Guess whos back! Back again! ACG is back! Tell a friend, so ya'll can team up and kill me lol.
So I've had writer's block for AGES that I've legit made another trip around the sun. But ANYWAYS, I cannot thank those readers who still stayed loyal, and I'm so sorry you gotta deal with my dumbass but I'm getting better I swear!
Okay imma shut up and let you all read :))
LOVE YA'LL SM
-ACG
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I hate my life...
I'm telling you right now. If I wasn't kidnapped and predominantly never going to graduate, my yearbook quote would literally be "This isn't like High School Musical at all,"
At least in high school musical Troy and Gabriella had somewhat of a romantic first kiss. Whereas in my life, I happen to end up a pancake under one terrifying gang-leader who also happened to have drunk kissed me, that I ran away from...
God, why do I always run away from my problems?
My eyes widened as I felt something soft press against my lips.
Duck...
HE WAS KISSING ME.
His soft lips caressed mine and I felt like I was shot through duck heaven. I wanted it to last forever, but it only lasted a couple of seconds, before he pulled away, leaving me with the taste of raw alcohol on my lips. I stood there speechless for a few seconds, unable to speak as if the wind was knocked right out of me.
He kissed me...ON PURPOSE.
My cheeks burned red just at the memory of what happened last night. AND I RAN AWAY FROM HIM.
OH
MY
GOD!
Shaking my head furiously I stuffed my face back into the pillow wedged between my thighs and flat as chest. How am I ever going to face Xavier? Most importantly how are my hormones going to deal every time I see him now?!
I hate myself, why am I the way I am? Was I seriously dropped on the head as a baby?
"Gooooood morning munchkin!" Gabriel's voice invaded my train of thought as he burst through my door. No knocking or asking first. Geez, this boy has the manners of a caveman. "Yo are you good?" He probed instantly at the sight of my trying to scramble under the covers to avoid him catching me in my whack moment of panic.
"Yep, yeppity yep, why wouldn't I be lol..." I tried to play it off quickly, sounding a bit too suspicious for comfort. Did I legit just say 'lol'? Stress really does turn me into a monster...
Gabe raised his eyebrow in question, clearly not falling my lies like I had prayed the god he would.
"Cut the crap Sky,"
I gulped. Gabe wasn't as scary as Xavier Dante but he definitely knew how to glare someone down with a penetrating stare. Goddamn, gang members!
"W-What crap?" my voice kind of shook and I mentally kicked myself for not paying attention in drama class so I could've pulled off my acting skills.
Cold sweat began trickling down my temple as Gabe started taking small measured steps towards me, a narrow-eyed look marrying his face as he approached.
I was a lamb about to be slaughtered.
"Something is obliviously wrong with you,' He drawled his words, taking a seat on the edge of my bed in a painfully slow manner. "So be a good little duck, and tell me what's up?" If I were once again being harassed by an armed gang member I would've squealed at Gabe's acknowledgment of my species.
Instead, I was violently racking my brain for something, anything, to try and drive Gabe out of my room before my big mouth blurted my kiss with drunk Xavier.
THINK SKY! Think like you've never thought in maths class before!
Lightbulb...
Before Gabe could open his mouth to interrogate me further, I quickly pulled up my secret weapon that always works in PE. "I-I'm on my period,"
The second those syllables rolled off my tongue, Gabe shot up off my bed faster than Sonic the Hedgehog and into a standing position, whipping his head away to conceal his redness. Geez, males and their embarrassment to a little blood.
"N-Now?" He choked up, slowly gazing back at my face trying so hard to avoid looking down.
"No, next week, she rang me today and told me to be ready for her monthly visits," I rolled my eyed, my voice drawling with sarcasm. "Yes now!"
"Uh...uh...shit sky, does it hurt?" He ran a hand through his locks, looking at me as if I've been shot. This boy honestly. Guess he's never watched Big Mouth, "Should I call Xavier?"
What the duck?! Call Xavier? What the hell does he expect that tyrant to do? Scare away my period?
"I don't know what to do! Stay with me Sky!" He was panicking. He was seriously panicking. Are you kidding me? what has this boy never been around a female before?
"Gabe!" I snapped, "I'm not dying! Calm down!"
"Natasha's out with Xavier and Nate! I don't know what to do!" He blurted out in stress. So Xavier wasn't home? A sense of sheer relief washed over me as I let out a short sigh.
"Gabe, calm down," I kicked off my blanket, springing myself off the bed to try and relax Gabe, completely forgetting I was supposed to be on my Shark Week.
"GOOD GOD SKYLER SIT DOWN!" Gabe screamed. Yes. he screamed and ran at me. At full speed. Football tackling me right back down to where I had just gotten up from.
Yep, there goes my back. Someone call 911, I might be actually bleeding after getting the wind knocked out of me just then.
