Chapter 1: Why me?
Chapter 1: Why me?
We are only two weeks into high school, and I still hate it. Most of the guys are jerks and most of the girls are fake bitches. I know that sounds harsh, but I have a reason. My reason is that girls start rumors about everyone, even though most of them aren’t true. And guys are pigs who are only after one thing. At least they don’t bother me when Alec is around, when Alec isn’t they continue to try. They know what happens if they do. Alec is big and kinda scary. He is very protective of me. That is why I hate that he makes me eat lunch with him, he scares all of the guys away (not that I care, sometime). That is why mom goes after me because he is so big she can’t hurt him, anymore. I am the easier target, because I’m so small. I am 4’ 11", he’s 6’ feet even. Doctors tell me that I’m short because Alec’s umbilical cord was wrapped around my neck and it affected my growth. Anyway, "mom" or April, her real name, is what we call her when she isn’t around. When she would get mad (for no reason) first she would scream. I would go to my room to try and ignore her, but she usually follows me and pushes me into a corner then starts to punch and kick me. Alec would run in and grab her, picking her up (with ease) and throws her on her bed and shuts the door and we’d run out and go to the park really fast. We would stay gone until she went to work at 6. We’d go home, I’d make dinner, eat, clean and I’d sleep in his room that night. That is what usually happened. There was a really bad one when she throw a glass cup at me that hit me in my shoulder, I fell down, started to cry, and she ran over, and started kicking me. There was blood everywhere. My shoulder had a giant gash. I got eighteen stiches. The scar is on the right, it starts at the base of my neck and ends at the beginning of my arm. She told the doctor a glass had dropped when I tried to grab it from the high cabinet. He had a suspicious look, but didn’t say anything. I went home as Alec got home from work and he flipped out and told mom that if she touched me again he would call the cops. Even though he never would because we could get taken away, and most likely split up. She didn’t hit me for another month. Then it started up again, so Alec made me get a job with him at Dick’s Sporting Goods. He is really good friends with the owner and Alec told him our situation. So Ben, the owner, gave me a job with the exact same hours as Alec, and he promised not to tell anyone. Alec and I look like our dad, blonde and green eyes. My mom is the opposite, she has brown hair and brown eyes. Since we are twins, we look a lot alike. That helped a lot. We went to work an hour after school and we didn’t get off until 6:30. April is at work by the time we get home. Anyway, back to school. I walk into my first hour Biology, and every girl is freaking out. I walk up to my lab partner, Katy, and I ask her what’s going on.
"You haven’t seen him yet?"-Katy says with a shocked look on her face
"Seen who?"
"The amazingly sexy new guy from heaven!"- She says giving me a yeah-he’s-that-hot look. She knows my feelings about guys, although I haven’t told her why. So she tries to change my mind, constantly telling me that she could hook me up with someone. But she knows I’m not going to like any of the guys she picks. She picks boys based on their looks, not caring if that person is a jerk or to touchy (if you know what I mean). I just give her a weird look and start working on our project, which I do mostly by myself, only letting her pour things I have already measured, so she doesn’t almost kill us, again.
Science ends and I’m on to poetry. The new guy is in my class and every girl (besides me of course) is clinging to him, soaking in every word he says and looking at him while batting their eyes. I look at him with a dirty look on my face, thinking "You girls barely know him and your all over him, he could be a serial killer, and you’re just over there throwing yourselves at him, stupid, stupid girls." I notice he is now looking at me with a smile, wow he’s attractive, with his grey eyes and messy black hair, I blush and turn away. Mrs. Davis walks in and I walk up to her desk quickly. She is my favorite teacher, and I am her favorite student, though she only admits that to me. She smiles and I can’t help but smile because (I know this sounds weird but) she makes me happy, she understands me, she is one of the few I tell everything to, she swore not to tell anyone. I give her back her poetry book that she let me borrow.
"I think that is my favorite book that you’ve let me borrow so far." I say with a sweet smile.
"I told you! That is my all-time favorite, I’m glad you liked it."-She says returning the smile.
She looks around me and gets a confused look on her face, seeing all the girls crowding around the newbie. "I’m guessing that’s Connor Moore. Looks like he is very comfortable."
I roll my eyes at the girls and Connor and I smile at Mrs. Davis again. She knows everything like I said. "Yeah, he fits right in. Everyone likes him, as you can see."
She gives me the really-now look and says "Even you, Ms. Madden."
"Haha!" I laugh sarcastically. "I will never like Connor, or anyone like him for that matter." I say.
Mrs. Davis is staring behind me, her mouth hanging open, trying to hide a smile. Oh god, somethings behind me. I slowly turn around and there is the very tall, very attractive man was just talking about, and he’s smiling.
"Is that so?"-He says
"Ummm…"- My face turns bright red (I probably look like a strawberry) and he laughs. I have to look up slightly to see his face. I quickly go back to my seat, silently cursing in my head.
He talks to Mrs. Davis for a moment, before taking his seat in his sea of girls, he looks over and smiles, I turn and look the other way, still slightly red. Mrs. Davis takes her place at the front of our small classroom. Everyone at one side of the class me at the other. Mrs. Davis starts teaching.
"Okay everyone stop talking! I know it’s exciting to have a new student in our class but that doesn’t give you the freedom to talk as you please. As most of you already know this is Connor Moore. Now let’s get on with business. This week you will be working with partners." Every girl (besides me) start freaking out and smiling, hoping to get Connor as their partner, I roll my eyes, Connor who is still looking at me laughs. I ignore him and continue listening to Mrs. Davis.
"I am going to pick the partners. Ms. Alma with Ms. Lee, Ms. Smith with Ms. McCarty,…"
She went on and on until she came to my name.
"Ms. Madden with Mr. Moore"
My eyes widen and I sink in my chair. I hear a bunch of girls start whispering, and huffing. "God, grow up" I think. I look over and every girl is glaring at me. I look at Connor (To see if he’s disappointed) and he’s smiling?!? I give him a confused look, when he slowly gets up and walks over to me. He sits at the desk to my right. "Probably hiding from the girls." I think since girls are on my far left. The girls get even madder because he is out of their view. Some girl is staring at me, I give her the dirtiest look I can conjure. She quickly looks away, probably remembering what happened last year. I look over at Connor and he’s looking at me smiling. I blush.
"What?" I say in a stern voice.
"You’re different."-He continues to smile.
"I’ll be right back." I say
I stand up and go to walk away, but he grabs my hand, it scares me.
"Where are you going?" He asks curiously
"Let go of my hand!"
"I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you."- He says sincerely.
"It’s fine. I… I’ll be back."
I walk up to Mrs. Davis and glare at her. She smiles.
"I’m sorry Brier, but you were my only choice."
"You have a whole classroom full of willing volunteers."
She laughs "Yeah, but they wouldn’t get their work done. I know you can get him to work, and besides it’s only 2 weeks. Then you can go back to working alone."
"Please change my partner." I beg with my hands together holding them at my chin, poking my bottom lip out. My puppy dog face.
"No. Now go get to work." She says and turns around ending the conversation.
I walk away and take my seat. I risk looking at him and he is already looking at me.
"What?"
"How did the begging go?"
"Clearly, it didn’t work, if it had you’d be back over there." I say pointing to his fan club.
He smiles "Ouch. That’s harsh." He holds his heart like it wounded him. "Do you hate me that much?"
"I don’t hate you."
"But…?"- Connor
"But… I don’t like you."
He laughs at my bluntness. I blush.
"Why don’t you like me? You don’t even know me."
"I don’t like most guys."
"Soo, you’re a lesbian?"-He says looking confused.
