?Written by Authoress Kamara
Episode 18
?Elsa?
I quickly ran back to my room without them seeing me. I went in and met Tristan on my bed smirking.
“Bryan is downstairs”.
He crossed his arms. “Elsie, you are a woman so you have to handle that yourself”.
“Fuck you”. I told him.
“Why are you nervous, i thought you like Kyle not that Bryan guy”.
I rolled my eyes taking my phone before I went out the door heading downstairs, i took a deep breath before approaching them.
“Hey Bryan”. I said lightly.
He smiled. “Elsa”.
“Uh, are you two going on a date?”. Beverly chipped in.
My cheeks flushed. “Beverly stop it”.
“Just saying, you both are wearing the same outfit”. She said.
I looked at Bryan and we were actually wearing the same outfit. Black and white.
“Elsa, where’s Tris?”.
I glanced at Victoria. “He’s umm, on his way”.
Tristan came downstairs. “Hey Vic”.
“Tori said they had a project to work on so I came to drop her off”. Bryan explained.
I looked over at Victoria and she winked at me. Gosh!! She lied to him so she could hang out with Tristan.
“Project? I don’t think__”. Tristan started to say.
“Yeah of course, the project, Tristan told me all about it”. I lied interrupting him.
“Oh in that case, I’ll come pick up Tori later when they are done”. Bryan said.
“Wait, Bryan. I need to talk to you”.
We went to the veranda of Beverly’s house.
He stopped. “Yeah?”.
“What about our project? Remember, English essay?”.
“Oh, you wanna start now?”.
I nodded. “Yeah sure, she did say by the end of the week”.
“Okay then”.
“How did you know we were here?”. I asked him.
“Well you did tell me that you stay at Beverly’s house”. He replied.
I let out an ‘oh’.
Tristan came out immediately holding his skateboard along with Victoria who wore her backpack.
Bryan stopped them. “Hold up, back it up, where are you two off to?”.
“We have to do the project outdoors”. Victoria said.
Gosh!! This girl is good at lying.
“Tristan”. Bryan called.
“Yeah Vic is right, the project is actually done outdoors”.
Bryan crossed his arms. “Okay then, what kind of project?”.
“Umm, well, its kinda, uh”. Tristan stuttered.
I sighed. “Just let them go, Bryan”.
“Be back in two hours”.
Victoria smiled. “Thanks”.
“No funny business Tori”. Bryan ordered.
She nodded and left with Tristan.
“I don’t trust her, she’s gonna do something bad”. Bryan said as they left.
“And how are you so sure of that?”.
“She just lied to me, there’s no project”.
I bursted out laughing. “So you knew?”.
“I know when my little sister lies”. He replied.
“Come on, its okay, i trust Victoria. Nothing’s gonna happen”. I soothed him.
He smiled. “Thanks anyway, so about the English essay?”.
“We’ll work on that later, remember you said you’ll teach me how to fight “.
“I never said that”.
“Well you are gonna teach me anyway”. I said.
He chuckled. “Fine but first you said painting”.
I suddenly remembered. “Oh yeah, you’ll help me with that?”.
“I’ll help you with anything”.
“Thanks”. I said shyly.
“So how about we go to the store and purchase the items”. He suggested.
“Sure lets go”. I agreed. “But I wanna go inform Beverly first”.
I ran back into the house and went upstairs to Beverly’s room. I knocked first then pushed the door entering.
“I never said come in”.
I rolled my eyes. “Yeah whatever, I’m going out with Bryan”.
She gasped. “He finally asked you out”.
I blushed. “No not that, Beverly stop”.
“Then what?”.
“I have a painting to work on for Arts class so Bryan’s gonna teach me, we just need to go get some materials”. I explained.
“Oh, I’ll go with you guys. I actually need to go look for a topic for my English essay”.
“What about your partner?”. I asked her.
“We are meeting up at the library”. She said and dragged me. “Lets go”.
We went back downstairs and headed out the door where we met Bryan waiting for us already.
“She’s coming?”. He asked surprised.
“Oh don’t worry. I’ll give you and Elsa some alone time whenever you need it”. Beverly teased him.
Is it me? Or did I just see a pink tinge run through Bryan cheeks at what Beverly said right now.
I nudged Beverly to stop as we walked.
Beverly kept on talking as we walked on.
I looked at Bryan and he quickly looked away. Wait!! Was he staring at me?
“Elsa”. Beverly called.
“Yeah?”.
“Where is this store that you guys wanna get your paint materials from?”. She asked.
“Downtown, like 2 minutes walk”. Bryan replied.
“Oh there’s the library so I’ve reached my spot”. She said as she came to hug me.
“He’s been at staring you ever since”. She whispered.
She unlocked from the hug and waved at Bryan before she left.
“She said something about me right?”.
I chuckled. “Yeah she did”.
“You are really beautiful”. I heard him mutter.
“So how’s it with you and Gabriella?”. I asked him.
“Is something supposed to happen?”.
“Well maybe I mean you guys still love each other”. I said with bit of sadness.
“The love I had for her flew away when she left me for another guy, I’m in love with someone else”. He admitted.
I paused hearing him say that, could it be me? I shrugged the thought off immediately Not possible but I mean, was this what Carl was saying?
