The Perfect Daughter

Chapter 10: Cold Treatment

NATHANIEL

Wanna hear your beating heart tonight

Before the bleeding sun comes alive

I want to make the best what is left hold tight

And hear my bleeding heart one last time

Before daylight

I walked in the school having my earphones on with only one song on replay. This song was always my favorite. The only song I have admired ever since. I'm still thinking about what happened this morning. Why did she say that. A secret? Is she ashamed of me or what? Stupid. We're not even in an official relationship. We're just bound to be together to abid the wishes of our grandfathers. Right. She wouldn't want that in her life. A husband whom she doesn't even had feelings for. And I thought I'm not only overreacting, I'm overthinking.

When I entered the lockers' hallway people are already sceaming like cats. More like girls being cats. I just walked pass through them. I put my hands on my pocket and bowed my head. I don't want to see their doll faces staring at me with such lust.

I scoffed.

Like their want of seeking my attention is enough. Their friends keep on pushing them towards me and scream with the others.

Annoying.

I can feel my blood boiling. I can feel my roots popping up in my skin. I can feel the urge of snapping their heads off taking over me. Why do they have to touch me? Why do they have to get that close to me? And why on hell do they have to scream my name in an embarrassing way.

Early in the morning and my ears are being invaded by squeals and screams. I can't even here the song anymore! I walked faster and was begging to get out of their sight and went straight for my first class, History.

I went to my original spot and brought out my phone. I'm still a bit early and only a few guys are in the classroom. I wouldn't mind them so they shouldn't too. I opened my twitter account with like a ten thousand followers and I don't know why, but it's annoying too. But nevermind, let them be. I scrolled down on what's trending then I noticed one of my followers retweeted a tweet from Ash and says "@AshleyCatrina: I feel happy I found him all this time. But fate really works on a way where lovers are not on the same page."

I took a look at her profile and saw that she has more followers than me. Boy does she tweet a lot. She could be tweeting every mimute. Her pictures are divine though. Whatever. Is there such person? So smart and perfect. But wait.. Is she inlove? Her latest tweets are actually about something lovey dovey. She's inspired?--- My first ever since, my first now, my first until then.

Oh, so she already has that someone.. Maybe that's the reason why she wanted it to be a secret. No wonder she didn't even had a secomd thought about it. But, that's okay right? I mean, we never really did have a connection did we? Just complicated emotions since the news of us being married just happened to be said and done by our parents. Yes I'm maybe her husband but not really. No. But why...

What am I feeling right now? I feel like having a mental breakdown with my heart cracking ever heartbeat. Like my every breathe aches..

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ASHLEY

I stayed for my car and waited for the near time of my first class. It's still early, and I don't want to be talking with different kinds of people again. I've already had enough full of emotions in one morning. I don't want to be annoyed with the poeple in school this time. But time was caught up and in five minutes the bell will already ring. I opened my door and put on my back pack. I can feel thousands of eyes laid on me as I walk pass through the hallway, watching me pass every person. Their whispers and words jumping through my ear.