《The Incompatibles》 Chapter #1 Adrian''s pov- . ¡£?©b??.??©b?¡£.. ¡£?©b??.??©b?¡£. My alarm goes off, reminding me that I must get up for another horrible day. I shut off the alarm and after lying there, I willed myself to get up. I then go to the bathroom and take a cold shower. When I was six, I read an article on how if you took cold showers, it could change your element- and yes, I know now that is not true still take a cold shower every day. I have no reason to stop, so I don¡¯t. When I get out, I fix my hair and go to my closet to get my clothes and get dressed. When I was ready, I went down the stairs. My mom was home, in the kitchen baking who knows what but as usual, my dad was nowhere to be found. "Hey mom," I say, sitting down. I smell the now ing toast and watch as she runs over to the toaster. "Oh" she looked like a 5-year-old getting caught doing something bad. until I smiled at her and she smiled back. Grabbing a knife and scraping the burnt parts off of the toast before spreading my favorite apple jelly on top she hands it to me and sends me off to another day of school. I eat my toast, the apple jelly coating my tongue with a sweet stickiness. I hear footsteps behind me. As they get closer--I move faster-- they continue to follow suit. "Hey! Idiot, come here!" I tried to ignore the piercing voice until the footsteps finally reached me and someone grabbed me from behind. The skin of my temple grinds against the sidewalk when they throw me to the ground. "Shit," I said as a sharp pain marked the beginning of a nasty headache. I look up to see three boys: Alex, Michael, and Tommy. They laugh and kick me as I try to get up. When I''m finally able to stand up, I throw a punch at Adrian. It hits his stomach, and he bends over in pain. I chuckle, but not before Tommy punches me in the face--I stumble back. "Crap," I say, holding my cheek. The other boys laughed at me, taunted me, and called me names until she walked up. Her hair was long chestnut brown. She had glasses--her blue eyes were piercing--as they fell on me. "What the heck?" the girl says. "Guys, stop it. You''re being horrible. Just go to school," the girl says. Alya¡¯s pov "What the heck?" I scream; I was just walking to school, and what do I see? I see Tommy, Michael, and Alex beating up a kid. As I walk closer, to the now big stupid situation, and yell again.Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators! "Guys, stop being horrible; go to school," I say. They turn around and look at me, startled. "Oh, Hey, Alya," Alex says, smiling. Looking at me innocently. I glare at him. "Alex, what are you hurting him for?" I ask, and instead of him telling me, Tommy blurts out. "He''s a fire." I look at him, as do the boys. I look at him with anger and walk up to him ready to throw a punch but I know I shouldn''t so I whisper. "You cannot treat someone differently simply because they are different. You people are horrible. I don''t care if my element is the same as yours. You should be ashamed that you did this." They chuckle at my reply but continue to move on, Alex looks back grinning knowing that nothing will happen if I say anything to our parents. I sigh, clearly disinterested. I look back at the boy behind me. "Right, um, hey, so I''m sorry about them," I say awkwardly, looking down at the boy still holding his right cheek. The boy nods. "Thanks for that," he says, wiping his lip. I nod and begin to walk away. I hear him follow me, stumbling around a bit. I stop and wait for him. "Are you sure you''re okay?" I ask, and he looks at me. He nods and keeps walking, so I try to stay closer this time. He does not look okay, I think to myself, but I can''t do anything; he won''t let me. "You don''t look fine," I reply to myself and walk ahead of him. I feel kinda bad for leaving him but he didn''t want my help so I wouldn''t force it on him. I kept walking, I finally arrived at school, went to my locker, and grabbed my books, quickly putting my backpack away. I then went to my first class, and when I saw my best friend, I walked over to her and told her what happened on the way to school. She thought it was cool that I''d ''saved'' someone. During class, I take notes. It was boring as usual, nothing exciting, but when class ended and I walked out of the classroom, as I walked out I ran into someone and when I pulled back to look up I saw the boy I helped this morning. "O-oh hi," I said a little startled, my mind went blank. I''m not sure if he noticed though because he looked the same. His lip was bruised but had stopped bleeding. If he did have any other injuries I couldn''t see them. "Come with me," he says, he walks away expecting me to follow. I''m not sure if I should, but I do anyway, knowing nothing bad can happen at this school. They have cameras everywhere. Sometimes I think it''s kind of scary. I follow him, and he brings me to this empty art room. "What are we doing here? I have class, you know." I''m getting annoyed looking at him. I set my things down on the cleanest-looking table in that room and looked at him eagerly, waiting for an answer I was starting to think was never coming. Then he finally spoke up. "Why did you help me this morning?" he asks in a hushed voice. Thinking for an answer I looked at him and spoke up, finding something in my head that might work for an answer. "Because they were being mean; just because you are different, they were being rude and needed to be put in their place, but they aren''t your friends, right? They didn''t look like your friends, my brother usually likes hanging out with ''his kind'' if you know what I mean" I say, answering his question. He looked very shocked like he wasn''t expecting that answer. "Wait which one is your brother? " he asks. "Oh Alex", I say and he looks angry. "You could have helped me this whole time," he says, his voice getting louder. "Well I don''t walk with him, usually he leaves way before I do this was the first time I''ve seen him beat anyone up," I say grabbing my stuff. He looks at me but then gives up and walks out the Art room shutting off the lights on the way out leaving me alone in the dark. . ¡£?©b??.??©b?¡£.. ¡£?©b??.??©b?¡£. Thanks for reading have a good day/night!!!! Chapter 2 Adrian''s pov- . ¡£?©b??.??©b?¡£.. ¡£?©b??.??©b?¡£. As I sigh and think. Maybe I shouldn''t have gotten mad. I walk to my next class, and when I enter the room, sitting at the back, I see my two best friends Ricky and Calvin. "Hey guys!" I said They waved as I sat down by them. "You guys won''t believe what happened to me this morning." They looked up, and Calvin said "I''m going to assume that the Golden Boys beat you up again." "Well yes, but other than that, a girl helped me, and no, just any girl, Alya Harris," I say. They look shocked and I chuckle but then Ricky says. "Are you joking? She wouldn''t help a fire element; her parents would kill her if they found out." "Well, not my problem; she chose to help me," I say, looking bored. We then had someone come in to give us a report on how school was going. When I finished it, she told us that we could work on homework because that was all she needed us to do. So I went on my laptop and played games until class ended. I walked out of class and went to lunch. When I got in line, I slowly got pushed to the back by the air and water element kids. Ayla''s pov- My next class was math, so I left the art room and walked to my next class. When I went inside, I saw Alice, my best friend. I sat down at our usual spot, and I told her everything that had happened to me. "Are you laughing, Alice?" I am obviously a bit bored. "Well, everything you just told me sounds so interesting!" she laughs again. "Well, then if you want my ''interesting'' life, you can have it, and the boy I helped this morning, yeah, he''s kind of weird, and I don''t know what to do because if my parents find out I died," I say frantically. "Girl, calm down," Alice