-AMANDA-
Charles and I are in the library. He said he wanted to show me something and here we are now. I feel the bulge in my handbag and my heart starts racing, again.
-Should I give it to him now?... or later? Would I seem crazy for him?-
I'm staring at the painted ceiling, which are paintings of beautiful stars and the whole galaxy. The look on it, makes my heart flutter. -It is indescribable!-
"I come here often, whenever I need to escape reality." He says as he walks beside me. I catch him staring up aswell. -How can one be so perfect looking!? Even his side profile is art!-
"I-Is that so?" I stutter, because of my weird thoughts about him. -Darn it! Stay focused, Amanda!-
He nods and smiles at me. "I find it breathtaking and wonderful. Don't you?"
"It is indeed amazing." I smile. "But what makes it beautiful, is that it's inside a place full of books and silence." I say.
His blue eyes shimmer as he grabs my hand. "Now that you've mentioned it. Shall we find some books?"
I find myself smiling widely at him. "Yes!"
We walk past the bookshelves. I find the romance sections and immediately look at the diverse story variations. -I don't know why, but books always make me smile. It's sort of addicting.-
I know, that I'm focused reading most of the time and blur the world behind me.
I hear a woman talking beside me, about 'A.J.'. I smile by the thought of Raven being here beside me and hearing this. It seems like he made himself a fandom.
-Speaking of Raven... I still can't get over by how sweet and caring he is. He literally saved me from my period. Sounds pretty weird, but after his treatment I felt really comfortable... I wonder, what he's doing right now?... And Blake... He's really teasing me a lot, but he has changed so much... I'm afraid to hurt him.-
A girl suddenly bumps into me and apologises. "Excuse me."
"It's alright." I quietly mumbles and she sends me a warm smile. -I really find it cute, when girls are honest and apologise for little things. It just shows that you're being treated nicely.-
Her friend laughs at her as they walk past me. "You're so stupid! You didn't even watch, where you're going."
"It is your fault!" The girl barks as they slowly disappear from my sight.
-Reminds me of Courtney and I. Why did I even come here alone?... No wait!-
I just noticed that I've lost Charles.
-HELL! I JUST PARTED WAYS WITH HIM, BECAUSE I WAS BEING TOO FOCUSED SEARCHING FOR BOOKS TO READ! I'M SO AWFUL -
I look at my surroundings, but he Is no where to be seen. Right as, I was about to leave a sudden hand crawls out of the bookshelf and I shriek.
"Sorry, did I scare you?" I hear Charles talking and look up. He peeks between some books and smiles at me.
"Yeah, you sure did!" I say and blush, because I'm embarrassed as hell. -Why did I have to space out?!-
"You seemed so focused and I didn't want to distract you." -He actually cares about me... I feel miserable for forgetting about him.-
"I'm sorry, I've spaced out again." I sigh, making him giggle.
"That's alright. To be honest, I was spacing out as well." He lifts a book up and grins. "I found something really interesting."
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-RAVEN-
My squad and I are inside a restaurant. Right after the fight, Lance decided to celebrate our wins and for the fact that we impressed Isaac, the headmaster. He kept his promise and gave us, the winners, a double paycheck.
I'm not proud of what I am doing, but I am happy for the fact that even this amount of money can help my family.
"We. fucking. cool!" Kace says and the morons nod.
"I bet Isaac is going to hire me one day." Dash proudly grins.
"Yeah. As his personal side hoe." Sam randomly blurts out, making us laugh. -What is wrong with these guys?-
"Cause I'm damn hot!-" Dash gives in and poses. I blur their conversation out, since they're being perverted again. I look over to my cousin, who's silently minding his own business by stuffing himself with food. -I swear, he loves eating so much. I think this is the reason why he's still single.-
"Pass me the bottle, Lance." Kim points at the ketchup bottle beside him. My cousin hands it over. "Fank Yew!"
-What the fuck!?-
"What the hell?" Lance and I squint our eyes together.
Kim just shrugs his shoulders unbothered and smiles. "What? I tried to sound british for once."
-Seriously? As a half british man, I refuse to ignore this. I have my pride too.-
"British? Where bruh?" Lance laughs.
"The only british thing I see is, Frederick Rufus-" Kace gets cut off by the childman.
"Shut up!"
"I think, I sounded pretty british." Kim amusingly says as he spreads ketchup on his burger.
