"I'm back!" I announced as soon as I entered the house, bag on my shoulder and ice cream in one hand, melting and dripping down and my other hand trying to stop it from falling on the cleaned floor of my house. Well, on my way home, Ryan decided to have some ice-cream. He really acted like a kid sometimes and it made question if he really was 24 but every adult has a kid, hiding inside him. Maybe, that was the case with him. I didn’t hear any response so, I decided to finish the melting ice-cream before checking for anyone. I dropped my bag on the floor, made my way to the kitchen after eating the ice-cream. I washed my sticky hands before running upstairs to greet mum. "I'm back, mummy." I beamed opening the door, after knocking. "Aww... My baby is not virgin anymore. I don't know when you grew up so fast." She said, dramatically sighing to add more impact. Of course, only my mother would say anything like that because she is just super cool.

I totally forgot that a certain guy knew about our relationship and he was basically blackmailing me. Ryan confessing his feelings for me was the only thing that mattered. "You look happy?" I heard him again. "What do you want? Go away." I spoke turning to the opposite direction. "Uh-uh... I told you to be really careful with your mouth." His tone was angered as he threw his arm around me and led me the way to I don’t know where. "Tell me what do you want me to do? I would do anything but just delete those pictures and leave Ryan and I alone." I was tired of his games. I didn’t want to risk anything so I was ready to do whatever he wanted me to do. "Ryan...? Aww that's cute." He pinched my cheek. I slapped away his hand. "What is your problem?" I shrugged off his arm. "What? I was just admiring how you call him by his first name. It's cute you know." He said in a teasing manner and I would’ve blushed or smiled if he was my frie

On the way to the class from the café, I heard the person I didn’t want to ever talk to but I knew she would approach me now because Keith wasn’t like my best friend and the whole class knew about it. “On your own, Carter? I bet no one can tolerate your sorry ass for long.” It was none other than Haley Williams. I increased my pace ignoring her comments because I didn’t want to mess with her. She was still pissed off about the comment I made on the day she was hitting on Ryan. Till now, she hadn’t said anything to me because of Keith. She knew if she said anything to me, Keith would step in and if Keith stepped in then she’d have to face Mateo, which she wasn’t looking for. But hey, now she didn’t have any kind of fear so, I had an idea that this coward little bastard would try to pick up a fight. I reached the classroom, sat on my usual seat as students were filling in the class, chattering. I heard the voices of my friends… well, ex-friends among other voic

As soon as I stepped inside my home, I had a weird feeling in my stomach. It felt like something was wrong. I walked further into the surprisingly quiet living room, carefully. “Mummy…” I whispered, having no idea why I was whispering. Like my mother wasn’t a vampire who would hear me through her vamp hearing or something. I climbed the stairs and headed straight to her room. I knocked on the door lightly and waited for her reply. “Yes?” A choked out voice of my mom spoke from the other side of the door. I opened the door quickly. “Oh, Noah… baby I didn’t hear you, when did you come back?” She tried to hide that she was crying but she failed. “Mum, what happened? You’re crying. Why?” I glided on the bed, beside her. “Nothing, I’m fine.” She answered brushing the fringes off my face. “I can tell that you’re not fine, please tell me what happened?” I tried again taking her hands in mine. I heard a sob and I pulled her in a hug.

When Mateo left, I remembered that I had a class. I had heard the bell when Keith was spitting venom from his mouth. I sprinted off to the classroom because Ryan, as sweet as he was, never tolerated this kind of behaviour. “He isn’t letting anyone in. He’s really furious.” I heard Anna’s voice when I was near the classroom which meant he hadn’t let them in as well. “Let him go, Anna. He has a blind card that earns him everything he wants.” Keith scoffed. “I told you what you did in the canteen is more than enough, now shut your gob before I punch some sense into you!” Jessica snapped at Keith. I didn’t have the energy to argue with them or even answer them so, I ignored them and pushed the door open, thinking of trying my luck. I disturbed his lecture in the middle as he fell silent as soon as I entered the classroom. “I’m sorry, Mr Brown,” I mumbled though I knew he wouldn’t let me in. “You can go and enjoy whatever you were doing tha