The year-end party came without any problem. Although I have another problem, that is, I forgot to give an answer to Ezra's question. Remember that time when I slept over in his house? When he asked me to go on a date with him? It's been more than weeks, and I still haven't given him an answer.
More like, I haven't seen him since the announcement coach Alfred made because we were too busy preparing for the year-end party in our own classes. Even though he would often wait for me so that we could go home together, he didn't do that anymore.
Did Ezra grow tired of waiting and choose to leave me alone?
Wait, isn't this better? I don't have to wonder about my feelings anymore, and I don't have to think about unnecessary things again. That's right… this is how things should be in the first place. The year-end party was going smoothly, and I never even expected Liliana to buy me a lip balm. She was the
Happy New Year!
"Lexi? The food's ready."I immediately opened my eyes after Mitch softly woke me up.I accidentally fell asleep on the couch."I-I'm sorry for falling asleep like that." Mitch ruffled my hair while chuckling. They had already finished cooking, and I didn't even help them. Royce brought the food to the living room, and it looked like we were having a feast. Isn't this too early for the Christmas celebration?"Do you want more pasta?" Mitch asked, treating me as if I were his child. "What about you, idiot?" He turned to Royce.He's calling Royce an idiot, even though he was blushing before just by the mention of Royce's name.Royce didn't mind; he looked calm now, unlike when he first met Mitch. Remember that time when he would always do nothing but glare at Mitch? He even teased him so much for being a ball boy, but now he would always go with Mitch's every whim.
I smiled back to Irish, but I couldn't say anything back.Why is that?Irish turned to Ezra while holding the gift I saw she gave to him earlier in the academy grounds. "You can stay for dinner; my mom wanted to thank you." She said, which caused me to feel more confused.Did Ezra lie about being in Joaquin's house? How would Irish's mom be there?Looking at Ezra, he's too kind to reject an invitation like that, and he looks like he'll come back with Irish from where they came from.However, my hand moved on its own and grabbed Ezra's shirt, stopping him from moving away from me. That's when Irish grabbed Ezra's hand while looking at me. "Would you let go?" She asked with a forced smile, but my hand didn't let go of Ezra's shirt even if she told me that. "What's the problem, Alexis? Do you need Ezra?"Ezra looked at me with an expectant look on his face after Irish asked
I thanked Ezra for helping me get home safely, and he smiled as he patted my head before leaving. His warm hand and soft gaze on me made my heart beat faster as I watched him walk away.It would be great if we could spend more time together.Wait, I shouldn’t think like that. I already said that I’m willing to spend a day with him, so why am I getting sad just because we parted away now? I shook my head; let’s just get inside the house.Chewy greeted me with her sweet gestures as I got in, and Alina called my name. “Where did you go? Dad was worried about you.” She said as he picked Chewy up. What? Dad’s here? Would he get mad at me? “Don’t worry, he’s not mad. Just worried.” Alina patted my head as she smiled.“Right, Lean’s the one who’s mad.”“ION!”That’s when I hea
“What?”I immediately dropped my phone after that.I ACCIDENTALLY TOLD EZRA WHAT WAS ON MY MIND!“Alexis? What was that sound? Are you okay?” Ezra asked with a worried voice which caused me to feel even worse for what I had done. I picked up my phone while trying to regain my calm.“I-I’m sorry, my grip loosened all of a sudden, and I dropped my phone.”I heard Ezra chuckling, which caused me to feel even more embarrassed. “You’re such a klutz.” He said while still laughing, and I sat on my bed feeling more embarrassed. “Oh right, coach Alfred and I decided that we should have the year-end party before 24, so maybe it’ll be on 23. Would you be free on 24?” Ezra asked straightforwardly, thus making me feel my face heating up.“Y-Yes. I don’t have any schedule on the 24th.”&nbs
“You look so pretty, Ion.”I couldn’t help but blush while watching my reflection in the mirror. I’m wearing a long black wig styled with half braids on both sides behind my ears. Wearing a white off-shoulder short sleeves top with frills and narrow shoulder straps tucked in a black mini skirt right above my knees. Lean made me wear 2 inches’ black block heel sandals. Even though I’m used to wearing high heels, I don’t know if I could handle it well while walking around.“Hey, there’s someone outside— Ion?! What happened to you?” Andre received a massive blow on the head from Alina after he reacted like that. “Why is my little brother dressed like a little sister?” He had tears in his eyes, but Lean just gave me my purse and pushed me out of the room.I went downstairs, but Andre followed me until I opened the door. “Ale
"My stomach's going to burst." Ezra laughed a ton after I'd said that. It's good that we took the private room here in this fast-food chain because it'll be embarrassing if people recognize Lia while she's eating so many foods all at once. "I told you we can't finish all of these." He said while patting my back after finishing the big burger I ordered. I really wanted to try eating it, but I didn't know it'd be too heavy on my stomach. "Should I let the staff know that we'll be taking these out?" I shook my head. "N-No. We should at least try and finish them—"What I was about to say was interrupted when we heard children talking on the other side of the glass wall. "What should I do, brother? I lost the money for our food." I noticed two children, their clothes are both dirty, and their hair is messy. "I-It's the only time we could eat something
“Oh? Ion, you’re back. What happened with your—“I didn’t let Lean say anything as I rushed to my room. Embarrassing. It’s too embarrassing to even think about again. How could I kiss someone like that without their permission? How could I? “Why did you do that me?! How will you face Ezra now?!” I threw my body on the bed and tossed it around like a monkey. I covered my face with my pillow as I screamed at the top of my lungs.“I’m so stupid.”I stared at the ceiling after removing the pillow from my face. My heart still wouldn’t calm down, and my face was hot, especially my lips. I didn’t even notice I was already touching my lips while thinking about how soft Ezra’s lips were. That kiss was far better than in my dream, but now there’s no way I could face Ezra the same as usual. He’ll hate me for doing somet
Jade scoffed as if she couldn't believe my question. "How could you, Ion. Your sister's long dead, but you keep on using her to gain money? Utterly disgusting!" She brushed her hair backward again, showing her pink under hair dye which made me remember something."W-What's your full name?" I asked, but Jade scoffed again.She raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms. "You can't figure who I am by yourself? I see you're still the same stupid coward I once knew— Oh, you improved. You became a manipulative person who manipulates those who came to love Lia." Jade said as she scoffed again. "It's me, Jade Angelique. Lia's best friend." She rolled her eyes after saying that as she pushed me again, which caused me to fall to the ground."You're still the same, Ion. Lia's shadow."I started panting as I looked at the ground and saw blood. "You killed Lia, didn't you?"