41I opened the door to my apartment and walked inside with Bruno after our morning jog. I gave Bruno some water and also chugged down a whole bottle of water and threw the empty bottle into the trash can.I took off my sweaty shirt and walked towards Bruno. He tilted his head and stared at me suspiciously."Yeah, that's right. It's time for your bath." I said to him as I wiggled my brows at him. Bruno started to move backwards, groaning in protest. He always hated his bath days and I loved it. Why? Because Bruno always frustrated me. He ate some of my clothes that I left on the floor and always disorganized the sitting room. His bath days are the only time I could get my revenge on him. He hated bathing while I hated dirty dogs."Come over here." I said to him, but he didn't move an inch. He just stood there with his tail down, he obviously wasn't happy, but that doesn't mean I wasn't going to give him a nice, long bath. I moved closer to him and carried him even though he struggled
It was Friday evening already, and my date with Ryker was tomorrow. I was already freaking out but Sam had been trying her best to make me calm down. I wondered where Ryker would take me. A restaurant? A club house? The mountains? Or maybe an amusement park? To be honest, I didn't want to go to any of the places I had mentioned for my first date. I had always wanted my first date to be memorable and special like the ones in movies.I had not seen him during the week but we text most times. He always had a way of making me smile when I saw his texts. "Sam, do you think I should get my hair done? I could take a break from work tomorrow." I said to Sam as I stared at myself in the mirror."No, Shea! You don't have to take any break. You are only going on a date, not to the hospital to deliver a baby. Why would you need a break?" Sam said as she stared at me."But I think I need to get my hair done.""All you need is just a little washing and no messy bun." "I do wash my hair and messy
I let out a loud yawn as I opened my eyes in the morning. My bladder was so full and felt like it was about to burst. I rushed to the bathroom to ease myself. After relieving my bladder. I washed my face because it felt so dry, then I dried it with a towel. But it still felt dey, so I took a look at myself in the mirror.I froze. Oh my God!"Holy mother fucking shit!" I cursed.My mouth opened on its own accord and let out a scream. In less than a minute, Sam stumbled towards the bathroom."What happened?" She asked, her voice was rough and her eyes were red and laced with sleep, but then the sleep in her eyes disappeared and her face was struck with horror. She took a step closer to me, her face paled and she looked like she had seen a ghost."Shea, shit!" She said as she placed her hand on her head.I turned to look at the mirror once again to confirm what I had seen earlier. My face... My whole face was covered with tiny red dots. I had pimples breakout due to the face products I u
Brooks didn’t come to work today, so I had to do all the work in the kitchen. It wasn’t really tiring but I still got a little help from Lucy. Then I decided to ask her about her date with Dylan."He gave me flowers." Lucy said, as she placed the cakes I had baked on display."Aww, that's so cute." I said as I smiled at her."Yeah, Dylan is so sweet. There was a carnival at the amusement park, so Dylan took me there and we had a lot of fun." Lucy explained while I nodded as she talked."Did he go on the roller coaster?" I asked her. I knew how much Dylan hated it, but for Lucy I was sure he would ride it."Yeah, he did, but then he threw up after the ride so we had to leave." Lucy answered as we went back to the kitchen to grab more cakes.I laughed. I knew he would ride it. He always went out of his comfort zone for the people he liked."So..." I gave Lucy a look."So, what?" "Do you like him?" I asked her, the question had been on my mind since we started talking about their date.
“What the hell are you doing?” I exclaimed, still covering my face with my palm. This was so not good. What if he saw my face? Or what if he had already seen it and just wanted to check if his eyes were deceiving him? Oh God! Save me. I promise to be a good girl from now on. Just make these pimples disappear from my face right now.I knew I was asking for something that was impossible at the moment. It was either Ryker gets to see my face or I keep covering up till we get home.“Why are you covering your face?” he asked.“Just drive, Ryker, there is no time to waste.” I mumbled. He finally let me be and started the car, then he drove out of the place. I sat properly in my seat but I still covered my face with my hair. We had been driving without talking for almost thirty minutes and that was when it occurred to me that our date had automatically been canceled.“I’m sorry that our date had to be canceled because of this.” I apologized to him. He must have planned out a lot of things fo
I walked towards my mom’s room with Ryker behind me. I told him that he could wait in the car but he insisted on following me. He sat on the bench in front of the room and told me that he would wait for me. A dark heavy weight settled on my chest as I opened the door and saw my mom on the hospital bed, she was alone in the room, I guess dad had gone out to get something. Mom was sleeping peacefully on the bed, she looked pale and a lot of tubes were connected to her body. The sight of her like that made my heart ache. Tears rolled down my face as I stepped closer to her. Her hair was even shorter now and it was in the form of a buzz cut. My lips quivered and I sniffed in as I gently held her hand in mine and rubbed it tenderly. I sat on the bed and watched her while I cried quietly, not wanting to wake her from her peaceful sleep.“Mom, I’m here. Please get better for your baby girl.” I said and let out a quiet sob. “I don’t want to lose you mom. I don’t want to…” I continued to cry
I unlocked the door and walked into the warm house. I missed this place a lot, but it felt empty without my mom cooking up delicious meals in the kitchen and my dad watching a football match, shouting at a player for not playing well or scoring a goal. “Umm… come in.” I shuttered slightly as I beckoned for Ryker to enter my house. My heart was racing and I was so nervous. What would Ryker think of my home? Although it looked clean except for the mugs on the coffee table and some papers on the couch. He nodded and stepped inside, looking around the sitting room before his eyes settled on the pictures on the wall. He walked confidently towards them and stared for a while. “You look so cute in this photo.” He commented as he chuckled. I blushed as I shifted my gaze to the faded floor boards. “And this one too.” He said and pointed at a photo of my fifth birthday. I had a mouth filled and stained with cake, and my yellow dress was also stained with icing. What was cute about that? “Oh!
