Love  is a lie, a shroud, a deception, a plague, a fever, a storm. It is a tower of angels, a house of devils. It is a short-circuiting of the brain.

The heart is a hunter or prey . It is a demon & god. It showed me things I didn't sign up for .

I speak this from my experince, even though i still have yet to cross my teens .

I am Eugene Nellor,

To know why i am telling you all this , we have to go back a little bit in time .....

I remember how it felt the first time I saw her. I was walking through the park, past the swings and the slides, and she was swinging gently in a hammock, wearing a simple white dress. It was the spring of this year. I wasn't supposed to date, or rather it is like I wish not to date anyone, the boundry that I set  . I had a strong feeling to talk to her . I don't know what I said to her that day, but I know that I was smitten.

She didn't say anything either. She just smiled and waved. She was the most beautiful girl in the world. My heart was beating wildly as I walked away, knowing I had to do something about it. I had to get her phone number. I didn't know what I'd do if I ever saw her again.But again I was remainded of my boundary and why this would all lead to be an unnecessary hiccup in my calm life and I have to leave.

Then I went to den , and I never did anything about it. It wasn't that I forgot. It was just that the thing that I wanted seemed so far away and so impossible, I absolutely cant cross and betray myself.

I then carried on with my day chilling with my buddies,josh,milo & kevin.She was still lingereing in my thoughts her gorgeous smile tingling and teasing me from time to time interrupting my usual thoughts.We all decided to go to Kevin's house .

"Let's go," K said. "We've got a big day ahead of us

"Do we?" I asked

"Yeah,i have got some good news" said Kevin.

''what is it'' asked milo.

''take a guess you all will be surprised'' k said

''yo man congrats you got a new girlfriend  ,you must give us a good treat bro''  j said

''nah bro that would have been great but that's not it ,I brought a ps5 '' k said

''that's a banger worth celebrating'' I said .

"the ps5 is so good you guys gotta try'' .

I walked along the sidewalk beside him, with Milo and Josh walking on either side of me.

"This is so cool," Josh said. "I can't wait to see the new stuff."

"Me either," I said. ''Is cristian coming ?''

''he hasn't contacted for a few days now , so i don't know '' k replied

''here I thought he was only gosting me after the fight''

''did you guys fight again?'' josh asked ''why is it this time?''

''I'll tell you later when we reach''

''whatever''.josh rolled his eyes

We walked in silence the rest of the way.

when we reached his dad greeted us

"Hey what a surprise , you guys are here ," his father said, shaking each of our hands.'' glad to see you all''

"We're so glad to be here," Milo and Josh said, echoing my sentiments.

His father gestured to the table in the corner of the living room.

"Go on into the room and have a seat , I'll bring the food out in a few minutes."

"Thanks," I said.

We sat down at the table.

"You should have called to make sure i was home before you came over.'' his father said. "I was just getting ready to leave for movie with your mom.''

"is it have fun," K said

"You guys want some food?" asked Mr Walter

"Yeah, we could go for some pizza," Josh said.

''josh you are such a glutton, its ok mr walker we are here only to play'' milo said

"Don't mind me, I'm just going to stick around and wait for your mom to get home.We'll be out in a minute," his father said.

'' yeah you should have fun on your date'' I teased him .

"I will for sure ,'' he said. unfazed to my  teasing words

In the meantime his mother returned from work . She gave us some snacks ,later they both said good bye and left us alone in the big house.

we all came into kevins room to play with the new play station we were all so excited

kevin turns the lights on and brought  ps5

"Oh wow , this is so cool!" Josh exclaimed. "Where did you get this stuff?"

"I had my cousin bring it over'' Kevin said.

"Let me start this one ,'' he said.

He started the game and we played for a few minutes .

"Josh you want to try next?" Kevin asked.

"Sure, you go first ,' Josh said.

"This is cool man,'' milo said. ''I really like this game.''

"Me too'' said josh.

''sure enjoy''k said. and left to bring more snacks.

