Enigmatic ✔

24|Rain equals no school

Stella

I opened my eyes to see it was still dark out and that Hudson was still here staring down on me.

"I have to get going now, it's almost midnight" He speaks. Hudson's voice brings me hope right now, somehow.

"My parents will probably be so tired when they get home that they'll go straight to bed, do you really have to go?"

"What's wrong Stella? Why do you not want me to leave?"

"I'm scared to be alone with my thoughts, I feel better everytime I'm with you" I say.

"Well why didn't you just say so?" Hudson says in a cartoonish tone that makes me giggle. He gets into the bed with me and give him one of the covers and rest my head on his chest. I liked the calming feeling of it moving up and down and I felt even more relaxed when I felt him playing in my hair.

"I was angry because you didn't see how much it would affect me to lose you, Stella" He says, does he think I can handle it now? The thought makes me smile.

"But with your parents-"

"Stuff like that leaves a hole in your heart Stella, I feel my parents death everyday but I can't let it stop me from living you know, I survived losing two people I really cared about, you really think I'm strong enough to handle three?"

"I think your strong enough to handle alot of things Hudson"

"Well I don't want to handle loosing you Stella" He says, "Now get some sleep"

"You locked the door right?" I ask him.

"Yeah" He answers.

I close my eyes feeling sleep wash over me once again.

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I woke up before Hudson to pouring rain outside. But this wasn't just any kind of rain, this was disastrous, makes me wonder how I even slept in it and we really have to go to school in this?

I walked into the bathroom, memories of yesterday slipping back into my mind. I hurriedly brushed my teeth, washed my hair, showered and got out of there because I was ashamed of myself for doing that and I didn't want to be tempted into doing anything else.

Hudson was up, staring out the window by the time I got out of the bathroom. "Now this is a view I wouldn't mind waking up to in the morning" Hudson says looking at me, I could practically feel myself turning into a tomato.

"Oh the rain outside" I teased him. "Yeah, it really is a beautiful view"

Hudson only smiles before looking back outside, "The weather isn't playing today" Hudson speaks.

"Can you believe we slept through that?" I asked rhetorically. "By the way there is an extra tooth brush in there when you are ready to do your business" I say.

"An extra toothbrush? might as well have me move in and you couldn't have waited for me Stella? We could've done business together" He says before going into the bathroom.

"Stella" Mother calls from downstairs. For a while I thought Hudson and I were the only ones in the house, well guess who isn't feeling one-hundred percent anymore. This girl.

"Hurry, or we'll be late" She says. Did she not see the rain outside? I didn't want to risk her being upset with me again for missing another day of school so I began getting ready.

I hear the shower turn on as I look for something to wear. I take out one of my many dresses then braid my hair in two putting elastic bands at the each end.

"Are you seriously going to school in this weather?" Hudson asks coming out of the bathroom.

"Have to" Is the only thing I reply.

"No you don't" He says. "As a matter of fact I think I'll do a great job at convincing you to stay.."

He moves closer to me, holding me in position before kissing me softly. I'm getting good at this kissing thing. Affection at it's finest.

"I don't remember if I told you but I liked having you shaking in my arms..." Hudson says after pulling away.

"Hudson!" I say loudly, surprised by his words, I remove myself from his arms,"I'm going to school..after my mother and I leave you can head out, okay?"

"Just like that Stella?, I'm wounded" He says placing a hand on his chest.

"Shhh" I tell him, smiling and putting my books into my school bag. After I'm finished I walk back over to him, "If you aren't coming to school, I'll see you tomorrow okay? And thank you for last night"

I place my arms around him hugging him tightly as he hugs me back. We stay like that for only a short while because my mother calls for me again.

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"No school? No school?!" My mother yells for the millionth time. It turns out because of the bad weather school was cancelled today plus trees had fallen down in the middle of roads, cutting of alot of travelling.

My mother and I drove back home and Hudson was gone by then.

"Well Stella since school is canceled, I'll have a tutor come over" My mother voices.

"Tutor?" I question softly.

"Yes after the hospital incident, your father and I started looking into tutors"

"But I've never needed a tutor before.."

"That was before your grades moved from a hundred percent to a ninety-five Stella, what happened to the other five percent?"

I felt tears staring up again in my eyes. Maybe it's because you keeping pressuring me, I answer in my head.

"Mother, I don't think I need-"

She cuts me off, "It's not up to you to decide what you need Stella, it's your father and my decision, we know what's best for you, now go up to your room and study or something while she gets here"

She walks off and I feel the tears start falling, through blurry eyes I saw a knife on the kitchen counter.

Well I don't want to handle loosing you Stella...

I breathe out remembering Hudson's words.

I pass the knife going to the refrigerator to pour some orange juice into a cup. With the cup, I walk up to my room to study like my mother had suggested.

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