All Chapters of How To Fall In Love: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

“It’s strange. A lot of the time, you don’t register the important moment in your life as they happen. You only see that they were important when you look back” – Alyssa, The End Of The F***ing World***I'd been walking home from school when I first saw him.Well not saw precisely- I’d heard him first.He was sobbing inconsolably, sitting on the ground beneath the slide.Yes, he was crying in a playground like a lost little child when I first laid eyes on him.Actually to be frank, the only reason I even sought him out in the playground was because I did think he was a little boy from the crying- he sounded like one. I thought that maybe some kid had been stranded alone in the ground and he was scared.You could imagine the blatant astonishment I felt when I found out that it was a grown-up boy who was crying inst

The next day I was wide awake by 7 am- it was a Saturday and I had a completely free schedule.Usually that would mean I'd be dead to the world for half the day, or at least my stomach erupted animalistic noises in hunger. However on this particular day, I didn't even set an alarm, I was very much awake. And I was practically glued to my window seat with my binoculars. I was just too curious about my newfound neighbour, it was almost impossible to resist. I used to have some books and random toys arranged on the window seat, but now it was all pushed down to the floor, as I made myself comfortable and started my surveilling- in a very not creepy manner.He woke up at 9.07 am- I could tell since that's when he drew the curtains open.9.10 am, I got a new text, Stop! Snooping!!!- which meant he must have seen me as well.I ignored the text. And then he went o

“I don't get it,” Cortez shook his head lightly, and few strands of his sandy hair fell across his eyes, which he quickly pushed over his head, “How is conducting an experiment going to help me win Bella back?”I raised a hand, and then folded down three of my fingers, only my forefinger and middle finger were up now. And then after a moment, I put up my ring finger as well.“Three things,” I told him, “One: We're not conducting any experiment. Two: You're not winning Bella back. And three, the most important point,” I touched the bolded underlined words on the whiteboard with my marker pen, “We're making her fall in love with you,”He just stared at me dubiously.I sighed, and then started to explain more, “This whole thing,” I gestured to the whiteboard. “It's just like a manual, alright? To help us figure out what to do- so that we would have a rough idea on our progress and works. Are you following me