ELLIEI felt a bit weak in the knees as he said those words to me. There were a lot of things that made me feel like I was about to get back into that predicament I had been in when I had given Troy a chance. “What's the matter?” I asked as I was trying to keep a still, and calm composure even with Jasmine watching my every move at that point. “Is there a problem?”I was wondering what exactly it was that couldn't wait until he would come to pick me up from school and then to his place. Just like we had agreed. It had me thinking, the way he had just called me and just demanded an audience like I hadn't been giving attention all that time. Was it just another weird, unusual side of him that had just been aimed at keeping me on my toes from all the suspense? It had to be, as I want to be ready to take any of that. “There were just too many things on my mind lately and I have been thinking…” That beginning phrase carries a lot of gravity in it.“What is it?” I could feel my heart ra
ELLIEThe heated tears that were about to pour out of my eyes were becoming too uncomfortable for me to bear at that point. There were a lot of thoughts running through my head as I ignored Jasmine’s voice as she had been calling on me. But I kept on walking like she hadn't been calling me all that time. The humiliation was just too much for me to bear at that point as I was making straight for home. I was ready to fight anyone who would try to keep me from heading home at that point. “Ellie…”Who the fuck was calling my name? I wondered as I was hurriedly heading out of there. I just hoped that whoever they were, they wouldn't think of coming after me.“Ellie…” the owner of the masculine voice was becoming even more audible as I was walking as fast as I could at that point. But he seemed to be able to catch up with me somehow and that was just the worst part of it. Before I could turn around and see who it was, a hand grabbed me by the shoulder and I soon realized that it had been
ELLIE“What the…” I had never been as angry as I was at that point as I had been staring at the jerk that was threatening to ruin my little field trip to the ninth cloud. “Are you fucking nuts?”“Oh… I'm really sorry about that… I didn't mean to spill your drinks…” he was stuttering as he seemed to have been absent-minded when it had all happened. That made me even more annoyed with him. “Are you out of your fucking mind?” I growled at him as I was more than ready to face him with everything that was in me. “What the heck were you thinking when you were just standing there? You should have fucking moved out of the way instead of standing and looking like some sort of bozo...”I was more than ready to let out every single abusive word that I had stored up in my head. There were just too many things on my mind I had to unload, and there that bastard was, ruining all of it with one clumsy move that I just wasn't expecting.“Whoa… no fighting in front of the shack…” the dealer let out in
AIDEN “Home sweet home…” I said to myself as I was about to get out of my car. It had been another day of school and basketball practice, and I was craving rest and a repeat of practice as well.But then, I was also looking forward to seeing Ellie there as that was now a weird part of my life that a part of me was wishing that I had never awakened in the first place. There was nothing I could do about it as I felt helplessly obsessed with her as thoughts of her filled me every second. She was all over my head even when I was in the heat of practice. I just hated the fact that things had to be the way they were between us. I felt like a mess with each moment I saw her with those other dudes she was rolling with. As I got to the door, I took a sigh as I got ready to make my move into the house. I would have to endure another moment of acting like there was nothing going on. It was hard pretending like I wasn't about to lose my mind with each passing second.I noticed a strange quiet
ELLIE“What the heck are you doing…?” I asked as he put his hands on my shoulder and pushed me back down flat on the ground. He seemed not to care how my landing would be as he just wanted me to. “You have no idea just how long I've been waiting for this…” his voice was laced with an awful hint of his lewd desires that made me even more scared with each passing moment. “From the very first day you came for a purchase and I noticed that you love to take your spot at that tree, I always knew that I wanted you, even though I don't know what your name is.”“Stop… and I might just tell you my name…” I said as I pushed his hand away from coming on my breasts. He was voracious with the way he was coming at me. “Please… we don't have to be unreasonable with this…” “I'm not the one being unreasonable, baby… you are…” The way he said the word “baby” made me feel quite uncomfortable. I wanted to push him away at all costs, but he was just too heavy for me to do anything about him. “Let's just
AIDEN“What the…” I was beginning to get worried about Ellie. At that point, I couldn't care less about anything that had gone wrong between us before then. I just wanted to make sure that she was doing okay as she seemed not to have been herself ever since she had met that Dylan guy. I picked up the phone again and was soon trying to get to her again. I had never had to exercise so much patience at a time as I was doing right there. As I waited to hear her voice, I was sincerely hoping that Ellie would have a suitable explanation for all she had done. I hated just how many negative thoughts I was thinking all at once as I was just too worried about her. “Pick up the phone for heaven's sake…” I was pacing up and down the room with hopes of hearing her voice at any point from then. I had skipped my usual evening shooting sessions all because of her and I was hoping that it would all be worth it. “Come on, Ellie…” I put down the phone in disappointment as the response I was waiting
KAIThings had gone sour between my brother and me, and that made the house full of dead air as we hadn't said a single word to each other ever since we got back from school. While shooting and rebounding all by myself, I was reflecting on the short episode that had happened between me and Ellie after school that day. I felt bad that I hadn't approached her properly and I felt terrible for that. I was still all about finding out what was happening between Ellie and her brother. But then, I didn't want her getting hurt because of me. That made me stop to pick up the phone and try reaching her. ***AIDENThere weren't any words to describe the kind of silence that haunted the drive home. It was almost feeling like someone had died but then, it was just Ellie in the backseat of the car. I drove carefully and slowly so I wouldn't cause her body to roll away from the seat, and at the same time, I was trying to steer clear of the authorities as that would bring a lot more attention tha
AIDEN“What the heck…?” I was ashamed at the fact that Ian had been the one who had gone in first and not me. That made it all absurd that a stranger had been the one to witness their shame before me. There were just too many things that had me feeling like I was about to be put under fire for what had just happened. But then, it hadn't been my fault that they were having it in my room. What in the world had happened to their room? I wondered. They had probably been thinking that they had the whole house to themselves. That had been quite a costly assumption for them to have made. “Come on… let's go upstairs…” I said, pulling Ian out with one hand while keeping Ellie on my shoulder with the other. I felt bad that he was still there watching them. Good thing for them that they were under the covers.At once, I was well on my way up the stairs, still with Ellie on my shoulder. It was quite hard to have her stay on my shoulder for all that time. There were a lot of thoughts going thro
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