Chapter 1: He’s back & He’s bad

• PROLOGUE
• "Is he... Is he really here?" I asked, totally not believing what my pretty small eyes saw. I was quite mesmerised, but to say I was in shock, is an understatement. 
• "I guess so, his eyes are of same colour and looks exactly like you described" Samantha, my best friend, said. 
• "But... But how?" 
• "You should know it better" she replied and left me all alone there. 
• He was back. The best of the 'bestest' friend of me. But he doesn't remember me. Doesn't recognise me and that's what hurts the most. Because he was not just a friend to me. 
• I had a crush on him since I was 8.
• Giving me a small glance of his beautiful blue eyes, he stared at me for a while, making me realise that I'm not the one he knows, and it's not a tradition to just stare at someone like that. 
• At least not for a girl to stare at a boy like I was just doing. 
• I lowered my gaze, finding it difficult to meet those eyes again after all these years, when I knew it just wasn't easy for me now to stay in the same school as him. 
• I was still looking into those blue eyes. They didn't change in those six years. He was talking to some other boys and hasn't seen me. So, yea, I was looking in those eyes sideways. Just then his gaze turned towards me, and I didn't notice it until he started to stare at me back. I looked down in embarrassment and turned back. I was about to leave when I heard a voice. 
• "Hey girl!" someone had said. 
• Even if I didn't hear that voice in the last six years, I could sense that it's no one else's than Ryan. But the voice has deepened and it is way
• huskier than the cute clear one he had way back. 
• I turned around again, facing him, not knowing how to react. I even
• thought... Maybe he remembered me? 
• "What?" I asked slowly, still not meeting his eyes, cause they do different magic whenever I look at them. 
• "You must really like me!" he said. I looked at him in shock. 
• What did he just say? 
• "What??" I asked stunned. 
• "You were staring at me f
• or the last 10 minutes I suppose," he said and I could really feel the embarrassment pass through me straight. "Stop that already," he said with a smirk on his face. 
• I didn't reply and went to the washroom. As expected, Sam was already waiting for me there.
• "I'm
• sure... He's back... Ryan Carson... Sorry... Ryan Swift and... He has completely changed! I'm out of my mind right now... He was so shy and so quiet before... And now he's so bold!! I don't want to be in the same school-" I was cut off by Sam. 
• "Oh cool down my dear!! It's fine!! He doesn't remember you anyway" 
• "He doesn't! And he shouldn't!" 
• "I know right. Just don't act weird" she said and dragged me to my classroom. I and she were
• bench mates, so we sat together. Well, it was the first day of our 10th class, so we can decide on the bench we want. 
• "You know what Hannah, just calm down
• ," Sam said to me again, as she looked towards my dull face. 
• "You know I shouldn't be sad when he returned, but what can I do? It's bad for me as much as it is for him! You just saw how much he has changed!" 
• "How can I see that, when I haven't met him before?" she said. 
• Oh yeah. She hasn't. 
• "Well, earlier, he was just as cute and handsome as he's now, he was cool and talked in a decent manner. He was a disciplined boy and was just too shy to talk to anyone!" 
• "Then?" 
• "Well, it's a long story, but what I now know,
• is that he's a completely different person I knew once" 
• "And don't tell me you still have a crush on him?" 
• "
• Well... Yes" 
• "Go and die!" 
• "Why?" 
• "You're never gonna understand! I mean just get over him already!" 
• "I can't! I tried!" 
• "Leave it. The class is gonna start!" she said. 
• I looked towards the door and waited for the teacher to come. But someone else came at the door followed by the gossips of the young girls in the classroom. 
• Don't tell me
• , Ryan, & I are in the same class!! 
• And he came in my row. I closed my eyes because I was so embarrassed. I was startled when I felt a breath on my neck. A shiver went through my body on the hot breath of someone. 
• I desperately wanted to know what was there that increased my heartbeat to god-knows-which number. But I just wasn't ready to face it. 
• "You're lucky. I'm sitting behind you" he said, right, he was Ryan. 
• Oh god. Just kill me already!! 
• I didn't
• dare to look back or face him, he went and sat on his seat. While I was earning glares from my classmates, Samantha was dumbfounded. 
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• I waited for the class to get over. When I saw that the total length was 40 minutes, and it’s been just 10 minutes, I decided to make a plan. 
• "Sam, I'm going to the washroom, come after me
• ," I said to her. Usually, teachers don't allow two students to go out at once, but she won't pay attention, I guess. 
• "Ok fine, which washroom? Lower one?" 
• "No, this floor" 
• "Ok
• ," she said and I stood up. 
• "Mam, may I use the washroom
• ," I said and she allowed. At a fast pace, I walked and walked and didn't stop until the washroom. At least here I was safe... It's a girl’s washroom. 
• I waited for Sam who came
• to me a little while later. "What took you so much time!!" I yelled as she entered the area. 
• "You don't know Hannah, I had to act like it was so urgent! She wasn't allow
• ed!" 
• "Oh, ok, thanks. Now listen. What the hell am I gonna do?!?" 
• "Firstly, would you please tell me what the hell happened to him six years back? I never asked because you became a cry-baby whenever I did!"
• "Oh really...."
• "Yes really!"
• "Fine fine. I'll tell you"