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“What is it with the band-aid?” Sapphire asked once we settled down with our trays on the table.Sapphire had invited me to sit with her folks, Nina, Brett and Sean. Nina was the girl who was rumoured to have dated Brett. I was pretty jealous when I heard of it but was relieved when I got to know that they were merely rumours. Which held no truth.“Ah, long story,” Brett said.“Ah, long day.” She played along, to which she earned a roll of eyes from him.“I went to a party, last night,” Brett said.“Like every other night,” Sean said, sipping his drink.Brett ignored him and continued. “So I met this girl-”“-Who kicked me in the groin,” Sean said and Nina and I burst out laughing.Sapphire and Brett glared and Sean while he was completely oblivious to it. “Stop interrupting.”Sean just shrugged his shoulder.“Ignore him,” Sapphire said. “He has a mental problem that he’s dealing with.”I wonder how a person like Sean could have so much patience to deal with Sapphire. He is the kind o
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I never spoke anything while he carried me to his car. He opened the door of his car and put me on the passengers seat. After securing me with the seat belt, he closed the door and walked around the car and got inside.All the while he drove, I dared not speak. I hadn’t uttered a word and he never asked anything more. He increased his speed and slammed on the brakes occasionally when he saw a bump or speed breaker. I was apprehensive of his next move and let my hands move to his and clasp it tightly. He noticed my gesture and slowed the speed.I never took my hand off of him and he never tried to get rid of it. He let me hold onto him.Brett brought me to his house and put me on his bed. I clung onto him and clutched his shirt tightly. He tried to remove my hands from the grasp but I only tightened it furthermore.He sighed and wiped the tears off of my face. He pulled away and removed his shoes. He slipped his feet under the covers and joined me inside the bed. I finally let go of hi
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I set the living room up with everything we needed. We just did our history and Brett is starting to be a great helper. He helped me read the text and also was patient enough in correcting me. He tried to deal with me in the most unoffending way as possible and tolerated my blunders as I went on.After that night, Brett and I never found ourselves in that kind of conversation again. We simply let the past be in the past.As promised, we were going to have a movie night so Brett and Anna were invited. But Linda politely declined the offer as Anna was going to have a sleepover at one of her friends houses. Anna was beginning to acquire new friends and Linda is super excited about it since Anna always took a lot of time to open up. The only people she’s free to talk to is her mom, Brett and me.I didn’t push it any further and said we could always have another movie night together with Anna. Brett had to run errands for his mother so he left a while ago and promised to be back in an hour
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The music played as the credit scrolled down the page. By the end of the movie, I slept on Brett’s shoulder with my drool all over his shirt. I woke though he didn’t mean to wake me up. And when I realised how I drooled on his shirt, I couldn’t have been more embarrassed about it.“I didn’t know I was capable of drooling so much,” I said, grimacing at myself.He chuckled. “It’s fine. Anna does that too.”“Anna is like a decade younger than me and it’s fine,” I said. “This couldn’t be more embarrassing.”He smirked. “I have your little secret, don’t I?”I narrowed my eyes at him. “You’re not going to tell this to anyone.”“Like I’m going to obey you.”“You’re not making me feel better!”“Okay, how about this..” he chuckled. “I have a picture of you drooling. Does that make you feel better?”“You took a picture!” I yelled.“Yes.” He smiled hanging his phone low. “Which will eventually end up on my Instagram.”“Which will also ruin my life for the better.”“Hey,” he grinned. “It won’t ru
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“I seriously think it is just a clear high school fling.” A voice broke into my ears.“Or it can be a healthy relationship blossoming.” Another voice reached my ears.“But I have a strong feeling it’s a one night stand.” The first voice said.“But they’re still wearing clothes, though their hair I messed up and are hugging each other close.” The second voice replied.“Right. And I couldn’t hear any moans from this room disturbing my sleep.”“It might have been a cuddly night for them. Keeping themselves warm maybe?”“But I’d be more glad if it was more.” The first voice said. “They’ve been single all the time?”“What the heck are you even talking about?” A third voice boomed from beside me and I snapped my eyes open.I gazed at my mother and Linda hovering over us as if they were performing complex heart surgery. I looked at Brett and his hand wrapped around my waist and suddenly jumped away.“Aww..” Linda squealed. “She’s feeling shy. They definitely did something last night.”“What?
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I headed to school early today. Brett always drove me to school but I didn’t feel like being in his proximity for today. When I went inside, the hallway was empty, so were the classrooms. I sighed and headed to my first class.When I walked on, I felt a strong hand grab me. I gasped and twirled around and came face to face with Parker.“Hello, baby.” He said, pulling me closer to his face.“Let go of me..” I said, my voice cracking.His eyes darkened. “Not so soon.”“You’re hurting me,” I said and tried to struggle from his grasp.He tightened his grasp on me and pressed me closer to him. “I’m tired to do this, Chloe. I asked you to stay away from him. What is it that you don’t understand?”“I can’t stay away from him, Parker! I love him!” I said, unable to lie to him anymore. I had to accept what I feel. I don’t have to pretend to be scared of him.“You just didn’t say that!” He growled on my face.“I just did,” I said to him.His eyes glared with anger. He pinned me to the wall and
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I’ve always known that I’m really bad at ingoring people. For instance, my mom would always know if I’m dodging her calls. My teachers would know if I don’t look at them in the eye, that something is wrong with me.And today, Brett is pretty much convinced that I’m possessed and that I’m ignoring him. He was in one of my classes before lunch but I hadn’t smiled at him or greeted him when our eyes met.He frowned and kept staring me the whole period. As soon as the class ended, I hurried to my next class, without sparing him a glance. I didn’t want to let him know about what happened in the morning. He is already hell bent on punching Parker in the face. If I disclose to him about how he acted with me in the morning, then I’m sure Brett would find himself in the office of the principal’s.Today, He had tried numerous times to hurry to me and talk to me in the hallways but I literally ran away from him.By the time the last peruos until lunch rolled in, I was scared to get out of my cla
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“Ladies and Gentlemen, we’ve reached cruising altitude and will be turning off the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of our car driver.” Brett sang as he turned the headlights off for the nth time today.I could sense the heat radiating from Sean’s ears as Sapphire snickered back a laugh. I tried not to break into a grin at Brett’s pretentious-girl-flight-attendant’s voice. He’s made it his mission today to not let Sean be at peace. He is hell-bent on annoying the hell out of him.“He’s probably still mad that you gave up our flight tickets,” Sapphire said, still chuckling.“Correction. Free flight tickets.” Sean scowled. “To some idiot that is just coming along as a standby.”“The same standby that probably our team will require if either of us end up dead in this adventurous car ride,” Brett said, changing the radio station.“Seriously, just turn the headlights,” Sapphire said to Brett, with a boring look. “It’s been like what, 8 years? I still hav
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