Velvet Scar

The accident

Zelda’s POV

After reading the letter, the tears kept flowing out of my eyes. I could not believe that my mom was not with me. All the things we planned together will not be possible now.

"Why! Why!" I shouted to the empty white room. It felt like the white wall were gnawing at me, pointing their accusing fingers towards me. They were claiming that it was because me that she died. If she did not have to come and pick me up then she would have been alive. If only I did not call her but waited for dad instead. "Why her of all people". Aunt Sophia came in holding a glass of water.

She just hugged me tightly and told me

" It would be alright dear, trust me. Life is unfair at times but you have to go through all this to become stronger. I know that it will not be easy for you" her voice cracked but she continued, " Rose would never want you to give up El, I know that life without her seems rather impossible but you have to strive forward my dear..." She just remained quiet but I could hear her softly sobbing...

Just thinking about that makes my heart pound. What happened two years took a toll on the relationships around me. Me and my dad are nearly strangers. We didn’t talk to each properly for two years. The last we had a proper conversation was when he took me to visit her grave. It was the last time that he held me in his arm. It was at that time that I got to learn that during the accident mom had broken her ribs and the ribs had pierced her lungs which got her killed.

I was still reviving those memories when someone brusquely kicked the doors " Open the damn door! Are you going to take an eternity to get out?" I got up, took my stuffs and meekly open the door. That girl muttered some profanities and got in. All the other cabins were free and yet she chose to use this one.

I had a terrible headache with all these crying. I had a runny nose and my eyes were all puffed up. I left school without telling anyone and went home. When I got home I just went straight to bed and just lied there blankly staring at the ceiling. I felt like all the energy has been drained out of my body. I closed my eyes and let sleep engulf me in its welcoming arms.

I woke up at around five in the evening. I could hear some noises in the kitchen so I took my table lamp and sneakily tried to descend the stairs. I look around the kitchen and saw that dad was trying to cook something but was failing miserably. This sight lifted my spirit.

I cleared my throat to get his attention. He turned around looking a bit relieved said " El could you prepare something to eat, I’m starving"

" Yeah sure" I repled nonchalantly. It was first time in forever that we talked to each other, it felt nice hearing him converse naturally with me again.

I prepared a plain pasta with the few ingredients that we had at home and a salad. I was very happy earlier on but my happiness died down when we had dinner. We both ate our dinner in an awkward silence. Dad said that since I prepared the dinner he would do the dishes. So I let him be and went to my room.

I was sitting on my bed listening to some music when I heard a tap on my window. Someone was pelting stones at my window, I went to my window ready to shout at anyone who was disturbing me. But when I saw Orion all the anger seemed to fade away. He looked dangerously handsome with his messy hair look.

" Can I come in?" he asked after assaulting my window with stones. " No you can’t" I replied

" Too bad I’m coming in right now, move away from the window." he climbed the tree near my window agilely and jumped. He lithely landed in front of me.

He asked with concern " Hey are you alright? You never came back to the class again"

" I’m fine" I shrugged nonchalantly.

" Okay. I can clearly see something is bothering but I won’t force you if you don’t want to tell me."

I looked at him and he continued

" So the main purpose of my visit is to give you these notes" he said producing sheets of paper from his jacket. " But as I’m hearing some music, I would like to ask this beautiful lady here to accord me a dance" and he bowed infront of me.

" I gladly accept the offer sir"

He took my hand and placed it on his shoulder. His other hand went around my waist electrifying my whole body. The sparks were real. We were waltzing to the music lost in each other and the sensation. I could feel my heart beat faster with this proximity. We were so close to each other that I could feel his body’s warmth. As if lost in that moment, he bent down and softly placed his lips on mine.

This feeling was amazing. Quickly this soft peck turned into a hot passionate make out session. Orion’s touch was like drug and I was like a drug addict. I kept craving for more. He bit my lower lips and gasped. He used this opportunity to slid his tongue inside my mouth. His tongue was evading all my senses. I was senselessly lost in a sea of sensation. We were all hands and tongues. When we pulled apart we were both breathless still wrapped around each other. We moved away from our friend rather awkwardly. Orion jumped out of the window without saying anything. I was still numbed by those sensations that Orion made me feel. It was the first that I let someone touch me in such a personal way. However this kiss was magical.