บททั้งหมดของ Love and Lament: บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

“What is it with the band-aid?” Sapphire asked once we settled down with our trays on the table.Sapphire had invited me to sit with her folks, Nina, Brett and Sean. Nina was the girl who was rumoured to have dated Brett. I was pretty jealous when I heard of it but was relieved when I got to know that they were merely rumours. Which held no truth.“Ah, long story,” Brett said.“Ah, long day.” She played along, to which she earned a roll of eyes from him.“I went to a party, last night,” Brett said.“Like every other night,” Sean said, sipping his drink.Brett ignored him and continued. “So I met this girl-”“-Who kicked me in the groin,” Sean said and Nina and I burst out laughing.Sapphire and Brett glared and Sean while he was completely oblivious to it. “Stop interrupting.”Sean just shrugged his shoulder.“Ignore him,” Sapphire said. “He has a mental problem that he’s dealing with.”I wonder how a person like Sean could have so much patience to deal with Sapphire. He is the kind o

I set the living room up with everything we needed. We just did our history and Brett is starting to be a great helper. He helped me read the text and also was patient enough in correcting me. He tried to deal with me in the most unoffending way as possible and tolerated my blunders as I went on.After that night, Brett and I never found ourselves in that kind of conversation again. We simply let the past be in the past.As promised, we were going to have a movie night so Brett and Anna were invited. But Linda politely declined the offer as Anna was going to have a sleepover at one of her friends houses. Anna was beginning to acquire new friends and Linda is super excited about it since Anna always took a lot of time to open up. The only people she’s free to talk to is her mom, Brett and me.I didn’t push it any further and said we could always have another movie night together with Anna. Brett had to run errands for his mother so he left a while ago and promised to be back in an hour

“I seriously think it is just a clear high school fling.” A voice broke into my ears.“Or it can be a healthy relationship blossoming.” Another voice reached my ears.“But I have a strong feeling it’s a one night stand.” The first voice said.“But they’re still wearing clothes, though their hair I messed up and are hugging each other close.” The second voice replied.“Right. And I couldn’t hear any moans from this room disturbing my sleep.”“It might have been a cuddly night for them. Keeping themselves warm maybe?”“But I’d be more glad if it was more.” The first voice said. “They’ve been single all the time?”“What the heck are you even talking about?” A third voice boomed from beside me and I snapped my eyes open.I gazed at my mother and Linda hovering over us as if they were performing complex heart surgery. I looked at Brett and his hand wrapped around my waist and suddenly jumped away.“Aww..” Linda squealed. “She’s feeling shy. They definitely did something last night.”“What?

I’ve always known that I’m really bad at ingoring people. For instance, my mom would always know if I’m dodging her calls. My teachers would know if I don’t look at them in the eye, that something is wrong with me.And today, Brett is pretty much convinced that I’m possessed and that I’m ignoring him. He was in one of my classes before lunch but I hadn’t smiled at him or greeted him when our eyes met.He frowned and kept staring me the whole period. As soon as the class ended, I hurried to my next class, without sparing him a glance. I didn’t want to let him know about what happened in the morning. He is already hell bent on punching Parker in the face. If I disclose to him about how he acted with me in the morning, then I’m sure Brett would find himself in the office of the principal’s.Today, He had tried numerous times to hurry to me and talk to me in the hallways but I literally ran away from him.By the time the last peruos until lunch rolled in, I was scared to get out of my cla

I woke to the blazing sound of my mobile. I groaned and opened my eyes and tried to reach the phone with my hands. When my fingertips felt it, I picked it up and pressed it to my ear. “Hello?”“Moaning already, sleepyhead?” Brett’s voice reached my ear.“What do you want?” I asked.“I want you,” he said in a dangerously seductive tone.“I’m going to hang up if you’re not going to make any sense,” I warn him.He chuckled. “Okay..okay.. so, we’ve left for our practice two hours ago, and we knew you’d still be asleep. We’ll give you an hour and a half to get ready so that we can leave for lunch.”“Okay..” I said, yawning.“I’m going to call you after some time to check if you’re ready.” He said. “So get up and move.”I rolled my eyes and hung upon him. I looked to my right to see Sapphire already awake. The sound of my ringtone might have woken her up.“Was it Brett?” Sapphire asked, getting up and sitting.“Yea..” I sighed and got up. I let the cold floor beneath me tingle my feet and g