All Chapters of Drowning In You: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

I yawned as I squeezed some toothpaste on my toothbrush. Despite it being past eight in the morning, I felt exhausted. I blamed that on my brain that didn't want to settle down until two a.m. I kept twisting and turning so much that I didn't notice when I fell asleep. I began to brush my teeth as I looked into the mirror and succumbed to my thoughts. After Andre and I kissed yesterday, my heart seemed to malfunction every time we crossed paths. Things weren't awkward but there was something that I just couldn't put my finger on. When Andre told me that I looked hot in my underwear, I felt more happy than I expected. I felt even more happy when he said that he got turned on by it. I didn't think that anybody would look at me in that state and think that. Everytime I thought of someone seeing me in my female underwear, I imagined disgust and contempt. But Andre proved me wrong. I was surprised when he said that he was gay. He looked like the type that was popular with women so, findin

  I turned on my bed and sighed as I looked at the wooden ceiling above me. Putting my phone aside, I stretched my arms and gave up on trying to relax. In my opinion, I had relaxed too much.  I was home alone today and my mother insisted that I shouldn't step a foot at school. I scoffed. I wasn't planning on doing that anyway because my teacher would have told me the exact same thing. It had been a week since I started staying home and the more days that passed, the more exhausted I felt. Why couldn't people just let me have my fun? It would've been better if I was at school. I loved reading and learning and building. But they kept reminding me to let loose and go crazy. I had my hobbies and I spent plenty of time with my friends so, what fun did they want me to have? Going crazy was too reckless and reckless was something that I tried to avoid. Well, that was until Andre came along. Every time his body came close to mine, I

  "Are you still angry at me?" Flynn asked with a whine. "I said sorry a thousand times already!" I proceeded to ignore him as I enjoyed my lunch in the cafeteria. Maryanne watched from across of the table and shook her head in sympathy. She gave up on trying to intervene on behalf of him a few minutes ago. Today was pretty hot and I felt that the cafeteria was the coolest part of the entire building. It was quite packed by the other workers as they enjoyed their lunches as well while I wanted to show Flynn that I still didn't appreciate the gift that he gave to my "admirer". Flynn pouted. "Listen, I'm sorry. If it got you in so much trouble, I'll do anything to make it up to you." I sighed and sipped my coca cola before looking at my phone to see how long he's been apologizing for. I hummed in thought and continued to eat my fries and chicken. Five more minutes to go to make it twenty-five minutes of apologizing. I hoped that he

  "Andre," Mr. Davison called as he approached me. I looked up at him. A frown was set in his features as he walked towards me with heavy steps. "Yes, sir?" "You've made many mistakes in this file," he said, his tone filled with disapproval as he handed a black file to me. "Most of them have to do with spellings."  I took the file and began to skim through it. "I wouldn't make such a petty mistake, sir," I said in confusion, not seeing the mistakes that he was talking about. He sighed and took me to a particular page. "This page and the others after it are horribly done. Firstly, this is not the case that I told you to research on. Secondly, you got the names and spellings wrong." My eyes widened in surprise as I noticed what he was talking about and I internally scolded myself for letting my mind wander off during work. "I'm sorry. I'll start working on it right away." "Please do so. Your work is always good. What ha

  I pressed the start button and watched as my clothes rolled around in the washing machine. It was a warm Saturday morning and despite my mom's protests, I didn't want her help. She always insisted on doing my laundry for me but I told her that I wanted to start doing it myself. Maybe she didn't trust me and thought that I'd make a mistake. That woman treated me like a child. To be honest, I didn't mind her doing it but ever since Andre and I officially got together, we spent so much time with each other that I felt like his scent got on me. Call me paranoid but I didn't want her to notice it.  I liked being with Andre and for the first time in my life, I felt close with someone outside my friend group. Louis said that whether we lasted or not was up to us and I wanted us to last. Even if it was just for the period of him being here. My parents would obviously be against our relationship that's why I was doing all that I could to av