Episode 7
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I squirmed under Mark's stare, overwhelmed with unmeasurable guilt as i lowered my head, squeezing tightly to my laps. Brain slowly shifted a bit from me, parking his bike in front of the gate, locking eyes with Mark who looked back and forth between us, still keeping his glare.
Not meeting his gaze, I sighed attempting to get off the bike when i accidentally missed my step heading to the ground, Brian quickly held me strongly around my waist, pulling me upwards to him, my heart pounding uncontrollably as his fingers dangerously pressed on my bare skin.
"You should be careful" he said coldly
"Y..es..i mean th...anks" I responded in a shaky voice
Lowering me to the floor, the gates opened with him immediately speeding in, closing right afterwards. Unconsciously fixing my gaze on him until he got out of sight, blinking rapidly in realization i shifted my gaze to now fuming Mark, sadness eminent in his eyes.
"I think its high time you told me the truth? why are you avoiding me? you barely even take my calls, what exactly is going on? I want the truth!" he exclaimed
"Look I'm so sorry Mark, the thing is I've been feeling a little not up for love recently, I'm really really sorry if my actions---"
He took a big step towards me pulling me into a hug, taking his hands around my back.
"I can't ever let go of you, I love you much more than you realize, if you've been feeling a little not up for love then I'll fix that, I'll make this work, just don't ever leave me....please, I don't know what my life will be without you Lexxy" he said blinking back his tears.
Tears equally threatening to roll down my cheeks at his heart wrenching words, I hugged him tightly shutting my eyes.
"I'm sorry if I'd hurt you, don't worry, I won't ever leave you, I'll make everything right again, I promise"
"Thank you Lexxy, I was afraid you'll leave me" he said in between tears.
"That's never gonna happen, trust me"
He let go of me smiling happily holding on to my hands, stroking them with his thumbs.
"Now my mind can finally be at peace, who was that guy anyway? I don't like the way he looked at me" he asked with a frown on his face
"Oh! uhm..that's Brian Reyes" I said avoiding his gaze
"Brian Reyes? the man your sister's getting married to right?"
"Yes"
"He looks mean, I hope he'll treat your little pumpkin properly"
"He might look mean and most times say mean jerky things that should earn him a deafening slap but he's actually pretty nice when you get to know him, a lot nicer than you can imagine" I said with a fixed smile on my face.
"You seem to know him really well" he said looking me directly in the eye.
"What? Uh...its..not..really...We're just...friends" I said stuttering
"I know, why are you so flustered? its just nice knowing he's a nice guy and your sister will be happy, I'll surely be present at the wedding to cheer for them, in hopes of ours happening soon" he said staring into the sky dreamily
Entwining my fingers in his I rested my head on his chest, feeling his heartbeat as he cuddled me. I won't allow myself be swayed by useless emotions anymore, I'm not gonna do anything that'll hurt him any further.
After a few minutes of cuddling I yawned loudly feeling drowsy, my eyes threatening to close.
"You sleepy?"
"Yes, I think I'll go in now"
He let go of me ruffling my hair "Okay, I'll call you tomorrow, oh! and if you like I can take you to school, then you can tell me all I've missed out on"
"Okay, that'll be nice, Thanks"
"Anything for you, hurry inside and get a good night rest" he said beaming with smiles
Waving at him I walked into the compound with a heavy heart, entering into the house where I met my sister sited on the staircase running towards me immediately she saw me.
"Oppa! where have you been? Are you still feeling sick? I got you some drugs, they are in your bedroom, take them before you go to bed okay?"
"Okay, Thanks Alison, don't worry I won't ever let you down no matter what" I said taking her small, beautiful hands in mine.
"Oppa, are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine, at least I'll be from now on, I'm sleepy so I'll go to bed first, good night pumpkin"
Not waiting for her to respond I strode into my room, my eyes darting towards the drugs which were placed on the bed side drawl, guilt crushing me on the inside as I walked into my bathroom, taking my bath, staring at my reflection in the mirror as I painstakingly shrugged off all thoughts of Brian, making my way back to my bedroom, where I laid to sleep.
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The next morning I woke up before my alarm got the chance to at 5:30.a.m. Placing a call over to Mark, I quickly took my bath, preparing for school, having a breakfast of egg and toast which was personally prepared by Amy before sneaking out of the house where I met Mark already outside, waiting by his car.
Kissing him on the cheek I got into the passengers seat of his car, sitting inside I inattentively glanced towards the house shocked to see Brian from afar staring at me expressionless from the balcony of where i believe is his bedroom upstairs, sipping on the content of his mug. Unable to take my gaze off him, I felt mark get into the drivers seat, fastening my seatbelt.
"Hey, is something wrong?" he asked placing his hand on mine.
I quickly broke my gaze away from Brian, glancing towards him. "No, I'm fine"
"Are you sure? because you never wake up this early, are you perhaps stressed by this new school?"
"I'm fine, just drive...please"
As he drove away, I couldn't resist the temptation of looking back one last time, towards the balcony, much to my disappointment he wasn't there anymore, only his mug was left behind.
"So? I've been wondering, how did you end up schooling here? was this always part of the plan or did it just end up happening?"
"My mom probably just wants me to look out for my sister while she schools with Brian"
"Your sister and Brian also school there?"
"Actually we're.....all course mates"
"This makes me kind of feel left out, should I also became a student?" he said stroking his chin
I rolled my eyes "Don't even think about it"
"It's not such a bad idea you know, that way I'll get to spend the whole day with you"
"It'll be a waste of time, I'm not staying here, they'll be married soon and I'll go back to my life" I said tightening my lips, looking downwards
"Why do you look so sad? You'll miss your pumpkin right?"
"Yes, I'll miss her a lot"
"She's a woman now, no longer a child, you should let her go experience the world"
I sighed "She was very unlucky as a child, perfectly normal but always falling ill, we were afraid we were gonna lose her, but we never lost hope, took her a while though but she finally overcame her illnesses"
"Really? how come you never told me of this?"
"Its not exactly a happy story, from that moment onwards I swore to protect her, making sure she never suffers again, and I want to keep that promise at all cost but......"
"But?"
"I guess its a lot harder than I thought"
"What is?"
"Letting her go of course"
"Oh! well you're just gonna have to do it"
"I know, I already prepared for it"
Taking directions from me, he dropped me off at school cutely blowing kisses towards me as I walked into the school, to our empty classroom where i sat down picking up a general studies text book, carefully flipping through it.
About an hour later my sister came running through the door, stomping her feet when she got to me.
"Oppa! why weren't you answering your phone? why did you leave me alone at home?" she said whining
"Gosh! I'm really forming this bad habit of not taking calls, why are you so mad anyway? did something happen?"
"Of course! Brian has been acting out all morning, cursing at me at the slightest mistake, I had to run looking for you but you weren't there"
"I guess I'm not the only one running away from him" I mumbled under my breath
"Huh?"
"Its nothing, what I mean is just give him some space to cool off I'm sure everything will be fine, so just relax okay?"
"Okay" she said taking a seat beside me.
"By the way I got a call from mum, apparently Mrs Reyes is throwing a ball tonight in celebration of her birthday and she wants us both to be there unfailingly, all the Reyes will be there as well"
"All of them? including......Brian?"
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