Dareen

26# Secrets

Song: Secrets- Maria Mena.
Elliot
Sitting on the sofa, I turned at the sound of Dareen's heels ticking.
"I didn't know that we're going out." I stood up in my pyjamas. "Wait a minute, and I'll be ready."
"We're not leaving together. I'm going alone." Her words stopped me.
"Where to?"
"Yassine said that he'd take me on a tour then we'd have dinner together." She shrugged.
"And you're going with him?" I narrowed my eyes.
"What do you think?" She raised a brow pointing at her outfit. "He's waiting for me downstairs."
"You're using the fact that I can't stop you?" I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah. Plus, I don't care." She shrugged.
"Well, I can stop you, but I'll let you do whatever you want."
"How sweet of you," She rolled her eyes walking past me.
"You don't want to test me." I glared.
"Oh really? If I had time, I'd watch what you can do, but I can't make him wait any longer." She faked a smile before closing the door behind her.
Fire ignited in my chest at the thought of him touching her or even making her smile. That flirt- son of a bitch!
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It's been three hours, and I'm trying to hold myself from calling her. It's not like I'll go drag her from wherever they are. It'd humiliate her and make me look like a freak.
Openning my notebook, I continued to write down what comes to my mind. Mark told me to do that if I can't find someone to talk to.
"I'm so mad at her. I'm really mad at you for what she did. But I'm mad at myself too. Because I should not have let her leave that room- I should have fought for her. Because a man should fight for his soul mate...
I understand that she's been through too much, and that I hurt her when I kept the truth away, but I had no choice. It's nothing that I can lie about. Whether it's now or later, she would eventually find out the truth. I also understand that Dareen is still young. She still have that stubborness of teenagers. Sometimes I feel like screaming at her and locking her with me till she forgives me, but I know that this is not the way I can win her back. She's a stubborn mule...
Some people say that love really comes when you love your partner's bad habits not their qualities, and I love her all. I love how she's hard headed and how she yells. She has a strong personality that I love more than anything, but I hate it that after I changed for the better, she left me. I hate that I'm using my position to force her stay with me. I hate it because you never force someone to love you. I hate myself for hurting her."
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Dareen
"He's so annoying and bossy." I slurred. "Dareen, I love you. Dareen, I am mad at you. Dareen, I'm sorry. Dareen!" I mocked Elliot's voice. "I hate him." I huffed.
"You drank too much." Yassine pointed out.
"Tsk," I shook my head.
"Dareen, we have to leave." He sighed. "You're so bossy." I whined resting my head on the table. "Why's everyone so bossy these days?" I turned to the bartender. "Why?" I whined as my phone started ringing.
I groaned at the caller's ID.
"Who's that?" Yassine frowned looking at the name of the caller which is just an emoji of a piece of shit.
"My bossy boss." I rolled my eyes.
"Give it to me, please." He sighed taking it from me before taking a few steps away without taking his eyes off of me.
He loves me!
I giggled at the idea as I raised the cup to my mouth, but accidently spilled it on my dress.
What a clumsy glass!
Hitting it lightly, it fell off the counter. Gasping loudly, I turned to the bartender.
"Is she dead?" I yelled over the music as he passed me a look.
Man, I'm not stupid.
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Elliot
"What do you mean by drunk?!" I yelled.
"She's talking to the glass of beer, now." He sighed making me slap my forehead.
"Force her to get up, and you better get her something to wake her up a bit. If you're not going to take care of her, you shouldn't have taken her to any bar from the beginning." I admonished sharply.
"I'm sorry, sir. I'll try to sort it out." He said quietly before hanging up.
Ten minutes passed and I'm doing nothing but pacing around.
She's in deep shit. I don't know how am I going to stop myself from cursing her!
Ethan, whom I think is the most irresponsible person in the world, never returned home drunk simply because I'd kill him!
"I can walk!" I heard her voice behind the door.
Openning the door, I found a worker from the hotel holding her up.
"Sorry for bothering you." I apologized for her behaviour as I held her up.
"I'm not drunk!" She snapped.
"I'll take care of it. Thank you." I nodded at him as I closed the door.
"Leave me." She whined trying to move my arm from around her waist.
"Dareen, get out of my face." I ordered quietly letting her go.
"I'm not going anywhere. You can't boss me around." She shrugged.
"Look at you! What is that?" I screamed pointing at her before I started pulling her to the bathroom. "How could you be so irresponsible and childish? Don't you ever learn from your mistakes?" I screamed as I pushed her against the wall and opened the cold water letting it cascade over her head making her gasp loudly.
"I'm trying to forget what you did to me! You're a liar." She slapped my chest.
"This doesn't make up for your mistakes! You're seriously out of your mind! Didn't you think what these people will think of us? Huh!" I screamed as I heard a loud knock on the door.
"Sit down." I ordered making her sit in the bath-tub. The last thing I need is her falling down and hitting her head somewhere.
"What?" I snapped as I pushed the door open.
"Sir, your voices are too loud. People are complaining."
"I'm sorry." I nodded closing the door.
Walking back to the bathroom, I saw Dareen curled up in a ball sobbing loudly with water still falling over her body.
"Get up." I sighed pulling her to my chest.
"Leave me." She cried trying to push herself out of my grip.
"Shh- I'm sorry." I closed my eyes pulling her to her room. "You need to change." I sighed helping her take off her dress.
"Uh- You need to remove these as well." I pointed at her undergarments awkwardly.
"I can do it. Leave." She shook her head crossing her arms over her chest.
"I'll leave the whole place. You can take one of my shirts if you want. I don't know-" I sighed shaking my head before walking out of the whole suite.

Everything here is so calm. I continued to walk quietly till I found a small café in front of the ocean.
"I need strong coffee, please." I told the waiter as I sat down.
There's a room inside your gut
Close the door and keep it shut
Let no daylight enter in
And the punishment begin.

Who are you now to decide
Whether or not I can
Be exposed to what you hide
Just be a strong and silent man.

But every wrong turn that you make will also be my mistake
Cause we're connected through our hearts,
and the devestating part is that I foolishly defended you to myself.
But secrets always have their way of coming out...

I'm beginning now to see
What you must have thought of me
in a body cast of glass
Life-changing information should just pass.

But I don't break that easily.
And if you'd dare then you would see
that I've been carrying all the weight
of the burdens on your plate.
But every wrong turn that you make
will also be my mistake
Cause we're connected through our hearts
and the devestating part is that I foolishly defended you to myself
But secrets always have a way of coming out.

But every wrong turn that you make
will also be my mistake
Cause we're connected through our hearts
and the devestating part is that I foolishly defended you to myself
But secrets always have a way of coming out... .
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Stepping back into the room, I found everything still. No sound is heard.
Walking quietly, I approached Dareen's room to find her sleeping on her bed peacefully. Leaning down, I kissed her temple for the first time since forever. Closing my eyes, I enjoyed the feeling of her skin against my lips.
I miss this girl... so much.
Slowly, I stood back up covering her. Her face is tear stained and I can see a piece of paper in her palm.
Slowly examining it, I came to the conclusion that it was the poem I wrote her. She must've found my notebook.
I just sighed leaving it in her hand as I walked out.
It'd be more awkward if she confronted me since I'm not the type to show my feelings so easily... .