says. "Don''t worry, no one is going to tell them, and besides, if they do find out, they might be happy you helped someone in need," she says, looking at me. "Anyway, let''s work," I say, opening my laptop, and starting to work on my essay about dart frogs. As the end of the class rolls around, I am almost finished with my essay and very happy with how it is turning out.The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. Then the bell rang. I get up, grab my stuff, and then walk out of the classroom to go to lunch. When I get in there, I see that Alice has beat me to our regular table. "How did you get here so fast?" I ask, walking up to the line for lunch. "I ran," she says happily, and I laugh. I look around for anyone until I see the boy I helped. I walked to the back of the line. "What''s your name?" I ask him. "Adrian," he says, and he moves as the line does. Alice then comes up behind me. "Girl, what happened?" she asks. "Nothing," I say. Alice looks at me. And ask again what''s wrong. I then told her there were too many people, and my anxiety was, of course, not helping the fact. She hugged me and made sure I was okay before we moved again. I noticed Adrian looking at me as Alice hugged me. The line slowly kept moving as time passed, and they finally got food. Alice got a salad, and I got pizza. We then went to sit down. We talked about class and everything that happened over the weekend, and soon enough, lunch was over, and I was going to science class. When I walk in, I notice Adrian sitting in the corner, so I go and sit down by him. As I get my stuff out, I hear him say "If you''re pitying me, you can leave," he says rudely. I look up from my bag. "Excuse me, I chose to sit here; I''m not pitying anyone," I say, suddenly annoyed, so I finish grabbing my stuff and start doing my work. I hear him sigh. "Look, I''m sorry," he says, getting cut off by a voice. "Look, the two lovebirds are sitting together." I look up to see Alex, flip him off, and say, "Shut up, you idiot. Go pick on someone else before I get Mom on the phone," I say, shaking my head. "You''re the idiot; you realize you''re sitting and talking to a fire element; Mom and Dad will kill you, and we know I''m their favorite, so they won''t believe you if you say that you didn''t." I know he''s right, so I get up, move away from Adrian, and start working. I hear Alex say, That''s what I thought, idiot. I ignore him and continue doing my work. Soon enough, class is over, and when class ends, I go to my locker, grab my stuff, and leave school. As it was now the end of the day, on my way home, I heard yelling behind me. I turn around, and it''s Alex and his friends. I ignore them and keep walking until they are following me. They follow me all the way home and go inside while I say hi to my mom and dad, then go up the stairs to study. When I got up the stairs, I started studying until my mother called me down for dinner. I finished what I was doing and went to eat, but when I sat down, my mother was looking at me angrily. "What did I do now, mom?" I am worried. "You know very well how we feel about you talking to the earth or fire elements," she says harshly. "But mom, you don''t get it. Alex was beating him up; I was just helping him," I say, pleading. She doesn''t even look over at Alex when I tell her this; she simply brushes it off as if it were nothing. " My baby would never do something like that; you, on the other hand, maybe. You are grounded, you know we don''t want you talking to the earth or fire elements." I groan and look away. "I''m sorry mom," I say and look down. "Good, that''s what I thought, lady, now go to your room," she screeches. I go to my room and call Alice. "She grounded me," I say, groaning again as I pace around my room. After I tell her everything that happened in great detail, I finally sit on my bed. "Okay, wow, I did not think your parents would find out or that Alex would be that bitchy, but you know, new things happen every day," she says. I chuckled and lay on my bed. "Well, now what am I supposed to do because I''m grounded, and now I can''t go to the party on Saturday night?" I am listening to music while continuing to talk to Alice. "You could always tell your parents you are spending the night with me. I could even go with you; they have always loved me." Alice says I know she''s right. My parents have loved her ever since they met her 6 years ago. "You''re amazing I love you, Alice," I say smiling as I walk to the bathroom after a few minutes of talking I hang up. I started washing my face until someone knocked on the door I quickly finished washing my face and opened the door to see my dad. "Hey kiddo, I''m sorry about tonight you know your mother is a little strict with you, unlike your brother who is just watching out for you. I hope you know that and I believe you when you say that he was beating that kid up." My dad says and I smile." also you''re not grounded anymore but I do want you to keep your distance from that boy so your brother and mother don''t get upset anymore" and I nod smiling he soon left and I finished up in the bathroom And then I went back to my room and changed into my pajamas. I then went to bed finishing a very interesting day. Chapter 3 Ayla''s pov . ¡£?©b??.??©b?¡£.. ¡£?©b??.??©b?¡£. My loud alarm goes off again but this time I press snooze because it is now Saturday. I roll over in my bed, the warm sun beaming down on me. I soon get up and go to my closet and grab a T-shirt and some leggings. I then go to my bathroom and take a shower and get ready, I put on some make-up, and get dressed before calling Alice. "Alice, what should we do today? It turns out I''m not grounded." I say happily walking down the stairs. I say bye to my dad before walking out the door and walking down the sidewalk. " Girl we should go to the park or maybe the...... hmm," Alice says giggling at my excitement at 9:30 in the morning. I continue walking until I see Alex, who is amazingly out here before I am. Usually, he is asleep until noon on a weekend. I walk over to him and his friends after I hang up with Alice. " Hey guys what''s going on Tommy?" I chuckle looking at Tommy and Michael running around like little kids. Alex looks at me tiredly. "Whoa what are you doing here you''re supposed to be grounded," he says, alerting the other boys to my presence. " Dad grounded me, idiot" I chuckled and walked away bored with the conversation. As I to Alice''s house I bump into someone I look up to, and it''s Calvin the gossip girl or boy I guess. "Shit sorry Calvin," I say backing up I hear him chuckle when his friends yell for him." Dude what''s wrong Adrian''s going to kill you" I hear one of them yell and I laugh. His friends walk up behind him and I see Ricky and Adrian. I waved to them before hearing Calvin say." Sorry guys I got distracted by this hot girl" he said I looked at him in shock. "Whoa" was all I could say as I moved back more. Calvin and Ricky had the Earth element, while Adrian had the Fire element. As soon as he heard Calvin, Adrian quickly made his way to the front. "Dude, now you''ve made her uncomfortable," he said to Calvin before turning to me. "I apologize for him, he''s not very adept at talking to girls." I smiled and replied, "It''s alright," as I tried to distance myself from the conversation. When I finally reached Alice''s house, she was already waiting outside. "Come on, girl," she said, and I laughed as she ran towards me, her blue summer dress gracefully fluttering in the wind.Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. "Guess what!" I exclaimed, excitement filling my voice, as Alice and I strolled towards the park. She nodded, encouraging me to continue. "So, Adrian, his friend Calvin ¨C who''s always up-to-date with the latest gossip ¨C and the other guy, Ricky," I explained, "well, Calvin called me hot, but I don''t have any interest in him, so please don''t think that. Anyway, they started getting on my nerves yesterday, you know? And then, when I came and sat next to Adrian, he accused me of sitting by him out of pity. Can you believe that, Alice?" Alice burst out laughing. " Ooh someone has a crush on you!" Alice said giggling and I chuckled. "Alice, stop! He was only joking, it was clear. Besides, I must admit, I''m not very good at recognizing when someone is flirting with me. You know that, right?" Alice chuckles and we walk to the park, laughing as we go, talking about the interaction I had with Calvin, Ricky, and Adrian. When we get there, we sit on the bench. I look around, watching smiling kids run around the park. "Alice," I say, looking at her. "What''s up? " She says looking up from her phone. " I think- I think I like someone" Alice stood up and jumped around. " FINALLY!" she said smiling but almost immediately sitting down composing herself before saying, "Who is it?." "Well........ It''s Adrian," I say, looking down. " You-you WHAT?" Alice yells. " I know.... I know you know what. Let''s just go home. I''m tired, okay " I say, walking away with Alice trailing behind me, trying to tell me how this would not end well, and I knew she was right, but he had hooked me. I couldn''t get away now and, of course, my parents would never accept him. As we continue walking I look around continuing to think about how I''m going to deal with this mess and before I know it we are in front of Alice''s house and she is saying bye. " Cya Alice," I say. She waves and I walk away. As I walk to my house, I stop at the corner store and get spearmint gum and chips. I go up to pay. Smelling all the hot food from the front makes me even more hungry. I soon got home to my mom, screaming. " WHERE IS SHE MARK WHERE IS SHE?" I winced, hearing her high-pitched voice as she screamed for me, so I did what everyone did. I ran upstairs and hid until she stopped screaming. I walked downstairs after around about an hour when I got down there. I smelled cookies -sugar cookies- I love sugar cookies but my mom never makes them anymore. I walk into the kitchen and see her baking. That''s when I realized she is stress baking. There looked to be a million cookies on the counters in boxes and on the dining room table. " Mom, are you okay?" I ask, looking at her running around the kitchen. When she looks up and me, her face turns to anger. She walks over to me and slaps me hard across the face. She screams. " YOU UNGRATEFUL BRAT I TOLD YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT FIRE BOY THEY ARE BELOW US YOU KNOW THAT WHY CAN''T YOU BE MORE LIKE YOUR BROTHER" I look at her in shock and walk out of the kitchen. Soon after leaving the house, I tried to call Alice but she didn''t pick up. I''m stunned as I continue walking down my sidewalk until I bump into someone. Chapter 4 Alya''s pov ------------------------------------------------------------------- "shit I''m sorry," I say looking up. To my surprise, it was Adrian. I step back involuntarily. It was like I couldn''t control my body. Everything was wrong with my parents. Hated me I couldn''t call Alice and now I bumped into HIM. Of everyone, he''s the reason my parents hate me. He''s the reason I''m out here. " Are you okay?" he says, looking down at me with a small smile. I look up at him and push past, him not wanting to talk to the bastard that got me into this situation. He calls my name but I do my best to ignore him I can''t help him I felt like he handled this though deep down I know he isn''t i just couldn''t help feeling like I wouldn''t be out here with my parents resenting me if I hadn''t met him at all if I hadn''t saved him. I know what I was thinking wasn''t right but I-I just couldn''t help it I wanted my parents to love me as much as they did my brother. I kept walking as I heard Adrian''s voice get quieter as he stopped trying to follow me I felt bad now but I didn''t know what to say I couldn''t just go up to him and say. "Sorry, my parents hate me and so they don''t want me to hang out with you because they think you''re a bad person just because you''re a fire element kid." When I finally stopped walking, I was at the park I sat down by a tree, I knew what I did was horrible I hated how I reacted I liked him well I think I do. I don''t even know anymore I tried calling Alice one more time and as it is now 11:45 she did not answer so I gave up. I brought my knees to my chest and laid my head on my knees I felt horrible I wanted to go home but I was scared to be yelled at again. I heard footsteps walking closer, and I looked around to see Adrian walk towards me. I tried to think of a reason to give him for the way I acted, but he spoke up first. "Are you alright Alya?" I looked up at him as he crouched down to look at me, his voice had softened dramatically and I was shocked. "Is there anything I could do to help?" He asked. I started to choke out a sob before I could give him a response, so I simply shook my head hoping it would give him an answer and dry away my tears.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. He seemed to have gotten my message yet he didn''t say anything and looked at the ground before sitting down next to me. He was very slow with his actions, I''m guessing not to spook me. I wanted to cry so much but I wasn''t going to do that with some stranger I''ve barely known for a week why can''t he just go away? "What''s wrong Alya, what happened? " We were quiet for a while just sitting there. He hadn''t said anything and it was starting to get awkward, I''ve been trying not to cry but a tear or two has fallen since. "What happened?" I looked at him as he looked at the ground with an unreadable expression on his face What''s it to you?" He finally looked up at me a bit taken aback by my sudden outburst. He calmed down and looked at the ground again, I turned away and shook my head again to stop another tear." was it your parents? Did they say something?" This time I''m the one who was taken aback by the comment, how did he guess so quickly? I wanted to scream at him that he was wrong, there was nothing wrong with me, and that he should be ashamed of assuming it''s my parents at fault . . . But he wasn''t wrong. I coughed a bit before my face got wet and before I knew it my sleeves were covered in my tears before I could dry them. I wouldn''t look at Adrian ashamed and embarrassed of myself for crying in front of him. "Your parents are idiots,s," he said. "How could they hurt you" he said. "Did your brother help you?" . . . He said. By that point I knew my breaking point, I couldn''t stop the memories that invaded my mind. "YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE BRAT, DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW TO LISTEN! I TOLD YOTO U STAY AWAY FROM THAT LOW-LIFE SCUM, HES NOTHING BUT TROUBLE." I tried to interrupt "Bu-" she wasn''t too happy to be interrupted " BE QUIET, I''M YOUR MOTHER AND YET YOU GO AND DO THIS, DO YOU LAUGH AT ME BEHIND MY BACK OR SOMETHING? HONESTLY YOU''RE EMBARRASSING! AT LEAST YOUR BROTHER LISTENS, HE KNOWS NOT TO SCREW UP. BE LIKE HIM AND MAYBE YOU WOULDN''T BE SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT" She screamed at me like she was never gonna be able to scream at me again, she always did like him more than me, at least she had the decency to ignore me before. She just hates me. I don''t know what to do anymore if I go home I''ll be yelled at --until my ears bleed-- but if I stay out here then I''ll have to tell him what happened. I looked up at him again tears falling down my face as I explained everything from the beginning the only other person who knew about all of this was Alice. Sobs racked my body as I tried to explain he pulled me into a hug and I felt safer than I have in a long time he held me tightly as I sobbed he whispered calming things into my ear. "You''re going to be okay." "Your okay." "Let