GINAIt was almost unbelievable the way things were turning out in my favor. It almost felt like I was in a dream that I wouldn't want to be waking up from anytime soon. Being in Aiden's arms had been like a dream come true for me as I was trying to get myself to enjoy the moment while it lasted. And indeed it seemed like it would be over real soon as Aiden looked like he was in a hurry to get it all over with so he could be free to do whatever he wanted to do with his life.The heat of the pleasure that was building up was quite unbearable as I was trying to catch my breath. His lips crashed on mine like they had done the first time we kissed as a couple.“Aiden…” I was short of words and short of breath as he was doing all of that to me. “Don't say a word…” he said with a wicked, possessive tone that I found appealing somehow. There were just too many impulses ebbing through my body as he said that to me. I grew even more wet, as I could feel the lower part of my dress soak in t
AIDENThe air of pleasure was slowly clearing from the atmosphere as I was holding the mini camera in my hand. I had been suspecting a setup until the moment I was holding her in my arms. But then, it turned out that suspicions had been right all along. There had really been no deal and was trying to strike among the both of us.“Aiden… I can explain…” Gina was muttering as she was trying to find her dress which I had already torn in the heat of my pleasure. “I wasn't going to do anything with that, I promise….”Those were all hideous lies and I knew that more than anyone. She was probably going to show that to the people she had been deceiving into thinking that we had been in a relationship. Even worse, it could have all been a plot for a scandal that she was going to use against me over and over again.Without saying another word to her, I was soon slipping back into my sweatpants, feeling stupid as I still held the small camera which I wasn't going to return to her any time soon
ELLIETroy had given me a new reason to look good in the morning. I was staring at myself in the mirror, making sure I was looking my best, with no flaws visible to the eyes. I made sure my long hair was hanging down and was looking its nearest as I imagined the smile that would come on Troy's face after seeing me looking all beautiful and appealing. I was sure he would be proud of having me by his side.In the meantime, I wasn't going to be sneaking into school early to get a few sips of vodka. I feared Troy would see me as absurd if he saw me doing that. I wasn't ready to ruin my first and only chance to get along with someone who loved me and wasn't my stepbrother.“All good…” I said, as I was finally feeling satisfied with all I was seeing in the mirror at that point. “You're ready to slay.”I would go downstairs and sit with them for breakfast, like a normal girl would do. It was time for me to get a bit girly as I was ready for a serious relationship with Troy. I was conscious
AIDENI kept my eyes peeled for any signs of Kai or Ellie. I hated the fact that I was beginning to get desperate while seeking them. Everything seemed to get on my nerves that morning. After a terrible night's ordeal, I woke up to see that Ellie was beginning to get close to someone else. First, it was Kai, now it is Troy. I was still thinking of ways to come at him as a physical confrontation was the worst option I could opt for. He and his teammates would simply beat the living daylights out of me as they were all football players. At the same time, I was trying to steer clear of Gina's path, as I didn't want to remember anything about the shameful ordeal we had last night. There were a lot of things unsettled in my head about the camera that was still in my drawer up till that moment. I hadn't deleted the footage just yet and that gave me a bit of a concern. “Aiden…” Kai seemed like he was the one who found me first among all my targets. I turned around to face him as he was
AIDEN“Please… stop…” I turned to see Gina as she walked in on the confrontation which was on the verge of getting quite physical, as I had made it to turn out. The temperatures had been about to flare up to even more unbearable heights and she had suddenly brought them to an all-time low with her interference.“What is it, Gina?” I asked as I was wondering what she had come there to do. “Are you here to take his side again like you did the last time?”“No, Aiden… that's far from it…” it was quite unbelievable the way she still had the boldness to speak after all that had transpired between us the night before. “So, what then?” I was ready with a defensive response for her if she was going to bring up anything about me and last night. I only feared the fact that I wasn't with the camera, as that was my ultimate proof and my ultimate weapon.“You don't have to fuss over that video, Kai. I intentionally filmed a random moment of them just to make you flare up and turn against Aiden
ELLIEThe thoughts of Troy were making me less attentive in class than I usually would. I just couldn't wait for that bell to go off so I could see him in the football locker room. I had spent the last couple of moments chatting in class with Troy as I was trying to make it by the boring class. Those moments had me feeling a bit guilty even as much as I enjoyed them. I had always enjoyed class and had never had a reason to see it as a waste of time until I had met Troy. I could only hope I wouldn't get caught in the act. I just wanted to stay incognito for the rest of the day until I was with Troy. Everything in me wanted to see him again, even though we had made our way to school together in the morning. Finally, the sound of the bell came like a beautiful melody to my ears. I was almost bursting out of my seat and running for the door, but I had to keep my cool as I couldn't afford to act rashly when I looked that good. “Saved by the bell…” I muttered to myself as I typed those
