ELLIEThe sweat wasn't enough to deter me. He came at me with such a heat unlike what anyone had hit me with. He had my head up in the cloud as he brought me close to himself.I could tell just how thirsty he was for me, as he came at me like someone who had been given a cold cup of water after wandering through the desert.Deep down, I was also thirsting for him. Somewhere in the naughty depths of my mind, I was beginning to desire that he did to me what he had done to Gina in that video. I just couldn't tell why I wanted it that way.But that time around, I wasn't going to give him that satisfaction of having to see me naked again. I intended to leave him hanging even though he seemed like he couldn't get enough of me. “Stop it Aiden…” I tried to push myself away from him, but then there was just a lot of pressure from his end. “You can't be doing this…”“Ellie, please don't deny me this time…” he growled with his authoritative tone that nearly had me falling to his knees. There we
KAI“Calm down… you're letting that prick mess with your head!” Kyle yelled at me. But I paid him no mind as I kept shooting, taking out all my hate and hurt on the ball and in my body as well. I had barely rested ever since I returned from school. It felt like there was just too much for me to lose ever since Aiden got back on the team. It suddenly felt like my spot on the team would soon be taken away from me. “You know you could be hurting yourself as well, Kai” Kyle kept on rebounding the balls for me, even though I was literally tearing myself apart right there. “Don't let him get to your head no matter what happens.” He had already gotten into my head, and I was resorting to anything that I could to get him out of there. But at the same time, I had thought I was trying to outwork him with what I was trying to do. “You're really—”“Just shut it, Kyle…” I let out angrily as I had grown tired of my younger brother trying to give me counselling which wasn't needed at that point
AIDEN“For the weekend…?” I was pretending not to act like I hadn't just received a text from an unknown number that happened to coincide with the news she was just breaking to me. “So soon? I thought you do arts on the weekends…”“Well, I'm just trying to do something else besides the paints and canvases. It could get boring sometimes if I continue the same way over time. I need a break Aiden…” she said with a sigh. “I'll just go somewhere with some friends and try to unwind a bit for the next couple of days, and I'll be back.”For some reason, I wasn't happy about the weekend which would give me time to be alone with Ellie. I found myself wondering if my mother was telling the truth about where she was off. It was all just lining up too perfectly for me to believe immediately.“And I won't be going with my car. But that's not a license for you to use it for whatever you want to use it for.” She said sternly with a straight face. “You're going to stay away from it as much as you can.
ELLIEI couldn't help but wonder why Aiden was acting all weird this morning. Why had he been so eager to see his mother entering that grey Honda? He had been standing for a couple of moments after she had left. For a couple of moments, he had looked as distraught as someone who had been abandoned by his lover. Good thing I wouldn't be home that Saturday so I wouldn't have to put up with him all day.I said nothing as he turned to return inside the house. He barely had his eyes in my direction, almost as though he was avoiding me completely. A part of me wanted him to look at me, so I could look away, but he didn't even look. He was acting like I was simply one of the furniture at the dining table. He headed right out of the living room, and made his way back to his room, ignoring his breakfast on the table and me as well. I fought the temptation of asking him what was wrong with him all that time I was seated at the table. He still owed me my bottles of vodka, and I hadn't forgott
AIDENI was in no mood for any of Ellie's antics. It had me feeling low with the way I was showing her subtle signs of jealousy towards her. That way I would be giving her all the power over my emotions.At that point, I wanted to get myself to be at the top of my game and nothing else. I had a pickup game to attend and I hadn't gotten any shots up. It made me feel a bit less confident in myself. Coupled with the fact that Kai would be there, I felt like I was in for a horrible weekend.Besides all of that, I had felt bad for having suspected my mother wrongly for having someone else. I had yet to delete those awkward texts from my phone. I felt bad for having thought that she could go lower than her standards. As I stepped out to make my way to the garage, I looked over at the house of my mother's neighborhood friend whom she had claimed to go on a weekend getaway with. That was added evidence to prove that I had been wrong.Mrs. Kirsten’s home was looking all empty and deserted. Sh
ELLIEThe ride in Aiden's car was quite an awkward experience. It was quite hard for me to understand why he hadn't refused my request which had sounded more like an order. Aiden pulled over, without saying a single word throughout the ride and was about to end it all without breathing a single syllable to me. There were just too many things going through my mind as I was about to make my way out of the car.I thought about thanking him for the ride, but then, I and my ego turned down the idea without thinking twice about it. At once, I was on my way to Jasmine's front porch where she and the others had been waiting for me.Just to be sure he wasn't staring, I turned to look at Aiden. For some reason, I believed he had taken his eyes off right at that moment when I turned to look at him. He seemed to have his eyes fixed on his phone.“Well… I couldn't care less…” I reminded myself as I was about to meet up with Jasmine and the rest. I felt bad for having kept them waiting for so long
AIDENIt was hard to get my mind off what had just happened with my mother as it had suddenly changed the flow of my entire day. I tried to tell myself it was all her personal life and I didn't have a right to say anything about it. But then, I was really scared in no small way as I realized just how weird things could get if she happened to have been cheating on Ellie's father with someone else. Worst of all, the marriage wouldn't follow through and I was going to lose contact with Ellie. I feared that more than anything, and it had me deep in my thoughts and trying to catch my breath in the sea of my worries.“Aiden!” I was almost fidgeting when I heard one of my teammates calling out to me. In the heat of my worries, I suddenly froze on the court and was completely motionless from it all. There were just a lot of things going wrong at the moment, as I was watching the opponents scoring us at will. “What the fuck’s going on?” They were livid that I wasn't bringing my A-game to
ELLIEI didn't get why she had to be making that call there at that moment. It felt like the sound of her voice had suddenly brought a cloud over the beautiful sunny Saturday.“You had the nerve to hang up on your mother the last time I called you…” she sounded deranged as she spoke hurriedly in a hushed tone that made her sound dangerous. “You just have five months and some days and I'll be back for you and your father…”The thoughts of my childhood and those dark times of being stuck all alone with her at home came playing back in my head in full color. She was simply everywhere in my head.“By the way, you have no idea just how much we would have to discuss when I'm finally out of here…” she said. “You just brace yourself for—” Just like I did the last time, I hung up on her without thinking twice about it. I couldn't afford to have a breakdown when everyone was gearing up to have fun. I would be killing the energy of the whole outing and I didn't want to be guilty of that.“You r
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