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Low-key bye!!

Author: Reedah
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-27 00:38:27

The fact that I thought the rumors and stares would die down before lunch just showed how much faith I still had in humanity. And by humanity, I meant high school kids.

"Dude, it's lunch already. Why the hell are they still talking?" I asked Eli as we strolled into the cafeteria.

"Girl, you think dining with Aiden Cross isn't a big deal?" he said, wide-eyed. "Oh, sorry to burst your bubble, but it is. Everyone here is curious about what you two have going on, y’know."

"They’d be surprised to find out we have absolutely nothing going on," I muttered as we walked in. "Let’s just get a table before someone pokes a hole in my face with all the staring."

For once, we actually found an empty table. Yay for minor wins.

"Here’s the thing, Nova," Eli said, poking at his food like it owed him money. "I think you should clarify it for everyone. Like, stand on the table and go, ‘I have nothing going on with Aiden Cross, so please kindly mind your own damn business.’ You know—classic mic drop
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  • Nightmare turned love    Survived

    Class was supposed to be my escape—a break from the earlier... what do I even call it? A gang-up? Public roast? Whatever it was, sitting through this lesson was the only thing keeping my heart from launching into orbit. My hand moved aimlessly over my notebook, scribbling nothing in particular. Learning is hard, y’all. We were about thirty minutes in when noise outside snapped me out of my imaginary rabbit hole. “What the heck is going on now?” I whispered to Eli, who wore the same confused expression. “No damn idea,” he muttered back. “Eyes on the board, people!” the teacher barked, trying and failing to redirect our attention. But nope—we all kept staring at the classroom door like it was about to fly open and unleash a demon. Well... it did open. And honestly? A demon would've been preferable. It was Monique. Again. Me and Eli exchanged looks. She stormed into class like she owned the place and made a beeline for me. Before I could even blink, she grabbed my wrist and

  • Nightmare turned love    Getting it right

    I thought the rumors would die down.I thought that after confronting Jordan, he’d at least try to shut them down.But ...surprise—they didn’t.If anything, they got worse. Snowballing into something so absurd I heard someone say I introduced him to my parents and then ditched him.Seriously? I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.“Why do you look like someone stole your puppy?” Eli asked as we walked into school.The last few days had been weirdly chill. No Jordan sightings—as if he’d gone full underground rat mode. Meanwhile, Aiden and I were... surprisingly good.No major arguments, just the usual sarcasm and snark.He’d been trying his best to kill the rumor, but since he wasn’t the one people were pitying, no one listened.“I look like this,” I said, “because my name is still being dragged around like a trending hashtag.”I looped his arm through Eli's until he suddenly yanked it away with a dramatic gasp.“Okay, girl—boundaries. I do not want to be part of this love triangle. Be

  • Nightmare turned love    A thing

    I wasn’t sure where to start looking for Jordan—and it’s not like I could just text him.What would I even say?“Hey, I think you started a rumor that’s tanking my reputation. Mind chatting?”Yeah, no. Definitely not.But the upside of being the center of a high school rumor storm? Finding the eye of it doesn’t take much.I overheard some girls talking—loudly—and followed the trail straight to the basketball court.Classic.There he was, sitting with some guy I didn’t recognize, tossing a bottle cap into the air like he didn’t have a care in the world. That is, until he saw me.His posture shifted fast—stiff, guarded. Like he’d been caught doing something shady. He muttered something to his friend and stood up, walking over to me with a face I couldn’t read. Calm. Cold. Way too calm.“Nova,” he said, like my name tasted bitter in his mouth.Okay. This wasn’t going to be a warm conversation. Noted.“We need to talk,” I said, keeping my voice level. If he thought I was going to fall apa

  • Nightmare turned love    Damn Hassle

    The rest of the school day went… surprisingly basic. Except, you know, for the dozens of eyes I kept catching on me like I was on trial for high school treason. “Can they not?” I muttered, walking through the hallway. With Aiden. Yes. Aiden. Not Eli. I honestly don’t know how that happened either. One moment I was leaving class, and the next he was waiting for me like we were best friends in some weird teen fiction .Somehow, we just… walked to the cafeteria together. “Nova,” Aiden said, flashing that annoying grin, “you had what I’d call a public fallout with Jordan this morning, and now you’re walking with me. That’s enough to get the gossip blogs buzzing.” “First of all, Cross—it was not a fallout. He had every right to be upset. Second, I’m not walking with you. You’re walking with me. Get it right.” “Oh, please,” he smirked, draping an arm over my shoulder. “Same difference.” “What are you doing?” I stopped dead in my tracks, eyeing his arm like it was radioactive.

  • Nightmare turned love    Post talk

    I left Aiden’s house feeling lighter than I expected.He walked me to the door, and we exchanged the most awkward goodbye ever—just a quiet nod and an even quieter "bye." But I didn’t mind. There was something peaceful about it, like we were finally breathing the same air again.The moment I stepped into my house, I shut the door and let out a sigh I didn’t even realize I was holding—“So you finally talked, huh?”I screamed.“Arnold?! What the actual hell?! Why are you sitting in the dark like a serial killer?!”He stood up and casually flipped the light on like he wasn’t just giving me a heart attack. “Relax. I fell asleep here, so I turned the lights off. You just woke me up with your dramatic-ass door slam.”“It wasn’t that loud,” I shot back.“Well, it woke me up. So yeah, it kinda was. Might as well lodge a noise complaint.”I rolled my eyes and brushed past him. “Not the time, Arnold.”“Waitttt—” he called out.“What?!”A grin broke across his face. “You’re back to being Nova.

  • Nightmare turned love    His truth

    I don’t know what came over me when I asked him where he was. I wasn’t thinking. Actually, I stopped thinking the moment I saw his calls and texts.I barely remembered the cab ride. Just the sound of my own heartbeat pounding in my ears and the way I gripped the seat like it was the only thing keeping me grounded.He called.After the silence. The disappointment. After walking away again. He finally reached out.And I was running to him.God, what the hell was I doing?But even if my brain was screaming at me to turn around, my heart had already made its decision. I needed to hear it. The truth. For once — no guessing, no half-answers, no mixed signals. Just him being honest.When the cab pulled up in front of my house, I didn’t hesitate. I walked straight across the street, up to his door, already bracing myself to ring the bell — but before I could even reach for it, the door burst open like he’d been standing right behind it.Aiden stood there, hands shoved in his pockets, that usu

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