Daphne
I woke up in Matteo's arms, for a moment I was like, he has abs and those gold-flecked green eyes... Then I realized I woke up in Matteo's arms!
" What are you doing here?! " I stuttered completely flustered.
" You were the one who asked me to stay, " Matteo said in a nonchalant voice " Come on, stare at me some more, "He said. He knew I was staring? Wait, why was I staring?!
" Are you okay? " He looked genuinely worried
" I guess, but a bit sore "
" You're sore because you got drunk last night and started singing Tipsy and dancing to it "
" I WHAT?! "
" Yeah, I've got some pics " he showed me the pictures on his phone and I sat there horrified " You're quite cute with your hair down "
My eyes widened and I tried to shove him off my bed, but he wouldn't budge. I stared at him angrily, but he simply smirked. I stood up and got my chemistry textbook and flashed him a smirk of my own. His eyes widened and he said
" On second thought, maybe I'll leave " I grabbed his wrist and he stopped dead in his tracks. I thought I saw his ears turn red, but it seemed I was mistaken because he turned and used my grip on his hand to his advantage, pulling me closer to him. He stared me down with his intimidating gold-flecked green eyes.
" That's how you pulled me into your bed last night while you were drunk "
" Yeah, I was drunk, " I said beginning to get a tad bit irritated, what was he trying to achieve?
" Haven't you heard? A drunk mind reveals a sober heart "
" Yeah, and a sober mind says... " I lifted the chemistry textbook and used it to whack his head " Study! " He winced as if the word ' study ' hurt even more than the whack I just gave him. " What the heck are you trying to prove? Or do you not remember that you picked someone who would never fall for you as your fake girlfriend?! " I whacked him some more before saying " Our friendship is just fine, don't wreck it " I led him to the guest room so he could take a bath and we could study, in that time, I also took a bath and got ready.
I'd bought 7 packs of CocoPops, to encourage him to study. Miraculously though, he'd managed to finish them all. I frowned as I said
“ At this rate, you're going to get serious diarrhea ” but he simply stuck his tongue out. He was no bad boy, just some kid. I smiled to myself.
“ Enough of studying, we're going to have some fun ”
“ No. You can go, but- ” Before I could even finish, he threw me over his shoulder as I kicked and screamed.
“ Drop me down! ”
“ No. I managed to endure all of your repugnant lectures- ”
“ Hey! And you learned that word during one of those ' repugnant lectures ' as you call them ” We had covered all topics for the first half of the term for Chemistry and English
“ You are going out with me ”
“ No. No, I am not ”
“ Too bad we're outside already ”
I walked alongside him silently with a pout.
“ Oh come on, stop sulking ”
I continued, but the sulk quickly vanished when he left and came back with a Chocolate Ice cream cone and a square of cake for the both of us each.
I reached for the cake, but he only extended his hand, making it out of reach.
“ Stop pouting and I'll give it to you ”
“ Okay, I'll stop, I'll stop! ” he handed it to me and I devoured it, leaving chocolate smeared across my face.
He kept staring and I said
“ You're staring again ”
“ You're really beautiful, has anyone ever told you that? ” I was covered in chocolate, he was being sarcastic, right?
“ Take a picture, it'll last longer ” I scoffed, rolling my eyes, but then he did!
“ Hey! Delete that! ”
“ Nope. You were the one who told me to take a picture ”
“ I was being sarcastic. Delete it! ”
“ You're gonna have to catch me first ” We darted across the park, he was faster than me, he was a football player, but it was nice to try. I'd seen what he'd done at the game, he was only using one-quarter of his speed, but I was still seriously outmatched. He suddenly stopped because of a slope in the field. I didn't see that and I thought I'd worn him out, so I grabbed him but ended up shifting his balance, sending us tumbling down the slope as we giggled.
“ Mischievous girl ” I grabbed his phone, and quickly deleted the picture
“ I did catch you ”
“ More like you tumbled into me, ” he said rolling his eyes and we broke into another laugh. He stared at me as I laughed, leaving me wondering why that always happened whenever I laughed. We lay there, watching the splash of colors as the sunset. We even stayed a little longer, watching the stars, before he walked me home, kissed me on the cheek, and left. Leaving me smiling to myself, my cheek, still a bit flushed from the kiss. I had inspiration again.
I walked in, and everywhere was dark.
“ William? ” I called out to the butler, instead the light flicked on. A man and woman stared at me from the upstairs inner balcony with disdain. Their eyes were silvery blue like mine, and both had blonde hair, although the woman's brown roots were growing out, indicating that she was actually a brunette.
“ M-mother, Father, ” I said the fear setting in, they hadn't been home in months and weren't to be back till Thanksgiving.
“ Don't mother, father us. You had a boy spend the night?! And did I just see him kiss you by the gate?! ” My mother reprimanded, as my father's silent gaze crushed me
“ It-its not- ”
“ You guys are even chatting, privately and he's calling you his girlfriend? One of the neighbors saw him carry you into his car! I'm not even going to ask what the hell is going on. Just end it ” My heart cracked into a million pieces and I found myself silently saying
“ No ”
“ What was that? ” my mother asked
“ I said no ” I responded a bit louder. “ I'm not ending it, and you're just going to have to deal with it, ” I said moving to my room, but my mom grabbed my bun and dragged me closer to her, then slapped me.
“ Do you want to return to the orphanage?! ” I shuddered at the thought “ Know that it's not just you who'll suffer. If you don't end it, his being on the waiting list is revoked ” My eyes widened with fear. Then an idea popped into my head, wait-list!
If there was one thing I'd learned from Matteo, it was to damn all consequences and do what I thought was right, his words echoed in my head. “ Shhhh, that's all. You don't think you're trash, so you're not trash. No one can put you down without your consent. You are only put down when you let them ”
“ You won't send me to the orphanage. You've used it to threaten me for years, but never have, because you need me for the inheritance contract and no matter what lookalike you bring, none of them has my IQ, none of them has my Photographic memory, and none of them will be able to graduate from Harvard with honors, really want to risk that? ” My parents seethed in rage, I had them “ As for Matteo, harm him in any way at all, school, future, university, whatever, and I'll stop school, call Harvard, and drop myself off the wait-list. One last thing, I am his girlfriend ” Then I stormed off and locked my door. I took a large sigh, I'd never stood up to them before. Whether they liked it or not, I was changing, but for the better, and it was all because of Matteo.
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