Chapter 22   Making dinner has never been such a big deal before but today seemed to be the worst day for me especially with my period arriving when I was taking a shower. The cramps on my abdomen worsened with every passing hour. Mark eyed me every now and then, without any interaction. Just our eyes doing the talking. To say that it was hella awkward is an understatement, Mark and I were not on speaking terms after this morning.  I sighed and started to wash the vegetables, he came around to stand beside me helping me with peeling potatoes and peeling garlic for the chicken dish. “Are you Okay? You looked pale” he asked, stretching his hands out to feel my face.    “Can you run to the store for me?” I asked, grimacing. Not only I was out of pain relief but also my sanitary pa

Chapter 24 Brandon's brother who I came to know as Sebastian joined us after our performance. He smiled at me widely,no doubt recalling our small interaction at our school. However,the look on his face changes from smile to shock when he sees Damien wrapping my waist in his arms. Apparently Sebastian recognised our English teacher but the same couldn't be said for the man who had his arms wrapped around my waist. I’m in between feeling amused and scared.  “You sang so well there,Redhead” Sebastian approaches me with a drink in his hand.  “Thanks Sebastian, And I’m Chloe with the e at the end” I make faces stretching my cheeks wide and making a show of saying the E word. He laughed and then looked towards Damien. 

Chapter 26 I twirl around laughing at my failed attempts at dancing, Mark stood next to me just watching me fooling around instead of dancing with me.  “Come on,dance!” I exclaimed,bursting out laughing when he started pretending to be a girl fanning her face and twirling.  “God! You looked hilarious” he smiled and spun me laughing along. The beauty pageant day is just two week away yet we've done a crappy job when it comes to the dance. We either just fool around or spend the dancing class eating and narrating stories. Mark is a lot friendlier and decent with the amount of days we have spent together.  “Aunt Shirley will be so disappointed at us” he says as we squat down on the floor. I passed him the water bottle, opening the cap of my own. “I know…” I said,smiling imagining the look on Aunt's face when she saw our horrible dance

Chapter 28 “Aunt, I'll be fine. Just be safe on your way back” I reassured her the upmteenth time this morning. Aunt Shirley refuses to let me live alone and as much I love being taken care of, I missed living by myself. And as for Mark, he left last week because he needed to go back home. I smiled thinking of how close we had gotten this past few months. I had returned to school just two weeks ago and people who I didn't even talk to before started talking, wishing me happiness and good wishes as if I had come back from the dead.  It's exactly a month and fifteen days after the accident, but my mind is still on that day with him.  “Honey, I'll be coming back if you don't pick up my calls” I laughed and pulled her into a warm hug not wanting to depart yet. If the accident taught me one thing, it's th

Chapter 30  There was a loud knock on my door but I ignored it. I couldn't recall how long I've been locked away in the confines of my room nor did I care. My stomach grumbles with hunger almost to the point of hurting but I welcome it. The pain on my stomach is nothing compared to pain in my chest, Damien might as well tear my heart into bits with his bare hands. What went wrong with us? Why is he not talking with me!? The more I think about it, the more I’m mad at him for treating me this way. The least he could do is explain what happened.  I sat up feeling mad and hungry, I knew I would regret it later but my fingers are already stroking the keyboard, typing out my frustrations and the words that I've been meaning to write ever since I woke up. I typed out all the crappy lyrics pouring out of my soul and crying oc