ACE (Interracial Romance) Book #1

Chapter 23

Valissa didn't know what to do about the whole Ason thing! She had cried all night, she'd even cried herself to sleep. Calli didn't know what was wrong with her and kept asking worried but all Valissa could do was cry Ason's name over and over again.

He really hated her and all she was going to say to him was that she needed to end things with Jaco properly. Now all Ason thought she only wanted to have was sex... that wasn't it! She had feelings for him. Real true feelings.

She sighs and walks out of her last class somberly.

She hears someone calling her name from behind her but he doesn't stop, she doesn't care who it is! All she wants to do is go home, climb into bed and cry some more.

She hasn't seen Ason all day. He wasn't in B block which meant he was avoiding her and stayed home. Jaco hadn't been there either.

She kinda wanted to know where he was but then again she didn't.

Tonight was her party and she didnt know if anyone knew about it and quite honestly she didn't care if they knew about it either. She didnt have the patience for people right now; none at all.

She was so upset with herself for making Ason think that she didnt want him and she was fucking PISSED with Ason for always fucking jumping to conclusions. He even kicked her out! Seriously, who did that?!

She had even forgotten her outfit, shoes and sketchpad.

Hoping that he had already looked into her book to see that she actually did have true feelings for him because the only thing in her book was him.

She hears her name being called again. It's about the fourth time and she's almost to her car. She's fed up with it. Valissa rolls her eyes and spins around on her heels angrily.

Eyes searching the crowd for the offending voice.

"Valissa!" she hears again and her eyes lock onto Blythe Miller.

Valissa rolls her eyes. "What do you want?" she asks harshly.

Blythe recoils as if Valissa spit in her face. "Uhm..."

Valissa didn't mean to sound so angry but she just wasn't in the mood right now. "C'mon Blythe, spit it out, what do you want? I'm in a hurry"

Blythe's face twists up. "I heard you were having a party tonight?"

Valissa nods. "Yeah and?"

"I wanted to know who was going to be there, where it's located and the time."

Valissa shrugs. "I don't know that's why it's called a party, for people to enjoy themselves. At my house. It starts at 8"

Blythe nods looking at her weirdly. "Can I bring someone?"

Valissa shrugs. "I don't care. Bring as many people as you want. We're having parties tomorrow and Saturday also but their hosted by my sister and brother"

Blythe nods and walks away saying a thank you and see you tonight.

Valissa turns back around heading for her car. Now to get home and cower away from the world in bed under her blankets.

With Callissta

She's on the phone with Kymmer. "Yes she came home crying yesterday"

"Do you know why?" Kymmer asks. "She was moody all day. Almost took some jock out for bumping into her."

Callissta laughs a little at the idea of her tiny little sister trying to take out a, 6'0 or more, 200 pound, jock. "Wow" she sighs. "She really is upset." She frowns.

"I wonder why"

"She came home in a white t-shirt that I know wasn't hers, because it was down to her knees, she didn't have any shoes on and was crying out some name."

"Name?" Kymmer asks surprised. "What name? Who's name?"

"I don't know." She shrugs. "I think it was Asee?" she goes over the names in her head. "NO!" she snaps her fingers. "It was Ason!" She says excited that she remembered it.

"Ason? As in Ason Buchanan?"

Callissta is confused. "Who's Ason?"

"Valissa's partner for a project and also the brother of the guy she has a date with on Friday."

"She has a date Friday?" shows how much Calli paid attention to her sister's life. She was about to lose one sister and didn't pay attention to the other.

Kymmer sighs into the phone. "This is something you need to talk to Valissa about." She pauses. "Do you guys even talk?"

"YES!" Calli calms down. "Of course we do, just never about her personal life."

Kymmer is silent for a moment. "So what is this I hear about you guys having a party?" she asks changing the subject.

Calli sighs and shakes her head. She wasn't going to get anything out of Kymmer, she and Valissa were too close.

"Yeah, it was an idea that I came up with, Ryder first then Valissa and me."

"So Thursday to Saturday?"

Callissta nods. "Yes"

Calli hears Kymmer sigh through the phone and knows that she is shaking her head. "Are you sure, you're down to party with us, college kids?"

Calli smirks. "I'm just worried you college kids wont be able to handle me"

Kymmer giggles through the phone. "Shut up"

Callissta laughs also and then gets serious. "So did Ryder tell you about Layla?"

Kymmer is silent then she speaks, "Yeah, I never knew you guys had a sister. I met Valissa right after your mom died."

Callissta smiles sadly and nods. "And thank god for that! If it weren't for you I wouldn't have gotten my Lissa back"

Kymmer laughs. "Now all she does is party"

Callissta laughs loud. "You are so right about that"

She hears a car door slam and her eyes widen, "I think she's here"

Kymmer whispers back. "Why are you whispering?"

Callissta notices that she was whispering and talks at a normal level again.

The front door slams open and again slams shut.

"Valissa!" she yells. "I need you in here" she holds the phone and finishes her conversation with Kymmer. "Kymee, I'll see you later and give Casie a kiss for me and tell Ryder to be here around 6ish?"

"Ok, love you" She kisses into the phone and hangs up.

Valissa walks into the living room with a mean face on. "What do you want Callissta?" she snarls.

"Sit down now" she says pointing to the chair in front of her.

Valissa crosses her arms across her chest and juts out a hip. "I'd rather not. What do you want?" she asks again.

"Who's Ason?"

Valissa's face pales. "No one" she says glumly turning around to walk away.

"Really? So he isn't your partner?"

"Nope. Not anymore." She hisses and continues to walk away.

"What happened, Liss? Talk to me"

"We fucked, Callissta" She yells spinning on her heel. "And now he thinks I only wanted him for the sex" she tears up. "I want Ason" she sobs turning and running to her room and slamming the door.

Callissta stands there shocked. That was the first time she saw her sister cry in years, the last time being when their mother kissed them goodbye and jumped off the bridge. After that not one tear and now she was crying over a guy?!

That fucking stunned her.

She had to meet this Ason kid, find him and get him to fix her sister before she destroyed herself.