Twisted Love

Chapter 8

Sierra’s POV

As soon as the car started moving, my phone pinged – indicating there was a text. Getting a text is very common but getting a text from the person you least expected is attention-grabbing.

Pulling my phone out of my purse and turning on the lock screen, the name I’ve spent my whole teenage life day-dreaming about flashed on. It was Elec – my ex-boyfriend and the man whom I thought I once loved and would spend my life with before he dumped me through text!

2 years earlier…

Elec was every girl’s wet dream; he was the captain of the school basketball team and also the most popular and desired boy at school during that time. With his whole body inked, his natural dirty blonde hair that was always messed up making him look the topmost level of hot, and the earrings and tongue ring – he was always giving off the bad boy vibe.

But that bad boy vibe didn’t stop me from wanting him. I always knew boys like him were bad news and trouble but what people say about “The more forbidden the fruit, the sweeter it is” is so damn true. No one can stop the attraction between negative and positive; opposites always attract and I soon found myself falling for him deep and hard.

Who would’ve known that the most popular, hot, bad boy at school was attracted to me – the most simple, innocent, and introverted student in the whole school? No one would guess that and no one did, including me until he plucked up enough courage and confessed to me. Despite the attraction I had towards him, I didn’t give in to his confession that easily. I made him work hard and sweat for it.

But after 1 month of him continuously chasing me around the campus, bringing me a flower bouquet every week, standing outside my classroom waiting for me to come out, entertaining me every day with his original pick-up lines, I was head over heels for him.

After the long 1 month wait, I finally gave in and kissed him on his birthday indicating that I indirectly agreed to accept him. The kiss made his day so much better that I can swear I never saw him that happy from the entire time I knew him.

As time went by and I got to know him, I realized that he was nothing like he looked outside – he was nothing like the bad boy vibes that he gives off – he was affectionate, kind, gentle, and loving.

My life was like a fairy tale and he was my Prince Charming!

The 2 years we were together were complete bliss. We had all the happiness and satisfaction one could ever ask for – or maybe that’s where I am wrong. Maybe it was just my thoughts that we were happy and satisfied because that wasn’t the case in the end.

Like usual, everyone has to wake up from their dream and when I did it was like a bucket of ice-cold water being splashed on me.

When we were finally done with college and about to enter university, I was surprised that he applied for a university far from mine and it seemed intentional. So, I confronted him about it and it shattered my heart into pieces.

He replied to my text with a simple, “We need a break from each other cuz we aren’t perfect for one another and you aren’t what I am looking for.”

His simple, one-line text was like sharp knives piercing my heart and it left me broken and messed up. I was never the same around boys ever again. I always kept my guard up and stayed away from them although I had quite a few suitors.

End of flashback

Getting a text from him, brought back tons of old emotions and I could feel the moisture in my eyes. To avoid Alex from noticing my mood, I turned my face towards the windows and kept staring out until I decided to check what text he gave.

Elec: Can we meet up somewhere tonight? I have something urgent to tell you. Please?

I left him on seen and didn’t reply which might be the cause of the second text.

Elec: Just give me a few minutes of your time, please. You can leave if you like after hearing what I have to say but please give me a chance to say what I want to.

I knew that he wasn’t the type to give up easily so to stop him from continuously texting me and getting me emotional, I replied this time.

Me: Starbucks across the mall beside the school at 4 pm.

I went on a battle with my thoughts to decide if I should actually meet up with Elec. Will it be any good for me?

“Who is it?” Alex’s curious tone brought my attention towards him and away from my phone.

Locking my phone, I replied with a straight, “None of your business.”

“That’s where you are wrong, you are my business” Alex continued. I avoided him and went back to my trance of thoughts.

Probably it wasn’t just the business marriage that made me distance myself from Alex, maybe there’s a little chance that the break up with Elec also had an impact on it cause, after all, Alex is what many girls will die to have.

Could meeting up with Elec change my psychological condition? Maybe, just maybe, there was something good behind it? What does he want to tell me after breaking my heart like that?

Continuing with the battle with my inner thoughts, I decided that maybe meeting up with Elec might be a lot helpful and it might help me get over my psychological condition and also look for happiness from Alex. Maybe I should give it a try?

I was so busy in my thoughts that I didn’t even realize we were at the mall until Alex reached out from his seat and leaned towards me – our lips only a matter of inches apart…