Falling for my rival

“Don’t do this.” I muttered, my voice shaky as I took a step back. He advanced towards me, his eyes lidded with emotions.. “Don't do what?” He asked, his voice deep and filled with so much pain that my heart aches. “You know what.” I responded. I looked away from him, not able to stomach the pain in his eyes because I had caused that pain. “We're terrible for each other.” I added. He stopped walking towards me and clenched his hands beside him. When he spoke again, his words shattered the remaining of my heart. “Is it so bad to love me, Celia?” . . . Cecelia had her entire life planned out. She would graduate at the top of her class, go to an Ivy League school, and most importantly, make Alex Gomez's life miserable. But life had other plans. She was diagnosed with cancer in the middle of a school year. Even though, she ended up beating the illness, things had changed when she returned to school for senior year. People had changed. Or so she thought. Alex Gomez, her biggest rival, was still infuriating and competitive, but he had replaced her as the top student. The worst part was that he was assigned to be her tutor. Cecelia was going to make sure he regretted it. She didn't anticipate falling for him, or that he would feel the same way.