All Chapters of Paint me a heart: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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31. Sleeping arrangements

While the three of us were walking back to our camp, the hottest kiss I ever had was messing with my head, preventing me from thinking about anything else. Of course, Linda was right next to me to point me in the right direction.“Will your mother allow this?” Linda questioned.“I don’t really see other options and who is she to tell me what to do?” I said with bitterness, feeling the rebel in me finding an act of revenge for my mother’s intrusion on our camping. “And I am not saying I will do it. I am only considering it. Let’s hope they solve this while we are away.”“Don’t worry, Alice. Josh is a heavy sleeper and I can keep you warm,” Thomas joked, walking behind me. I turned to shove him in the arm with my elbow, causing both of us to almost drop the wood we carried.“Oh, stop it, you lovebirds!” Linda teased and we laughed.When we reached the clearing, all tents were placed far from each other and a big lantern, powered by batteries, was hung on the walnut tree away from everyth
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32. The perfect apple

We stood like that at the entrance for a moment. Him - not stepping out, me not moving back inside, despite the fact that his tempting features were so close.“Of course I will move, I would do a lot for you, Alice.” Thomas finally said.I stared at his face, barely seeing his features with the flashlight of my phone, resting on my mattress behind me. His lips were as inviting as always in the lack of light and dipped into the shadows, they were even more irresistible for me.He moved forward, our faces a breath away, before I realized I had to move while he was entering the tent to plop on the inflatable bed in the middle. Feeling the blood rush to my cheeks, I escaped the warm, humid tent to welcome the cool forest air.I checked if Linda changed her mind about the sleeping arrangements, and said good night to her. Tina and Emma were already talking sweetly in their room of the tent. Under my mother’s worried expression, I walked in Thomas’s tent.He was laying on his back, scrolling
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33. Pleasant company

Shifting my attention from Thomas’s intense glare to my phone call, I remembered the never-fading grin of the gallery boy.“Um, yeah. A few days have passed since we met.” I finally spoke, knowing it was about two weeks already.“I want to see you. Where are you?” He asked, and I raised an eyebrow looking at the surrounding trees.“You can’t,” I responded.“Of course I can. Tell me the address,” he pushed, being his usual self.“No, I mean, I am in a forest. Camping with friends.”“And you didn’t invite me? That’s too bad. I am great at those things.” His cheery voice came through my phone.“Well, it wasn’t me who sent the invitations,” I excused myself, knowing Tina did that.“Yeah, we can do that another time. Maybe only two of us. Anyway, when are you coming back?” He said cockily, and I rolled my eyes.“Sometime tomorrow.” I calculated, strolling on the dirt road.“Okay, can I trust you to call me then, or I should do it again?”“Of course you can’t trust me. I don’t know you and y
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34. Separating from the group

Pressing my eyelids tightly, I was expecting the pain of the hard rock bottom to hit me any moment. But, it never happened because I felt someone’s strong arms sliding under my shoulders, breaking my fall. I ended up sitting, with the water up to my breasts.Amazed, I turned to face my savior, and it was the carefree Josh. I gaped at him in a lack of words. He was leaning over me with care in his eyes and curls falling over his forehead.“Are you okay? That was close!” He stated, inspecting my body.“How did you… I mean, thank you!” I stuttered.“God, Alice! You are so clumsy!” Tina spoke in disbelief. “I was just coming to sit with you two, but you were looking in
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35. Don't make it a habit

We went back to our camp. Thomas asked Josh to join him in this small quest in the dark forest. The group soon found out about my second bad situation today, and suddenly I preferred to go back to the forest to pet the wild animal, instead of staying here a moment longer to chat about my misfortune.The famous boy went to get ‘his stuff’ from the trunk of his car and when he came back, I was amazed to find that he had a gun. Most of us were stunned at the sight, but Annabeth and I felt like we should speak. She went to Thomas with a serious expression and demanded how he got this cold weapon in his possessions.“Where did you get that, Thomas? Who gave it to you?” she questioned.“What the hell!” I exclaimed at the same time when she spoke.
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36. Crimson red

