?A ~Wish~ ??
Chapter 17
“What a bch! She’s lucky i wasn’t there or else i would have kicked her shin.” Ava commented, tracing the petals of the flower she’s drawing in her book. Right now am currently seated on the bed in Ava’s medium size room. Her walls were painted white and brown. Its really funny cause Ava took her time in making sure that there’s not a single glimpse of pink in her room. I dont usually miss the way she gags whenever we’re in Abby’s room cause its full of pink and rainbow colours.
When Ava was drawing her flower i decided to tell her about what happened yesterday in me and Xavier’s date cause she was eager to know how the date went. So when i told her how Xavier’s ex gracefully decided to show up out of the blue and flirt with him, Ava threw a tantrum and started raining curses on Bella.
I sighed. “She really is what you just said but am scared Ava.”
“Scared of what Brielle?” Ava asked, eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
“I’m scared that Bella will try to ruin me and Xavier’s relationship.” I crossed my arms and leaned forward, rubbing my elbows. With Bella’s new and unwanted arrival, i just hope that she doesn’t try to wreck me and Xavier’s relationship cause i can still see it in her eyes, she wants Xavier and will do anything to get him back.
“Look Brielle.” Ava dropped her pencil and fixed me with a stern glare. “Even before Xavier gad confessed his feelings to you, i already knew he likes you cause i’ve seen the way he looks at you, i’ve seen the way he glares at other boys that try to approach you. So please dont be scared cause i dont think Xavier will let you go or break up with you.”
“Thanks for telling me that Ava.” I said as i hugged her.
“Um Brielle.” Ava voice sounded nervous when she withdrew from the hug.
“Hm?”
“I think i like Damon.” She blurted out making my eyes widen in shock.
“Since when?” I asked, recalling how Damon had told me about his liking for Ava. Damon had been trying to avoid talking about it whenever i bring the topic up, but i do know he likes Ava even though he pretends that he’s just friends with her.
“Since the day Damon took me to the carnival, he’s really fun to be with, cheerful, jovial and what makes him more cute is his childish behaviour even though he can be annoying at most times.” Ava explained, a soft smile gracing her lips.
“Then what’s keeping you from telling him about how you feel?” I exclaimed.
Ava frowned. “You’ve seen the way he flirts with other girls in school, he’s the captain of the basketball team and cheerleaders always surround him whenever he wins a game.”
“Like you said, he flirts with other girl but that doesn’t mean he dates them. Believe me when i say that Damon has never brought a girl home before.”
Ava sighed and twirled a lock of her hair. “I think its better i keep my feelings to myself cause i dont want to ruin me and Damon’s friendship by telling him that i like him.
“if only you knew.” I muttered. When i get home am going to slap some sense into Damon so that he will man up and tell Ava that he likes her.
The rest of our conversation was filled with me and Ava talking about funny netflix comedy scenes and playing monopoly.
~*~*~
“Alright Damon am done with giving you space!” I slammed the door to his room open, making the latter jolt up in fright and scowled when he saw that it was only me. I scrunched my face in disgust when i saw how messy his room was. Dirty pile of clothes and gym were were all scattered at the corner of his room. The dirty socks hanging on his chair was enough to make me gag and press my thumb and index finger on my nose.
“What do you want?” Damon grumbled, plopping down on his bed and throwing a piece of crumbled paper on the floor.
“We both need to talk.” I briefly glanced around his room then faced him. “But clearly, i can’t say it in a place that looks like a dump.”
Damon sighed. “Just tell me whatever you want to say and i promise to clean up my room.” I shrugged and walked to his bed, sitting down next to him with my legs crossed. The bed is the only thing that is clean in his dump room.
“I know you have feelings for Ava.” I said straight-away.
Damon eyes widened. “No i dont.”
“Yes you do, you told me at the party when you were drunk.” I pointed out.
“Fine, you got me.” Damon let out a defeated sigh. “But she doesn’t like me like that and i wouldn’t want to ruin our friendship.”
“You wouldn’t know unless you give it a shot.” I said, using my fingers to rub the soft sheets.
“Yeah right.” Damon snorted. “She’ll probably think am a player who just wants to date and sleep with her.”
“I dont think so.” I frowned. “Look Damon instead of sitting down here in your room sulking, man up and go to Ava, and just say ‘Hey Ava i like you, will you go on a date with me?’
