After the detention, I quickly ran to catch Zander. He was sitting on his bike. I rejoiced thinking that he might be waiting for me. I ran towards him.
“ Thanks for waiting for me.” I tried to sit behind him but he stopped me.
“ Don’t. I am not waiting for you.” He looked at me frowning.
I snorted.
“ Then who are you waiting for?” I asked him. Because I know there is nobody he gives his time of day.
“ Me.” I turned and saw Daisy standing with a meek smile.
She is a sophomore. What is she doing with a senior I don’t get it?
I raised my eyebrows at Zander who only frowned deeper.
“ So you would happily take some Sophomore with you but not me?”
“ I can go on my own.” Daisy whispers behind me. My gut was instantly filled with guilt. As I know she is a very sweet and innocent girl. There is not a single mean bone in her body.
“ Shut up and sit on the bike. She can stand here all day. Hell if I care.” Zander growled and I took a step back. It's not the first time he has shouted at me, but it's the first time he means it. I fisted my hands.
Doubts clouded my mind and I raise my head to catch a little glimpse of his face. But I only get to see his back.
I smiled at Daisy who only nodded in return. I ran towards the bus stop and missed the bus by a second. The next bus is scheduled for thirty minutes later. I could wait for it or I could call somebody. But I don’t like disturbing someone so I tried to call a cab but I didn’t get any response.
A car stopped in front of me and he lower his window,
“ Get inside.” He grunts
“ And why would I do that?” I raises my brow at him in question.
“ You can always choose a hard way.” Adrian looks at me like I am dirt under his shoe.
“ Like I can always choose to break your fucking nose.”
He exists his car with a slam, and his tailor crafted suit gleams in the broad daylight. His black hairs are sleek and perfectly made. He narrows his raven eyes at me and gave me his perfectly practiced look.
I know all this very well, he does this to intimidate me. I was not scared of him when I was eleven and I am still not scared of him.
“ Hard way it is.” he informs me.
He is an idiot if he thinks that I will go anywhere with him.
“ I was just wondering, how soft your lips felt against mine. Velvet smooth and a little hint of cheery in it. The small sounds you make while losing control and how your body felt against mine.” with every word he takes a step.
Whatever he is telling me, I don’t have any memory of it, except the small flashback. I was drunk and sad and he probably was there.
“ So keep on wondering. It was a one-time deal.” I shove him back when he tries to enter my personal space.
He grabs my wrist and whispers in my ear.
“ That’s what you think.” He hauls me up in his arms and I yelp in surprise.
I take a swing at him but he makes a smart move and dodges it.
He buckles me in the passenger seat and quickly steals a kiss. I pushes him away.
“ My fee for dropping you home.” he smirks at me and slams the door.
The whole back to the house I was wondering why Zander took Daisy and not me? Why does he act so bitter towards me? It's not like he is some saint, but can be a decent person when he wants to. I know him, ever since I have known my dads.
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Dad Mave was waiting for me when I arrived and I hugged him.
“ My princess. What took you so long?” he asked me. He is Six foot five inches taller and I am only five-two. But we share the same red hairs and freckles on our noses. He is bulky like a mountain and his body is painted with gigantic tattoos. My favorite among them is me.
Yes, you heard correct he has tattooed ten years old Daphne on his back.
“ Ahh.” I groaned and continued.
“ I got detention for being late.”
“ Why don’t you take your car?” I followed him to the kitchen.
“ Because I am scared, Dad. I don’t want to get into an accident.”
He swatted my hands from the refrigerator.
“ Believe in yourself. Tomorrow I will drop you at school but you have to rely on yourself.”
I nodded like a bobblehead and he gave me his version of energy drink.
I made a face to it but drank it anyway.
“ Now go freshen up. We are going out for dinner.”
“ Ohhh, isn’t the time of the year when you both went on a first date.” I mocked him.
“ Keep this up brat and will see if you ever go on your first date.”
I stilled.
“ Dad.” I narrowed my eyes.
“ Go hurry up and don’t mess with me.”
I rolled my eyes at him and moved upstairs.
“ I saw that.” He shouted but I only smiled at him.
My sour mood evaporated just seeing my dad smiling like this. This is what love does to the person.
I looked outside the window and just like always his curtains were drawn and the lights were off. I rarely see him in his room nowadays.
I got changed and headed to the garage where Mave was already sitting in the car.
He took one look at me and said.