I gasp "No idiot! I don’t like MOST guys because they are jerks, or dogs, or both!" I say it little too loud for my liking and I quickly look around to see if anyone heard me. Nope. I turn to face him.
"Hey, hey I’m sorry, calm down, it was just a guess. And how do you know I am either of those things."
"Apology accepted, I don’t I just assumed."
"Why did you assume that?"- Connor
"Hum, let’s see, your fan club over there, everyone started talking about you the moment you pulled up, your friends with the football team, and your very…" I stop before I embarrass myself anymore.
"I’m very what?’-He says with amusement playing in his eyes.
"You get my point."
"Fine don’t tell me, I know I’m hot." He says with a smile.
I flush and get mad at the same time "I wasn’t going to say that" I lie.
"Then what were you going to say?"-He says still amused.
I smile because I have the perfect word. When I smiled he stilled, which interest me.
"I was going to say conceded."
"Umhum…"- Connor smiles
Mrs. Davis stands up and say
"I have figured out what I want your project to be." She pauses. "You are going to make a painting."
"I thought this was poetry class not art."-Some chick says.
"Yes, it is poetry, but poetry is all about expression, which some people find hard to do with words. I want you to paint a picture when you’re feeling something, sad, happy, mad, etc. I want one of you to paint a corner of the canvas and the second to paint the other corner. Then I want you to write a poem about the other person’s side of the painting. This is going to a home project so you’re going to have to hang out after school." She says giving me an I’m-sorry look
I get glares from all around. I sink in my seat. I look at Connor he smirks at me. I slap him in the chest, and he winks at me. I flush and look up at him through my eyelashes. He stiffens again. I need to look into that.
He smiles at me after a second and says "So my place or yours babe?"
"Don’t call me that, and yours." I glare at him
He raises his hands like he’s surrendering. "Sorry sunshine, didn’t mean to offend you."
"That isn’t my name either." I say blushing.
"You’re adorable when you blush, you know that?"-Connor says with a smile.
I blush even more. "Great. I’m adorable, like a little kid or a kitten." I say with a little sarcasm/attitude
"I was gonna say hot, but I was afraid I’d offend you."-He says clearly amused.
I look over and he’s looking me straight in the eye with a look I can’t determine.
The bell rings breaking me from his spell, I quickly gather my stuff and head for the door. I’m walking and he shows up beside me. I look at him confused.
"I just wanted to start over. We had a bad start."-Connor.
He puts his hand out, I flinch. He looks a little confused. I go to shake his hand when Alec shows up between us, glaring at Connor. Connor glares back. Oh God.
"He bothering you Sis?"
Connor visibly relaxes, a little.
"No Alec, we’re just talking."
"You flinched. I saw you." Still eyeing Connor. Connor just stands there looking at us, probably realizing we’re twins. We do look a lot alike, even though we are fraternal.
"He went to shake my hand and it scared me." I say looking at him. His face softens. He understands.
"Oh, okay. Who are you?"-Alec says not as hostile
"I’m Connor. I have poetry with Brier." He says offering Alec his hand
Alec takes it and they shake hands.
"I’m Alec, Brier’s Big Brother."
"I noticed. You two look a lot alike. Are you twins?" Connor says smiling
"Yeah. Sorry for snapping at you. I got to protect my lil sis."-Alec says smiling back then at me then messes with my hair. I give him
"the look", and he puts his hands up, backing away. He is only three minutes older than me and he treats me like I’m two.
"It’s cool, I understand. This is very blunt but, we have a project for Mrs. Davis, she said it’s a home project. Brier said that she preferred to do it at my house. I would like to know if that is okay with you."- Connor says then holds his breath. Why is he holding his breath?
Alec looks mad at first, then he has a strange look on his face. "You have impressed me Connor. First you bow up to me when I walked up. I’m guessing you thought I was Briers boyfriend, correct?" He is always so proper when he speaks. Connor nods. Where is this going?!
"Not very many people do that. Usually I don’t give them time to. I guess you’re just lucky Brier was here, because I don’t like to fight in front of her. If she wouldn’t had been here you would probably be on the floor, knocked out and bloody."
"Then you offer to shake my hand. No one has ever done that."
"Then you ask for my permission to have my BABY sister at your house, probably alone." He looks at me and says "Not that I don’t trust you, or think that you can’t handle yourself. From what happened last year I have more faith in you." He said with a smile. Looking at Connor he says
"Yes, she may go over to your house."-Alec
I stand there dumbfounded and my mouth hanging open.
"But so help me God if you do anything to hurt her, I will pummel you into Connor pudding and feed you to the school sluts." He says with an evil smile.
Connor, surprisingly, smiles and says "I understand completely." Then they look at me, with my mouth hanging out.
"What?"-Alec
"You never let anyone sit by me at lunch, not even your best friend. You never let any guy talk to me, or stand by me. Even the guys you have known forever. You haven’t known this guy for 5 minutes and you practically handed me over to him! He could be a serial killer, and we wouldn’t even know it."-I say still shocked.
Alec looks at him trying to hide a smile and says "Connor are you a serial killer?"
"Nope"-Connor says popping the P
"There. You should be safe."- Alec says now smiling
"What if I don’t want to go?" As I say this I realize it isn’t true, I really want to go. I push that though back and focus. Connor has a sort of disappointing look on his face, I smile to let him know I do. He brightens and smiles back. That smile could melt me. Alec has been watching the whole time. When I realize this I blush.
"I don’t think that’s an issue. Now I have to get to class, and so do you. You go straight to his house and stay there until you’re done with your project. He has a car he can drive you home. I have to work late, so I will be home by 8 instead of 6:30, so stay safe."
I understand what he is saying to me. He turns to Connor and say.
"I am putting my world in your hands right now. Keep her safe, and watch her like a hawk. No funny business, if you try something on her she will probably beat you up, but if she doesn’t I will."-Alec says with little humor in his voice. I blush because he made me sound like a child, I glare at him.
"Sorry B, but I have to know you’ll be safe."-Alec
My face softens and I let this one slide. I look at Connor and he is smiling.
"What?" I say still flushed
"You two are just really close and it’s weird to me." He admits smiling
"Don’t you have siblings?"
His face darkens a bit and he shakes his head.
"Anyway, remember what I said. Brier I was going to give you this on our birthday but I want you to have it now."-Alec says pulling something out of his pocket. Its two phones! And one of them are mine! They are touch screen, and not as up to date as most kids phones but it’s the first I have ever had! I smile, pull him into a tight hug, and stand on my tippy toes and give him a kiss on the cheek.
"Thank you! When did you get them?"
"Yesterday. I know they aren’t the coolest but they work. My number is in there and 1 on speed dial. Call me if you need something. And I mean it. You need anything you better call me."- Alec says after he kissed the top of my head
"I wouldn’t care if they were flip phones I would still love it. Thank you again and I will call if I need anything. Okay"-I say smiling. I notice Connor stiffens again. I want to know why he does that.
I look at him and say "So meet at my locker after school?"
"Yeah but you’re gonna have to show me where it is."-Connor says with a shy smile. Oh my God. That is the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen.
"Well love birds I have to go."-Alec says. I hit him hard in the chest with the back of my hand. He holds the spot where I hit him and says "That hurt. Bye brat." And he walks away leaving me alone with Connor. I look up at him, I flush and bite my lip. He stiffens, again. I am going to ask him about that.
"My locker is over here." I walk to the left and then a right down the next hallway. Number 390 is my locker, 392 is Alec’s locker. How he managed to do that I have no idea.
"This is mine."
"I see. Do you want to come to my house after school?"-Connor says with a strange look on his face.
"I thought we already arranged that."-I say confused.