Damon chuckled. “That only works in movies Brielle.”
I placed my finger under my chin. “Well why dont you try and make her jealous?”
Damon eyes lit up. “I’ll do it! That’s the best idea!”
“But dont go extreme in trying to make Ava jealous or else you might lose her.”
“Oh i wont go extreme, just a few pick-up lines, pecks on the cheek and am good to go.”
“Go get your girl kid.” I playfully punched his arm.
“Hey!” Damon exclaimed. “I’m eighteen and you’re still sixteen.”
“I turn seventeen in a month.” I shrugged.
“Well Alex turns seventeen next week so am sure that you’ll still be a kid to him.”
“But its not fair.” I pouted, crossing my arms over my chest.
“Aww, what’s not fair sweetie.” Damon pinched my cheeks and i swat his hand away.
“Alex turns seventeen next week, Ava turns seventeen the next day after Alex and i turn seventeen next month.”
“I thought you liked being the baby of our group.”
“No!”
“Still.” Damon shrugged. “You’re still the youngest.”
I huffed and stomped out of Damon’s room, ignoring his mock laughter’s that echoed in the hall. I walked up to Xavier’s room and opened the door to see him lying down on his bed, arms crossed as he stared up at the ceiling.
“Hi.” I chirped, sitting down beside him.
Xavier sat up and faced me with a blank stare. “Hey.” His voice doesn’t sound enthusiastic.
“Hey, what’s wrong?” I touched his cheeks.
“I barely saw my girlfriend in the morning and afternoon, and i didn’t spend enough time with her.” He grumbled.
“I’m sorry.” I apologized. “I was at Ava’s and i had talked to Damon.”
“Well, i still wish i spent some time with you.” Jealousy was clearly evident in his tone.
“Aww, is Xavier jealous?” I cooed. “Dont worry, you dont have to be jealous cause you are the only boy that will have my attention.”
“I’m still angry at you.” He crossed his arms and gave me a cold look.
I sighed, feigning hurt. “Since my boyfriend is angry with me, i’ll just go visit Connor.” Before i could get up, Xavier dragged me down close to him and hugged me.
“Dont say jokes like that.” He tightened his hold on me and buried his face in my hair. I pulled back from the hug and kssed Xavier, holding onto his shoulder.
“I’m bored.” Xavier whined when we both got up from his bed.
“Why dont we watch netflix?” I suggested.
“Okay but i get to choose the film and genre this time around.”
“Fine by me.” I shrugged my shoulder. We raced downstairs to the living room and Xavier searched through the CDs while i went to the kitchen, taking out two bottled sprite from the fridge. I closed it and went on my tip toes, opening the cupboard and grabbing the big bag of yellow popcorn. I walked back to the living room and almost dropped the snacks when i saw the movie Xavier played.
“Xavier.” I placed the popcorn and drinks on the table. “Why did you choose h©orror?”
He smirked. “You said i can choose whatever genre i want, horror movies are my favourite.”
“But they’re scary.” I whined.
Xavier chuckled. “You can just cuddle with me whenever you get scared.”
“Pfft, i can handle it cause movies like this dont scare me.”
“If you say so princess.” I sat down and made sure to sit far away from Xavier.
“Hey.” Xavier exclaimed. “Why are you not sitting beside me?”
“Cause i want to prove to you that am not scared.” I responded, smugness evident in my tone.
Xavier lips curled up. “Okay, if you want it that way, i have a proposal for you.”
“Name it.”
“If you can stay over there without hiding your face or screaming, i’ll be your personal assistant for a day.”
I nodded. “Alright, but what if i do scream?”
Xavier shuffled closer to me, his warm breath fanning my cheek. “I get to kss you whenever i want to, till you’re out of breath.”
My cheeks reddened. “Okay.” My voice came out squeaky.
He smirked and shifted back to the other side of the couch before playing the movie. When the movie started i could feel my palms getting sweaty. I opened my sprite and finished it in one gulp, trying to keep my eyes on the television. Xavier on the other hand, was casually watching the movie with keen interest but his eyes did flicker to me once in a while.
“Not scared?” Xavier taunted.
