LORRAINE I couldn't stop thinking about the incident that happened hours ago. I rolled on the bed restlessly. The creak of the bed echoed through the room making me freeze almost immediately. It was an old bed and I was put in a very small confined space that I would have to manage as my room but of course, I was the maid. I wasn't expecting any privileges or luxury so I didn't allow myself to think too much about it. Besides, no matter how small it was, I liked having my space. The only time that I ever felt secure was when I was here, alone. I looked at the door one more time to make sure that the bolt was still stuck in place. I didn't put it past Josh to try and get in. If anything it would seem that he was full of surprises. I knew that he didn't like Chloe having an upper hand and once again, I had escaped from his clutches. I thought about what Jayden and Jordan kept saying. How I had a thing for getting into these situations where people just try to hurt me or take advantag
LORRAINE I awoke with a start. Not a start but with a sudden realization that there was something that I was supposed to do that I hadn't yet done. I still felt groggy, encompassed in my state of deep exhaustion. With half-open eyes, I looked up at the worn-out clock that was fixed on the wall. It was already a quarter to ten. What the hell? I was already late for school? So what was the whole point of waking up early? I scrambled down in panic, falling clumsily to the ground in a bundle of nerves and anxiety. The anxiety was eating me up alive from the inside. What the hell was I even doing? I could hardly breathe. It took me a moment before I could gather myself. I rushed to the wardrobe to look through it. Not that I had clothes to choose from anyway, which made dressing up a whole lot easier. I closed my eyes and sighed. Panicking wasn't going to get anything solved. I was already a mess as it is. I hurried into my faded pair of jeans and pushed my top over my head. It was a str
LORRAINEI didn't expect to be here. I didn't even know what I was doing here and if anyone told me that I was going to be here. I'll say it's a lie. I looked out incredulously through the window of Chloe's car as she drove. I twisted my fingers nervously and I couldn't seem to get a grip on the anxiety that clung to the walls of my stomach. I closed my eyes and sighed because I couldn't seem to get over how quickly this seemed to take a turn. “Lorraine”My head instantly snapped towards the direction of Chloe's voice. “What the fuck do you think you're doing? Buckle your seatbelt? I've been calling your name for the past five minutes” she snapped at me, shooting me a glare that made me shift uncomfortably in my car seat. “I'm sorry” I murmured as I struggled to make use of the seatbelt. I heard no response from her. I think I was beginning to wear her out with my absent-mindedness. No matter how much I tried to get over my shock, I couldn't seem to. A part of me couldn't find it
LORRAINE“Where do you think you're going?” I paused. My shoulders flinched in fright at the sound of Josh's voice. I dreaded bumping into him anywhere. Of all the times for me to bump into him, it had to be now. I winced as he held my hand firmly and turned me around. I closed my eyes and turned around shooting him an irritated look. I was almost tempted to snap at him and ask him what he wanted but I don't think that I had it in me. I wished that he would just leave me alone to figure out how I was going to get myself out of this mess that I put myself into. “I'm heading to the next class. I'm late. Please, maybe later” I said softly. In an attempt to be as calm and polite as possible. I dreaded getting into his bad side regardless of how irritated I was feeling. He was already making my life hell, imagine how far he'd go if he got the impression that I was being rude to him. “Like I don't know that you've missed the first class and you missed the test too” Josh drawled, his ey
LORRAINEJayden and Jordan both looked at me expectantly, waiting for me to respond.“I'm supposed to report to the principal’s office” I closed my eyes and sighed. “Why?” “Because she was late and she missed a test. So please if you'll excuse her Mr Jordan so she could report to him on time” It was as if she realized her mistake a moment later because the rest of the words dried up in her throat as she looked at him with fear. Jayden's empty gaze quickly snapped towards her direction and he raised an eyebrow and glared at her. My breath caught in my throat and I wondered what was going to happen. “What did you just say to me?” Jayden growled as he stalked towards her. Her eyes widened in fear as she raised her trembling hands in surrender. My breath caught in my throat as I watched her regard him with evident fear. I closed my eyes and groaned, placing a hand on his arm and hoping that I didn't regret it. The last thing that I needed was Jayden transferring his fury to me. I was
LORRAINEWhat caught me off guard was my reaction to the way Jayden looked at me. The immediate bout of heat flushed through me the moment he looked at me. I was taken unaware of it. I closed my eyes and sighed. If there was anything that needed to be done. I needed to learn how to compose myself. I didn't want to be deeply entangled with anything that had to do with the twins. Jayden and Jordan both seemed like trouble. I closed my eyes and tried not to moan in pain as the thudding in my head intensified. I had barely been able to get the proper amount of sleep and it was my body's way of telling me that the rest that I needed wasn't enough. I was almost tempted to yell out my frustration. The very idea of it seems appealing. I closed my eyes and placed my head again my folded hands at the edge of the desk. I was beyond tired and I wanted nothing more than to sleep. “I'll be forced to ask you to tell me what I was talking about if you do not raise your head from that desk immediat
LORRAINE“With the way you're walking, you look like you're going to collapse any minute from now” Jayden observed. I paused, my anxiety returning within the space of a second. The class has just ended and I am relieved. I wanted to rush to the bathroom to find some sort of reprieve from this chaotic day. “I'm fine,” I said as I looked away. Somehow I felt uncomfortable looking at him for a long period. The way he looked at me made me anxious. So composure was difficult. I closed my eyes and sighed, I racked my brain for a reply but I couldn't seem to find one. Somehow, my brain always seemed to do this thing where it shuts down, leaving me empty of answers. “You don't look fine. Your hands are trembling” he observed as his gaze traveled down the length of me. I shifted from one foot to another because I was uncomfortable. I closed my eyes and sighed. I was feeling beyond exhausted. I just wanted to have some time to myself. Was it so much to demand from the universe? “You're comin
LORRAINE“I didn't expect you to notice that I was missing” My shoulders flinched visibly as Jordan’s voice sounded in my ear. It was a little closer to be than I would have liked and the sight of him sitting so close to me put me on some sort of edge. I closed my eyes, trying to compose my emotions. Somehow being around them made my tummy twist into a bundle of knots. It made me feel a certain kind of way that I didn't exactly know how to put into words. Maybe it was the way they both looked at me. Like they both wanted to pounce on me. Like I was the prey and they were the predator. I needed to get away from both of them. I didn't think that the proximity was going to affect me this much. Except I couldn't abruptly stand up and hurry to the other side of the room. I wanted more than anything to do it but at the same time. I didn't want to draw unnecessary attention.“I'm surprised she noticed” Jayden finally spoke up. His gaze gradually lifted from the plate as he stared at me. I