It's the morning after Amara's date and every where's really cold due to the heavy rain that fell last night stroke this morning.
Being in the month of August is still a month for rain to fall heavily if it feels like.
"Hey Savage." Silas greeted the moment I stepped out of the door.
I stopped walking for a moment to gather my breath.
So, we really are neighbours.
"Hi Silas. Good morning" I replied.
He was already dressed and ready for school.
"Anyways, I'll see you later." He called towards me after we exchanged a few words with me mumbling out each replies, he waved at me lightly behind his shoulders as he headed down the stairs.
He's probably going to meet up with his friends.
I didn't expect his cousin, Marcus to go to school today with him anyways, that one doesn't go to school at all.
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As expected like everytime, traveling back home was a kinda stressful journey, whereby you have to sit for long hours before reaching your destination.With my headphones plugged into my phone, my favorite playlist playing out the perfectly arranged songs loudly into my ears was pure bliss while I rested my head against the headrest and my eyes shut completely as if I was in a deep sleep.Thankfully, we finally almost reached our destination after battling with thick traffic, passengers who stalled the bus every second we reached a canteen or stall where eatables were sold, it was like as if some people just couldn't control their stomach from getting hungry everytime.Oh, and then there were two or three people who were always stopping to ease their bladder free, always urinating every one hour.Like, why do I have such a shitty luck today? I only wanted to go home in peace.
That's still fair, but bursting the door open and scaring the black Jesus out of me is so not cool."Leave the phone and give your mother a hug." Her familiar voice echoed around the room with the hint of a smile."But my phone is broken!" I replied her grumbling the words out."So?" She asked as she pulled me up, the phone falling off my thighs again towards the floor.Alright, it's official.My mother is a phone killer, I'm sure it's already dead after the second fall if it did survived the first crash.I scowled at her after giving my phone a sad glance before returning the dejected look at her again to emphasize on how much I was pained.Oh yes, I really am painedLike, a phone is part of the soul, loosing it feels like you are about to die.Right.I
"It's the truth. You don't go out, like at all." He answered slowly, putting emphasis on every word.The bastard.Sad, but he was saying the pure truth, I don't go out.Not like I don't go out at all, but I just don't really enjoy going out too much, I prefer being buried in a book instead of being in the midst of annoying people.And, let's not forget that people tend to annoy me a lot.I'll choose Goldie, my dog over a lot of my course mate.Sad, but that's me.Take me like that or still take me, I wouldn't care that much anyway."Hey! I go out, but not that much." I denied vehemently."That's what I said, you don't go out." He replied flatly."I go out, but not every time." I grumbled out.
This would be one tough girl, he could see it in her eyes.He went ahead and told her what he tells his children about the Christmas tree and felt good with himself when her small face lit up with curiosity. She actually bought the wish story and daintily walked towards the tree and did as he told her to.All she only wanted was a sibling.At the age of ten, going on eleven, the envy Fay have been feeling since the house got filled up by kids and kids cannot be explained the way she felt it.She wished for a baby brother or sister for her to be able to spoil, take care of, babysit, share her stuffs with and so on, but unfortunately for her, her parents haven't been able to give her a younger sibling."I hope I get a kid brother or sister soon." She whispered into her fluffy pillow that night before fal
On getting to the hospital, he was barely breathing.They did all their possible best but the amount of sleeping pills he consumed was way too much for his age, making his blood pressure rise too high to a point of danger as well as his breathing coming to almost standstill.Assuming he was brought in a little bit earlier, he might have survived, the doctor explained to them as he consoled them as best as he could before excusing himself.Her mother was broken and cried dejectedly as they finally got home around noon. Their house was already filled up with family members who tried to console Fay's crying mother.Fay sat still on the far end of the room, on the floor as her family members cried around her but not one tear fell off her eyes.She stared straight ahead but couldn't see a thing, all she could see was da
She knew I was the most affected from what happened to my brother, JamesThey both know, my parents, yeah, the both of them.I stared at the ceiling without looking at it but past it in thoughts.The sound of my phone ringing again brought with it, a strong wave of pounding in my head, resulting in me wincing painfully as I cradled my head between my cold and clammy palms as I ignored the incoming call again.Must people be this persistent? I've been ignoring and the person kept calling, can't people read hints again?It's so freaking obvious that I don't wanna talk to whoever that was calling but it seems the person wasn't ready to give up yet.Oh well...******"Did you eat today?" Mum asked, standing by my doorstep, the bright lights from the hallway beh
Well, Amara and I met in uni, she's one of my two only closest friends, she's an amazing person and doesn't have so much baggage like I do. She's strong and what I'll call calm fire." I finished with a small laugh, I've missed Amara so much, I just didn't realize how much."She's very intriguing." Rinola commented before adding. " You have a second close friend, what's her name?" She inquired."Well, this one's a He. He and I knew each other since kindergarten, we weren't so close while growing up." I explained."Oh, why?" She asked."That's because I didn't really talk much in secondary school." I answered."So, you talk more now?" She inquired."No, I_ I don't, I'm complicated." I said with a laugh with she echoed after me before adding. "I love complicated, it's more intriguing and interesting than normal." She explained and I looked at her suspiciously.
