chapter 41

Feel The Love - Rudimental feat. John Newman

"Princess!" Xavier shouts as he rushes out of the doors, a desperate look on his face.

I pull away from Jess and furiously wipe the tears away. How dare he call me that when that just happened in front of my face. The bastard.

"You have no right to call me that." I hiss, clenching my fists. "You—you asshole! How could you? Huh? How could you?!"

Xavier doesn't speak at first. His mouth keeps opening and shutting, like a goldfish.

"Are you with her? Huh? Was this some sort of game to you?! Were you with her the whole time? Have you both been laughing at me behind my back as you make me fall for you? I bet you have. I should have never given you my heart, I should have known better. Once a manwhore, always a man— -"

Xavier cuts me off with a "no!"

More tears are falling down my cheeks now and I continue to wipe them away. I'm pathetic, crying. I knew he would move onto a more prettier—maybe more annoying—but a better girl nonetheless. I'm such a fool.

"What then? You just let her kiss you, in front of me, without pulling away." I harshly say. "You. Are. An. Asshole." I grit out, poking him in the chest harder each time.

Xavier sputters back, his grey eyes wide. He can't even defend himself from the truth.

I scoff. "Can't even give me an excuse. Thought as much."

Then I turn on my heel and storm off. I'm such a fool. I bet when I go to school tomorrow everyone will be laughing at me, especially Stacy with her bitchy face.

"Princess wait! No! You've got it all wrong. Please stop walking, please." He begs, trailing after me. I ignore him and continue to follow Jess.

A hand grabs mine and pulls me to a familiar chest. I start to struggle in his hold, my fisted hands punching his chest. "Let me go! I hate you! Let me go!" I hysterically yell, thrashing like a lunatic.

We stay like that for a while, with me hollering at him whilst he holds me, not saying a thing.

Eventually, I stop from exhaustion and I just pathetically sob like the sad girl I am. Xavier's arms come around me and he pulls me into a hug.

"Princess, I would never try to harm you. That girl." He distastefully spits out, "she was from my past. I hate her, you're the only girl for me. I love you and I'm so sorry I didn't push her off, I was in a state of shock. I only came out of it once I saw you running off. Princess, I love you more than anything. If I lost you, I—I don't know what I would do. I need you. Please...please forgive me."

I listen to him, my heart beating rapidly in my chest at everything he's saying. I don't know what to think. Can I believe him?

"Xavier— "

"Princess, I know I was a horrible man in the past who treated women like trash. Yet, they still latched onto me. That girl, I think her name is Louisa she was one of them. She's like Stacy, delusional. She thinks I'm hers but I will never be, she was just a one night stand. I belong to you, just like you belong to me. I will never treat you like trash because you're not trash. You're my angel, my everything. I was a horrible guy back then but you make me feel things I never thought I would feel. I can't lose you. I won't. I'm so sorry, I really am. You're breaking my heart with those tears, please Annabella, please forgive me."

I stay frozen, registering his words. Wow, I never thought I would hear him say those words. Hell, I never thought I would hear anybody say those words to me. That type of emotion only comes from romance films or from people like Jake and Chloe.

I'm speechless. He really meant everything? The sincerity in his eyes tells me he does, he really loves me. He feels guilty about everything he has done in the past; he really won't betray me like that.

"You—you really meant everything? You weren't with anybody else? None of those girls meant anything to you?" I question him, my green eyes meeting his grey eyes.

Xavier nods his head. "Yeah, they will never mean anything. You, however, mean everything. You are my world and I'm never going to let you go. I want you, forever."

I cry with happiness at that and kiss him. This man...wants me. Just me. He doesn't care about any of the beautiful girls with long tanned legs and golden hair, he wants me.

Wow. Just wow.

Xavier King, you never fail to surprise me.

"Thank you," I mumble, moving my hands up to his shoulders. He cocks his head to the side confused whilst I just give him a small smile. "You just made me the happiest girl alive. I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions, its just... somewhere in the back of my head, I thought you would leave me for some other girl and so I was afraid that that was what's happening. I was scared because I don't want to lose you. I love you, Xavier King. You're my bad boy."

