The President's Daughter by David Dower (if you liked this book txt) 📕

and let us get working.”

“I can’t.” I said, refusing to put on the clothes.

“Why?” His eyebrows knitting in confusion.

“Because, there’s two boys in the room. Why can’t I just where the clothes I am wearing now?”

“As much as I would like that, I wouldn’t think you would like it if you kept flashing me.” He said pointing to the skirt I was wearing.

I rolled my eyes, “Fine close your eyes and turn around.”

He waved his hands up in the air, in surrender. Gavin then walked over to Garrett who was amusing himself with his reflection, telling him to place his hands over his eyes, after that was done he did the same as well. I quickly pulled down my skirt, then shrugging over the large baggy sweatpants that Gavin gave to me.

“I’m done.” Gavin turned around wearing a smirk, “What?”

“I think you forgot that there is tons of mirrors in the room,” I visibly paled. “Nice undies.” He said winking at me.

I groaned, “I told you to close your eyes.”

“Am I guy, you really think that I listened?”

I narrowed my eyes at him, “Garrett’s a guy.”

“He’s a child.”

“I am not a child, I am a man.” Garrett spoke up protesting.

“You know what? Can we just get this over and done with? These pants are beginning to slip off.” I said grabbing the waist band and holding them up so I wouldn’t flash Gavin once more.

“Here,” He said walking over to me and grabbing the ends of my shirt, pulling it up.

“W-what are you doing?” I stuttered, my face flushing pink.

“I am going to tie it, don’t worry I won’t try anything with my brother in the room.” Gavin replied winking. I muttered profanities under my breath, as Gavin let out a chuckle his breath fanning my face.

I felt his fingers brush my stomach, I felt goose bumps. I looked down at him as he was pulling on the waist band as a string came out from its holes. He then quickly tied it, as I let go of the pants. I felt his fingers wrap under my shirt as he pulled me towards him.

“All done,” He said whispering in my ear.

He pulled away looking me in the eyes, we stood there silently staring at each other in the eyes. I felt like he was trying to say something but I had no idea what it was. His hands were still wrapped around my stomach as his fingers brushed against my skin, as I felt my skin burn, just like my face.

Gavin broke eye contact as his eyes twitching as he looked behind me, “Garrett? What are you doing?”

I turned around looking at Garrett who was holding my skirt that was on the floor. “What’s the buzzing noise?” Garrett asked his eyebrows crinkling in confusion.

I moved away from Gavin walking over to Garrett and grabbing my skirt, “It’s my phone. Someone is calling.” I told them, as I pulled out my phone from the skirts pocket as I saw Ben’s name flashing on the screen.

My eyes widened as I realized I left him at the park. “Hello?”

“Alice,” Ben replied sounding breathless.

“Ben? Is everything okay?”

“No, everything is not okay.”

“I am sorry for leaving you at the park,” I rushed out, knowing that my parents will probably waiting at home with knives and guns to kill me for leaving Ben once again.

“Yes and no, but that’s not the reason.”

“Ben, you are not making much sense. What’s wrong?”

“You have to choose.”

“Pardon, me?”

“I am tired of waiting around, for you. You are constantly leaving me in the dust whenever Gavin comes around, now I am going to let you choose. It’s either Gavin or me, because I am done waiting for you.” Chapter Thirty-Four: Trust In You

“Morning, Alice.” My mother said, greeting me as I walked into the kitchen.

I nodded, rubbing my tired eyes. “Morning.”

I took a seat in front of her as our cook Marco set a bowl of oatmeal in front of me. I licked my lips, in hunger. I wasn’t the biggest fan of oatmeal but once in a while, I would eat it. This was one of those times. “Where’s dad and Thomas?” I asked, taking a bite of my breakfast.

“Your dad is in his office and Thomas, I don’t know. I woke him up for breakfast, I know he got dressed but he didn’t come down to eat.” She said, looking up from her laptop for a brief minute.

“Where do you think he is?”

“Probably in the library, you could check there.” I nodded getting up from my chair, “Oh and Alice. Ben called he said Holly will be picking you up to take you to school.”

I grimaced when I heard Ben’s name, “Okay.” I muttered softly walking out of the breakfast room, I made my way down the hallway nodding to the guards and saying a quick good mornings.

When I reached the library I pushed the door open, walking in. I noticed Thomas sitting at the desk with his head buried in a book, he didn’t hear me come in so I softly closed the door behind me.

I slowly started to make my way towards Thomas, he still hasn’t noticed my presence. He was too engrossed in the book he was reading, “Thomas?” I called out to him.

His head snapped towards me, his eyes narrowing. He was definitely still mad at me, for what? I have no idea, but I was about to know in a minute. “What do you want?” He asked, harshly.

“You’re missing breakfast.”