"Lucifer Morningstar, is that you? Come to take me to duck hell?" I choked out staring at the ceiling hoping for that 6-foot sexy specimen of a devil was here to take me away to his Lux. Instead, I was just being flattened further by Gabriel's 4 digit weight.
"Skyler, stop joking around this is serious!" Gabe shot back, staring solidly at my face as he still lay on top of my scrawny little body. I diverted my gaze back him, Trying not to make jokes out of the situation, instead, I became at a loss for words.
...He looked so concerned.
"Gabe, I'm fine, really. I'm all prepared" I coaxed him softly, chuckling a little at the abundance of concern rolling off him. "You don't have to be scared,"
He nodded, still looking a little perturbed and gently rolled off me giving me a chance to sit up beside him.
"Sorry." He apologized, averting eye contact as he gazed at his knees sitting beside me on my bed. "Its just...my sister would get really bad cramps, and I thought it was the same for all girls,"
Sister...?
Gabe has a sister?
"You have a sister?" I cocked my head back in surprise, voicing my thoughts.
He nodded, a small smile tugging at the corner of her lips, "Yeah, my sister named Anika,"
Anika.
"That's such a cute name!" I gushed. Gabriel and Anika. A smile married my face as I thought about Gabe having a little sister. He was already my favorite of the Silver Ravens, but this just made him top the ladder even more.
I'm a sucker for boys who know how to take care of their siblings.
Gabe mimicked my smile, "Yeh, she was such a handful even at 13, my biggest pain in the ass,"
"Omg! Where is she? I wanna meet her so bad!" I couldn't my excitement, we could team up and bully Gabe! What an opportunity.
Gabe remained silent for a lengthy period of time before he finally gazed back at me, sadness glazing over his eyes. "In a happier place,"
Oh.
A pregnant silence washed over both of us as I sat there at a loss for words. A mixture of emotions filled me and I tried so hard to form something to comfort him.
Gabe had a little sister named Anika, whom he lost. My heart broke for him. God, I wish I could take his pain away, but I couldn't.
"She would've loved you," Gabe finally broke the silence, giving me a hint of a somber smile.
"Yeh? I would've loved her too," I beamed, fiddling with my fingers. I wasn't really good at this comforting business.
I really wanted to know what happened to her, but I didn't know if I should probe on a sensitive topic.
"Lemme guess, you wanna know what happened?" Bingo Boingo. Damn this boy can read minds.
I nodded, giving him a small sheepish look. He chuckled softly, tucking his upper lip behind his lower one. I really didn't wanna evoke any sensitive feelings to hurt him so i quickly butted in before he could continue,
"What was she like?"
Gabe smiled, his eyes softened as a small laugh escaped his lips, "Crazy," He admitted, "And caring. She was so full of life and has such a smart mouth, would piss us all off on a daily. Kinda like you," he smirked at me earning a whack.
"Hey!" I laughed, scrunching my nose up at him and he mimicked jokingly.
"She was about as tall as you too," No surprise, I'm quite short. "But she had a big heart. always took care of me every chance she had, she was practically my big sister with the way she behaved." He chuckled, all of the sudden gazing down at his hands, "Man, I miss her so much," He sighed softly and my heart shattered for him. Without thinking I reached out, gently cupping his hand in my grasp and pulled it towards me, rubbing the top of it with my thumb in comfort.
The corner of Gabe's lips tugged up in a small smile as he continued, "I lost her a while ago but not a day goes by where I don't miss her,"
"What happened?" I gently questioned, still caressing my thumb over his hand. I didn't wanna upset Gabe but I also really wanted to know.
"She got caught in the crossfire that killed..." He trailed off looking down at his hands, wondering if he should finish that sentence.
But i already knew the rest of that sentence.
"That killed Xavier's parents..." I spoke, finishing it for him. His head snapped up to meet my gaze in surprise, "Xavier kind of spilled..." I shrugged, not bothering to mention the drunk blabbering last night.
Or the kiss...
My thoughts wandered back to the first time in the training room when Gabe told me he owed Xavier his life after Xavier helped him after he told everything. Gabe was talking about Anika. Was she really all she had left? Sadness washed over me and I had the biggest urge to help Gabe smile again.
"That's weird," Gabe furrowed his eyebrows in thought, looking at me straight in the eyes, "Xavier has never told anyone that,"
"I've never told anyone what?"
I squeaked in surprise, snapping my head to see Lucifer Morningstar in the form of a gang leader standing at my threshold.
WHAT THE HELL WITH HIM AND POPPING OUT OF NOWHERE?!
Xavier's eyes visibly hardened at the sight before him. The sight being Gabriel sitting cozy on my bed and me in mid-freeze...holding his hand.
Great.