The knife was held so close to his neck. He looked terrified and his face held thousands of emotions. He was shaking with fear and his breaths were uneven.
'Genevive, stay away!' He tried to yell in his raspy voice.
My heart was breaking. I couldn't see him like that. It hurt. A real lot.
'Someone help! Help please! My father is in danger! Please!'
Suddenly I saw a young man walking towards us. He looked like he was in the age of 17. But as he came closer, his green orbs bore into my blue ones. It was him! Ian Carter!

I sat up abruptly. Calm down Gen. It's just the same nightmare. I was honestly tired of this. Tired of these nightmares. Tired of thinking why Ian appeared in my dreams every night. Tired of thinking what happened in the past. Tired of everything!
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It was Ian. Ian only. I had no doubt regarding it. But my question was how he was related to whatever mess that happened in the past. Talking about the nightmare, you could say I was used to it. It's been 4 years! And every night, I would wake up seeing the very same nightmare. Now I was kinda confused if there was anything mysterious behind what happened.

'Sweetie are you okay?'

'Umm.... What mom?' Great job Gen. I was lost in thoughts and didn't hear a word my mom said.

' I was telling you to finish your breakfast quickly. Because I am about to leave and Kamri will be here soon. You don't wanna be late, do you? '

'Uhh.... Of course I don't wanna be late. Good bye mom! Have a great day!'

'Bye honey! You too!'
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Bardot Industries. That's where my dad and Ian's mom used to work at. I don't have much clue about what the company dealt with. But I do remember how stressed my dad looked during his last few days. Now that I look back, it felt like there was some traces of sadness on his face whenever he smiled. I just had this feeling that there was more things which we don't knew about. I wasn't sure though. But if there's one thing I didn't have a suspicion about, it was that, if there was incase anything mysterious, then Ian was definitely involved. I just knew it. My gut feeling told me so.

'Ms. Owens, please pay attention!.'

I jerked and blinked a few times. It was my geography class and I had zoned out. Kamri nudged me in the elbow from beside me. I raised my eyebrows at her. She mouthed me to apologize. Scolding myself, I apologized.

'Sorry Mrs. Cooper.'

She gave me a curt nod and got back to her teaching.

As Kam and I entered our English class, we noticed that Mrs.Smith was on leave today. A smile was plastered on every kid's face. Deciding to take an advantage of this opportunity, I thought of telling Kam about those weird stuffs I felt around Ian.
As we sat down, I noticed everyone engaged in their own works. I turned my head slowly to my side to Kamri and she gave me a slight nod as if she already knew what was coming.

'So umm... Kam-'

'Tell me NOW.'

'Yeah listen -'

'Am all ears darling.'

'Kamr-'

'Carry on Gen.'

'GOSH! Kam can you just shut up and listen to what I have to say! '

She gave me a sheepish grin and nodded. 

'So, ever since last year or something, I feel weird around Ian. Whenever he's near me, my heart beats accelerate. And when he speaks to me, my stomach does a somersault. And not to mention his eyes, I feel like melting in those green orbs. But the problem is why am I feeling this?'

'Gen.'

'Yeah tell me.'

She had this 'I knew it all face' and a wide grin too.

'Guess what! You are in love with-'

'No! No! No! It's definitely not that!'

'Well, I heard Ian is dating someone else anyway.'

'You're joking, aren't you?' I spoke too fast.

'Why would I? And why do you care?'

'Because, I don't want him dating other girls.'  I blurted out

Kamri burst into laughter while I glared at her.

'This is what I told you idiot. You show every sign of being in love. Congratulations grandma! You are officially in love with Ian Carter.'

Realization hit me hard! I was in love! That too with Ian! He probably thought of me as his younger sister!
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Since it was lunch break, Kamri and I were in the school cafeteria, having our food while gossiping.

'I heard Sophia Billboard gave Richard Denimson a black eye.'

'No way! Sophia must be really brave!'

As we kept chattering, we saw some of our classmates from Spanish class walk towards us. Kamri and I passed them smiles as they waved back. They settled on a table behind us and Kam was about to say something when Ava, one of the girls, said something to her friends that made me drop my fork and lose my appetite. I sat there frozen and I could feel tears gather at the brim of my eyes. Ava was a sweet girl and so were her friends. But what she said kept replaying in my head.

' Carter asked me out on a date.'

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~ Daneen & Falaq~