Four days passed and I am not ready for classes to start. Bed sounded much more comfortable than desks and the pillow did more good to my head than the boring lectures.
But Laurent had different ideas, for the past two hours he has been bustling around like a bee getting ready for the first day of University.
"Aelin! If you don't wake up in the next five minutes you will be late."
I chose not to respond and snuggled deeper into the blanket that provided me protection from all things evil, it was a perfect day to sleep in and do nothing but it was also the day to get out and attend class and make new friends. How nice.
"Aelin!" He shouted in my ear and I screamed in fright, bouncing up on the bed. Laurent chuckled and went back to fixing his hair leaving me there to calm my poor heart and take a breath. My ears were ringing from the assault on them, I will have pay him back for the unwanted favour s
He took me to the cafeteria.That was his definition of someplace nice, huh.Laurent has better taste then him, even the ice-cream parlour that he chose was of a good quality. Not to compare bit Michael had always been a penny pincher, even though he lacked nothing.Big house, big cars and house staff running around at his beck and call. And yet, he had me pay at many occasions when we went out. I used to think it was normal but now that I think of it he would always order expensive dishes and when it was his turn to spend he would get simple thing, all his bad qualities were surfacing only now."What is it?" I asked sitting opposite to him on the table. My leg was bouncing in anticipation."What? I can't talk to my girlfriend?" He chuckled and reached out to hold my hand, I tried to smile but today it didn't reach to my eyes like it usually did in his presence.
I ran until my legs couldn't hold my weight anymore, I run until my tears freely dripped down my face and sobs broke me down.I fell on my knees and left my weak side show in the corner of an isolated playground. I was weak, that was the truth. I wasn't strong like the heroines in movies and stories, I was weak enough to be broken down by someone like Michael.I let myself fall back and drew my knees closer and sobbed into it for a long time, until my tears dried I cried. Until there was nothing left to pour for that person who hurt me in the worst way.Even after the difficulties I faced at home I kept my head up and met them with confidence, I had found my solace in him, making him my guardian angel and what he did?He found a replacement.Like a broken toy he threw me away when I didn't work for him anymore. I despised myself for investing so much of myself on someon
Together but silently we left the playground where he found me, I was hungry, since I had missed lunch so we made a quick stop to eat something then without delay went back to the campus.Because we were already late we decided to skip the rest of the day and stay in bed doing nothing, it was our favourite time pass and one of the only few things common in us and very effective when it came to improving our mood."I'll have to go shopping in the evening, we are out of few things and you finished the snacks again. How are you not fat?" Laurent complained looking at the almost empty snacks drawer. He pinned me with an accusing glare with the intention of making me feel guilty."Yeah, okay I'll buy this time as we decided." I mumbled hanging my head low.He sighed, "Let it be, you are going through a heartbreak so I'll buy this time. Want to watch a movie?""Why are you be
Aelin paced around the room waiting for her roommate, Laurent, to come back from the unexpected meeting with her ex-boyfriend.Half an hour had already passed and there was no sign of Laurent. In that half an hour Aelin had managed to finish two packets of chips and a can of soda. She shouldn't be worrying so much but something made her anxious for no reason.They were just teenage boys, not rival gangsters who would be pointing guns at each other's foreheads.But one thing in particular was nagging at the back of her mind. Judging by the way Michael was behaving after seeing Laurent, it looked like he knew him.Michael was angry that Laurent was her roommate and had also taken the liberty to come all the way to their dorm to talk to him about something that didn't concern her.
That night Laurent couldn't sleep.His mind played the conversation with Michael over and over again, troubling him. Laurent had enough of his games and wanted to just get this over with.But he had to get Michael up there willingly.Flashback to the conversation."Let's get straight to the point, why are you here?" Michael asked as soon as they were in a hidden corner of the hallway.Laurent casually leaned on the wall and clicked his tongue."I didn't want to be here either. I'm hating the job so far.""That's not my answer.""You are wanted up there, everyone is pissed at you. You are a fucker and they now realise it." Laurent smirked in triumph as he saw Michael's face getting red."Watch your mouth Laurent, don't forget who you are talking to."Laurent laughed amu
"For the goodwill of heaven's council and by the votes of all fellow Angels, Laurent, is hereby relieved of his duties under the name of our lord, he has been exiled from the community of Angels and given the domain of fallen by the order of our lord. He may not hold any power over the godly actions taken by the Angels unless and until asked to do so. May lord give you his blessings."The announcer yelled out for everyone to hear. Laurent stood at the side clad in white, looking straight ahead, his yellow-green eyes cold as ice and hands wound behind his back like a soldier. His head held up, proud.He approached and bowed one last time to the almighty, he turned his back on his creator and left the council with no remorse.His heart had gone black and so did the world around him when he left his home in heaven and entered the world of fallen, of exiled.No one wanted to be here, no one but h
I packed up the last sets of my clothes in the large suitcase and zipped it up securely. I placed the suitcase with the rest of my stuff at the corner of my room and went to the bathroom to wash up. On the way I opened the curtains and let the sunlight fill the room, it was early morning and a good day.Today was my last day at home, I wasn't feeling remotely bad about leaving my dear big sister and drunken mother behind. They were better off without me and I would be living a good life in their absence.The day I got my University of Texas acceptance letter was the day I found a source of freedom, it was a key to get away from them and fast.Mom didn't care, like I had expected. She was rather focused on her bottle of beer than to even congratulate me for getting into a good college. Stella, my sister was a bit concerned about the food arrangements but showed little to no emotions when I made her sigh my dorm faci
I woke up alone.Fortunately or unfortunately my roommate didn't show up. In a way I was happy because I didn't want anyone to see my morning face and get scarred for life but I also wanted some life in the bare part of the room, opposite to mine.It was kind of lonely.It was eight am, way too early to wake up on a holiday according to me. My phone pinged somewhere on the bed and I scrambled around to look for it, finally after a lot of effort I found it hanging from the covers and barely saved it from falling over.No one would get me a new one of I broke this.The screen was lit up showing off a pretty selfie of me and Michael in the amusement park, I smiled at the picture because it was a good day.Then my attention went to the text message, it was from Irene saying there was a short orientation for new students and it would be starting at nin