CLOAKED Lust

9 | Worst Nightmare No.2

Outside Upper Lake High School!

I stood outside the gates, carrying my backpack with some other textbooks on my hand. Other students were now leaving the campus, and I had no way of going back home. I mean, I do have a way that is, walking. But, I'm used to be with someone, either Tristan driving me home, or I walk with Esme and she'll arrive at her house before I arrive at my house, and so, I would finish up the rest of the road on my own, and that would be okay! But today, it's different.

No Tristan, Esme has been avoiding me, since she doesn't want me to convince her to not talk to Tristan. And now, I'm on my own, I think!

"Hey!" Nathaniel came standing next to me.

"Oh, hey!" it's you again. That's right, it's him!

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"What does it look like am doing? Do you see me getting some mangos from a tree or something?" girl, chill. You're being too harsh on him!

"Ooh, no! Am sorry... but, would you mind if you came with me. I might have a surprise for you." He made the actual move that brought him to me.

"Look, Nathaniel. I think this is now becoming too much for me! People are starting to ask questions, and I can't deal with that right now..."

"No, no... you don't understand. This has nothing to do with what is going on between us three! And by that, I mean you, me and him, the Tristan boy." He interrupted me.

"Ooh!"

"Yeah. Just, come with me, and I'll show you what I want to show you. And I'll take you back home!" he insisted.

"Nathaniel..."

"Please. Trust me, you won't regret this!" he gave me the cute begging puppy eyes. And you definitely know what those eyes do to people!

"Okay, fine. After all, what could go wrong!?" I had to accept.

And after replying to his request, I saw Tristan walking out the gates. He had his backpack, and his car keys on his index finger. After he had stepped out the gates, he accidentally met my staring eyes on his, and we stayed like that for a minute or something. And no one could tell what the other was thinking inside their heads, but all I could see, is a young man standing in front of me, with regrets and fear of maybe, he had waste his time on the wrong person!

"Can we go?" Nathaniel came in between our staring. And I had to take my eyes off Tristan, and place them on Nathaniel. And Tristan walked away to his car, and drove off!

"Yeah, we can!" I replied. And we left the campus, with Nathaniel's car.

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I honestly didn't know where he was taking me, but one thing is for sure, the silence was the number one activity in the car. "Buzz... Buzz!" my phone vibrated, and I had to see who sent the text.

"Hey, girl. I'm at Tristan's place right now, about to talk him out of the breakup situation, you two have! See you later... and take care." Esme sent the text.

"Trouble?" Nathaniel asked.

"Uh, no. it's just Esme checking if I'm okay!"

"Oh, okay. So, does she think I'm a bad guy or something?"

"Uh, about that..."

"Yeah, about that. Why didn't you tell anyone about me? I mean, the first day I was admitted at your school, it felt weird, how people, like Esme and Tristan, they didn't seem to know if we knew each other before!"