Dare to Fall

By DreamingToBe17

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Hailey Jones has been moving from town to town to escape her past and the reality that she thought she can ne... More

Author's Note & Playlist
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXX
Chapter XXXI
Chapter XXXII
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter XXXV
Chapter XXXVI
Chapter XXXVII
Chapter XXXVIII
Chapter XXXIX
DTF short stories
Chapter XL
Chapter XLI
Chapter XLII
Chapter XLIII
Chapter XLIV
Chapter XLV
Chapter XLVI
Chapter XLVII
Chapter XLVIII
Chapter XLIX
Chapter L
Chapter LI
Chapter LII
Chapter LIII
Chapter LIV
Chapter LV
Chapter LVI
Chapter LVII
DTF short stories
Chapter LVIII
Chapter LIX
Chapter LX
Chapter LXI
Chapter LXII
Chapter XLIII
to my readers
Where It Leads Us
Epilogue

Chapter XXIV

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By DreamingToBe17

It's already 2 AM in the midnight and we're still here, watching the stars as we tell each other both of our stories. I still have trust issues at this moment but, Cayden makes me feel at ease with his words.

And little by little, I'm quite convinced and ready to tell him everything about what has happened in my life for the past few years. What is happening in my life right now, why I moved, why I got so depressed and every single detail about me.

I looked into his eyes and he looked into mine. I just love the fact of looking into someone's eyes, it's like you're seeing a whole new different person but you can only see it yourself and not other people.

"My dad died when I was 7 or 8 years old, I really don't remember much. But, until now, I'm still mourning his death and the fact that I still can't move on depresses me so much," I said. I wanted to cry but, will he be the one who's going to wipe all of the tears away?

My phone suddenly vibrates and rings at the same time. I then took my phone from the pocket of my jeans and saw a new message. I swiped my phone to unlock it and saw that my mom left a message for me, saying that she's worried and that I need to come home.

"What is it?" He asked as I looked at the phone and looked up to Cayden, I was about to open my mouth to speak but Cayden cuts me off, "Is it your mom?" He asked and I nodded.

"She wants me to come home now because she's worried," I said, I then sat, crossing both of my legs as I type on my phone to send my mom a message saying that I'll be coming home and that she needs to stop worrying about me.

"Oh, is that so? Well, come on. Let's get going," He said, he then stood up from the picnic mat and lend his right arm at me, I looked at it and grabbed it, standing on the picnic mat as well. I then rolled the picnic mat and we both walked back towards his car.

As we were walking back, he tends to steal glances at me. He suddenly holds my hand out of nowhere and intertwines it with his, he then looks at me and I can see that he's smiling. I looked at him and started chuckling to myself.

"What's so funny?" He asked, I then looked at him and smiled. He looks at me with sparkling, happy eyes that I don't want to stop staring at.

"Nothing," I said. We then both reached his car and hopped in, he started the engine and reversed the car to get back on the long road back home and out of nowhere as I watch the stars and the wind blows my hair, I yawned.

"You look tired though, get some rest. This drive will take a while," He said as he looks at me and back to the road again, I then nodded my head and sat comfortably on the passenger seat and fell asleep.

I hope this is not a heck of a dream.

***

I woke up because of the annoying sound that my alarm's making. I squint and rubbed my eyes at the same time and realized that I'm inside my bedroom. I looked around my bedroom and nothing has changed as if nothing happened last night.

Probably it was just a dream.

I remove my covers and noticed that I'm wearing my clothes from last night, Oversized hoodie and Skinny Jeans. A sudden smile deforms and creeps its way to my face and I just smiled at the fact of what happened last night was indeed real.

I hopped out of my bed, ever so lightly. I fixed my bed without a rush and looked at my clock and my eyes suddenly widen when I saw that it was already quarter past 7 which means I only have 35 minutes to take a bath, get dress, eat breakfast then leave for school.

I grabbed my towel and rushed inside the toilet and started taking a bath. I didn't care if the water was too cold for me, all I did was just rub my hair with shampoo, rub my body with some body wash, wash my face and brush my teeth.

Once I was done, I hurriedly went out of the bathroom and grabbed some clothes to wear. I grabbed my favorite Band shirt which is The Rolling Stones and the color of the shirt was black. I also grabbed myself a blue, ripped skinny jeans and wore it. 

I dried my hair and hang my towel. I started brushing my hair once it was dry and started with my natural makeup using concealer, blush on and some red shaded lip tint. Once I was contented with what I have on my face, I grabbed a pair of socks and wore it.

