On, on and on. A little more, then she'd made it. A few more seconds, just a few more seconds…. YES!! Kate had done it! She had broken her record in the 3 kilometer run. She stopped and listened to herself.
Boom, boom, boom, boom her heart went and her breath in gusts. She proudly turned to Nick. The handsome boy smiled all over his face.
"Well done! You put in a hell of a time. Training with me seems to be paying off. May will freak out if she finds out!" he called to Kate as he approached. May was Kate's grandmother. She was old, but still as fit as a not so young sportswoman in her best days.
Kate was proud of her. She was always supported by her grandmother, no matter what crazy ideas Kate had, May was completely behind her and helped her granddaughter to make her dreams come true.
Nick was right in front of the girl now.He smiled at her and his eyes looked down lovingly on Kate. What she didn't know was that Nick had fallen in love with her. She thought he was a kind of substitute brother, they always fought, but they were always there for each other.
Nick also wanted at all costs to prevent his little Kate from finding out what feelings he had towards her. Sometimes it was really hard not to hug her, hold her tight, and kiss her. Kate was so intrigued by him that it was almost frightening. And now was such a time when Nick had to control himself. Kate was smiling at him, her cheeks flushing and her eyes closed. Self-control was required.
The boy swallowed hard and let out his breath slowly but hard. Amazed by Nick's behavior, she opened her eyes and studied his face. "Are you sick? Or what's the matter with you? Are you lovesick?"Nick had to pull himself together in order not to speak his thoughts out loud: "Lovesickness? Well, if you only knew! YOU are my problem! Because I can't have you! ... Yes, ... I can't have you. And yet I wish that so much. I'd like to say to you: I love you! But I don't know if you love me. Well, actually, you love me, you love me like a brother! That's why I can't confess my love to you! Because I don't love you like a sister, oh no. In the beginning, yes, you were little ... small, sweet, innocent and naive. But now you are a young woman and beautiful, but still innocent and naive. That's why I'm silent, pretend you don't mean anything to me, treat you like a little child. But how long can I wear this mask? I don't know, believe me, I have no idea! "
When he didn't answer, just continued to look at her with such an odd look, Kate felt an uneasy feeling.What was the matter with him? He'd been acting so strangely for a while. "What's wrong with you? Why don't you talk to me? Did I say the wrong thing? Or ... are you really lovesick?" Suddenly the expression in Nick's eyes changed and he started to grin. "You'd like to know that now, right? Curious thing. Well, that's you, always sticking your nose into other people's affairs and then another big mouth!" He said with a mischievous smile and stretched his arms wide so Kate could see how big he thought her mouth was.
Instantly, Kate's worried face was replaced by an angry one. "You are really impossible! I'm worried about you and you make fun of me! Where is this going to take you?", She snapped at Nick. Surprised, he asked: "Worry? You really worry about me? Is that true?" "Of course. Why do you ask so stupidly? Why shouldn't I worry about you?Imagine you're not doing well, then I don't enjoy being angry because you can't get upset as much as you usually do. That would be terrible, don't you think? ", she replied boldly.
"Wah, you little cheeky badger! Wait, if I get my hands on you!" Nick called after Kate, as she was already running away. Smiling sadly, he turned around and walked a little further towards the sea.

Nick's thoughts were racing: "And I thought that you are really worried about me. Actually you do that too, but not as I would like, because I am not an isolated case. You care about everything and every worries, but I want to be special for you. I want to have a place of honor in your heart. I want ... Hahaha, how often I think to myself: I want, but I'm not so selfish otherwise!
YOU evoke this feeling in me! It's not pleasant, even a bit embarrassing, but YOU make me a different person!You're changing me for the better You let me feel jealousy, fear for others, I got to know through you. Protecting friends is very important to me now. … Yes, you taught me all of that to feel. But the most important feeling you taught me was love.
Although you don't believe in love, despise it because you haven't had a good experience with it, you make me feel that way. If you knew that, you would laugh at me and say: "What? You love me? That's nonsense! You better forget that very quickly, it only brings bad luck"
Yes, you would say that. I know because I've heard you say it before You gave that as an answer not to me, but to a poor lunatic who really wanted to get you around. I'm sorry for the guy now, but I would still kill him with my own hands because he dared to take your hand even though you didn't want to, he said that you are beautiful even though you don't think so, he has said he loves you even though you hate those words.But above all, I would kill him because he knows how wonderful you are and he could take you away from me.
Fortunately for me, you don't know how you appear to others. You have no idea, you don't notice the looks they are giving you, so admiring, full of lust. There should always be someone around so they can protect you. Unfortunately, it is not possible for me to always be by your side, although I would like to be.
What am I thinking? If Kate knew that, I don't think she would want anything more to do with me. ...
Damn it!!! I am so angry! Why can't I just tell you Why don't you believe in the love that surrounds you? ... Why are you just the way you are? ... But most of all it upsets me to watch Kane beat you half to death over and over again.
Why do you allow this? Why don't you fight back Do you know something that we are not allowed to know? Why are you provoking him like that? Why does he only attack you and no one else?You're his niece, so why? … Questions, nothing but questions. Can I ever answer even one of them?
I should go back, who knows, maybe this asshole is screwing you up again. ... I swear, someday I'll kill him in my anger ... someday. "

Nick took another deep breath, then turned abruptly and hurried back to the place that Kate had never once called home.

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so, that was the first chapter! if you enjoyed it, i look forward to seeing you in the second chapter! ^^