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I stood outside the music studio, trying to make a decision. Weston did call me here but I was not sure if  I should barge in like that. Should I call? Should I make some excuse? Or should I walk in like I own the place.

Elise you do own the place.

So I inhaled sharply and holding my breath I opened the door. There was no one in the room, just the equipments but then my eyes found the person who affects me too much on the other side of glass. He had guitar strung on his shoulder and he was tuning it.

He took out his phone and frowned a bit. Why?

Before I could get caught staring at him, I knocked on the glass and he lifted up his face. As soon as he saw me his lips lifted in a full smile which was apparently contagious since I smiled back. He motioned me to come in and I walked through the door to the singing area.

I didn't come to this place much but I remembered well enough, since I was the one who stalked Enrique when he came to LEE.

"You came." He said as if he was not sure that I would.

"I said I would." I smiled at him.

"I just didn't knew you could not stay away from me Stuart." He teased.

I scoff, "Oh, I was dying of suffocation and depression without you." I answer with sarcasm.

"Oh, you should have told me love, I would have picked you up from school." He played along.

"Oh, darlin' I just don't want you to come to my school and all those girls touching you. I am possessive." I said batting my eye lashes at him.

He chuckled, "You don't have a career in acting Stuart, you over act." He said undermining me superb acting skills.

"Please, I am better than you."

"In your head maybe. But I definitely like that you are possessive about me." He smirked at me.

"In your head maybe." I mirrored his words and he laughed.

"So I am guessing you wrote something for the assignment and lived to meet me here." He said now picking up his blue backpack.

"Yup, and I wrote something bullshit in it." I grumble remembering it.

"Why, something else ..or rather someone else on your mind." He asked with an arched brow and amused smirk.

Was it that obvious?

"Yeah, there is this boy in school who flirts at me  and the other day he came to lunch table and asked me out. I am nervous now what to say and lay awake whole night thinking about it." I said lying flawlessly.

I thought he would laugh or tease about me being such a girl and prude and what not but I notice his brows twisted in a scowl. He had a hard look on his face that he never held and for some reason he was annoyed.

Was he annoyed that some boy asked me out? That was an insane idea even in my head, he was celeb for God's sake and have freaking models after him.

Then why was he annoyed.

"And what have you decided?" He asked in a stiff tone.

"Well, I have never dated before and he is the first one who asked me out so I think I will say yes." I said too jubilantly and tried my best to hold back my laughter.

There was a second of shock on his face and then I saw his jaw tick clearly showing that he was angry.

"So when will you show me the song?" I asked edging closer to his side.

"Later Stuart, I am not in mood. Apparently, even you can mess up my mood." He said with clear annoyance.

I was surprised, not only by his sudden change in nature but also by the fact that his missing smile worried me, affected me.

"Hamilton and you said I couldn't act." I said grinning at me.

It took a moment for him to register my words but when he did, he turned to look at me with a open mouth. This widened my grin. Got ya, super star!

"You- you were ..Fuck! Stuart you were messing with me." He said stunned obviously.

And now I laughed at his expression.

"What do I get , Oscar?" I teased.

Now his mouth closed and lifted into an evil smirk and that made me tremble. He was planning revenge.

"Hamilton!" I warned.

"You messed with the wrong person." He said now smirking and sauntering towards me like a predator.

The gleam in his eyes dazzled me.

I raised my hands in a protective gesture and backed a bit.

"So you have never dated, huh?" He said stepping forward.

I nodded and gulped, no damn idea why I told him that.

"And you thought that it was okay to aggravate me, lie to me." He said stepping forward and I kept backing up like a coward.

"I was just j-joking Hamilton, now move away before I kick you in the most painful place." I threatened him weakly just trying to breathe.

I was not sure what was happening here because I was too dazed to think anything.

"And I am really vindictive Stuart." He said closing in and I am not sure what I was supposed to do.

But apparently Hamilton knew what he was doing since I hit the door and was trapped.

He was close now, his hands placed on either side of me, palms placed on door. I could see the depth in his molten chocolate like orbs, his perfect skin, sharp jaw line and sharp tip of nose. But those lips made me heady and I had to look side ways.

His warm breath was fanning my face and making my heart go staccato.

He bent even closer now his nose, level to my nose.

Say something Elise, say something. My mind pushed me but my lips were not working.

"You said a date proposal kept you awake the whole night, now trying sleeping through this." He said his eyes on my lips now.

I felt queasy yet somewhat thrilled. Something was wrong with me, definitely hormones.

He bent closer and I feel my lungs lose any and all air but his mouth went down to my ear instead and said, "This is what we call acting Stuart and your punishment for lying to a music star."

His voice rolled like silk over my ear to the tip of my gut making me flush red.

He moved away and smirking he said, "I really like that blush on your face Stuart, more appealing than all the caked up models."

I huffed loudly, stunned, speechless and annoyed. He succeed in his revenge. I tried to calm my nerves and the heat on my face before I scare the shit out of this douche.

"Hamilton, you dickhead, go to hell." I yell at him.

He laughs and I glare..

"I was just getting payback." He looked amused.

"For what, I played a little joke." I snap at him.

"I didn't like the joke and never play that kind of joke again." He said with a finality to his tone, all amusement gone.

What did he even mean? What was so hurting in my joke?

"I see I have rattled your nerves Hamilton." I taunt him my anger already fading away.

"And I see I have done the same Stuart." He answers back.

"I am also vindictive just so you now." I challenge him filling a sudden excitement build through me.

"Game on Stuart." He said accepting my challenge.

"Game on." I repeat familiar words I said to him before.

I guess we were good at playing games with each other.

But the jerk was right, he did rattle my nerves, much more than I can accept.

"Hours up Hamilton, you still haven't shown me your song." I said with a smile.

"I have a better idea, I will sing it for you." He said eyes bright with excitement probably mirroring my own.

What is it about this boy that even his dipshit attitude didn't annoy me that much?

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