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Harmony
Class finally ends without someone getting stabbed to death and I am more than relieved. While all the students get up from their seats, Blaze gazes over at me as I stuff my notebook into my bag. “Where are you heading now, Harmony?”
I peer up at him. His full lips are dragged into a smirk as if he hadn’t just had an almost bloody altercation with his lecturer. Is he bipolar?
I blink rapidly, focusing back to my bag as I zip it up. “I-I think I have another class.”
"You think?"
I look up at him as he splays an arm over my chair. “Not sure?”
“No-I mean yeah, I am sure. I have International Fiction.”
He rubs his chin. “What the fuck is that?”
“Um, I guess it has to do with books and writing...stuff like that.”
He nods comprehensively.
I purse my lips as I stand up from my seat, and he gets up too, placing his bag ont
“Lie and tellmyself I can make it on my own. Making it alone is lonely.” —Liz Longley.Chapter Theme Song: ‘Rescue My Heart’ by Liz Longley.(A/N: Theme song of the entire novel :)••Harmony“Blaze!” I grip the strap of my seatbelt, my heart almost coming through my mouth as he makes another swift turn, causing my head to spin wildly.He’s chuckling in his seat, glancing over at me in amusement with one hand on the steering wheel while the other gropes his gearstick.“Please slow down,” I beg him, and he smiles, the wind swiveling through his hair as he sinks his foot on the gas. I squeeze my eyes shut.Why did I come with him?My worse regret since I’ve started Homewood would be allowing Blaze Xander to put his sultry lips against mine, and then th
**HarmonyHe parks the car and shuts his engine off, the peaceful stillness of the forest area making its presence known.“Where are we?” I ask untrustingly, unsnapping my seatbelt with skepticism. Well, it sure is a little too late for me to be scared, isn’t it?“Well, we are at the spot where I kill you and dump your cute little body in a river, then smoke a cigar and head back to school.”My mouth falls open and he laughs hard, easily getting out of his car and stretching his limbs with a groan. His shirt rides up and my eyes glimpse a small scripted tattoo on his waist, right below his stomach and near to his groin. Before I can examine what is written there, his tank shirt falls back over it.“I am kidding green eyes, we are at the place where I answer the question you asked me earlier at school.” He places his palm on the driver’s door. “So don’t loo
“And the arms of the ocean are carrying me, and all this devotion was rushing out of me. And the crashes are heaven, for a sinner like me. But the arms of the ocean delivered me.” — Florence + The Machine. Chapter Theme Song: ‘Never Let Me Go’ by Florence + The Machine. •• Harmony “Why did you choose this statement?” I ask softly. The midday sun has now sunken lower in the sky and the air has become a lot cooler, signifying that we are slowly nearing evening. The forest is much chillier at this time of the day and the breeze is light and soothing, gently surging through the trees. “I didn’t...” He finally responds in the same tone I had used, his expression still blank and unreadable. “I mean I did but I was drunk. I don’t know why I asked them to write that...” I stare at him in silence. I believe him. People do a lot of odd things when they are drunk
“Would you take the wheel if I lose control? If I’m lying here will you take me home? Could you take care of a broken soul? Will you hold me now? Oh, will you take me home?” —Jess Glynne. Chapter Theme Song: ‘Take Me Home’ by Jess Glynne. •• Blaze My dad says I am vindictive and petty but leave it to Justine Meyers to break my record. It’s not rocket science to perceive that the reason she asked Harmony to ‘showcase her talent’ is that she’s just jealous. Her trifling antics won’t erase the fact that I hadpolitelyinformed her to remove herself from my groin the other day, and it definitely won’t remove the fact that when I am bored of someone, it can never rewind. I find her envy amusing, but the fact that Harmony is standing at the front of the room with anxiety written all over her face deeply bothers me. I am starting to feel troubled that I forced her
“I ain’t no angel, I never was, but I never hurt you, it’s not my fault. You see those eggshells, they’re broken now. A million pieces strewn out across the ground.” —Birdy. Chapter Theme Song: ‘No Angel’ by Birdy. •• Harmony While the room erupts in cheers and standing ovations, I sight when Blaze swiftly gets up amidst it all, his head hung as he hastens through the translucent door. My face falls in disappointment. It seems he didn’t like it. I told him I didn’t want to want to do this and now it is official that I suck. Justine’s reaction to my performance is one of awe mixed with despise, and Mal is jerking me two big thumbs up with a wide, impressed grin on his face. I smile a little in response, but all these flattering applaudings mean nothing if the one person I was hoping would like it —hates it. And so after bowing awkwardly as if I am on some Broadway show, I quick
“Need you when I’m broken, when I’m fixed. Need you when I’m well and when I’m sick. Friends that I rely on don’t come through. They run like the river but not you.” —Zayn Malik. Chapter Theme Song: ‘There You Are’ by Zayn Malik. (^A/N: This song fits Blaze so much!! :) •• Harmony “Stay away from me then!” The words he uttered yesterday during his aggressive state have been plaguing my thoughts ever since.Did he mean them?Judging from the rage his eyes held, I am surer than not that he did. To be honest, I was wrong. I should have never run ahead and judged him without seeking out the full story first, and now I just became like everyone else. I feel like I have failed both him and myself somehow. While April showers, I get dressed in a knee-length jean skirt and a black long-sleeved top. I let my hair flo
“Is it you or are the lights getting brighter in the night?” — Grace VanderWaaal. Chapter Theme Song: ‘Ur So Beautiful’ by Grace VanderWaal. •• Harmony “Finally, the boots are here!” April beams as she enters through our dorm door, holding a beige shoebox in her hands. “Okay, come on, come on!” Yuna urges her over excitedly, and she chuckles as she scampers down to where we are seated on the bed. “Alright, here we go!” She uncovers the box, and the smell of new leather welcomes me as she lifts the black boots that are the same as hers. “Ta-da! Size six!” I am shocked that she somehow discovered my shoe size, and it is as if she has read my mind as she lets out a faint laugh. “I looked at one of your ballet flats.” She stretches the pair toward me. “This is for you Harmony.” I have no idea what to say. I tend to be quite reluctant when it comes to accepting gift
“I want this too” —Sabrina Claudio. Chapter Theme Song: ‘Stand Still’ by Sabrina Claudio. N.B: Chapter may contain mild sexual content. •• Harmony He opens the door to his room and steps aside to allow me access. I look at him hesitantly before making my way in, immediately taking a fancy to the moonlight blue and grey theme of his dwelling. Blaze’s quarter is different than the normalwet-dreamsadolescents’ room. There are no posters of half-naked ladies or former sports champions pasted on his walls, and the room is so organized and immaculate that I doubt there is even a speck of dust in sight. A king-size bed with grey sheets is sitting in the center of the room with a glass window draped with blue curtains stationed above it. The blue-sprayed dresser sitting on the left seems unbelievably expensive, and the grey wardrobe with gold knob