“Are you cold, E?” Xander asked with a frown when I snuggled closer to his side. I didn’t respond as I stared at the TV screen. We were watching a movie but all my attention was elsewhere. Earlier today, when Ace practically proposed to me to be his girlfriend, Xander walked into the room at the right time. According to Xander, we were talking a little too long.Usually, I would have scolded Xander for bursting into my room like that but at that very moment, I was thankful to him. I didn’t know how to respond to Ace’s words. I hardly knew what I would say to him now if I saw him. Ace was currently back at his hotel since Xander was annoying him a little too much. I would have saved Ace but I was numb. So, Xander took advantage of that and drove him away.Sometimes Xander does good for me without realising… “Xander?” I mumbled as I felt my eyes drooping. I was tired and my brain had been functioning a little too much after Ace’s confession. “Hmm?” Xander hummed as he p
Xander is an idiot! He is a complete and utter fool!He told me to toss a coin. I did. He told me that I’ll know what I wanted when the coin was in the air. I knew it now. But what troubled me was that the coin gave me the output that I wanted to see.Now, I know how I should have been happy to see that but I wasn’t. I was still confused. I still had no idea how I would act around Ace. I still didn’t know what I would say to him. I sighed as I got up from my bed where I have been laying for the past hour, staring at the ceiling. I had to do something. Anything!I have been in my room since I came back from school. Xander didn’t come over since he knew that I wanted some time alone to think about the situation with Ace. Xander and the guys were hanging out at his place doing god knows what and I wanted nothing more than to go and join them.But Ace was a good friend of mine and I couldn’t just keep him hanging like that. I owed him an answer. So, I picked up my phone fro
Xander’s POVI have no idea what I was thinking about. I really shouldn't have said whatever I said. I should've remained the stupid that I have always been.Why did I give Ellie that advice? Why did I do that when I knew that she liked him?If it wasn't for the sudden wise thoughts that hit me, I would have been sitting here with her, arguing with her about something or the other. If it wasn't for my stupidity, she would never have gone on that date with that idiot!“Xander, tell Jason to share those chips with me!” Mason complained childishly as he pointed at his brother who was munching on some potato chips. “Do it yourself.” I told Mason as I got up and started pacing in my room. What would they be doing right now? Is he saying something to make her laugh or is he saying something to make her blush?Those thoughts made my blood boil.Ellie left about fifteen minutes ago for her date. I saw her leaving from my window. That was one of the advantages of being
Have you ever been in a situation that others find hilarious yet you feel so embarrassed that you just want to hide out in your room with none to minimal contact with the rest of your life?A situation which makes you think that maybe you’ll do something on the computer to make money and just order stuff instead of ever going to the market so that no one sees you?Well, I was feeling exactly that right now as I walked back home. It was quite late and the streets were deserted as I looked up in the star filled sky and questioned god about what I did wrong in life.The humiliation that I was feeling was out of this world. I am seriously considering making money by hacking people’s accounts and moving to Antarctica. I think I’ll also get plastic surgery and even change my name. Darla sounded like a good name, right?I sighed as I looked down to my boot clad feet. At least my knee length boot looked good enough to be seen out in the public. I swear, if I decide not to follow
“This.” he said. Before I could react or even process what was happening, Xander wrapped one of his arms around my waist and pulled me closer. With his other hand, he cupped my cheek before I felt his soft lips on mine in a passionate kiss. I was too shocked to react however I started kissing him back out of reflex. When I realized how I was kissing my best friend in his driveway while our parents could have been watching, I pulled away from him.What on earth did just happen?!“Xander!” I exclaimed as I stared at him with wide eyes. I pushed him away and took a few steps back myself.“What? Did you react the same way when Ace kissed you?” he questioned before running his hand through his hair in frustration. Is he crazy?“I didn't kiss Ace! And he didn't even try to kiss me while standing in his driveway where his and my mother could have seen us and started planning our 25th anniversary party!” I told him, incredulously.“25th anniversary?” Xander questioned in amuse
“No means no!” I told Kara. She looked like she was just about to cry as she sat down next to Liam at our table in the cafeteria. Liam looked at Kara with concern shining in his eyes before looking at me with a stern expression. I ignored his anger filled look as I took a seat between Mason and Damien, right in front of Kara. Kara was looking like a little kid who was about to cry.“What are you saying no to? And how can you upset Kara?” Liam asked me. Kara is too cunning! I take my words back from all the time I said that she was innocent!“She is asking me to join her for a sleepover.” I told them with a disgusted face. “So? What’s the problem?” Damien asked me. I turned my head to glare at him. “We have sleepovers all the time. You never have a problem.” Damien shrugged. “That’s because those sleepovers were with you guys. Kara wants a girl’s night.” I told him, shivering at the last sentence. I had no problem with having a sleepover with Kara. She was a nice per
This was a disaster. Bigger than the disaster that any tsunami, hurricane or earthquake ever brought. This was like the king of all disasters. This one was so big that I think nothing would ever be the same.Besides the fact that I was surrounded by the people I barely tolerated at school, Cassie was here too.Turns out, Cassie was actually Sarah’s cousin. And right now, I was trying to smile and act casual as she continued to tell everyone about how she was a cheerleader and how she was the most beautiful girl in her school. I was missing the guys like crazy and when I tried to text Mason, Kara caught me and she took my phone away. So, the only thing left for me to do was to pretend like I am having a nice time.“And all the guys in the school wanted to date me.” Cassie told us in a proud voice. And I thought that this couldn’t get any more clique… “That is so cool! I wish that I was as pretty as you!” A girl said. I think her name was Hannah or Heather or something.
