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Chapter 32

Keith's pov

I woke to Axca shaking me awake.

"Keith Kogane! I swear you had better be awake. You have a lot to explain mister!"

I sat up, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. My first thought was my wrist.

I immediately grabbed a sweatshirt from my floor. "Axca? What the hell? What time is it?"

She huffed, grabbing my arm and pulling me out of bed. "9:30. But that's not important. I want answers, now."

I sighed. "What are you talking about?"

But I had a feeling I knew exactly what she was talking about. She was dating Veronica. Of course Veronica was going to tell her about what happened. I could only hope that Axca would believe me.

"About what happened last night, on our porch, between you and James. Your ex-boyfriend."

I could tell she was pissed. "Ok...I know it looked bad. But I do have an explanation."

"Then I'd like to hear it."

"Alright. When the doorbell rang last night, it wasn't Lance. It was James. I stepped out to have a word with him and tell him to go away. I don't want anything to do with him after what he did to Lance. Anyways, Lance's front door opened, and I was about to tell him to fuck off. That's when he grabbed my face and kissed me. I pushed him off immediately. But Lance had seen. And then I tried to message him, and call him, and talk to him, but no one would let me. And now it's a mess, and he won't talk to me. I wish he would. I wish he would listen to me so I can explain what really happened. I wish I could tell him that I hadn't cheated, and that it wasn't my fault."

When I had finished, I was sobbing. Axca was silent for a moment, then wrapped her arms around me.

"Oh Keith...I'm so sorry. I can't believe I actually believed that you were capable of something like cheating. Not only am I your sister, but I'm your twin. I'm sorry for actually believing you had cheated. I'm sorry for being mad. I'll talk to Ronnie. Maybe I can convince her to talk to Lance, and convince him to talk to you."

I smiled. "Thanks Axca. I can't tell you how much that means to me."

She smiled. "Of course."

She walked out, leaving me alone once again. I walked out of my room, making my way down to the kitchen I grabbed some toast, wincing as the sleeve of my hoodie brushed against my arm.

"Idiot." I whispered to myself, face palming. I couldn't believe myself. I made promises, not just to Romelle, but to myself that I would stop. But it was too late now.

"What was that?" Adam asked, walking into the room.

I sighed. "Nothing."

He set down his coffee and put a hand on my shoulder. "Keith...you look terrible. What's wrong?"

"I messed up. I messed up bad. Lance and I were going to go on a proper date last night, because we finally decided we were going to tell people we were dating."

He didn't seem surprised when I said we were dating. It didn't surprise me, though. Shiro must have told him.

I explained the situation as quickly as I could. I didn't want to go into a whole lot of detail. It was too painful to even think about.

Adam sighed. "That's...tough. I'm sorry Keith. I want to help. Maybe I can go over later and have a talk with his mother. Try and get her to talk to Lance."

"Thanks for the offer Adam, but Axca's already talking to Veronica. If everything goes well, she'll talk to Lance. With any luck...she'll be able to convince him, and I'll be able to explain."