Just Listen

Chapter 8✔

KP's POV

It had been a week since I last went to the library with Gelo. We worked on our assignment and in turn, received a B+. Not bad. It was recess and I decided to go to the cafeteria to buy food. On my way back to class, I bumped into something or rather someone. "Hi, Drew." I greeted. He leered at me, which earned him a cringe from my side.

"Hi, beautiful. I've been looking for you."

Drew was somewhat a friend of mine.

Yeah, I don't think so. You know that he's trouble Kamilah.

How bad could he be? Our friendship though, could not be fully functional because of my relationship with Angelo. He didn't like me with guy friends and I respected his wishes.

I agree, male friends reeked of trouble. Then again, you're a magnet for it.

My eyebrows furrowed. I wanted to retort back in my head space--then again, Drew would have thought otherwise. "What for?"

"Just to have a little chat. I know how much you love this other series of Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. Although, for someone in the eleventh grade, I'd say...it's childish, but then again; it's you."

We went back and forth on how amazing the show was, my inner child flourished and I let go. Things took in a weird turn when he made an intimate remark about ladybug.

"What exactly are you trying to say, Drew?"

Drew took a few steps forward into my personal bubble. I felt threatened. Don't judge me, I was territorial and I hated invasion of privacy.

He twirled a strand of my hair in his point finger and leered at me. "What I'm trying to say Kamilah, is you'd make a better looking ladybug."

I was flushed. He was just too close for comfort. Yet, I dared him. Testing my own limits. "What makes you say that?"

Just perfect, Miss Maeve. The guy clearly-

"Your hazel eyes, caramel skin and dark brown hair. Breathtaking." He interrupted Paisley. Well, technically me.

With each word he uttered, he inched a bit closer. Right there and then, I knew I should have pushed him away but, my feet were glued on the spot. It was like a tidal wave had came in and swept me off shore. Hanging in the void of space in my mind. Corrupted by unspeakable apprehension. Yet, I allowed the wave to briskly keep me afloat. Further away from the bay of common sense.

I stared at his plump lips and involuntarily licked my own. "Drew, whatever it is your thinking, it can not happen. You know that Angelo and I are together. You guys are sworn enemies. In fact, I shouldn't have even given you the time of day."

Drew sneered and gently grazed his fingers over my jawline. Seductively. I was in a battle, mentally and physically. My mind screamed NO! I knew Paisley wanted to be released in order to deal with Drew. "Really Kamilah? You sound like someone who is being controlled."

He leaned in and our lips were about to make contact when- "KAMILAH!"

Angelo's voice boomed. Taking the form of an erupting volcano. Drew and I drew back immediately (see what I did there). "Gelo, I can explain."

"See, I told you that your little goody-goody girlfriend was cheating on you. You have all the proof now, making out in the hall way with Drew," Luu sneered.

My jaw dropped. "What? We didn't-"

"It doesn't matter. Fact is, Gelo caught you." She turned around to gawk at Angelo with gooey eyes. I didn't like the way she phrased his name. I was the only one who did that. I glared at her through hooded eyes. "I always told you that she doesn't deserve you. Look at her now, getting cozy with Drew, when you specifically told her to stay away from him." I couldn't believe her. My own bestfriend was smeared my name in mud.

I felt dizzy. I could not believe that my bestfriend was stabbing me in the back. Right to my face. "Lucrecia! How could you say things like that. You're supposed to have my back. You're supposed to me my friend!" I screamed helplessly, throwing my hands in the air in frustration.

I walked over to Gelo and he took a couple of steps back, my heart disintegrated. "Daddy, I can explain." I tried to sweet talk him.

Angelo was furious. Veins were evident on his temple and I could tell it was not going to end well. "Explain? I caught you red handed making out with this..." he growled. "How could you? After all we've been through, this is the last straw Kamilah. No girlfriend of mine has ever had the balls to cheat on me. I never expected it from you. You ruined everything!"

His words were like a dagger that plunged into my heart. He wouldn't even give me a chance to tell my side of the story. "Angelo, I admit it was my fault, I'm in the wrong here but could you please let me explain?" I sobbed.

"There's nothing to explain, you just admitted that it is your fault." He rubbed his temple and tried to even his breathing, "We should break up."

Something snapped in me. I felt Paisley's emotions seething through me. Molten magma dissolving any sense of guilt for a split second. Fine!

"Okay." I replied and walked away. I went into the restroom, my judgement felt clouded. When I stared at my reflection in the mirror, I realize that Angelo and I had broken up. I had made a decision based on the heat of the moment. Tears welled up in my eyes. Momentarily, Lucrecia walked in. Grinning as if she had conquered the world or had become some omniscient being.

Lucrecia folded her arms and her tongue flickered on her teeth making a 'tsk' sound. "How does it feel to be defeated? You may have a rich dad, but I could never allow you to take what I want the most in the world," she remarked.

Her ranting didn't make any sense. Maybe it was because I had been crying. "Where does my father and Angelo fit in this?"

She chuckled, "Silly, girl. Your perfect father is the reason my mom is single!"

Wtf! Like really? I know I was sad and all but that was just crap. "Go away Lucrecia!"

"That is not my name. My name was supposed to be Lucinda Maeve. But you!-" she pointed at me, "-Took that away from me!" She started laughing hysterically, "But you don't get to win every time. Angelo is mine. And I did all I had to do to make him mine. You disgust me!"

Lucrecia or should I have said, Lucinda? Walked out of the rest room and left me in a pool of tears. The siren rang for the last period and I just couldn't. It was all too much. The love I had for Angelo could not be measured. Thus, the break up shook me like an earthquake. Damaging everything in it's range. I dried up my face and went to class. I was numb. Everything around me was a blur.

I didn't even realize how I got home. I was about to unlock the gate when I heard screeching tires from the distance. In a blink of an eye, a car swerved by and crashed into my neighbor's fenced wall! The sudden impact shook me to the core moreover, my face fell when I recognized the car.

I dropped everything to the ground and sprinted towards the incident.

"DADDY!"