"I don't talk like that!" Lance barks, making us laugh. -No, he has a really thick accent. He sounds way worse than that.-
"You're a bad layah." Sam joins the convo, making the others smirk. Crystal sends him a glare and he innocently smiles at her.
"Woat did u say?" Kace amusingly smiles.
"Kace!" Blair warns him, since she's the most understanding person.
Sam continues. "I said-"
"Wotah." Dash spontaneously says, making these idiots laugh. "Woat? That's the only thing I can say, in british."
Lance growls. "Oh my gawd!" -I honestly feel his pain. As a half british, I feel attacked... Do we really sound like this? -
"Why are you crying, bruh?" Dash looks at Lance, who has literally slammed his head on the table.
"Cries in british." Kim adds, making them laugh again. "I had to insert that." -How mean.-
"Fucking twats!" The childman growls and stuffs himself with a taco.
The idiots stop roasting him and continue eating. Everything seemed normal again, until the guy beside me had to open his damn mouth.
"I love chipotle... chipotle is my life." Sam quietly whispers, as Dash takes a bite.
The latino man grunts, making the squad laugh again.
-I swear, what is happening? They look intimidating as fuck and even beat people up, but actually have the mindset of a 5 year old kid.-
Kace growls beside Dash. "Ewww, stop farting inside your mouth!"
"I fucking grunted, you stupid hoe!" Dash tries to stay calm, but laughs out loud anyways.
There I lost it and laugh as well. -Maybe I'm not as matured as I thought I am.-
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I just arrived home and found out that my sister got stood up by her bestfriend, Killian. I understand that she's upset, since she has been looking forward and was patiently waiting for this day. -Seems like I've got another meat to beat up.-
She seems sad about it and I decided to cheer her up. However, Troy thought ahead of me.
"I'm going out with Eve for a day." He says as he grabs his wallet.
"Should I join you?" I ask and grab my car key.
He shakes his head and smiles. "No need. Christopher is coming along and is actually trying to get Eve out of her room."
-How surprising... Christopher and Lance were always like our brothers. Whenever we did something, they would always join us. Our family bounding is amazing.-
"Let's go! I promise you'll have much more fun with us, rather than that damn... Killass or whatever his name is!" My cousin appears before me with Eve beside him. -He treats her as if she were his own little sister.-
She has a frown on her face and is staring at the floor. -Aww... that Killian is so dead.-
"Hey." I say and smile as she finally looked up at me. I lift her up and pat her head as she placed it to my shoulder. "Boys are assholes, I know. You shouldn't be sad over such things." -Yes, I said things. Don't come at me.-
"I was looking forward to it! Killian and I love 'Star Wars' a lot! He said he couldn't come along, although he promised to reserve a day for us today. I just asked for a day to watch a movie! Is that so much to ask for?... It's just not fair!" She angrily growls and I sigh as I continue patting her fragile back.
-Even my sister seems to have it hard in life.-
"Maybe, he really had to do something?" I ask, but she shakes her head.
"Troy saw him walking in the mall with his friends. He coldly replaced me." She bawls her fist.
I look over to Troy, who's leaning on the door frame with Christopher beside him. He shrugs with his shoulders and my cousin sighs.
-Wow, Killian really fucked up.-
I let her down and grab my keys. "Okay, how about we all get into the mall and confront him. Who's with me?"
The two teenagers don't hesitate and smirk at me. "We are in!"
"Imma grab his neck!" Christopher tries to pantomime how it should look like.
Troy laughs at him. "What the hell is that? That looks so wrong!"
"I am doing a head lock on him! Gawd, you pervert!" My cousin growls.
Eve finally laughs, as she saw them fooling around. "Let's just go and watch the movie." -She reminds me so much of Amanda.-
Her little hands scoop to mine, as she leads me outside. I catch myself smiling and turn around to look at the teenagers. "You heard the lady."
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-AMANDA-
Charles and I are laughing at the hilarious book before us. -Why do some people write a book about their thoughts, while they are in a toilet?!-
"So, do you have thoughts in the toilet as well?" He asks, making me shake my head.
"No! Why would I?" I laugh.
"Just asking." He smiles and places the book back to the shelf.
"What about you?" I ask back and he smirks.
"Probably." He doesn't even dodge the question. -Now I'm curious.-
"What exactly?"
"Stuffs you don't wanna hear about. It's quite disturbing and might count as perverted." He winks and steps out from his character. It doesn't make him less attractive, though. In fact, it makes me comfortable talking to him.
"Ew, Charles!" I laugh and he joins me.
