--My eyes deceived me while I danced, which is strange because I didn't have a drink. I never have a drink, especially when someone around here buys it.Nothing ever happened in this club, I've made sure of it before I signed my contract and it isn't against the rules that we accept a drink, but it is suggested we don't, for our safety.I disappear behind the stage, and I run to the side, peeking at the crowd and I find the couch he sat on, my gaze narrowing on the empty space.Was he here?Did he see me?Maybe it wasn't him, perhaps it was someone that just looks like him..."Aerilyn, are you done for the night?" My boss comes over, her tall, skinny frame makes me feel small. I smile, nodding, "Here, your tips." I take the wad of cash and she leaves, but I stand frozen, a foreign feeling rumbling in my chest.'You just imagined it, go home.' I tell myself as I force my feet to move.I grab my bags after changing out of my outfit and I slip on my sandals before using the back hallwa
"Did you hear what I said?" | ask when he doesn't move. His eyes narrow on me, and he takes one step forward, leaning towards the counter and he drops the box onto the surface."I heard," he mutters, flicking the lid off. I step back, eyeing what he's doing, and he grabs a stack of cash that's bound together with a rubber band."What are you doing? Just take everything and go." I reach for the box, and he drops the cash, grabs my hand, and tugs me closer.I gasp as I stand in front of him, staring up at his steel blue irises. "I'm not going anywhere," he is fuming. "Go back to your life, Blaze." I sigh.I don't know what he wants, or why he's here. We parted ways a year ago, and I was doing so well up until this very moment.I did think of him, for months I waited for a text, just something small to let me know he cared, but I realized around the third month without contact that I was delusional and Blaze didn't care about me. He never cares about anyone but himself."What are you doi
"Get out," I seethe, my blood boiling as I see red. "Come on, Air." his sly grin isn't something that warms my heart or causes me to bend over backward for him."No, I said get the hell out of my fucking house!" I grab the closest thing on the counter, which is a hard plastic container box and I toss it at his head with full force.I watch him dart to the side, the container falls onto the couch, rolling off. "What the hell?" his hand wraps around my throat, pushing me back and I lift my knee, hitting his balls and he crumbles, letting me go.I grab his nape, putting pressure on it as he groans lowly and I push him towards the door."Get the hell out of here!" I shove him out and slam the door shut, locking him out and only when he's out of my apartment, tears start to swell.Does he really think that little of me?A loud knock bangs against the wood and I still, waiting for the door to just break down."Let me back in," he growls demandingly.I can't let him in, not again. I thought
"Are you coming over tonight?" My boyfriend Monty tucks a strand of my caramel hair behind my ear, his thumb gliding down the shell all the way down to my earlobe.My lips part as I lean in and whisper into his ear, "I'm sorry, I have to finish packing, You know, I got accepted to that university I applied to. How about you help me pack the last things?""With your dad around? No thanks," He shook his head softly and finished with a soft kiss on my lips.He's afraid of my father after my dad scolded him when he found us kissing in my bedroom, behind a closed door."That was a long time ago, and it's our last night." I pout, putting down my books on the edge of my locker. I wrap my arms around his waist, we're not going to see each other for a very long time, and I don't want to waste a single second of the little time we have left.But even so, I have to get out of here. We're all graduating tomorrow and I have been saving up to go to university for years.Over the past five years, I
I open the room door wider when both look into my direction and Nicky quickly backs away from Monty, my boyfriend."Aerilyn," Monty breathes out, his shocked expression only angers me even more."Air," Nicky mumbles."HOW COULD YOU?!" I spit as hot tears swell in my eyes."It's not...”"What it looks like?" I sneer at Monty as I interrupt his silly, useless excuse."So, you're NOT FU*KING my best friend?"I snap, shaking my head, "No, Ex-best friend," I correct myself,"Why don't you explain anymore? My DEAR, ex- boyfriend!" I asked unflinchingly, glaring at a naked Monty.Nicky looks baffled like it's not a big deal, but to her, it isn't, "Aerilyn,""No, you don't even get to talk to me!" I point at her as I inch closer.My gaze slowly travels to Monty, "Neither of you gets to talk to me,"I sneer, my jaw hurting with how much I'm biting down on my teeth. I absentmindedly continue to inch closer, my hands fisted at my side with my nails digging into the soft flesh of my palm."So, is
My legs carry me home, but my mind is all over the memory of watching Nicky touch Monty, how her fresh manicured hand slid down his chest, moving right into his boxers.The memory of his pleasurable moan sends icy chills to my core, the betrayal makes my mind spin, because I don't know how he could do that...I don't know why he would do that to me.What's worse is that he did itwith Nicky, and now I didn'tjust lose my boyfriend, but Ilost my best friend too. Now that I'm alone again, there's no one on my side, and no one loves me anymore. Luckily, I'll be leaving soon, leaving this hell behind and all of these demonic people too.I kept consoling myself as I made my way home.Somehow, I felt a bit better knowing that such trashy people were out of my life for good.Losing someone like that, wasn't regrettable, was it?I nodded in agreement with my thoughts as I stride up to my front door, and I inhale a deep breath as I muster up the courage to step into the house.In the living r
"Go home with me."Aerilyn seemed startled by my words, lifting her head to look at me in shock, trying hard to discern whether I was joking.Quickly, she shook her head and refused me, "No, thank you."The expression on her face was as if she had seen something disgusting. I could swear she probably thought it would be better to sleep in the park than under the same roof as me.What? Would she be cursed to live with me?!The more she tried to refuse me, the more curious I became about how she would fare at my place. Besides, where else did she have to go now?I crossed my arms intentionally and asked, "Then where are you going? To find Monty or Nicky? Don't tell me you'll forgive them just like that."Sure enough, her brows furrowed quickly, and she gritted her teeth, reverting to her old self."It's none of your business!" She snapped angrily at me.Well, if she could still speak so loudly, then it didn't seem like a big deal.I pursed my lips and nodded in agreement, "Right. I'll l
I find myself wandering into her room, well the guest bedroom where she'd be sleeping, which is right next to mine and the thought sparks some sort of pleasure in my heart.Some idiotic part of me wants to ask if she's alright, but with every ounce of grief I gave her over the years, she'd tell me to go screw myself.We have never gotten along, and here I am, insisting that she spends the night in my house.Just as I sit down on the bed, my phone starts to vibrate in my trouser pocket and I slowly slide it out, seeing Monty's name on my screen.I have never been so unwilling to answer his call before, but what he did was stupid, but nonetheless, he's been there for me through way worse, so I answer the call while Aerilyn is still in the shower."What is it dumbass?" I snort, shaking my head."I screwed up man, I...I can't find Aerilyn and her parents haven't seen her and I need to apologise, I need to explain." He rambles so fast that I could barely hear, but as his best friend, I mak