**FLASHBACK**“Please let me go to the party, Ryker. I promise I won’t be late and also Kim will be with me throughout.” Sophia pleaded as she pouted her lips and tugged her brother’s jacket.“Alright, alright.” Ryker eventually gave in. Her puppy eyes and pouted lips always had an effect on him, he couldn’t help but give in to whatever she asked.“Yes!! Thank you, Ryker. You are the best brother ever. I just need one tiny favor from you.” Sophia said as she kept staring at her brother with puppy eyes.Ryker sighed, “what else do you want? I gave you some allowance this morning.”“No, it’s not money this time. Can you not tell Doris and our parents about the party I’m going to?” Sophia said quietly as she looked around the house to see if anyone was coming.“Why?”“Dad is going to kill me if he finds out, he almost cut off my allowance the last time I sneaked out of the house through my window and you know how Doris can be, she’s got this strict big sister vibe going on around her. Yo
I closed the door quietly so I wouldn't wake Sam, who was still sleeping inside. I made my way down the stairs and sighted the cab that I had ordered. I got in and gave the driver my location.I rested my back on the seat and sighed as I shut my eyes. It's been twelve days since Dylan and I had that talk and I had been seriously thinking about it because I didn't want to regret my actions.With Ryker's connection and all, Cassie got arrested. Olivia and Jasmine too, since they were accomplices. I was called to the station to give a statement of what happened. I didn't want to go at first but Sam and Dylan convinced me to go.Jasmine and Olivia had been released on bail but Cassie's case was more deeper than that. I knew her parents wouldn't allow her to go to prison. She even lied that I fell into the pool myself but the CCTV footage showed otherwise.Jasmine also came to apologize to me, I had forgiven her but it didn't mean we were going to continue being friends. I don't need frien
"Where are you taking me?" I asked when he guided me through the dance floor and started walking towards the entrance of the clubhouse. My vision was still blurry and I was still drunk."Somewhere I can talk to you." He answered. "But I don't wanna talk to you, remember?" I told him "I'm not going with you, Sam is still inside." I tried to free myself from his grip."She can go home by herself. I'm not letting you go until I talk to you." "And you think I'm just gonna follow you and listen to whatever you wanna say. I'm not Bruno. I don't wanna listen to anything you have to say. You are just going to lie to me again." I said. We were already outside the club house and I saw that his car was parked on the other side of the road.Ryker opened the door for me and made me enter the car. Then he buckled me up before shutting the door and walking to the other side of the car.He entered the car and started to drive. He took off his cap and mask and that was when I saw that Dylan did a re
The clubhouse was crowded as usual, loud music, sweaty bodies and people making out in dark corners. Sam and I made our way through the crowd and found a spot to sit in front of the bar, drinks weren’t free today. I guess someone paid for all the drinks the last time we came here. I had a shot of tequila but Sam didn’t drink anything, she said she was going to watch over me so I could drink as much as I liked.“Hey, let’s dance.” I told her as I pulled her to the dance floor, the alcohol was starting to kick in. I swung my body to the beat while Sam did the same.“Shea?” I heard someone call my name, I looked back and saw that it was Felix. Why the heck did he call me? Did Ryker send him to beg me?“Hey.” I said nonchalantly and continued to dance.“Look, Ryker didn’t mean what he did, he already called off the bet when he realized how he feels about you.” He shouted over the music.“Do you mind? I don’t wanna talk about that.” I said as I rolled my eyes at him.“Back off!” Sam said a
As I stepped into the bathtub filled with warm water, I sat down and let the water soothe my skin, I closed my eyes so I could relax but then it suddenly felt like I couldn't breathe, like something was blocking my nose, like I was drowning. The memory of myself, struggling in the pool flashed through my mind. It was traumatizing.I opened my eyes and gasped for breath. I got down from the bathtub. I couldn't do it. Cassie had scarred me for life, I would never be able to have baths again, or even learn how to swim.I grabbed a towel, wrapped it around myself and walked out of the bathroom. I went straight to my closet and grabbed a shirt and shorts to wear."Shea, you didn't stay long in the bathroom this time." I heard Sam say. I turned to her and saw that she looked excited. She was excited that I didn't stay long and cry in the bathroom this time. If she knew what happened to me there, she wouldn't smile like that.But I smiled at her and covered my fears up. "Yeah." I said as I w
