“So, your parents are finally back home?” Jason asked in a cautious voice.My mood wasn't the best today. My mom and dad came back home yesterday and we only had one peaceful meal before they told me that they were leaving again for work. I didn't know why that bothered me but my parents not being around anymore was starting to make me angry.When I was a kid, my parents did everything in their power to keep their business related trips to a minimum. And even when they had to go, they used to take me with them. But ever since I entered highschool, it felt as if they were trying to stay as far away from me as possible.“Only for a couple of days.” I answered Jason's question. “What? I thought they only came back after weeks of staying away!” Kara gasped. I huffed. “Ellie! Don't feel bad about it. You parents are only going because it must have been necessary.” Damien said. “Oh no! They are going because they can't bear to be around me. They hate me!” I said as I covered
“Where is Xander?” I questioned as I looked at everyone at our table.It was our lunch break and Xander was nowhere to be seen. I haven’t seen that doofus since yesterday. This morning, he just texted me to tell me that he had asked the twins to pick me up for school.“Since you and him are back to normal, Xander is with that girl he said that he has a crush on now.” Liam told me.Well, that was… unexpected...“Liam, who was that girl?” I asked him as I narrowed my eyes at Liam. Liam looked at the others on the table for help. “That blonde girl. I don’t know her name.” Liam answered hesitatingly when no one helped him.“First, she is not a blonde. She has light brown hair. And second, why the hell are you lying to me? Why is he avoiding me?” I said, getting angry. Everyone was silent for a minute. “Ellie, how would we know where Xander is?” Mason asked as he tried to act nonchalant. “If none of you told me where that doofus is, you all will feel my wrath!” I warned
“Ellie, where are we going?” Xander asked for the hundredth time as he pouted. “Somewhere I can kill you and dump your body!” I answered in a mock serious tone. Xander gasped. “But you love me and I love you!” He said. I ignored him. After about five minutes of silence, he spoke up again. “Are we eloping?” He asked with a cheeky smile. I rolled my eyes at him.I had somehow managed to get him out of the school and to his car without anyone spotting us. But the big problem now was deciding where would be a safe place to take him till he becomes a little sober.I sighed as I parked the car near the park. I have been driving around in Xander’s car, trying to figure out where I could take him while Xander asked me stupid questions and played with my hair. It was already the time for the school to get over. We had to head home. Our parents will be expecting us back soon.My phone suddenly pinged with a new message. I open my phone to see a message from Damien.DashingDamien:
“Why is it all so loud?” Xander groaned as he walked into the living room. I chuckled as he covered his face. “Xan-Xan!” Aria, Damien’s little sister yelled before she ran off to Xander and wrapped her tiny arms around Xander’s legs. Xander looked at me and Damien for help. I giggled at the excited face of the little angel. “Aria, do you want hot chocolate?” Damien asked his little sister. She turned to him with a super happy face like he just told her that unicorns are real.Yikes! Unicorns make a really bad image in my head… I got up and handed Xander the pills for his head and water. He gave me a grateful smile as he swallowed the pills.“Are you okay now or do you still wanna elope with me?” I questioned when Damien and Aria walked to the kitchen for the hot chocolate. Xander smirked at me as he wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I giggled as I placed my hands on his chest.“If you are offering that, then who the hell am I to reject that
I have been hiding. I came to school with the lovely couple Liam and Kara. I went to all my classes before time, I hid my face with a hoodie and I didn’t even go to my locker because I already took all my books from there in the morning. I know that lifting all the books and notebooks the whole day is tiring but I just wanted to hide. Hide from him. I know that I am being crazy but I can’t face him. Not now. Not ever. I think I should just shift to Timbuktu, get plastic surgery, change my name to something like I-am-not-Eleanor-Aliana-Ambrosia-and-I-don’t-even-know-who-that-chick-is. Sheesh! That’s a little too long…. Yesterday, after I said what I said and Xander stopped the car, we made out. Like full on make out session kind of made out before we got home. I don’t even know how it started or who started it. I just know that it happened.We didn’t even talk as I rushed inside my house. And after that, I haven’t seen his face. My best friend’s super handsome face. The
He wasn’t at our usual table in the cafeteria. In fact, he wasn’t even in the cafeteria. And no one knew where he was. It was like he just disappeared. I didn’t know if I was relieved or worried or angry. I don’t think I wanted to know where he was but at the same time, I wanted to find him and make him talk to me. “So, what happened? Where is your hoodie from this morning?” Liam asked me when I sat down with my tray. “Damien made me take it off.” I pouted. “Thank god! I was starting to sweat only by looking at it!” Liam exaggerated. I squinted my eyes as I stuck my tongue out at him. Honestly speaking, it was very uncomfortable to wear an oversized hoodie on a hot summer day but I needed something to hide my face if I ever ran into Xander in the hallway.“What is happening though? First, Xander roams around the whole school, searching for you and now you are asking about his whereabouts. Did something happen?” Kara spoke up. Damien snickered beside me and I shot h
“He asked the whole class to skip and then he put glue, glitter and confetti everywhere in the class saying that the dull class needed it. He even insulted his teacher. How can I forgive him?” Principal Hughes asked me. The issue wasn’t really that big but Mrs Krampe was making it bigger. Xander had asked, which according to me must have been more like threatening, everyone to skip Chemistry and then he had put glue all over the teacher’s table and chair and then put glitter and confetti on it. When Mrs Krampe came into the class and caught him standing there alone, he had called her a grumpy old teacher who needs a little glitter in her life.Mrs Krampe decided to expand it and told the principal how he always insults her and how he had threatened her to leave the school.“The class actually could use a little glitter, to be honest.” Liam mumbled to me. I sighed. “Principal Hughes, I know that whatever he did was out of hand but to be fair, the others are also to bla
“What are we doing?” Xander asked as he crashed on my bed. It was Saturday and me, all the boys and Kara had all gone to a nearby fair today. To say that we all were happy would be an understatement. We had so much fun that everyone was ecstatic by the end of the day.It was evening now and everyone had gone back home to rest after the thrilling day.After all, it was only Saturday! Sunday was yet to come… “Nothing. It’s near dinner time so I am just going to go and take a shower before going downstairs to have the delicious feast that my mother has prepared. I would suggest you do the same.” I shrugged as I opened my closet door to find some clothes to wear after my shower. After the day of running around and messing around, I was feeling exhausted. I hoped that a shower would relax me.I just wanted to shower and go to bed and dream of pizza… But I can’t….“But the day isn’t over! And I have detention for the whole week from Monday!” Xander whined. I rolled my eye
“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