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Hi people, now here's the third chap.

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Chapter 3 - * Its an obligation *

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Scarlet's POV.

After we reached Eva's apartment, I asked her and Taylor to go in ,without me as Stan called on me to wait for him outside the apartment. 'I wonder, what he has in for me now.' I thought as I waited for him standing opposite to the car, and then my thoughts drifted to today's hangout. Despite my worry for that damn math assignment, I did enjoy the hangout. A lot, in fact.

Whatever, I still have that assignment pending. I sighed on the thought of staying awake the whole night just to complete it. As I waited for my confidant - Stan, I mentally began to plan on what and how I was going to do the assignment. Just then, I saw Stan's mini van approach towards where I was, I kept my thoughts aside to hear what he was going to say for making me wait and have my patience tested.

Stan's POV.

I saw Scar standing on the other side of the road. I parked my van beside Mac's Ford Mushtang and got out. I closed the door of the car and turned to see Scar, only to hit her head with my shoulder. She had come running towards me and was about to fall from the hit. Out of reflex, I immediately caught her by her waist,preventing her fall.

Since her T-shirt rose up from the impact, I could feel her bare waist as I held her. She was so close to me that I could feel her breath fanning my nose and cheeks. Then I saw something that I never saw before. I saw Scar's cheeks turn a slight shade of pink! Was she blushing? No way! I thought as I made her stand erect and retrieved my hands from her waist.

For a minute, we stood there in an awkward silence, until Scar broke it. "Idiot! Are you going to tell me why I am wasting my time in this awkwardness instead of doing my assignment which is due tomorrow?" She hissed adjusting her hair. Whoa, she was clearly embarrassed.

I came back to my senses when she called me 'Idiot'. I completely agree with her though. I really am an idiot to think- how cold her skin felt under my touch. Were her cheeks pink because of the cold weather or was she really blushing? What am I even thinking? ,I mentally slapped myself, pulling myself from that thought.

"Uh....yeah, about that. Scar! You are not going to believe this!!" I almost squealed as I shook her shoulders. I am sure she would think that I've gone insane.

I immediately turned and opened the car, took the assignment that was lying on the passenger seat and handed it over to her, smiling like a maniac. She had a confused look planted on her face while I, instead of clearing her confusion, just stood there, deeply lost in her lovely hazel eyes.

Did I just say lovely?

I am sure that I've lost my sanity , not believing of having completed that assignment, I guess. I kicked that stupid thought out of my head and began to explain.

"First, check the papers in your hand." I ordered, smirking at her.

She started to turn the pages and looked back at me doubtfully with an eyebrow raised. "Did you ask someone to do it, Stan?" She asked as she tucked a few strands of her hair behind her ear. But before I could answer, she interrupted me.

"Wait!" She said and looked at me with a shocked face. She look from me to the assignment again and again. "This is your handwriting! You did it?" She asked in disbelief.

I simply nodded my head, beaming.

"But how? You hate calculus, don't you? How is it possible?, I know you. How did you even do it? Wait! Did you really do this by yo-" I shushed her from her banter by keeping my index finger over her lips and she obliged, keeping quite like a five year old kid.

"Will you please stop your banter now and let me explain?" I asked and received a nod from her, her lips brushing my finger as she nodded. But she started again as soon as I retrieved my finger.

"Tell me, Stan. Did you really do it?" she asked, emphasizing on 'you'.

"Hey, bro! Its not that calculus is totally impossible for me, its just that I never wanted to try it!!" I was startled having heard my own answer. Did I really say that?

She just started to laugh and soon, I joined her. After the laugh that we enjoyed died down, I explained her how I ended up without a company and how I did her assignment, having nothing else to do. She just stood there staring at me, completely stunned and suddenly hugged me after I snapped my fingers in font of her face.

"Thank you so much, Stan, for doing this for me. I am sure you wouldn't even have thought about it if it were yours!" She said and did something that I never imagined her to do in my entire lifetime.

She kissed my cheek!!!

Now, it was my turn to stand there stunned. I couldn't believe what I saw. She just freaking kissed my cheek!!! She had never done that before and I couldn't even imagine her to.

She stood there embarrassed. "That's so gay..." I said, trying to ease her from her embarrassment and wiped my cheek with my palm, faking a disgusted face, earning a nudge from her.

"I am a girl, okay?" she replied. "As if..." I said, trying to tease her again,that earned me another nudge from her except this time, it was harder than the previous one.

Oh god! I just love to tease this tomboy, or should i say, my brother.

We both then began to laugh. I could see her cheeks tainted pink, maybe because of me embarrassing her or...Was she blushing thinking about the kiss? This time, I literally hit my head for thinking about that again, earning Scar's attention.

"What happened?" She asked concerned and looking at my head.

"Oh..that's nothing. I just couldn't believe that I actually did the assignment all by myself." I said and mentally let out a sigh of relief when she accepted the answer.