“ I think you are forgetting one sleeve, princess.” I looked down at my blue one sleeve knee-length dress and scowled at him.
“ Ha-Ha funny. Where is Dad?”
He chuckled before replying.
“ He will be meeting us at the restaurant.”
When we reached there Dad Nick was already sitting at our table and called us I hugged him.
“ Where is your sleeve young lady?” Dad Nick replied and Dad Mave barked a laugh.
I crossed my hands at my chest.
“ Yeah, sure. Laugh at my expense. Laugh all you want.” I pouted.
“ Don’t get mad, I was just teasing you.” he replied.
“ No. You both are just a little old.” I smirked at them.
“ Nick looks like an old man. But not me I still look like I am in my thirties.”
Dad Nick shakes his head and orders food. Dad Mave fights with us for not ordering nutritious food and we ignore him. He told us that we will be coming crying for his help later.
“ I am Doctor, Mave. I know what is good for my health and what’s not.” dad Nick exclaimed.
“ You are a plastic surgeon.” He replies.
“ And you are not a dietician. So shut up.”
“ But I deal with bodies.”
“ So do I.”
“ I am talking about healthy bodies.”
“ They are healthy.”
“ I want to be a pastry chef.” I announce in this all fuck up argument.
They stopped fighting and looked at me. With wide eyes and strange expressions and I waited for their answer.
“ You can be whatever you want.” Dad Nick smiled warmly.
“ But don’t be a junkie okay. That’s gross.” Dad Mave piped in while sipping his version of wine.
I looked at Dad Nick and he looked at me. First, we both sigh in exasperation then we started laughing. Dad Mave didn’t understand but he joined us anyway.
This is my family, a little weird and strange. But it is what it is. We love each other. They told me first they wanted to adopt a kid who is a little older than two, but when they saw me, six-month-old sleeping in the cradle they knew I was the end game for them. They adopted me and treats me like I am their whole universe.
“ Thanks, Dad, love you.” I kissed Dad Mave on his cheek and left his car. “ Tomorrow you will drive your to school.” he shouted at me but I was already moving. As I enter the school gates I stopped in my tracks. Zander is there on his bike like every day, but behind him, Daisy is sitting with him. My stomach clenched. What’s happening between them? Daisy left without saying anything to him and I follows him to the halls. “ Can we talk?” I ask Zander. “ If I say no, Would you stop.” He eyes me warily. I grind my teeth. “ Still asking something is a more polite way.” He snorts. “ What’s going on between you and Daisy?” I raises my suspicion and it was a mere whisper. He turns to look at me and grabs my wrist to pull me closer. “ What’s going on between me and Daisy is none of your fucking business.” he sneers at my face. “ We can talk calmly. You don’t have to shout at me.” I whisper softly. Even though my face is calm my stomach is clenching, his face is way t
“ This is your ride?” I asked him while rubbing my temple. “ Yeah. I don’t like the color but its works for me. What do you think?” He looked at me with a hopeful expression. “ It’s a bicycle? There is not even a backseat. Where am I supposed to sit?” I asked him and rolled my eyes. He chuckled. “ Haven’t you seen those old school movies where the heroine sits at the front and then the couple goes on the ride in the town?” He gave me an amused smile. “ I am not sitting there.” Famous last word of a girl who is sitting at the front and enjoying the summer breeze. “ Isn’t it amazing?” Triston asks from behind me. “ Yeah. it's really nice.” I said. I don’t know where he is taking me but right now I don’t really care. I just want to escape. My phone was constantly ringing so I switched it off and threw it inside my bag. “ I think I am going to buy one for me too.” I told him, I don’t know why I told him this but I just did. “ I know the place. I can take you, tomorrow m
The next morning, I called Grandpa to drive me to school, but I had ulterior motives for the meeting. “ My favorite grandkid. Hurry or I will leave your late ass here.” He shouted from outside. I hurried with a box and put it in the back seat. “ I am your only grandkid. Gramps. I don’t have competition, unlike someone.” I teased him. “ Touche.” “ Ask your assistant to donate the box at the back.” “ Will do.” The only reason I asked Grandpa is that he would not ask me the reason behind it. “ Julian wants to talk to you. He has something important to discuss with you.” I groaned. “ Don’t tell me you threw me under the bus again?” This is what my grandparents do. They pull up some crazy shit and blame it on me. Last time they took me to an illegal poker night which got busted by the police. Uncle Julian reams a new asshole out of us. He smirked at me. “ I wish kid. I wish. Guess you have to talk to him on this matter.” When the school building came into my view. My
