All eyes were on us while Mrs. Lee held her head high, seemingly proud.
After seconds, my eyes found the boy who was constantly appearing in my dreams.
“Lawrence! Lance! Look who’s here!” Mrs. Lee announced, which made the crowd of teenagers around them glance in our direction.
“Is it sis?!” Lance exclaimed in excitement. But his smile dropped when he saw me behind his mother.
“No, silly. Your sister already said she couldn’t come.” Mrs. Lee stepped aside, exposing us in full view for the audience to gawk.
“Wow! Who are they?”
“They look beautiful!”
“Are they celebrities?”
“The air around them is very different from us. I felt smaller by just looking at them.”
“Hey! Pretty Lady!”
Lawrence broke the trance as he smoothly made his way towards Zoe and kissed her cheek, which made the girl stunned as the audience gasped. His brown eyes then slid to his brother and motioned his head in my direction.
Lance sighed before he approached me. He shot me a glare when he stopped inches in front of me.
. . .
. . .
I was lost in the wonders of his deep mesmerizing brown eyes that it took a moment to notice that he was signaling me for something.
“Bent down a little. I can’t reach you, you know,” he whispered with a mixture of embarrassment in his cute voice.
“O-oh . . .”
I was like a machine as I heed his command. Whenever it came to him, all my grace and poise vanished before me. Lance tiptoed and dinted his cheek against mine as a greeting.
It was a faint contact.
Not even a kiss.
But my legs wobbled, losing its strength as my arms flew around his neck for support.
Lance was stunned as his body went stiff before he tapped my back with an awkward pat.
. . .
. . .
“You can let go now.”
I released him when I heard his angry and somewhat annoyed voice.
“H-happy birthday . . . ,” I said, changing the topic to cover my embarrassing behavior.
Lance nodded before he went back to the group of teenage boys and girls. I heard the teasing remarks of his friends while some girls frowned as they sized me up and down. Their faces then turned sour except for one –– a pretty young girl with smooth, silky black hair. Brown eyes highlighted by long lashes. Cute nose and thin pinkish pouty lips with smooth porcelain skin and oval shape face.
She was beautiful, and oddly . . .
She reminded me of Leanna.
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