Chapter 16 Fifteen

• Daisy's POV
• It was a day before the inter-house sport and we were supposed to do the final practice today, students from each team were gathered on the field, and we would compete against each other, although, it was just a friendly competition, everyone was pumped with adrenaline but I was extremely scared and nervous and my nervousness went top notched when I found out that Celine is running the relay for her team, thank goodness I'm the first runner up for my team, while she's running the finishing for her team, that means, although we're all running the relay, I'm not competing directly against her, that calmed my nerves just a little bit.
• I know she's smart and good at everything she does but it's important that I beat her in this race if I were up against her, for Aires' sake, I would have to, I had watched her interview the other day when she was asked if she has a boyfriend, she had laughed and left a hint that she likes someone and hopefully, he would be her boyfriend in future, I wonder if that person she was referring to is Aires, of cause, Aires would like someone like her, sexy, beautiful and smart, that's why, I have to act smart too, even though I might not look sexy, but at least I could pass off as being beautiful, I cleaned my sweaty palm on my jersey and glanced to my right, smack, my eyes came in contact with stormy grey eyes with a rim of gold, he was regarding me solemnly, was he already thinking that I would lose to Celine? my heart thudded painfully, and more sweat came to my palm and also, my upper lips, slowly, he flicked his fingers, beckoning me to come, my eyes widened a fraction, was he referring to me? I gaze around to see if he was talking to someone else but there was no one, just me, taking a deep breath, slowly, I went towards him, but before, I got too close, he gestured with his palm, asking me to stop right there, I paused, "chill, take a deep breath" he instructed, although, confused, I did as he asked, "you had better run with the aim of winning" he warned, "I told you I can't run, I can't compete, why did you still insist that I should be among the runners" I asked, for the first time, curious why he would want me to run in the relay, "I see you're only good at writing a love letter and professing love, outside that, you know nothing" he said and I frowned, so this was about the letter I wrote, "so you're getting back at me?" I asked but he made no reply, simply corking his head and staring at me, I took a deep breath and turned to leave, "I won't go easy on you if you fail" he warned, just then, I heard my name being called to come and take my position, everyone was waiting for me, it was time for the relay, I quickly ran in and entered my lane, heart thundering in my ears, I listened for the whistle and took off immediately it was blown, to my surprise, I ran faster than the others and handed my baton real quick as the second runner went flying off, in the end, we took the first position in were cheers all over, I wished it was the real deal and hope tomorrow's own go as smooth as this, Celine's team took the second position, I was elated and my eyes scanned for Aires, our gaze met and he smirked, that was all? He just smirked at me? He turned away from me and went to his basketball competition, he was the captain of his team, I stood on the court and watched him, he played like a professional, I wonder if there's anything that he's not good at, he's so blessed and charismatic, his parents must be really proud of him, I can picture the pride in his father's eyes when he looked at his son, his father has indeed bred a very good heir to manage his company, my mind wandered to my own dad, I wondered where he is right now, would he be proud of me? Or will he feel disappointed, I wondered if he would deem me good enough to be called his daughter, perhaps not, if he had thought of me as worthy to be his child, he wouldn't have left in the first place, "goal!!!" The audience shouted, jerking me out of my thoughts, Aires has scored yet another goal for his team, the other team hasn't even had a chance of putting the ball in the basket, soon, it was time up and Aires' team won, Celine ran over to hug him and I felt a pain in my heart, I wished I was the one hugging him right now, why was she so happy anyways, it wasn't her team that won but mine and she's just all over him, Aires drank deep from a bottle of water that was thrown to him, "you can go and congratulate him too, he's in your team, after all, don't just stand there" Desiree said from beside me, I didn't know when she sneaked up on me, I quickly shook my head at her suggestion, "I can't possibly do that", I argued, my liver will fail me, nope, I simply cannot, "so you'll just watch Celine do all the hugging while you stand here burning with jealousy?"