"I know, but I noticed that nobody asked what you wanted to do."-He still has a strange expression
"Yeah you did, in Mrs. Davis classroom."
"I mean do you want to, like really want to?"-His expression changes to what looks to be fear or anxiety.
"Yes."-I blush because the word came out kinda fast.
"Really?"-His face lightens and he smiles sweetly
"Yes. Now can we talk about something else?"-I say blushing. I have never blushed this much in my life.
He smiles big and (it’s like he read my mind) says
"Why? Do I make you blush too much?"-with cockiness’ in his voice
"Yes, you do. What kinda car do you drive?" I say trying to change the subject. He smiles, knowing what I just did.
"I drive a black challenger."-Connor says still smiling
My jaw drops. You have to be kidding me. A freaking challenger.
"What year?"
"1986. Why?"-Connor beams
"That’s like my ultimate dream car!"- I say smiling
He stiffens.
"…Really?"-He hesitates
"Uh yeah! That car is seriously sexy."
"So… Your only gonna hang out with me cause my car now huh?"
"No… but mainly that… pretty much yeah." As I chuckle
He has a pained look on his face. Does he think I was serious?
"I’m just kidding."
"Oh, I knew that"- He shyly smiles, he clearly didn’t
The tardy bell rings!
"Oh my God! I have to get to class. See you after school. My locker, don’t forget."-I smile sweetly and quickly get to third hour.
After a long day I finally get to seventh hour, history, and I take my set at the front of the class. I know, I’m a nerd but it’s easy to avoid people that way. I mean who wants to sit in the front row?!? I was reading, deep in thought, when something softly runs down the spine of my back, I get chills and slowly turn around. It’s Connor, smiling! Oh great I have seventh hour with him.
"Oh great you have this class too?"-I try to sound annoyed.
He grins "Yeah actually I do, but that just means I can spend more time with you."
I blush and smile at him. He stiffens.
"Jesus, why does he do that?"
"Do what?"- Connor
"Did I just say that out loud?"
"Yeah, you did."
God I didn’t mean to say either of those things out loud. What is wrong with me?
"Umm nothing."- I turn around quickly
"Okay?" He mumbles
Seventh hour finally ends. It consists of Listening to Mr. Hall teach and feeling Connor run his pencil down my spine the WHOLE hour. I turn around to tell him to stop but he pretends to look at Mr. Hall or the clock, trying to hide a smile. The bell rings and everyone gets up to leave. I glance at Connor and he is smiling to himself. I blush. I pack up my things and finally turn to him.
"You ready?"
"Yes, are you?" –Connor says smiling
"As ready as I’ll ever be."- I smile and wink, and he blushes! I smile even more and he blushes harder.
"Okay, let’s go."- Connor say with a shy smile
I follow him to my locker so that I can put my things away, and Alec is at his locker with some of his buddies. This should be interesting. Alec sees me and smiles "So you got everything you need?"
"Yeah, I’m just putting my stuff up." The guys behind him are gawking at me and I feel Connor step closer, nearly touching me. The guys smile because they think Alec is gonna jump down Connors throat, but all Alec says is "Remember what I said Connor. You do anything to hurt her, I’ll put you six feet under. Don’t let her leave by herself, she stays at your house, nowhere else, got it? If you go somewhere she better stay with you. Understand?" The guys jaws drop out of surprise. They give Connor a hateful look, and Connor smiles. This is supper weird. What is happening?
Connor turns to me "Ready?"
"Yeah, let’s go."
We get to his car and I have an eye-gasm, He must notice because he laughs "You really like my car, aye?"
"Hell yeah, it’s a hot car."
"Yeah, its owner is pretty hot to right?"- He smiles
"Surrre…."
"You know I’m hot just admit it!"- He says chuckling
"I can’t… cause it’s not true."- I say as I laugh
"Haha, very funny. You know, your very mean Ms. Madden, I think your brother is rubbing off on you."- He says smirking
"Nope, I think it’s just you."- I say popping the P. He walks around and opens the door for me "Okay, get in, you’ve hurt me enough for today."-He says playfully
I get in while eyeing his car. It is the best thing (besides him) that I’ve seen all school year. He shuts the door and as I’m admiring his car I realize there are tons of girls staring at us and they are pissed. I hear what some girls standing in front of the car are saying
"Are you fucking kidding me?! Why does she get to ride in his car?"-Dumb Bitch 1
"I know right I am like so much prettier than her, like WTF?!?"-Dumb Bitch 2
"Just because you guys have DSL’s (dick sucking lips) and every guy here wants to get into your pants doesn’t mean everyone on the planet does. Get over yourselves."-Some chick I kinda like now. I smile.
Connor has been watching me the whole time and listening to the conversation as well. He laughs when he sees my reaction.
"I have gotten so much attention from girls I don’t like because of you and you think it’s funny?" I say kinda mad but to amused to sound mean
"I just think it’s funny that they’re jealous of you."- He says giving me a big grin
"I don’t see why. You could be a complete jerk and they would still acting like this."-I say while rolling my eyes
"Am I a jerk?"-He says anxiously
I think for a moment "No Mr. Moore, you’re not a jerk." He smiles and turns the car on "Conceded, maybe, but not a jerk."-I say playfully
"I only know I’m hot because girls throw themselves at me. It’s not my fault I’m good looking." –He says with a smile
"That’s true."-I say not realizing it
Connor whips his head around grinning
"You just admitted that I’m hot." He says giving me an even bigger smile
"I… Umm… I just… Oh my God, yes, Connor you are very attractive. There I said it! Go ahead and tease me all you want!"-I say blushing bright red
He doesn’t say anything for a while and as we sit at a red light he turns to me and say
"You are the most beautiful girl in the school Brier."-He smiles shyly
I momentarily lose my breath, and blush. I look into his eyes to see if they are filled with lust, and they aren’t. There is that emotion I can’t determine again. I smile shyly back and bite my lip. He stiffens. This is the perfect opportunity to ask why he does that, I think, when all of the sudden a car honks making me jump. Connor smiles and drives away. Opportunity missed.
Chapter 2: Connors P.O.V.- She's Different
Chapter 2: Connor P.O.V.: She’s Different
When I first see Brier I had to catch my breath. I look at her and smile, but she gives me a dirty look. It shocks me because girls usually throw themselves at me. I mean I like it but I don’t like them, I get a lot of attention, and it makes me happy. It’s good to have some attention cause my parents are never around. And when they are, all they do is fight and argue, so I leave. In Mrs. Davis class I over hear her say that she will never like me, I hope that’s not true. And I don’t really know why she would say that, she barely knows me.
Brier though… she acts like she doesn’t like me but I know that she does I can see it in her eyes. I grabbed her hand and she got scared. I didn’t hurt her, I would never hurt her. I wonder what that was about. What if something is going on at home? I hope not, for some strange reason I feel the need to protect her. And not just because Alec says so, I just feel it. When I first met Alec, he was right, I thought he was her boyfriend. Until he said sis and I realized they look a lot alike. I mean they looked like twins, but I guess that makes since considering they are. I know Alec and Brier mean a lot to each other. They are really close, and it just seems weird to me because I’m an only child. Well, I am now anyway. I had a little sister, Emma, but when she was nine she got really sick. When we took her to the doctor they said she had Leukemia. They tried treatments for three months. Then we had to stop because she wasn’t responding to the treatments anymore. They said that we should just take her home and enjoy the time we have left with her. Those last few weeks with Emma were the worst weeks of my life, but also the best because she was finally happy. She could be with us instead of stuck in a hospital. When she finally passed, it felt like a piece of my heart was taken from me. I don’t think anyone can fill that whole in my heart, but I continue to look. Emma was my light, she was what kept the family together. But now, we can’t even stay in the same room with each other, without getting into a huge argument. We had to move to a different town because everything we saw was a memory of Emma. Now we hardly talk to each other, unless we have to. I don’t think it will ever change. Anyway, Brier really is the most beautiful girl in the school, but for some reason she doesn’t believe it. I mean come on, every guy here eye rapes her constantly. They probably would actually rape her if Alec wouldn’t have been her brother. Thank God for that. I like Alec, he would protect Brier with his life. I don’t know why I feel so strongly for her, but I do. I have never felt like this for any other girl. Maybe it’s because she doesn’t throw herself at me. I wonder why? I am really good looking (not trying to sound conceded) and rich. Most girls would open their legs if I told them that they were beautiful. She is so different, I can’t mess this up. She could be the one. The one to fill this whole in my heart.
