Chapter 15

I raise my head to look at the person whose hands is on my shoulder. I know I hate to be vulnerable but he reminded me of dad too much.. He couldn't possibly be him, that's not his face and he can't find me I know but still I'm scared... I face hazel eyes staring at me with either hurt or pity. I frown as I wipe both my eyes with the sleeve of my shirt

" hey are you okay? " Adam asked me, his hands still on my shoulder.

" I thought I made it very clear that I didn't want to see you " I said and frowned at him.

You know you shouldn't do this to someone who is helping you and you owe him an apology too.

" yes you did but I also can't ignore you while you are like this " he said and then he sat down on the floor beside me.

I stared at him for a while in anger until my anger fades away and is replaced with guilt..

" I'm sorry I slapped you " I said and looked down at my fingers

" its fine I deserved it. I shouldn't have kissed you, that's a dick move I pulled and I'm sorry " he said and I look at him and nod my head.

" you know I'm supposed to hate you and here I am sitting here with you. How ironic " I said and smile at him

" you can still hate me after this " he said and I chuckled before sniffing..

" what happened ? " he asked me.

" nothing much.. Family problems " I said and try to smile again but I fail miserably..

" well I won't pry into it ... But its okay it will pass " he said and squeezed my fingers. I nod and look at him.

" is my face red? " I asked him with a sorry look.

" no you still look beautiful " he said and I stared at him " fuck sorry. Its nice you look nice " he corrected him self before cursing under his breath. I laughed at him.

" its fine " I added . " wait " he said and he used his hand to brush my hair away from my face. I pause and smile awkwardly before he gets up from the floor. He pulls me up after and I brush the dirt off my cloth.

" so... " he trailed off

" so? " I asked him puzzledly..

" we cool. As in are we friends? " he asked me as he scratches the back of his head.

" it depends..." I said and he stared at me with questioned looks. " will you try to kiss me again? " I asked and laughed at his red face.

You loved his lips on your lips

No I don't. Shut up

No matter how much you lie you know I'm wrong

Whatever!!!

" shit.. No I won't.. I'm sorry " he said again and I chuckled.

" good then we are friends Adam... Its nice to meet you I'm Elizabeth " I said and hold my hand out to shake him.

" I thought you hated handshakes? " he said and stared at my hands.

" I did... " I said still holding out my hands.

" then its nice to meet you Elizabeth " he said and then he shakes my hand and gives me a big grin.. I grin back at him and shake his hand back.

" friends it is .. See you at lunch " I said

" yeah bye Elizabeth " Adam said as he waves and walked towards the opposite angle of the hallway..

As soon as he disappears from my view I breath in air of relieve.. I had been holding my breath the whole time. Why didn't I move away from his touch.. Twice?.. I was right about wanting to stay away from Adam then because he will be another way to hurt me... But what's done is done. From now on I do not plan to run away anymore..

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"heyyy bitch!!!!! " my maniac best friend yells as she enters the cafeteria with what I think is a scale. Why ?

" hey weirdo.. " I said as I shake my head at her before she takes her seat just in front of me, as usual.

" so what's got you so happy" she asked and stares at me plainly.

" uhm I will call that an understatement because I'm just not in a bad mood " I state with a frown.

" yeah yeah so what happened " she asked

" nothing " I muttered and then I quickly fixed my ham burger into my mouth. Hell I don't even know why I'm happy myself

Liar its because you are finally talking to Adam.

What the fuck thats not why

Yeah yeah keep saying it till you believe it.

You know you are supposed to be thinking of what I'm thinking about

Yes and mind you, its Adam you are thinking of

Of course not, mind your business

I'm you princess

" uhm were you having a melt down earlier " I break out of my trance to see a very curious looking Alex and I smile.

" I'm okay alex.. Just having a fight with my mind " I said

" well good then?... So tell me already " she said.

" I'm ..."

" hey girls " Cole cuts me short as he takes his seat beside Alex and bam the fool is already thinking of ways to marry him.

I'm kind of grateful that he interrupted us because I don't have any thing to say to Alex.. Do I tell her wow I think I just can't stop thinking of The boy who I slapped last week. Or the fact that I can't seem to get The kiss out of my head too.

Ha you admitted to it, you like him

I said I cant stop thinking about the kiss not that I like him

Well he is the one who kissed you isn't he?.

So?

So its him you can't stop thinking about

Yeah yeah

You are so dumb, don't you know yet?

Know what?

That you like him....

" I do not like him " I said and hissed only to face two surprised faces.

" who do you not like? " Cole asked.

" I knew you liked Adam " Alex fired at me and I shot her a death glare..

" no one. "

" like Adam popular my friend? " Cole asked ignoring me

" yes that Adam " Alex says purposely to irritate me and of course because she can't resist Cole

** internally roll eyes **

" no there is no like and definitely not with an Adam " I said with a finality in my voice. " wait why the hell am I explaining myself to you again? " I direct my question towards Cole and he smirked at me

" because I'm your friend " he said plainly and I roll my eyes. Just then Adam enters the cafeteria with a scrowl on his beautiful face, did I just say beautiful, scratch that.

