All Chapters of My Roommate is a Boy: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

TAYLORThe ride back to the house was too quiet. I wanted to tell River that I was not angry, but could barely believe it myself. It felt like she had ripped my heart out of my chest, and I could barely understand why it felt that way. It made sense if she did not want her father to know I was her roommate; after all, I was not exactly a model student.I was more the kind where the uptight mums would turn their noses up and shake their heads at me while secretly warning their children to stay away from me."Is your mum going to come as well?" I ask because the silence is killing me, and I wanted to feel a bit lighter."No," she shook her head and then raised her head. She had been staring at her lao since we started the ride home. "She can't come," she added. I wanted more, but I was not sure what the situation was. Maybe her family was broken as well."She can't come because she died when I was born," she added."I am sorry," the words flow too expressively. I did not like that I had

RIVERThe rest of the week passed quietly, with Taylor driving me into school and me insisting that he drop me off a while away so that there weren't eyes on me. Everyone knew the popular DeLuca Taylor, and it was going to be a lot for me to be caught being friendly with him.I had spent all week trying to come up with the best way to bring up the conversation about my roommate to him. Every time he asked if I had been able to speak to her and ask her if he could crash at our place, I made up an excuse about how our schedules hadn't aligned yet, so I haven't had the chance to speak to her."Are you going to the party this evening?" I am the one to bring up the conversation. With wide eyes and a playful smile, Taylor turned to me."Are you telling me that you are ready to live the college life with parties, finally?" His tone was sarcastic, and I could tell that he was a boy greatly misunderstood. He did not like parties as much as anyone would believe he did. He had hardly been to any

RIVER"It is because you are harassing my girlfriend," Taylor's voice echoed in my ears as my head whipped to him. Javier's hand on mine loosened, and I was able to pull out of his grip.Whatever Taylor was doing had worked, but I was not sure if I was comfortable with it. I clear my throat and stumble back, but he does not seem to notice my discomfort because he switches sides and stands right beside me."You are making her uncomfortable," he added."Your girlfriend?" Javier sounds betrayed, like I had driven a knife through his chest, as his eyes stay on me. "I thought you said nothing was going on between you. What do you mean...""This has nothing to do with you, who she dates or does not," Taylor replied, taking a step forward, both of them now nose to nose."Is that the reason you rejected me at first? Because you had him waiting on you?" Javier's eyes are on me, but his finger is pointing into the chest of Taylor repeatedly.I open my mouth to counter, but the words never make

RIVER“Stop him from coming? Why would I do that?” She asked, and I cleared my throat. “Are you saying you haven’t told your father about Taylor?” she added in a hushed whisper.“I do not know how he is going to react,” I murmured, and she sighed.“I will see what I can do, but I suggest that you speak to him before then because I have no reason to keep him here.”“Thank you, Aunt G!”“I haven’t done anything yet; don’t you think you should hold off on singing my praise?” She finished, and I sighed. The call cut off after a series of back-and-forth goodbyes.“Hi,” I murmured as I slipped back beside Taylor. He looked up at me, and my eyes caught the already melted ice cream beside me. “That’s a waste now,” I murmured, taking it up and getting ready to trash it.“Shall we?” He asked, standing up, and his hands pointed at me. I stared at it as if taking his hand was going to change the course of my life.“Of course.” I took his hand, and when he pulled me up, our faces almost met. I gul

TAYLORThe smell of smoke that filled the atmosphere and woke me up, and by the time I was standing in the kitchen. River is over the stove, fire extinguisher in hand and smoke is filling the entire house.I coughed as I tried to stand, the thick air filling the entire room; it was more of a wonder how the fire alarm had not been triggered. Many questions played on my mind, but I just wanted to make sure that she was okay and not hurt by whatever had happened here.“River?”She turned to me, eyes widened as she shook her head, almost as if she had been framed. She moved gently as if she was afraid the fire might start again if she made a mistake. She dropped the extinguisher onto the table and straightened her back.“I have no idea how that happened; it just…”“Happened?” I finished for her when she trailed off, and she nodded.“I was making pancakes and suddenly there was fire in the pan and smoke and then everything was just…” She stopped again.She looked like she had gone through