Kapitel 10: I Once Loved Holden

Mabel drove to the downtown restaurant called Foodies place and stopped at their parking lot. She was about getting inside when Megan abruptly stopped her. " Mabel look I know I said I could see him but I'm nervous. Just some few words and a couple of outings won't change the fact that I once loved Holden and I might still do, you know", Megan said and Mabel sighed.

" Ok you can sit at a corner and order something while I go talk to him", she said for Megan to nod. She knew she was being a chicken but she loved this guy once before, she had studied him enough to know what he liked and disliked and she might even be on his dislike list.

Megan and Mabel headed inside and as planned, Megan found a seat at a corner and sat there while a waiter came to attend to her and Mabel went over to Holden whom she sighted at the corner drinking tea and touching his phone screen continuously.

" Hey Holden", she said and he looked up surprised to see her. She took a chair and sat next to him but didn't miss his furrowed brows as he stared at her. " I want to talk to you, it's about our little easy way out on literature", she said and Holden who had already decided on ignoring her, paid attention.

" What the fuck about that?", He said coldly and Mabel sighed, the boy lacked patience. " I just wanted to tell you that we have done enough of that and it's high time, I taught you for real, we can't keep doing this Holden", she said but he just kept staring at her like he didn't hear a thing she said.

" Holden look, I'm getting my extra credits and you're getting your good luck charm on Miss Willows but sadly we are not following the right path so I told My history teacher the truth and promised to tutor you for real this time", she spoke once again but he kept looking at her like he didn't hear her.

That's it, now she was annoyed. "Since you don't want to study properly, I hope you like starting afresh", she said and he raised his eyebrows at her " I dare you to fucking do that", he said coldly as he knew what she was implying. She was implying that she wanted to tell Miss Willows so they would give him another book to start afresh with.

Meanwhile Megan was silently watching Holden and Mabel. She saw Mabel kept talking but Holden barely answered her but he was listening. She just wished he had listened to her once the way he payed attention to Mabel right now. It was like what Mabel was saying was so damn important that he couldn't bare to miss a word and when he finally spoke, some girls appeared blocking her view.

" What the fuck is wrong with you guys?", she asked as she saw some of cheerleading squad who immediately took a seat next to her.

" Megan Pierce missed school because Holden wasn't returning his feelings back to her, how sad", Lily Rose, Megan side chick said as soon as she made herself comfortable. " We didn't expect you to be so stupid Megan, you could have just continued coming to school, then you would have seen him and be ok with that but no, you wanted him to be yours and sadly you didn't get him", another girl called Lina spoke but Megan sighed.

If it was the old her, she would have yelled at the girls and mind them to stay within their limits but she wasn't that old Megan, she was Mabel's Megan, the better Megan so she just stared at them in the eye and ignored them. These girls didn't even come see her one bit when she wasn't in school only the nerd who she barely knew bothered to show up.

The girls felt angry when Megan didn't answer them at all but before they could say anything, Megan stood up as she saw Mabel approaching. " What did he say?", she asked and the girls wondered why Megan was talking to the nerd they still remembered this particular girl bringing them shame in front of Jace and Holden.

" He dared me to tell on him, I swear I am going to tell on him", Mabel said and adjusted her glasses. " You can't do that silly because it's no use, what if Holden makes your life miserable after you do that", Megan said so that Mabel would change her mind but Mabel didn't back down instead she looked more determined.

" I don't care what he does Megan because I really need a clear conscience", she spoke softly and Megan sighed. " Well then, do you have money? I ordered but don't have enough money to pay", Megan asked but Mabel shook her head then she just said wait. " I'll go to him for money", before Megan Could stop her she was already out of here.

The other girls followed Mabel with their eyes and saw her speaking to Holden. Their heart kept beating fast like it was going to explode. How did Megan get the nerd to talk to Holden on her behalf, they felt jealous.

" Holden I need some money", Mabel said as she finally reached where Holden was sitting at. He raised his head to look at her and just stared at her for a while. " I didn't bring you here, Am not your boyfriend, so why should I give you money?", he asked and returned back to pressing his phone.

She sighed deeply. " Jace took all my money and now I ordered but don't have money to pay so please give me some money", she said for his lips to curl in a smirk. " Jace took money from you, well mom seized his credit card so am not surprised", he said and afterwards reached for his card and passed it to her, told her the code and she left with a smile.

The other girls stared in awe, Holden actually smirked at a nerd, spoke to her and gave her his credit card, they didn't hear what they spoke about but it seemed like Holden trusted the girl.