? To Live Forever ?
? Chapter 28?
Written by: Tamara Blair
? Claribel’s P.O.V?
I tried separating Adrian from Niall but it was not working, Adrian kept giving hard punches and Niall didn’t even get a hit on him.
Isaac successfully pulled Adrian away from Niall,his knuckles were all bruised up while Niall’s face was completely busted.
“Why did you punch him? You could have killed him” i said to him, Adrian looked at me then walked away.
I went over to Niall who managed to get up from the floor.
“Am so sorry what Adrian did,i don’t know what came over him”
“It’s okay,it wasn’t your fault,he just came at me like a ferocious animal”
After a few minutes of talking to Niall,i walked over to where Isaac and Shannon were.
“Where is he?” I asked but Isaac sighed.
“Tell me where he is”
“School hallway”
I walked over to the school hallway,i need to give him a piece of my mind.
I walked in and saw him punching the wall severally,he stopped when he noticed my presence.
“Why are you punishing yourself?”
“Why are you here? You should be taking care of your new boyfriend”
I noticed his knuckles were seriously bruised and almost bleeding.
“Your knuckles don’t look so good, let’s go to the school infirmary”
“No,leave me the h*ell alone”
“That’s what i was doing till you came and punched Niall, why did you do it?”
“Because you are making a dumb mistake,you never learn,Claribel”
“What do you mean?”
“First it was Dylan, then Derek now it’s that dumba$$ called Niall, it’s like you are a magnet for idi0ts”
“You are right,i am a magnet for idi0ts, that’s why you are here.
You have changed so much , Adrian,you are different”
“No,you are different, your hair is different and what are you wearing, it’s so revealing and you never come to the school’s bonfire”
“I never come because back then i had a friend who I would watch movies with but not anymore so i came here to cool off”
“So your way of cooling off is to get yourself drunk,then kss some random idi0t”
“Of what concern is it to you anyway? You were the one avoiding for a week just after we shared a ..
“Whatever you do,do not talk about that kss,it was ridiculous”
“It wasn’t to me,it was special” i said and he scoffed.
“The same way, Niall’s kss would also be special if you had kssed him”
“Stop with that already”
“If i didn’t punch him, would you have kssed him?”
“It’s the rules of the game, Adrian” i said and he ran his hands through his hair like a mad man.
“Your knuckles are almost bleeding, let’s go..
“Enough,am not going anywhere with you…Claribel,you are so infuriating, provoking and so annoying”
“Same goes to you because i don’t understand why..
I couldn’t finish,he crashed his l!ps on mine,i should be pushing him away for avoiding me all week and being a j*erk,i should be pushing him away because he punched Niall but no, instead i pulled him closer because i love him.
He has me wrapped between his fingers,his l!ps went on my neck sending fire to them,he ran his hand up my th!ghs.
We pulled away to catch our breaths from that intense make out.
“This only confirms everything,”
“Confirms what?”
“That you are too naive,you throw yourself at any guy who treats you special”
“You are such a b@stard and egoistic j*erk,i don’t want to see you anywhere near me” i said and pushed him away.
“I wasn’t even planning on coming close to you”
He walked away while i slide down the wall and bursted into tears.
“Clary,what did he do to you?” Shannon asked as she rushed to my side.
“He said horrible things to me.. Shannon,help me take the pain away, it’s too much and i can’t take it”
Shannon hugged me tighter, crying with me.
“Don’t worry, everything will be okay, let’s go home now”
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NINE DAYS LATER.
After each bonfire the school organizes,every student is given 2 weeks holiday.
Normally, during this time,I and Adrian would have been exploring so many places,he would take me on his powerbike and ride so fast just to scare me,we would go to the water park and come home so wet.
That was before,now everything is different,he is different.
For the past nine days,i have been an emotional wreck, Adrian really messed with my feelings, one minute he is kssing me,the next he condemns me, I have never been in love so I don’t know what to do to stop this heartbreak i feel.
Day one was all about me crying myself to sleep,i didn’t hear from Adrian,he was really serious about not coming close to me,it hurt so much,i love him.
Day two,i tried to forget but it wasn’t easy,i couldn’t get any sleep again because everytime i close my eyes,i dream about the day my mom left me,i didn’t want to remember her so i took a bottle of whiskey, that helped me sleep without dreaming.
Day three,four,five and six were basically the same thing,my hair was a total mess, Shannon tried to console me but i told her i needed to be alone.
Day seven,i nearly cracked,i almost picked up my phone to call him up and tell him to forget everything so that we could be friends again but i ended up throwing my phone at the wall,i don’t want to be friends with him,i want more.
Day eight,Niall somehow managed to get my phone number,he called me up and asked me out on a date,i bluntly refused,i didn’t have the strength to dress up for anything and besides i felt nothing for him.
Day nine is today,i decided to be strong and forget everything that has happened, I called Shannon up so that we could go out because my house was suffocating me,i finally cleaned myself up.
“You look better than before” Shannon said as she saw me descend my stairs.
“Am done sulking over someone who doesn’t care about me”
“You like will meet someone better than him” She said and i smiled.
“Aren’t you gonna wash the dye off your hair?”
“No,i like it this way,we should get going but first we would have to stop at the phone store”
“Phone store? Why?”
“I threw my phone at the wall so the screen has a crack”
“Okay, let’s go”
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“Shannon,be fast or we will be late for literature class”
“Coming”
It was school today and I already set my goals straight and one of it is to not let Adrian mess me up again.
If he wants us to stop talking to each other so be it.
We walked into literature and sat in the front,few minutes later,the teacher walked in and the class started.
“Can anyone tell me what love is, Anyone?” The teacher asked, everyone looked among themselves.
Then i raised my hand.
“Yes,Claribel”
“Love is an overwhelming emotion that starts like a spark on your core, then as you two get closer, the spark gets brighter and warmer until it becomes a flame licking through every part of your body, the flame keeps burning and burning”
“Wow, that was truly amazing,Miss Johnson”
“Does anyone have an opposition to what she said?”
“Yes,Adrian”
I looked at the back and Adrian’s hands were up.
“Sir,to me,Love is a hand wired emotion,you only feel you love someone when that person is the only close one to you, it’s like a switch,you can turn it on and easily turn it off”
“That’s not true” i said gaining the attention of the teacher.
“Say your mind,Miss Johnson”
“Sir,Love is an amazing feeling,it makes you happy,it heals every wound, it’s not discriminating and it’s timeless”
“It’s also toxic, distracting,full of only pain and heartbreak,it makes one stupid,you don’t think when you are in love, it’s a waste of time whe you love someone who you are not sure will be with you for the rest of your life, it’s bull crap”
“Love is about taking risk, only cowards don’t take risks”
“Only naive and dumb people see the dangers and still go into it”
“Then if am naive,you are just plain heartless”
We started bickering,other students just watched us.
“Okay, enough,class is over”
We stood up and left the class.
“That was some heated argument between you two” Shannon said as we left the class.
“I couldn’t help it,he was being such a d**k”
We watched as he came out of the class,he glared at me then walked away.
“Just over look him”
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LATE AT NIGHT.
I was leaving my workplace when i got a phone call from Isaac.
“Hey,Isaac”
“Claribel,i need your help with something”
“What is it? I hope nothing happened to Shannon”
“No, it’s about.. it’s about Adrian”
“Look,Isaac, Adrian and i are not really…
“Claribel, Adrian is passed out in the front of a bar”
“What? What do you mean by passed out?”
“He’s drunk”
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