“Elsa?”.
“Yeah?”.
“Why didn’t you say yes to Kyle?”. He asked all of a sudden.
“Well there are a lot of reasons .. “. I trailed off.
“You don’t want to cross Sapphire again”.
“Yep but this is why you should teach me how to fight so I can defend myself”.
He shook his head. “Nope maybe another time”.
I huffed. “Fine whatever”.
“We are here”. He announced.
I looked at the place, it was actually really big and wow. Not what I expected.
We got in and Bryan went over to go check out the materials or whatever. I glanced at some items, wow they have new and current editions of things.
My phone rang immediately and I took it out of my shorts pocket. I picked the call.
“Hey Mum”.
“Sweetie, how was school?”. Her voice rang out.
“It was fine”.
“And my baby, Tristan?”.
“He’s being Tristan as always, Mr. Popular”. I joked.
She laughed over the phone. “I already miss my babies”.
“So how’s the court case going?”.
I heard her sigh. “Don’t worry, sweetie. I’ll make sure that he goes to jail for what he did to you”.
I closed my eyes and breathed in. “I can’t believe he’s actually my real father”.
“I know he did bad stuffs to you but I got good lawyers and they are working on that”.
I opened my eyes. “Thanks Mum for believing me, i thought you would actually take his side”.
“I love you baby no matter what, i’m so sorry I didn’t notice earlier”.
I bade her goodbye and she hanged up.
I slid my phone back into my pocket and cleaned my eyes for any incoming tears. I sniffed a little remembering what he did to me, horrible and disgusting things.
“Elsa?”.
I turned to see Bryan looking at me worriedly, i quickly hugged him tightly.
“I just need someone comfort right now”. I whispered in his ear.
He hugged me back as he patted my back.
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?Kyle?
I frowned as Mason took me to the park.
“What the heck are we doing here?”.
“Dude!! You need to calm yourself down”.
I clenched my fists. “I cant calm down, what she did still infuriates me”.
“Well maybe if Sapphire hadn’t bullied her earlier then she would have accepted your proposal”.
“It wasn’t a proposal”. I snapped at him.
He shrugged. “She still rejected you”.
“Don’t remind me”.
He tapped me. “Just know that if you done with this whole thing, then Elsa is mine”.
“No one is touching Elsa”. I instructed.
“You sound just like Bryan”. He muttered.
I ignored him as we walked further into the park.
“It sounds to me the way you act seems you like her”.
I scoffed. “Like who? Elsa?”.
“Of course, i mean why are you angry that she rejected you?”. He asked. “If a girl rejects you then you get her forcefully, thats what you always say”.
I smirked. “You know you just gave me an idea on what to do”.
“To Bryan? Or Elsa?”.
“Both”. I replied.
“Don’t you think you should stop this already? I mean he’s apologized several times”. Mason said.
“Thats not of my business. He needs to feel the exact pain I felt when that happened”.
“But come on, its been 4 years already, just forget about the feud”.
We stopped and I glanced around the park, i paused seeing Victoria and some guy. Wait!! Isn’t that the same person who threw those damn flowers at me.
“Victoria is here”. I told Mason.
“That means Bryan is here too”.
I shook my head. “I don’t think so, seems he didn’t come with her”.
“Isn’t that the__”.
I cut him off. “Yep its him”.
“Do you think they are in some sort of relationship?”. Mason asked.
I shrugged. “I don’t care”.
“Come on, lets go”.
I stopped him. “What do you think you are doing?”.
“Sending Bryan a message, he’ll only be more scared of you if you do it”.
“But his sister? Isn’t that too extreme?”.
He crossed his arms. “Since when did Kyle Vegas begin to care?”.
“You are right. Lets go”.
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???
Tristan and Victoria could be seen at a side of the park.
“Why are we at the park again?”. Tristan asked.
“We met at the park, remember?”.
“Nah, we met at school”.
“Nope I met you going through my things in school”. Victoria argued. “We were not exactly friends at that time”.
“Oh so we became friends in the park? Apparently when you k!ssed me?”.
Victoria smiled sweetly. “Maybe”.
“So your brother actually believed we had a project together?”.
Victoria nodded. “Of course, i just added a few lies that was all”.
“I could actually need you for some stuffs, you know”. Tristan joked.
“I’m not exactly a professional liar”.
Tristan smiled. “So what do you wanna do now?”.
Victoria shrugged. “Just talk, we didn’t get to talk in school since they were all over you”.
“What can I say? I attract a lot of people”.
“Yeah but try to attract sensible people not rats like Nicole”. Victoria told him.
He chuckled. “You guys have a scuttle or what?”.
“We don’t get along so well”. She admitted.
“I could actually__”.
He was interrupted by the sound of a ringing phone.
“Excuse me for a moment”. Tristan said and answered the call walking away.
Victoria ran her hands on his skateboard admiring when she felt someone presence.
“Hey Tori”.
She turned back immediately to see Kyle and she froze in shock.
“I didn’t know you had a boyfriend”.
Victoria visibly shook seeing him. “I’ll scream if you don’t leave me alone”.
Kyle smirked. “Scream but I don’t think your overprotective brother is gonna hear you”.
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