As if Cole saw what I saw,because he was looking at my direction, he stood up abruptly and picked his bag from the floor and hanged it over his shoulder

" sorry guys I have to go " he says hurriedly and even before I or Alex could say anything, he was gone. Moving fast to where their table was with a very confused me and a love struck Alex who was apparently drooling yet again over delicious Cole as she would put it....

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" hey mummy " I say as I walk to the porch to see my mum seated on the walk way with a glass in her hand and a place on the ground. As soon as I say mummy, she looks up and a smile lights up her face and thats when I see the sunglasses she has on.

I roll my eyes and walk up to her. Then I placed my bag on the ground and look at her with a grin

" oh and to what do I owe this honor of my daughter calling me mummy. I mean the last time you called me mummy was when you were five or two " she said still smiling and yet I rolled my eyes at her again

" well I'm seventeen now and I can call you anything mother " I say and grin and then mum laughs.

" someone is awfully in a very good mood today " she says and then her smile turns into a forced surprised look. " are you high? " she blurts out and I literally face palm myself in my mind

" yes I'm in a good mood and no i am most certainly not high mum. I don't do drugs or alcohol and you know that " I say with a serious expression.

" I know baby " she says shortly and then look at me " so why are you happy? " she asks and takes a sip out of her drink.

" well I made another friend " I stop as I remember Cole. He does counts as a friend and Cheryl too. " I made three friends actually " I added and mum squashed me into a bear hug with an awww from her mouth.

" tell me about them. Oh my baby is growing up " she says all giddy and I couldn't help it, I smile as I watch her all happy. It has been a while that my mum and I smiled like this.

" well there is Adam, the guy that won't leave me alone " I pause and look at a sly smile on mum's lips " don't match make mum. I don't like him " I state and mum gives a sad face, I chuckle and continue " there is Cheryl, the pretty girl that I think I am beginning to get used to and then Cole the blonde guy who wants to forcefully be me and Alex's friend " I grin and then mum smiles " plus Alex has a huge crush on him too " I say

" thats so cute. I'm proud of you baby " mum says and engulfs me in another big hug and I hug her back.

" I'm proud of me too mum " I say and chuckle and then she releases me and then tug a strand of my hair behind my ear before looking at me with so much love. I equally looked at her with this face too because I really loved her so much.

" I love you so much baby " she says and I nod " come on . go freshen up. I will be right inside the house " she adds and I smile and nod before I get up from the walk way beside her then I pull my school bag from the ground and walk to the door.

As I turned the door knob and opened the door, I look back at my mum with a wide grin.

" mum " I call out and she turns her head to look at me, a big smile still lingering on her face.

" yes honey ? " she said. And what I said next, I didn't believe that I could or would be saying it now but I said it anyway because that was how I felt at the moment and it also felt right. I looked at mum with so much hope as she waited for me to talk.

" I believe you mum " I state and smile but she still had a puzzled expression on her face. " mum I believe you now and maybe its finally time to be happy " I say and with a grin and a very happy look on my mum's face, I walked into the house with a contented heart....

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" so I need you all to run ten laps round the field. " our P.E teacher said and we all basically groaned and mine was the loudest since I definitely wasn't a fan of running or anything to do with sports. Plus I'm beginning to regret that Alex was in swimming. Not that I can swim but at least I would have company.

" miss walkers " the teacher called out and I darted my eyes to him and forced a smile. He had a frown displayed on his face as he pointed to the big field where I could see the students already running. I took that as a cue to join in.

" okay " I muttered slowly and quietly but loud enough for him to hear. I began to jog to the end of the field to catch up with the others. And then he blew the whistle and all of us started running.

I started running behind the girls and wow did I get all the views of their almighty pants they are supposed to call shorts. My hand in my tangled hair as I tried to tie my hair up in a pony tale but I can't because I don't have a band so I just try to hold it with one hand and then run.

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Like thirty minutes later we had stopped running around the field and everyone was waiting and sitting tiredly on the grass. I was sweating profusely as I sat my ass on the bench, I was thirsty and I had a bad headache too. I'm pretty sure a frown was plastered on my face as I wiped the sweat of my face then tried to catch my breath.

My hand went back to my hair and I tried to pack it in yet another futile pony tale since I didn't have a band, when I feel soft watery hands graze my back and then the hands move to my hair and pack my hair up into a pony tale. I touched the hair to see it in a band and turned around as my throat hitched a breathe. I already knew who it was, here was the boy who was frowning yesterday at the cafeteria grinning like an idiot who had done something to receive a prize and he was sweaty and his hazel eyes shone under the scorching hot sun as he still held my hair in his hands.

" hey " he whispered and let go of my hair , a smile still on his face. " you must be thirsty " he said and then he passed me a water bottle. A smile finds its way to my lips and I collect the water from him.

" thank you." I muttered as I gulped down the water in one try. Then I handed him the bottle back. " do you want to sit? " I asked him finally tapping the bench beside me.

" no my job is done as of now. See you around Elizabeth " he said and then he gave me a smirk before he made his way back to the field to meet the guys. I watched him as he left, his back was glowing because of the sweat and every where just became hotter.

I didnt know I was staring at him too much until I saw him wave back at me from the field, a big grin still on his face.

Thump

My heart just skipped a beat.

Shocked by what just happened I picked my bag hurriedly and stood up from the bench, not wanting to wave back, I walked back into the school with a very confused emotion inside me...