Ms. Mary has been working for Ace's grandfather for a very long time and when he died and Ace was willed the house she decided to stay and look after him, something she promised his grandfather she would do till he didn't need her anymore since his parents were so indifferent about him. She was practically his only family.Ms. Mary wasn't at all surprised to see Ace downstairs staring into space with a forlorn expression on his face. She was walking towards him clad in comfy grey pants and a well pressed white shirt using her walking stick for balance"Hello dear," she said softly so as not to startle him "He raised his head and gave her a short but respectful greeting in return as she took the love seat opposite the seat he occupied."can you tell me about Love Ms.M, more specifically Love at first sight"After a long pause..."Love is a mysterious thing my boy" Ms. Mary began "very powerful.....capable of changing even the strongest of hearts.And it can be very sneaky too.....espe
Ace walked through the high school languidly. He hadn't seen Sky in two weeks, he didn't know if she was avoiding him or if she just wasn't in school. Students were leaning against their lockers some of them were alone going through their phones, and searching through their lockers while some were in groups gossiping.He noticed eyes following him around as he made his way down the corridors of the school and towards his destination. They were the eyes of some of the girls he usually slept with. Girls, he'd slept with all the time trying to feel something.......Anything. Playthings he used to extinguish his boredom.Looking at them now though he wondered why he started it and kept on doing it, it never filled the void inside of him, at the end he was just left with some clingy females who didn't understand the word No. And the most shocking part of it was that now.....now he had no desire to seek them out.On getting to the lunchroom he moved towards the table his group was sitting a
Let's get some facts straight so we don't get confusedAce is the male lead of the book, he has never been in love, and the only type of love he has ever felt is familial love from his Grandfather and Ms. Mary, his nanny. That is why it seems he's messing things up with Sky, he has no clue what he's doing or feeling.Sky knows what love is but right now she's not really receptive to it because she has lost it too many times. How? Please keep reading the book to find out. She's smart and perceptive so she can tell that Ace likes her( I'm sure a lot of us here can tell when a guy or a girl is interested in us. It has nothing to do with being proud or presumptuous)Tyler is Sky's Cousin. Laurel is his girlfriend. Amber is her friend and is borderline obsessed with Ace. Jules Baker is Sky's Mum, She's in New York. I won't really be writing much about her.David and Loren Williams are Tyler's parents. David works for the NBA and Loren is a stay at home mom.If you have any questions pleas
"Sky if you want to keep up with this class this semester you're gonna need a tutor of a sort," The History teacher says to Sky just as she was about to run out of class, away from Ace.Throughout the class he was trying to make eye contact, trying to talk to her. They have nothing to talk about, Sky thought she made that clear the other day."I thought I told you to get Ace's notes," he said signaling Ace with his hands to come over 'Great! There goes my plan of avoiding him' Sky thought"She did get my notes, and I also volunteered to tutor her for a bit. We start today." Sky didn't know if Ace was covering for her or if he was just trying to get her to talk to him again but she wasn't having it.She opened her mouth to contradict Ace "well you really don't have a lot of options miss Baker" The History lecturer began. His name was Mr. Sugar, but there was nothing sweet about him. He was well known for his harsh expressions and stringent character."It's either you take Mr. Reed's
Tyler along with the rest of Ace's teammates was in the locker room when he walked in. He gave Ty and a few others nods before walking to his locker with his gym bag strapped to his shoulder. Dropping the bag on a bench he opens his locker and starts getting ready."You're not late today, Thank God," Tyler said as they walked together to the court. "Coach would've had my hide if he had asked me where you were and I couldn't provide answers. ""I've just been really busy" Ace shrugged, he caught the ball, Lance, a teammate threw at him and threw it in the basket."Nice shot dude" Lance ran after the ball after giving Ace a thumbs up.Tyler didn't know about Ace's feelings for Sky, Ace didn't want to tell him but it's been weeks and he's made no progress with her.'maybe telling him won't be such a bad idea' Ace thought 'what could go wrong"Hey Ace, you ok? I've been calling your name for a while now." Charles another of Ace's close friends walks up to him. The both of them clasp their
Sky shrugged his hand off her shoulder and gave him her signature cold glare."I thought you were supposed to stay away from me" she began"So you were eavesdropping...... I knew you were there" Ace gave her a small smile one of his eyebrows quirked up. He was always so happy to see her even if she had no qualms about expressing her dislike for him."I wouldn't call it eavesdropping when you guys were talking so loud" she countered " Where is Tyler anyway? "Your aunt called, said she needed him to meet her somewhere""Oh"Ace walked toward the fridge and pulled a beer out "want one?"Sky's expression changed from the cold glare she was wearing earlier to a somber one, she looked like she was physically in pain. "I don't drink....anymore" The 'anymore' was said so quietly like she didn't want him to hear it but he did and he was curious. "I can respect that" Ace replies softlyher heart flutters in her chest as he says that. Sky has been trying so hard to hate him because of the unw
Ace was seated in the cafeteria amid his friends, the popular crowd but he was distracted, he kept staring at the door every 5 seconds hoping the girl that has taken over his entire thoughts both conscious and unconscious was going to walk in. Since Sky agreed to be Ace's friend they've been civil. greetings in the hallway at school, regular texting, Ace got her number that evening before he left Ty's house and he has taken every opportunity to text her, even if it's just to send weird funny emoticons to get a reaction out of her. But she hasn't been eating lunch with them in the cafeteria so Ace was able to convince her to try it today and she agreed but now he was beginning to think that she had bailed on him. There was also the issue of Ty's objection to their relationship or lack of... and now he was glaring at him or was it staring intensely, well he was making his displeasure very obvious and the group was starting to notice if the looks some of them were giving him was anythin
Its been 2 weeks, 2 weeks since he invited her to a party, 2 weeks of avoiding Ace, of missing their tutoring, sky didn't even need it anymore, she hadn't needed it for a while Ace's notes were more than enough to get her a good grade in the course but she kept attending the tutorials, Sky figured out that she loved talking to him, found his voice relaxing but it's been a while she heard it. And now she was in Dr. Melinda's office again after missing her sessions 3 times out of 4 this week."you know this isn't how this works right??" Dr. Melinda began "you cannot just pick when to show up to therapy""It really isn't that big of a deal" sky tried assuring her slightly pissed off therapist "Do you not want to get out of therapy Sky? Don't you want to get better?" I do" Sky whispered, eyes downcast "Then take this seriously" Dr. Melinda had a point and Sky respected her enough to admit it. She had seen over ten therapists but after the first session with Melinda Sky felt like a loa