The Trip Of We ( PAUSED)

Chapter Thirty Two : Staring

Chapter Thirty Two : Staring

"That was cheating!" I whined at Liam as he reached to take a fistful of popcorn twice in a row.
"What? You were actually counting it?" He muffled his laughter and chewed the yellow buttery treat.

"Well no. I wasn't. I just noticed you were a fast eater" I stuck my tongue out.

"And I noticed you are a slow eater" he replied reaching for the popcorn.

"No I'm not" I retorted, swatting his hands away.

"You are" he frowned.

"No"

"Yes"

"No"

"No"

"Yes" I hissed immediately after realizing my error. "You tricked me into saying that"

"The only way to settle this is by having food contest" he smirked.

"You're soo on. I'll get water and drinks, you get the Doritos and the cookies on the table."

"Sure. Any last wish?" He smirked back at me in his way to the kitchen.

"Blaze please" I smiled as sick and sweet as I could at the same time.
Liam got four doritos. Spicy ones. Also we had a pack of cookies that were covered in chocolate and the remains of the popcorn we had before.
We also decided to binge on some pizza so were had four slices of frozen pizza.
We each had two bottles of bottled water and a can of Pepsi.

I made myself comfortable by sitting on the floor, facing Liam and placing my elbows on the table that held our challenge and seperated us.

"You sure about this barbie?" He teased as he cracked his knuckles.

"Hell yeah. I should be asking you that though, seeing how you are masking that terror in your eyes" I teased back.

"I'll set the timer to 3 minutes. First person to eat the Doritos, popcorn, cookies and pizza emerges as the winner" he concluded.

"Just tell me when you're ready. I was born ready" I stated.

After laughing, he finally set the timer and we began.

The first thing that came to my mind was how I was soo foolish to have picked spicy Doritos. I looked up to see him smirking at me.
He was perfectly inserting the Doritos at a fast, rhythmic pace. I watched him as he crumpled it when he was done and moved to another pack.

I took a sip of water and devoured the second pack of doritos. He wasn't gonna beat me. Even though I already drank a whole bottle of water already.

When I was done, I hurriedly took the pizza and rolled it so it fit my mouth like a sausage.
"Cheating" he murmured as he ate his pizza hurriedly.

I laughed and continued to look at his mouth. He took large bites and continued chewing on the pizza. It was like his mouth was technically controlled and automated to move in a specific way.

"Keep staring and you'll lose the game" he smirked.
My cheeks went beet red as took a large sip of water.

"I wasn't staring at you. I was... Wa....s trying to hypnotize you" I concluded defiantly and proceeded to eat my second slice of pizza.

"Hypnotize? God! You're really bad at lying."

"I'm not lying" I murmured with pizza in my mouth.

"You know you need something like an optical illusion to hypnotize me." He took the last bite of his pizza and divided the cookies into half.

"You threw your pizza away" I accused, seeing as he was already beating me.

"Really?" He laughed it off and ate two cookies at a time.

"God you're really faster than Flash himself"

"Thanks. Now I'm going to beat you at this"

"No. I don't gi-" I bent over and held my stomach as I felt my chest heave and my throat tighten.

"What's wrong?" Liam hurriedly moved by my side. "Is something wrong?"

"No. I'm to-" I clutched my stomach as felt the urge sweep all over me again.

"Get up" he slowly and gently dragged me up.

"I think I'm gonna puke" I confessed.
I had drank almost two bottles of water and finished two packs of Doritos. Did I mention they were family sized? I also finished almost two pizzas.
I really really felt sick.

"Puke? Hold on let me get you to the bathroom"

I nodded as he led me to the nearest bathroom. I leaned on his for support and tilted my head backwards and closed my eyes to avoid feeling the urge.
"Are we there yet?" I asked, feeling the tightening and my bile rising up.

"Yeah" he opened the door and I broke free of his grasp as I jerked towards the toilet seat.

Kneeling the down, I brought my face down, anticipation the wrenching feeling.
He knelt down too, next to me as he held my hair backwards. I could even smell his cologne. I could feel the heat radiating from him.

Suddenly, my body was brought out of this thoughts as I felt my bile rise up in my throat.
My head rotated and pounded and my mouth screamed from the taste of the bitter liquid emerging from my mouth. I clutched the toiled seat harder and dipped my head further into it and continued vomiting.

After what felt like an eternity of hell, I finally stopped and moved back, flushing the toilet.

"How do you feel?" Liam asked me.

Truth was, I felt like hell. My throat burned and was incredibly sore. I could still hear the echoes of my retching ringing in my ears. My face was cold and I was sweating. I was sure I looked like a mess right now.

"Not so well"
He embraced me and patted my back.

That hurt. The vomiting.
This hurts. My life.
My life sucks.

"I'm a pity case" I muttered into his chest.

"No, no no" he pulled me and adjusted my face so I was looking into his eye.

"You are not a pity case Eva."

"Everyone hates me. Jason never even liked me. Tyson. Tyson always bullied me. He totured me. He made my life hell. And now he likes me? Is that even possible? Jason. He gave me my first kiss. He also betrayed on the same night. Liam, don't you see the pattern here? I'm unwanted. Unlikeable. Not needed.
I'm like.. Like a passage. When anyone needs me, they meet me and when they are done, they leave. Even my own brother. He left. And now I'm all alone. One by one, you all will leave me. First Rayna, then Adam then Dylan then you then Aurora then my parents. Then I'll be stuck with Tyson forever. That's hell. My life is hell Liam. I am hell" I lamented to him.

"No no, look at me" he cupped my face "You are loved. You are beautiful. You are rare. You are wanted. You are needed. Any one ever told you that your hair looks like ray of sunshine? Like when you wake up in the morning and you feel that warmth on your cheek? anyone ever told you that your skin" he traced my cheek " is as bright as a full moon. It is a smooth and pure as milk? Has anyone ever told you that your eyes, captivate? People love you Eva. I love you. Adam loves you. Aurora, Rayna and Dylan love you. We all love you. Now we may not tell you this because we don't want your little head to burst with happiness "he smiled at me " but one thing you should know is that, we'll never leave you" I assured me.

I smiled back and hugged him tight.

"There you go." He hugged back.

"And just so you know Liam?" I looked at him "I caught you staring" I smirked.

Hey!! Just so you know, this is just like a filler chapter. So I've reached 30 chapters and I feel, I should start giving this novel a major plot hold. Like shipping a couple together. Let me know y'all thoughts