“So? What is the problem?” Xander asked with an amused smile on his face. “Why are you so sad about it all? Isn’t this what you wanted?” He asked. I scowled at that. “No, you dork! I wanted plain cheese pizza! Onion was fine but you know that I don’t like capsicum on my pizza!” I said as I pushed the pizza away and glared at the table in front of me. When I told Xander everything about what happened at the sleepover, he didn’t say anything and just drove up to the pizza place. I thought that he just wanted to lift my mood up with pizza but it turned out that that was not the case. When we were ordering, he just kept telling me to order the onion and capsicum pizza. I ordered it because he was the one paying for it but now he was asking me to eat it too.In my current mood, I just wanted to kill him!“Then why did you listen to me when I told you to get one with capsicum? Why did you get the capsicum pizza?” He asked me. I turned my head to glare at him. “That’s becaus
“Did he really bake all those cupcakes for you?” Kara asked with a giggle. I nodded my head with a smile. “That is why I always told you to date him, honey.” My mother commented. I rolled my eyes at her. “When you found out about what happened, you were about to go over to his house and kill him! You didn’t even let him come inside the house when he came to apologize to me!” I reminded my mother. After my conversation with Xander, he did what he said he would do. He crossed every limit when it came to seeking forgiveness. He learnt how to bake cakes and cupcakes and I got a batch of the freshly baked goods almost daily. He even apologized to my parents.Xander was always around in school but he still kept his distance. He apologized to Damien and Liam too for breaking their trust.After a couple weeks of him always smiling at me through the hallways and doing his best, I decided that he and I have suffered enough by staying away. I forgave him. Completely.“That was be
“I don’t want to go back to the way we were before, Ellie.” Xander told me, making me frown. What the hell is he talking about?“What do you mean by that, Xan? Don’t you want to be my friend anymore?” I asked him. Xander smiled as he shook his head. “No, Ellie. Now that I know how amazing it is to be your boyfriend, I don’t think that I can be just friends with you. You’re just too special and I can’t let you go.” Xander told me in a sincere voice. I stopped breathing and my eyes turned wide. I didn’t know what to say now. “H-how? W-Why?” I stuttered, not knowing what I wanted to ask or say. Xander chuckled as he looked at my flustered state. “Ellie, I am not going to lie to you anymore. I am not going to hide anything either. I’ll tell you the truth. I did ask you out because I was afraid of losing you to Ace. But I realised that I really do love you. And I have loved you for as long as I could remember.” Xander told me. I knew that if he continued talking, I was
“I am fine, Damien!” I huffed. I have been saying the same sentence on a repeat for the past fifteen minutes, ever since he picked me up for school. But Damien is still annoying me. And so is Liam. And Mason. And Jason. “Are you sure?” Liam asked me as he looked at my face as if I was going to break down again. I rolled my eyes as I decided to ignore them all. After I told my mom and dad about everything, I had to practically beg my mom to not just go over to Xander’s house and break his face and my dad to not kill Xander. After convincing my parents, my mom made me skip school the next day and she and I went for a relaxing spa day. Later that night, my parents took me to watch a movie at the theatre.During the weekends, Damien, Liam, Kara and the twins slept over at my house. We talked about random things, ate loads of junk food, watched movies and much to Mason’s disappointment, did our homework. Today was Monday. And even though my mom offered to take me to a fair
I was done crying. My nose and eyes were red and my eyes were swollen and were hurting. But I didn’t feel like a mess. I felt a little better even though the pain of the heartbreak was still there. The day wasn’t over yet but my crying apparently was. I had no more tears left in me. As I drank some water, I realised how dehydrated I actually was feeling. But I was a little better… The pain was still unbearable and Xander’s voice still in my head on repeat as he confessed that it was all a lie but there was another voice there. This was my own voice which was telling me that I was Eleanor Aliana Ambrosia and no one can break me. I was stronger than titanium!My heart might have been broken but I wouldn’t let myself be broken completely. I was going to stay strong. After all, I was still in high school. I had a lot to live for. If not love, I still had to live to make my parents proud of me. I still had to do so much!I had to win a Nobel prize too!A knock on the door