“Holy shit! I can’t believe it.” Sam exclaimed as sat on my bed and rubbed my back. I had told her everything I encountered in school today and she regretted telling me to go out with Ryker.“I was just a bet, a stupid bet.” I sniffed. I wanted to cry but the tears wouldn’t come out no matter how hard I squeezed my eyes. I guessed I had emptied my tear sac. I was tired, physically, emotionally and mentally tired.“And- and Jasmine, I don’t blame you for hating her. She was just a snitch for her psycho sister.” I said in a low voice.“I never liked that bitch. I knew there was something shady going on around her. And we should throw those people in jail.” Sam said as she rose from the bed and stood in front of me. I liked how she was taking this more seriously than I was.“I’ve actually thought about that on the way here. But Laurel told me her dad could easily bail her out, so it would be a waste of time.” I told her. Laurel also said that she had a huge fight with Cassie because of J
Ryker’s POVShit!I had been screwed by Cassie. She told Shea about the bet before I had the chance to tell her myself. I never wanted to hurt Shea. I just wanted to give her more time to heal from what she was going through. I had plans to take her out on another date, to tell her how much I loved and cherished her and then eventually tell her about the bet. But Cassie ruined everything.I ran out of the pool area to go after Shea, but she was already getting into a car. I knew it was Laurel’s car.I didn’t know what to do. Should I go after Laurel’s car so I could talk to Shea? Or should I give her some time? I honestly don’t know which is better.I slowly walked back to my car and got in. I hit my hands on the steering wheel multiple times and yelled my lungs out.“Fuck!” I yelled again. I groaned as pain soothed through my hands, but it was nothing compared to the pain Shea was going through right now. She called me a monster. She was right, I was a monster. I should have never ag
*Third person POV*Jasmine took out her phone as she ran out of the pool side. Her heart thrummed fast in her chest and her fingers trembled as she dialed Laurel’s number and placed the phone close to her ear.“Hey, baby girl.” Laurel’s voice rang through the phone.“Laurel, Cassie is going to do something terrible to Shea, I shouldn’t have led her there. I should have just ignored Cassie’s texts.” Jasmine ranted to Laurel.“Wait, slow down. What did you do to Shea?” Laurel asked calmly, unaware of the chaos in Jasmine’s mind.“Cassie told me she wanted to talk to Shea, she told me to bring her to the pool side and I did because I thought she was going to talk to her like a civil human being. But she started to talk about a bet, I thought she told me to become friends with Shea to give her updates because she didn’t want her near Ryker. I don’t know anything about a bet!” Jasmine explained.“And then- I- I think Cassie is going to push Shea into the pool.”“What?” Laurel yelled.“Oliv
“Shea, are you alright in there? Do you need any help?” Sam asked as she knocked on the door of the bathroom. I had been sitting in the bathtub for an hour now, thinking about my mom and how life had been completely unfair to her. It has been a few days since my mom’s memorial service. I haven’t been going to any class because I knew it would be a complete waste of time.Jasmine told me we had an important lecture today but I told her I wouldn't be coming. She kept insisting that I should come but I eventually ignored her messages when they were getting too much. A part of me wanted to go to school, but then, I knew I wouldn't be able to focus.“Hey, Shea!” Sam called out again when I didn’t answer her. She tried to open the door but discovered that I had locked it from behind.“Oh God! Please open the door, Shea. I just wanna make sure you are okay.” She pleaded.“Go away.” I muttered.“What?”“Leave me alone!” I said a little louder for her to hear. I didn’t mean to be harsh to her
Shea's POVIt's been three weeks since I heard the news about my mom's condition getting worse. I hadn't been focusing on classes and at work. I wasn't able to read very well for my tests, I always zoned out while reading on my own. The only time I would gain something from reading was when I read with Jasmine. She had a reading technique and it really helped me a lot.I burnt six cakes on different occasions at the café. When Brooks noticed that I wasn't myself, he told me that he would handle everything.Ryker had also been there for me. The best boyfriend I could ever ask for. He always called every hour to check on me and sometimes he would stay at café until my shift was over. I made sure to speak with my mom every single day, I would tell her how my day went and we would talk about different things. Her voice keeps getting weaker and weaker everyday and it really breaks my heart.I got down from Ryker's car and waved at him until his car was out of sight, then I went up the sta