Fangs of enchantment

Shocking. Just fricken shocking. Nothing screams “I wasn’t expecting you” like your boyfriends’ tongue shoved down some thirsty bimbos throat. “Really Alex? I sneak out to surprise you, and you do this?” Sitting there speechless, arms knotted around the schools number one slut Christina. “It…Its not what it looks like Althea.. We.. We were just getting caught up in the moment.” A strong surge of adrenaline rushes through me. Grabbing the closest thing to me, which coincidentally is a picture of us when we hiked up mount Washington. The perfectly heavy frame clung tightly into my hand as the groves of the hand carved tribal design press roughly into my skin. Quickly fixing herself and covering up what little she has, her eyes I swear could of burned a hole right into my face if she had any super power besides hopping on every sausage this town has to offer. “Yeah caught up in a perfect moment. Look Althea dear, you’re sweet but like maybe if you weren’t such a prude, Alex wouldn’t have to seek affection.” Turning his gaze right at Christina, Alex just stares at her all tongue tied. His husky voice trembled a little “I’m sorry Althea-“ before he could even pull the cat off of his tongue, adrenaline rushes through me again and without even thinking it was already too late but damn it all I just don’t give a flying fox what half arced excuse he was going to throw at me so instead the once tightly held photo was now in mid air and heading straight to Alex. Watching it furiously fly across the room and right against his chest. Air rushes out like his soul was carried with it. Unable to speak, his eyes water as his eyes lock onto mine. “Goodbye Alex.” Theirs a million and a half things I would love to say, scream and throw at the both of them, but what would that solve? I’m so freakin glad I never gave myself to him. Hey us virgins are like unicorns. Don’t get me wrong, the thought and desire of just giving it up has been overly tempting on many occasions but I’m not willing to just hand it to a schmuck like Alex. Turning around I head out of his house, leaving my heart behind. 11:50 pm my parents hopefully are still asleep. Escaping should be easy considering my bedroom is in the basement which thankfully is full furbished and a convenient door leading out into the backyard but its always Russian roulette on how knocked out they are. Slowly turning the knob, a light clank sound made me hold my breath as I push the door open with heavy hesitation. They maybe 2 floors above me but my parents seriously have dog ears. Giving it a few seconds after I tiptoe in, holding my breath for another few seconds as I wait and hear my bear of a dad snore. After a few minutes I close and lock the door, praying to any god that my parents are out cold. Opening my door I let out a sigh before switching on the light, my heart rushed up my throat as a tall lean man laying sideways on my bed, head propped on his hand as his elbow pressed into my pillow. “Give me one good reason why this bed is cold and my daughter was no where to be seen? And if my ever so sweet princess lies, her ass will be washing dishes for free at my kitchen.” Oh crappers. I counted my blessings too soon. Swallowing the tears of tonight’s events, several seconds passes by as my thoughts come together. “I went and saw Alex..” Anger washes through his face but as his eyes search my face with more questions, a little trickle escaped down my cheek. Visions of Alex getting so friendly with Christina on his bed like it was so natural. Which only tug on my heart even more. Quickly wiping my cheek I suck in the warm air as I breath out trying to continue, “but it was short lived. Christina was already accompanying him..” hurt caught against my words as I bit my lip, digging in and burying the pain. “oh sweetheart… come here.” Sitting up he pat a spot next to him. I can never resist a good hug from him, its like he always knows what to say and seems to just melt any of my problems away. Sitting down next to him, I rest my forehead against his shoulder. Wrapping his arms around him, the much-needed bear hug engulfed all my insecurities and pain. Hugging him tightly a few more tears escaped my eyes as I let out a small shaky sigh. “He was an ass anyways. You deserve so much better hunny. He must have taken that trait from his father.” Alex’s father well is a known cheater and oddly his wife is still with him. How could anyone live such a life where in their mind its okay? I remember having hour long conversations with Alex about his father and what new toy he got. Thoughts of Alex rush through my head as I pull away a little and look up at my father wearing quite the concerning face. “Dad I’ll be okay. yeah it sucks but its better I found out now then later down the road, you know?” trying to wear my best smile for him. His worried expression softened as he ruffles my hair. “my little warrior. Have I ever told you how proud I am of you?” “ew okay dad, I need to go to bed.” Emotion stung my nose as I tried to hide it with a masked smile. Shooing him out of my room he chuckles as he heads for the door. “goodnight sweetheart, and don’t think you're off the hook. You're grounded from going out after school for a week.” As tempting to argue, I bit my tongue. Its not worth making the matter worse especially with how stubborn he can be. Giving him a half ass smile I close the door behind him and crawl into bed. Turning my phone on, a picture of Alex and I making kissy faces with a heart filter filled my view. Tears rush down my pink cheeks. Its annoying how red and blotchy my face gets when I cry. Quickly going into my photos, I change my lock screen to a picture of my best friend Celeste posing with our bowling balls during the black light night. Unable to sleep, my fingers go straight to messenger as I click on Celeste’s name. Me: You will never guess what just happened to me.. Chewing on the inside of my lip, the dread of having to face the two of them at school once break is over with. Wondering if they’re going to stay friends or worse, lovers. A chime snapped me out of my “what if” brigade. Looking at the screen Celeste responded back. Celeste: Let me guess, you snuck out and got caught? Me: No, well yes but I went to go see Alex and guess who was in his room with him.. Christina. Giving it a few minutes, I put my phone down. Pinching the bridge of my nose as the stinging sensation came back. A series of texts flood in as I quickly turn the volume to silent. Celeste: …. Celeste: WHAT??? Celeste: why is that dumpster swine at his house? Me: ugh I know.. I went there to surprise him and in the end I was the surprised one when I saw them making out… Celeste: are you freaking kidding me… hes such a pos. i'm so sorry Althea.. Celeste: ill come over first thing in the morning. Me: don’t bother, dad grounded me. But I'll call you Celeste: you better. Get some rest hun. Ugh hes such an ass. Goodnight!  Turning off my phone I let out another deep sigh. Exhaustion washes over me as my eyes grew heavy. It wasn’t long until I knocked out. Authors Note: Thank you so so much for taking the time to read the first chapter of my book! I'm sorry its so short. It actually took a lot of courage for me to post my heart to the public. I'll do my best to post as much as I can! Please give me a few weeks to get a solid schedule down for posting new chapters, this is after all super new to me. I love you all! Love always, Maple