It's been almost a month now since that day. 30st September. I will never forget this date. It's the day that changed me forever. Or it's how it feels now. The abortion was successful and I didn't suffer major side effects. Only the most common ones. And now, life goes on.
It's Tuesday and I'm back to school. It's been a week now. And I don't know what magic did Viktor do, but nowhere in my record is noted that I was absent for almost a whole month. And surprisingly, I have passed a major test in Physics. I didn't even do it but I don't complain. I utterly hate Physics.
Lucy doesn't stop following me everywhere I go. Not that she was leaving me to breathe in peace before, but now is even worse. She watches after me like an overprotective mother. I take a step, she takes a step. I am not even sure if she didn't synchronise her blinking with mine, because I haven't seen her blink at least once. Maybe she does when I do? So she doesn't miss
"You can't be serious," I throw Viktor a doubtful look. "A vampire, seriously?""Don't you like me? I'm big, bad, dark and want to dig my teeth in your skin, how this look is not fitting me?" he smiles to show me the fake vampire fangs he stuffed in his mouth and waves the red cape he tried on."You are such a dork sometimes," I laugh."And? What about you? Are you going to be a sexy bunny? Or Catwoman?" he smirks as he looks at the provocatively short female costumes shown on the mannequins."If you are a vampire it's only fair if I am a werewolf," I wiggle my brows and point to the overly hairy full-body costume of a werewolf."First, why a werewolf? And second, if you haven't shown me that costume I would have imagined you with dog ears and bent over the couch in doggy style. I don't find a full-body hairy costume sexy," he frowns."Who said I want to be s
Halloween night was a turning point for us. Or I believe so. Nothing really changed between us, except I am getting more and more convinced Viktor loves me. He never admitted it, he never said the words, but that night I think what he said was a confession. If you can't imagine your days without someone, isn't that love? I don't know. I want to believe that he loves me. I want to believe that I am actually living in one of those stories where the girl changes the boy. I really crave to ask him about his feelings towards me, but I don't. I don't ask, he doesn't say anything. And life just goes on. And speaking of Halloween night, it's needless to say we got tricked, because the kids didn't get treats. So we spent the weekend cleaning the house and the garden. Eggs and toilet paper, classical. "What the fuck is this?!" I loudly complain, frowning over the math test in front of me. "Surpri
*Viktor's POV*"I hope you didn't say a thing!" my lawyer, Jacob Moore enters the room with a shout and a loud kick of the door. Nothing new for Jacob."I haven't," I roll my eyes and lean back pissed off in the overly uncomfortable chair.Jacob Moore or also known as 'the monster' is every other lawyer, policeman and prosecutor's nightmare. Coming from a big and old family of lawyers and with the flawless record he has, he can make the Devil look like an innocent angel. And as he should, because he charges as good as he is in his job. And yes, he is one of my influential friends I mentioned a few times already."Jacob Moore," he glares at the Inspector sitting in front of me. "You have no right to ask him anything without me being present!""I know who you are," the Inspector si
"You are out of the lists of suspects."That's all I wanted and needed to hear. Viktor was wrongly accused because Matthew's body was found buried in some of Viktor's property. To be honest, it's a little weird, there are plenty of places you can ditch a body, why would you dig a hole in someone's property? I can think of a few better ones only from watching crime movies.Whatever the reason is it's a fact I don't care. All that matters for me is that Viktor is innocent and I won't spend my Christmas completely alone.Yes, today is the last day of school before winter break. I couldn't be any happier, winter break means three weeks with no surprising tests and hip bruises because of dodgeball games. And, that's three weeks dedicated only to Viktor. If we don't count the four hours a day Lucy will be at home tutoring me. Or more like melting in the warm pool while explaining to me the Pythagorean theorem and the Spanish i
"What do you mean your only option is Berkeley?! And why only that university?! There are a few more that are closer to Long Beach," Viktor angrily furrows his brows after I answer his question as to which university I want to attend after graduation."Berkeley is nice, the university has a really high graduation rate and has the speciality I want to study. Plus, my mom studied there," I sigh.Berkeley wasn't my first option, I will admit that. At first, I was going for UCLA, it was really close to home and is considered as one of the good universities but after the tragic accident leading to my mother turning into 'momzilla' I chose Berkeley with the sole idea of being as far away from her as possible. But now she is gone too, I have another reason to want to study there. She studied there and from what I have heard, she was the cheerleading team co-captain. Being there will feel like getting closer to her. I am even willing to try as
