Unpredictable

Amelie Chantelle

*Tʜᴇ ᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴘ ɪs ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ sᴏʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴘᴏʀᴛʀᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʀʀᴀᴛɪᴄ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ. Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ ᴀs ᴡʜᴀᴛ Kᴀs's ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ sᴏᴜɴᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ, ᴏʀ Aᴍᴇʟɪᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇᴍ, ᴏʀ Eᴢʀᴀ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ  ʜɪs ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛs. Tʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴛ ᴅʀᴏᴘ ɪs sᴏʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ᴀʟʟ ʜɪᴛs ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀᴛ ᴏɴᴄᴇ. Yᴏᴜ ᴍᴀʏ ᴘʟᴀʏ ɪᴛ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜʟʟ ᴇғғᴇᴄᴛ.*

I was laying in bed replaying todays events. I totally got played. He really thinks he can just change looks and humiliate me? As much as I wanna be mad at him,I keep remembering the way he touched me. Teased me. Looked at me. It was different than before. He looked at me with purpose today.

I can't believe Ava kissed him! To be fair, I never told her we were a thing because technically we aren't. Strictly tutor and tutee...until today. Why did he do this? Why did he lead me on just to go and crush me? And with my best friend? That was deliberate.

When he left the library, I was so bewildered, I didn't notice that Jake had seen me. He was apologizing for before a jerk before and asked me about my mom since he's one of the few people that know how much she means to me. I couldn't help but smile. It felt like old times when we were once each other's best friends......until he kissed me. His kiss on the cheek startled me since I hadn't anticipated it but he took that the wrong way and decided to kiss me on the lips. I had left immediately after that to go to my dorm when I saw Ezra and Ava.

The way he touched her....he hadn't even touched me like that. I can't help but think maybe this has been going on for a while. No you know what? He does not get to make a fool out or me! Especially after the flowers? His gift?!

I jump out of my bed in my Calvin Klein sports bra and sweat pants, then put on some socks and leave my dorm. I stomp all the way over to the other side of campus where his dorm is and knock. I hear some rustling inside and then.....what?! Ezra is standing before me, rubbing his eyes. His brown hair is disheveled and he reeks of alcohol. He's tattoo less and is dressed in a tight white shirt and some plaid pajama pants. I stare at him confounded. How....?

Suddenly someone is at my back. I know that smell. I know the heat radiating off the silhouette behind me and I'm so confused I almost miss when the person behind me leans down and whispers in my ear.

"Hey baby" I can't see them but I can picture their handsome face smirking, so pleased with themself.

Ezra? I think it's Ezra.....the person in front of me looks just as confused as me. He looks almost afraid as if he's seen a nightmare. I look between them and try so hard to miss the resemblance between them but it's so obvious. Are there....two Ezras?

"What is this? Is this some kind of joke?" I ask impatiently. I feel like I'm hallucinating because how can the same person look so similar yet so different?

"Kassian" Ezra mutters almost to himself, seeming to come out of his stupor. Wait. Kassian?!

"KASSIAN?! YOU'RE KASSIAN? HOW-"

"Oh you know me?" He responds deciding to play ignorant.

"Know you? You kissed me!" I scream.

"He what?!" Ezra shouts. He looks so offended, I'm slightly taken aback.

"Please someone explain" I beg.

"Hey twin. Been a while. Missed you. You seem to have moved on without me, even found your own toys." Kassian completely ignores me and proceeds to antagonize his twin. Twin. They're twins. There's two of them. Holy fuck.

"Your're twins?! You have a twin?" I direct at Ezra but he's still staring at his twin as if he's seen a ghost. Kassian twirls a strand of my hair around his finger then brings it up to his nose to smell it.

"You couldn't tell a difference love? Did I taste the same? Do I feel the same?" He queried.

I moved away from Kassian, and slowly inched towards Ezra. He seemed to register my approach and quickly pulled me to him, wrapping his arms tight around me. He smells like him again, Pine, aftershave, and apples. I turn my head to peek at Kassian who seems irked by how quickly I recognized him as the unsafe option and Ezra as the safe option.

"Do you remember what I told you before I left the library gorgeous?" He suddenly questioned.

"To choose you" I said hesitantly but it was muffled by Ezra's shirt.

"Exactly. But better the devil you know than the one you don't right? If only you knew" He retorted while rubbing his palm against his jaw.

"You need to leave. Amelie you can sleep here today, I don't trust him to be near you?" Ezra finally spoke.

"Okay" I didn't trust him around me either. He manipulated me. He pretended he was his brother to get to me and used me as a tool for whatever game this is. Kassian seemed insulted by my instant agreement but he didn't comment one it and I immediately slipped inside into what looked like Ezra's bed then pulled the cover up to my ear to block out their conversation but not before I heard Kassian say " Karma is a bitch"

I must have dozed off because later that night, I felt the bed dip and was engulfed by the cedar and pine aroma I somehow felt so safe in. I snuggled into him and dreamt of libraries, stolen kisses, and conflicted feelings.

*ɪ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇ ᴡᴇ'ʟʟ ɢᴇᴛ ᴇᴢʀᴀ's ᴘᴏᴠ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ sᴏᴏɴ*