Phew! That was close! She would be pissed if she came to know that I was thinking about the kiss, and not considering her tom-boyish character.

She giggled at my reply, her laugh echoing in my ears. "That's so cute." I teased her again.

"Oh c'mon, Stan. Enough with all these teasing attitude. Its freaking me out." she said and laughed again.

She then shot a look at the assignment and hugged me again. "I am so proud of you, Stan. My child is all grownup - doing calculus on his own!" She teased as she wiped her invisible tears. I rolled my eyes at that.

"I only did my job as your pal." I winked.

"I just don't know how to return the favor." She said as she raised the papers in her hand and pouted.

"Balancing the favor can be done later, Scar. Now go and make the assignment look at least a little presentable. As you see, I haven't made any front page for it."

She thanked me once more and was about to kiss me again when I suddenly turned unknowingly. She accidentally pecked a kiss on the half of my lips and began to blush. And this time, I was sure that she was blushing, which she tried to hide with her hair. I stood there stunned.....again.

"So you wanna play all gay today, huh?!!" I asked, breaking the awkward silence.

We then burst out laughing loudly that we caught Eva's attention as she peeked her head out of her window.

"What are you guys laughing at without me?" She asked. We looked at each other for a second and started to laugh again.

"Okay, Stan. Stop laughing and go home or else people would think that we've gone crazy. Meet you in college." She said and went inside the building with a 'Bye'.

I sat back in my van and drove home, thinking how I loved teasing her and how well I enjoyed laughing together with her.

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Scar's POV.

As i ran upstairs, I felt my cheeks heating up thinking about the crazy moment that took place a few minutes back. Eva opened the door even before I knocked.

"You guys forgot me in your little joy." She playfully glared.

I just handed over the papers to Eva. "He completed the assignment for me!" I squealed.

"Woah! That's shocking, dude!! He wouldn't even do his own assignments!!!" she said. Shock was clear in her face. "Special treatment huh?!" She said after some time, smirking.

I rolled my eyes at her and entered into the living room, shoving her aside. As I sat on the couch, Taylor came back from the guest room, - his room till he stays here - wearing a track suit. He was ready to go to bed.

"Hey Eva, did you tell her the results of the challenge?" He said as he sat beside me, giving me a wicked look and smirking at me. 'I wonder what he's cooking in his mind now' I thought giving him a suspicious look as I asked Eva for the results.

"I came second because I puked after that Sky Jump." She said defeated. I was tensed. Did Taylor win? Was his evil look the result of him winning? I know I lost the challenge the moment I got scared. Oh my god! Do I have to do what he says? If yes, I only hope that it is not evil.

"I lost." I said defeated.

"Obviously...You were scared to go on the rides." She said in a 'duh' tone, making me roll my eyes. "I thought I'd win and had planned such a good scene for you. But it's John." She said, playfully glaring at Taylor and making him smirk.

"So, what is it that I have to do, Taylor?" I asked him with a sigh and turned to him. Now, a flirty smirk played on his lips. OMG!!! What the hell is he planning now?!? It took everything in me to have a blunt expression outside while I panicked from the inside.

"Uh.....Scarlett.....You have to....." He trailed ,to annoy me.

"Now stop acting like Eva and get to the point, will ya?" I said annoyed.

"Hey" Eva said as threw a cushion at me. I ducked in time.

"You'll have to....." He trailed again.

"I am waiting..." I was really growing impatient.

"You will have to go on a date with me!" He said a bit fast, emphasizing on 'date'.

"Okay...Wait! What?!?!?" I was shocked. Did i hear it right? "Are you kidding, Taylor? I am not that kind of girl whom you would take on a date! Why me?"

I was asking to myself when he placed a finger on my lips to shush me. I shoved his hand away. "Hey! What's with people and shushing me with their fingers? I voiced out my thoughts, annoyed.

Taylor raised one of his eyebrows while Eva smirked at me. "Who are these 'people' who 'shushed' you?" She quoted the word people and gestured the word shush with her finger on her lips.

"Nothing. It was just Stan." I replied, rolling my eyes.

"Okay, So you were just kidding about that date thing, right?" I asked Taylor, hoping that he he would say yes.

"No! I would actually like to go on a date with you. Oh and about that your kind thing that you talked about earlier, I like you just the way you are." He said, winking at me while Eva let out an evil laugh.

"It's even better that what i planned for you!" She laughed again only to irritate me more that I already was irritated.

I was so embarrassed and was about to leave the living room to go to my room when I heard Taylor say, "Be ready the coming weekend!" He said.

"No way! I am not gonna do that. You guys plan something else for me." I said shaking my head and headed towards my room.

"Its an obligation..." I heard Eva say in a sing-s-song tone as I opened the door to my room. I had no other go but to agree, as I slumped my shoulder in defeat.

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