it all out don''t worry" Chapter 5 He sat there with me for what felt like hours while I cried again and again, soon enough I could barely keep my eyes open when Adrian had said."Alright, you''re tired, I can tell. Why don''t we go home?" I almost missed it but nodded anyway and leaned against his chest for support. He chuckled softly before picking me up. "I can walk you know" I had said yawning halfway through and rubbing my eyes, I knew they were going to be red and possibly swollen in the morning, but I didn''t care. "Look, okay? It''s fine, don''t worry about it, you just spend the last 20 minutes or so crying. Just relax a bit" he had said softly before walking away from our spot. "Alright," I agreed reluctantly but ended up giving up on my struggles and leaned against his shoulder again to doze back off. After a little while, I''m shaken awake. "Hey, wake up Alya. I don''t know where you are. Live, you have to tell me." He says. I nod, trying to think while being half asleep. "Wait, I don''t want to go home. Please don''t bring me home!" I beg him to try to get out of his hold. He tightens his grip on me as he says, "Hey calm down, don''t worry. We can go to my house, I guess."I nod in agreement as he finally lets me stand and walk with him while walking. A car comes down the road and I hide behind Adrian. He scoffs and moves out of the way as the car passes. I looked at him seeing what I had just done I immediately felt guilty as he said. " You know if you''re scared to be seen with me I don''t know if I should help you because honestly, I don''t want to be hanging around with someone ashamed to be around me." I shake my head and stand in front of him. "No, no, I''m sorry please I''m not scared to be with you I just don''t want my parents to find me not that they would look for me but still please I''m sorry," I say quickly, feeling bad. "I''m sorry. I promise I won''t hide when someone comes down the road anymore, okay?" when it says this, He nods after I rush to apologize feeling horrible for doing that. I smile when I notice him nod we continue walking down the dark road it seems to be going on and on and Adrian''s unwelcoming presence doesn''t help with anything except making me feel worse as we walk I get closer to him feeling the inviting warmth despite his coldness towards me at the moment.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. A while later we get to what I assume is his house It''s small but also big just the right size for a 3-person family it was a blue house. He walks in and it''s now around 12:45 I follow him to his room and sit down looking around his room it is messy with some clothes spilled around the room and trash on the floor; He leaves the room the get something I look on my phone and see a few missed calls from my parents I ignore them checking Instagram everything is normal. When he walks back in I put my phone on the bed looking up at him. " Here, um, these used to be my sisters. She moved out last year. Anyway um, I''ll sleep on the. Floor, you can have the bed, okay?" When I looked at the clothes they looked to be my size maybe a little bigger. I took them and after thanking him went into his bathroom, it had big white walls with black tiles on the ground the sink was white and everything was clean and organized -strange the bedroom was messed and unorganized-. I started to change and I had been right They were a little big but it would be fine -it was a soft material maybe cotton-. It wasn''t anything too fancy I walked out and when I did he looked up lingering on my body longer than necessary I felt heat rise to my cheeks as I walked forward. His gaze came off my body up to my face "Thanks" I say sitting next to him trying to hide the blush I know has crept onto my face. I see him nod before sliding off the bed to the floor and grabbing a pillow as he goes. I quickly check my phone and, seeing a message from Alice, I open it.
Hey girl, where are you? Your family is worried about you.
I quickly reply telling her I''m fine. I set my phone down on the side table he had next to his bed, "hey are you awake?" I ask rolling to my side as I pull the covers over my body. I can''t help inhaling his scent from the blanket - a strong vanilla - I hear him roll over and look up at me from the floor. "Yeah, I''m still awake; what''s wrong?" "Nothing, I just I''m just sorry I still feel bad about what I did," I say before rolling back over. I hear him shuffle before standing up, I feel a dip in the bed and a warm hand touching my shoulder; I turn over. " Your fine don''t worry about it I forgive you already," he says rubbing my shoulder I nod feeling my eyelids getting heavy as I fight to keep them open. " Sleep, we''ll talk in the morning, okay." I look over at him before closing my eyes and falling asleep. Chapter 6 I wake up to the bright warm sun shining through the open window. I didn''t notice it was open last night; I thought I closed it last night. Wait this isn''t my bed. "Hey, you are finally up we should probably get you home now your parents might be worried" My thoughts stopped when I heard that voice, Adrian, Why was he here? I ask myself but then it all comes rushing back to me and I gasp. " Hey Hey calm down please you looked really tired and upset so I took you here to my place." He says carefully putting a hand on my shoulder. " Also nothing happened between us if that''s what you might be thinking." I nod listening, I slowly get out from under the covers looking around this time taking in my surroundings it smelled kinda like vanilla it was strange because Alice and I always joked around about how a boy''s room would probably smell like sweat or something, but his room smelled nice and his room was clean and tidy the walls painted a dark almost black blue his walls scattered with posters. " Right, um yea thank you for bringing me here instead of home stuff happened last night and I just couldn''t deal with it anymore, thank you though," I say all this quickly as we walk down the stairs and he shows me to the door I''m about to leave when Adrian grabs me and hugs me at first I tense up but as he hugs me I start to relax melting into the hug I take a breath smelling the unique vanilla scent again. " I''m not 100% sure what your parents did but I don''t want you going through it alone I know that." He whispers into my ear; I nod letting myself relax into his arms knowing this couldn''t last much longer I soon pulled away knowing if I let it go on too long I wouldn''t end up letting go. I waved goodbye before beginning my short journey home. As I made my way home I heard a soft Ping, and I looked at my phone and saw a few messages from my family telling me to come back home; also some from Alice and a few other random people who had never talked to me before this. I try to ignore them as I continue to make my way home; When I finally do get home I go in after unlocking the door and see everyone gone. I looked around in the kitchen, bathroom, dining room, my parent''s room, and even Alex''s room they were all gone. The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. After a while I give up looking around and sit on my bed; I decide to check the messages and when I do I find that they were all from last night. I throw my phone to the side get up from my bed and go to my computer. I decided to check my Mother''s Instagram because for some reason the woman thinks she is going to become famous or something. Of course, I thought to myself There she was posing in a picture with my Father and stupid brother at the beach. I turn my computer off and get up messaging Alice.
Hey, Wanna hang out? I have nothing to do Parents left me home because I left last night. Alice: Girl your parents were worried about you they called me and asked if I was with you and if I was with you but yea I''ll hang out with you I''ll meet you at your house in 15 k! K got it, see you then.
