What A Tease!

Chapter 1

This is the first thing i have ever written so i would love some feedback and a chance <3<3. I would also love to continue writing if someone other than my amazing sister likes to read this :) this story may seem depressing in the beginning, it's going to turn to a more positive story later.

Oh and don't be so surprised if the story is a bit cliche :P

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Tears run down my face as they read the letter our dad left. I didn’t even bother to try to listen to what the guy in the black suit was saying. ‘’You may think this was a bad idea. But you and I know that I wasn’t happy. I chose this day since it’s 2 years since your mother passed away. And i didn’t want to give you another day to mourn.

Even though I don’t want you to be sad because I did this to myself and chose it. ‘’A man who doesn’t find pleasure in being alive doesn’t deserve to live.’’ That’s what your mother always would say. I couldn’t take the pressure of being  a widowed single father. You meant everything to me and I know that you might get angry with me and say that I left you, which is true. But the truth is i would never be able to be a good father. I was never happy and I wouldn’t have been in the future either.’’ The guy keeps reading the letter. He mentioned that my brothers and I now own the family business. I couldn’t take it. I was strong enough to witness my father dying because of an overdose, I planned his funeral, I watched as they lowered his casket to the ground. And I never shed any tears until now. I told myself that I had to be strong and that I should get used to it now. But I couldn’t. The thing that broke me was my brothers. This was the second time I had seen them crying and the first was when our mother passed away. The guy in the suit  kept talking but I couldn’t concentrate on him. I couldn’t even breath at this point. I was freaking out and I needed to get out of here. I felt how my lungs clogged up as I struggled to breath. No one noticed of course.

I didn’t know what to do and before I knew what i Was doing i was out of the room, running in full speed in the hallways. I didn’t even know this place. What am I doing? What if I get lost. This place is huge. I thought to myself. But I couldn’t stop. I noticed that I was on my way to the entrance that we came in from. Just as I was running out the door i heard someone calling my name.

‘’Lexie? What the hell!’’ Okay it wasn’t exactly my name. It was this assholes nickname for me. I hated it but I wasn’t in the mood for some ass-face right now so I kept running. ‘’Lexie!’’ He yelled after me. What the f’**k? Is he following me?

I couldn’t take it anymore the tears were unstoppable and I didn’t even care about this asshole seeing me cry. I know he was waiting for me to break down. He said so himself.

-- Flasback---

I was getting ready for the funeral when Zach walked in to my room as if he owned it. ‘’Are you ready?’’ He asked me. ‘’Does it look like I’m ready ass face?’’ I replied. Rude, I know but what could I say. He brings out the worst in me. ‘’Ahh!’’ he sighed in fake content. ‘’How i love it when you are on your period.’’ He said. Knowing that that line would get on my nerves. I took the object closest to me and threw it at him. ‘’ Ah!! Shit Lexie What the F**k!’’ He screamed. Turns out that the object closest to me was a curling wand. The one that I was heating up to curl my hair. He looked at me with a pained expression and i couldn’t help feeling a teeny tiny bit guilty for throwing it at him considering it was hot. But all my guilt flew out the window when I saw the bump he got. I couldn’t hold in my laughter- I nearly doubled over in laughter. tears were running down my face as his expression turned from pained to angry. ‘’Glad you're laughing now cuz’ it won’t be long until you break down.’’ He said looking smug for a second before his eyes widened and then showed sorrow and pain.

 He just had to bring it up. ‘’I don’t know what your intentions were with that comment Zachariah But I suggest you take it back and get out of my room before I tell one of my brothers to kick you out of the house for good.’’ The words sounded like venom but I didn’t even care how bitchy I was. He had no right to say what he said and he knows it. ‘’I’m sorry Lexie I Really am-’’ I cut him off saying ‘’ Don’t call me Lexie’’ He gave me an irritated look and then continued. ‘’... It’s just. It’s unnatural not to cry I mean even I’m hanging on a thread right now just waiting for you to break down and-’’ I cut him off ‘’Wait a second.. why are you waiting for me to break down? Why do you want to see me cry? Do you really hate me that much, that you’re waiting for me to break down and cry?’’ I asked my voice rising with every question. He was pissing me off. ‘’Lexie listen to yourself. Do you really think that’s the reason that I am waiting for your melt down?’’ He asked me, and i could see the sorrow inside his grey eyes. He was giving me this frustrated look that was really confusing. ‘’Just get out of my room Zach so i can get dressed. I don’t think he noticed that i wasn’t wearing actual clothes and only a short robe.

He looked at me from head to toe which made the blood rush to my cheeks, even though I don’t care what he thinks about how I look. When his eyes stayed on my legs a few seconds- actually a few moments too long i interrupted what ever thoughts he was having. ‘’I guess you should leave. Unless you’re going to watch me get dressed.’’ I said with a small smirk starting to form my lips. He let out a cough and looked a bit flustered about being caught checking out his best friend's’ little sister. ‘’Um yeah.. uh.. I.. I wasn’t .. urgh’’ He sounded so frustrated that I didn’t even bother holding in my laughter. ‘’Stop laughing. It’s not even that funny. Stop it.’’ But I couldn’t stop. I knew he was having a hard time holding in at least a smile. I saw the corners of his mouth twitch up just in time to see his small dimples appear and then leave. Although I don’t know what he was happy about. I was making fun of him. ‘’You broke your hair burning thing.’’ He said as if he just won a slam off. That stopped my laughter. ‘’Shit’’ I cursed. ‘’HAH!’’ was the only thing he exclaimed before leaving the room.

-- End of flashback--

My legs couldn’t carry me anymore and I really didn’t want to fall and hurt myself. I need to be able to work out in these couple of weeks if I want to cry as little as possible.

I was still crying and I couldn’t stop. I felt Zachs arms go around me and putting me on his lap. I don’t know what he was sitting on but if it was in an alley way it probably wasn’t comfortable. ‘’It’s okay to cry Lexie. Don’t worry things will work out. I promise you. Don’t.. Don’t give up on life because it failed you. Everything will work out. I promise.’’ The words were faltering as he was whispering them into my ear and with every passing second his arms were tightening around me. It sounded more like he was trying to convince himself this. I soon felt a wetness in the crook of my neck where he had buried his face. That absolutely broke me and i actually hugged him. I don’t hug Zach. We hate each other.

We sat like that for a long time, just hugging and crying. His phone rang and he struggled to keep in his sobs. ‘’Yeah bro’’ He answered and I knew it was one of my brothers calling. He looked at me tears still running down his face. This was the first time in my life that I had ever seen Zach Taylor cry. He didn’t even cry that time a couple of years back when his father had decided to leave him and his mom. He just ran to our home and got all the comfort he needed from our father.

My thoughts were interrupted when he answered my brother, who had called him. ‘’Yeah I saw her running outside when I was in the lobby so I ran after her.’’ He waited a while before speaking again. ‘’Of course she’s with me I wouldn’t let her run out in the street all alone…… Yeah just go home we’ll head home when she says she wants to go home.’’ This calmed my nerves since i wasn’t ready to go home yet and I was afraid that my brother would force Zach to take me home right now. ‘’ Alright see you when you're home just try not to kill each other’’ I heard my brother, Aiden, say. I was glad he said that because it made Zach laugh a little. I don’t even know why His laughter made me happy. Probably because it was the first time I had seen him cry.

He hugged me again but didn’t cry and I was too exhausted to cry again.  

I soon felt myself drifting off and I let myself fall asleep. Something that had been really hard to let myself do these past couple of weeks.