He was sitting on the far edge of the long waiting chair, away from the rest of the people."Fay?" He asked, squinting his eyes almost closed and I shrugged my shoulders.Of course it's Fay."Is it me or, did you get prettier?" He asked, a hint of a smile playing across his lips, I got tired of standing so I rested on the wall opposite him.What did you expect? For my poor legs to break? Old habits don't die."I dunno, you tell me." I mumbled out to him as I shrugged my shoulders again."Well, I think you've gotten prettier than the last time we saw." He stated and I smiled when he kept on staring at me."Why didn't you ask for my number anyways?" I asked.I've always wondered."Well maybe I was waiting for you to ask for mine." He replied with a light chuckle and I shrugged again."What
And before I could even think about it, I started telling him about my baby brother, James.I didn't even know when the tears started to fall until Silas swiped his thumb against a tear slipping down my cheeks in folds.I pulled away from his reach till I sat at the very edge of his bed as I motionlessly continued to tell me about how growing up with him was.How exciting and eventful the few years I got to spend with him felt, how the years he lived were probably my most meaningful years in my whole life.I could feel the tears pouring down my cheeks as I sobbed quietly, not even a tearful sound escaped my lips as I went on and on about how James was everything.Till I killed him."When I noticed my change in behavior, there wasn't really anything I could do about it. Sometimes I'll just cry for no reason. Other times I'll just starve myself for reasons unknown to me, sometimes I get so confused and lost inside of my own body and it's hard to
I rubbed my sweaty hands up and down my gown as I tried to look away from the doorway as it creaked open again, the sound vibrating then stopping like it has been doing for the past hour.I felt a light tap on my shoulder and looked back at a smiling amara.
Ember's pov. 'I'll prepare your favourite dish tonight, make sure you don't miss it. I'm serious this time.'
"It's not your fault he died. It's not."I shook my head in denial as I tried to mentally block out all Silas was saying while I tried focusing on my breathing which suddenly ceased for a few seconds due to how hard I was crying.It was a Monday, three days after the session I had with my therapist. Three days after I spoke with Michael. Three days after I finally admitted to my self that I had somehow fallen in love without even realising it.It was supposed to be just a simple hangout where by I'll get to talk with Silas and maybe kiss and do we other stuff for a little bit before I'll finally head home.It wasn't supposed to have a very emotional talk, it wasn't.Somewhere along the line, I found myself in Silas room. This time, I had ventured into his room for the first time, not just his sitting room and kitchen.To say his room was fine was putting it to
"I've missed you so much, Sisi.""Oh, come on! I thought we agreed not to call each other silly nicknames anymore?" Silas argued with Jordan, an amused laugh playing across his face."You started it, remember? You called me Jordie!""Aw, I was just joking, man." Silas explained but Jordan brushed him off with a shake of his head after pointing out to him that he was the one who started everything.They laughed before Timi, the third boy in the group of friends embraced Silas heatedly. It was pretty obvious about who Silas was really close with between the two guys.The only girl in the group of friends came forward and literally flew into Silas outstretched hands who immediately wrapped themselves around her waist as he lifted her from the ground for a little bit before finally releasing her.I watched, an amused expression on my face as they exchanged p
"And, we should face time in the nude too!"Wait, whuut?!"I mean, it could be fun and you know..." He trailed off as he wiggled his eyebrows playfully, all traces of seriousness gone from his face, his goofy, playful side back in place."You're high." I informed him with an amused eye roll.A ping came from my phone which was dropped behind the Mac by a very hyper Ashley the moment the call connected with Silas's about an hour ago or so.I bended forward to retrieve the phone, the small exclamation of 'Fuck!' stopped me for a few seconds before I reached forward a little bit more till I reached the phone and returned back to my normal position.My mouth suddenly went dry when I caught Silas's heated gaze on my boobs, he lifted his gaze to my face, our eyes locking intently."Fuck, I didn't know you weren't wearing anything underneath
"Fay! You have a call from Silas, and we mistakenly accepted the call."Ashley sheepishly called out from the doorway of my room while Whitney held out the phone out in my direction.Ashley and Whitney could perfectly pass on for twins with how they do things together and let's not forget how identical they look coupled with the fact that they were nearly the same height with Whitney only a little bit taller than her immediate younger sister, Ashley."You mistakenly accepted it?" I asked with narrowed eyes as I collected the phone from Whitney's outstretched grip."I swear Aunty F... I mean Fay, it was a mistake. You know, we were just busy watching BTS on YouTube when the call came through and my finger mistakenly tapped it." Ashley explained as she moved her hands around then she mistakenly hit Whitney on the tight with her wandering hands.Whitney only scowled at her younger sister befo
"There's something about you, something different and fresh like a new gift yet unwrapped, waiting to be pealed off carefully." "At first, I thought it was just a normal attraction, but then somehow I started admitting to myself that it was more than that. Before I knew it, you were always in my head. Be it morning, afternoon, evening and night. Heck, I dream about you once in a while too." I sat up stiffly on the seat of the swing as I drank in all he was softly saying into my ear, his heated breath fanning softly against the sensitive spot behind my ear."Somewhere, somehow, you got into my head and stayed there. I still think it's weird though, this constant edging feeling biting my insides with warmth." He pulled me closer till my whole back was firmly pressed into his chest and his lips pressing into the curve of my ear.
I stepped into the house and pulled the door closed behind me, different excitement filled voices crackled around in the air to my amusement.Chelsea wagged her tail at me the moment I walked through the door.The voice was mainly coming from the kitchen which I made my way to almost immediately, I was dying to set my eyes on them.An amused smile graced my lips on seeing the three children huddled over one iPad as they disagreed over the game they were supposed to be playing at the moment."Fay! You're back." Mum gushed immediately she sighted me hanging by the door of the kitchen as she made a hand gesture for me to come in instead of standing stiffly by the door."Aunty Fay! Oh my gosh you're so beautiful!" One of the three girls who were arguing over the iPad gushed as she drank me in through her eyes.She looked like a ten years old, but she definitely ac