?Pretty’s On The Inside?
[The World thinks She’s ugly but He sees her Beauty?]
By; Authoress Kamara
Episode 9
Paris Myers
I ring the doorbell for the umpteenth time as I think about what I saw minutes ago.
Oh Jeez! Its so awkward seeing my favorite male musician kssing someone. And a guy at that.
Its his identity so I don’t mind that, I really don’t have anything against him being a gay but I’m really concerned to why he’ll rather be entangled with a boy than a girl.
Hm. Something must be wrong somewhere .
“Paris”.
I snap out of my thoughts to see Aunt Jenny by an open door. She opens the door wider for me and I step in.
She closes the door and turns towards me giggling like a child as she clasps her hands together.
“So how was school?”.
“It was fine, thank you”. I reply politely.
“Just fine? So your day went well “.
I shrug thinking about how I had gotten embarrassed in the cafeteria by Berkeley and how most students in school avoided me.
“It was just fine”. I repeat myself again.
“Oh. Well go wash yourself up and come down to have your lunch”.
I smile at her. “Thank you”.
“Like I said, we are family. So a thank you isn’t needed, Paris”.
I nod just as the front door clicks and then Tiffany steps in. She walks right over to her Mum ignoring me.
I ignore her too walking upstairs heading to my own room. I stop in the hallway in front of Rio’s room.
Maybe I should check on him.
I push his door open slightly and smile on seeing him asleep. I walk further inside as I reach out to tap him lightly but he didn’t stir a bit meaning he was deep in sleep.
I sit on his bed staring at him for a while before glancing down at his frail legs.
Only if I could make a wish. Then I’ll wish for him to walk well, I hate seeing him use that wheelchair.
It makes Rio feel vulnerable and I hate that, he can’t even do anything by himself now.
I sigh and look around the boyish room then stop seeing another wheelchair. It was different from the one he has been using.
I stood up and walk towards it placing my hand on it and I quickly realize that it was a motorized wheelchair.
Jeez! This is so expensive! Aunt Jenny shouldn’t have spent her money in buying this.
I sight the device which was supposed to propel, it was on the side of the wheelchair, probably convenient for the owner to use.
“Wow … “. I mutter.
I hear a groan and turn seeing Rio almost waking up as he rolled on the bed.
Oops. Seems like my presence is waking him up.
Or maybe he’s having a bad dream?
“Rio … “. I touch him trying to soothe him.
“No, no .. “. He whispers fidgeting. “We are leaving you, I can still … “.
I froze realizing that he was remembering what happened during the fire outbreak and building collapse that killed our parents.
So he also has the nightmares as well? I also have nightmares every time about how I should have saved them but they ended up dying instead.
“Rio, its okay”. I whisper trying to calm him down.
He seem to calm down under the touch of my hands. I place a light kss on his cheek before getting up from his bed.
I sigh taking my bag along as I walk out of his room going to my own room.
Jeez! So Rio is going through all that too? I am thinking he’s feeling guilty for all that happened that day.
I also am having this same feeling. If only that didn’t happen …
If only …
Then my parents would have been alive.
?Violet Summers?
I groan as I continue tapping on Xavier’s number dialing it but he isn’t picking up his calls.
Ugh. What the hell? Why isn’t he answering my calls?
“Xavier, just answer it”. I mutter to myself as I dial his number for the umpteenth time.
I frown clenching my fists and a smile curves on my lips as he picks up my call.
“Hi, Xavier”. I speak in the sweetest voice I could come up with.
“Violet? What is it?”.
Humph. He doesn’t sound happy to hear from me again.
“You are asking me that? So I shouldn’t call you? Is that what you are trying to say?”.
He sighs. “No, Violet. I’m just surprised that you called considering the fact that we saw each other at school few minutes ago”.
“I just missed you. And I was thinking, maybe, if I can come over to your place “.
“Violet, I don’t think__”.
“Please “. I say cutting him off. “I can help Diamond in taking care of Cheyenne, you did say that she’s such a pain the butt”.
“Alright fine, you can come over”.
“Thanks. So Xavier, I was__”.
“Violet, I’m really busy right now. We’ll talk when I see you at my place”.