KAI“I've been waiting, Ellie…” Troy said to her softly, making it as clear as day that they both had a lot going on. There were a lot of things going wrong right before my eyes and somehow I had to keep still like I wasn't seeing any of it. “Troy…” Ellie seemed quite embarrassed to be caught up in such a predicament. But she was taking all of the pressure like a champ, not even flinching one bit. “Meet Kai. Kai, this is Troy…”“Kai…?” Troy seemed excited for no just cause as he said my name with a smile. “I know you, from the basketball team.”“Yeah… I know you too from the football team,” I said, putting out my hand for a handshake. “One of the top quarterbacks in the country. Feels like I'm shaking golden hands right now.”“Oh please…” Troy laughed at that. He seemed a bit more humble than I had expected him to be. For some reason, I had been expecting him to be proud, at least for him to give Ellie something to hate about him. But he was just perfect, and I hated that. It was c
AIDENVengeful thoughts came through my mind as I was trying to figure out what my next move would be. I was trying to get back at everyone and everything all at once and that made it quite hard for me to think straight.On the foremost of my thoughts was Troy Maddox. That cute bastard seemed to have Ellie by a leash and I just couldn't bear to watch it.In the heat of my jealousy, I decided to make my way toward the football field. First I would scan the locker rooms and then I would check the pitch to see the bastard practicing. Perhaps, that was where he had wooed her with his super crisp movements on the field which had probably made her fantasize about how crisp he would also be in bed. For some reason, I always knew that hanging out with Jasmine would lead her to an addiction to high school athletes. Jasmine had a habit of crushing on them and would always want to infect everyone around her with the fever. “Ugh…” I had to admit to myself that I was disgusted by my thoughts. B
ELLIE "Kai, what do you mean you're here to take me out?" I asked, trying to hide the confusion and surprise in my voice. I could feel my heart beating faster, not because of excitement, but because I knew this visit wasn't going to end well. "I'm serious, Ellie. I mean every word I said, I want to take you out," Kai replied, his smile widening, reaching his eyes. "I wanted to spend some time with you. Just the two of us. Away from everyone else." I crossed my arms, trying to appear nonchalant. I didn't know what to say or do. As Kai spoke, my eyes didn't leave the door, as I was afraid Aiden might walk through it. I hated these kinds of visits. "Kai, this is unexpected. You should've called first." I swallowed. "I'm sorry for that, I know," the blue-eyed guy apologized, covering the space between us, "But I needed to see you. In person. And to be honest, I didn't want to give you a chance to say no over the phone." I sighed, glancing around the room as though searching for an
AIDEN It felt like my heart was going to be right out of my chest as I was seeing my tears happening right before my eyes. The phone in my hand grew shaky even though I was still filming the scenery of my mother's betrayal of Ellie's father who had probably trusted her enough to leave her all that time to go handle business somewhere else. Regardless of what I felt while watching my mother kissing another man who fortunately wasn't the cocky Dylan who had tried to have a go at Ellie. But it was still as painful as the betrayal that it was. I didn't know what it was that had me feeling just as hurt as the one who was being cheated on. There just weren't any words for the pain in my heart. With total disregard for repercussions and consequences, I drove the car right to where the car which my mother had been parked. I was speeding like I wanted to hit it from behind. There were just too many things that made me feel like I was about to create the biggest scene ever. The tires
AIDEN There was nothing cinematic about the moment as Ellie had remarked over the phone. The pressure of the moment was simply palpable on me as it was all feeling like I was going to get caught or I was going to catch my mother doing something that wouldn't leave my head in a while. For the past couple of moments, I had been following her from behind from the safest distance possible. There had been a few times when I had been close to losing them in the Manhattan traffic, but I managed to stay on track somehow and that had been something to be proud of as I was simply too good at that. Every single moment had me recalling back when I had been following Ellie and Troy. The heat of my jealousy back then had simply been over the limits and that had me feeling like I had been some hopeless stalker, not knowing that ability would come in handy in an even more important predicament. “Please don't be Dylan…” I had lost count of how many times I had muttered those words to myself and
