When Fate Decided to Play its Part

CHAPTER ONE;

The First Talk

She was only in her first year in high school when Althea met Tyler. He was more dazzling than the sun, one can't help but squint their eyes when they see him. Tyler was one year ahead of her.

She was 15 that time, and Tyler was 16.

Of course, as a normal teenager, Althea is also a victim of his charms. She sometimes blush when their eyes met, then hastily drag her eyes away, making the other intrigued and curious of her.

She can even still remember their first conversation like it was yesterday.

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Lunch.

The cafeteria is full of students as usual. The place was chaotic that even scraps of foods were flying in the air. The voices of other students are loud enough to drown the conversation of others. Some looked at the noisiest group with disdain. 

Lunch is supposedly peaceful!

Althea, who was sitting alone near the corner, was busy with her books. Her foods are remained untouched on the corner. She cannot bother eating them since the her exams are coming. She's conscious about her grades. Failure is not an option for her.

Her head is bowed as she was reading and high lighting the important words and phrases and she naturally did not noticed the almost flying figure heading towards her table.

Althea's focus is topnotch, she didn't even noticed that a fight broke out.

As the flying figure, who was unfortunately kicked by his enemy, flew towards her table, another sturdy figure appeared just in time. He stopped the figure from directly crashing towards Althea's table, but because of the force, he was pushed back a little and managed to distrupt the still table of Althea.

Althea was in the middle of highlighting a sentence when her table moved. The pen was pushed upward.

Stratled, she raised her head to see what was going on. Many heads are turned towards her table and stared at the two figures in front of her. Some were laughing loudly, some were frowning since their lunch is ruined. It was too noisy that she can't make up almost the words they said.

But she still managed to caught one word; Tyler.

Suprised, Althea focused her attention at the man who was currently laughing while holding another man by his collar.

The man, who was apparently Tyler, was facing his back to her. He's body built is sturdy and the lines of his muscles are visible under his shirt.

here? Althea asked herself.

whipped his head to look at her over his shoulder. Incidentally, their eyes

crushing on him ever since she saw Tyler on the school grounds months ago. That time, too, their eyes met. As the weakest one between them, Althea

she did not saw him gazing at her back with amusement on his eyes. Since

that day. Stupid! She's usually calm and rational, but how

on Althea! You have faced many

"Hey."

and tempting voice pulled her out from her internal

fortunately, she stopped herself. She

Tyler just

her outer self remained calm, except for her traitor cheeks and ears that were currently reddening in

"Hey, hello." 

for the ground to open up and swallow

blushed even more and hastily looked down then she pretended

 She wanted to persist and stubbornly hold their gaze together but she

with a hidden amusement appeared

sit

but carefully avoiding his piercing eyes. She was already composed and the red tint of her ears and

Tyler thought. 'What a

not only have red cheeks and ears, but from toes to head, will be colored with flaming red. Her

for Tyler, she isn't a mind reader, nor

not want to be rude. Besides, she have no

isn't."

almost immediately after Althea said her

shrugged it off,

Tyler was still looking

really uncomfortable under his gaze. She straightened her back

there something wrong

of course there

like that?' Althea wants to ask, but she have no

and pretended to read her

knew that someone is staring at them. Of course she's not an

that the man who was staring