-We are acting like we've known each other for so long... We are getting closer and closer. I feel much more comfortable around him!-
We walk straight to a restaurant near the bookstore. It looks quite fancy and we seem out of place with our street wear, but Charles still insisted that we should eat here.
People stare at us and yet he makes it feel like it's a natural thing. He doesn't even pay attention to them and just smiles at me. I blush and look away. -He's way out of my league.-
"People judge with their eyes. It just happens, even if they don't intend to." He spontaneously says, as he takes a look on the menu.
He must've noticed my questioning look. I look up from the menu card and spot him staring at me. "I know that much." I smile and he grins.
The waiter comes and takes our order. As soon as he walks away, Charles continues talking. "How are you feeling today?" -How is he always doing that? So spontaneously and yet, kinda sweet!-
"I feel great." I honestly reply and raise my eyebrows at him. "Why are you asking?"
He shrugs at me. "I just care. I hope to make you comfortable around me."
I notice how my face slowly heats up and I avoid his beautiful face again. "Well, it seems like you did it successfully."
I hear his chuckle and I try to hide my smile. -He's really sweet.-
"This reminds me of..." He suddenly opens his bag and hands me a wrapped rectangular box. -Oh, he made the first move.- "Merry Christmas!"
-I actually bought him a gift as well. It's just something little, but I think it will suit his I regret not thinking beforehand, when Blake gave me one and so I decided to not make the same mistake again.
I grab the red package out from my handbag and hand it to him. -I hope, he likes it.- "Thank you and Merry Christmas!"
"Thank you..." He seems surprised at me. "What a coincidence." He laughs and I smile.
"You could say so." I unwrap the rectangular box, since he told me to. I feel his eyes on me and it give me tingle around my body. I try my best to ignore him, but to be honest I kinda enjoy his attention towards me.
My lips form a smile as I spot the special book 'Seeking'. It has a new cover, which is coloured gold instead of red.
-If only he knew, who wrote it.-
"Oh my gawd! This is amazing! How did you know?!" I must look and sound like an excited little child, but I honestly don't really care right now.
He blushes and seems embarrassed for some reasons. "I thought you might like the plot. I heard it's a really good one."
"You heard right! He's amazing and really creative!-" As I continue babbling about how much I love Raven's writing, I notice that he's listening and not opening his present.
I stop talking and pack my present into my bag. "You can open yours too."
He smiles and carefully unwraps it. A breathtaking smile appears on his face as he stares at it. "You bought me a watch?"
"Y-Yeah." I blush and look away. -Was it a bad idea?- "I thought you could use it, while you're working. My dad told me that phones aren't allowed in your working place and I noticed that you always look at the time."
He doesn't drop his smile and doesn't stop looking at it, even after putting it on. His majestic blue orbs suddenly stare at me and I unintentionally startle. "Your thoughtfulness is a gift I will always treasure. Thank you, Amanda."
"N-No need to mention it..." I blush and look away from him.
-EVEN HIS THANKFULNESS IS ENOUGH TO KILL ME!!!.... HOW DOES HE ALWAYS DO THAT?!-
I sense some stares from a table full of familiar faces. I take a peek and spot my worst nightmares. -They are here...-
They look so beautiful and fancy with
their wonderful dresses.
At first I thought they were just strangers, but when I spot her my heart stopped beating.
-N-NO! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!-
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-CHARLES-
I notice how silent Amanda suddenly became. She lowers her head for some reasons and tries to avoid something or someone behind me. -What the fuck is going on?-
I take a look behind me and spot a girl group, whispering to each others ears and are silently laughing for no reason. -Is that supposed to be attractive? Because if so, then what the fuck is happening in this world?-
"Amanda? Is everything alright?" I turn my attention back to the girl, who's completely spacing out again.
She looks frightened for a second, but then smiles. "Y-Yeah. Sorry, I was just thinking about something."
-Lies. She sucks at lying.- I take a look at the girls and smile at them.
They seem surprised for a second, but smile back at me.
Amanda seems mad and confused, when I turned to look at her. -So it is because of them.-
"You don't need to compare yourself with them." I blurt out and she looks at me.
"I'm sorry?"
"You're perfect in my eyes. If you think that attracts me, then you're wrong." I refer to the girls behind us. I smile at her, but she seems totally off.
Her lips part open and she shakes her head as she tries to smile. "I think you're misunderstanding things." -Huh?-
"What do you mean?"
"Those girls... used to make fun of me, when I was younger. I think, they recognise me." She quietly mumbles and avoids eye contact. Her fragile body is slouching and it looks like she's trying to hide.