After the shock of the confrontation melted I headed back to my class and tried my best to avoid the stares of my friends or I should say, ex-friends. It was hard to concentrate when there were more than a couple of eyes that were drilling holes in the back of my head. When lunchtime came, the dread in my stomach increased. What would be the new dynamics of the cafeteria and how would I fit in all of that? I cannot sit with Zander and others. I don’t think my heart can take that much. I took a deep breath and decided that I would go with the flow. I took my lunch and tried to find an empty table, but as I was so lucky nowadays, there were none. “Bleacher, it is then,” I muttered to myself and as I was about to turn, I was stopped in my tracks by a commanding voice that I am very familiar with. “Daph,” Hunter's voice echoed in the canteen and everyone fell silent. My eyes widened at this. If he was also going to insult me then the only way I would be able to deal with t
Chill ran down my spine thinking about all the possibilities that could ruin my life, the air in the room grew thick. I never in my wildest dream thought that I would be so scared in front of Uncle Julian. Uncle Julian looked at me with narrowed eyes and the weight of his stairs made me uncomfortable and uncomfortable was a very lighter term that I was using. I was horrified and closed my eyes. “I thought you trusted me.” He accused me. “I ..Uncle..” I tried to say something, anything that would make him less mad. “No, you can’t uncle me, now.” He stood up and I did that too. I was so scared that I stuttered. “I…I didn’t know.. I was scared.” I stuttered. “You were scared?” a hollow laugh escaped his mouth. “You know how embarrassing it was to find out that my niece is in love with Knight’s nephew,” he said. “I am really… what?” I looked at him, startled. I could not believe what I heard. “What did you just say?” I asked him. “Don’t act so innocently in front of
I was getting ready for school the next day and my phone pinged. Nobody tried to contact me after everything happened in the school and I was thinking that maybe it was one of them. But I was shocked to see the message. My hand trembled in rage not at him, but at me. He caught me in a vulnerable position and now I don’t have any way to protect myself. All the events of that night came rushing to me but I closed my eyes to keep myself steady. This is not the right time to fall in the rabbit hole. I took a deep breath and opened my phone. Devil : How’s my princess doing? Princess That idiot. He is making fun of me. Me: Planning your murder. Devil: Threatening will not take you far, Darling. Me: Ohh, It’s working fine for you. Devil: Whatever, Be ready I am picking you up. Me: Are you crazy? I am not going out with you. Devil: That’s good because I wasn’t asking. I am telling you. Be there at 15. Fuck! I don’t know what his deal was but he was crazy. Our schools were ri
Zander came toward me with measured steps and I eyed his advance, unsure of what I should do with this. “You came with Adrian?” he asked me with a puzzled expression. I snorted at him and decided to treat him like the way he treated me. I moved by his side and replied, “You have eyes, I am sure you saw that.” He followed me, “What why? And you and ..” he trailed off. “I don’t owe you anything. And certainly not an explanation.” After what you did to me, was silent in that statement. “But you never liked him,” he hissed. “And you know me that well.” I chuckled. “Yes, I do.” He took hold of my arm and dragged me to the empty classroom. “What is your fucking problem?” I snapped at him. “Yeah, exactly. What is your problem? Adrian, that person is one mean being. You are with him now. Did you forget he is the one who constantly teased you for everything?” He growled at me and cornered me to the wall. “Stop.” I tried to push him, but all in vain. “Tell me what is goi
Hunter threw my chair with his leg. And now was looking at me with indifference. Yeah, this was what I thought. They all were on the same team. I didn’t let the hurt show on my face, I smiled at him and lowered my voice, so only he could hear me. “I guess, I was only interesting till I was available.” With that, I left. I headed towards the bleachers. It was completely empty. Nobody wanted to get burned I guess. Thinking about what happened in the cafeteria made me sad. I know he saw me with Adrian, but I don’t care about them. I thought Hunter was different, but no. They all were the same, at least Adrian was true to my face. A lone tear rolled down my face, but I wiped it down. But there were many that were coming my way. I didn’t want to cry, but I couldn’t stop myself. Maybe God was taking my test and I was failing at it miserably. I sniffled, food all forgotten. Suddenly I was engulfed in a warm embrace, I was a little shocked. It was Tristan, somebody plac