“No.” I responded in a calm tone. But deep inside i was really scared cause of all the creepy faces that was on the tv. Suddenly, a really creepy face popped up out of nowhere and i screamed in fright, scooting closer to Xavier and burying my face in his chest.
“Ssh, i’m right here Brielle, calm down.” Xavier gently stroked my hair.
I pulled my face from his chest and glared at him. “How can you tell me to calm down! That thing was fudging scary! Dont you know how scared i was when it just popped out of nowhere! Why on earth will you even choose that mo-” my ramble was cut short when Xavier lips met mine. I tried to push him away cause i was still angry but he gently held my hand and wrapped it around his neck, kissing me deeply. I could feel myself losing breath as i kissed him back but i didn’t mind.
Xavier pulled back and rested his forehead against mine. “You’re cute when you ramble.” He whispered, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear.
I blushed and hid my face in his chest. “You’re a j.erk.” He chuckled and played with the loose strands in my hair.
“I still won the bet.” He said smugly.
“Well.” I pulled my face from Xavier chest and smiled at him. “I can still put up with your choice.”
“Really?” He smirked, inching closer.
“Yes.” After i said that, Xavier lips were on mine again and it was a soft and gentle kss.
“I dont ever want to loose you Brielle.” Xavier hugged me, rocking us side to side.
“You’ll never loose me Xavier.” I said, tightening my arms around him. We stayed in a comfortable silence, just enjoying the warmth and comfort of each other.
“Well that was some show.” A voice said making both and Xavier jolt up and whip our heads to the side. Damon and Alex both stood with smug expressions on their face.
“What are you two doing here?” Xavier grumbled.
Damon smirked. “We came here to watch a movie but we got quite a bit of a show here.”
“Couldn’t agree more.” Alex added, making kssing noises.
“Well we’re watching a movie of our own so get out of here.” Xavier said and turned his face to the tv only for him to frown, furrowing his eyebrows.
“Why is it paused and where’s the remote?”
“Looking for this.” Alex held up the remote, mockingly shaking it.
“You better hand over that remote to me Alex.” Xavier warned.
“Come and get it asshole.” Alex yelled and he and Damon ran off.
“Oh its on.” Xavier stood up and chased after them. I laughed as i watched Alex throw the remote to Damon before the latter ran off with an angry Xavier hot on his tail.
“Cut it out guys!” I yelled. “You’re acting like little kids!”
“Ow!” Alex whined. “Xavier Damon made me trip on the floor.”
“Liar!” Damon cried dramatically.
“You two are so irresponsible.” Xavier stated in a stern tone.
“You’re one to talk.” Alex snapped.
“I’m a responsible adult.” Xavier said, pride radiating of him.
“Adult my ass!”
I shook my head and laughed. “Boys.”
~*~*~
The next day i woke up to someone peppering ksses all over my face. I laughed and threw my pillow at Xavier which he caught easily with his hand.
“Good morning princess.” He greeted, sitting down on the bed next to me.
“Morning.” I stretched my arms and sat up straight, removing the covers. Xavier smiled and leaned forward but i clasped my hand over his mouth.
“No, you have morning breath.” He licked my hand and i scrunched up my nose, rubbing it on my pajama top.
Xavier grinned. “Remember our bet yesterday, i get to kiss you whenever i want.”
I sighed. “Fine, close your eyes and i’ll kss you.” He happily closed his eyes and i leaned forward a little then swung my leg over to the side and grabbed my towel from the chair before dashing into the bathroom
“Brielle.” Xavier growled. “That wasn’t very nice of you.”
“Suck it up boyfriend of mine!” I yelled, taking off my clothes and stepping inside the bathtub, feeling the warm temperature of the water hit my skin. When i was done bathing, i wrapped a towel around my chest and walked out of the bathroom to pick my clothes from the closet.
I just grabbed a simple outfit for today and wore it before drying my wet hair. I took a glance and the full length long mirror to see the blue camisole matches my yellow tank top which compliments my black leggings and white high tops. I let my hair fall down and put on a natural make-up before i picked up my backpack and phone, walking outside. A small gasp escaped my lips when i was suddenly pulled into a room.
“Hey Xavier.” I squeaked.
He smirked and walk closer to me, making me take small steps backward till my back collided with the hard door. Xavier put both hands on the side of my face and leaned down, invading my personal space.
