?Pretty’s On The Inside?
[The World thinks She’s ugly but He sees her Beauty?]
By Authoress Kamara
Episode 16
?Xavier Marion?
?Picture Perfect. You don’t need no filter.
?Gorgeous, make ’em drop dead. You a killer
?Shower you with my attention
?Yeah, this are my only intentions
?Stay in the__
“Xavier?”.
I stopped immediately on recognizing his voice and then turned surprised to see Samuel coming in through the entrance.
What the heck is he doing here? After days of ignoring me in person, through message and now he’s here?
Why?!
I scoffed inwardly looking away as he walked further into the music room while I dropped guitar on the table quietly ignoring Sam’s presence.
He glanced at me then turned his gaze to Paris obviously surprised as to why she was here with me.
Well the thing is that he knows I don’t let anyone come into my private music room just like that.
“What are you doing?”. He asked directing the question at Paris.
“I, um … “.
“She’s here with me”. I spoke up. “We were having a conversation before you walked in “.
“A conversation?”. He scoffed then turned to face Paris. “Leave, now”.
“Samuel”. I called him coldly. “You don’t tell her to leave, if she wants to then__”.
“I’ll just go”. She says interrupting me as she walks off.
“Wait, Paris”.
She turns back. “Yeah?”.
“Lets practice what you said, right here, same time, tomorrow”.
She nods smiling and that made my heart flip as I watch her walk out the door.
“What the heck was that?”. Sam growls at me snapping me out of my thoughts.
“What was what?”.
“Don’t play games with me, Xavier. What were you doing with her? Last time I asked, you told me that to converse that closely with females is the last thing you’ll ever do”.
“Well that was before. Maybe my thoughts about them change”. I muttered relaxing on my chair.
“Your thoughts changed? Because of her? What do you even see in her?”.
“Sam, thats enough. You can’t just come to me and start talking all of a sudden after avoiding me for a whole two days straight”.
“Don’t change the subject”.
“I’m not trying to change it, I only asked a question. Why were you avoiding me?”.
“Why were you with her?”. He retorted.
I sighed softly. “If you answer my question then I’ll answer yours”.
He stiffens for a while as if thinking about what I said before shaking his head sitting on an available seat.
“Xavier. Why are you with her?”. He asked calmly. “Or don’t you care about me again?”.
“Sam, Paris and I are just only like music buddies”.
“Oh so you both are buddies now?”.
Fk! He’s jealous!
This isn’t good!
“No”. I said frustratedly. “I was just playing a song and she gave me a suggestion then I tried it. After that, we just started talking”.
“Sounds like a love story”.
“Samuel .. “.
“Seems like Violet was right”. He muttered standing up from his seat.
I look at him confused. “Violet was right about what?”.
“That all stuffs, what you are trying to be, is just a phase. She was right about you all along”.
“What did she say?”. I asked him dreading the answer.
“She said something you only becoming a g.ay and coming to me only because you had this despise for females”.
I pause as he said that.
Why would Violet tell him such a thing?
“But its not true, right?”. Sam looks up at me hopefully. “You are not just using me to distract yourself from whatever might have happened, right?”.
Dmn it!
What the h.eck is wrong with Violet these days?
“Samuel … “. I started.
“I only came here to clarify what she said and ask if what she said was true. Is it?”.
“Sam … “.
“Please don’t tell me you are with me only to forget about something or that all this is just a phase for you”. He said quietly.
I sighed sitting back on my chair not even knowing what to say to him.
He nodded after not getting an answer from me and then walked out silently while I watch him leave.
I can’t even call him back.
What do I say to him?
That this is just some phase.
Fk! I’m going to kill Violet.
Paris Myers
I stopped outside the school hallway panting as I tried to catch my breath. I sigh leaning on a nearby pillar.
Jeez! I shouldn’t have ran.
But I have no choice.
I really don’t want to get in the middle of Xavier and Sam relationship. I may not like the idea of them being together but still …
That doesn’t mean that I should be the one to break them apart.
It just isn’t the right thing to do.
“City?”.
I straightened startled but then sighed on seeing it was Jeremy and he was with a boy who was staring at me suspiciously.
Hmm. Maybe thats his beat friend?
“You look like you ran a marathon race”. He joked while I smiled lightly in response.
I noticed his friend still watching me.
“Dude, stop staring at her like that, you are giving her the creeps”. Jeremy spoke up and then faced me. “Sorry about Travis. He is weird”.
Travis frowned at him. “I’m not weird. Just trying to figure out why the hell she would cover her face with a hoodie”.
I looked at the ‘Travis’ and noticed that he seemed to be cute with his spiky gelled hair and dark brown eyes with full lips.
“Then ask her, don’t stare at her”.
Travis rolled his eyes. “Man! Lets just go, I’m really not interested in knowing about the reason, just curious, thats all”.
“City. Wanna hitch a ride with us?”.
“I’m really not sure if I can”. I say answering Jeremy. “I mean, Tiffany is your girlfriend and if she sees us together then she might just get a whole wrong idea … “.
“Don’t worry, I’m capable of handling her”.
“Sorry but no thanks. I know my cousin, she might be all sweet to you but I really can’t take any risks being seen with you”. I apologized to him again. “I’m really sorry”.
“No, its fine. What about another time, you can’t refuse me another time, right?”.
I smiled lightly. “Okay fine. Maybe I might ride with another time but not today”.
“Cool. See you around, City”.
I felt a faint pink blush rise to my cheek as Jeremy winked at me going over to his car with his best friend, Travis.
G©sh! He really looked cute while winking.
Stop it!
Thats Tiffany’s boyfriend you are thinking about right there so just stop it!
I decided to walk over to Aunt’s apartment like I always do since it isn’t that far.
I mean, just like blocks away, right?
I’ve been doing that ever since Tiffany has been avoiding me in school and refusing to let me ride with her in her car.
According to her, I might defame her if everyone knows that she’s the cousin of the ugly girl.
Her words, not mine.
I walked forward and then stopped right in my tracks seeing Sam heading out of the school hallway looking around as if he was searching for someone.
And then he gazed towards where I was, our eyes met. He began walking towards me as my breathing hitched wondering what went wrong.
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