Chapter 14: Deadline
“Ugh!”
“Basket!”
“Shut up!”
“What did I do?”
This time the rolled, crumbled ball of paper from my diary hit Nick’s head instead of the trash can.
“Ow! Domestic violence!” yelled Nick clutching his head dramatically.
“What the…! We’re not ma—”
“Kids! Keep it down or I’m throwing you both out of the house!” Eva stood in my doorway with her arms crossed over her chest, tapping one foot on the floor for dramatic impact.
And she did look dramatic with her blonde hair in thick curls and red knee length dress and heels along with her cherry red lipstick and golden clutch. Only her blue eyes stood out. Overall she looked like an overripe tomato.
“Is it me, or is the house filled with drama queens?” I asked the both of them.
Nick just smirked an
Chapter 15: A Lesson in Need is a Lesson in Deed“And what makes you think that I’ll let you touch me?” Despite putting up a try-fucking-with-me-and-I'll-break-your-balls look, my insides seemed to be somersaulting in anticipation... or maybe I was just hungry.“I don’t need to think anything sweetness. It’s written all over your face.” He closed the distance between us, trapping me between the counter and his chest.“Is not!” I defended myself, miserably. “And why are you even here? Miss Lunchtime-brunette didn’t satisfy your ‘needs’?”“Lunchtime brunette?” he had the audacity to look genuinely clueless.“Oh, cut the innocent act! I saw you being all huggy-buggy in the garden. Was the classroom too small for you two?” I mocked him purposely, for no reason at all other than the fact that seeing them together had made my blood
Chapter 16: The Morning AfterI groaned, flailing my hand in the air trying to shoo away the sunlight that fell on my face. Unsuccessful, I turned away from the window… my hand landing on something beside me with a groan.Wait… just… a… minute!I jumped up in bed, almost giving myself a whiplash, but due to that something holding me down at the waist, I ended up being thrown back on the bed, awkwardly landing on thatsomeone.“Hmm…” A hum of pleasure from behind me, “…pretty and pink.”I didn’t notice what he was talking about until he trailed his fingers up my sides to stop just below my breast. And then I was screaming and hauling the covers over me while Ethan laughed his ass off.“What the hell are you still doing here? Get out!” I snapped at him, poking my head out from under the covers. I was sure I looked like an overripe
Chapter 17: Lies and Half Truths“Mom! Dad!”I said excitedly while blocking the door so they didn’t get a glimpse of who was inside. If this wasn't enough of a hint for him to kindly get his ass of the chair and hide, with or without the plate, then I don’t know what was.But I am surprised that they came back so soon. Weren’t they supposed to come back tomorrow?“Oh, that!” Mom exclaimed when I voiced my thoughts, her voice still a bit hoarse from her cold. “Your grandma tricked us into going there since we haven’t visited in so long. We came back because she’d been expecting the two of you to visit as well.”“Oh. Come on in. Where’s your luggage? And don’t you guys have a key?” I went in first, expecting to find the kitchen clear, but when has God or more precisely, Ethan, ever done me such a favor?“It wouldn’t have been
Chapter 18: When Opportunity Comes Knocking“Honey, what is the pyrimidine base in a DNA?” Was the first thing my dad asked as soon as I closed the front door behind me, Raymond having left the last of their luggage at our doorstep.“Not this again!” My mom gave a dramatic eye roll. “We just got back from a 4-hour drive, aren’t you the least bit tired?”“Just catching up with our daughter, Tasha. Being a good dad and watching out for her isn’t a crime.” Dad defended himself, which simply made me and my mother groan. Being a good dad, my ass! We both knew it was him being a typical dad and bringing out the guns at the sight of another man around his precious little princess.“It’s cytosine and thymine, dad,” I answered on a sigh. Well, two could play this game.“Very good, Akira!” Mom praised me enthusiastically and then turned to dad. &l
Chapter 19: Running Out of Luck“I need a huge favor,” I said into the phone.“Don’t you always?”“Ha-ha.” I said deadpan. “Did mom call you to know where I was?”“Nope. Why, where are you?” He asked, sounding worried.“It’s Sunday! I had a deadline, remember?” I lied… partially.“Oh!” he said, getting the point. “No problem, if she enquires then I’ll tell her that you were at my house to play video games. Okay?”“Thanks, Nick. I owe you one.” I told my best friend.“Hey, you saved my ass from Marian plenty of times, it’s the least I can do,” he said. “So, how did it go?”“Great! Absolutely fantastic!” And I was going all gaga on him. “Oh, Nick, I can’t wait to tell you all about it, but not right now, I’m nearly h
Chapter 20: Surprise, Surprise!“Surprise, surprise!”A hard shove and my back hit one of the lockers making a jolt of pain shoot down my spine. Then all of a sudden, I was being held up by a boy almost a foot taller than me, with huge bulging muscles. He pressed his entire weight on me so I couldn’t even move my legs.“Look who we have here boys, our very own Miss OG!” I didn't know who held me because he wore a ski mask over his head and so did the rest of his team of four, but Idid notlike the tone he was using. They all wore the Imphal High Basketball team jerseys, but I knew it was a diversion and that they didn’t belong to the team. I knew every player because they were all Nick’s friends and I sat with then during lunch quite often."Who the hell are you? Get off me!" I yelled and went to shove them with my hand.Wrong move. Because, soon enough, both my hands we
Chapter 21: Snakes in the Grass“What?” Mr. Bennett didn’t sound convinced.“Ask her! She’s an erotica writer!” He argued.“Pornography and erotica are very different things Mr. McKenna. Get your facts right before you speak.” The remark threw me off guard, but I was more surprised at my defender. Dylan Thompson.Was this really his plan? Or did he want me not to suspect him? It has to be the later.“But it’s still all about sex! Who cares what genre…?”“Enough!” I’d had enough. I tried to stand up, felt Ethan and Nick tugging me up with them. “So what if I write erotica? When everyone here isn’t ashamed to read them then why should I be ashamed to write? And don’t even try to deny it. Imphal is a small enough town and I know where the orders come from. And if you think writing erotica's is such a crime that can only
Chapter 22: Speak of the Devil“Akira? Akira, honey.”“Ugh! Five more minutes, mom!”“Honey, we need to discuss something important.”It took me a while to realize that my mom was really here and I wasn't imaging it. And it wasn’t seven in the morning and that I was in my bed, sleeping at twelve in the afternoon.“I’m up.” I sat up leaning against my headboard, rubbing the sleep from my eyes with both palms, my hair probably… scratch that, I knew my hair looked exactly like Medusa’s.“Good. How are you feeling now?” Mom asked, running her hands through my hair to untangle them as best as she could. Mom’s taken today off and stayed at home so she could take care of me.“Much better,” I said. I yawned and stretched my limbs. Nick had come in late at night and stayed for dinner. I wonder what Ethan would do if he knew.