Izariah-I wasn’t sure what he was trying to ask at the moment, because my head was a little foggy. It took me a second to realize that he was practically naked in the same bed as me. At the time it hadn’t bothered me because I had been sick, and I was happy that he wasn’t turning away from me any longer.A blush crept up my neck, to my cheeks, causing them to feel warm. Looking at him now, I saw him in a new light. It was kind of like the way I used to look at Jace, but this was different. When had I started looking at Braxton as if he were someone, I could see a future with?It must be from being sick, why else would I be interested in someone who has done nothing but caused me problems? Okay, so perhaps it wasn’t all bad. We have had times when we got along great. After I got out of the hospital and at the amusement park.Was it possible that I was the one who was causing issues where there weren’t any? Perhaps I was thinking too much. I already knew that I had the wrong impression
Izariah-If it weren’t for the urge to use the restroom, I would have laid in bed and watched Braxton sleep. Careful not to wake him, I slipped out of bed and tiptoed to the bathroom. One look at my reflection and I cringed.Lifting my left arm, I turned my head a little so I could sniff my armpit. I regretted it immediately. Even though I didn’t want to wake Braxton up, I also didn’t want to get near him smelling the way I did. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either.Before using the bathroom, I turned on the water to warm it up. I decided to take a bath instead of a shower, that way I could limit the noise I was making. Once I had the tub set up to fill it up, I used the toilet.I didn’t flush it when I was done, since I didn’t want to mess with the temperature of the water that was filling the tub. While I waited, I looked around the bathroom to see if there was anything I could use to get clean, instead of smelling like a guy. I didn’t find anything, so I took the soap out of t
Izariah-I moved forward to stop Braxton from punching Jace again, but Jace held up his hand to stop me. When Braxton landed another blow to Jace’s face, I winced. Looking at Jace, I could see the blood running down his face, from his nose.“Is that all you got?” Jace mocked as if he was enjoying this.He was smiling and I saw blood covering his teeth. What the heck was wrong with these guys? I wanted to stop Braxton or say something to get him to stop, but every time I opened my mouth to say something Jace just glanced at me and shook his head.“You know damn well I like her, and you just have to come in and ruin everything. You have everything that you could want, so why must you have her too? Isn’t Rachel enough for you?” Braxton sounded extremely pissed by the way he was screaming at Jace. I could even see the veins in his neck protruding.“If you think she is easily swayed by me, then you never had her and you never will.” Jace chuckled as he lifted his chin to prepare for anothe
Izariah-Over the next week and a half, Braxton and I spent a lot of time together. Well, not a lot but more than we used to. He would walk me to and from class, eat lunch with me and he would drive me to and from work.At first, we had a difficult time getting over the awkwardness between us, but by the third day, we were talking like we were really friends. I learned a lot about him during that time. I tried getting him to talk to me about his past and his family, but he would clam up every time I brought it up.I found out he had twenty-seven cars, which I mentioned was too many for a single person to have. That didn’t include the five motorcycles, three boats, and one helicopter. Then there were the ones his family owned that he had access to.The more I got to know him, the less I felt as if I could ever fit in his world. I did realize that I really did like him, possibly even love him, but I felt like it was more infatuation than anything. Since I admitted to liking him, he has
Izariah-Looking at the keys still in my hand, I felt weird about accepting such a big gift, but I also felt weird about not accepting it. It was clear that it meant a lot to him if I did accept it, I could see the hope in his eyes. But how could I accept it? I didn’t know the first thing about driving it.“I am not asking for anything in return. Think of this as a gift to a new beginning for us. I would like to put the past conflicts, in the past.” Braxton spoke.When he put it that way, I couldn’t refuse, even if I knew that it would be better if I did. Moving my gaze from the keys, I looked up at him and I was torn by the look he was giving me. It looked as if he were worried that I would reject him.“I don’t know how to drive a standard.” I sighed as I wrapped my fingers around the keys, accepting his gift.“That is easy.” His smile alone made me realize that I made the right choice.Before I could ask what he meant, he reached over to grab my hand. He took the keys from me but co
Izariah-I regretted my decision the next morning when I was woken up by the sound of pounding on my door. It wasn’t that Braxton woke me up like that, no it was the group of strangers that barged into my dorm room behind him. A tall older woman and a group of both men and women herded me to my computer chair and then forced me to sit down.“What is going on?” I asked, looking past the people around me, at Braxton who was standing idle next to my bed.“I thought I mentioned that my party is tonight?”“Uh, no. No, you did not.” I blanched at him, and my jaw went slack as I stared at him.He expected me to change, or whatever he wanted me to do, in less than a day. I couldn’t even mentally prepare myself. I started to panic as if the walls were closing in on me. In a way, they kind of were as everyone that was surrounding me was gathering around me, not giving me any space.They stood shoulder to shoulder, leaning forward as they examined me and touched my face, hair, hands, and feet. I
Izariah-Right off the bat and I could hear the condescension in his mother’s voice. My nervousness vanished at seeing and hearing his mother. I was reminded of the dream I saw, and I was filled with resentment for how she treated a child.“I am not even five minutes late mother, just let it go.” Braxton stated as he continued forward, in her direction.“You were supposed to be here before all the guests arrived. Do you know how embarrassing it is to have others wanting to wish you a happy birthday, but I had to explain that you weren’t here? The looks they gave me were full of pity.”“Relax, I doubt they were pitying you. Now, I would like you to meet…” Braxton’s words were cut off when his mother spoke again.“Don’t tell me what they were or weren’t doing. You wouldn’t know since you weren’t here. Just be glad the Alpha King hasn’t arrived yet or his daughter or I would have made sure you regretted this day. Now get inside and stop making me look like a fool.” His mother said just b
Braxton-I was starting to think this hadn’t been a clever idea at all. I knew my mother and if she wanted to make Izariah’s life a living hell, she would do so without barely lifting a finger. I debated on stepping between my mother and girlfriend, but I feared that if I did, it would only create a bigger issue.“Mother.” I whispered, hoping to draw her attention away from Izariah.To my relief, she did step away from Izariah and a smile spread across her face. I let out a long breath and I realized that I had stopped breathing when my mother stepped in front of Izariah. Now that Izariah wasn’t being accosted by my mother, I felt like I could relax.“Now that my son has introduced his girlfriend to us, it would be fitting to have her perform something special for all of us, for his birthday.” My mother spoke to the crowd.I paled at her suggestion, being that I hadn’t prepared Izariah for this. Looking over at Izariah, I expected her to look panicked, yet she looked as cool as a cucu