“Oh but where are you right now?”.
“I’m with Sam, bye”.
With that, he disconnected the call without letting me say goodbye.
I held the phone in my hands furiously as I remembered what he said.
He’s with Sam? How can he be with Sam?
What the heck is Xavier turning into? I’ve been his friend in like forever and he didn’t even have just one atom of feeling for me.
Instead, he’d rather go meet a guy.
I know I’m supposed to support him but I can’t just take the fact that Xavier’s not mine.
I hate it.
Xavier has to be mine and mine alone.
“Miss?”.
I snap out of my thoughts to see the car has already stopped and the driver was outside the car door opening it for me.
I huff and grab my backpack stepping out of the car as I walk towards the entrance of my Dad’s mansion.
G©sh!! I’m so annoyed.
Why can’t Xavier like me? I need him to have feelings for me but thats not possible with Sam around us.
I’ll have to think of s possible way to get Sam out of the picture then I can have my best friend all to myself again.
I step inside the sitting room to see my parents together oblivious to my presence in front of them.
They never notice me anyways. They are always focused on each other, forgetting that they gave birth to a child.
“Ahem!!”. I cough and they turn to me.
Mum looks at me. “Violet? When did you get back? We didn’t see you there”.
“As always, you two don’t always see me”. I retort back at her walking off.
Ugh! I don’t have loving parents and I don’t even have a love life.
Could my life get any worse?
Next thing, I’ll know is that Xavier falls in love with another girl that is not me. I’ll just kill myself the day I hear that.
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Paris Myers
“Aunt?”. I call stepping into the kitchen only to find it empty.
Hm. Could she have gone out?
“Aunt Jenny”. I call a little louder going back into the living room but she wasn’t there.
I guess she must have gone out then.
I turn to head back to the stairs when the doorbell ringing made me stop. I pause and turn walking to the front door to see who it is.
I turn the knob opening the door then stood there surprised on seeing Jeremy on the front porch.
He looks up and surprise was on his face too before slowly turning to a smile.
“City, we see again. You didn’t mention that you were living with Tiffany”.
“Its Paris”.
“Same thing”. He says stepping inside.
I ignore his remark closing the door shut and turn to face him while he crosses his arms.
“Well why are you here?”. I ask politely.
“I have a date with Tiffany?”.
I look at him again and realize that he’s actually dressed up for a date. His outfit was a classy one at that.
“Oh”. I only mutter.
He looks out around. “So where is she?”.
“I don’t know”. I shrug walking away from him as I sit on nearby couch.
He furrows his eyebrows and then opens his mouth as if wanting to say something before he gives up and keeps quiet.
“Your face”. He says all of a sudden. “It hurts, right?”.
“What?”.
“Its a burn, isn’t it? Does it hurt?”.
I raise my hand to touch the side of my face and realize that the whole of my face was visible, nothing to cover it up.
“So since you are ashamed of it”. Jeremy continues. “Have you thought about going for surgery?”.
“I, um, I really don’t know if it will work out or not”.
He shrugs. “You are the who wants to have a pretty face”.
“Baby”.
I look up to see Tiffany trailing down the stairs in a Givenchy gown and I gape at her beauty.
She is really flawless. Blonde hair and blue eyes. She’s the real deal. No wonder she got a handsome guy like Jeremy to fall for her.
Tiffany scowls at me. “Why are you here?”.
“I live here with you, remember, cousin?”. I reply in return and she rolls her eyes.
“Come on, baby”. She links arms with him quickly. “I think we should or we’ll be late”.
“Yeah, you are right”.
“Bye, Tiffany”. I say softly and in return, I only get an eye roll again.
They walk hand in hand out the door and I stood up going over to close the door shut.
“Bye, City”. Jeremy says winking at me as I felt my heart flutter.
Hm. I really admire their relationship.
I suddenly wish I had a boyfriend. Its not like I have any guy in mind anyways.
But I’ll love to date a guy like Xavier or maybe someone like Jeremy.
Jeez! Paris, why are you thinking about that?
Its never going to happen anyways. Jeremy is in a relationship with my snotty cousin and the chances of Xavier falling in love with me is a big Zero.
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