Why did my life suddenly turn into a horror soap opera with a horrible script writing? First, it was Ethan at the sidewalk outside my house and now we were both stuck inside a classroom, waiting for Ghost Face to pop up with a saw.
But…
The door opened to reveal a handsome hunk whom I had never seen before.
“Dylan?” Ethan sounded both surprised and irritated.
“Ethan, mate! How have you been?” Dylan said in a British accent as he came over and the boys did their man-hug completed with the typical backslapping.
Was I hallucinating or did their slaps look a bit harder than normal?
“Oh? I hope I’m not interrupting your class. I heard the bell ring twenty minutes ago.” Dylan said, breaking away from Ethan.
We were having table f
Chapter 9: Sneaking In“I’m your what?” I screeched, pushing away from him and standing up.He gaped at my outburst but then he snapped out of it and stood up as well.“Then what did you expect? That I’d call you my girlfriend? Are you seriously that naïve?” he ranted, stumbling over his words. “I didn’t think you’d be the clingy type!”My temper just shot past the boiling point. “Oh, really? Then what kind of a person did you think I was? Someone you could sleep with and discard? Such a nice complement, Mr. Whitmore. Well, too bad. If you want obedience, go fuck yourself!”He clenched his jaw. He looked tense, trying to find words, probably finding ways to compel me. Too bad it won’t work on me anymore. “Look, it’s not—&rd
Chapter 10: Best Friends and Unpleasant Experiences“Rise and shine, Aki!”I rolled over in bed groaning and flailing my hands around on the bed to find my damn blanket. Just when I found it, it was stolen from my hands. Again!“Not so fast, beautiful.”Who on Earth was talking to me this early in the morning? Who was in my room? Did that annoying cocky bastard come back?Damn! Too much pressure on the brain was giving me a blasted headache! Didn't they know that I was up almost the entire night, thinking about that blasted teacher?“Hey, sexy PJs! And your butt looks so cute in it!”That got me sitting up so fast, it gave me a whiplash. I pried my swollen eyes open and finally looked at the intruder.“Oh, my god! Nick? How did you get in? When did you get back?” I was wide awake instantly.“Whoa! Slow down horsey!” answered my bestest friend in
Chapter 11: Curiosity Killed the CatSuddenly, the hallway became overcrowded as soon as I came to stand in front of the board which held the paper written in bold letters huge enough to attract instant attention.Whispers started at once from all directions and I wanted nothing more than the ground to open up and swallow me. Nick was still beside me, trying to wrap his head around what was going on.But then... a plan formed in my head. My only prayer to God right now was not to let Nick go into panic mode or things could get ugly.Tilting my head to the side, I gave the onlookers my most clueless and confused expression and said to no one in particular…"What's Miss OG?"I may be an erotic romance writer, but a writer none the less. Plot twists were an everyday occurrence. At once, people looked relieved, started smiling like they already knew I could never been Miss OG. But some still looked suspicious. And as expe
Chapter 12: It Wasn't MeI had barely taken two steps into the science corridor when someone suddenly grabbed my arm and pulled me into darkness.I opened my mouth to scream but a hand covered it, preventing me from trying. He even caught both my hands behind my back with his other hand. So I tried the only thing I could—I stomped on my assaulter’s foot."Holy shit!" That person cussed and I instantly knew who he was.I didn't stop fighting, trying to hit him as he tried to dodge my attacks and keep me silent at the same time. But suddenly, I found my back hitting the wall hard enough to momentarily stun me and the heavy weight of his body holding me in place.“I’ll let go, but you have to promise not to—ow! You bit me!"“You, you, you...bastard! Lowlife! Son of a—" He covered my mouth again.“Don’t you dare bring my mother into this! And keep your voice down!&rdqu
Chapter 13: Questions and Queen BeesTo say that my emotions were scattered, especially in lower, wetter places, would be an understatement. And it was already lunch time, two hours after Ethan had left me panting in the empty classroom that he’d dragged me to, which I discovered was his chemistry lab. How ironic.“Because you matter.”His words kept bouncing in my head even as I sat down in my usual seat at the back of the cafeteria facing the window. I almost forgot that Nick had come back as I watched him desperately trying to evade the queen bees to get to me, lunch trays in hand.“Hey!” he said plopping down beside me, his back to the window.“Here’s your favorite, cheese and black pepper sandwiches and apple juice. Your big secret’s still safe so it’s my treat.” he said, handing my tray over and then unwrapping the double-decker chicken cheese burger on his
