CLOAKED Lust

10 | Pull yourself Together!

Reyes' House!

The clouds were gathered, birds were flying back to their nests, and the darkness had begun chasing the light away when Nathaniel had sent me back home. And he was now walking me to my house's doorstep, so I could get inside. It felt weird about how we didn't talk all way back, and how I could be shaking in the car, scared of what would have happened if I didn't stop him!

At my house's doorstep, I had to stop and turn my face to stare his...

"I think I'll be okay from here!" I told him.

"Kayla..."

"Look, Nathaniel. Thanks for taking me to your house, and you got to show me that beautiful album you kept for all those years. But now, I'm not really in the mood for talking about what was about to happen after that..." I was really trying to hold myself together in front of him, but honestly, I was cracking from inside.

"Kayla, you've got to listen. I'm sorry, I really am. And trust me, when I say I didn't plan for all that! You, above all people, should know that."

"Should I? Because it seems like there's a lot about you that I don't know since you left. And now that you're back, I'm not even sure if you're the same guy I knew when I was a little girl."

"Kayla, please. I know that I must have broken your heart when I left back then..."

"You know? Do you really understand what I went through all those years on my own? Do you know how many things I did just because I kept telling myself one day you would come back to me..."

"And now I'm back to you!"

"No. You're not! I'm sorry, but my life has been a mess because of you. You weren't present, but it was messy either way. And now, now that you're back, it's becoming even messier than before!" I couldn't hold on to the cracking from inside. Tears had begun flowing out from my eyes.

"Please. Don't do this to me!"

"No! You're the one who should stop doing this to me!" I concluded and stormed off from his face and went inside. I couldn't really walk, so I had to lean on the door and get my head together before going to my room. Tears couldn't stop flowing, my head was all burning, and I couldn't stop thinking about Tristan after all that had happened that day.

"Kayla, please!" he kept on calling my name from outside.

"Just go away, Nathaniel. I need to be alone!" I replied.

And oh God, I don't know if what's happening is right, but I could just tell from my heart. Even if I could let Nathaniel do whatever he wanted to do, I was certain that it couldn't mean anything. Yes, I had thought of jumping on him when he took his shirt off, but I thought it properly, like if we were dating. But sadly, we are not!

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Some minutes had flown away, and I was still leaning by the door when I heard a knock from a person outside. And all I could think of was, oh my God, Nathaniel is still out there, please I hope someone comes and get him to go away from my house's doorsteps. The knock kept on going, each and every time...

"Come on Nathaniel, go away. I need to be alone!" I yelled, but it seemed like he didn't want to listen since kept on knocking. I guess I had to do it the hard way then...

I stood up right, and I threw my backpack on the floor as I was ready to open the door and try with all I've got to get Nathaniel to leave, so as I can have my evening going smooth, so I don't think if it could anymore! I reached for the doorknob, and with anger, I opened up the door to find someone I did not see coming...