HER HIGH SCHOOL LIFE

CHAPTER 14

I forgot to take my key this morning so, I couldn't enter the house. I placed my bag down and sat on the stairs, placing my legs two steps below where I was sitting. I wrapped my hands around my mounted legs and placed my head on top of my knees. After being comfortable, my mind immediately drifted

I jumped as I felt a hand on my shoulders. I looked up and saw my brother staring down at me with worry plastered on his face

"Edward?" I asked

What was he doing here? Wasn't he supposed to be in school?

"What are you doing here? What of school?" I voice out my thoughts

"I should be asking you the same thing. What are you doing here?" he asked, and I looked down

"Hey" he lifted my head back up to face him

"Are you okay? Is everything alright?" he asked

No, I'm not

"Shannon, what's wrong?" he asked again

He was now panicked looking at the tears that were threatening to drop

I couldn't answer, I didn't want to answer. So, I quickly got up, wrapped my hands around him tightly and cried, while soaking in the comfort of my brother

"Hey, it's okay, it's okay" he repeated while stroking my head but, the tears were very disobedient; they didn't listen to me when I told them to stop

Seeing that I was still going to keep on crying, he slightly bent down and curve his other hand around my knees picking me up from the ground. I didn't bother to look up but, I knew he was taking me to my room when he began climbing the stairs. He placed me on my bed and sat beside me, stroking my hair, and saying soothing words

After a while, I stopped crying but, we still stayed in that position

"Wanna talk about it?" he asked

I shook my head, not wanting to speak

"Is it about that boy? The mayor's son?"

He was talking about Aiden

I thought, if I wasn't going to tell him, he deserved to at least know. I nodded my head

"That boy is seriously going to need to have a talk with me very soon. Mayor's son or not" Edward said and I couldn't help it, so, I chuckled

After a moment of nothing happening and a deep breathe, I pulled back

"Thanks" I thanked him

"No p., sister. I may not have told you but, I always got your back so, an..... Whoa!" he stopped suddenly as if a gun was being planted in front of him

"What?" I asked scared

"You look hideous. I mean, you always look hideous but, this time, you looked like you could win the most hideous creature in all the planet together. How could you..."

I pushed him off the bed, glaring at him, but he just laughed, making me to continuously hit him with my pillow

"Hey" he protested, blocking the pillow attack with his hand but, they still made their way to his face

"Get out, get out, get out" I continued saying while still hitting his face

After trying and failing to block the attack of the pillows, he used another approach and successfully took my weapon from my hand. He signed and relaxed as if he just managed to barely survive from a war

"Is that how you thank someone who just gave you his shoulders?" he asked

I scoffed

"Yeah right. If you want to be thanked, act properly till the end" I told him