ELLIE "I just hit the road now, and I'm hot on her tracks as we speak," Aiden said through the phone as though he was in the middle of a theft where he was being pursued by a troop of cop cars. "The target vehicle is in view as we speak." "You are sounding like some secret agent right now…" I teased from my end of the line even though the situation was quite a serious one which would tell him all he needed to know about his mother's deeds. "You can say that again. I'm giving her as much space as I can. I just want to see where this car goes from here." "Are you sure this would work?" I asked, still wondering if it was worth it after he had seen some other women like her. I felt like he would be going on a wild goose chase if he would insist on following her to where she was going. "What if you get caught?" "Ellie I followed you to Troy's house one time and you didn't…" Aiden took hold of himself at once as he just realized that he had given himself away with that misplaced stat
AIDENA new day had come and I wasn't sure of the plan that I had in mind as I was soon trying to get myself ready to face my mother who had been the reason for my fallen mood. It was quite annoying and embarrassing that my suspicions were looking to be true at that point, even after all the drama she had used in trying to get away the last time. As I walked down the stairs, to head for the court at the back, I had my eyes open and ready for any signs of my mother. I could almost tell how it would all end if I dared to confront her upfront. There was simply no means of telling that she had been on the phone with some guy named Dylan to whom she had confessed love. That would lead me to defeat all over again. I would possibly have to apologize when she was the one who was at fault. That was one of the worst predicaments for me. "Be smart…" I said to myself as I was simply trying my best to keep it all cool and calm as I had the ball in my hands ready to take out all of the mixed fe
KAIThey were up to something. I just knew it but I just couldn't prove it. That was the main source of my frustration as I held that ball in my hands while I was still trying my best not to take my focus off the ball and the hoop which was the only thing that I could control at that point..But it was hard not to think of Aiden having a good time with Ellie. There were just too many things on my mind as I was trying not to think of anything that had to do with Aiden and that one girl that wouldn't leave my mind. "Ugh…" it was all feeling like I was stuck in some sort of cycle that just wouldn't end. The cycle always began with the sight of Aiden and his so-called sister whom he claimed not to be screwing. After seeing them, the thoughts would just stick in my head and I would need basketball to get it off my head.I sank the shot, but I still wasn't feeling the satisfaction that I used to get from the sport before it became a means for me to get my mind off Ellie. The only thing tha
AIDEN"I think your mother is seeing someone else…" Ellie said with such a sad look on her face.At first, I had been relieved that it hadn't been the news of my scuffle with Gina. But then, I was even more troubled by the fact that a suspicion that I had allowed to fallow when it had caused a lot of trouble the first time, was now popping up from a source that wasn't me. That aroused all my suspicions which had been buried beneath the layers of my conscience. I had swallowed them up the leg time because of my mother who had been hurt by it. But it was all popping out again. There were a lot of things that had me feeling like I was getting to the bottom of the whole thing that had taken place in that awkward weekend which had happened in almost a blur.The memory of the texts was coming back to my head. The words and the emotions that seemed to have been behind them when they had been sent. There was no way that moment couldn't stay etched in my mind which seemed to be susceptible to
AIDENThere was a rush in my very being as I was trying to make sure that I could get to Ellie before the news of me and Gina would get to her. It felt like my rush would all end up being in vain as I was trying not to let it all get to me. At that point, I was beginning to rehearse the words I would use in explaining myself, just in case it turned out that I hadn't been quick enough. I was almost pulling over like I had robbed a bank. I just hoped I wouldn't be asked too many questions about that as all of that was beginning to make me lose my cool. I was willing to do anything to make that save happen.There wasn't any time to look back as I got out of the car and made my way to the front door which I opened with my key, as I felt like knocking would only go on to waste the little time I had even more."What's all this about?" Mother asked as she was thinking of what could have been making me run like there was some fire I was trying to put out somewhere. "What's gotten into you?"
SANDRA"How dare she?" I muttered to myself as I realized that she had hung up on me yet again as she was making a show of her youthful arrogance. Everything about her seemed to remind me of her father, and it was simply annoying that all I could do was stay behind those bars all day and all night while complaining about how miserable being in there had been for me. The thoughts of her father brought me pain, shame, and regret, and that was exactly what came to mind each time I thought of Ellie. That had been why I had gotten so ticked off when she pointed out that I always took it out on her. It was hard for me to think straight at that point.Right there at that moment, I was feeling the pain that came with all of the memories which I had been suppressing all that time. It felt like the canister that had been holding it all together had been popped open by the way that my daughter had spoken to me. I just couldn't wait to get out of there and come teach her a lesson. Ellie had gro