Chapter 3: Brier's P.O.V.
Chapter 3 Briers P.O.V.: He’s loaded
Well I’m guessing we are here because there is only one house at the end of this road. And it’s a giant house, almost a mansion. I knew he was rich, but not this rich. It’s has to be at least three stories. With two other cars in the drive way. A red Camaro and black charger. Oh my God they are really rich. There is an old GTO Pontiac sitting off to the right side of the house. I stare at his house with awe. I look at him and say
"THIS is your house?!"
He laughs "Yeah, it is. You like?"
"Yeah! I like your cars even more. That’s a GTO right?"
"Yeah. You really know your cars huh."-He says smiling
I blush "Yeah, Alec and I are muscle car freaks."
"Why do you and your brother talk so proper?" –He chuckles
I shrug "Alec hates to sound stupid, and he hates when people use words incorrectly, he always make me correct myself if I say something like "TTYL or BRB" I don’t really know why."-I lie
Alec does that because April is a drunk and when she talks she messes up her words Alec hates it. I don’t really know why, but he can’t stand when she talks. I am not about to tell Connor that.
"That’s weird. But come on let’s get inside."- He says still smiling.
I go to open my door, but Connor says not to. I stay put while he gets out, runs to my side and opens the door. I give him a confused look when I get out of his amazing car. He just smiles. We come up to his door and he pauses, he is listening. After a beat he smiles and say
"No bodies home!"
"How do you know?"
"You would be able to her them yelling."- He says very nonchalantly, That’s weird but I don’t address it. He opens the door for me and says
"After you Ms. Madden."- Smiling
I smile and say "Why thank you Mr. Moore" Then laugh.
He stiffens. After a second he says "You should laugh more, it’s a very pretty sound." He is being completely serious, I blush and walk in quickly. I look up and I can’t even describe the house. It is amazing. The entry way is huge and there is a giant beautiful staircase that leads up. To the left of the stairs is the living room with an enormous TV and huge speakers. The whole place look very modern. To the right is an amazing kitchen. I love to cook, and I’m pretty good at it because April makes me cook on the horrible weekends she has off. I cook on the week days for Alec and I. Alec couldn’t cook a decent meal if his life depended on it. Anyway, His kitchen is amazing, it has a fire oven to cook things like homemade pizza and stuff like that. They don’t have a dining room table, but they have a bar with four tables. They even have a dishwasher, lucky. I have to do all of the dishes. It sucks. I look at Connor and he just shrugs, like it’s not a big deal. I mean we aren’t poor, we have a three bed room house, with one and a half bath, a kitchen, living room, and a garage. We don’t have a lot of money, but we spend it wisely, well Alec and I do anyway. Connor finally says
"Okay let’s go get started." He reaches from my hand and I flinch again. He looks at me questionably. I just take his hand and say
"Yeah let’s go start." He picks up the hint and starts to lead me up the stairs. I seriously need to stop flinching. He is gonna start asking questions and I do not need that. If anyone found out they would call DHS and get us taken away. DHS would separate Alec and me. That is not okay. I need Alec and he will never admit this but he needs me to. We finally get upstairs and we turn right we pass three doors. As we go he says what is behind each door.
"Guest bedroom… Bathroom… My study…"- Connor
We come to the last door and he looks at me and says with a smile
"My room!"
I narrow my eyes and say
"Don’t get any ideas."
He smiles and says "I wouldn’t dream of it. Especially after Alec’s speech I mean wow. Making Connor pudding and feeding me to the school sluts. That’s pretty harsh. I would much rather hang out with you than the sluts."
"Really? I mean they would probably sleep with you. I am so not ready for that."- I say feeling a little bit weird for admitting that, but being completely honest.
"I don’t care if they would sleep with me, I’d rather be with you. Even if you aren’t ready. I would never force you to do anything. I could wait if you let me." –He had that look in his eyes again. I can’t determine what it is yet. I just looked into those grey eyes and hoped that I saw some lust or something bad so that I can turn away without feeling bad, but all I see is that look. This is starting to scare me, I don’t want this to happen, but then again I do. I don’t want to find love, but I kinda do. But what if I end up like her, like my mother. I can’t be like her. No I won’t be like her. Love destroyed her. I won’t let it destroy me. This isn’t love anyway, we just met. He can’t love me yet. Can he? I smile and say
"Well, we should get started."
He looked at me for a second and say
"Yeah, come on in. Don’t judge my room if it’s dirty or something."-He chuckles
"I would never judge you. Where did you get that idea from?"-I say being sarcastic. I walk in and the room is spotless. The only thing on the floor of this gigantic room is dumbbells and shoes that are neatly stacked in a row. His room is so big that he has a treadmill and a workout bench in one corner and a huge bed in the other and still have room for big couch and TV with an Xbox and a PlayStation. I turn around and say
"Yeah, this is destroyed you seriously need to clean." –I say jokingly he laughs and I laugh to. He stiffens again. That’s it. I’m asking.
"Why do you do that?"
"Do what?"-Connor
"When I smile or laugh or bite my lip (I turn bright red at this point) you like, stiffen. Why do you do that?"
"Umm… I don’t know."-Connor
He’s lying. I can see it in his eyes. I narrow my eyes at him.
"I have ways to get the truth out of you. Don’t make me do it. Just tell me now."
He laughs! "I don’t think you could Ms. Madden."-He says grinning
"Bet."-I say smiling sweetly
He stiffens again
"See! That right there! Tell me, or you’ll have to suffer."-I say playfully
"Nope"-He says popping the P
I smile and slowly walk up to him. I put my arms around his shoulders. He stiffens again.
"Please tell me."-I batt my eyes at him
He smiles nervously "Umm… Uhh.. no"
I look at his lips, then his eyes, back to his lips, I bite my lip then slowly lean in. His eyes widen and he starts to lean in. He is standing right in front of the bed. I rub my hands down to his chest. Still slowly leaning in and right before our lips touch I push him onto the bed with all of my strength and jump on top of him, grab his arms and hold him above his head. I smile and say
"Tell me."
"You tricked me! That is so mean!"-He says smiling.
"Tell me."
"No."-Still smiling
"Why not!"-I say pouting.
"As adorable as you are when you pout, I still have to say no." Suddenly he wraps his legs around my waist and turns really hard. All of the sudden I’m on the bottom with my arms pined down. He is smiling really big and says
"Thought you could hold me there huh."
I didn’t say anything. When I realized that he was on top of me a shock when through me. I want him. No! No I don’t, don’t say that. I need to know so here goes another shot. I look at his lips then his eyes, I start to breathe a little harder to make it look like I’m nervous. He looks at me like I might try to trick him again. I just look at his lips again, then his eyes. He thinks I’m being serious. He starts to lean in, I raise to meet his lips. I let him kiss me for like two seconds. Then I rip my hand out of his hold and grab his ear lobe and I pull, a little hard. I pull him underneath me and I cross his arms over his chest instead of above his head. I am still in shock from the kiss, I just look at him in his beautiful grey eyes. Crap. I just fell. He smiles. I smile in return and say
"Please tell me."-I again batt my eyes at him and he smiles again.