Chapter 14: Deadline“Ugh!”“Basket!”“Shut up!”“What did I do?”This time the rolled, crumbled ball of paper from my diary hit Nick’s head instead of the trash can.“Ow! Domestic violence!” yelled Nick clutching his head dramatically.“What the…! We’re not ma—”“Kids! Keep it down or I’m throwing you both out of the house!” Eva stood in my doorway with her arms crossed over her chest, tapping one foot on the floor for dramatic impact.And she did look dramatic with her blonde hair in thick curls and red knee length dress and heels along with her cherry red lipstick and golden clutch. Only her blue eyes stood out. Overall she looked like an overripe tomato.“Is it me, or is the house filled with drama queens?” I asked the both of them.Nick just smirked an
Chapter 15: A Lesson in Need is a Lesson in Deed“And what makes you think that I’ll let you touch me?” Despite putting up a try-fucking-with-me-and-I'll-break-your-balls look, my insides seemed to be somersaulting in anticipation... or maybe I was just hungry.“I don’t need to think anything sweetness. It’s written all over your face.” He closed the distance between us, trapping me between the counter and his chest.“Is not!” I defended myself, miserably. “And why are you even here? Miss Lunchtime-brunette didn’t satisfy your ‘needs’?”“Lunchtime brunette?” he had the audacity to look genuinely clueless.“Oh, cut the innocent act! I saw you being all huggy-buggy in the garden. Was the classroom too small for you two?” I mocked him purposely, for no reason at all other than the fact that seeing them together had made my blood
Chapter 16: The Morning AfterI groaned, flailing my hand in the air trying to shoo away the sunlight that fell on my face. Unsuccessful, I turned away from the window… my hand landing on something beside me with a groan.Wait… just… a… minute!I jumped up in bed, almost giving myself a whiplash, but due to that something holding me down at the waist, I ended up being thrown back on the bed, awkwardly landing on thatsomeone.“Hmm…” A hum of pleasure from behind me, “…pretty and pink.”I didn’t notice what he was talking about until he trailed his fingers up my sides to stop just below my breast. And then I was screaming and hauling the covers over me while Ethan laughed his ass off.“What the hell are you still doing here? Get out!” I snapped at him, poking my head out from under the covers. I was sure I looked like an overripe
Epilogue “If you were ever given a chance to date any one of your characters, which one would it be?” “Any gender?” I laughed. “Then I’ll definitely choose Mia Weller!” “Mrs. Akira Whitmore,” another reporter called out. “Why did you choose Mia Weller as your preferred date? Any particular reason?” “Umm… yes, actually,” I answered truthfully, tucking a strand of red hair behind my ear. “I feel that Mia and I have a lot in common, personality wise we’re the same, reserved at first but when we make friends, we’ll do anything for them. We have similar tastes in men, too, handsome and the alpha kind.” “Is that why most of your male leads are blond?” A girl of about sixteen or seventeen years old asked from the audience, a knowing grin stretched across her face. “Absolutely!” I laughed. “I tried, I honestly did, but I can’t for the life of me, find someone who’s as handsome as my husband! You can’t blame me for being partia
Chapter 30: Now and Forever"And do you, Evelyn Sanders, take Luke Stone, to be your lawfully wedded husband?" The priest turned to Eva, who all but cried out, "I Do!""By the power bestowed upon me by God, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride."Cheers erupted from all over the room as the groom finally kissed the bride and flower petals came raining down on the alter, as planned by the bride herself.Mom and dad looked both delighted and sad at the same time. Luke's mother was reduced to tears while his father consoled his wife. Eva herself seemed to be wiping off heard of joy. Seriously, what's with all the crying on a happy occasion? Nick's girlfriend looked relaxed and happy now that she's seen me walk up to the isle with Ethan. And I was busy glaring at Ethan.I haven't been able to contact him the whole day yesterday and he even arrived late to the wedding with the excuse that he's had a bad hangover.
