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♦♦♥April♥♦♦ 

"I...was studying in..um library." I gulp, feeling extremely tensed. It's not easy to lie to someone who's good finding things out but I have to lie. It's been just two days since he has returned and I don't want him to go smashing someone's head and get in trouble just yet.

Someone's means Christian's of course.

"Library? Really? Are you sure?" He asks, as if he already knows I'm lying and wants to know the truth. See, just like I told you. God knows how he knows everything in such a short period of time.

"Yeah." 

I try not to look into his eyes all the time while I  treat his wound, he's continuously glaring at me though like a dog who has been starving for days looks at his prey.

Ready to devour.

"It's done bro, how did you get this pretty design on your cheek by the way?" I try my best to act like normal me, wishing that my brother will forget his anger and somehow spare me.

"You know what April Grey, you can lie to yourself but you can't lie to me, I'm your older brother, I'll always know what are up to or what ever that you do without telling me, and I'm disappointed in you." I just keep blinking blankly while he walks away with Gracie following him. The loud sound of shutting or I should say kicking the door shut makes me come out of my blank state of mind.

"Oh...oh my god I've never seen him this angry ever before, what should I do?" I stutter, scared, surprised to see my brother's this side. I mean he always scolded me before, for not doing my homework, for slacking and for eating his favorite ice cream. But it never felt like this. 

"Relax, Ap, calm down Hon." Lee says, knowing how I act when I panic, striking my back gently with her hand.

"I shouldn't have lied to him right? Do you think he'll forgive me if I tell him the truth, like now? Should I go in? I-I-"

"April. Listen to me, look at me." Leah turns my face in her direction,her hands cupping my face. "It'll be fine. Just calm down a bit. Let some time pass, talk with him tomorrow, yeah?" I just nod.

I disappointed him, my brother the only family I've left. I don't even know how I feel, it's just that I don't feel good. My mind has this really terrible habit of over thinking things and sometimes I feel like my mind will blow up at some point. 

***

"May be it's my fault. I shouldn't have gone to that date." I muddle my noodles, making them messier than they already are  when a hand stops mine.

"April, eat okay? Don't play with it." It's Leah obviously. Gracie hasn't come out yet. Even after Leah went to get her, she just didn't respond, I wonder what those two are doing in there.

"You know at the date...I told Christian that I wasn't the one who asked him out." I put down my fork. I can't eat until I get this weird feeling out.

"What? What did he say?" Apparently Lee too have stopped eating. My actions are contagious aren't they.

"He said oh."

"Oh? And nothing else?" 

"Nope. He became quiet, really quiet and distant. When he dropped me off, he seemed to be in a hurry to go home, away from me. He's probably upset but what do you think he's upset about?"

"It's obvious he likes you and when he was told you were not the one who asked him out it made him upset. How can you be so clueless?" Leah arches her eyebrow at me.

He likes me? Is she out of her mind? Christian McKinney, the boy who blackmailed me into tutoring him, who has been nothing but pain in ass since we've met likes me? In which universe is this possible?

"I know what you are thinking genius, but he agreed to on a date with you which means he's bit interested you, you've got to know these things about boys, girl." My lips part a bit hearing how professional she sounds and how stupid I've become.

But then, he's too unpredictable for me to analyse his actions and to reach to a conclusion which makes sense.

"You can think about him later, think about your brother first." Gracie butts in, acting like she's the older one and I've done something horrible. Great, this day keeps getting worse.

"Grace, what's wrong with you? Don't talk to me like that he's my brother and we'll sort it out ourselves Kay?" I angrily throw my fork on my untouched plate and just storm out of there.

It's been twenty minutes or so, I'm standing in the balcony of my room, cool wind keeps touching my cheeks gently. I wonder why Austin is acting like this.  First, he was upset when I told him that Christian bought the house and now this.

What's wrong with Christian buying the house anyways? Thanks to him I didn't have to face Uncle George. Thanks to him I had good time today, thanks to him after so many days I felt that tingling feeling in my heart again.

Yes that feeling you get when you go on a date, excitement, rising pulses and uneven breaths and all that. You don't have to be completely in love to feel all that, even though you're not in love, a date makes your heart beat in a different way, at least at beginning. Everything else just depends on how your date goes.

"Hey."

I turn around to see Leah walking towards me. She hugs me, tightly. I  hug her back. I love her, she's one of the best girls I've met in my life, that kind which never betrays you, cares for you, considers your problems their problems and most importantly are always there for you.

"Thank you so much babes, I'm so damn lucky to have you." I whisper.

"Anytime babes, I've always got your back and this situation will change, Austin will hear you out okay?" I nod, relaxing myself in her arms. 

***

  ♫There's only one thing to do three words for you-  

"What?"Someone had the nerve to call me in the morning, destroying the sweet dream I was having.

"It's me Jayson, have you seen your clock yet sleeping beauty?" I turn my head slightly, my vision being blurry I can't see a damn thing.

"No, why? What's wrong Jay Jay?" A yawn escapes my mouth. The thing is, I couldn't sleep well last night. side effects of over thinking.

"It's 8:30 April, get your lazy ass down right now! I'm waiting!" With that he cuts the call making me throw my phone away. Thank God it lands on my bed and not on the floor though.

"Aarggh!" "Fuck this Fuck this!" Bad words keep spilling out of my mouth as I get ready for school, I forgot today was Monday like I always do and on the top of that I'm late.

Gracie watches me silently, standing at the door as I try my best to fit in my jeans, and throw whichever top which comes in my hand. After brushing my teeth clean to the extent that they might start reflecting things, I grab my bag and run downstairs.

***

"Grace, why aren't you ready?" I ask her while I stuff some granola bars in my bag. I envy her as she is still in her pajamas.

"I'm not going to school today, I have this huge project to finish and I'm not feeling well." I notice a lot of things not making sense in her  reply.

"But Gracie-"

"Just go already! Austin already called in school for me! I'm not going alright?!" Whoa what? What's wrong with this girl?

I just shake my head dismissively as I decide to leave her alone. I have other worries. I still have to tutor Christian, the guy my brother  doesn't like. Life is so easy right?

***

"I hope you've prepared well everyone." Mr. Walker says dumping a big pile of sheets on his desk, causing a puff of dust around him, making him sneeze five times in a row. 

"What is he talking about?" I ask Leah, thankfully we take English together so even if I can't remember important stuff she does it for me. 

 "We had a test today apparently." She nonchalantly says making me gasp a little. 

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because you didn't let me come to school on Friday and you don't remember stuff and you don't have a good habit of noting things down." She retorts back.

"What about Satur..oh we don't have English on Saturday.. I'm sorry." I quiet down quickly, realizing it's actually my fault for being careless and relying too much on her.

I take the paper in hand, my eyes follow the questions about a poem I don't even remember reading. I curse myself for not maintaining a good communication with my other classmates although it wouldn't have helped as most of this class includes cheerleaders and we share only one bond, the bond of hatred.

Pushing my regret away I start writing down whatever answers I can come up at the moment. 

Already my English grades are not something to be proud of so why not make it worse right?

******END OF CHAPTER*******

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