Chapter-2 "The day we met"

Three years back

Amara's pov

"Mom, I really told you not to do that!, I am just 20 mom! All I need is a Job after graduation not a man." I whined again not wanting to meet the person with whom my mom had arranged a blind date with.

"Excuse me Lil miss, when I'm 21, I already had you in my tummy." she gave a little pat on her stomach while heading towards the kitchen, and I rolled my eyes in annoyance.

"Come on! You don't need to go through the whole thing to get preggy.  It's just a one time- ouch Aaron!" Skyler's words remained incomplete with a smack strong smack on back of his head.

"Thanks Aaron! I really wanted to do that too, you know."

"No mention, he is just being too loud for me to take a nap." Aaron let it out dryly while leaning back against the couch beside me.

This guy really knows how to pretend that he doesn't care. Skyler is like a naughty guy and Aaron is like an adult who keeps both of us in check.

"I thought of spending time with you even though it's just for a few hours. But no you have already prepared everything to keep me away from you all. You know that me and Sky need to go back to the dorms right!" I yelled at my mom being frustrated only to get hit by Aaron which made me to glare at him even though I knew the fact that he wouldn't care even by my so called glare.

I heard my phone buzzing making me to retrieve it from my pocket. Even before I could do anything I heard my mom's voice from the kitchen.

"I sent you his number, you should get there within an hour." Wow, I get this in return for yelling out huh?! Cool!

"What if I skip it. He will obviously ju-"

"I will disown you, simple!" I gulped in fear as my mom stood there a few meters away from me close to the kitchen with a knife in her hand. My mom is scary when she's mad.

"I-I w-will go, ok! Now go back to kitchen." I said stuttering a little which brought a satisfactory smirk on her lips.

I sighed in relief watching her going back to the kitchen.

"Tell him how you feel, isn't it better than not showing up?" I thought, thought for a while hearing Aaron's advice. Right! Sometimes he proves that he's elder and more mature than us. I don't know how I ended up being friends with this man but I did. And I'm glad.

"I think you should take a chance. What If the man you're about to meet is your ideal type?" Skyler kept wiggling his eyebrows with an intention to tease me but I beat him to it by smacking that pug face with a couch cushion.

Finally considering Aaron's advice I decided to get ready for the blind date which my mother arranged for me. Brushing my long hair and getting rid off those tangles consumed most of my time.

So, finally I stood here right in front of the cafe where I was supposed to meet my so called date. Nervous? Yeah! a little bit, I don't know how will he take when I say that "I'm not interested" word right on his face. How I'm supposed to say that I like someone else? But still it's for the best I guess. If I just play along by smiling at him, it would look like I'm giving hopes. Being straight forward is best.

Stepping inside the cafe I got hit by the strong smell of coffee which made me sick. I hate the smell of coffee. I don't know what my mom was thinking by arranging the date here.

I took my time to carefully scrutinize each and every person who were present in the cafe and luckily a man with a black jacket caught my eye. He was back facing me but I'm sure that he's my so called date. I checked my phone again and re read the message I got from him.

He clearly mentioned that "Black Jacket" specifically so that I could recognize him.

Gathering up my whole courage into my fists, I walked over to his seat and exhaled deeply.

One.

Two.

Three.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in dating anyone right now, I just don't want to hurt you, so-"

"I guess you got the wrong person!" a familiar voice whispered right next to me which caught me off guard. My heart immediately did a marathon just by his voice. I can't be wrong. It's him. I could tell that it's him just by hearing his voice.

My body went stiff as his breath tickled my neck and I felt shivers down my spine. He's close too close, I can literally feel his tall frame standing behind me. Fear? Nervous? I don't know the name of this thing I'm feeling right now. I just don't want to name the countless butterflies traveling in my tummy.

Red cheeks, accelerated heartbeat, sweaty forehead were not at all a good sign. It's my call for hiding from him. I usually do that every time I see him coming closer to me but now I can't.

Gulping down the lump formed in my throat I turned around to witness "Him" standing right before with a black jacket and his infamous bunny smile.

A surprise gasp left my lips automatically as it was my first time watching him this close.

"Tristan Sanchez!" the desirable boyfriend of every girl in our campus including me. My crush. I know it's Skyler's plan, I shouldn't have told him about Tristan being my crush.

"Can we sit?" he asked raising his brows questioningly as he gestured to take a seat on the empty table and I did eventually after fighting a marathon inside my head.

Do everyone feel this nervous in front of their crush or am I just overreacting? Everytime he smiles I just feel like it's hard for me to keep my feelings in check.

                         .Present.

It was my first time meeting him. And I really regret it. If I knew that he's going be the demon that pries on my soul, I wouldn't have met him.

His eyes, his dark brown doe eyes which used to depict pure warmth and affection, were now dripping of dominance and cruelty. His doe eyes were no longer innocent, but they're flaring with rage. Against me! He looked like he wanted to see me suffering, the corner of his lips were tugged up forming a satisfying smirk.

The man whom I used to adore transformed into a man whom I would like to erase from my life. Seeing him smiling, hearing his voice, sensing his presence gives me shivers.

Nothing has changed, that I time I felt my heart beating faster when he's around and it still does. But now it was just because of fear.