Just Another High School Story!

They went cliff diving again. This time though, she wasn't planning on making any mistakes, the coach had brought along some friends as well, they went off to hike while the kids were left to themselves, Leah didn't care about her outfit or hair, she ran and jumped, zooming thought the initial fear, she was flying happily, she screamed out of joy, and then called them, her friends, they were standing there like pussies, Ethan had almost yelled out loud when she jumped, he wanted to say, "You could get hurt!" and there was a lot more that he wanted to do, the ice wall that he had put up in a moment, he didn't completely understand, was broken, by his hug, his heart had not stopped beating faster since he touched her, it was obvious that he could not take hating her any longer, neither could he put up a show.

As they jumped, one by one, a group of guys from the other side came to 'check 'em out', they were like soldiers in an army, and who would it be but Erik and his friends, Leah was startled; Erik, after all, seemed to be a pervert, and she did not want to risk any incidents, her alarm bells started ringing, and she regretted her decision of not changing into something baggy earlier, now her shirt would stick to her body when she got out. "Why do people like him show up when I'm trying to have fun?" she asked the heavens in disbelief, and receiving no particular reply, she saw that they started jumping in too, to join the fun, "Well, there goes my 'fun'!" she thought to herself, and started swimming away a little, trying to be inconspicuous, and totally failing, Ethan caught her hand, and said, "Tomorrow is a full moon, let's watch it together."

Initially, Leah had wanted to get away from the crowd, from Erik particularly, she did not want to hear how she was 'hot' or whatever words popped into the box that he called his brain, but Ethan's words took her by surprise, she was almost so startled that she started drowning, but Ethan was holding her, he wanted to apologise, it was to much torture to his soul and he wasn't sure whether he would be able to take it or not, be with her or not, he did not want to 'flash' past her like she did not exist, he had completely forgotten the reason for his initial anger, he just wanted her back, and even if they could not be together, he wanted to be friends forever, he was holding her by her arm, she seemed too shocked, as if a lightening bolt had hit her, but it wasn't the pain that had struck her, rather the thought of the bolt of the lightening striking her after seeing the flash, this 'reaction' was dragged out, by moments before she snapped into her senses and responded, "I would love that." She wanted to say, "I still love you." but she settled with that for now.

Erik approached them, and he saw Ethan's hold on her, before he could say anything, Ethan dragged her away and yelled, "Guys, let's go eat something!" After saying that, he walked away, and Leah was saved, she shot him a I-am-so-grateful look, and realised that the biggest problem had not been solved yet, her clothes, her stupid clothes, they would outline her 'body' and she was feeling uncomfortable. Seeing that she was not getting out, Ethan saw what the problem was, without her having to say it, everyone was waiting for her to come out, she was awkwardly fluttering in the water, trying to think of a way to save herself, when all of a sudden, a hand pulled her, Ethan dragged her out of the water, and put his hoodie on her, wrapping it around and chaining it up, they were staring into each others eyes, both their gazes so intense, their love for each other, burning hot in their eyes.

Whenever Leah had seen moments like this in Korean dramas, her thoughts would be along these lines: the girl is so stupid, she could have worn more clothes, it is useless to let your love suffer in the cold, but now that she was going through the same situation herself, she did not care one bit about how Ethan felt, whether he was cold or hot did not matter, all she could see were his eyes, his beautiful, monstrously mesmerising eyes, she wanted to kiss him, and in that moment, she forgot that there were people watching them, she forgot the periodic table she knew by heart, she forgot that time existed, she forgot the music she always heard when she was outside, the wind, time, people, the world seemed to have stopped, a moment so impactful that she felt like what she had felt earlier was nothing, it was in that moment that she really fell in love with him.

She leaned a little closer to E when suddenly Mindy pulled Ethan away, the magical moment, the one that she had thought would never come had just happened, everyone finally seemed audible, everything seemed tangible, but the feeling that she felt in that moment was like an earthquake or a calamity that leaves after effects, she felt dazed, Ethan wasn't wearing much, he was cold from the water, and had saved his hoodie so as to wear it when he was done, but what had just happened still had him reeling, and distracted, the passion he saw in her eyes in that moment was what he had wanted, to captivated her, to make her his own, in that moment, it felt like he became hers. He had wanted to dominate her, but now he had surrendered, he felt stunned, and did not speak for the rest of their walk.

Mindy was really stressed, she had to do something, they seemed like they had had a moment back there. She did not know what, she just needed to do something, then she remembered her ultimate weapon, earlier when Ethan had asked Leah to watch the full moon, together with him, she had felt so many emotions at once, jealousy, love, anger, hatred; she was afraid she was going to lose something that she had held onto for years, you feel like the thing becomes yours just because you held onto it, you stayed with it, when the owner returns, you feel wronged, like something dear to you, something that belongs to you is about to be taken away, she was so scared that the things that happened next made no sense to her own self, she was a victim and the assailant, how could she possibly make sense of what she was doing, she felt like she was the murderer, and the murdered, she was confused and angry; she came to one conclusion, she felt evil for the first time in her life, and it was because of Leah, if it wasn't for that wench, she would have everything, she would not have had to fight so hard for the title of Ms Popular, on top of that, Leah was now a famous girl, she wanted to take the one thing Mindy had, Ethan, it seemed like all the darkness that she had concealed so well all these years, seemed to have accumulated, she was going to do something very bad, she did live up to her reputation, and contemplation, but she would regret it.