𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳,
𝘔𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵.𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯.
-𝘜𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳.
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"I LOVE YOU BABY " SHE said to the man who looked just about ready to stab a pencil into his eye out of annoyance.
"I love you too" he grumbled underneath his breath, not meaning the words and reluctant to utter them, though the woman stayed none the wiser and overjoyed in the fact that she had gotten a response from him for once.
The man was merely using this woman for information, to know where to attack where it hurt the most. And he had just figured out exactly where to hit. He just hoped that the clingy woman beside him would not try to stop what he would do. But he honestly didn't think so. The poor sap didn't even realize how much he used her, far too in her own perfect and magical land where she finally found a man that appreciated her. A false and cruel land that she was bound to see perish right before her eyes.
Meanwhile, in a whole other house, Rya stood before her mirror, taking in her appearance. Solely because of her aunt telling her she dressed like a slob to school after waving her off at the gates for a week now, Rya had put a little bit more effort than usual in her choice of clothes. They consisted of a white shirt tucked underneath a red, sleeveless cardigan, paired with light blue, ripped at the knee, jeans.
"Just to get her off my back" Rya chanted this over and over, hoping that it would relieve the part of herself that felt embarrassed at how her aunt's words had gotten to her. She knew Sacha had never meant to hurt her, she just thought too highly of Rya, didn't see that behind that so very strong facade, stood a sixteen year old teenager. And so yes, she took the words to heart but she promised herself to work on that and actually talk to her aunt about it. Though she could feel her hands sweat at the very thought of being vulnerable in front of anyone.
As always, Noah knocking on her door made her move from her stand and go take everything she needed before opening her door. Her heart accelerated a the mere sight of him, something she found utterly embarrassing, that a boy could make her feel such things. Though what she didn't know was that he too had the same feelings for her, that he too felt the same things she did when they were around one another.
When Noah fully took her in, he saw her change in style. Not something very noticeable, but he had been there each time Sacha made a joking comment about Rya's choice of clothes. It made him slightly mad at the aunt that didn't realize that the words she brought onto Rya really had an affect on her. Though, he didn't comment on the change he simply complimented her on her outfit. The smile that graced her lips then, made a memory of elephants swarm into his stomach at the mere sight.
{AN//: It's not a memory like something you remember but a lot of elephants :) }
They made their way into Josh's car. Today they were going with him because Chris had an early meeting at the agency, something to do about his last case on Mattieu Dubois.
The first couple hours of school passed by in a blur for Rya. She had written so much that she was sure her hand had accumulated enough muscles to make even a body builder cower in fear. She was in her last class of the day, next to a random boy that she had never seen before. The chemistry teacher had separated Noah and her because of their incessant chatter that disrupted the class. Though in Noah's opinion the only thing that actually disrupted the class was that woman's duck-like voice.
The boy next to her stole quite a few glances at her and when she finally caught him, a light shade of pink coated his cheeks as he smiled at her in embarrassment.
He cleared his throat, adjusted himself in his seat and then introduced himself to her. "Hey. My name is Jade, I'm new here."
She smiled at him, " I'm Rya. I'm new too."
"Nice to meet you." He grinned brightly at her and turned back to face the front of the class. Though a couple minutes later, he turned back to her and the both started chatting about completely random things.
Noah was sitting at the back of the room, watching them suspiciously throughout class, jealousy burning through his veins. As soon as the bell rung he tossed everything that was on his desk in his bag haphazardly and made his way to Rya. He had expected to come up to them and interrupt their conversation midway through but he didn't have to. As soon as Rya saw him, she waved him over.
"No, this is Jade, he's new here. Jade this is Noah." She told the two.
Noah grumbled a bit under his breath but smiled at the stranger nonetheless after a couple seconds. He smiled back, it was a somehow crooked smile, as if it was forced. They were civil to each other, in no way friendly.
"Anyway, let's go home Noah. I'm exhausted, I don't understand how a day can be so fucking long. Bye Jade!" She dragged him by the hand, out of the class and right in front of the gates to wait for either one of the adults that were supposed to come get them.
Rya was an extremely observant person and so, immediately detected his discomfort around the new boy hence why she took him away so hastily.
"Hey, what was that back there? You being all reserved and shit with Jade." She asked, curious.
He shrugged his shoulders and turned his face the other side so that she wouldn't be able to see the faint blush that had appeared on his face.
Not satisfied with his answer, she pushed further, "Yalla, tell me No. Do you know him from somewhere or something?" {Come on}
Utterly and devastatingly embarrassed, Noah gave an excuse as to hide the real reason behind his apparent 'discomfort'. "Nothing, it's just that we should be careful about who we talk to and stuff. You could never know if one of these people were possibly sent by Alfonso, or even Dubois." Noah felt incredibly proud of his excuse because as much as they didn't want to admit it, her father's ennemies were still out in the open and looking for anyway to hurt him.
She straightened up at his words, seemingly more aware of her surroundings. A chill ran down her spine at the thought of either of those men lurking behind the corners, watching them and waiting for the perfect moment to pounce. "You're right" she said and then growned at the sudden realization of how careless her actions had been.
"W es. Comment j'ai pus être telement bête?!" {Fuck, how could I have been so stupid} {W es is pronouce -ou- ess- }
"As much as I want to know too, they don't have tests for things like that. So you'll have to live your whole life not knowing why you are so 'bête' " Unable not to, a loud laugh came out of Rya's mouth at his words. But, she stopped once she realized that she had spoken in french. Quizzically she looked at him and asked, perplexed " How did you understand what I said?"
He scratched the back of his head a bit and shrugged his shoulders in a way that made him look a lot younger than he was "I took french lessons for about four years but stopped because I got bored of it but I still understand some parts of it. Now, I'm starting again, so, you know, I can be able to understand you and shit." Her heart warmed at his words and she engulfed him into a tight, longlasting hug and breathed out a "thank you" against his neck. The feel of her cool breath onto his neck made goosebumps appear on his skin.
They pulled away from each other when they heard the click of a phone taking a picture, to see Elliot standing in front of them, a shit eating grin on his face with his phone between his hands ready to record them.
"I'm going to add that to the album!" He said excitedly. It left the two utterly disoriented but they shrugged it off, seemingly used to his stupid antics.
As they stood all together, Rya and Noah seemed to realize that nobody had come to pick them up yet. Therefore they decided to walk back to their flats.
Rya shot her father a message to let him know she didn't need anyone to pass and pick them up anymore- as did Noah to his own father. And then, they were on their way back home.
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A U T H O R ' S N O T E :
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