“What do you want to talk about?” I asked carefully.
“Us; I want to talk about us”
The guts.
“There's no us” I said. “At least not anymore” I added quietly and Ivan rubbed the side of my waist. Up, down. Up, down. Letting me know he was there for me.
“I know, I know that and it's all my fault but I want to explain” his eyes pleaded.
“We were busy and you interrupted us because you want to explain something you should have explained since?”
I really wanted to hear this explanation but not today. I wanted to be with Ivan today and tell him everything about Linc, Sandra and I.
“This isn't the you I knew” he said sadly.
“What does that mean?” I arched an eyebrow.
“You always told me that you hat
“I think I should get that” I told Ivan, untangling myself from our embrace.I went to my table, took the phone from my purse and saw it was Jade that was calling then I answered the phone and went back to the bed to sit by Ivan. I looked at him and mouthed ‘Jade’ and he nodded in understanding and mouthed ‘tell her I said Hi’.“Hey, what's up?” I asked her.“You're alive, thank God! The way he looked so angry, I thought you'll be dead meat by now!” she exclaimed and I looked at Ivan who was suppressing a laugh which caused me to laugh. Her exaggeration skills are over the top.“Ivan would never kill me” I said fondly, smiling at him.“Hm, some tone you're using. Something juicy happened right? You. Have. To. Tell. Me.” I blushed remembering the kiss.“Um, you're c
LincLast Christmas Break“I miss you” Ella told me over the phone as we were saying our goodbyes after talking for hours.I escaped from the yearly Christmas eve party my parents threw to talk to Ella who was spending the Christmas in Singapore with her family.The party was boring and I was tired of faking smiles, exchanging pleasantries that weren't from my heart and most of all my Dad's scrutinising gaze.Nothing I ever did was good enough for him and that night, it was my shoes that he kept complaining about. He wanted me to wear a pair of Giorgio Armani shoes but I wore Gucci shoes instead and he was pissed. I'm pretty sure if I wore the Giorgio Armani shoes, he'll still find a fault, so I didn't change it and by the way how would I have known he wanted me to wear a pair of Giorgio Armani shoes if he wouldn't tell me.Typical dad.I was tired of everything that night and I wanted to hear my girlfriend's voice and of course she made me feel better.“I miss you too, send my regards
At Benny'sSandra asked me to meet her at Benny's so we'll talk about pulling I and my family out from the sinking sand—her words, not mine.She arrived before me and as we were about to enter the restaurant, she stopped me.I guess that's what she's good at, stopping me.“You have to hold my waist and act like you're so in love with me”“Why?” I asked, irritated with the fact that she had to call all the shots.“Well, there might be people from school there and we have to convince them that we're together. You know, you cheating on Ella with me and all that plus your family's life and reputation are in my hands” she smirked and wrapped her vine of a hand around my waist. I had no other option than to do the same because I knew she was right…for the latter though.We walked
Jade“I dropped Ella off at South park to meet Linc, I just hope she'll be alright. I asked her if I could accompany her and she said she was fine but I'm worried about her” I told Joshua over the phone.I was at the spa having the professionals pamper me for a fashion show I was attending later in the evening.Joshua asked me out last week and I said yes but I didn't want Ella to find out because Josh was Linc's best friend. I didn't want her to feel like I was betraying her and I didn't want to say no to Josh so I decided it was best to hide it from her until I'm sure that whatever hatred she has for Linc had subsided.“Linc wouldn't hurt her... at least not physically” Josh tried to assure me; he was probably assuring himself too. I could literally see him running his fingers through his hair in frustration.“I would like to believe that; anyways, I'll have to go off now, I'll talk to you later” it was time to paint my nails.“Okay, bye” “Wait, just to be sure, you're still my plus
Ella“Have you ever watched the sun set at the beach?” Ivan asked me. We were in his room scanning through N*****x. I've been hanging out with Ivan because Jade has been busy with Joshua and I didn’t want to intrude in their relationship. Ivan had been such a gentleman, I guess he wasn't lying when he said that no one can hate him for a long time. Of course he had been bringing up the kiss just to tease me; Sometimes I would pretend to be offended when I actually liked it and he had been hinting that he won't give up on us. Most times he says it outrightly.Since the day he kissed me, he hasn't done it again but he can't stop himself from pecking me on every part of my face except the lips of course.He's making me confused, I really want to give him a chance but he might actually end up cheating… he's quite popular to the female population in Willow Creek and the rest of America— I guess; being a well known model and all that. Whenever we go out together like to see a movie, to the
"There's absolutely nothing for me to wear on Saturday, I've checked every dress in my closet and none of them just fits" I whined to Jade who was playing around with her phone on my bed."The mall has what your closet doesn't have" she replied dryly not giving me the attention I needed and I climbed onto the bed and sat on my heels beside her."Jade, I know that you and Joshua's relationship is still new and all so lovey-dovey but please I need you here with me. Body and soul" I batted my lashes at her."Fine, fine, fine. Grab your bag we are going to the mall" she huffed and I grinned at her."Thank you so much! You're the best" I said hugging her tight. ★"That one is too bright" I said scrunching my face at the yellow dress the sales girl attending to us was holding up. "So true" Jade agreed. "What about this one?" Jade asked holding up a dark purple dress."Let me check it out" I took the clothe from her and went to the changing room to put it on.The clothe was a floor length s
“Oh Jade! The shoe you got me is so pretty” I gushed at the shoe Jade bought for me.It was transparent and plain at the top but the real design and beauty was on the heel. It had diamond butterflies engraved on the heel making it look so spectacular.“I almost got you some black stiletto. Just as I was about paying for them I saw this shoe sparkle in the corner. Once I looked at it I saw you.” Jade grinned.“My feet will surely be on vogue's front page by Sunday!” I squealed excitedly.“Mhn” Jade nodded, stuffing a muffin into her mouth. Lucky bitch with great metabolism.“Okay enough of the shoe. Sit down here and hand your hair over to me” she snatched the shoe from my hand after she had finished her muffin.“Fine” I huffed and took a seat so she could style my hair. My makeup was already set. All that was remaining for me to do was to style my hair and wear my cloth.“When is your boo dude coming go get you?”“In thirty— hold on a second. What the hell is a boo dude?” I asked laugh
Recap:-“And I'm outta here” Jade said and walked out of the room when Ivan reached me and placed his hands on my waist. «««“You dressed to kill unsuspecting victims like me tonight, huh?” he asked jokingly, his smirk still in place.“I dressed to kill just one unsuspecting victim” I smiled innocently and winked at him for more effect.“And who might that be?” he asked smugly, although he knew the answer.“The fine gentleman holding my waist who dressed to make the ladies turn twice” I said cheesily, a small smile playing on my lips as I played with his dress shirt which had some buttons opened. He tilted his head back and released a booming laughter that got me grinning at him. When he had stopped laughing, he pulled me closer to him so that our chests were touching, the both of us had goofy smiles etched on our faces as we looked at ourselves in the eyes.“I don't think I'll leave your side tonight, I don't want other guys taking you away from me” he smiled down at me fondly and b