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Chapter 22

Lorenzo's Point of View

I feel terrible for hurting Elora, but I had no choice; now I'm stuck with Emily. I wanted to have a nice trip with the girl I like, but it turned out to be a nightmare of the girl I don't even want to look at.

My own father threatened me that if I didn't go with Emily, Elora would be harmed in some way, so I did it right away.

Elora now despises me. I just can't see her like this, and my best friend, who has always been there for me, has stopped talking to me.

I haven't explained why I'm panther with Emily to him.

When she kissed my lips, it felt like I was about to puke, and it smelt like tuna, which I despise.

I should go explain it to Elora, ugh! My situation is already deteriorating.

"Have you seen her? From the way she stares at us, I'm very sure she's jealous." Emily chewed her gum noisily, making me glance at her with disgust.

"Emily, we're not dating for this vacation," I said, rolling my eyes at her. "I'll always have you," she said, trailing her fingertips over my muscles.

The bell has rung, and my next class is with Elora. I don't think she'll like it if I see her, so I sigh and walk to class. "Mr. Rosario, you're late," The teacher have said. My teacher gave me a stern look.

"Sit next to Elora," she said, my eyes widening. When I gaze at Elora, she appears to be in tears.

I despise myself for doing this to her; I can't believe I made her weep; I should die for it.

I sat next to her and smiled at her; she rolled her eyes at me and turned to face the teacher; I sighed. "Elora, I can explain this," I say quietly, but she doesn't respond.

"I'm sorry," I mumble.

The teacher started babbling nonsense, but I wasn't paying attention because my entire focus was on Elora and how I was going to rectify things with her.

After the session, everyone went outside, and I grabbed Elora's wrist. "I'm sorry, Elora, I promise I'll explain things," I said, and she glared at me and yanked her wrist off my hand.

"Sorry, don't fix it, and stay away from me," she says as she walks away.

Elora POV

Have you ever hated someone, then eventually trusted them, only to have them injure you? I did, and it stinks!

And what hurts the most is that no one is there to console me, and except for Erica, Bella, and Mason.

"We should bring a lot of snacks and blankets to keep us warm because it's pouring and freezing outside today." Erica and I are Partners, so she cancels her plans with Chris.

""You should've gone with Chris," I moan as I pack my suitcase. "And what? I don't think I'd leave my closest friend in her lowest "She zips up the bag.

"I need you to take this," she said, handing me a blow dryer. "What am I supposed to do with this?" I asked, puzzled. "For the vacation," she smiles as she rolls her eyes.

I couldn't stop giggling. "Really? We're going camping in the mountains!" Between laughter, I said. "See! You're now grinning "She claps her hands in delight.

We went straight to school after talking and packing our belongings. "This camping trip is going to be lit unless Emily ruins it, but if she does, I'll smack the shit out of her," I said.

We listened to music in the car. When we arrived at the school and Erica parked the car, I noticed Lorenzo and Emily smiling and holding hands.

It was excruciatingly painful. "Don't cry, baby; this is going to be the day." Erica hugged me, and I hugged her back. Lorenzo looked me in the eyes. I swiftly break it since those stunning eyes aren't going to fool me.

I despise him so much that we drew from each other!

I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I despise him, I

So much so that I don't want him around me! "Elora?" I snap out of my reverie when I see Erica struggling with her suit case. "It's only for a week, you don't need that much suit case," I chuckle.

"Yes, I change four times a day," she laughs as the teacher assists us in loading our belongings onto the back of the large bus. Mrs. Green called our names to ensure that we were present.

"How are you, sis?" Mason drew me into a hug and kissed my cheek; he hugged me so tightly that I couldn't breathe. "I'm fine, but you're squeezing me," I said, as he quickly pulled me out of the hug.

"I'm sorry, I'm just checking to see if you need a big hug" he places his arm around Bella's waist I smirk at him "that was a hug but tell me about you two" I gesture at him and Bella they both look away.

"Please take a seat close to your partners, everyone." The teacher instructs us to do what she says, "I like rain." Erica exclaimed, "I used to dislike the rain when I was a youngster because it caused my plans to be canceled."

"Same," I sigh as I look out the window. "Elora, look at these assholes who have decided to sit beside us," Erica says as I look over at Lorenzo and Emily on the other side of us.

"It's fine," I sigh, glancing out the window. Erica rested her head on my shoulder and expressed her desire to murder Emily. I adore her to pieces.

"Wanna a bar?" Erica asked, pulling out a chocolate bar. "Sure," I shrugged, taking the bar and eating it along with Erica. "You know I put poison on that," she smirked, pointing to the bar.

When I was about to throw it, she stopped me. "I'm kidding," she laughs, and I only glare at her. "I wouldn't do that because you know you're my best friend and I love you," she kissed my cheek, and a smile formed on my lips.

"I adore you as well." I say we talk for hours because the bus started driving at 5 a.m. and it is now 10 a.m. We slept for a few minutes, and I avoided making eye contact with Lorenzo.

I wish I could punch him as I did the first time we met.