I Have To Share A Room With This Strange, Delinquent, Gorgeous Boy? WHY ME!?(1)

27)I Have To Share A Room With This Strange, Delinquent, Gorgeous Boy? WHY ME!?

“That kiss. I meant it. It was genuine.”

Rocket’s words played over and over in my mind like a song on repeat.

“I know something bad will happen.”

No matter how hard I tried, no matter how interesting a distraction came up, I could not stop thinking about him. He was haunting both my conscious and subconscious mind with his evocative yet mysterious stare and his soft lips. I was mesmerised, and he wasn’t anywhere near me. I ended up doing as Madison had instructed me, and before I knew it, I was on my way to the swimming pool to meet up with Gracie, Adam, Christa, Hunter, Andy, Sean Crystal, Alexia and Eve. Tom was also going with me. In truth, I did not feel up to going swimming…all I wanted to do was sit alone with my thoughts. My extremely confusing thoughts. But Tom had managed to annoy me enough with his whiny attempts at persuasion that I had finally given in and agreed to go. But now, I suppose it was best that I said yes, because the last thing I wanted to become was a social hermit who ended up becoming estranged to all of her friends and then never marrying and living alone in a creepy bungalow right at the end of a cul-de-sac at which children always throw rocks and stones because they’re convinced that a crazy old witch lives there who casts spells on kids, turning them into profiteroles. That scenario may sound a little unlikely on paper, but believe me, it could happen.

We met up with everyone at the entrance to the indoor swimming pool, and even when I was being shoved forcefully off of the high-dive by an overly hyperactive Hunter, Rocket was still on my mind.

“Hey, Hero! Heads up!”

Before I had any idea when was happening, Hunter forcefully grabbed me and rugby tackled me into the pool. We plunged into the deep end, and when we surfaced, he was practically choking on the water from laughing too much.

“I bet you didn’t see that one coming!” he pointed at me and continued to laugh. I forced a giggle.

“Nope. Didn’t see it coming.” I agreed, grinning as much as was physically possible without hurting my face.

“Careful, Hunter, you’re going to end up drowning her.” Tom remarked, as he approached us, wading through the clear blue water.

“No, I won’t.” Hunter insisted “Right, Hero?”

“Right.” I agreed with him again absentmindedly.

“Hey, Hunter!” Sean called from across the pool. “Get your fat-ass over here! We need your help!”

“Hey, I’m not fat…” Hunter muttered to himself, hurt. He then sadly waded his way over to Sean, leaving me with Tom.

After a few moments, when we were absolutely sure that we were alone and not about to be disturbed, Tom spoke to me in a rather serious, yet intrigued tone of voice.

“So, what happened with you and Rocket after I left?” he asked.

“Not a lot.” I admitted truthfully.

“Come on, you don’t have to lie, Hero.” Tom teased, nudging my arm.

“I’m not lying.” I replied “He told me that nothing could happen…and nothing did happen. That’s it.”

Tom sighed with frustration, “Fuck it. That’s always been his problem. He never does what he wants.”

“Why are you trying to get so involved anyway?” I asked, not with any malicious intent towards Tom, but just out of pure curiosity.

“Because I know that this will help his well-being so damn much. If he can just have one thing that will make him happy…then you have no idea how much he will change.” Tom explained.