LUKA I wanted to leave as soon as I stepped in the club. The music was loud, and the roar of the people on the dance floor grated on my eardrums. The flashing red and blue lights made my eyes ache and the throng of people I had to squeeze through made my skin crawl. I haven't been to a club in a while and if not for Dylan I'll be leaving already. The moment we sat, I ordered a cold beer and nursed my head in my hand. A blonde woman came up to me in a short fuschia pink dress that exposed more than it covered. I stared at her getup, from the heavy lashes to her thick coated lips in shiny pink gloss and it turned me off. "I'm not interested." My answer must come off as being rude but I didn't give two shits right now. I need to drink, that's why I was here. I need a whole lot of booze to drown me in myself so that I don't have any space to think or reflect on what I did. I watched her face turn sour and she hissed before moving away. I didn't bother to spare her another glan
LUKA"Hi." I wanted to force a smile to make him more amenable to me but I frankly didn't have it in me. Jamie looked surprised that I was talking to him and that he didn't care about my tone or expression. That didn't stop him from being hostile though, "hi." "Isabella is not in school." I informed him, even though I was sure he was aware. It's been two days. Surely she can't skip school for ever and she would have to deal with me. "I know." He went back to his meal and I sat down in front of him waiting for more explanation. There were a ton of questions just under the tip of my tongue.Why didn't she come to school? Was she okay? Did she say anything about me? "What?" He snapped when he found out that I was not gone. "Why is she not in school?" I asked gently. "Is she not your friend?" I didn't care for the sarcasm in his tone. "No." "Well, sorry about that." With a smug smile. With that he picked up his tray and he was gone. I had this strong urge to punch his smug fa
BELLA*****The next morning I woke up early and I was ready before Jamie came to pick me up. Today was my first day in school after walking in on Luka and Maya in the art room store.My mother and sister were pleasantly surprised at my new found out punctuality and I forced a smile as they teased me about it. Tammy was in the car with Jamie. She was seated in front so I had no other choice but to take the back seat. They shared a quick look when I got in, which I ignored. She looked the same, the purple highlights in her hair have been switched to a full all jet black look and it made her seem more subdued. A difference from her full of life, vibrant nature. I wasn't even mad that he picked her up. They used to be friends way before I got here after all, and he was not supposed to just stop talking to her forever. I honestly didn't just care. I was fine, as long as we didn't have to talk. "Look who finally decides to show up in school today," Jamie teased with a soft smile that
LUKAShe hates me. I could see the disgust in her eyes as she looked at me in that hallway. I have successfully turned her love into hate. It is what I wanted, so why did I prefer the stars in her eyes to the pain in them now. "Baby boy, why so gloomy?" I raised my head to stare at Zoey and opened my mouth in shock. "Zoey!" She threw her head back and laughed with so much gusto that I couldn't help but smile. "Is it that bad?" She teased her fingers through her pink coloured hair. "Real life Barbie season." I hailed and her eyes lit up. The pink in her hair matched her entire outfit of pleated skirt that came down a few inches from her ass and an off shoulder crop top. The thigh high boots that had fishnet stockings complimented the whole deal and it was a chic combination. "Like my outfit?" She asked with a proud smile and I nodded. "I always look good, you know?" This was Zoey; she was way too self conceited to ever come up as humble or shy. I could focus on her rambling a
"Holy shit!"I ducked behind the shelf of canned goods and hid myself. "God, please no" I muttered to myself. It was really him. Of all days to run into someone it had to be today. I stayed there for a while peeping from behind the row of baby food which I ran to hide to look out for the grinning boy I just saw on the other aisle of the shopping mall. I looked around to be sure that he had disappeared but I couldn't find him again and heaved a sigh of relief when I didn't see him again. I got up and straightened my tee. "Bella the Baller, are you hiding from me?" I jumped in shock and gripped my chest. "You're going to give me a heart attack." He was smiling again. He was always smiling. The only difference is that he smiled differently when he was with his group. Dylan always had a reason to smile or a stupid dry joke to tell. "Why are you hiding from me?" He asked again, this time seriously. I peered at his chiseled face, and smiled at him before I started walking away. "H
CHAPTER 52: "Hey you!" Leandro shouted and kept following after me. I turned to scream at him but remembered he had nothing to do with this and I swallowed it. "What?" He folded his arms and looked like he was about to fight. "Where are my cookies?" "I gave them to your brother already. If that's all, bye little scammer." "Hey! Don't call me that anymore, we are not friends. " He looked like he was going to cry and I started to feel bad. "I told you I gave it to your brother to give you. It's not my fault he didn't deliver them." I couldn't help rubbing my forehead as I watched Luka and Dylan from where I stood. Felt like I was about to have a migraine. They looked like they were having an uncomfortable discussion. I understand that they are friends and I don't want to change that or be the reason for a fight. it's not like Dylan and I were friends anyway. plus their bond is longer and way stronger. "Prove it!" I stared at the boy who was around Annie Marie's age, with the
LUKA"I'm going to beat the fucking shit out of him." I fumed as I parked the car properly. I knocked on the white door that had a flower garland hanging in front of it and tried to calm myself down. A maid in a black dress opened the door and I entered and made for the stairs immediately I got in to go to his room before I heard her voice. "Luka," she greeted with a bright smile that disarmed me and I mellowed a little to greet her properly. "Good evening ma," she was beside me now and pulled me in for a soft hug. She smelled of spices; cumming and oregano mostly and it tickled my nostrils. For the longest time, since I've known Dylan's mom, she always smelled of spices. She moved towards the kitchen and I followed her out of courtesy. "Do you want to eat?" Dylan's mom asked and as tempting as the offer was I said no. She had a large spread of ingredients on the kitchen table and she was recording the recipe in an old journal by her left. She was a famous chef who has authored
CHAPTER 54: BELLAI didn't bother to think before I reacted. He was here in my room and he had been in a fight, albeit not the worst of his fights. And he had crawled up to my room again. I don't want to see him or ask if he was hurt I need him gone and I need it now. "Get the fuck out of my house before I scream for my mom that a rapist is in my bedroom." My declaration seemed to piss him off and I didn't care. "I came to talk to you." He said with a tone of finality. He needs to leave before I do something stupid like break into tears in front of him. Because, I want to do exactly what he asked me to do but he was the one making that difficult. "I don't care. Don't ever come back here." I warned and tried shoving him in the direction of the window where I'm sure he came in from. I'll definitely keep them locked from now on. Luka took advantage of the proximity between us and drew me flush to him so that our bodies came in contact. His hands gripped me by the waist holding m