I put my phone away and walked downstairs to get a snack; I looked around the way too-big kitchen trying to find something to cure the strong craving I have for food. When I find the bag of chips that I forgot that I hid a week ago I go to the kitchen. I go to the living room and sit down on the hideous brown couch my mother thought she loved; we got home after buying and she screamed seeing it in the living room she hated my mother always wanted everything perfect and this couch was I guess not in the little perfect vision she had. I chuckled remembering that she yelled for days about how horrible it looked in the living room but Dad told her they spent too much on it so they were not sending it back; in the end, they kept the couch much to my mother''s dismay. After watching a movie I heard the doorbell ring so I got up and saw Alice I let her in and we went to my room. " So tell me about Adrian," She said entering my room I knew she would ask about that I sighed and sat down on my bed. " Look nothing happened He''s nice but we are just friends I guess," I say looking away and remembering the hug we shared this morning; he smelled so good. " Someone has a crush," Alice says laughing I blush and hit her shoulder. " Shut up" I yell before laughing with her. " So what if I do" She stops laughing looking at me seriously. " Look Alya I love you I really do but your Parents will kill you and then I won''t have my best friend to hang out with anymore please at least try to keep it a secret don''t tell anyone don''t even make it obvious that you like him or someone might say something and you know you brother" I nod knowing she was right No one could know. Chapter 7 Alya''s Pov . ¡£?©b??.??©b?¡£.. ¡£?©b??.??©b?¡£. Alice had gone home soon after and again I was left alone. I decided to go back to my room quickly grabbing my phone to do something on it, when I got into my room I hopped onto Instagram; deciding to search for Adrian''s Instagram when I finally found it I looked through his pictures and memes had posted even some that he posted of his ex-girlfriend. As time went on I had switched to watching tik-tok until I heard the door open downstairs; I instantly got up to lock my door, but I wasn''t fast enough shit I thought seeing my mother''s angered face was not on my agenda today but hey sometimes things change most of the time for the worse and we have proof. My Mother continued yelling at me. It had been around an hour of her just yelling my ear off about how horrible I was for leaving and that I should have thought about how it would have affected her and how everyone would think she did something to me; until I yelled. "BUT YOU DID DO SOMETHING!! You did hurt me, you favor my brother, and for what you won''t tell me so wh... Why favor him over me? I get better grades. You love all my friends but you constantly complain about his friends; why won''t you treat me the same? Do you love him more because he was born 3 minutes before me? Is it because you didn''t want a girl, you just wanted a little boy right? Your baby right? RIGHT MOM!?" I look at her tears streaming down my face. My mother returns my response with more yelling, "YOU UNGRATEFUL BRAT I HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR YOU AND THIS HOW YOU TREAT ME; RUNNING AWAY AND TALKING TO LOWER ELEM-!" I cut her off. "SHUT UP- JUST SHUT UP MOM YOU''RE HORRIBLE WHY DON''T YOU LIKE THEM? WHAT DID THEY DO!?- NOTHING RIGHT!? I KNOW THEY DID NOTHING YOU JUST DON''T LIKE THAT I''M HAPPY RIGHT? YOU WANT ME TO SUFFER BECAUSE I DON''T ACT LIKE ALEX THE SPOILED LITTLE BITCH HE-! " Her hand connected to my cheek as she breathed heavily. I looked up at her as she yelled. "GET OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU LITTLE BITCH!" I slumped but nodded and went to my room to grab some clothes as I did so I heard my brother laughing while mother and father yelled at each other; mother was yelling about how I deserved this while my father was yelling that she was the problem and that she never treated me the same as my brother. I grabbed my bag, some random clothes, make-up, my phone, and headphones before quickly running out of the house ignoring my father yelling for me while my mother told me to never come back. I wipe away the tears fighting to fall from my eyes ''I don''t know what to do, what am I gonna do?'' I continue walking away from my once home. I again hear lots of soft pings coming from my phone when I check they are only from my father asking me to come back.
Dad ????? Please honey come back she and your brother left please please come back! Dad, I''ll come back but if she comes to the house I won''t talk to her. I hope you know that! Dad ????? Of course just please come backEnsure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. Alright I''m coming
I look back up and stop walking before turning around and walking back home just as he says Mom''s car is gone so I go into the house seeing my dad lying on the couch asleep still looking worried and upset from the events of today, I carefully put a blanket on him before going up to my room locking the door I quickly change before starting to watch the Grinch the best movie in the world; I soon fall asleep to the wonderful music playing in the background of the movie. I wake up hearing my freakishly loud alarm going off again, BEEP BEEP. I slightly cursed before getting up and going to my bathroom. It was a simple little room just enough to fit a sink, toilet, and shower with a few spots for necessities. I quickly turn the water on before undressing. When I get into the shower I let the warm water run over my body. I quickly wash -my shoulder-length- hair before I wash my body and then get out of the shower turning it off -while getting out. I blow dry my hair and start looking for an outfit. I soon found a t-shirt saying Be Happy and put it on along with my black sweatpants. I grab my bag and phone quickly putting on my shoes before running down the steps saying bye to my father who was up and in the kitchen. When I get outside I see Alice waiting for me on the sidewalk. She smiles as I walk closer to her. "Hi, Alice," I say, smiling back at her as we begin our walk to school. "Hey, girl, have you talked to your little crush at all?" she teases; I blush and shake my head, not ready to tell her what happened at home. I hear her chuckle and out of the corner of my eye, I see her shake her head. When we finally get to school I don''t see Alex, but I hear kids whispering about Adrian and how Alex beat him up; hearing that I stop in my tracks and ask one of the kids where Adrian is and the kid tells me he never came to school so I nod and walk away seeing that Alice had walked ahead of me to her locker I decided to just go to my locker before quickly messaging him on Instagram.
