Story Of My Life

Chapter 6: the dark

We were still sitting in the living room.
Wilma attempting to braid my hair. As Liam played with my feet.
Jolè and William were having a conversation away from us.
Andrew, mark and Mariah were laying on the floor playing cards.
"hey kids! " Rachel called on us from the stair case and we all got up hoping dinner was ready. We met her lovely sight at the top of the stairs looking amazingly attractive.
"dude.. I'm so checking out your mom. " mark said to Liam as he stared at aunt Rachel. She looked beautiful and I want that body after having children.
She came Down wearing a tiny black dress and six inch heels, ones I couldn't even wear at my age .I have to say, I was jealous.
" I think I'll just leave the house to you children this weekend. Liam doesn't want me embarrassing him, I know. " she said as she pinched his cheek. "I do trust you are capable of taking are of each other... Actually I don't trust any of you so I've told Liam's uncle to keep an eye on you from time to time " she kissed Liam on the cheek and waved to us as she left.
"oh and dinners been ready for a while now " she said closing the door behind her.
Jolè heard this and couldn't contain herself.  We all couldn't.
We ran to the kitchen and it was a glorious sight. You could hear the angels singing. Mrs Simons had attractively arranged the assorted foods.

After the meal, we had all gained back our lively attitudes. I guess we were all just hungry.. Especially Jolè.
It was then that Mariah got the bright idea to jump over everyone for the remote and have some music playing.
Why didn't we have this idea earlier on?
Every one got up to dance but I sat on the couch with my two left feet and jived away to the beat to the music
"Lola c'mon. You're usually the life of the party. "
" I'm quite full. "
"get up! " mark shouted.
Liam then extended his hand out to me.
"I'm tired " I looked at his beautiful hand and blew on it.
Before I could escape, he gently pulled me by my arm. He pulled me up and I immediately got into the mood. We danced all around that room.
Liam and I spotted each other and we were just drawn to each other.
Immediately we touched hands, we wouldn't let go nor leave each others side . After minutes of fast fun movements, time seemed to slow down and the songs got slower and slower. I then noticed how close Liam and I were, his hands round my waist and mine on his shoulders. The area around his hands began to vibrate and my back tensed up but I tried my best to ignore the cringe that was flowing through my body. I never liked being this close to anyone.. Breathing the same air, looking at every feature on their face in high definition. Liam's face was smooth. You could see the tiny hairs poking out of his skin around his lower face. 'Puberty,' I thought to myself. I focused on his mouth, which was moving, but I couldn't hear anything above the voice in my head telling me how good he smelt.
"Lola, did you hear a thing I said? " he chuckled. I shook my head slightly. We both giggled. He then looked nervous.
"I was saying..you know these days have been -" he started before he was interrupted by hollering in the room. We looked over the see what was so interesting and there It was. Wilma's face was squished up against Andrew's. More cringe rushed through me. "that's cute. " I said with a rather confused face. I really did think it was cute though. I was happy for them, busy sharing their faces.
The moment soon ended in a loud scream as everything went black. It was 20 seconds well after the electricity cut and I was still screaming and holding on to Liam.
I finally got myself to stop and Liam asked If I was okay. I slowly let go of him. " I'm okay.. " I said, assuring myself. "you're trembling out of control " he said laughing. " ... I'm not fond of the dark " I said as I heard the group laugh at me.
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A few minutes later, as I still held on to Liam,  William came into the room with candles. Things finally became visible. "these extra five are for you. " William said as he put the candles in different areas of the room. "ha. Ha. Ha. Veeeerrrrryyyyy funny. Y'all acting all sexy in the dark not knowing what's crawling up the back of your leg.... Continue. " I said. I could tell I set some fear in the air as one of them silently looked over at their legs and checked behind them. "you're seriously afraid of the dark? " Liam asked me with and amused facial expressions . " I'm glad you find this so amusing. " I said. He stared at me for a bit before he grabbed me by the arm. "where are we going? " I asked, struggling to get free. "to overcome your fear, c'mon " he said . He got two candles and guided us all the way to his room and as soon as we entered, I let go and jumped onto his bed and relaxed.
"you don't mind if I sleep in this amaaaazing bed tonight, do you? " I asked making myself comfortable. "not at all." he responded. "alone" I said and grinned for him. "ouch.. um yeah sure I could always take the candles with me,you know. " he then bent over and blew a flame out. The room got darker and the black threatened to consume me. "No! " I squealed. He then raised his brow. I exhaled and patted the spot next to me. He came over and put his arms around me, I settled putting my head on his chest.
"so... About you and Stacey. " he asked. "What about us? " I asked. "back story. " he said. I exhaled and moved back. I began to push my memory. "well.. Ummh... We were friends at some point.. Real close actually,she had this flashy lifestyle that made people judge her ,but they never knew how much of a sweet heart she actually was. My best friend, Taylor,  who I knew since I was three moved away during the period Stacey and I met and I became close. He then moved back and we became the three musketeers. " I managed a sarcastic smile.  " that was probably the eighth grade. We were young and stupid. The friendship was pretty cool. It was the one you'd wish for, you know..it was awesome." I stared off into the distance and my smile disappeared along with my cares. "years went by and I started to like Taylor ,Stacey knew.. and I'm sure he liked me too but I noticed that Stacey would try so hard to steal 'Taylor time'. The poor idiot was too innocent to see he'd been emotionally neglecting his first best friend,me. One day, Valentine's Day to be exact, I took Stacey's girlie advise and decided to tell him and just clear the awkwardness between us. He'd stopped hanging with me so I assumed I made him feel awkward. So I'm all rainbows and butterflies, ready to tell him . I get to the location where Stacey told me they'd be and I get there and duh duh duhhhhhhhh... There they are... Making out..so passionately..like they were meant to be together. " I said, my voice drifting off at the end. " I remember thinking, daaammmnnn, this girl set me up. The whole time she had stolen my man and she just wanted to show me and probably gave me false hope for her amusement. I hurt. After that she sort of started to give me attitude and then she started to say some pretty nasty stuff about me. The part that hurt most was that I thought she was my friend and I was completely confused. Why would she do that? Did I do something? " I sighed.
" I never got my answer and I'll never understand where that came from..i then realised all the things about how bad of a person Stacey was were true and I was blind with friendship, I couldn't see..i didn't want to see if cause I believed she had some good in her that was greater than all the terrible things  she'd done to people....i was wrong. we sort of just dislike each other now, although I'm the only one with a valid reason. " I chuckled at the end.
Liam nodded and stared at me for a bit
"your tremble is gone now... " he said in a calm voice , changing the subject. I hadn't noticed I was calm now. "would you look at that" I said. It then went quiet for a bit.
He looked uneasy and wanted to say something.
"Lola, I've been trying to say something. Earlier on, I was going to -" just then my phone gave us both a fright as one of my irregular alarms went off. I turned it off and gave Liam and embarrassed look. He shook his head. " every time I try, something comes up. If I can't tell you how I feel, I might as well show you."
I sort of knew what came next and I was too deep in thought to catch up to the moment. My heart was racing and by then, there were only inches between our lips.
"you..got me a gift? " I foolishly asked. Pinching my thigh at how silly I sounded. I was scared. He chucked "something like that" he softly said.