The Ugly Bet

Chapter 23 - The Devil's Girl

Lyz

Am I doing the right thing?

I closed the book that's sitting on my lap and leaned on the metal cabinet while closing my eyes. God, I miss this. The silence, the breeze, being solitary...

A breath of fresh air.

I closed my eyes and savor the moment alone in my place- the rooftop. Since Monday, I was entirely busy keeping Dustin's attention away from Greg and Ashley and eversince Tuesday, the devil never left me. He's always by my side, if not possessively wrapping his arms around my shoulders, he's holding my hand too tightly and almost drags me along with him almost everywhere and everytime. He doesn't even give me lone time with Pamy or any of the guys. I can't believe he's that damn showy and he's too damn clingy and the way he's guarding me is choking.

He's freaking me out.

Now my phone rang for the sixth time. Actually, it's just vibrating coz I put it in silent but the sound of the vibration is somewhat irritating. If only I could just turn my phone off but that would only cause me more trouble. I guess I got no better option than to answer his call.

"Hey... I... I didn't hear you're calling, my phone was inside my bag and it's--"

"Where are you!"

I stucked my eyes upward, very much annoyed at this guy's dominance and arrogance, everything. At least if I wasn't infront of him, I can freely express my irritation nonverbally. This guy just really gets into my nerves from time to time. That makes me question my move. Did I do the right thing?

Well, Ashley and Greg has never left one another since I was with Dustin. At least, that gave me strength to face my actions. This is hard, but at least I made something good.

"Hey! I'm asking where are you!"

Oh yeah, I forgot that I was talking to him. "Ah... I just needed to finish the novel, that novel we were assigned to work by partner..." I glanced at the book on my lap. At least I wasn't lying alot. "It would be passed next Thursday and I know you were busy today with your practice for your game later--"

"Cut the shit Elyzabeth, where are you!" there's so much irritation in his voice and I could somewhat hear worry on his voice. I wonder why. Maybe he's not really worried, must be my imagination.

"I'm..." I sighed. I really don't want to be bothered now and everywhere I go in this school, it's like everybody's staring at me, if not looking, and I hate that. Only here in the rooftop could I ever find peace and it's not too much to ask for at least an hour of relaxation. "I'm okay, I just needed some time alone for now--"

Guess what? He hung up.

My lips sealed tightly causing my nose flare. Such an asshole. He should at least let me finish before he hung up.

Jerk!

I kicked my three-inch heels that I have to wear to match with this black and blue floral dress. I wonder why he wanted me to wear that. I twisted my ankle last Tuesday but I still had to wear heels the next day and dress all sassy again just because he wanted me too.

This is torture.

"You should have told me you wanna go here..." a deep sexy voice ripped me apart from my delusions as my head instantly turned to his direction. "so I have accompanied you." he grinned while walking towards me. I watched him toss his bag to the spot near my guitar then sat beside me. And before I even realized, he had buried his head on my shoulders with his nose close to my neck. Oh God. I caught my breath while his head moves to a more comfortable angle. He groaned while burying his nose to the spot where my neck and my shoulders meet. That's ticklish but I can't tell him that. He'll just use that weakness to control me. I let go of the breath I was holding in my throat. Then in a husky voice he whispered, "I missed this."