"Fine." His face grows serious.
"Every time you smile or laugh, which you rarely do by the way, it takes my breath away because of how beautiful you are." He blushes and smiles shyly
I look at him stunned. Does he really think I’m beautiful? I know that guys want me, but I’m not beautiful. April tells me all the time how ugly I am. And that the only reason guys want me is for sex because I’m a slut and a whore and that’s all I’ll ever be. I have never even had my first kiss. Well, until now. Oh my God I just had my first kiss. I realized I was still on top of him so I blush and slowly get up.
"Umm… I’m gonna go get the canvas and paint out of the car."
"No it’s okay I’ll go get it. You can stay here and make yourself at home, I’ll be right back."-He smiles and runs out the door when he’s finally gone, I bring my hand to my lips. I can still feel the kiss. It wasn’t anything special, just a peck. But that is a big deal to me. I can’t believe someone who looks like Connor was my first kiss. I start to look around the room and there is a picture of Connor and some little girl sitting on his bedside table. She’s pretty, kinda looks like him. I thought she was his sister but he said he didn’t have any siblings. They were both smiling. He was looking towards her but you could still see his smile. There is something sad about it. Like he’s happy, but he’s not at the same time. I was looking at the picture when
"That’s Emma."
I kinda jump because I didn’t know he was standing in the doorway. He softly smiles.
"Who is she, if you don’t mind me asking?"
"That… is er was my little sister."-He’s looking at the floor. He obviously doesn’t want to talk about this so I change the subject.
"So did you get everything?"
He smiles "Yeah. I just figured that we could lay on the floor and paint. It’s kinda hard for two people to paint standing up like that."
I smile in return "Yeah, that’s cool."
I helped him get everything ready. I put the canvas in the middle of the room and he puts paint on a paper plate. I am still a little shocked that he has paper plates. I chuckled when I saw it.
He smiles "What?"
"Nothing."- I say still smiling
"What corner do you want?"-Connor
"Mmm… the bottom right."
"Cool, I’ll take the top left."-Connor
We start to paint and talk a little bit. It turns out that the GTO is his, but he likes the Challenger better so he hasn’t been taking care of the GTO.
"Does it still run?"
"It should. The last time I drove it was about six months ago."-Connor
"So you didn’t like the car anymore so you had your parents get you a new challenger?"
He smiles "Yeah, pretty much."
"You are lucky. I’ll be 22 before I’m able to get myself a car."
"Really? Why?"-Connor
"Alec and I don’t have money like that."
"What about your parents?"-Connor
"Well our dad walked out on us around seven years ago, and my mom didn’t take it well. She lost a really good job. Then she realized that she need to help pay bills so she got a job at the post office. She hasn’t been the same since."
"Oh. Well you can the GTO if you want."
I laugh but then I realize that he isn’t joking. I just look at him for a second.
"You’re serious?"
"Yeah. You can have it. At least someone will use it."-He is being completely serious
"I am not taking your car."
"Why not?"-C
"I’m not just gonna take your car for one. For two that is taking advantage of you. Third that would look really bad. And fourth I don’t like GTO’s. And I wouldn’t just take it I would make payments or something."
"How would that look bad?"-C
"I go over to your house one time and come back to school with a new car. Everyone knows your rich. So put two and two together and it looks like I’m a gold digger."
He laughs "Whatever and I thought you liked muscle cars?"
"I do but Alec likes GTO’s more than me. He called dibs on it."
He laughs even harder "Dibs? So you’re going to reject my birthday present because your brother called dibs on the car?"
"Yes. We take dibs very seriously." I smile
"So do you guys call dibs on everything?"-C
"Yeah, pretty much."
"Does that mean I can call dibs on you?"-He has a cocky smile and he winks at me
I laugh "You can call dibs all you want, but I dough it will work."
He pouts "Why not?"
I smile and say "As adorable as you are when you pout, I can’t tell you."
"Hey! That’s not fair! Please tell me. I’ll beg you the whole time you’re here if you don’t."-C
I narrow my eyes at him.
"You know I will."-He says smiling
I look at him for a minute.
"Come on just tell me!"
"Alec wouldn’t let me."
"Whatever! You know he likes me. Don’t lie."-C
"If I tell you will you stop asking?"
"Yes."-He smiles
"Fine… One I have only known you for one day. Two I don’t want people to think I’m using you for your money. And three…"
"… Three?"-C
"I have never had a real boyfriend." – I smile nervously trying to avoid eye contact
"Really?"-He says smiling
"Yeah…"
"Why not?"-C
"Well Alec is one reason, obviously. And I don’t want to end up like…" I stop because I realize what I was about to say
"… Like?"-C
"Like my mom…"- I look everywhere besides at him
He softly grabs my chin and pulls my face to his so that I will look at him.
"I would never do that to you." He looks like he’s being sincere, but how does he know that? I decide to speak my mind.
"How do you know that?"- I say really quietly
Chapter 4: Connor's P.O.V. - Because I Love You
Chapter 4 Connors P.O.V.: Because I love you
"How do you know that?" I was barely able to hear it. But she’s right I look around and try to think of a way to say what I’m feeling, try to think of a way to tell her that I would never hurt her. I want to tell her I love her, but it’s way too soon. I might scare her away. I think of Emma. I smile and reach to grab the picture
"This little girl was my best friend. We were like you and Alec are now. We were so close, that no one could come in between us. She used to say I was her hero. I never understood why, but she always said it. When I was upset she was the only one that could make me smile… But when she was nine she… got really sick. We took her to the doctors and they said she had leukemia. My parents paid for the best doctors and everything… but after a couple months of treatments, her body stopped reacting to them. They weren’t helping her anymore. The doctors said we should take her home and enjoy her last few weeks together. She was so happy to be out of that hospital even though she knew she was gonna leave us. She said she would rather be happy with us, then to be in the hospital. We took her everywhere we could, so that she would have fun… One night we went to the beach and just sat there and talked for hours about everything. About how much we loved each other and about how much we’d miss her but she told us to stop. She said she wasn’t gone yet. She said that when she leaves she wants us to smile and look up at the stars and know that she’s looking back at us. She said that she was ready to go. She looked at me and said ‘One day you’ll be someone else’s hero and you’ll care for them with all your heart. I know you will because you are the sweetest person in the world and I know you’ll find someone to save, like you saved me’. That night I cried so much I thought I would never cry again. But I was wrong… I went to her room because I couldn’t sleep. I called her name but she didn’t answer. I shook her… but she didn’t wake up… I started screaming her name and shaking her, but she wouldn’t wake up… My parents ran in the room and my mom fell to the floor and cried. My dad just looked at her body and tears rolled down his cheeks… I had never seen my dad cry before… I slowly fell to the floor and I cried the hardest I have in my life. My dad tried to grab my mom, he tried to comfort her, but she ripped away from him and ran to her room and locked the door. She didn’t come out of the room for three days, but we could hear her crying at night… When she finally came out she didn’t look at my dad. She couldn’t talk to him all she could do was yell. She wouldn’t let anyone touch her. When we had the funeral I couldn’t look at Emma. I didn’t want to see her like that. I couldn’t handle it. I drove off and I cried. I went home and laid in her bed and I cried myself to sleep. My mom came home and when she saw me, she started screaming at me to get and to never go back in there. I just looked at her. I grabbed Emma’s favorite teddy bear and I went to my room. My mom is still like that. She can’t even look at me unless she’s yelling at me. When Emma died so did our family… So did a piece of my heart. There is a whole in my heart that Emma filled and I thought no one would be able to fill it." I look at Brier and she’s crying. I realized that I am too. I wiped away a tear and said
"But then I met you. You are so different and beautiful and strong. When I saw you I thought ‘Wow. She might be the one, the one to fill this whole in my heart.’ I know it seems really sudden but I can wait if I need to. I can wait for you if you want me to. I don’t know why but I have really strong feelings for you. That is how I know I won’t hurt you. I would never hurt you."-A tear rolled down my cheek. I quickly wiped it away. Brier stood up and said
"Stand up."- With tears rolling down her cheeks. I stood up. She looked at me for a second. Then she wrapped her arms around my waist and hugs me. Pulling me tight in her embrace. I wrap my arms around my shoulders and squeeze her tight to my chest. After a little bit she pulls away, tears still rolling down her cheeks. I went to wipe them away and she flinched. I look at her questionably. She just shook her head, so I wiped away her tears, but slowly so I don’t scare her. I look out the window and I say
"Wow it got dark fast."
