Anaxiphilia

Chapter Eight

"You dumb little piece of shit! Get your ass over here Tristan!" I shouted. I knew my throat was going to hurt after all this but I wouldn't feel ok if I didn't beat this idiot. As if I could even do anything. He was bigger and taller than me, also muscular, but not as muscular as Raphel. "I'm sorry!" "I don't give a fuck" "But it was an emergency" "You call that an emergency?!". Now you're probably wondering how it all came down to this...Well...

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I left Raphael and rushed to Tristan's house. Although I was still blushing over that kiss he gave me on my forehead, I still had to leave. I was actually grateful to Tristan for calling me because the atmosphere after I accepted to be Raphael's girlfriend was a little bit weird. So I went to Tristan's house and rang the bell but there was no response.

      I rang again but still no one came to open the door. Then I called him. It rang, but he didn't pick up. I tried shouting his name for him to come out but still nothing. Then I remembered I had one of his keys and used it to open the door. The house was really quiet which was strange. Tristan would've had some music blasting or his tv on the highest volume. "Tristan..?" I called out, but there was no response.

       "Tristan are you ok? Don't play with me like this boy" still nothing. I had a feeling this guy was hiding somewhere or trying to play hide and seek with me. I entered his room and saw a note on his bed. "Go to the backyard, and check in the garage". I facepalmed and went out to the backyard. Then went into the garage. Only for this idiot to jump down from the ceiling and I swear my soul left my body and went to another dimension. "Suprise~".

        I stood there. Shocked, confused, angry...so many emotions running through me. I tried calming myself down while he, just stood there laughing. "Ahh you should have seen you face..." He did a face to show how scared I was while I glared at him still trying to calm down. I wanted to hit him so bad. So I started looking around the garage for my eyes to spot any weapon. Then I found a machete. I slowly walked towards it while he was still laughing.

          He heard me picking something up and turned to see me holding it up ready to strike him. I screamed and he also screamed and ran away while I chased him around his house with a machete. "Isla put that thing away!" "Never!" And I continued chasing him. I must admit, he was fast. Faster than me. But I wasn't going to give up. "At least put the machete away. Do you want to kill me?!" "Yes!".

           We literally ran around the house. "Isla for real put the machete away. Any one of us could get hurt" he did make a point so I threw it away. Like far out of reach and continued chasing him. But because I stopped to put the machete away, I lost him.

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     ......And that is how we ended up like this. "Tristan I'm going to close my eyes and count to three. I want you standing here by the time I open my eyes. 1!...." "You promise you wont hit me?" I heard him shout to ask from wherever he was but I still continued counting. "...Two!..." "Ok ok I'm coming. Waittt" "...Two and a half!..." Then I heard him running to me "...Thr-" "I'm here I'm here!" Then I opened my eyes and smiled at him. And hugged him.

      He being the dumb guy he is also hugged me and then I pinched his waist. Hard. To which he screamed. He was squirming and trying to move but my fingers had a firm hold on that part of his waist. "Isla!!! Isla please I'm sorry. It hurts! Aghhh!" I still kept pinching. "Please I'll do anything" "Anything?" "Yes yes just please let go!" "Ok" then I squeezed and twisted that little part I had been pinching just to add a little more pain before releasing him.

       He grabbed his waist and lifted his shirt to see how that part had been become swollen and red. He did a little pout at me and I just giggled and walked away. I didn't hear him following me so I turned to see him scratching his head and looking elsewhere awkwardly, I knew he had been flipping me off when I walked away. "You coming or not?" "I'm coming" then we walked inside. I heard him whining because of how much I had hurt him, but I didn't care. Served him right for scaring me.

       If he hadn't scared me, I wouldn't have done it. I headed to the kitchen to get something to eat because I was starving. I saw instant noodles and just prepared it to eat. He came a few minutes later to meet me. "Why the fuck would you chase me with a machete? Are you a psychopath?" "Why the the fuck would you jump from the ceiling to scare me? Are you Pennywise?" "Touché" "And how did you even get up there?"

     "I climbed and held onto those thingys up there" "Weirdo" "Psychopath". We both stuck our tongue out at each other. "So how'd it go with Raphael?" Just when I had forgotten about him. "It was...ok" "What did he say?" "He said he really likes me and wants to date me" "And....?" "That's it" "So you accepted?" "Yeah. But I told him that if I ever got to know that all this was just some kind of sick joke, he wouldn't like me"

        "I knew you wouldn't just accept without a warning" "Meh" I shrugged and continued eating. Then I remembered about my conversation with Samuel and decide to tell Raphael. "Hey Tristan?" "Yah?" "Have you heard the news?" "What news?" "Dylan broke up with Heather" "Dayum. When? Why? And how did you know?" "I don't know when. But it was Samuel who told me. He said whenever Dylan breaks up with a girl he's dating, it means he has his eyes on another girl, and that I might be the girl he wants"

        "How?" "I dont know. But don't you think it was weird how he suddenly asked callum for my number? Also, last night, he called me telling me that he was bored and lied and said I was the first person who came into his mind, but I was like he has Heather and the rest of his friends so why me? And he said he just wanted to talk to me. But then I was about to take my bath so I told him I'd call him later. When I was done, I forgot about him. So today, he said he'd text me later because he was busy" "Yeah...he totally wants you Isla"

       "What?! C'mon not you too Tristan" "Isla, I'm a guy, and I know when another guy wants a girl. Honestly, I agree with Samuel. Whatever Dylan tells you, dont trust him. At all" "Yeah I know. Samuel said I should play along and see where he goes with all this" "Yeah he's right. Now there are two things. It's either he's being genuine, or, he's lying to you..."

       ".....There's is a high chance that he's lying to you. It's actually kind of a 30 precent chance he's being genuine and 70 percent chance he's lying. And I'm sure you heard about what he did to Melanie...?" "Yes" "....Right so we wouldn't want that happening to you, so you just have to be really smart about this" "True. Well, we'll see".

        He just nodded and also got instant noodles to eat and we sat down talking until it was getting late and I had to leave. As I was going home, I was thinking about everything. And I decided, I was not going to get fooled by any boy. Besides, I had a boyfriend now. That just felt weird to say. Especially since it had been a long while since I had a boyfriend. But I know I'll get used to it.

     Meanwhile Tristan went back into his house and for some odd reason he couldn't explain, he was sad. Yeah sad that Dylan could be playing his best friend, that's if it turns out he actually 'likes' her . But he was kind of sad that she had Raphael as her boyfriend now. She would be with him most of the time now instead of him and he would end up being lonely.

       "Raphael is obviously more handsome than me anyway". He thought aloud to himself. Now he was beginning to think, he never even stood a chance in the first place. "I'm just a best friend to her anyway" he said to himself. And now, that sadness he felt, turned to jealousy.