Chapter 29: Insecurities"We're gonna be sooo late!""No, we won't.""Yes, we will. How can you even say that?" I raised an eyebrow at him."Akira, we have two whole days to take part in the preparations." Ethan took his hands off of the clutch for an instant to take my hand and give it a light squeeze. "Don't worry, you'll be able to take part in everything that's been planned.""Okay!" I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself. Okay, maybe I am being a bit paranoid, but I still can't believe that my sister is getting married!It's not that I'm the last one to get the news, but my semester finals ended the day before yesterday and all flights were reserved for that day as well as yesterday, so we had no other options but to catch the early morning flight today and then travel the rest of the journey via Ethan's car, so it's already 4.09 in the afternoon and we had just crossed over to Imphal."We're here." Ethan pu
Chapter 28: Make-up S*x“…many jobs that he held during the middle ages were page, soldier, messenger, valet, foreman, administrator... these helped him meet new people and explore different ideas that helped him write theTales...”“Oh, god!” I muttered under my breath, bored out of my mind, and fighting a losing battle with sleep with every single second that passed. First day of class in University and I was about to drop dead.Why you asked? Because right now I was hundreds of miles away from my boyfriend, in The University of New Brunswick, studying Creative Writing, while Ethan was still teaching chemistry at Clearwater High, Clearwater, Idaho.I asked him on my graduation day, with my entire life on the line, if he could at least move to a school nearby but he’d crushed my hopes and stomped on my heart. He’d simply said that he couldn’t. Shows how much he really loved m
Chapter 27: Goodbye Ms. OGI ran my hands through Ethan’s hair a couple times to wake him.“Mmm… Keep doing that, feels good,” Ethan whispered sleepily, so I obliged and continued to stroke through his silky blonde hair. Why was he the one with such nice hair?“So… if I do this, will you help me pass your chemistry project?” I asked hopefully. I hate organic chemistry and he’d intentionally given my final project based on that subject. Such a brat!“Nope!” I huffed at his declaration and went back to working on my laptop, leaving Ethan sprawled up in my bed.It was now February, almost the end of winter vacations, with the finals right around the corner and Ethan was here in my house lazing around since Dylan and Ember had taken over his apartment for the day, his words not mine. And for once, Ethan had used the front door.And we couldn’t have sex because E
Chapter 26: The Final LessonThe day after the event, Nick came to me to inform me that in two days he’d be leaving for Alberta, Canada, where he would finish high school and he had also been accepted into the University of Alberta for a bachelor’s in Ancient History.It was his way of telling me that he was sorry and he knew that no matter what happens, we can never go back to being friends or anything remotely close to how we used to be, because even if I forgave him for what he put me through, I had not nor would I ever be able to forget.He did visit me before he left with his mom, Silva having transferred to a hospital in Alberta, where she could spend more time with her son. He had dinner with my family and then parted from me on a remotely comfortable note. I knew that he still had feelings for me, if the way he kept looking at me with regret in his eyes were any indication, but I think he knew that there couldn&rsquo
Chapter 25: What the Heart Wants“Umm… hi, dad!" I smiled awkwardly at his glaring face.“I’d prefer if both of you explain yourselves now rather than after dinner,” he said calmly. Shit! It would have been better if he was mad. Now there was no telling what was going on inside his head.“We—”“We’re together,” Ethan cut in, wrapping an arm around my waist. “And I know you won’t believe me if I say that I’m in love with her, but that’s the truth.”I looked up at him wide-eyed. Was he nuts? Dad was definitely going to shoot him now. But I had to admit, my man’s got guts.“You are correct, I don’t believe you. Akira, go back to the dining table while I escort Mr. Whitmore out,” dad used his no-more-arguments-and-I’ll-deal-with-you-later-young-lady voice on me. I was aghast. This seriously could not be
Chapter 24: Thanksgiving DisasterDespite my moaning and groaning, mom drove me to school the next morning. I knew it had more to do with judging people’s reactions than not wanting me to stress out. And though I didn’t admit it out loud, I was glad for it as well. Having her beside me gave me the strength I needed to face everyone.It was only when no one pounced on our car or do something drastic that mom finally left. I thought the scene would change once I stepped out of the car, but still nothing. The only thing I got was polite smiles and a few good mornings from my classmates.Suspicion rising, I began my hunt for Ethan. Found him in his classroom.“Hey!” He greeted, looking up from a pile of project work.“Hi.” I shut the door behind me and pulled on the latch. I’d arrived early so there were still twenty minutes left for the first morning bell to ring. Ethan pulled me down on his l
Chapter 23: Night Out“Aki!” Mom called from downstairs. “Are you up? Nick’s here to see you!”“I’m up.” I answered from my bed where I was finishing off my homework.Nick’s smiling face appeared at my doorway and before long, I was engulfed in a bear hug. “Aki! How are you today? Does your head still hurt?” He gushed all at once.“Nick, calm down! I’m fine.” I moved out of his embrace. “I’m fine, okay. Don’t worry.”“You know I care about you, Aki. You matter to me.”Because you matter.Ethan’s words reverberated through my mind. Why did I just compare them anyway?“Alright, no more stressful thoughts.” Nick smiled that innocent smile—the smile I grew up seeing—of his that has the entire female population of our school, except me, falling at his feet. &ldq