Her face goes white and her eyes widen.
"What time in it?"-Brier
I pull out my phone and say "Umm… 7:45."
"Oh my God! Can you take me home?"-She’s still white
"Yeah sure."
Chapter 5: Brier's P.O.V.- Dead Meat
Chapter 5 Briers P.O.V.: Dead Meat
Oh my God! I can’t believe I didn’t go home and clean before April got home. She is gonna be pissed. The car ride home was quite. I guess he was giving me time to think. I tell him bye and sorry I had to leave like that. I hate that his house is so big and mine is so small. I feel really poor now. Our house is a light blue color. With flowers and plants around the front door. If you didn’t know what goes on inside it would look like a happy little family lives here. Too bad that’s not true. I walk in and April is watching TV. When she sees me she gives me a dirty look.
"Why isn’t the kitchen and living room clean? And why are you home so late?"-She says with so much hate that I can’t look at her.
"We had to work late. We had a really big shipment and I had to help unload it."- I say still not making eye contact.
"Where is Alec?"- Still with hate and maybe even a little disgust
"He is still at work. They need him to pick up the heavy things."-I walk to clean the kitchen
I was just finishing the dishes when I dropped a glass cup and it shattered. Oh God no. Why now? Alec isn’t here to protect me. I bend down to pick it up right when she runs in.
"What did you do?!"-She is really close
"I dropped it. It had soap on it, I didn’t mean to, I’m sorry mom."-I say nervously
"You haven’t seen sorry yet. All you do is go around and ruin everything. You’re a worthless, ugly slut. That is all you’ll ever be."-She is getting closer and she squeezes her hands to fists.
"Why can’t you do anything right! You’re so stupid and pathetic! I can’t believe I have a fuck up as a daughter!"-She says full of hate
Tears start to roll down my cheeks.
"Oh, are you gonna cry now! Is poor baby Brier gonna cry! God grow up! Maybe if Alec wouldn’t baby you, you’d be stronger! You’re so weak! I’m gonna teach you a lesson, since Alec won’t!"- She starts to come towards me
I jump up and run to my room and lock the door. Right when I shut the door a cup smashes against it. She runs up to the door and shakes the handle and pounds on the door.
"Let me in right this minute Brier Rose!"-She continues to beat on the door.
I Lay on my bed and start to cry. A couple minutes later she is still pounding on the door when Alec walks in. I hear them arguing.
"Are you fucking kidding me!"-Alec screams at her
"Shut up Alec! Brier open this door and let me in now!"-April
"Leave her alone!"-Alec screams
"Put me down Alec! Right now! I swear to Go-"
"What are you gonna do, try to beat me too?"-Alec yells
I hear a thud and a door slam shut. I guess he threw her in her room. I’m surprised she stays in there. I hear a knock on my door.
"It’s okay Brier. You can come out."- Alec
I open the door and let him in.
"Grab some cloths for tonight and tomorrow. You can stay in my room with me. Do you need to take a shower?"
"Yeah. Thanks bubba."-I smile weakly at him.
He walks over and gives me a quick hug. He walks me to the bathroom.
"When you’re done, text me. Don’t leave this bathroom unless I am here. Understand?" I nod my head
I take a quick shower and text Alec.
When we get to his room, we both get in his bed. Him on the left (closer to the door) me to the right by the wall. He rolls over and faces the door.
"Goodnight Brier. I love you."
"Goodnight. I love you too."
Chapter 6: Drama
*Still Brier's P.O.V.
Chapter 6: Drama
We get to school and everyone is staring at me. I am not in the mood to deal with people. Some chick was staring at me when I walked past her I gave her a dirty look and said
"What?!"
She just looked away.
I saw the girl from yesterday that told dumb bitch 1 and 2 that they have DSL’s. I walked up to her
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure, shoot."-Chick
"Why is everyone staring at me?"
"Do you want the truth sugar coated or blunt?"-Chick
"Blunt."
"People think you and Connor had sex."-Chick
"Why do they think that?! That never happened!"
"Probably the usual. Some jealous preppy bitch started a rumor."-Chick
"I need to go talk to Connor. Thanks for telling me. What’s your name?"
"No problem and Blair. And yours is Brier right?"-Blair
"Yeah. Nice to meet you! You don’t believe the rumor do you?"
"Nah. I don’t get mixed into anything unless I know for sure. I believe you didn’t do anything. Alec wouldn’t let him and you don’t seem the type."- Blair
"Thanks. There isn’t very many girls here that I like but you’re pretty cool."
"Thank you. And to be honest I don’t either, but you seem cool too."-Blair says smiling
"Well I have to go talk to Connor and maybe beat the crap out of him. So if you’ll excuse me."- I smile
Blair laughs and says "Well I wouldn’t want to delay that so Bye!"
"Bye!"
Looks like I made a friend. And she’s a girl! This is so exciting. I’ve never had a girl friend, all of my "friends" are guys cause I’m with Alec most of the time. Anyway I need to get back to business. Connor. I swear if he told people that we had sex, I’m gonna kill him, unless Alec found out, then he is probably already dead. I walk into the cafeteria looking for Connor. I see him at the far table with his friends. I have to walk past the preppy bitch table. The new head preppy bitch, Taylor Manning, is looking at me giving me a dirty look. I stop and look at her with the nastiest look I can conjure.
"Do you have a problem?"-I say giving her a lot of attitude
"No it’s just that I’m looking at the new school slut is all"-Giving me equal attitude
I laugh "You know what bitch? You got a lot of nerve. You say I’m the school slut when you’ve fuck the whole soccer team and most of the football team."
She gasp and narrows her eyes "That includes your dickhead brother." She smirks at me
Hold the fuck up! She did not just bring Alec into this!
I glare at her and say
"First of all Alec would never touch you, he says you have disease. Second keep my brother’s name out of your nasty bitch mouth!"
She gasp again and slaps me. I’m kinda shock that she hit me. I laugh.
"You even hit like a bitch!"
Then I tackle her to the ground and I start punching her in the face. I get like five or six hits in before someone pulls me off. I kick her in the side as they pull me off. She gets up, her noise is bleeding and her face is red. She runs to the bathroom crying. That is the second preppy bitch I’ve beat up at this school. The first one told me that I was a freak because I didn’t talk to anyone. I told her she was a slut and a two timing hoe. She hit me, I beat the shit out of her.
I turn around to see who pulled me off. It was Connor.
"Did you go and tell everyone that we had sex? Because if you I’m gonna kick your ass next!"
