Eyeliner and cigarettes

Chapter 4

"I don't know, maybe I haven't given it enough?" I breathed, my thoughts running at a high speed.

"Hey Eve, you ready?" I turned around to look at my project partner.

"I'll be there in a two, Cato." I smiled at him, watching him salute me and leave.

"You're partners with a guy?" Luca questioned angrily, his nostrils flaring.

"Have you forgotten Cato? He's my friend." I replied politely.

"I don't care who the hell he is, you stay away from him you hear me?" He towers over me, staring down at me, scaring me with his hardened look.

"But he's my friend, Luca." I whisper meekly.

"They're only out to use you, everyone is. Have you forgotten what I told you, Eve?" He taunts, I feel my character breaking, nodding silently, agreeing to his words.

"I'm sorry, you know I'm just looking out for you right?."

"Yeah, I know. It's okay." I sight in defeat.

"Good, you'll do amazing. Don't worry too much." He grins, his mood shifting entirely.

"I have to leave now but I'll see you at the end of the day." Leaving a peck on my cheek, as he walks away, the feel of his lips lingering on my skin and somehow it felt like I was stained.

Pulling myself out of my unconscious form wondering, Why had I been such a fool? What had been going through my head?

"Can I come in?" I looked up to find my elder brother at the door.

"You're half in anyway." I shrugged.

"Really wondering where you got such a smart mouth from." He grins teasingly.

"It's just a gene thing, you know? Maybe that's why you should consider the fact that you were adopted." I grinned even wider watching him scoff.

"Now that, was incredibly rude to someone who has come to your rescue." Marc taunts.

"Rescue? I don't see anyone here though." Pretending to look around the room.

"Oh for goodness sake, I'm getting straight to the point. I heard shouting from the other room and since I'm not dad, I'm going to push and ask what happened until you tell me." He sits down next to me.

"Nothing serious, just a little argument with Arthur." I replied plainly.

"Anything I need to know?" His eyes instantly growing cold, giving me an authoritative look.

"Like I mentioned, nothing serious." I repeated. Well aware, he was ready to bash Luca's head after finding out what had happened, him and I had that relationship. We'd tell each other pretty much everything, until I decided he shouldn't know what was happening only for Marc to walk in on that one night when things truly went down.

"How about this, we put on some Barbie and play tea party?" I say batting my lashes and speaking in a high pitched squeaky voice, receiving the most disgusted look in return.

"Yeah, I think it's time I take my leave." Quickly rushing to the door.

"But I have pwetty pink dresses." I laugh watching him throw me the bird.

I look around my room, feeling the silence and serenity dissolving my raging headache. Gazing at the window, my memory clear as a day about the amount of times he made his way throw that window.

And in another world,
We're laying under the night sky,
Gazing at the stars,
With nothing to combust,
Hopelessly in love,
We're breathing the same air,
Our hearts are one,
We don't fight each other as much.

*flashback*

I put my head down on the desk, exhausted with the never ending essay. The words were too many and now they just seemed like ants. Out of the blue, hearing rain pelting down on the windows, I turned around to see no drops on the window, confused as to where they were coming from or was I hearing things?

I turned back around deciding, I need to get back to this hell before I fall asleep. A minute later, I hear the same pelting, this time much louder and glass breaking. I instantly get up to look out the window, watching Luca grin at me.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I whispered-yell.

"Leave it open, I'm coming up." He replied, watching him climb the balconies, hoisting himself up into my room.

"Hi." He grinned cheekily.

"Hi? What are you doing here?" Questioning his odd timing.

"I've come here to apologise for the morning." I look at him, surprised he even remembered.

"It's alright, I guess." I replied, unsure what could have possibly happened if I said something wrong.

"Come on now, let's lay down." He says pulling me towards my bed, instantly getting comfortable as we stare at the ceiling covered in glow stars, from the time I was ten.

"I like this silence, the peace that comes along with the feeling of doing nothing but gazing into anything and everything." I said randomly.

"Eve, don't be a bore. The parties we go to are sick, that's where the fun is." He scoffs, I instantly shut up, not wanting this to lead into another argument.

Wondering, you could be different when it comes to being partners but not enough to not care about the others sanctuary.

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Hope you enjoyed the new chapter.
Love, Savera x