Water Love

Chapter 6 - Water Lover

Chapter 6- Water Lover

I don’t know why I shut him out. He had the right to know what happened to me and Jason and why I was crying in the swimming pool.

He had that right and I didn’t tell him anything, because I was too stupid and week to reveal my demons.

The first thing I thought was why he was there with me and I didn’t tell him what happened. I tried to convince myself that I didn’t confess what happened because I didn’t know him. But I big part of me tells me it’s more than that, but I didn’t know what.

My brother called Ward to make sure he was fine and I shut my door and let myself fall asleep in my big cold bed.

When I woke up it was already dark. I looked at the clock – 01:00 – I had slept the rest of the afternoon and a big part of the night. My head ached, my back was screaming in pain. I looked around and saw something shinning between the books in my bookshelf. I stood up and dressed the black jacked made of cotton that was on the edge of my bed and walked towards the light.

After pulling one of my biggest books away I could finally see the source of that bright light. It was a cellphone, like mine actually. But it wasn’t mine because I gave it to my mother when she’d lost hers.

It was ringing. The name on the screen was weird: Water Love.

With all the curiosity taking over me, I answered the phone.

“Hello” I said with a trembling voice.

“Ariel, my water lover, can you tell me what time is it?” I recognized the voice like I had heard it like a million times before.

“What the hell! Ward?”

“No, the boogeyman. Of course it’s me, who else could it be?” I didn’t said a word, Ward was laughing so hard that made me smile a little.

“Who’s this phone?” I asked him when he finally stopped laughing.

“Yours” he said amused “Your father told me you didn’t have a cellphone so I bought you one”.

“I can’t accept it” I cleared my throat and continue “Why did you bought me a cell if you only met me two days ago?”

“Because I want to talk to you every day, in every hour, until I know what’s going on in your life. And there’s no going back” I heard a smile. Yes, I heard. I’m a good listener.

“Okay then” that was all I could say “Thank you, Ward”.

“De rien” so now he talks French, good.

“So” I started “Why did you called yourself Water Love?” I asked him.

After one minute of silence I was about to hung up the phone when he said with a deep voice “Because that’s what I want to have with you, a Water Love”.

I blushed and a giggle escaped from my mouth. All I could hear was Ward breathing, which made me feel like I was in heaven. So pacific, so lovely. 

He didn’t said a thing after that because I fall asleep in the floor, thinking about Ward and Water and how amazing these two are!

2 weeks later…

School was horrible! Jonathan had a busy day so he didn’t lunch with me. Ward was with his new friends (that includes Jessica) and I was all alone in the corner of the cafeteria. Distracted by the rain on the window I didn’t heard the bell so when I looked around everyone was already in class… well not everyone.