He just looks at me, with wide eyes, for a second. "No Brier! I would never do. We didn’t even have sex! I told you that I wouldn’t try!"
"Well everyone thinks that you and I-"
Alec stomps in glaring and heading straight for Connor. Oh no. Everyone moves out of his way.
"WHAT THE FUCK DID I TELL YOU?! You’re about to die! Move Brier!"-Alec
He’s about half way to us when he looks down at me and stops in his tracks.
"What happened to you?!"
"She just beat the shit out of Taylor!"-Brandon one of his friends say
"Why?!"
"First she called me a slut, then she called you a dickhead. I called her a nasty bitch and I said that she needs to keep your name out of her mouth. She slapped me, I fucked her."-I say really fast
He sits there and tries to hide his smile. Then he looks at Connor who is behind me, and he gets pissed off again. He starts to walk towards us, with his fist clenched.
"I told you to keep your hands to yourself! I let her go to your house and you go an-"
"We didn’t do anything! Taylor started the rumor! I can’t believe you actually think that I did it. You know me better than anyone!"-I say I’m still a little pissed about Taylor
He stops. He is right in front of us. He eyes Connor, then looks down at me.
"You didn’t do anything? You swear?"
"Pinky swear!"-I hold out my pinky. This is our thing, if we aren’t lying we have to pinky swear. If we pinky swear and we’re lying then the other never talks to us again. Alec looks around to see that everyone is looking at us.
"Really Brier? Right in front of everyone?!"-He whispers
"Yes! Right in front of everyone! Pinky swear! Now!"-Okay I’m not mad, I’m pissed!
Alec’s face turns red, he gives me a I-hate-you-right-now look and he pinky swears. Someone behind him laughs. He flips his head around to see who it is, but the go silent, which was probably smart. We pinky swear and I say
"Now apologize to Connor."
"No! Even if you didn’t he needs to know that he can’t! I was just protecting you! I do not need to apologize!"
Connor pipes up "It’s okay, you don’t need to apologize, I understand. But you need to know I would never do anything Brier doesn’t want me to. She told me not to try anything and I said I wouldn’t. I told you I wouldn’t so I didn’t. Taylor obviously fucked up and probably regrets starting the rumor"- He starts smiling when he says that. He holds his hand out to Alec. Alec looks at me then at him and takes his hand. I hear some people gasp. I laugh. Then the principle, Mr. Gardner walks in. Oh shit.
He took me, Connor, Alec, Taylor, and Brandon into his office. He talks to all of us individually. He found out that Taylor hit me first so I didn’t get suspended, thank God for that, just ISS (In school suspension) for the rest of the week. Taylor’s dad wanted to press charges but Mr. Gardner said that because Taylor hit me first that he couldn’t. Taylor was suspended. Her dad made her apologize to me. I could barely held back my smile. By the time we got finished it was the middle of fifth hour, which is calculus for Alec and me. He made sure he got the class with me so that I could help him. When we walked in Chance, Alec’s best friend, made a cop siren sound. Everyone laughed, we did to. I winked at Chance, and he blushed! I have always liked him the most of Alec’s friends. Alec saw me wink and he hit me in the shoulder. I faked like it hurt a lot and he freaked out. I looked at him and laughed. He rolled his eyes but I knew he was holding a smile back.
Seventh hour finally came I have that class with Connor. I was in my usual seat when I felt a pencil go down my back. I turn around and say
"No! You are not gonna do that all hour again!"- I laugh
Connor just smiles and laughs.
"So are you coming over again?"
"Well yeah, we haven’t finished the project yet."
"Is Alec gonna let you?"-Connor
"Yeah I talked to him about it. He said if I still wanted to I could."
"And you still want to?"-Connor said with anxious eyes
"Just said yes I do, we haven’t finished the project."
"What about when we finish? Would you still want to come over?"- He looks really anxious
I was kinda shocked that he asked me that but before I realized it I said
"Yes." I blush
He visibly relaxes and smiles really big, I smile back and turn around quickly.
Chapter 7: Back to the Moore Mansion
Brier P.O.V.
Chapter 7: Back to the Moore Mansion
We are back at Connors house and we are painting when all of the sudden we hear a door slam and people start screaming. I guess that’s his parents. I look at him but he focus on his painting. The voices get louder. Connor huffs and walks over to his radio and turns in on really loud, to drown out the sound. I continue to work when all of the sudden a woman runs into the room. She starts to yell at Connor until she sees me. She stops completely and just stares at me. After a second Connor says
"Mom this is Brier, she is my partner for poetry. We have a project that we have to do at home so we came here. Brier this is my mom, Amy."
I smile at her sweetly. I want her to like me. I stand up to shake her hand. She rubs down her skirt and clears her throat. At first I thought she wasn’t going to take my hand. But then she smiles and says
"Hi Brier it’s nice to meet you!" Then she takes my hand and shakes it
"I’m sorry you had to see me yelling at Connor… I didn’t realize anyone was here."- Amy
"Oh, it’s fine! It’s nice to meet you to. I was wondering if he looked more like you or his dad but I haven’t meet your husband yet, but he looks a lot like you!" He really did he had her hair color and full lips like her.
"Oh thank you! But I think he looks more like his dad. You should come down stairs and meet him!"-She says still smiling, I’m pretty sure it’s at least a little fake, but not completely.
"Okay!"- She wraps my arm around hers’ and we start to the stairs. I turn to look at Connor and when I see his face I can’t help but laugh. He is completely dumbfounded. Standing there with his mouth hanging open. I wave my hand for him to follow. He slowly follows us. Clearly still shocked. But why is he shocked?
We finally get down stairs and Connors dad is setting down talking on the phone. When he sees us he does a double take the says
"Sorry Bobbie but I got to call you back."
He hung up before the other guys answered.
"Brier this is my husband Dean! Dean this is Brier, Connors friend from school. It is just friends right?"- She says smiling
He looks at her like she’s crazy "Yes at the moment we are just friend’s mom."- He is clearly embarrassed
I laugh at his reaction and he rolls his eyes at me, but he is hiding his smile.
His dad finally come out of the trance that he was in and walks over to me. Holy crap he’s tall like at least the size of Alec. He is like two inches taller than Connor. And he is kinda hot. Amy was right Connor looked exactly like his dad. Dean looked like an older version of Connor besides the Scar on his eyebrow. He walks up to me, he is a lot taller than me so I have to look up to see him. Connor laughs. I give him "the look" that I usually have to give Alec. He puts his hands up and his mom laughs. Dean Looks at her like she is a completely different person.
"It’s nice to meet you Brier!"- Mr. Moore says while holding his hand out to me
"It’s nice to meet you to Mr. Moore."- I shake his hand
"Please call me Dean."
I smile at him, he smiles back.
"Amy, can I speak to you for a minute. In private."-Dean
"Sure."-Amy
Right when they turn around I elbow Connor in the stomach. It was very hard, but it wasn’t very easy either.
"Ow! What was that for?!"
"Laughing at me, you jerk!"- I say kinda jokingly but kinda mad.
"Are you really going to be mad at me?"-He gives me his pouty face
"I’m not mad, I just don’t like being made fun of."- I pout back
"I’m sorry I wasn’t laughing at you I was just laughing because of how adorable you are."- He smiles
"I don’t like being adorable. It makes me feel like a child. Alec does enough of that."- I say with a little of annoyance
"I was going to say beautiful but you wouldn’t believe me if I did."- He smiles shyly
"I agree with you. I probably wouldn’t have."- I admit and blush
"Why? You are one of the most beautiful girls I’ve ever seen. Inside and out. You have a very interesting personality, and I’d like to get to know you more if you’d just let me in."- There is that look again. Hold on, I’ve seen that look. Alec looks at me kinda like that but Connors is a little different. I know that look now. It’s love… Oh God it’s love?! Why did he have to go and do a thing like that? I don’t want to get hurt, he knows that. He said he would never hurt me and I believe him, but I’m still scared. I will not turn out like April. I love my old my mom but the one I have now… there is nothing to love about her. She rarely smiles at us, and she only does it in front of company and when she’s laughing at us. I can’t be like that.