"Wake up, little one.""Huh?!""Come on, wake up," Viktor's long fingers gently brush my hairs."But why?" I complain still asleep then roll to the other side."We need to leave," I hear him chuckling then."Uh? Why?""I promised you snow for Christmas, didn't I? Come on, get up. It's a long drive.""But... it's 5:30 AM for god's sake," I cry out as I check my phone."Yes, exactly. And it's almost six hours drive. Come on," Viktor laughs and pulls me out of the bed. "Come on, get prepared. I packed you warm clothes already, all you need to do is simply get up and get ready."I groan and complain, I curse and cry at the fact I was awakened so early. I have never been the morning type but never had problems with waking up early when I have to either. Never had problems with it but when i
I have never been the angel everyone thinks I am. I have never pretended to be one, I don't know why people think so highly of me. Is it because of my looks? People say I have an innocent and handsome face.I took the silver eyes from my mother. And thanks god, because my father has the most basic brown eyes you can ever see.Those eyes have seen much. Maybe too much. They have shown me pain and happiness, they have shown me naked bodies and pretty faces. They have shown me love and disappointment. They have shown me much.And that ash-blonde hair, I got it from my mom again. Messy untameable locks that felt the entangling fingers of enough girls.I don't pretend to be a player. No. I was something much worse.I got much from my mother. But I wish I got her courage to leave. I wish I got it sooner.I was born and raised in what I thought was a happy fam
"Come on! One more! Right here!" "Ugh, fiiine." Our first day here flew away in doing nothing. We ate, warmed each other in bed and rested. Six hours are tiring, no matter if you are on the driver's or the passenger's side. For our second day here we decided to make the best out of it. We decided to go on a walk through the town and I want to take photos of the whole place. I pose next to big live and beautifully decorated Christmas trees, I take a few selfies with Viktor with the downtown's decor as a background. I take a lot of photos. Memories might stay forever but I want to secure myself and have photos. "Tell me we are staying for at least a week!" I bounce joyfully in front of Viktor on our way to one of the few small restaurants in the town. "We can stay for as long as you want," he chuckles. "How about a month?" I giggle.
This is the worst graduation ceremony you could ever see. Not because of the ceremony itself but because of me. I feel dead. Viktor is in jail. It's the reality, it wasn't a nightmare. I really hoped for it to be a bad dream. I hoped that I fell asleep while watching horrors and my brain played such unbelievable scenarios, but no. It's real. It's late May now and the weather is warm. Why do I feel so cold then? I barely slept and cried a lot last night, maybe that's the reason. Our school hosts a big and fancy graduation ceremony. There are togas, awards and diplomas. Lucy's boyfriend, Gideon is awarded 'best football player', the ultimate teacher's pet is awarded 'smartest student', Lucy is graduated 'most artistic student' and the list of awards goes on and on. And no, I'm not awarded shit. And I couldn't care less. I keep my nose stuck in my phone. Viktor's arrest and the exposure of
"What do you mean you have to leave?!""It means that I have to leave," Viktor nonchalantly shrugs as he pushes another shirt in his travel bag. "Hopefully, for a few days. A week the most.""But... You can't! You will miss my graduation ceremony!" I complain."I'm sorry, little one. I can't miss this deal," he says without even looking at me. He just keeps stuffing his travel bag with clothes. "I didn't want to tell you earlier. I got the call the other day, when was your Prom night. I didn't want to ruin your mood.""But that was two days ago! Why are you telling me the last moment?!" I throw myself sitting on the edge of the bed and cross my arms angry and confused. "Why didn't you tell me yesterday?!""I told you, I didn't want to ruin your mood," he says as he pulls the zipper of the bag."And you thought telling me an hour before your departure is the r
"This one really does looks good on you!""I like the first one better.""No one is asking you.""Can you two just shut up?" I scoff. "You are bickering like kids."So, as you probably guessed I'm together with Lucy and Viktor and we are picking a gown for the Prom night. It would have been funny if it wasn't annoying. The theme this year is "Spring magic" and I narrowed the options to three and truth be told, I am with Viktor in this.The first dress I tried and he liked is in gentle mint green. It has a deep V neck and open back, really high slash and is high split with the upper part being covered in rhinestones. It's truly beautiful and really sexy. I love how it suits me.The one Lucy liked is a princess type of big, in gentle pink, with open back and again is covered with rhinestones. I like it too, but I feel a little like a cake.
