Hope

Chapter 8

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"You got this" I whispered and knocked on the door.

"Come in......." there was a pause "Sarah". It was almost like he was having difficulty saying my name. I pushed the door much to my dismay. It felt like I had done something terribly wrong and was called here to face the consequences. Aless's office was huge and contained all the modern furniture that I had never seen in my life. He was sitting on his leather chair some papers scattered here and there on the desk and he looked as intimidating as ever. How is he even related to me?

I went into the office and the slight smell of Aless's perfume hit me. I didn't protest when he told me to take a seat in front of him.

"How are you feeling? Aless asked with no remorse or emotion. It kind of frightened me a little when I saw the serious look on his face.

"Fine" I mumbled unenthusiastically. I had no idea what to say exactly. How was I feeling? Was I feeling good, after all that had happened, from finding out I had more than brother to fainting and discovering Mom lied to me and I already knew my family, to top it off, Xander hates me just because of a stupid chair. Taking into consideration all the things.

I'm don't feel fine.

"Do you know why I called you here?" He asked carefully. I tensed.

"N-no." Did I do something? It was Aless after all and he did scare me a lot, which is funny because he was one of the people I was comfortable with.

He sighed dragging his hands on his face. Aless came to an abrupt stop and straightened immediately like he wasn't feeling tired a minute ago.

"I know you just got here.. Sarah but do you miss home?" He aked raising an eyebrow. How should I tell him, I didn't have one until now.

"Do you miss your friends or school?" Aless asked again, why was he asking me such questions? In all honesty, I was deprived of any social contact other than a friend or two who were my waving buddies that waved at me in the halls then continued ignoring me the entire day. I had only one good friend that was Jason, other than that I kept my distance and so did other people in my school.

"Yes I do miss school a little" I lied "But I didn't talk to anyone other than Jason so I don't miss anything about the town" it was weird saying half lie and a half truth. Speaking on first basis I had no idea why Aless was asking me about my school life. It wasn't pleasant.

Aless phone rang but he didn't even pick it up nor did he look at it, in fact he seemed more focused on me. "Who's Jason" he asked in a calm tone raising an eyebrow. Now this was something that freaked me out. How can he be so calm and have that dangerous glint in the eye at the same time.

"Uh.... A friend". I stuttered. I wasn't stupid, either he didn't like the idea of me having a guy friend or me having a friend at all.

"I Ho-" he cleared his throat looking anywhere but at me. It was like there was something stopping him from speaking, and if he thinks I didn't catch it he was wrong. "I hope he's just a friend." He emphasized.

I blushed in embarrassment as my cheeks flushed and turned a pink shade of red. Why would he think that? "Y-yess" I stuttered, realising I hadn't answered him. "Just a friend nothing more. He's gay" I clarified. Now I was having trouble talking. It felt like a need to tell him that Jason is gay, and I wasn't attracted to him in any way.