-She's been bullied? For what? I don't understand.-
I don't know why, but I feel the urge to
hit someone for a reason.
"Why would they bully you?" I unbelievably ask and her eyes tear up.
"This is quite embarrassing..." She weakly laughs, but I can hear her pain.
"No, it's not." I say and try to comfort her, as I grab her shaking hand on the table.
She inhales deep in, before she continues speaking. "I was quite different... I used to be over weight... I still am, but atleast I managed to control my eating habits."
-So, that's what bothering her. Damn kids...-
"I still don't get why they would bully you. You're fucking cute!" I shake my head and she widens her eyes at me. "It just doesn't make any sense. Why would they bully a person-" I stop and wait for the people to arrive at our table.
Speaking of the bullies, three girls approach our table with their fake smile on their faces.
"Amanda Miller?" A girl with blonde hair and blue eyes asks.
"It really is you!" A brunette woman with big busts and slim waist points out. -What the fuck is going on?-
"H-Hey." Amanda quietly greets them and tries to avoid their eyes.
"You've changed a lot." Another girl with red hair states. "Compared to those days, where you were much more... buff."
-Buff? What the fuck is she talking about?-
Amanda stiffens opposite me and nibbles on her bottom lip.
The three of them look like damn hookers. They are typical mean girls and mostly attract douchebags or fuckboys. Sounds pretty clichès and judgemental, but they really look like it. To be honest, they aren't my type.
"Is he your boyfriend?" The blonde haired girl asks and smiles at me. I internally cringe by the look of her plastic face. Yet, I was raised not to be such an asshole towards women and be direct.
Amanda blushes and looks at me. She then unsurely laughs. "N-No we aren't-"
The girls seem satisfied by her answer, but I quickly cut her off. "Where are my manners? I'm Charles Moores and I'm dating Amanda. I've heard a lot about you. Nice to meet you." I jumped into the conversation, because it ticked me off on how low they stare down at her.
I notice the looks Amanda is sending me and I smile at her. -I've got your back, my dear.-
The brunette and her red haired friend check me out for a moment. I think, they are trying to look seductive, but all I see is a bunch of hoes.
"You have good taste in men, I gotta say." The blonde girl winks at me and I groan internally. -What an eyesore...-
The brunette haired girl decided to introduce themselves. "I'm Brittany." She points at the red haired girl and then to the blonde. "That's Madison and she is Allison."
-Why does their names not surprise me?-
I send her a tight smile and stare back at Amanda. She seems so quiet and frustrated. -Aww, is she jealous? There's no reason for it though...-
"You do remember us, right?" Madision stares at Amanda.
"Yes. Very clearly." She still mumbles quietly. -Is she afraid?-
"What is your secret, Amanda?" The red haired girl asks and is still staring at me.
Amanda wanted to say something, but I know she's just forcing herself. So I switch away from my character again. "Love isn't a witch craft, if that's what you think."
"I'm sorry?" Brittany looks offended and I smirk. -Great.-
"You're forgiven." I say and they gasp.
- I know, I'm such an asshole.-
"Oh my god! You did not just thought we like you? We are just being nice." Allison barks at me and her girl gang laughs.
"I never said that." I stare deep into her dark blue orbs. She looks frightened for a second. -Working for the FBI might have caused me to look intimidating.-
"But you thought." Brittany interrupts us.
"You wish." I say. They don't look pleased at all. "I know, damn well what you're up to, but not today ladies. Not now where I'm around her." I say and stand up from the table. -I've had enough of this melodrama.-
I grab the silent girl's hand and walk past the bitches.
"You two are really made for each other. Ugly and narcissistic!" Allison barks back at us.
Amanda holds tight on my hand. "Thank you very much for helping me out... Let's just ignore them, okay?" She seems so hurt and sad.
-Watch this, my dear.-
I just smile and turn around. "Good thing you've pointed that out. We both are really made for each other. But what about you? Trying to ruin things you can't have?"
The bitch gets held back by her friends and they try to make a good comeback. I just laugh at their pathetic faces. It's simple to shush people. You just need to speak out the truth.
"Ugly asshole! I never liked you from the start, anyways!" Brittany yells, making the guest turn heads at us. -How embarrassing-
"Isn't it sad to know, that not even an 'ugly asshole' likes you? How does it feel like, being a turn off even for an asshole?" With that they remain silent and I pay for the food, we didn't even got served yet.
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