Glassheart: Auradon Taken Over

Part 20 - Secret Admirer

Chloe pov:

Red just stood there. Her face sorta didn't move. It was like she was almost flustered but also looked kind of concerned. I didn't know what this face meant. Was I in trouble? Is she gonna kill me? I started to back up slowly

Chloe: I'm so sorry, it won't happen again. Please don't punish me. Actually, do it. I deserve it.

I closed my eyes, waiting for her to do something.

Red: You just don't know me, do you.

I open my eyes and see her shake her head side to side in disappointment. 

Chloe: But that's the thing.... I want to.

Red: How will you learn the real me if all you do is write down quotes you don't even understand yourself and need others to figure it out for you? It's not gonna work. No one understands me.

Chloe: Tell me how, then.

I shrugged, letting my arms fall.

She gets real close to me where less than a feet apart.

Red: Maybe instead of just trying to understand quotes, maybe you should try to understand my actions and intentions instead. You also seem to miss those, too.

Chloe: What do you mean?

She crossed her arms and looked at me qith a serious face.

Red: You got mad at me for hitting you with a whip once, even tho I told you it was because my mother wouldn't have done it 5 more times if I didn't do it.

Chloe: Yeah, but

Red: You also got mad at me for tazing you when you clearly heard my mother threaten to do it for double the time..... can't you see? I didn't do those for fun, Chloe. I did it because I knew if I didn't, you would have suffered a lot more. Do you think I enjoy any of this? I hate court! I hate having to walk in a room with 5-6-7 students taken from their classes waiting for me to do the punishments my mom chose because if they weren't the ones to suffer the punishment, I would..... I have already been through enough. I didn't want any of this, and you doing exactly what you're doing now, still scared of me when I haven't touched you since I hit you with that whip..... you're just like everyone else.

She then turns around and walks away. I wanna be mad..... but everything she said was the truth. I'm not like the others, tho. I'm the least scared of her out of all the students. That's gotta mean something. Oh, why did I say that? I'm so foolish.... I need to make her see that I'm not like them. She's the closest person to a friend I've made since I got here, and we barely know each other. I thought I would be making more friends than this. I then head to our dorm to shower. I really needed to decompress after everything today. I passed Red as I was headed to the bathroom and got another whiff of her perfume. It smelled spicy, it stung my nose but I liked it. I shook my head as I got in the shower. Letting the hot water melt all my muscle aches. My mind kept replaying what Red told me. Everything she's been doing has been for my sake one way or another. The whip, the tazing. She was actually protecting me this whole time. She even took care of my wounds from the whip and even put me to bed when i fell asleep on the balcony that one night, too..... but why would she do that, especially for me? Why would she care enough about me to be willing to do that? My heart is feeling something grow. A flash of Red face played in my mind..... but it felt different. It was one of her smiling on the rooftop when we went to Wonderland. That was the only time I actually saw her smile. Why do I feel like all I want is to see that smile again. I can't be catching feelings for her...... but then again, she literally surprised me with my family because she felt bad for what she did to my mom. That's the sweetest thing she's done for me. I'm not fully sure what exactly I'm feeling right now, but I know that I want to see her smile again..... and I know just how to do that. The Princess of Hearts now has a new secret admirer. I then got out of the shower and headed down for supper. I then sat down with Red, who was already eating. She gave me my notebook back.