Chapter 22
I put on a little bit of make up and then walked towards my closet. I put on the first thing I grabbed which happened to be a pair of black skinny jeans and a cute long sleeved red shirt that had hearts on it. I pulled on my black toms and then headed down stairs. I was just about to walk into the kitchen when I heard hushed voices. I paused for a moment to listen.
“I’m worried about her Alaric.” I heard my mother say from inside the kitchen. My dad sighed and I heard him move towards my mother.
“I know honey, I am to.” He replied. It was silent for a moment before my mom replied.
“I know what it feels like to be rejected and I don’t want her to have to go threw that.” She said softly. I frowned in confusion, rejection? I heard tay dad suck in a deep breath before he let it out.
“I know. We can’t make Xander change his mind though. I talked to Reed yesterday and he said that Xander refused to even talk about it.” Dad said. 1 decided I didn’t want to hear anymore so I walked into the kitchen. Mom and dads heads snapped up and when they saw me a look of sadness came over them.
“Hey guys!” I said trying to be cheerful but I could tell they hadn’t bought it. They gave me concerned looks and I had to hold in the eye roll that wanted to escape. I quickly walked over to the counter and got out the stuff for cereal. After I made the cereal I sat down and slowly started eating. It was completely silent am I could feel there eyes on me.
I quickly turned around and saw that my parents were giving me sympathetic looks.
“Stop staring at me like that! I’m not some charity case!” I snapped. As soon as the words left my mouth I regretted them. My dad gave me a hurt look and it looked like my mom was about to start crying. I sighed and was about to apologize when I heard a honk from outside. I got up and walked out of the kitchen not even saying bye to my parents.
Seth and Lela were waiting for me outside and I climbed into the car without saying anything.
“Hey!” Lela said happily. I simply raised my hand to her then turned to face the window. Lela got the message and didn’t try to talk to me for the rest of the ride to school. When we got to the school Seth parked the car and I was up and out in less then a minute. I slung my bag over my shoulder then hurriedly walked into the school, keeping my head low.
I made my way to my locker before u heard footsteps from behind me. I didn’t turn around though because I could care less who it was.
“Wow, slow down Celeste.” I heard Lela’s voice come from behind me. I rolled my eyes annoyed and then scolded myself for it, just because your hating the world right now doesn’t mean you have to be mean to everybody else, I thought to myself. I turned around slowly and forced a smile on my face.
“Sorry I just wanted to get to my locker.” I said lowly. Lela raised her eyebrows at me but didn’t comment. Seth walked up behind Lela and wrapped his arms around her waist, he then kissed her neck and whispered something in her ear that made her giggle. It hurt me to see them do stuff like that because I know that I will never get to.
I cleared my throat loudly and there eyes snapped to mine. I gave them a look and they both looked apologetic. I contained the eye roll that wanted to come out and turned around, heading towards my first period class. On the way there I bumped into a few people and each time I wanted to punch them. Every little thing was irritating me but I couldn’t help it.
I nearly snapped as another person slightly bumped into me. I sighed, this is going to be a long day..
*Celeste’s POV*
“Oh come on Pais! It won’t be any fun if you don’t go!” Lela whined as we exited the school. I rolled my eyes at my childish best friend and quickly
walked towards Seth’s car.
“Lela I already told you, I don’t want to go to the party tonight.” I replied. Lela let out a frustrated sigh and ran up next to me. She grabbed my arm and spun me around to face her.
“This will help you get your mind off of him, 1 promise.” She said truthfully, I breathed in heavily before letting it all out in a loud sigh.
“Fine.” I muttered quietly. Lela let out a happily squeal before she dragged me over to the car.
“Oh this is going to be so much fun! I’m going to make you look so good and boy is he going to regret what he did.” She said happily and I could practically hear the wheels turning in her head. I groaned annoyed before getting into the car. Lela is my best friend but she can get on my sometimes. Seth was already sitting in the drivers seat and when Lela and I got in he gave us questioning looks
Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.