“Your prank earlier was uncalled for princess.”
“Its not my fault you have morning breath.” I defended. “Can you please step away now? You’re invading my personal space.” Xavier just smiled and placed his lips on mine, kissing me softly. Even though i kissed him back, i still blush cause of his loving affection towards me. Xavier grabbed his backpack and swung his arm around my shoulder as we both walked downstairs and had breakfast with Alex and Damon, before we all went outside and got inside Xavier’s car.
We arrived at Ava house and she was.seated on the front porch. When she sighted us, her eyes lit up and she got up and walked over to the car. Her outfit for today was a black and white stripped long sleeve, black jeans and a pair of designer white converse.
“There’s no way am sitting in between two boys.” Ava said when Alex refused to move over to the middle.
“Just get in the car Ava.” Xavier grumbled.
“Fine.” She groaned and faced Damon with puppy dog eyes. “Damon can you please be a darling and scoot over for me?”
“Okay.” Damon responded, instantly scooting over to the middle. The ride to school was filled with Damon singing any pop song that came up in the radio. Ava was annoyed when Damon didn’t stop poking her cheeks.
“So help me God Damon if you do that again.” Ava warned. “I’ll break your fingers.”
“That’s mean.” Damon pouted.
“I dont care.” Ava sassed. Damon just pouted again in response before he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Ava relaxed and leaned in closer to his chest, breathing softly.
When we arrived at school, it was surprising cause we didn’t receive stares from students like we always do. Instead their attention was else where as they whispered amongst each other.
“What’s everyone looking at?” Alex asked in confusion. We got closer to the crowd and i saw what i didn’t ever expect to see in my life. Zayn had a girl pinned against the lockers and they were both making out, Zayn’s hand were dangerously below her waist and the girl’s leg were wrapped around his hip. The girl could have been any other random girl in school but no, she had to be Bella, Xavier’s ex. The two pulled back, panting hard. Zayn set Bella on the ground ang gave her a sloppy kss before winking at her. He whistled to his group of friends and his three five followers all simultaneously appeared and stood behind Zayn.
“See you later Babe.” He flashed her a $eductive smirk before leaving with his followers. Bella stared at him with the same $eductive look and adjusted her top.
“Return your attention back to what you were doing people!” Bella yelled. “There’s nothing to see here!”
“Well hello.” Bella smirked and made her way over to where me, Xavier, Damon, Ava and Alex stood. Her dressing was completely indecent, a transparent white crop top that has a big view of her cleavage, blue short shorts and black boots. The boots were the only thing i could see that was right in her dressing.
“Xavier, Damon and Alex, its good to see you guys.” She smiled widely.
“Cant say the same for you Bella.” Damon spat.
“What are you doing in this school.” Xavier asked angrily, his jaw tightly clenched. I held his hand in mine and gave it a gentle squeeze that made Xavier slightly relax.
Bella grinned. “I now go to this school, aren’t you happy to see me.”
“None of us are.” Alex said with a hard menacing glare directed at Bella.
“Who is this bitch anyway and how do the guys know her?” Ava whispered to me.
“Xavier’s ex.” I whispered back.
“Oh hi Bridget its so nice to see you again.” I greeted Bella with a fake grin plastered on my face.
“Its Bella.” She gritted out then turned her attention to Ava, looking her up and down. “Why is there a black girl with you? She doesn’t belong here.” Before i had the chance to snap at Bella for openly insulting my best friend Damon beat me to it.
“Look here Bella.” His voice was calm, dangerously calm. “If you ever speak to her like that or even look at her, i’ll make sure you regret ever coming to this city. Understand?”
“Yes.” Bella said in a submissive tone, nodding her head vigorously. It was funny how she’s intimidated by Damon.
Bella nodded and gave Xavier one last flirty smile before sauntering away just as the bella rang.
“We’re gonna be late for class, c’mon Damon and Alex.” Ava grabbed their hands and dragged them down the hallway.
“Are you okay?” Xavier asked me, concern evident in his eyes.
I nodded. “Yes, its just that i dont feel comfortable with Bella in school.”
“Dont worry, i wont let her or Zayn come close to you.” He kssed my forehead and i relaxed, feeling contented with the affection from Xavier. I do hope am wrong about the nagging feeling that tells me Bella is in our school for a different purpose.
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