I grabbed my white converse and my bag, I slipped my converse on and took a glance at myself in the mirror. Once I was satisfied with my outfit, I rushed downstairs to grab some breakfast.

"Good morning honey! You're in a rush today," Mom said, making me furrow my eyebrows. She's making breakfast, again? Does she need something again from me, like last time's favor?

"Not really. What're you still doing here, shouldn't you be at work by now?" I asked as I grabbed myself a bowl of cereal and some milk. I poured the milk into my bowl and started munching some cheerios.

"You need to slow down before you start choking on that favorite cereal of yours," Mom said making me roll my eyes. I then heard a loud car horn outside our house, making me choke on the cereal I was just about to swallow.

"Told you," Mom said, making me roll my eyes at my very own mother. I stood up from the chair to grab a glass of water as my mom walked towards the door to open and see who it was beeping early this morning.

I then heard my mom say "Come in," as I was drinking the cold glass of water. I then saw Cayden enter the kitchen, making me spit the water almost in his face. I quickly cover my mouth using my right bare hand and he chuckled.

"What's so funny?" I asked, he then shakes his head in reply to say no or probably to say nothing and I just shrugged my shoulders. I grabbed the bowl of cereal and placed it on the kitchen sink and told my mom that I was leaving.

"Hold up, is he going to drive you to school?" Mom asked and I made this weird face, telling her to stop talking and just mind her own business.

"In deed, Mrs. Jones," Cayden said. I then took a deep sigh as I facepalm my face using my right hand and looked at the both of them,

"I'm leaving, bye," I said, I then heard footsteps following me towards my car and I turned around and saw Cayden smiling at me. "What?" I asked, he then continues to give me a smile.

"I will be driving you to school so come on, we don't wanna be late, now would we?" He said and I just rolled my eyes and give in. We both walked towards his car and we both hopped inside. My nose suddenly tingles at the new car smell.

I inhaled the new scent that seems to be so familiar to me, I then realize that he has the same car scent as mine, Balboa Bubblegum. He then gave me this weird look and I also gave it back to him, sending him one of my questioning looks at the same time.

"What?" He asked, I then furrow my eyebrows and looked at him in his eyes. Out of all people that I shouldn't be attracted to is... him and his sparkling brown eyes. 

"Don't what me," I said in a bitter tone, he then furrows his eyebrows at me and gave me a questioning look, the one that I gave him earlier.

"What do you mean 'don't what me'?" He asked, making me want to roll my eyes but instead, I just gave him an annoyed look and a straight face.

"Let's just go because I don't wanna be late," I said. He then blinks his eyes at me for a few times and then decides to leave, giving me a reassuring smile and he turned on the radio, making it sure that it won't be the most boring ride I have ever ridden.

***

Once we arrived at the school grounds, he parked his car at his usual spot and turned off the engine. As usual, his fan girls run up to him and crowds over where his car is parked. They started asking a bunch of questions and Cayden just smirks at all of them.

I can't help but roll my eyes at the situation so I've decided to leave them all alone. I walked upstairs to get inside and grab the books and notebooks that I'll be needing later, once I was about to push the door open, I heard a bunch of girls say "Aw..." in a sad tone.

I shrugged my shoulders and push, open the doors. I heard a bunch of people having their usual conversations and a few football jocks throwing the football and the other one catching it. I was about to fast-walk my way to my locker, not until I felt a warm arm wrap its way around my shoulders.

I took a glance at the hand and looked at the person to my right to see Cayden smiling at me. I then gave him an annoyed looked and removed his arm from my shoulders. He then made a sad face, making me want to punch him and pinch his cheeks at the same time.

"Did you just reject me?" He asked, putting a hand on his chest and looked a bit hurt. He then faked a tear, making me want to punch him. Just punch him.

It's not that I rejected him, it's just... My heart is fluttering and it needs to stop. "Because people are staring at us and I don't want to be the center of attraction again," I said as I walked my way towards my locker and entered my combination.

"Don't you want that? You're going to be famous because you are hanging around with the hottest and the most popular person in this school, which is me, in general." He said, making my blood boil by those words that he just said.

"You're going to be famous,"  It keeps on replaying inside my head, making me stop grabbing all of the books and notebooks that I'll be using for later. I stood frozen at my spot and decided to turn around and face him.

And I did the most unbelievable thing ever, I slapped him.


***

Hello there! Here's the new update for today's chapter. I hope you liked it and I know that some of you are a bit shock right now or probably mad because Hailey slapped Cayden. Well, you need to know the story behind that on the next chapter.

I am a bit aware that this story is a bit short but don't worry, I'll make it up to you guys on the next chapter or on the next next chapters or maybe, you just have to wait...

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