Some people really do keep their word. I was finishing some math homework when my phone rang. Smiling, I answered the call. The poor guy just won an awkward date at The Bomb. “Are you ready for the best day of your life, gypsy girl?” His voice was cheery like always. “I guess I am. Can I pick the place?” I asked, biting my pointer finger. “Um, okay. Where do you want to go?” he agreed. “There is a show…a friend of mine will be entertaining.” I made a pause before I found the right words to call Thomas, but ended up with ‘friend’, hoping that we were at least that. The gallery boy accepted the idea pretty well, not knowing I had a crush on the guy we were going to watch. Plus the date was half homework, but whatever. I can keep this a secret for now, right? We finished the conversation with instructions for the gallery boy, so he could come and pick me up. I tried to convince him that I could use my car, and we can meet there, but he said he already let me pick the place, and i
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37. Behind the scenes

I could not see who hit Thomas and when he realized someone punched him, he jumped on that person, disappearing behind the stage. “Oh, God! Thomas!” I yelled, rising from my chair, but my scream was lost in the loud music. Samuel must have seen my reaction because a moment later he was next to me with wondering eyes, asking me what caused me to yell. I did not answer and finally, my legs started moving towards Thomas. I went behind the stage and it took me a while to adjust my eyes and see them, dressed all in black in the darkness. In the dim light, I saw two boys struggling on the floor, and I recognized Thomas’s blond hair--he was on top. The other guy was a stranger to me. He had tar, short hair and his bushy eyebrows almost looked like an unibrow. His face showe
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38. Not a public dancer

The long-haired girl had her hand placed behind Thomas’s neck, her head hiding his face from me. The terrifying thing was, he did not pull away. He stayed like that with her for a not-very-short moment. It was one of those situations when you see something awful, but you just can’t look away. “It’s not that big of a deal,” Thomas finally broke their kiss and moved to climb on the stage. “My band is here often.” I was still stunned near our table, but when the girl turned to face me, I picked up my jaw from the floor and swallowed. “Hi there. I am Mia. Welcome to our humble karaoke slash dance club,” she smiled pleasantly, and moved to sit next to Adam. I followed her and sat on the ottoman close to Samuel. “Alice, nice to meet you,” I said to her, not sure if she car
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39. Very complicated

As soon as Samuel disappeared inside The Bomb, I knew I shouldn’t go in the rose garden right now. I turned on my heels and went to lean on his rusty car, ignoring Thomas. He, of course, followed me and stopped less than a meter from me. He was just watching me with a perfect, but now unreadable face. I bit the inside of my cheek and raised my eyebrow at him, showing I had no idea what he was doing. “Are you going to say something, or you will just stand there, enjoying the view?” I challenged him with a smirk. “Oh, I could tell you so many things right now. Half of them the opposite of the other half,” he responded, nervously. I smiled at his answer, thinking maybe he had mixed fe
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40. The right guest list

My first reaction would have been to run back upstairs and lock myself in my room, but Alex’s words caught my attention. Taking some steps back, I crossed my arms on my towel and gave him a look that said I-don’t-trust-you-but-you-can-speak. He seemed to be carefully considering what he was going to say. I could see an apology all over his face. Was he playing with me? Was he going to lie to me like I feared Thomas would when we met? Alex’s behavior reminded me of a scared sheep, left outside after nightfall. “Speak or get out of my way,” I bit with a confident voice. My hair was still dripping wet and tiny water drops were tickling the skin on my forearms, falling on the floor. I was feeling uncomfortable and naked. I just wanted to hear whatever he had to say and go somewhere where he was not. “I've wanted to talk to you since the day after the party. When I sobered up, I couldn’t stop thinking of what I said and did…” Alex’s eyes were glued to his shoes while he was speaking,
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