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Chapter 3

Gabby's pov

Going to sleep that night was extremely hard considering I could not stop thinking about Dan. He looked so cute when he blushed, he pale face turning a rosy red. I could not get him out of my mind, I constantly tossed and turned all night irritating my sleeping cat that shared the bed with me.
I wonder what he's doing right now? Is he thinking about me?
Hundreds of questions swarmed my head swirling round and round captivating me and pulling me into a endless, dark and deep pit full of questions that will never get answered. I finally gave up and resulted to reading.

I immediately regretted my decision to read when I started hearing chirping out side. I leant over and opened my blinds revealing a slightly pink tinged sky as the sun started to rise. My phone read 5:45am, had I really been reading that long? I sighed as I closed my book, placing it on the bed side table and rolled over, hoping to get at least 2 hours of sleep. Trying my hardest not to think of Dan, I finally managed to fall into a warm and comfortable sleep that lasted 1 hour before my alarm went off dramatically blaring in my ear. I sighed and hit snooze.

10:00am.
No Dan.
11:00am.
No Dan.
12:00am.
No Dan.
I don't know why I got my hopes up, maybe it was the way he was staring at me, just standing there for so long. I thought for sure he would have some attraction towards me. Maybe I was wrong.
"Is something wrong darlin'" mr Jones asked emerging from the back room, causing me to jump slightly.
"Uhhhh, no no I'm fine" I said quickly giving him a small half hearted smile.
"Now don't lie to me Gab, I can tell when something's bugging you, now what's wrong" he said giving me a pointed look.
"Okay okay," I sighed, leaning back into the desk chair. "So yesterday a guy walked into the store that may or may not have been extremely attractive, and I may or may not have gotten no sleep last night because I was thinking about him, and I may or may not have gotten my hopes up a little bit thinking he felt the same way towards me" I concluded, my lips turned down slightly so I was almost pouting.
He just stood there taking it all in for a little while before he said,
"One decision can change everything Gab, be careful." And with that he left.
My head filled with questions I want help, I've never been good at decisions, I just want someone to make my mind up for me, tell me what to do.

I decided to go get lunch and clear my mind a bit, maybe food will help me.
I wasn't particularly hungry anyways so I stopped at the first café on my right which happened to be a quiet little place with not many people inside, perfect, I thought.
The place was quite small, the distant sound of low, calming music filled my ears as I entered, paintings and menus covered the walls while many empty tables and big, green, luscious plants occupied the floor making the room equally and nicely filled. I looked around searching for a seat to sit in. There were 5 other people in the café as well as me. On the far right, a couple was seated up against the window, happily eating coffee and cake, a smile constantly planted on their faces and love in their eyes as they shared small and quiet laughs. In one of the booths up against the wall, a tall and slim old lady was seated up right reading a book. Her short and curly grey hair indulged the top of her head making her long face look almost roundish, small, petite glasses sat on the tip of her nose. A few booths down an old man sat slumped over reading the news paper. An empty mug and sat next to him alongside a bare, white plate, the knife and fork rest nicely on top of plate.
I looked around deciding where to sit when my eyes fell upon a tall, slim, pale man seated in the far left corner almost hidden from view. He looks awfully familiar, I thought. Wait is that-
He turned his head to look at me obviously sensing another presence in the room. My heart stopped, I couldn't breathe. The tall familiar face that I had spent all night and day constantly thinking about stared right at me again, consuming me, it was Dan, he was really here, seated right in front of me.

We stared at each other, holding the gaze.
1 second.
Everything around us seemed to disappear as my heart skipped a beat.
2 seconds.
My hands were tingling as I felt the butterflies in my stomach dramatically spring to life causing a nice, but sick feeling in my stomach.
3 seconds.
My palms began to sweat and he still sat there staring at me. I wondered what he was thinking at this very moment.
4 seconds.
I could feel it flying around me. The chemistry between was mad, it was so strong, I could almost see the bolts of electricity zip through the air passing between us.
5 seconds.
It's all so real. I never want this moment to end. I was star struck. Lost for words. I did the only thing I new how. I ran.
I turned on my heels and head straight for the door stopping as I got around the corner. I released a large breath I didn't even realise I was holding and felt instant relief until I remembered what had just happened.

I wanted to cry, I wanted to just sit here and cry. But I didn't I held it in, I wouldn't let me emotions get the best of me. I bent down and sat on the ground, just staring at the brick wall directly opposite me in the small alley way I was in. I didn't think, because I knew that nothing good would come of that, instead I stared, I just stared.

The muffled thump of ascending footsteps broke me from my stare as I turned my head to face the open street on the side of me. I wanted to stand up and leave but I had no motivation, I'm a failure, I'll just sit here for the rest of eternity, no one would notice anyways.
My dastardly thoughts were proven wrong when I saw two feet stop directly in front of where I was sitting on the ground.

I glanced up not saying a word, I couldn't comprehend why he was standing in front of me.
"W-what? I, but, Dan?"
He smirked at the sound of his name.
"You ran," he said.
I gave him a slight nod filled with disappointment. He looked down at me, just looking, before he finally sat down directly opposite me.
I stared at him, silently begging for answers, knowing, he will never hear me.
"Why did you run?" He asked me, showing me no emotion which made it hard to give him an answer.
"I run from things I don't deserve" I quickly said, a sad tone in my voice.
He looked at me, deep in my eyes, and I stared back.
At this very moment I knew my world would come crashing down all at once.

A/N

Hey guys, Tahlia here.
I'm honestly not sure if I like this chapter or not. This week has been terrible and I had no motivation to write but I just sat down and put my mind to it, thus, creating this.

I couldn't decide whether or not Gabby should've run but whatever lol

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