Skylar's
POVOpening the first drawer as fast as possible, I rummaged through the various things present inside, but failed to find the only thing I was looking for right now.
The first aid box.
I couldn't believe searching for such an obvious thing could prove out so hard in such a situation; an emergency. As much as I tried remembering where I had last kept it, I couldn't.
After what felt like hours, I finally spotted a small white box in one of the lower cabinets. Clutching it in my hands, I exited the kitchen and rushed back towards Caden.
Skylar's POVI woke up hastily at the sound of the coffeemaker buzzing. It almost felt like someone had driven a tractor right into my house. Believe me, it was a horrible sound to wake up to.I sat up groggily on the couch, rubbing my eyes and pulling my hair away from my face simultaneously. "Dad?" I asked tiredly.Watching my dad making a cup of coffee for himself the first thing after waking up was something I wished to wake up to every day. It felt nice and refreshing to see my parents in the mornings especially, something that almost never happened.I let out a loud yawn and noticed that he was dressed up in a black suit; his work clothes. Which either meant that he had just changed and was leaving, or he had just come back here. In this case, it was definitely the latter.
Skylar's POVI always hated guests.Especially the ones who attended my parent's business gatherings. Who even visited a house just to talk about boring stuff? More importantly, why did my parents even bother arranging such events? Adult get togethers were so boring.That's what happened this evening. Mom told me that they basically came back early from their trip only because some of their friends and clients were coming over for dinner at our house. And just the mention of their clients told me how much dull it was going to be.So I stuck with having a get together of my own, in my room, with my snacks and Netflix. This was way better than going downstairs and meeting people whom I've never seen within the seventeen years o
Skylar's POV"As for the introductions," Jesse spoke up. "I'm Jesse. This creep is Adrian. This nerd is Seth." He continued before pointing over at Shane who was already glaring at him. "And that's...Shane." I couldn't hide the disbelief from my voice. "For real? You guys are a real gang?"Caden passed me an eye roll. "Isn't that what I just said?"I ignored his offensive tone and looked back at the others with slight disbelief. "It's just surprising."I was highly aware of how much sketchy and mysterious our town could be, but I hadn't exactly expected to find myself in between a gang. A real gang."And you, gorgeous, are the first ever person to know about it." Adrian said with a smile.I furrowed my brows at that, because that was when the questions came. A lot of th
Skylar's POVI trudged towards my locker, trying to rub off the heavy sleep from my eyes. I hated going to school when I had gotten no sleep the previous night.But then again, that had never actually happened in my life before. Now, it seemed to happening quite constantly. Ever since that particular someone appeared in my life. Nothing seemed normal anymore, not since my first conversation with Caden.It wasn't exactly his fault, though. This had all started after that mysterious letter I got.Sent by BM. Blake Matthews."What's been going on with you, Sky?" Alex asked, opening my locker for me when I couldn't remember the code.A lot has been going on.A lot that
Skylar's POVIt was when somebody nudged me that I jerked awake from my little slumber. I would've probably ignored that slight nudge only if my brain hadn't woken up. But when I did wake up and looked around me, I was left a bit shaken.Oh shit.I was still in the classroom while everyone else had left. The teacher, who was supposed to be the substitute one, was standing in front of my desk, tapping her foot impatiently as she looked at me, probably waiting for me to get my whole self out of there too."Dear, you don't sleep in class. I believe you know that?" She asked me in a distasteful way.
Skylar's POVI glanced down at the folded paper in my hand once again. Without caring if anybody even noticed me, I slipped the note inside Caden's locker. I had no idea if he would even check it. I just hoped that he would.No way in hell was I letting him go this time. We needed to talk about this. I hadn't seen him since that day in class. If he was ignoring me, he wasn't going to do that for long. He couldn't just order me to act along with Blake and then disappear.That's what I had written in the note,We need to talk.-Skylar.If he'll ignore that too like a freaking douchebag, then I'd have no choice but to ignore him too, and all of this stuff—something I wasn't looking forward to.
Skylar's POV"Oh, I didn't know you'd be here." Blake spoke up once I opened my front door. Though the familiar smirk on his face clearly told me otherwise. I looked at him anxiously and stayed within the doorframe. My throat felt too dry and my hands felt too clammy with sweat. I noticed how much different he looked from Caden; eyes the exact same shade as the blue T-shirt he was wearing, and his hair almost the exact same shade as Alex's— just a bit lighter.They did not look like brothers in appearance. Maybe he
Skylar's POVI glared at Caden for the fifty seventh time before looking away. I didn't know how much time had passed since he had dragged me inside my own house –thinking that he could force me to calm down– and I personally didn't care about it.How could I let him drag me into my own house?"Come on, Skylar! It has been a whole damn hour." He looked exasperated by now. "Are you going to say something or not?"I scrunched up my nose ever so slightly and refused to meet his gaze, crossing my arms over my chest and slumping down on the couch I was sitting on. Caden, on the other hand, had stopped pacing and was looking at me now, clearly not happy."I'm not going to talk.