High school Bad Boy's Secret

Chapter 10

So many things changed within a single day. Liam proposed me to be his girlfriend just the day after the ground incident.
"It doesn't matter who you kissed it's all in the past" he said.
I think he's right,I think it's better to move on.
Liam and I started dating just before prom. Although I haven't agreed to go with him yet.
This was all I ever wanted- to be Liam's girlfriend.
But it doesn't feel right.

"You should say yes you know " Nat told me when I told her all about Liam. "Give it a chance...go with him to the prom have fun"
I nodded.
But it still seemed so wierd.
Why does it have to be so complicated?

~Callum~
I went to the hospital to see mom. She couldn't recognise me at all. She didn't remember anything about me or Dylan, not even about dad.I was dreading this day from the start. I knew that this day might come.
Dr.Hans told me that she is starting to loose her memories fully.
A day will come when she won't remember a thing.

I took up my phone and stared at the contact list. I have to call him. He has to know what he has done.
First he took Dylan from me then my mom.
I walked down the memory lane.
"He deserved what he got....he was a failure" my dad said when we found Dylan's body. "This world has no place for failures." He continued.
My mom was crying continuously.
"Shut the fuck up" I cried.
He looked at me with disgust.
"This is how you talk to your father?" He said and came forward to slap me.
I grabbed the knife with which Dylan slit his throat, and threw it at him. I landed on his shoulder. He groaned with pain.

He later filed a complaint against me for attempted murder. But my mother saved me.

He rebuked my mom for doing that and soon after that he left us.

That was another of my secret.No one knew about this. Not even my friends.

The phone kept ringing until someone picked up from the other end.

" Hello" a curt male voice said.
"Greenwood hospital ward 217....go meet her" I said with tears flowing down my cheeks.
I knew he loved her.
He must have.
He just didn't love me and Dylan.
" Callum?" he said
I didn't respond.
" Callum is she okay?" He said "... Callum I'm sorry... I..."
I disconnected the call.
Mom used to say he was messed up from his work, maybe that was the reason he was the way he was. Mom said he was sorry when Dylan died...I didn't believe her.
After she got so ill, he came to visit me,he wanted to see her but I made sure that he couldn't.
I looked at my phone,he was calling again.I threw my phone,it landed with a crash and broke. I dropped down to the floor and stared crying.
Everything's over.
But I could atleast see her every day but I can never see my brother again.
And it's all his fault.

~Ashlyn~
I did not have to put up a effort to ignore Callum. He remained absent from school for a few days before the prom. It was hard to deny that my eyes were yearning for his sight.
I needed to move on. So I agreed to go to the prom with Liam.
It was the only thing that I could think of doing now.

"So shall we dance?" Liam asked,as soon as the music started to play.
Couples were dancing to a romantic song.
I kept quiet.
"Still thinking about him?" Liam asked
How did he know?
I preferred not to answer.
He sighed.
"Go to him" he said.
"What?"I asked, shocked.
"Yeah go to him now, tell him how you feel." He replied softly.
"Liam...." I started to say.
"Go before I change my mind" he gave me a little push.

I was standing in front of Callum's house. I was super nervous. I don't even know why exactly I felt nervous.

I rang the bell,and the door opened. The scene inside left me dumbfounded.
Callum Wolfhard was covered in blood!
"Ashlyn...what are you doing here" he said unexpectedly.
"Why are you covered in blood?" I asked with concern. "Whom did you kill?"
He looked shocked then he said.
"Would you help me with the body...it's scattered all over on the ground" he said seriously.
Whaaat!!!?
I was unable to speak for quite sometime.
"Come inside I'll show you the 'body'" he said
" No " I hissed.
Then suddenly he started laughing.
"It's food color .... Silly" he laughed.
He grabbed my hand and led me to the kitchen where a bottle of food color lay on the floor, color oozing out of it.
I sighed.
"I was trying to make red velvet cake for mom.... She loves it" he said.
Sure enough I saw a crumb coated cake placed on the kitchen table.
"You made this?" I asked with wonder.
"No.. Dylan did" he said
Seriously he's making a joke out of his dead brother.
Disgusting.
"Saying this makes me feel like he's still here with me..." He said softly."we used to call him chef Dylan...dad never liked the fact that he cooked" he looked sad.
"Let's clean up the mess and finish the cake for your mom"
I offered.
"That was the last batch of red color..." He sighed.
"Let's go and buy some after we clean up"
He looked at me for sometime. Then said -
" Why are you here Ashlyn?" He asked finally.
I was waiting for this question. But I ignored it.
Instead I asked where the broom was.
I picked up the broken bottle and gifted it to the dustbin.
I not only cleaned the color smeared area but the whole kitchen.
Callum looked at me sheepishly.
"Why are you here?" He asked again." Didn't you have date to prom?" he asked with a frown.
"Are you jealous Callum Wolfhard?" I smirked.
"Why would I be?" He said exasperated.

~Callum~
This girl is messing me up. She comes to my house, cleans my kitchen agrees to bake cake for my mother. What's up with her?
We agreed we would not talk again. She asked me to leave her alone .
Then what is she doing here all of a sudden?

We went to buy food colors in my Harley.
"No need to call the cab....let's go on your motorcycle instead." She told me when I was about to call a cab.
" Are you sure!?" I asked her.
Last time we both were on the motorcycle, something bad happened.
"Just be careful... that's all" she said smiling.
"Your words are my commands" I said smiling back.
She not only helped me buy the red food color but also bought a lot of red chocolate hearts.
Dylan used to decorate mom's cake with those for her every birthday. Mom used to love those.
I smiled at Ashlyn... I wanted to kiss her so bad.

As soon as we went home we started working on the cake.
"You still didn't tell me why you're here" I told her, knowing well what she's going to answer.
"You don't know?" She asked.
I kept quiet. I concentrated on the red hearts instead.
She grabbed my hands and turned me towards her. She looked straight into my eyes.
"I love you" she said.
I shook my head.
"No you don't love me....you just pity me" I said.
"That's not..." She started to say.
"You want to know why we can't be together?" I asked.
Without waiting for her reply I continued"I'm a criminal...." I told her everything. I told her that I had tried to hurt my dad.

"A girl is not safe with a guy like me..." I said.
"No Callum that's not true." She said holding my hands.
"And I don't pity you nor do I care about your past." She said."I love you and that's what matters"
I feel a tear flowing down my cheek.

~Ashlyn~
I saw a tear run down his cheek,after I told him that I loved him.
Everything was quite for a moment.
Then suddenly he leaned down on his knees and looked up at me.
"Ashlyn Cooper will you be this bad boy's girl forever and unravel his secrets together"
I smiled and sat down in front of him and with a soft kiss, said." Forever."
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