Oblivion

Chapter 63

Ivy Moore

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"I like this one." Alek tells me as he points to a drawing of a boy's face.

"Really? I thought it sucked." I say as I study my drawing.

Alek and I were in the library, he was studying for his college exams coming up while I worked on some of my art. We've been going on more dates but haven't made anything official. I was starting to feel something towards him but my mind kept going back to Paxton. Whenever Alek and I went out I would forget about Paxton, which felt like a good thing because it meant I was starting to move on.

"It's amazing, Ivy." He voices.

I smile at him.

"Thanks Alek." I say.

He smiles at me before going back to his studies.

I continue to draw in my journal and add details to the drawing of the boy. I've never seen this boy before I just began drawing one day and this appeared.

"So, we're still on for Saturday night?" Alek questions.

I look up at him.

"Yup." I answer.

"Good." He says as he smiles.

"What are we gonna do?" I ask.

"It's a surprise." He tells me.

"I hate surprises." I state.

"Well, too bad buttercup." He jokes.

I roll my eyes playfully and he chuckles at me.

I move my gaze to the clock hanging on the wall. It was already 4 pm, I've been here for 3 hours.

"I should head home." I announce as I begin to gather all my stuff.

"Do you want me to walk you home?" He questions.

I get up and throw my back up over my shoulder.

"No, it's fine." I kindly rejected his offer.

He nods.

"Well, I'll see you Saturday." He says as he places a kiss on my cheek.

I stand there frozen for a moment before calming down and smiling at him.

"See ya." I say before rushing out of the library.

I walk out and I'm hit with a strong warm breeze, I grip the straps of my backup tighter before walking down the steps and back to Elle's.

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"So how's Alek?" Elenor asks as she cleans the dirty dishes.

"He's fine. We're going on a date this Saturday." I tell her.

I sit on the kitchen island eating grapes Elenor bought.

"That's exciting, you two seem to be getting very close." She says.

"Yeah, you could say that." I laugh.

"I'm happy for you, Ivy. You seem to have moved on." She states.

"Yeah, I did." I lie.

She turns off the faucet and grabs the kitchen towel to dry her hands. She turns to me and smiles.

"I'm gonna head to bed." She announces.

I smile and nod before I watch her walk out of the kitchen.

I sit on the kitchen island and stare down at the bowl of grapes in my hands.

Paxton, Paxton, Paxton.

I sigh before placing my bowl of grapes down and jumping off the counter. I turn all the lights off and jump on the couch and force myself to fall asleep.

Paxton, Paxton, Paxton.