Xavier's face softens and he gives me a gigantic smile, showing off his pearly white teeth. His jet black hair is blowing softly in the breeze and his grey eyes are bright and vibrant. He looks stunning—so handsome.

My breath hitches as he lowers his head to me, for another passionate kiss. Greedily, I press my lips to his and rejoice in the sensations. My stomach is doing flips and my heart is practically beating out of my chest. I can faintly feel his heart beating rapidly too; I smirk against his lips. I have an effect on him too.

"Xavier!"Louisa's voice screeches from the distance. "Come here baby, I know you want me. You can ditch the short girl now."

Xavier's hands on me tighten as he clenches his jaw. His eyes are narrow and he's glaring daggers into the distance where Louisa's coming from. He looks pissed.

"Oh baby, why did you run away from me like that?" She asks in her soft, calm voice, even though she doesn't look calm right now. I thought Stacy was bad but this girl is one hundred times worse. Just because she kissed my man in front of me. "You can ditch her now honey. She seems nice and all but we are meant for each other. I—"

"F*ck off Louisa" Xavier barks harshly. Louisa  looks taken aback as her mouth opens agape. Her green eyes move from him to me and she gives me a jealous look. He's mine b*tch, so shove off.

She gives Xavier a hurt look and then stomps her high heel hardly.

"I waited for you asshole. I waited for you because I love you and I thought you loved me. We are perfect together, I'm not going to let some wannabe cheerleader take you away from me." She snaps.

I thought the whole raging jealous ex-girlfriend thing would go away after Stacy but apparently not. What is this? A reality TV show?

I pull away from Xavier and give him a small smile as his expression turns concerned. I've got this.

If I can deal with Stacy, I can deal with this girl.

"Look, Louisa," I calmly say. "I know you're angry, you're angry that he was with you and then dumped you like trash. What he did was wrong, very wrong. You're probably hurt and confused and frustrated which is understandable. But do you really think this is necessary?" I ask her, pointing at her aggressive form. "I don't know you but I think you deserve a guy who treats you with respect, who loves you. I'm sorry but Xavier doesn't love you but that doesn't mean you won't find a guy who will. It just isn't Xavier."

Louisa is speechless. Her angry and murderous expression calms down. She breathes in and out; unclenches her fists.

"I—I," She stammers.

"You don't have to say anything. I think Xavier needs to apologize to you." I say, shooting Xavier a look over my shoulder. He gives me an unhappy look, clearly not wanting to talk to her.

One frosty look from me though has him sighing in defeat and mumbling out a 'sorry'.

"Louisa, you don't have to be like this. You should go out and find your man, a man who will treat you right and love you." I add. She hangs her head low, deep in thought.

I don't think Louisa really wants to be that girl. She just wants to be with Xavier because he's hot and popular. She's probably been acting like a different girl to fit in. The possessiveness and the rude comments isn't her. I bet if you get past the fakeness that she puts on, you'll find a very kind and nice girl. She just needs somebody to tell her that popularity and douches aren't worth losing yourself.

"You're right. I've been acting like a different person to get attention, to fit in. Did you know I despise having to look good all of the time, I hate being horrible to nice people like you.I don't even love him, not really. I...I just want to stay popular so that people don't bully me. All of it, its not me. I'm even failing my classes to make myself 'better' and more 'worthy' of the boys. I don't even know why I'm doing this anymore. I don't even know who I am." Louisa sadly tells us, her green eyes looking far away.

"Then go and find yourself again. Find out who you are. Find people who see the real you." I encourage her with a smile.

Louisa returns my smile happily. "Thank you. I needed that. And I'm sorry for kissing your man. You two look really good together. I hope he treats you like a queen."Oh, you have no idea.

I shrug my shoulders and wave it off like it was nothing. Just me giving advice to a person in need.

With that, Louisa turns on her heel and walks off. Behind me, Xavier releases a thankful sigh. I hear his footsteps as he heads over to me and pulls me into his chest, wrapping his arms around me. My back is to his chest and his strong arms are around my waist. He kisses my temple and places his chin on the top of my head.

"You were amazing. Truly inspiring." Xavier compliments me. "You really helped her out, thank you."

I smile. Yeah, I really did help her out.

Word count: 1854

Hello! Not so sure on how I felt about this chapter, oh well. Thanks for the votes and comments!

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