Have you ever wanted to have the ability to stop time? As the inevitability comes closer to becoming the bitter reality, have you ever wanted to be able to stop time? Yes? That's exactly how I feel.It's late March already. Spring is settling in, life seems to have awakened from the winter sleep. It's warmer, calmer, prettier. Nature's beauty is revived. Why don't I feel any calmer then?Viktor came to peace with the fact I'm not willing to give up on Berkeley. Or at least he pretends to have accepted it. He has, maybe, but I am not. I gave up on the hope of him following me to there. First, he promised to try everything possible to be with me but then he just defeatedly admitted that he will miss me.At first, his confession made me feel somehow loved by him. It melted me like butter. I liked his confession at first, but now... Now realisation has finally struck me. He has given up. He will not follow me to Berkel
"So? How did it go?""Uh?""The tour around the university. How did it go?""Oh... it was good. Yeah, it was good."After I drive for another six hours back to Long Beach, I come home to find Viktor carelessly lying on the couch in the living room and watching something on the TV. The moment I step a foot through the door I feel some sort of tension. Actually, I feel it since the other day on our way back from the vacation.We haven't talked about my choice of a university since then but there seem to be unspoken things that fuel this awkward tension between us."Did you do what you had to do?" I ask as I sit on one of the small stools in front of him, just wanting to start some sort of a dialogue. Have you ever felt so awkward around someone that you just feel the need to say something? That's how awkward I feel for a few days now."Hm?"
It's such a pity we have to leave already. I fell in love with this small neat town, its friendly people and beautiful landscape. Originally, we were supposed to stay for four nights but the weather was in my personal favour. It was heavily snowing during the last night of our stay, so instead of leaving on Wednesday morning, we leave on Thursday. I can't say I'm disappointed, a whole day being in complete privacy at a mountain cabin with Viktor only, is far from being a reason to complain. At first, Viktor was a little moody for having to stay closed in one place for over 24 hours but I know how to fastly turn that frown upside down. If you catch my drift. Anyways, this was just the perfect vacation and I will gladly accept people calling me names for being with Viktor if that means I will visit more such incredible places. "Do you want me to drive?" I offer my d
"Come on! One more! Right here!" "Ugh, fiiine." Our first day here flew away in doing nothing. We ate, warmed each other in bed and rested. Six hours are tiring, no matter if you are on the driver's or the passenger's side. For our second day here we decided to make the best out of it. We decided to go on a walk through the town and I want to take photos of the whole place. I pose next to big live and beautifully decorated Christmas trees, I take a few selfies with Viktor with the downtown's decor as a background. I take a lot of photos. Memories might stay forever but I want to secure myself and have photos. "Tell me we are staying for at least a week!" I bounce joyfully in front of Viktor on our way to one of the few small restaurants in the town. "We can stay for as long as you want," he chuckles. "How about a month?" I giggle.
I have never been the angel everyone thinks I am. I have never pretended to be one, I don't know why people think so highly of me. Is it because of my looks? People say I have an innocent and handsome face.I took the silver eyes from my mother. And thanks god, because my father has the most basic brown eyes you can ever see.Those eyes have seen much. Maybe too much. They have shown me pain and happiness, they have shown me naked bodies and pretty faces. They have shown me love and disappointment. They have shown me much.And that ash-blonde hair, I got it from my mom again. Messy untameable locks that felt the entangling fingers of enough girls.I don't pretend to be a player. No. I was something much worse.I got much from my mother. But I wish I got her courage to leave. I wish I got it sooner.I was born and raised in what I thought was a happy fam
"Wake up, little one.""Huh?!""Come on, wake up," Viktor's long fingers gently brush my hairs."But why?" I complain still asleep then roll to the other side."We need to leave," I hear him chuckling then."Uh? Why?""I promised you snow for Christmas, didn't I? Come on, get up. It's a long drive.""But... it's 5:30 AM for god's sake," I cry out as I check my phone."Yes, exactly. And it's almost six hours drive. Come on," Viktor laughs and pulls me out of the bed. "Come on, get prepared. I packed you warm clothes already, all you need to do is simply get up and get ready."I groan and complain, I curse and cry at the fact I was awakened so early. I have never been the morning type but never had problems with waking up early when I have to either. Never had problems with it but when i