“I only asked Ellie out because I saw how Ace was going to take her away. I told her lies to convince her that I liked her so that she would leave him and come back to me. My plan was to break up with her after Ace was out of the picture and the offer for her to go to the music school was no longer available.” Xander said in a strong voice. I heard multiple gasps beside me but I was too shocked to say something or give a reaction as Xander visibly froze. It was as if he was afraid to turn around.“See. He didn’t want you after all.” I heard Sarah’s smug voice say but I couldn’t reply to her either. Xander turned around and his eyes met mine.I could see the shock and guilt in his eyes but I was too shocked to say or do anything.“Ellie…” Xander whispered as he looked at me with wide eyes. I held my tears and sob in as I looked at him but I could still hear his words on a repeat in my head which made a tear fall from my eye and roll down my cheek. He lied to me… It was al
Xander’s POV“I know your little secret, Xander Theodore King.” I heard someone saying just as I came out of the class to make my way to Ellie’s locker. I turned to find Gavin, one of the guys from the football team standing right next to the door of the class. “Big deal, Gav! The whole school knows my whole name. It’s not a secret.” I said as I rolled my eyes. I turned around and started walking to Ellie’s locker. Today was our one month anniversary and I was going to do everything in my power to make sure that she was happy today. I had already planned our date for after the school got over.Ellie and I have been going strong even after Ellie found out that I was hiding something from her. The twins tried to bring it up and make me confess everything to her but it looked like she didn’t want to know. I knew that she wanted me to tell her everything on my own but I was a coward. I wasn’t going to tell her the truth. Besides, I love her now. I feel exactly wha
“Hey, Ellie!” I heard someone say just as I got out of the house. I looked up to find Ace standing a few feet away. My eyes grew wide. Crap! Did he hear about me and Xander being a couple?Ace and I haven’t talked after the day at the restaurant more than a month ago when I told him about how I didn’t feel like we could be something other than friends. I have no idea where he has been since then. It wasn’t like I didn’t care. I was just giving him some space. I didn’t want to rub it in his face. I just wanted him to take his time and get over it all. “Hey, Ace.” I said as I smiled nervously. My eyes went to Xander’s house to see that he wasn’t out yet. But he could come out of his house any second. Xander was supposed to be my ride to school like always and I knew he was about to leave his house now. I was just nervous to see his reaction on seeing Ace here at this time.Xander will surely get mad!“I know that you have to go to school but I just wanted to talk to yo
“A frog can sing better than you, Mace!” Jason said with an eye roll making me laugh. Mason scoffed as he hit the back of his twin’s head. “I seriously sang better than every singer out there!” Mason said in a proud tone, making us all laugh. He pouted like a child as we all continued to laugh. Me, the twins, Damien and Xander were currently sitting in my living room, relaxing after the tiring day at school. Kara was at her house and Liam had to help his little brother with some stuff and so he wasn’t here either. I was sitting between Damien and Xander on the carpeted floor while the twins were sitting directly in front of us on the floor as well.“Mace, please stop with your jokes! You are going to make me cry because of laughing so hard!” Xander said as he tried to stop himself from laughing. “At least I am not the guy who is keeping a potentially awesome singer from becoming a famous celebrity!” Mason remarked making me furrow my eyebrows at him in confusion. Wha
“Jace, do you believe in keeping secrets?” I asked as Jace and waited in the line for our turn. Jason instantly stiffened and gulped while I acted nonchalant as I stared at the girl who was currently giving her order. We were all at the fast food restaurant. After watching a movie, we were all tired so we decided to eat something. Kara and Liam were currently doing some shopping since Kara wanted to and so I decided to just question the twins now.When we all entered the shop, I told Damien to keep Xander and Mason distracted while I went to order for us all with Jason.Yes, I am cornering the one I think will be easier to break. And no, I am not ashamed in the least!“I don’t.” Jason answered, keeping it short. I nodded my head at that. I huffed as I saw the girl starting to flirt with the guy taking her order. Can’t she just drop her number for the guy and leave?“Don’t you think that that girl is taking forever? I mean, can’t she just flirt with the guy after his shi