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Thirty-five: Josh
“She arrived,” I tell Owen as he drives. He has been driving for an hour and a half. We started moving right after Taleen left. Over the past week, I’ve grown a lot closer to her in a way I could only dream of. I’ve been truly blessed with her presence in my life. After everything I have done, I would have imagined her to completely block me out of her life, but I don’t know what exactly happened that made her see me in a different way. I guess miracles do happen.
She has spent almost the whole week with me, and I guess this has been t
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Inevitably Captivated Thirty-six: Taleen
“I’m telling you; this is my very first lecture in almost a week and I already need a seven-week-vacation,” Josh complains as the four of us sit together. We all returned to Portland last night. “How was your Thanksgiving by the way?” he wonders; the two of us are sitting beside one another. “It was normal; however, I did buy a lot of stuff on Black Friday!” Lisa exclaims, making me laugh a little while Josh and Owen roll their eyes at her. “
Inevitably Captivated Thirty-seven: Josh
“It’s… it’s mum,”I informTaleen. My voice is shaky, and I can’t seem to be able to divert my eyes away from the screen. My phone stops ringing, and I debate calling her, but she beats me to it as my screen flashes with her name again.“Maybe it’s urgent… you should answer it,”Taleenspeaks in a soft tone. I give her a small nod and slowly put the phone against my ear after I press on the green circle.
Inevitably Captivated Thirty-eight: Taleen
I haven’t seen Josh since last Monday. Today is Thursday. I haven’t even seen him at college. Well, we don’t share the same building, so it’s expected. It turns out that his mum is here to stay for a few days. I haven’t seen her either since Monday. Something I’m glad for. This woman freaks me out. No, she isn’t bad, but she has so much faith in me and I am not sure if I’m worthy of her trust. I don’t want to let her down.I text him every day. He told me that he hasn’t been at his best. He didn’t sleep last night. I wanted to go to his place, but I didn’t want his mother to have any wrong thoughts. I don’t want her to think that I’m his girlfriend.I terribly want to see him. I think I may pass by after my lecture. I’ll just say hi. Nothing more. I have a shift, so maybe I can pass by before going there. I take my phone out of my bag and call him.Currently, I’m in m
Inevitably Captivated Thirty-nine: Josh
She has just agreed to go on a date with me. The miracle has just happened, and I feel the need to pinch myself to be sure that I’m not dreaming. I can’t believe this! I’m not sure what made her agree, but I’m more than glad that she did. All that I’m hoping for now is that she didn’t agree to go on a date with me out of pity.“Why are you smiling like a goofball?” Mum’s voice snaps me out of the little celebration I’m holding in my head. “Does it have anything to do with Taleen?” she asks, sitting down on the recliner.“Actually, yes! It has everything to do with her,” excitedly, I say. “I asked her to go on a date with me and she said yes!” I fill her in.“I knew you liked her. It’s so obvious.” She smirks, causing me to let out a nervous short laugh.“Well… What’s not to like?” I tell her with a little shrug as I ta
Inevitably Captivated Forty: Taleen
It’s Sunday, but this Sunday is special because my date with Josh is today. I’m excited and nervous. I have gone out with him more than once, yet none of those times was an official date. Even if he secretly considered any of them a date, I never did. Also, this is basically my first date. I have never been on a date before, so this is nerve-wracking to me. “Do I look good?” I ask Lisa, looking at my outfit in the mirror. I’m wearing a mid-length tight camel skirt with a long-sleeved black top and knee-high black boots. The front strands of my hair are pulled back; Lisa says my face looks better when I do that. My make-up is simple. There’s no need to cake it with an unwanted amount of make-up. “You rock!” She grins as I look at her. Lisa isn’t still into the idea of me getting close to Josh and although she hasn’t voiced her
Inevitably Captivated Forty-one: Josh
I never believed that one day Taleen could be cuddled up to me in this way. Not once have I imagined that I’d get this lucky. She is right here beside me and my arm is around her. she doesn’t look annoyed by our position. Before bringing her to this date, I kept reminding myself that I wouldn’t make any move that would make her uncomfortable. I wanted her to be relaxed with me. I almost shouted in joy when I felt her getting close to me and wrapping her arm around my torso. I find myself playing with her hair and weirdly, I don’t feel her shaking my hand away. She doesn’t like it when people play with her hair, yet she has allowed me more than once to do that. As silly as it may sound, this makes me feel special because I&rsqu
Inevitably Captivated Forty-two: Taleen
On returning to the dorms last night, Lisa bombarded me with billions of questions, demanding to know every single detail about my date. Truth is, I didn’t mind filling her in, but I was in a state of total disbelief. It took me a while to realize that I’ve actually been on a date and I’ve received my first kiss in one night.I still remember her initial expression on telling her that I had finally received my first kiss. She almost screamed. Had it not been for my hand that clasped her mouth, security would’ve come to our room, thinking that something was wrong.
Inevitably Captivated Forty-three: Taleen
I wish I can say things have been better with Josh, but I can’t because Josh hasn’t been okay at all. He can barely function due to the lack of drugs in his system. This isn’t by choice and this isn’t my plan to suddenly prevent him from taking the drug. I was slowly weaning him off it and things were okay, but apparently, Josh’s drug-dealer was arrested last Sunday, and Josh has run out of drugs. He doesn’t know where he could buy it.It’s been five days since our cooking date. We had a wonderful time together. I could tell that he was quite tired and he was doing his best to act okay; nevertheless, we did enjoy the night.
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- Inevitably Captivated Epilogue
- Inevitably Captivated Eighty: Josh
- Inevitably Captivated Seventy-nine: Taleen
- Inevitably Captivated Seventy-eight: Josh
- Inevitably Captivated Seventy-seven: Taleen
- Inevitably Captivated Seventy-six: Taleen
- Inevitably Captivated Seventy-five: Josh
- Inevitably Captivated Seventy-four: Taleen
