~ Chapter Two ~
I
had no idea what had happened between me and Devon in drama, but I didn’t intend to find out. It just gave me too much of a headache to think about it because I couldn’t come up with a single idea. Hayley wasn’t much help either. As soon as the day was over, I had gone with her to her house and cringed when her older brother eyed me like I was a piece of meat for his taking. I tried to keep my facial expression neutral as I waved at him and followed Hayley upstairs to her room where she locked her door as fast as she could and we both sat down on her bed, a large box of midnight snack chocolates broken open against our tradition and eaten.
I popped a peppermint chocolate in my mouth as she drank deeply from her glass of chocolate milk. Once she had finished drinking she tossed her beautiful platinum blonde hair over her shoulder and looked at me as I stuffed another chocolate into my mouth and chewed slowly, savouring the taste as the chocolaty goodness ran down my throat.
“So tell me again what happened in drama?” Hayley said and I sighed heavily.
She had asked me to repeat the story about what had happened in every class as well as lunch time and I was really tired of saying it over and over again.
So I repeated the story, much to my dislike because it made me think about it too much. Once I was finished, I pressed my fingers to my temples and rubbed hard. I hoped that was the last time that she was going to make me retell that damned story because if I told it once more, I was going to end up getting a migraine.
I looked up at Hayley and she looked thoughtful as she chewed slowly on one of the chocolates. She went to say something but there was a scraping at the door and then the next thing we knew it was open and Hayley’s older brother Ryan was standing there, dangling a key from his first finger and his green eyes locked on me as he spoke to Hayley.
“You forgot to change the lock, remember?” he said as he threw the keys down onto the table on the other side of the room and coming to stand before us.
He smiled down at me and I blushed before looking away and grabbing yet another chocolate and stuffing it in my mouth, preventing myself from speaking when he asked his next question.
“So Aza? Are you going to Erin’s party this weekend?” he asked and I tried to swallow the large piece of chocolate that was in my mouth and nearly choking.
I blinked back tears as Hayley scrambled up and brought back my glass, which I’d left on her bedside table and made me drink from it. The chocolate that was stuck in my throat pretty much melted as I continued to drink and soon, my throat was cleared and I was wiping away the tears from my purple eyes.
“Erin’s having a party?” I asked, my voice sounding hoarse after the assault on my throat from the chocolate.
I heard him chuckle and he glanced down at Hayley who was shaking her head at me for encouraging her brother. I poke my tongue out at her and I heard Ryan chuckle. It came from deep within his muscled chest and I couldn’t help but give him the once over with my eyes. This earnt me another shake of the head from Hayley.
“She sure is. I’ve offered to drive Hayley there and anyone else who she’s dragging along with her because I’m such a nice older brother,” he said as Hayley chucked one of her many pillows at him.
He dodged it easily and threw it back at her, missing completely and hitting me with it instead.
“Hey!” I shouted as I grabbed another one and threw it at him.
He didn’t dodge it in time and it hit him square in the face and I bit back a laugh as his expression changed to one of shock. He locked his eyes on me and lunged for me, his fingers bent on tickling me. I squealed and went to run of the bed, but he grabbed me around the waist and pinned me to the bed. He then began tickling me and within seconds I was screaming for mercy. He didn’t give in of course, until I was practically struggling to breathe and he rested his hands on either side of my head.