I was siting on the bean bag, waiting for my turn to play,then she came to my mind the girl in  white dress and her beautiful smile .I tried to forget her, but here she is again inturriupting my gaming thoughts .

"Okay ,here goes .'' josh said.

"This is awesome .'' said Milo.

''you should try this snack , you'll like it'' kevin said

''hey  Gene...Gene.........Eugene .'

I didnt even realise that kevin was back, until he shook me hard bringing me back to this world.

"What?" I asked.

"I called you so many times what are you thinking so hard about?.'' he asked.

"Nothing ,. i was just thinking about chris.''

I didnt yet want to tell him , he would really go far when teasing especially me, as I did the same to him when he told me about viki and also I think this is only a momentary attraction.

'' okay..ok , so now tell me why did you guys fight'' he asked

'' okay..ok , so now tell me why did you guys fight'' he asked

''Never mind Vin its not that important of an issue anyway'' I said in a rather careless tone.

'' Stop being a bitch  and answer'' kevin spoke in a rather serious voice.

''Its alright we'll be fine in a few days anyway .'' I replied in stern way

''Hey ....''  Kevin was about to talk ,but  Milo inturrupted '' Gene don't  leave us hanging like that, just speak now or else you know ,your wish be ready for the consequence''. Josh was listening to them talk ,all this time, while continuing to play .

''Why won't you guys just quit it , Anyways last friday I went to luane  you guys remember right?''.  everyone in a sync replied  ''yes''.  I continued ..''I was just sipping on espreso , then I met her ,by mistake I broke  brocode 5''

''Her?...Was it  LINDA ...?'' josh curiously asked diverting his attenion from game to me . ''Who else can it be, she is the root cause for all problems between me and him ''. I  was really annoyed as I was remainded of her.

'' You are really fuc**d  gene!" Milo excliamed.

'' Ya, there is really nothing we can do''  Kevin said so in a moking way it really got on my nerves and further annoyed me

''I know '' I also replied in a rather calm demenure opposingly of what I was feeling.

''Why would you go talk to her you know he dosen't like it '' Josh said neither mockingly ,nor in a way he was trying to point out my mistake and asking me to correct it, though his voice was calm ,his smug face gave away what he was trying to do .

I am already annoyed that I can't contact and hangout with Chris. These guys always do this to me ,they  also know I don't like her, they always continue fueling my already lit flames.Devils in human cloak they are.

''It's not like I have  a choice '' I replied in a voice partly replied in a frustrated and angry voice. I dont want to talk about this anymore . ''Hey today I met Viki near  luane she was taking to a tall ,white fellow, he was smartly dressed, do you know about it Vin '' I spoke knowing this would spark Vin's intrest and tried to change the subject.

'' Is it ,she told me  she was meeting her uncle"  vin  replied in a rather calm vioce than I expected, I thought why was he not curious like always. I further added "he didn't look that old rather he was really a hondsome guy who was tall , I mean taller than me I guess roughly around 6 feet'' as I finished saying this I could see that jealous reaction from him I am a little  satisfied.

'' She may have met someone, anyways thats not the point  we were talking about ,I will ask her later. Now ..Now why would you go and talk to her again , don't you know  your husband dosen't like you talking to her'' he said in a half pissed and half mocking voice , he tickked all the little patience I had gained from my previous conversaion.

'' F**k you    bastard ..." anger made me almost loose my mind but I put my all in tried to not start a fight amongst us and after a  gap of few seconds , I said in a fuming voice  '' I am, going home , if I stay here I will loose my mind.''  and I was fuming  and took long strides towards the corridor , then I heard .

''Hey what about the game? ... just come back we'll stop teasing you ''. I was very much angry to return without turning back I replied.

''**** you...'' and I stormed out from there franticly searching for 'Zen' my motor bike then I was remainded that today we walked to Kevin's house ,I also cussed at milo for suggesting this exercise of walking to Vin's house  and started to take big stride towards our den where 'Zen' was parked,Unknown of the fact that someone was waiting for me near our den holding something that was going to change my life forever.