Chapter 16: What’s Holding You Back?
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Claire
I was completely scared when he smirked at me. “Are you scared?”
“You know what, stay away from me!” I yelled, the tears forming in my eyes as I remembered all the incidents that happened right now.
“You know” he walked to the bed and sat on it. “I should give you a good lesson”
“What’s your problem, huh?” I made a face. “Why don’t you just leave?”
He smirked and laid down. “Well, I don’t have any plans to leave you alone. You are really interesting”
“I am not. You should leave”
He sighed. I sighed too as I stood against the wall. “Come on, sit down”
“You dream”
He got up and looked at me with a dumb face. “You really want me to pamper you?”
“You should leave--”
He came back and in a swift moment, he took my hand and threw me on the bed. “People with REAL fever should rest on the bed. People with FAKE fever should be punished. Who do you prefer being?”
I closed my eyes and decided to just not think about it. Maybe he will just leave if I stop being ‘interesting’.
He came and laid beside me and suddenly I felt scared. I didn’t feel safe, so I opened my eyes. He was looking at me with a playful smile.
“What happened?”
“Isn’t your mom, or your dad looking for you?”
He laid back and stared at the ceiling. “Nah”
“Oh, why?”
“If they did, I would have been a little better guy”
I looked at him in shock. This was the first time he himself said that he wasn’t the ‘best’. He sighed and looked at me.
“How does that matter to you anyway?”
“Uh… yeah right”
He sighed and got up. “Continue with your act, we’ll meet soon”
I didn’t say anything and he went out. I still wonder what he meant by his parents not looking for him? Is it something like… his parents abandoned him?
But his dad literally is the principal and they seemed quite close.
Maybe he was referring to something totally different.
I shrugged it off and closed my eyes. The events of him kissing me flashed in my mind again, causing me to blush deeply.
I knew it was kind of a different experience for me and I have no idea what I should feel about it.
I sighed, it is gonna be fine sooner or later.
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Ace
I went out of her house and back to mine. I had figured out that she was ill because she didn’t come out of her house and of course I would only go after I have figured that she was going too.
Joe had let me in.
I thought today was gonna be such a good day, but my mind was messed up as soon as she asked about how much my parents worry about where I have been.
Honestly, they don’t.
If they did, I wouldn’t be involved in all the things I am.
I feel like it was a plus point in the start, and somewhere I still appreciate that, but I do know that I would have been a completely different person if they just had a small eye on me.
Maybe that person was better.
Anyway, I went inside and then to my room. I sat down on my bed and called one of my friends.
“Hey, Ace. What’s up?”
“Nothing, bro. Just needed a help”
“Anything”
“I need you to execute the plan and make sure you hurt none”
“Okay”
“Thanks, I owe you one”
“Nope, you owe me ten”
I laughed. “I will pay you all back when you need my help”
“Sure”
The call ended and I sat down more comfortably.
Maybe this will make her understand what I want from her.
That ain’t no joke. She needs to understand how serious I am when I say it.
Well, serious isn’t my thing of all times anyway.
I received a message asking me for details and my consent. I opened up.
I knew the best timing for the plan to be executed. I have to make sure that Joe isn’t around. Honestly, I feel like it is better to keep him out of these things: a brother can really hamper the plans.
I filled it in with some details I felt were important, while the pics and everything was already with them as they know the importance of this plan.
I signed and sent it back.
I waited for the next day, but I received a call from dad.
“Hello,” I replied. My relationship with him and mom isn’t all good. Right now, I am staying with mom, so dad usually calls me.
However, when I am with him, he doesn’t pay attention.
I don’t know what they want.
“Hello, Ace. how are you?”
“Like yesterday, fine”
“That’s good to know”
“What do you need?”
“I am your dad, son. I can call you--”
“Why do you both act like you love me? Isn’t it enough that I am alive, why do you want to pretend like you want to give me happiness?”
“What are you saying, Ace?” His voice was calm, which was a clear sign that I was stating the truth. Today, I wanna know the truth.
“Tell me, what keeps you from leaving me? Because i know if there was nothing, then you would have left me long ago”
He sighed on the other side. “Let’s talk about this when we meet. Okay?”
“Looking forward to it!” I cut the call and scoffed.
That means that there is something, right?
Well, it was nothing unexpected.
I don’t care. I should focus on Claire.
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