@Alex_Fire Hey, I just wanted to see if you were okay. Oh yeah no thanks I''m okay your brother sure did some damage tho I have a black eye and some bruises on my ribs other than that I''m fine. Okay cool umm I hope to see you at school tomorrow! Yea for sure
I smiled and put my phone away running to my class. I sat down and waited for the teacher to walk in while waiting. I started talking to this girl, finding out her name was Maggie. " Yes no this is one of my favorite classes. I like history because I get to learn about things that happened and how they affect what happens now." Maggie says I nod slowly understanding sorta I like history but not as much as she does. The teacher finally walks in and everyone eventually quiets down enough for the teacher to begin teaching; he begins talking about some project we have to start and it will be due in a month I take notes emotionally until the bell rings I grab my things and walk out leaving Maggie behind she said something about needing to ask the teacher something so I just left. (Time skip to the end of school) The final bell finally rings and everyone gets up practically running to get out of the school. I was one of the slower ones because I was waiting for Alice who had class on the top floor at the end of the day. When she finally showed up we started walking home. She told me about class and a cute boy she saw, Ricky. I think his name was at that point. I was teasing her about it because he was Adrian''s friend. "Ooooo Alice likes a boy" I chuckle seeing her blush, she shoves me playfully and I bump into someone. "Shit, sorry I didn''t see you" I looked up and saw Calvin who just gave me a lazy smile and said it was fine before walking off with Ricky who was conveniently in front of him. I continued telling Alice about how she should get Ricky''s number but she brushed me off and soon we were at her house and saying goodbye to each other. I walked into the house only to be met by my father, mother, and brother all sitting on the couch waiting for me papers on the table. " W-whats going on here?" I say looking at them closely my father had tears in his eyes, my mother looked mad and my brother was smirking. My dad looked up at me and said....... " We''re getting a divorce." Chapter 8 I look at my parents in horror. Why? I should have known this would happen, so why didn¡¯t I see it? Why didn¡¯t they? Did they think it through? I mean, I know they fight, and I know they believe different things, but they wouldn¡¯t rip our family apart just for that, right? ¡° W-what? What do you mean? Why? I mean I know you guys fight but why? You want to rip this family apart?¡± I look at them watching their faces contort. My father looks like he¡¯s being stabbed in the heart for just telling me. My mother on the other hand looks angry, my brother looks happy and that¡¯s when he speaks up. ¡° Come on sis you didn¡¯t think this was gonna last did you? They fight left and right, heck they fight about fighting.¡± I knew he was right. I just couldn¡¯t comprehend the fact that they were planning to split up. It seemed so unreal, I had once wished for them to get a divorce when I was younger because my mother yelled at me for being friends with an Earth girl, and my father had come to my defense saying I could hang out with whoever I wanted, that¡¯s when the fighting started I could clearly remember fights that had started because of ME. It was because of me. I knew it had to have been. All the fights I can remember them having were because my mother didn¡¯t like something I did but my father was fine with it. It was my fault. I am the reason they are getting a divorce. I looked around the now bland-looking house trying to find an escape; I knew the door was behind me but if I left I would have to talk to someone even worse Adrian I didn¡¯t want to avoid him but it seemed inevitable. I ran up to my room, tears falling down my face. I Called Alice sobbing at that point trying to tell her what happened. ¡° Alice! Alice!¡± I said crying. ¡° They- they¡¯re getting a divorce!¡± I said, I heard her say something about Adrien and her coming over but it was too hard to focus on anything clear. I soon heard the dial tone and turned my phone off. I sat in my room hearing my parents yell about what happened. I knew my brother was gone and he left while I was going upstairs, not that I cared. I heard the doorbell ring and my parents stopped yelling to answer the door. I soon heard footsteps running up the stairs. I heard my door open and voices asking me if I was okay. I shook my head no and I looked up seeing Adrien and Alice kneeling in front of me. ¡° Hey look at me, okay, everything will be okay,¡± Adrien said, pulling me to him while Alice got up and shut and locked the door. Tears continued flooding my eyes as I sobbed and said, ¡°It¡¯s my fault they always fought because of me.¡± ¡°No they didn''t, they love you,¡± Alice said, pulling me away from Adrien and into her arms. I tightly hug her back. I nod trying to believe her. I look over at Adrien watching me worryingly. I unhook myself from Alice and move over to Adrien. Tears still fight to fall from my red swollen eyes. I hug him tightly and he instantly hugs me back. I hear someone knock on the door asking for me but Alice takes care of it saying, ¡° She fell asleep we''re gonna stay here so when she wakes up she won¡¯t be alone,¡± I tell myself I need to thank her for that later when I have the energy. My eyes fight to stay open as Adrien softly plays with my hair whispering to me that everything will be okay; I soon let myself be overcome by sleep. This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. Alice¡¯s Pov Seeing her asleep and comfortable in Adrien¡¯s arms makes me happy. I¡¯ve always been here for her when things like this happen. Her parents have been fighting for a long time; this time they took it to the end they¡¯re leaving each other. I knew this would happen and I know she did too but I feel like everything that has been happening lately took her mind off of the fact that her parents don¡¯t love each other anymore. It¡¯s hard to say. I know that she never wanted to talk about it before because she hated the thought of her parents not loving each other. I was in my thoughts for a while until I heard Adrien ask. ¡°What happened between her parents?¡± I dreaded this question because it wasn¡¯t my story to tell but I couldn''t just say nothing so I said. ¡°They fight because her mom doesn¡¯t believe that Water and Air should mix with Fire and Earth because well she¡¯s never really explained why she didn¡¯t want us to mix,¡± I explained watching his face, he nodded and went back to watching Alya. Adrien¡¯s Pov I watched the girl I had come to have a crush on lay on me asleep with red puffy eyes from crying that her parents were getting a divorce. From what Alice had told me with what I had gathered from that night in the park. Many things were happening with her family than what the happy and always cheery Alya let on that she was suffering alone; aside from Alice but I know Alya didn¡¯t tell her everything. She couldn¡¯t and she might not tell me either but at least I was someone she trusted enough to tell me anything. I was happy. So here I sat playing with her soft chestnut brown hair while she was sleeping soundly. Alya¡¯s Pov As I woke up I heard people talking back and forth about going to the park or the pool, I rolled over which brought their conversation to a halt, I opened my eyes seeing Adrien with Alice. They were sitting next to each other talking before, but now their attention was on me. They walk over to me and sit down on my bed. I remember falling asleep by Adrien. ¡°How are you feeling, Alya?¡± Alice asked me, looking worried. I wonder why until I remember why and I feel like throwing up. ¡° Alya answers us please,¡± Adrien says. I look at him seeing his worried face as well. I thought about what to say but I couldn¡¯t say anything. I just didn¡¯t know what to say so I shook my head no and lay back down. I knew they didn¡¯t know what to say so I got the courage and asked. ¡°Can we go to the park, please? I want to get out of the house.