[EnigmaofSorrow]

Upon reaching home, Alex logged on to ICQ as usual.

Grace was expecting him.

G: Hey. Can I ask you something?

A: Yeah?

G: Do you like Jane?

A: Huh? What kind of a question is that?

G: Just answer it. I saw her kiss you and you were behaving intimately.

A: Right. The kiss was an accident. No I don't like Jane.

G: Ok. Good. Do you like me?

A: Huh??

G: Yes or no?

A: Well, you're my friend. We're squadmates.

G: Do you think we'll be together in a relationship?

A: What kind of a question is that???

G: I liked you since sec 1. I think you are a very nice person. Helpful, funny, charming.

A: So? I'm like this to any one. Girl or guy.

G: Do you like me?

A: Er. I don't know.

G: I want you to be my boyfriend.

A: Why?

G: Because I like you!

A: That's not a very good reason is it?

G: Fine.

Grace logged off.

Alex wondered what the fuck just happened but ignored it anyway.

He had never wondered about what it was like to like a girl before. Or to have someone admit that they liked him. He hung around mIRC for awhile before shutting down his computer.

Bored, he took out an old photo album from his sec 1 uniformed group end of year camp.

Browsing through the prints, he realised something that he had not realised before. In each and every photograph, besides Ben, Grace was always next to him.

Grace was around 1.6meters, slim, rather tanned due to the uniformed group activities, and had pretty toned legs due to the footdrills. She had long hair, reaching all the way to her lower back, but she always kept it tied up in a bun or ponytail. She was not as curvy as Jane, and her chest was probably an A cup, but her legs were so well toned that they were the envy of most guys, Alex included.

Alex closed the album.

What did she mean when she said she liked him?

Jane was pretty warm towards him too. Did that mean she liked him as well?

He laughed to himself, dismissing the possibility. After all, he was still shorter than most guys his age. Not that he was truly bothered by it, but sometimes he wished he was a little taller.

He turned off the light and lay on his bed. He was extremely tired from the camp but he simply could not sleep.

Well, at least he still had 3 weeks of school holidays to relax and prepare for a new chapter of his life in secondary 3.