It All Started from the Bench Next to Mine
Chapter 2: The Day the Smile Cracked
I thought I was doing fine.
Avoiding feelings.
Avoiding him.
Just another face in the class, right?
Until that day...
On the bus.
Henry salvator
"Hey, do you know him?"*points towards smith carter*
Julie Miller(fl)
(He meant my him.)
*The one with the calm eyes and mischievous smile.*
Julie Miller(fl)
* laughed softly, tried to hide the blush.*
“No… I don’t.”
Henry salvator
*Shocked face.*
“What? You don’t know him?
So many girls have a crush on him
Julie Miller(fl)
(That didn’t surprise me.
He was charming.
To everyone.)
Henry salvator
"You know freya Jackson is his girlfriend?"
your sweet author
she was one of my classmates
Julie Miller(fl)
*My world paused.
Just for a second.
But enough to feel like falling.*
Julie Miller(fl)
*My smile froze.
My chest tightened.
And suddenly, the bus felt smaller, hotter, unbearable.*
Julie Miller(fl)
* gave a fake excuse—*
“My friend’s waiting. We’ll talk later.”
And left.
That day…
I went home,
Locked the door.
Told everyone I was changing out of uniform.
But inside...
I was crumbling.
I cried into my hands,
quietly,
because my heart had cracked
for someone who didn’t even know.
and again few days passed away ignoring him beside me
Julie Miller(fl)
And just when I tried to move on—
forget it like a bad dream—
fate said, “Not yet.”
A few days later,
My partner asked for a sticky note.
...
“Can you spell freya’s name for me?” she asked.
Julie Miller(fl)
Of course(his gf)
Julie Miller(fl)
*peeked—*
(She was writing)
Julie Miller(fl)
*saw a small pink heart next to his name.*
...
Smith loves ...*waiting patiently for her reply*
Julie Miller(fl)
(I felt something rise inside me.
Something wicked.
So I said the wrong spelling.
On purpose.)
flora was the girl whose nose litterly leaked and she was dumb
Julie Miller(fl)
Why did I do that?*murmer*
...
*Stuck the note on his shirt*
Henry salvator
*Read it**Laughing*
smith carter(ml)
* read it.*
*His eyes flared.*
smith carter(ml)
*Annoyed*
smith carter(ml)
“Who wrote this?!”
...
“She told me how to spell it!”
...
*Giggling and pointing*
Julie Miller(fl)
*panicking*
Julie Miller(fl)
“I–I didn’t mean it like that! I’m sorry!”
He didn’t say a word.
Just stared.
Then walked off—
smith carter(ml)
*Disappointed face*
Julie Miller(fl)
That silence cut deeper than any words.
Julie Miller(fl)
*Stood alone by the window,*
thinking about all of it.
your sweet author
Hey wait wait did I miss some incident to tell you
your sweet author
Yes I did✋🤚👉👈
your sweet author
In next episode
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