¡± They both nod when I say this. I sit up and get out of bed. I pull on my Converse before tying them, I grab my gray zip-up sweater and walk to the park with Alice and Adrien trying to get my mind off the drama at home. They tell me jokes as we continue walking. ¡°We should go to the mall or the pool like you guys were talking about before!¡± I say laughing at a joke they had told me before. They both kept this slightly worried expression on their faces as we walked but I knew they only meant well despite it kinda being annoying, I loved them both, one maybe more than the other. I know I like him. I think I''ve known since he helped me In the park on Saturday. We continued walking to the park which seemed to take forever, the longer we walked the more I thought about what happened the more anxious I got; letting everything go to my head again, I moved closer to Alice hoping she would notice the anxiety creeping out of me; she noticed right away and wrapped her arm around my shoulder. It helped slightly. I looked over to Adrien. He looked lost. I waved him over, telling him. ¡°Come closer we won¡¯t bite!¡± I say chuckling trying to lighten the depressing mood. It worked; he came over and threw his arm on top of Alices. I was now sandwiched between the two who were smiling and joking. I smiled at them as well. We finally made it to the park, Alice sat down with Adrien on the bench closest to the swing. While I went on the swing, I swung back and forth. ¡°Adrien push me?¡± I asked sorta, anyway, he complied, nodding his head and walking over to me before gently pushing me. I smile as I go higher and higher until I feel like I can touch the sky. It''s sunny, I felt the warm sun on my skin as I continued swinging and I smiled. I was happy being with them. The sky always made me feel like I could fly. I hear Adrien and Alice ask if I¡¯m okay. I look over to them, stopping the swing, and say. ¡° No, not right now. But I think I will be at some point.¡± Chapter 9 It was a week later. I haven''t hung out with Adrien or Alice at all because it was very busy at my house. My brother and mom decided to move out while my dad would stay here. I know my dad gave them some money so they could find a place to stay because Alex was telling everybody about how he and Mom got this huge mansion house I didn¡¯t even know they could afford. I also heard that they were having a housewarming party and people were being invited left and right, you can probably imagine who didn¡¯t get invited so on that particular Saturday, Adrien, and Alice were all sitting on my couch together watching a movie not sure which one, we were not paying attention, we were talking over the movie trying to decide what to do tomorrow. ¡°Let¡¯s go to the mall!¡± Alice said. ¡°No, let''s go to the pool!¡± Adrien said then almost as if they had rehearsed it they both looked at me waiting for me to make the final decision, I shook my head chuckling as I said. ¡°Why don¡¯t we go to both, the mall first and then the pool?¡± I said laughing when they both agreed immediately. I nod as we go to my room so we can plan more for the events coming tomorrow. ¡°Well ladies, what momentous plans do you have for tomorrow?¡± Adrien said trying to sound like someone from a long time ago, both me and Alice laughing while he starts to bow for his ¡®wonderful¡¯ acting is what he calls it but both me and Alice agree that the whole thing is just funny. Whenever he does this it always brings a smile to our faces as we continue to talk about the mall and pool. ¡°Okay, so in the morning we can leave around 10-10:30ish and hang out at the mall until maybe 2:30-3 o''clock¡± Alice suggested hearing a large sigh come from Adrien we looked at him where he was sitting at my desk chair. ¡°Well, I don¡¯t want to have to hang out at the mall for however long many hours that is I¡¯m gonna end up holding your guys ¡¯ bags.¡± He says, sighing again, I chuckle and walk over to him. ¡°Come on Adrien you love me, We wouldn¡¯t make you hold that many bags please!¡±I say laughing with Alice as he accepts defeat and nods. ¡°Thank you!¡± I whisper in his ear before sitting in front of Alice so she can braid my hair, he again nods in response as I close my eyes while Alice braids my hair. While braiding my hair she starts talking to Adrien, maybe thinking I¡¯m asleep. ¡°You¡¯re whipped Adrien seriously, you gave Alya one look and immediately said yes to what she wanted.¡± She says chuckling while finishing my braid. ¡°What are on about Alice? You must be seeing things I¡¯m not ¡®whipped¡¯¡± Adrien said getting defensive. I try not to laugh as his voice gets high from embarrassment. After that they both stop talking, seeing me struggle to keep quiet until Adrien asks. This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. ¡°Are you awake?¡± I shake my head no as I laugh and open my eyes. He smiles at me and shakes his head laughing along with me and soon Alice joins our fit of laughter. We begin watching another movie until my dad comes upstairs and says it¡¯s time for dinner. We all went downstairs laughing with each other, when we got to the kitchen and sat down at the counter to eat the chicken, the overwhelming scent filled my nose as I looked at my father who was already sitting at the table on his phone messaging someone I assume because he was texting someone I go sit down along with Adrien and Alice. When we start eating we all talk about how our day was and about what we want to do after high school. When the conversation ends we are left in an awkward silence. I look over to Adrien only to find him already watching me. I go to look away embarrassed for being caught but he asks me a question. ¡°Alya, what is your favorite color?¡± I smile at him and think about the question. It wasn''t a hard question, it''s just not one I had thought about a lot after choosing an answer and getting bombarded with Alice¡¯s constant prodding about hurrying up because she wanted to know what I picked. ¡°Navy blue,¡± I say happily with my answer. It''s the color of the sky right before it gets pitch black I know I chose the right thing when Adrien smiles at me and nods before asking another question. ¡°Why do you like that color?¡± I look at him wondering where these questions are coming from but I push the thoughts away and think for a moment. Why did I like Navy blue? I love the way it looks with clothing and how when you look outside because maybe you left something out there you can see the faint hint of navy blue left in the sky when you look up and how it makes the stars in the sky look brighter or when I see the navy blue water flowing around the shore at my dad¡¯s beach house that we go to in the summer. I look around seeing the blueberries, another thing I love that reminds me of navy blue, I get ready to say something along those lines when my dad says. ¡°Well it¡¯s getting late I''ll do the dishes honey, why don¡¯t you go back to your room with your friends.¡± I nod and we all get up and grab our plates and scrape the remaining food into the trash before putting them in the sink. We walk upstairs talking about tomorrow, and when we get to my room we lay on my bed. Me in the middle Alice on my left side and Adrien on my right we laugh and look at each other before grabbing my pillows and beginning a pillow fight we laugh as we take swings at each other. We begin to grow tired as the swings from the pillows get slower and less strong. We fall dramatically onto the bed and laugh thinking about how Alice and I both hit Adrien at the same time ae fell to the ground and my dad ran into the room asking if someone hurt themselves. We laugh at how everything we do still seems to be the wrong thing and how we all hate our math teacher Mr.Williams and how he gives us homework but we all know that it¡¯s just sitting in our backpacks waiting for a pencil to scrape across it and give it an answer to all it¡¯s problems and they say one day we are going need those problems because will need it in the future even though we know we''re not going to be using calculus in the future maybe but we all know it won¡¯t be for a long time. The night continues as we laugh, cry, and sleep. I hear knocking on my door awakening me from my slumber. I stretch and get out of bed, careful not to step on Adrien who slept on the floor despite both Alices and my request to just sleep in the bed with us because we knew he wouldn¡¯t do anything. When I finally sobered up from the thick sleep fogging my head I opened the door seeing someone I didn¡¯t think I would truly have to talk to again. My brother, Alex. Chapter 10 I rub my eyes thinking maybe they were playing tricks on me. He was still there. I sigh and look up at him before asking. