chapter one: Déjá vu
On the twenty fifth of December was the date of my birth, a day where the preparations for the glamorous time and season of the year comes to an end or a beginning, where the snow glittered heavily and the lights twinkled brighter with intensity in the middle of the night, every year, the same time of gathering, love and excitement, where people never believed there would be a person to ruin such happiness, but as usual there was always a Grinch in every Christmas story but this Grinch wasn't of attitude, but of betrayal.
"What are you doing here, you said you weren't feeling well to come out today." I shouted in anger, at a place that stood a large Christmas tree, with couples gathered lips to lips around it, tears rolled down my cheeks unable to mutter out questions, it was clear that he wanted to ignore me, but I didn't expect him to go out with another girl at a sacred tree and kiss her right in the lips.
"Catherine, I made it clear I didn't want to see you." Lois, my supposing boyfriend replied to me, his expression cold with a feeling I thought he behaved because of the feminine figure beside him, I pushed back the tears from earlier, where my mascara had already melted and walked quietly towards him.
Parr.
A loud sound, drifted all the attention of the couples around, toward us, I had slapped Lois hard on the face with my fingers radiating a five red print mark on his fair delicate skin, I clearly wanted to remind him it was Christmas Eve, and my eighteenth years old birthday, he was certainly not going to walk away freely with satisfaction, while making me cry on this special time of my life.
I completely ignored all the stares that landed on me, took a deep breath and gave a brief smile.
"If you wanted to break up, you would have done it a month ago.
That was the only word I could spare to such a waist of space, a disease that I had let into my heart; I tried to walk away with a reaction that screamed I didn't care, but my legs betrayed me and hands began to tremble, the only progress I made was the part I didn't shed a tear.
"Where have you been, you missed the fire works". Joel jocked as I went beside him, in a snowy area, filled with fireworks that had already been used; the night brought out his dark features pretty well enough to make ladies hover around him, his dark hair slicked back, touching the broad shoulders of his back, blue eyes reflecting a radiant of ocean waves, aligned with the slightly unbuttoned shirt which brought out his abbs from it's line; Joel was Carl's older brother by two years straight, his matured charisma showed through but somehow he always behaved childish around only me.
I wanted to stay strong and just in silence, to assure myself it was all just a nightmare that I was soon to wake up from, but Joel held me tightly by the waist, his face moved swiftly at the grim of my neck, radiating the sharp heat from his breath; I had only called him to escort me so I wont feel miserable or alone without a name that I wasn't feeling right to mention, I just wanted someone to talk to but I hadn't expected this to happen, I could feel a slight brush of his lips on my neck, and I felt a little bad when he came back to his senses.
"Am...am sorry." He tilted his head down in shame, it was like he pulled himself away because of the bond he had with his brother, but I mean what the hell, I am now a single and available lady, I didn't give a damn about his brother anymore, and all I could do at that moment was raise his head slight to my shimmering brown eyes, and attack his lips to mine.
minutes turned into hours with my lips savouring the warm aura that his lips attracted, it was definitely an on and off Christmas, slightly to be remembered, but something strange began to twist in my stomach, a nudge feeling, like I had consumed a substance intoxicating, the kiss distracted me from the pain, but soon I became really dizzy and fell to the ground, everything sank with dark void from my vision, all the cheers, laughter and joy seized, Jumping up from a bed.
my heart beated really fast as I adjusted my self on the soft lavender coloured sheets, with radiant of sunlight shining around it, the slightly opened window blew a cold air towards my shivering body, my eyes wandered around the sudden appearance in my own room, I was sure that I had fainted in a Christmas party event, or had someone taken me back here,
bur
my phone beeped, signaling my attention, I laid my hands gently on the slightly glowing light beside my bed table, my grip loosed with care to check, but It was only just a notification, then my eyes landed on the date, it was the first of December, a gasp excaped my lips, did I just go back in time, or was I still unconscious, this was supposed to be Christmas Eve, now I had suddenly landed on the beginning of the month
I received a text message from Carl, hadn't we broken up?.
"babe, my family said they wanted to meet you, sorry for the unexpected news but I will pick you up later this evening.
but I had already met his family; that was the first time I came in one on one contact with Joel, he had this cold dark aura that only the People who knew him wouldn't flinch by his gaze, and in an awkward way, that was the worst situation to start the month.
Now I was really freaking out, was the universe playing a trip on me, is this a reality prank show or a dream, how did I end up at the beginning of a month which I had already lived.
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