I start to breathe a little faster. His parents start to walk up to us. Thank God.
"Let’s talk about this later. Here they come."
I smile at them when they walk up, they smile in return.
"Sorry about that. But we’ll let you two get back to your project. It was very nice to meet you Brier!"- Amy smiles and shakes my hand
"Yeah, we have some things to do at the office, so you guys will be here by yourselves. There is money on the fridge and pizza huts number next to it. Be good! It was nice to meet you Brier!"- Dean says while shaking my hand
"It was nice to meet you to Mr. Mo- I mean Dean!"- I say with a smile
Dean walks up to Connor and whispers into his ear. Connor smiles and nods his head.
"Bye! Be good Connor. Brier keep your eyes on him for me."- Amy says with a wink
Oh my God that’s hilarious. It’s like she is trying to embarrass him. I worked because he blushed!
"What did your dad say?"
He smiles "He said ‘Don’t fuck this up, keep it in your pants, we like her.’ You already won my parents over. How come you’re so nice to them?!"- He tries to look hurt but it makes me laugh.
"I think you just put me in a bad mood!" I joke
"Thanks I try! They really surprised me. My mom hasn’t laughed like that in a long time."- He says smiling
"Really? That is unfortunate, she has a very pretty laugh."
"Well so do you but you don’t laugh very often either." I blush.
"You really do. I wish you could see how beautiful you are… Please tell me why! I don’t understand."- He is hold his hands to his lips begging me. Crap! What do I do?! Can I tell him? Can I trust him? Alec trusts him, and he has a pretty good judge of character. I’ll tell him, I guess. But I swear to God if he tells anyone, he’ll have Alec to deal with.
"I’ll tell you but let’s go to your room first."
Chapter 8: Here comes the Truth
Brier's P.O.V.
Chapter 8: Here comes the truth
We’re up in his room, sitting crisscross on his bed, facing each other.
"I am going to tell you everything. Okay? But if I tell you this you have to swear on my life and yours that you won’t tell anyone. If you break this pinky swear I will never talk to you again, and Alec will beat the crap out of you. Got it?
"Got it"- He says and we pinky swear
"So you know how I said my dad left my mom and she hasn’t been the same since?"
"Yeah…"- He looks nervously at me
"Well after he left April, my mom, started drinking a lot and missing work. We started to get behind on the bills. I told her that she needed to start going to work so that we could pay the bills, and she slapped me. That was the first time she had ever hit me…"
"Just the first time?"- He looks pissed. I nod my head.
"So that means she has hit you multiple times."- He looks really pissed. I nod.
"We were 11 when it started. Alec had always been big but when she started hitting us more often, he started to work out so he would be big enough to protect us. After about a year and a half Alec had grown a lot. One day April came home and started kicking me because I didn’t do the dishes. Alec ran in and he panicked. He didn’t know what to do, so he pushed her into the wall. She ended up getting a big bruise on her side. She threatened to call the cops and have him taken away. He said if she did that he would tell the cops about everything. She didn’t call the cops obviously, but ever since then she only hits me… She can’t really hurt him much and she knows that it hurts him to see me in pain, so she only goes after me. When he would stop her from hitting me, she would yell at me and tell me that I’m worthless a-and ugly… and that the only reason anyone would ever want me is for sex… She said that she hated us and that she wishes God would just take us away so that she could be happy… If I cried she would make fun of me and she’d tell me that I’m weak, just like my dad is. She said that she hated having a fuck up as a daughter and that she hopes I die soon… One day… (shit I’m gonna start crying) One day she came home early from work and she was really mad… I was in the living room when she started yelling and saying how much she hated me and Alec… How much she wishes she had never had kids… How we ruined her life… I started to cry like any other 16 year old would do and she started to laugh at me… (Crap I’m crying) I turned to go to my room when she threw her glass cup at me… It hit me on the shoulder."
I pull my shirt down a little to show my shoulder to show my scar. I noticed some tears were running down his face.
"I fell down and started to cry. She laughed at me, then she started kicking me… There was blood everywhere… Alec ran in from outside. He literally threw her into her room until he found out that I need to go to the doctor, He made her drive us to the hospital… she ripped the cut when she kicked me and I had to get 18 stitches. She told the doctor that a glass cup fell from a high shelf. He didn’t believe her, he asked if she could step outside. He asked me and Alec if what April was saying was true and we told him it was true. That so far has been the worst one. But to answer your question directly. I don’t think I’m beautiful because I’m told that I’m not every day…"
I look up at him. He still has tears running down his face, I noticed I’m still crying as well. He slowly reaches up and brushes away some of my tears. He reaches for my shoulder and I flinch. He pauses and flexes his jawline. Why is he mad? He looks at me, asking to touch my scar. I nod. He slowly rubs his hand down my shoulder. When he touches me I get a weird but good shock. He looks at me and starts to lean his head towards my shoulder, not breaking eye contact. He finally looks towards my shoulder and kisses my scar, from the beginning to the end. Each kiss giving me a shock. He sits back and looks at me. I get the most random thought. I really want to kiss him, not peck but really kiss him. I glance at his lips, then back to his eyes. We start to lean in and my heart starts to beat faster and faster. Our lips finally meet. I get a shock that goes through my whole body as he kisses me, slowly and passionately. He teases my tongue with his. We finally break apart for air. I looked at him and I realized I wanted more. I got on his lap and we started kissing again. This time a little more wanting but still passionately. I pushed him back on his bed. He flipped us over and got on top of me. We continued to kiss hungrily. I pulled his shirt up, got it off of him and I grabbed his back pulling him closer to me.
"Wait… wait"-He said pulling away a little
"Are you sure you want this now?"- Said looking at me straight in the eyes. He is right I’m not ready yet. I want to but I’m just not ready.
"You’re right. I mean I want to, believe me, but just not ready for that yet."- I look up at him to see if he is mad, but he’s not
He smiles "I know. I can wait. For you I’d wait forever. I want you to be really sure when we do because I don’t want to force you to do anything. And I don’t want you to regret it afterwards."
"Why would I regret it?"
"Because I don’t want you to think I took advantage of you."-He looks me in the eyes
"How many girls have you slept with?"- I have been think about this a lot. What if he has a done it a lot? And what if I’m not as good as the other girls?!
"68"
I guess he saw the horror in my face because he laughs "I’m just kidding. God I’m not that big of a jerk to just go around and sleep with everyone. Jees."
"Well how many?!" I look at him and he blushes and smiles shyly
"I… uh… haven’t…" He looks everywhere but at me. I grab his chin and I make him look at me.
"So you haven’t done it?"-I can’t keep the shock out of my voice
"Yeah…" He blushes even more
I can’t help but smile
"What?!"- He looks at me confused
"I am just surprised that Connor Conceded Moore is a virgin!" –I smile
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Texte: Makayla RaeAnne Hanks
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Tag der Veröffentlichung: 06.07.2015
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This is my first book, and it is under heavy editing. It isn't finished but please read it. I stop in the middle of a sentence but please comment and tell me if I should continue with it, and if you like or not. I love critics so please feel free to call me out on anything. Waiting for Superman by M. RaeAnne . I am 16 just so you know.