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± He looks at me and smiles. ¡°Dear sister, did you think you could get rid of me that easily?¡± ¡®Kind of.¡¯ I think before answering him. ¡°No,¡± I said, ending the conversation and shutting my door, locking it. He was not going to ruin the fun and happy day I was going to have with my friends. I wouldn''t let him. I go back to my bed, grabbing my phone. I check the time at 9:46 am. I sigh and begin getting ready. I grab some of my clothes, just a simple white T-shirt and some black shorts with my black bikini on underneath. I go to my bathroom and take a shower letting the warm water cascade down my back. I sigh and start to wash my hair. When I finish I condition my hair and wash my body. I step out of the shower and grab a towel wrapping the -warm cotton- towel around my body. I begin to dry off and get ready completely for the day. I blow-dried my hair and accidentally woke Alice and Adrien up, I then put on my outfit and just put on some waterproof mascara before leaving the bathroom only to find Adrien and Alice asleep again. I chuckle and check the time again at 10:13 am. I nod after looking at the time and start trying to wake them up again and successfully get Adrien up first by shaking him and then promising him a donut after we leave when he is half awake. Waking up Alice was more work. She slept like a log sometimes and it was horrid to wake her up but then again so was I according to her. I began shaking Alice telling her the house was burning on fire thinking maybe if I tricked her maybe she would get up but it didn¡¯t work until I remembered something and said. ¡°We can have ice cream if you get up!¡± I say and as if she heard me in her sleep she starts to wake up the first thing she says to me is. ¡°Where''s the ice cream?¡± I laugh hearing her say this and pull her out of bed. She screams as she hits the floor with both of me and Adrien laughing as she glares at us and gets up from the floor and walks into the bathroom Adrien sits down at my desk, goes on his phone, and begins texting someone. I get up and move to my desk before asking him a question. ¡°Hey, um Adrien do you like me like Alice said last night?¡± He looks up from his phone contemplating his answer. ¡°Well I-¡± before he could continue the answer Alice bursts in and yells. ¡°There''s a spider in the bathroom, someone KILL IT NOW!!!¡± I laughed and walked into the bathroom after I had asked where the spider was. I killed it and noticed it was time to go. ¡°Come on guys we need to leave to get to the pool on time,¡± I say, seeing them nod I get into my car and wait for Adrien and Alice to get in when they finally do. I pull out of the driveway and drive down the road watching the houses pass us by. We turn on some music. Alice had fallen asleep again as we continued driving. Adrien is in the passenger seat scrolling on his phone while I am just listening to the radio humming to the music. The drive seemed to take so long the awkward silence louder than any screaming my mother ever did but I tried to ignore it not wanting to bring more attention to myself after what I said in the morning. The pool was finally in sight as I drove into the parking lot. Adrien wakes Alice up while I grab our stuff and bring it into the pool area. I look around seeing little kids run around the pool while the lifeguard blows his whistle yelling to the kids to stop running. They giggle and slow down until they get to the far side of the pool and cannonball in, I smile and look back seeing my two friends walking up behind me. They nod and I place the stuff at a little table before sitting down on the chair after taking off my shirt only leaving my bikini top on. I watch Alice jump into the pool, Adrien following closely behind. Watching from afar I laugh seeing Alice and Adrien fight over the one pool float that we had brought. They both came back up set because in their fighting they had popped it when they were tugging it back and forth between each other. They acted like little kids with each other but I loved them. I wouldn¡¯t change them for the world. All of a sudden I¡¯m thrown into the pool, I scream before hitting the warm water. I hear Adrien and Alice laughing from above the surface as I swim around the pool, when I pop my head out from under the water they both give me an innocent smile. I scoff getting out of the pool. I smell like chlorine now. I think to myself as I dry myself off trying to get the water to come out of my hair I hear them laughing and look over at their smiling faces and smile back at them before going back to drying my hair still sour about being thrown into the pool. They walk over to me and both swing their arm over my shoulder being squished in between wet-cold- bodies making me shiver. They chuckled, grabbed their towels, and started drying off. When they finished we got back into my car and started driving again. We listened to music on the way to the mall. Laughing when Alice was shaking her head with her eyes closed to the music blasting on the speakers. We soon noticed the mall coming up after Alice screamed. Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. ¡°It¡¯s right there it¡¯s right there!!!¡± We laughed at her and I pulled into the parking lot looking for a good spot to park when we found one close to the front I parked and Alice grabbed her bag before flying out of the car while Adrien and I stayed back grabbing her coat and my bag while Adrien grabs his backpack we then start to head into the mall to find Alice. Once we found her - in the chocolate shop- we walked to the clothing shops and looked around I found a cute dark gray T-shirt, so I went and asked Alice what she thought of it and she said it was cute and my ¡®style¡¯ so I got it and when we left Alice had gotten 3 sweaters and 1 pair of pants, I had only gotten the shirt, and Adrien had gotten a sweater. We walk around for a while longer before deciding to go home. Tomorrow was school so they had to go home. I dropped off Alice first and then started driving to Adrien¡¯s house. ¡°Adrien?¡± I look at him quickly before focusing my eyes back on the road. ¡° Yes?¡± he replies, looking at me for an answer. ¡°Do you like me? Or were you telling the truth when you said you didn¡¯t?¡± I ask, trying to stay focused and not look at him. ¡°I- Well it wasn¡¯t a complete lie I don¡¯t know exactly how I feel but I know I love hanging out with you and that I- I hate seeing you hurt or crying!¡± He says struggling to get the end of his sentence out. I nod slowly trying to understand that he might not like me the way I like him. My heart crumbles a bit and my face falls, I quickly right it and smile pulling him into his driveway. ¡°Well thank you for telling me that''s all I wanted to know,¡± I say, smiling at him as he nods before getting out of the car. ¡°Alright then bye Alya!¡± he says smiling back before he walks up to his house. I hold back the hot tears that fight to fall on my face as I make my way home. I can¡¯t cry over him. It''s not his fault he shouldn¡¯t be forced to like me. I finally get home and as I walk in I see my dad at the table waiting for me while doing some work on his computer. ¡°Hi honey, how was the pool and mall?¡± he said smiling. I smiled back and said. ¡°It was great Alice spent a lot of money though, and I found a T-shirt that I like¡± he nodded back and said. ¡°Well, I¡¯m glad you had fun. I cooked dinner a while ago and put the extras in the fridge, grab some if you''re hungry¡± I nod and go upstairs fighting the overwhelming emotions that cloud my mind. I throw my bags down on the floor of my room and flop onto my bed, thinking about today''s events. Everything was going so fast my parents were together and happy and now they''re divorced and I live with my dad. My life was fine and my mother was okay with me and now my mom hates me and my life has been flipped upside down. Everything was different and maybe that was a good thing.