I'm Yours Only, Sophie J Brain [i am malala young readers edition txt] 📗

Prologue - Chapter Nine

 

 

This book is dedicated to Chris for allowing me the use of his name.

Prologue

Nicola Bennett, known to all who chose to know her as Nicky, was a firm romantic. Oh of course she knew that life wasn't all red wine and roses but she held the firm belief that one day she was sure to meet her perfect gentleman. Although Nicky was well aware that he probably wouldn't be perfect, he'd probably be a rambling idiot but that would be perfect for her because she was a rambling idiot too and as long as he loved her and never intentionally hurt her she would be happy.

Of course she knew that not everyone, and indeed rarely anyone, shared this view with her. Nicky's best friend for instance, Eloise Sheffield, had a completely different view on the subject of men and relationships; the pair found themselves discussing this very subject on new year’s eve.

Eloise had arrived at around six o'clock, just after Nicky's family had set off to the party they were going to, and promptly said “You are such an idiot Nicky”

Nicky rolled her eyes and took the bottle of wine off of her friend, she knew what Eloise was referring to so just ignored her and poured two glasses, eventually however the look on her friends faced forced her to answer “I had to break up with him, for the sake of our friendship.”

“There is really something wrong with that whole statement” Eloise accepted the glass of wine and sat down

Nicky signed and sat opposite her friend “I've known Greg since we were both babies, he has seen me at my best and my worst but when it comes down to it I could never give him what he would need, romantically”

Eloise groaned “Nicky, when are you going to learn that life is not one big love story”

“I just know he wasn't the one”

“You really are off your head” Eloise muttered

“You just don't understand” Nicky smiled “For me true love is something I just know will happen, I can't explain why I know, it’s just a feeling I have and Greg was not true love”

“So you would be perfectly happy if he was with someone else” Eloise said cheekily “you wouldn't be overcome with jealousy”

“Of course I wouldn't be jealous” Nicky laughed “it might have taken me six months to realise but I am never going to love him as anything else but a friend”

“So what is true love then?” Eloise asked “how are you going to know?”

“I'll look at him and then I will just know” Nicky sighed dreamily “I will see my heart in his eyes and my soul in his smile and nothing else will matter, it will just be me and him”

Nicky didn't have to see the look on her friend's face to know how crazy she sounded but she couldn't help her feelings, this knowledge that she would find her soul mate was just a part of who she was.

“So what are you going to say when you meet this magnificent person?”

Nicky shrugged “I don't know, I'd just kiss him”

“You'd kiss him?” Eloise almost dropped her wine in shook “Nicky you can't just go around kissing people”

“I know that” Nicky smiled shrugging again “I won't be kissing 'people' I'll be kissing my soul mate. The logic would come after but in that moment, when we first meet, I'm sure I would not be able to stop myself from putting my lips on his and afterwards is when reality would sink in and I'd have to start thinking”

Eloise smiled “You are completely crazy Nicky but I do love you”

Nicky rolled her eyes and smiled “I love you too El”

 

Christopher Williams had never thought of himself as a coward but when he walked into Cherrycombe Secondary School on his first day at work and saw, first the size of the place and then amount of people there he decided to flee. Not because he was scared, okay maybe he was a little, but because he just felt like he needed a few moments of peace before being thrown to the lions.

While most of the school were in their form or their assemblies Chris found himself in an alley way that led from the library to the sixth-form building, in the middle of the alley way there was a small alcove and this is where he was currently hiding, no not hiding he reminded himself just getting a bit of peace. He was holding also a couple of folders which he had decided to bring with him that contained full information from his training, not that he really expected he would need any of them but either way it would be good to have them at his disposal.

At the sound of footsteps Chris pushed himself further back into the alcove, the last thing he wanted was to be caught hiding by either a teacher of a student, maybe if he was lucky they would just walk past and not notice him at all.

It seemed though that fate was not on his side that particular day because as the person in question was walking past the alcove something startled them and sent them crashing into him, which in turn sent his folders crashing down onto the ground.

