Serena had waited for Jaxon to go back inside his room before retiring to her bed. She felt angry and stupid. He had told her he was staying with his relatives the first time they met. She supposed he did not know where she lodged at the time.Now, she had every right to believe they hadn't met by chance. He knew where she was staying, he had probably been watching her from his room.He had been following her that day. The thought of it was creepy. Had she been involved with a stalker?Remembering the previous night, she winced as she lay in her bed feeling sorry for herself. A lot of thoughts streamed through her head, she wasn't sure what to think. If he was a bad person or had ulterior motives, he had her right in his palms.She stared at her phone screen for a while, then opened his chat. There wasn't any new message from him. She had told him they weren't going to see each other, so she had expected him to text or insist on seeing her if he liked her.She hated that she had fe
He wasn't himself, no one had ever made him feel this way. Jaxon had been on his balcony since morning, just staring at the other side of the hotel.He had given himself different reasons why he wasn't supposed to have any feelings for Serena but a part of him burned to leave the room, go out in town, and search for her wherever she might be.He knew she wouldn't be in her room since she mentioned going to a concert and she would be leaving first thing in the morning the following day.He distracted himself with music throughout the day. He couldn't bear it anymore by evening, so he went to the other wing. He knew her room number, so we went straight up while ignoring the glances and stares from female hotel attendants and other female passers-by.He knocked on the door and got no response. Could it be that she had been out all day till that time? He looked away as a hotel attendant passed by. The stare she gave him wasn't the regular one of women trying to flirt with him. She looke
Her neighborhood was just like she had left it. Young boys playing soccer on the field, teenage girls giggling as they strolled into the busy part of town, bending their waist with so much force just so they could gain the attention of the boys.Serena chuckled as she watched a group of girls from the cab. She remembered when she was just sixteen and she used to be proud of being the one the boys wanted. She never accepted any of them, except one though. He was hot and nice, he would buy cupcakes and ice cream for her each time he came around. Hadley ate most of it. He was her first kiss, she had fantasized so much about it since every girl loved to talk about it.She didn't want to have her first kiss with just any boy, but she thought Andre was the right guy. So she followed him to the cinema one day with Hadley in the front row just for company. Hadley knew to comport herself in situations like that, so they hardly noticed she was with them. Thirty minutes into the movie, Andre's
Hadley sat on the settee sofa as she watched Serena play with her hands on her bed. She had gone to the Cress' house with muffins to welcome Serena, only for them to be back in her studio apartment.Serena hadn't said a word to her since she asked her to let her follow her back to her apartment. So Hadley just let her stay on her bed. Serena sat on the bed with her knees folded, her arms wrapped around them and her face buried against it."What's going on?" Hadley sat up and faced her direction. She was testing her patience by remaining silent. "I can't do anything if you remain quiet like this, you have to talk to me." Hadley moved to the bed and placed her hand over her best friend's shoulders."I'll be staying with you for a while," Serena said quietly."Oh yeah, I can see that, all the story you skipped before that. Let's begin with that." Serena sighed, "My aunt's husband was arrested for fraud.""Oh shit. Was she arrested too?" Hadley's eyes widened in surprise. She swung her
Filling Hadley in on every detail of her trip was inevitable. As soon as she got back from her neighborhood with the rest of her belongings her Aunt had dropped off with their neighbors, Hadley gave her a "spill it" stare while they ate dinner.There was no leaving out Jaxon, Jaxon was what she enjoyed the most out of her trip and Hadley loved to hear boy gossip. She lived for it.She squealed with excitement when she told her of their makeout session in his car. As Serena narrated the story, she wished she could live the experience a second time. But she was back to reality and her everyday reality wasn't the prettiest. It was taking an ugly turn. One where she couldn't spend her time daydreaming about a guy she met on a vacation."Can I see the necklace?" Hadley's cheeks flushed with excitement. Serena nodded and signaled with her mouth full of potato salad that she'd show her after they finished with their food.When she got it out of the box, it gleamed and caught every bit of li
Her hair was packed in a messy bun, as she stared back at her reflection in the mirror. She was wearing a big white sweatshirt with Los Angeles written across the chest level in black letters. She didn't like the way she felt, she was confused, and she felt out of track. Hadley had helped her arrange her stuff in her (their) small apartment. She felt grateful for the gift of a best friend. Hadley had tried arranging the room to fit both of them. It had been two days since she returned from Mareco.Hadley had taken a day off work so they could shop for groceries and stock the house. Despite Hadley's understanding, Serena couldn't let her pay for everything. She was aware she would be broke as hell before the next month, but the least she could do was help around with basic things.Hadley had left for work early enough so she was alone in the house. She had been on her laptop staring at blank documents and scrolling through the internet, searching for job opportunities.She didn't fe
"You're going to the airport to meet him?" Hadley dropped the shopping bag carelessly on the counter as she realized what she had heard Serena say.She blinked more than twice trying to process the information. Serena sat up on the bed and twitched her shoulders, "It's the least I can do for him. I feel like I owe him at least, he was nice to me throughout my stay there. Besides, the wristwatch looks pretty expensive. I don't think he's going to let go of it easily."Hadley squeezed her lips into a small pout, scrutinizing the situation. "I just hope he's not playing games with you."Serena thought of it again, but there was nothing to think about. A part of her wanted to see him again. And if this was her only chance of seeing him again, maybe she would steal one last kiss. God, she should have kissed him at the airport.She went to bed thinking of all the possible outcomes of her meeting with Jaxon. It took a lot before she could concentrate on all the work she had to do for her ap
It was day three of going to the airport to pass time. She wondered if there were other people like her there, who just came to watch and go. She had gotten teary a few times watching scenes of people kissing their family goodbye.Now she just smiled at the scenes and said, "oh well, that's life." A part of her believed she could meet Jaxon here one day and she would stroll to the arrival terminal and lurk around. She wondered if she came off as creepy. Was there anyone who had noticed her already? She didn't want to come off as a suspect for anything shady. Besides, she dressed decently, so she didn't think anyone would mistake her for a thief or the like.The spot where she sat the previous day was free, she made a mental note to sit there again since she loved the view it gave of the planes leaving the airport and she could still "aww" at a few goodbye scenes.She went to get a Coke and Cheetos from a mini-mart and got back to the spot where she planned on sitting. A bag pack was