SKY
When I woke up the next morning after Alexander barged into my bedroom, I wasn't able to stop myself from thinking about what happened.
I was surprised by myself last night, I had never reached that kind of anger.
That conversation between us played over and over in my head for days. I knew I'd be angry, but not that angry.
I've always hated being angry. It was like a new person took over me and changed me completely. All I saw was red when he was there, and I think if he would've acted more clueless, I could've really let him have it.
That anger flew away like a bird when I talked to him about my past. I never wanted to ever speak of it again, or show the marks of me getting jumped, but I had to let him know why I was so concerned about what people thought of me.
Then he had the audacity to tell me he loved me. Actually, he thought he loved me. What did that even mean?
His face held so much hurt when I told him I regretted doing all of that stuff with him, I wanted to be happy that he was hurt, but I wasn't.
It hurt something deep inside of me when he was hurt, just like it always had.
His logic behind the reason why he did it was so crazy to me, but I didn't even know how to feel about him at that moment.
What was going to happen if I forgave him? We'd be all hearts and unicorns? No it doesn't end like that, I was not going to let it.
"Sky?" My mother opened my door after two knocks. "You still need me to drive you to the mall?"
"Yes." I got up from my bed and put on some shoes before walking out with my mom.
We got to the car, and I looked out the window, Alexander still consuming my mind.
He was unable to forget. The way those beautiful eyes stared down at me with such a despair in his features, it was impossible to forget it.
"I had to fucking do it because you're mine! Mine only!"
His territoriality mixed with anger mixed with dumbness was not a good combination, and it caused him to do the dumbest thing I ever heard in my life.
Every time I thought about the foulness of his words about me, it took a little piece of my heart. Alexander really was going to kill me from the inside out.
"What are you deciding to do for Christmas? Are you coming with us, or are you going back to New York?" My mother interrupted my thoughts of Alexander.
I didn't even know what I wanted to do anymore. My ideal Christmas at this moment would be spending it at home, ordering takeout and watching Christmas movies back to back.
It was sad, but there was this feeling in me that I didn't want to do anything anymore.
The terrors of New York were in my mind twenty-four seven after what happened, so I didn't even want to go back there to spend it with my dad.
Mark's judgmental family made me want to pass out, but that was my only option.
Which is why I was at the mall, so I could get my father a gift and mail it to him.
"I don't know."
"Well, you've got to choose, baby. We're leaving tomorrow morning." My mother insisted and I groaned.
At the mall, I walked around in every store, trying to look for the best gift for my dad. While I was walking to a store, I caught those blonde curls and those thigh high heels from the corner of my eye.
Angela and Eric were walking together. His arm was around her shoulder and they looked pretty close.
When I remembered that they probably knew about the lies that Alexander spread, I turned around and literally ran for my life.
I could not let Angela's harsh words pull me down further into the ocean, so I ran away.
"Sky?" I heard from behind me, and I turned around to see Alexander's mom. "How are you, sweetie?"
"Good." I lied, and she smiled.
Even if Caroline was a single mother of two kids, works two jobs, and has to deal with her ex boyfriend at times, she still managed to have a bright smile on her face.
She was the perfect representation of how even after hours of rain, a sun could still shine afterwards.
I wish I could be like that.
"Did something happen between you and Alex?" She asked, taking a seat on the bench and motioning for me to sit beside her.
She had two handfuls of bags that she set down when I sat beside her.
I didn't want to tell her what happened but I also didn't want to lie to her, so I was glad she took my silence as an answer.
"I asked him when you were coming for Christmas and he almost killed me, I swear." She laughed, and I cracked a forced smile. "Are you not coming anymore?"
I shook my head, and watched her features change. Caroline's face reminded me of Alexander's face last night.
"Oh no! I was going to bake that cake you loved last time." She began. "Layla was so excited, she even got you a gift and everything."
She was trying to guilt trip me into going, and with those green eyes, and she was winning. Mentioning Layla was like a double kill.
"I was so excited when Alex called me and said you would come." Caroline gushed. "That night, I felt like you were part of our family. Whatever is going on between you and Alex, you two must put it aside on God's day."
I giggled along with her and shrugged again. Either I spend Christmas with Alex, the person I hated the most in the world, or with Mark's family.
"Whatever you choose to do, it's your choice. But our house is open for you on Christmas Eve, okay honey?" She offered so warmly but all I could do was give her a small smile.
I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I didn't have a lot of time to find out.
Maybe Mark's family would be nicer this year, I thought.
I wanted to close the damn book but how could I when I gave my all into it.
Alexander was going to torment me if I went. With his green-blue eyes and his intense stare.
He had taken every part of me, he was so close to taking my sanity too.
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Teen Fiction"Take your clothes off." Alexander instructed. "W-What?" "Take. Your. Clothes. Off." I looked up at his green-blue eyes, absolutely startled by his words. It was so direct and stern, but created a pool in between my legs. Even if he had wounded m...
