Chapter 164: Necessary Thoughts

Lisa's POV

For some seconds all I heard was silence; I had to step forward a bit and peep from the corner of my eyes to be sure that they were still there, and I noticed the way they were staring at each other in the awkward silence.

Of course that moment was anticipated because even Susan was speechless at that point, and it was normal to feel that way when decisions like this were about to be made.

Before I met Lisa that first day, I had never really felt concerned about anyone in my life after my mother passed, not even my father. I mean, I've had fun with so many girls, and many more are throwing themselves at me, but I've never seen anyone challenge me so much and want to put me in my place until Lisa arrived. "You know, I didn't even notice that she was a new student until I messed up with one female student who was trying to be nice to me, and Lisa corrected me, but I felt offended and defeated, and I took it upon myself to fight her, only for me to run into her again, and for some strange reason, I felt like she was my nemesis, and I tried to get rid of her, but it got so complicated, and here we are today," he said to Susan in a low voice, and everything now felt colder.

"I suppose you thought you could intimidate her like you do many other students who are even elites like you?" Susan finally asked him, lifting her head, which was now fixed on him.

"Yes, I thought I could intimidate her, but it turns out that she was the one who was capable of intimidating me to the call, and it could change my entire personality from what I used to be to what I am now, and I swear to you, Susan, there's a lot of difference between that person and me," he said to her, making me blink as I felt tears clouding my eyes.

And which version of you do you prefer, Lex? The you who was reckless and all-powerful, not caring one bit about anyone your entire life, or do you now who's more reserved and responsible, trying to take control of his own life?" Susan asked him, and he was silent the whole time, staring at Susan as she spoke.

After about five seconds of silence after she had finished speaking, he slowly stood from the couch with his two hands in his pants pockets.

"I prefer the me who is now in love with Lisa, the me who now has a shot at happiness and who could see it as something possible that he could fight his father and become his own free self. That is the me that I prefer, and I owe these all to her. Susan, how can I live with myself if I make any harm come to someone who has helped me come this far? "I'm going to leave now, but I'm going to think on this and let you know if I think that it was something I was willing to try. I'll reach out to Lisa to let you know if we'll have to end it or not, but if I can do this, I promise you, I would have to force myself to do it, not when I would be risking Lisa's life," he said to Susan, and that sounded a little fair to me because I needed him to think properly right now and not have to act randomly as if he was the only one who was permitted to be hurt.

"That is something you should really do, Lex, and while you are thinking about this, I just want you to also remember that there is a huge possibility in it and that Lisa also believes in you, which means you need to believe in yourself well enough to do this."

"Can I speak to Lisa before I leave? I cannot just walk out of here without speaking to her. I mean, I was the one that pissed her off, making her walk away," he said to Susan, who was now standing with her arms folded around her chest.

"I doubt she would want to speak to you, but I am going to give it a try. I'll go to her room and try to call her out while you stand here and wait."

"Thank you, Susan," he said to her, but the tone with which he said that sounded too deep to be for the moment, and even Susan noticed as she slowly turned around to face him again.

"Thank you for what, Lex? I never said we have succeeded with anything yet. Why would you be thanking me?" She asked him, and even though I knew I was supposed to be on my way to my room at the moment, I still wanted to hear everything until the end.

"Thank you for everything, Susan. Thank you for raising Lisa. Thank you for helping her become the person she is now. Thank you for not giving up on her. Thank you because if it wasn't for you, maybe I would never have met her, and this beautiful thing in my life right now may not have existed, but you helped her all this time, and you helped me too, so thank you."

"Oh, you high school kids need to stop speaking like couples already; you don't know maybe she might dump you in the future," Lisa teased, and just then I turned around and ran directly into my room.

I had just entered into the room, and I was standing right behind the door when I heard Susan knocking on the door.

"Please tell me he's left Susan," I said to her, pretending not to have overheard everything they were talking about as we opened the door, staring at Susan with a tight look on my face, feigning to be angry.

"Actually, he has, so I need you to go to the living room right now and clear the cups," she said to me, and I opened my mouth in shock.

"What?"