“So?” He questioned, closing the book he was reading.

“So… breakfast is your favorite meal, come on. You’re missing oatmeal.”

“I hate oatmeal,” He replied, crossing his arms over his chest.

“Well it is good for your cholesterol, so let’s go.”

“No. You are not the boss of me, so I am staying. Now, just leave.” He spat at me turning around on his chair and opening his book up once more.

“Okay that’s it,” I sighed. “I don’t know what I did to get you so mad at me, but I am sorry. If I hurt you in any way it was never my intentions, you’re my brother I love you.”

“You still don’t know what you did,” Thomas asked, his eyes looking upset.

I shook my head, “No. But please can you tell me?”

“You kissed Ben!” Thomas exclaimed.

My eyes widened, “Thomas… You’re not gay are you?” I asked, kind of afraid of the answer.

He looked at me his eyes wide in fear, “What? Why in the world would you think that?”

“Why else would you have a problem with me kissing Ben?” I asked, raising my voice.

“Because!” He said, also raising his voice. “Ben is like an older brother to me. If you date, and you guys break up. He’s going to leave, and then I won’t have an older sibling around.”

“What do you mean? You have me as an older sibling.” I told him, I honestly didn’t know where Thomas was going with this.

“Alice,” He muttered. “Y-you don’t really act like my older sister.”

I let out a snort, “When did you get so deep?”

“Nerd, I was always this deep.” He smirked, at me.

I rolled my eyes as I continued to stretch. “You guys ready?” Mrs. Moore popped up from behind the curtains.

Gavin and I nodded our heads, “Alright. Get in positions and I will count you in.”

I walked to the middle of the stage as Gavin followed closely behind me. I turned around as Gavin placed his hand on my shoulder as my back was facing him.

“You ready?” Gavin asked whispering in my ear.

“Ready as I’ll ever be,” I muttered as Mrs. Moore began to count us in.

“Five, four, three, two, one.” She counted down.

Soon enough I heard the beat of the music blast out of the stereo, as Sarah’s voice came out from the speakers.” I don’t mind, letting you down easy but just give it time, if you don’t hurt now then just wait, just wait a while, you’re not the big fish in the pond no more, you are wait they’re feeding on.” Sarah sang as Gavin and I danced to the beat of the music.

I followed Gavin closely, trying to remember all the steps. We had choreographed this dance to be a mixture of hip hop and contemporary.

They were lifts in the dance, but we had practiced them I was pretty sure that Gavin had them down. “So what are you going to do when the world don’t orbit around you...”

Gavin nodded at me, basically telling me that this was the part of the lift. He wrapped his arms around me as he carried me, spinning me around twice. I felt Gavin’s hands become loose on my waist as I slowly, felt myself slip out of his grasp.

I shrieked as Gavin dropped me on the floor, I landed on the stage with a thud as I winced in pain. “Ali,” I heard Mrs. Moore call out to me as I heard her footsteps as she ran on stage. “Are you okay?” She said approaching me.

I paid no attention to her as I watched Gavin who was staring out on stage with a distant look on his face. He looked like he saw a ghost. “Gavin.” I whispered to him, trying to get his attention.

By now the Sarah had stopped singing and the music has stopped, everyone was staring at Gavin in confusion. While I was staring at him in shock, we’ve practiced the dance many times. Maybe not as much as we should have, but I didn’t think that he would have dropped me.

His eyes finally began to blink, as he seemed to come out of his trance. “Gavin,” I whispered once again. His eyes were scanning the theater, finally stopping at me.

He bent down slowly, reaching out to me. I-I am so sorry,” He said softly as he grabbed the side of my face with his hands, “I didn’t mean to drop you.”

I looked deeply into his eyes, it showed that he was truly sorry for his actions. “It’s okay.” I said giving him a small smile, his dark brown eyes read remorse, and I didn’t know why he dropped me but I intended to find out.

“Well I am glad you are okay, Ali.” Mrs. Moore said, helping me up. “Let’s just get you to the nurse’s office just to be sure.”

I shook my head, “I just fell on my rear end, the worse that happened was that I got a bruise.” I said giving her a small smile, showing her that I am okay. “I don’t need to go to the nurse.”

She looked at me curiously, “Okay. But, we will talk about this and your group mark later.”

I nodded, turning around and beginning to walk off stage when I tripped over my two feet. As I shut my eyes waiting for the impact when I felt arms go around me as they stopped me from falling yet once again. I opened my eyes to see Gavin’s arms wrapped around my waist. “Are you okay?” I nodded my head, silently.

“Why don’t you two just go and take a seat,” Mrs. Moore said to us.

Gavin wrapped his arms around me tightly, probably making sure that I wouldn’t trip over again. We headed down the stairs as we found a seat towards the