“Oh dear God I'm so sorry” the person, who he know realised was a woman, cried with a slight blush “this is my fault completely I'm such a day dreaming ditz, I should look where I'm going”

Chris turned to look at her more closely however the moment he saw her face he felt like he had been punched in the gut and he had no idea why, but there was just something about her that made his heart beat faster and his stomach churn. “No harm done” he smiled “besides I shouldn't be hiding”

This young lady smiled and his heart literally skipped a beat, what on earth was wrong with him? “I shouldn't be here at all, in truth I'm being a bit of a bad girl and missing our assembly but in fairness I have been here seven years or so I know what to expect”

She had the most interesting looking hair, almost raven black but not quite, the sort of hair that looked like it should be nice and straight but on her it wasn't, it still looked nice but it had a bit of a wave to it. Chris wanted to reach out and touch it to see if he it felt as soft as it looked but he held back instead murmuring “I really should give you a detention for missing assembly; it is my duty after all”

This magnificent creature smiled again “you're new, please don't give me detention I'm normally a very good student, ask anyone. I'm Nicky by the way, Nicky Bennett”

This teacher smiled “I'm Mr Williams, I'll let you off this time since I'm not quite a full teacher yet, still have one year of training before that privilege”

Nicky nodded wondering why her heart felt like it was beating at triple speed, she went to move slightly but her foot knocked something, looking down she saw what it was, “Oh gosh your folders” she exclaimed as she bent down to get them, while on her knees she looked back at him “I'm truly sorry about this sir I really don't make a habit of bumping into people”

Nicky stood up and as she did so she found herself looking at this man straight in the eye, slowly she handed him his folders back. He smiled his thanks and her legs went straight to water as she realised that she was completely lost. In that moment she saw her heart in his eyes and her soul in his smile and she knew that he was the one and all logic had gone completely from her.

Good God she was beautiful Chris watched as the wonderful Nicky bit her lip in thought, this was serious indeed. He feared he might be falling for the girl. It seemed very silly to him that he would even think it since he had never believed in love at first site but something about her made him reluctant to let her go. Chris had never had this kind of reaction to a woman on just the first meeting; it was fantastic and horrible all at the same time.

“Well I guess I should be going” Nicky murmured, clearly there was still one small logical part of her there.

“Me too” Chris murmured shocked that there was a wrenching feeling in his chest; he had only just met the girl.

They both started to move and in doing so they bumped into each other and Chris' folders fell to the ground again. Nicky started to fall back so Chris grabbed hold of her shoulders to steady her.

“I'm sorry” Nicky murmured “I'll pick up the folders again”

Chris held firm, he knew it was wrong and he knew he shouldn't, but some part of his heart told him that she was special and he needed to kiss her. “Leave them” he whispered.

Nicky's mouth opened slightly oh god he was going to kiss her, there was logic and reason going completely out of the window even her whispered protest of “but sir” was lacking any force.

“Call me Chris”

Mutely she nodded as he brought his lips down to her own. Nicky sighed at his soft tender caress and wrapped her arms around his neck, almost inviting him to her, he responded by pulling her closer to him and running his hand up her leg and under her skirt squeezing her bottom softly, making her let out a contented moan. Chris ran his hands through her hair and lightly traced her sweet lips with his tongue, sucking on her bottom lip slightly. At the sound of a distant laugh Chris reluctantly pulled away.

Nicky walked back slightly “We shouldn't have done that”

“No we shouldn't have” Chris agreed all the while wishing there was a way he could feel her lips again and once he was done feel the rest of her as well.

“I'll go” Nicky walked out of the alcove turning around before she started walking down the rest of the alley “I'll only contact you in an emergency, it probably isn't such a good idea for us to be talking too much. Good luck”

Nicky ran into the toilets trying to ignore the hollow feeling in her heart and the tears in her eyes, she had finally met her soul mate and he was completely unattainable, for the next six months at least. Temporary unattainable wasn't the same as total and the romantic in her refused to give up hope. Nicky knew she had to be logical and sensible but her heart couldn't stop believing. As she put her now tangled hair up into a pony tail she allowed herself a small smile, they would be together Nicky would just have to wait a bit that's all and she had all the time in the world.

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter One

Two Months Later.

 

How was it he was always running completely late? Chris was sure that there was a way to finish of all his work without staying over two hours past school time but apparently he hadn't yet mastered that particular talent since he had managed in the last five consecutive weeks to spend each day doing just that. Most of his colleagues and he was fairly certain all of the students had already gone, what with that day being Friday, but Chris was determined to get the rest of his work done so he wouldn't have to worry about it over the weekend.

Not that he ever really worried much over the weekend on a general basis, usually all he did