the urges of blushing at his captivating eyes.

Why she is busy helping him unseal the snackpack, she smiled in her thoughts. Oh God, here she is thinking about him and now he is staring at her like he could read her mind.

Tyler noticed Bernard's locked eyes on Britney while she was still unsealing the pack, he poked his arm and Bernard shook his head out of his deep daze.

Tyler raused his eyebrows at him, 'Are you alright, dude?' He mouthed.

Bernard nodded with an awkward smile. Of course he is not alright. You can never tell what's in his mind against this woman. He has no idea what she has done to him that made him stare at her from time to time. He has never looked at any woman so deep but he just keep seeing something sweet whenever their eyes meet.

He hopes its not what love does. Because if it turns out to be love, he swear with the rest of his life, he won't want to swim out of her ocean.

While they were having their snacks, Bernard sighted something like a light reddish mark on her left cheek. He frowned and quietly put down his snack.

When he reached for her face and held it in his palms, she locked her eyes in his like she could see transparently through him and he did the same too.

Tyler and Camila raised their eyebrows to see what might happen next.

"Who did this to you?" He asked.

Britney could sense danger in the tone of his voice. She slowly took his hands off her cheeks and nodded with a fake smile. "No one. I fell from the staircase at my place."

Even if she speak the truth though she don't want a fight to pull out between him and her siblings. So let it be, Bernard.

"You're lying, Britney." He frowned. "This looks like a slap."

"You had a fight with your boyfriend?" Tyler asked.

Britney let out an helpless chuckle and vigorously shook her head, "I don't have a boyfriend."

First, something like a relief bounced on Bernard's chest. He taught at first she has a boyfriend and he did it to her.

Camila furrowed her brows and ask, "You don't have a boyfriend?" When Britney nodded, she added, "Damn you rich girls should be the ones having countless boyfriends in college. Why are you without one?"

"Umm--Camila?" Bernard raised his brows at her, indicating 'Shut up'

"Come on dude, today is a testimony day for you. First you're lucky to have a rich woman who suddenly became your friend and secondly, she doesn't have a boyfriend." Tyler flashed his brows and grinned at Bernard.

"Can you at least stop making a fool out of yourself, Tyler?" Looking at Britney, he sighed, "You don't want to tell me who hit you, right? Fine, if you chose to keep it within yourself, I won't force you but when next such thing appears again, don't get mad when I bug you to spill it out."

Britney gulped down. What is he saying? Why is he trying to be a superman in her life? Anyway, whatever, she kinda like the way he said that. Britney blushed.

She wished to tell him it was her elder brother Kingston who slapped her but same time, she don't want any trouble.

Britney smiled codedly at him as he continued eating his snacks. He is so cute. She wonder. How he managed to look so handsome every minute. Even when he sound annoyed. "Are you in any athletic club here in college?" She finally asked.

He stopped munching the snacks in his mouth and raised his brows, "Hmm?"

"Yes of course. Bernard and I are both in the basketball team." Tyler answered for his weird friend.

"Britney, you should see these two hunks when they're set in pitch." Camila placed her hand on her chest and sighed to satisfaction. "They look so hot in their sportswear."

Britney chuckled softly. "So funny."

Bernard helplessly shook his head at his tattle friends.

"We are practicing on friday after closing hours. You should come to watch." Tyler added.

"Don't worry about the t-shirt, I'll get you one personally." Camila declared.

Britney smiled at them, "So nice of you inviting me to watch your match."

When Tyler realize that his best friend haven't said anything since, he poked his arm.

"Yes?"

"What do you say about it?"

"About what?" When Camila and Tyler gave him the same strange look, he smiled and turned towards Britney, "Sure, why not."

How would they have expected him to say 'Yes Britney, please come to watch my match, with you right there, I'll be motivated to score a goal.' Right on her face, doesn't it sound awkward?

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