Falling Apart by Astrid R (primary phonics books TXT) 📕

I walked to the kitchen and found everyone was eating their breakfast silently. I walked slowly to my spot and I flinched when mum said, “Good morning sweetheart. How was your night?”

Everyone around the table looked up at my direction but I avoid their gazes and focused on playing my fingers under the table. Blaine probably saw my uneasiness earlier and stared at me intensely before asking, “Are you alright?” I nodded but keep my mouth shut.

“You look pale.” Delvin added.

“Is something wrong dear?” My mum asked and I looked up to her and shook my head. I looked around and saw everyone was looking at me with worry, except for Kenneth.

My eyes widen in horror when Kenneth’s blank eyes met my scared eyes. Oh my god, what did I do. Did Kenneth know what happen to me last night? Did he saw me making out with the stranger last night? The thought of Kenneth looking at me while making out with someone – who was completely stranger makes me shrieked down lower on my chair and makes me feel more disgusted and dirty to my body.

I can’t face everyone right now, so I excused myself and went outside the backyard. I paced around the pool racking my head back and forth. I know, I can’t hide my secret to them forever but I am scared if I tell them what happen, my parents would throw me out of house and despise me for being their daughter. Everyone would get mad and Kenneth… he would never talk to me anymore and he would be disgusted to me-…

“Are you alright?” someone asked me from behind.

I twist my head behind me…to quickly that I hear my neck let out a weird noise. “Ow,” I moaned in pain. I looked up and saw Kenneth looking at me with pain and sadness in his eyes. He looked troubled and my brow rose up in confusion. I’m too busy backing away from him that I almost fell out of the pool. But Kenneth caught me before it happen.

He pulled me out of the edge of the pool and hugged me tightly. “Careful,” he murmured in my ears and a shiver ran down my spine.

He pulled me a little just to see my face and frowned. “You seem off today.” He said. I didn’t know if that’s a statement or a question but I keep quiet.

He keeps me locked inside his strong yet comfortable grip and he squeezed my left arm before letting me go and walked to the stairs of the pool. He removed his shoes and dangled his feet freely in the water.

I walked slowly beside him and did the same. I looked up and found him looking away in the distance. His dark brown hair was messy but in a cute way, he has eye bags under his eyes, he looked happy yet sad at the same time.

He was wearing a cream khaki shorts and a deep v neck long sleeve shirt that rolled up in his muscly arms. He looked like a model in Calvin Klein Company. I sighed dreamily at him.

Kenneth looked down at my dreamy state and laughed at me. I quickly looked away my face surely looked like a tomato right now. I bit hard my lower lip to ease the heat of my face but it only makes it worse.

Kenneth stop laughing and he sighed. I look up and our eyes met but I didn’t look away. We stayed like that looking at each other’s eyes before he shook his head and looked up the sky.

“You didn’t remember everything last night, didn’t you?” he blurted out and I instantly stiffen like a statue.

My eyes widen in horror and Kenneth quickly explained what happen. “You were in pain last night.” He started and I looked up at him in confusion.

He sighed and continued, “There were girls like your age last night and I think they didn’t like you because they said something that made you angry and stomped off to your room.” I keep silent and he continue, “I followed you to your room and saw you crying your heart out. You shared something very important to me last night that you haven’t said it to Bradey.”

Memory started to rewind about the event last night inside my head but my question of sleeping with the stranger didn’t make sense.

“You went to the bathroom to change and I informed you that I have to go back down to the party to inform your brother that you were sleeping.”

I found myself pinching my thigh. This is it he’s going to tell me that he saw me making out with the stranger last night. I’m going to die. I silently say goodbyes to everyone in my head.

“Then when I came back, you were…. Sleeping peacefully in your bed and you asked me if I could stay with you the whole night. I fell asleep next to you but soon woke up when you feel sick. You stayed in the toilet for 5 minutes before you climbed back to bed. I stayed with you until morning.” He looked at me with an evil smile.

I looked away in shame thinking that I looked stupid at my panic state this morning. I’m so stupid, I didn’t realised that it was him who sleep with me this morning. The thought of his amused face watching me while crying like an idiot make my face feel hot and turned red in shame. I am so stupid.

He laughed at my embarrassment and swung his arms on my shoulder. “You don’t have to be embarrassed. Everyone does some stupid things when they’re drunk.”

“I was drunk?” I asked. I can’t remember I drink last night?

“Oh, yea, very.” He chuckled. My face turned even redder.

“What else did I do last night?” I asked looking down at my fingers.

He take a deep breath before saying, “You always admired my dimples and always poked my abs. You said my 8 packs look hot and sexy. And you were trying to seduce me last night by the way.” He was laughing loudly while I was sank down, embarrass.

“I have a video of you, actually.” He pulled out his phone and pressed play. I looked down at the video in horror while Kenneth was laughing like a maniac. I saw a tear slipped out of his eye while clutching his side.

I stood up and ready to delete the video but Kenneth was too fast that he caught it and grab from my hand.

“Give it back,” I ordered angrily.

“No,” he muttered stubbornly, still laughing.

“Delete it,” I said between my gritted teeth.

Instantly, he stopped laughing and looked at me for a second before letting out a deep breath. “I… am going to delete this,” he paused and looked at me deeply. “But in one condition.”

I blink at him and motion my hand for him to continue. He smiled and a look of desperate was written in his eyes.

“Go out with me tonight?”

I looked at him in shock but quickly covered it with a cough. “You mean a date?” I asked hoping it is a date.

Kenneth let out a cute chuckled and nodded, “Yes. Christine Iceley, would you go on a date with me?” he confirmed.

I almost dance in joy in front of him and a wide grin was placed on my lips, “Yes,” I replied but it sound like a squeak. I cleared my throat and said it again, “Yes, I’d love to Kenneth.”

Kenneth’s face lit up and a wide grin played on his lips. I was taken aback when he hugged me tightly but I hugged him back. I can’t believe that I’m going on a date with Kenneth. The hot, sexy, drop dead gorgeous guy – who by the way was on college go on a date with a teenage high school girl. I can’t explain how happy I am right now.

“Me too,” he replied.

I quickly covered my hand to my mouth. He chuckled and kissed my now red cheek. “You’re so beautiful,” he compliment and tucked a hair behind my ear.

My face reddened even more and he pulled me closer to him by my waist and we walked back inside the house. I can’t wipe off the smile on my face until I saw the guys smirking at me then separate Kenneth from me and they shared a stupid man hug. I rolled my eyes and saw Blaine looking at me with disappointment.

“I thought you like me? I never thought you like Kenneth’s abs than my body.” He whisper and winked. I looked at him in horror.

Then my brother came out from nowhere and picked me up from the ground away from Blaine. “Don’t scare the new soon-to-be-couple man.”

I smiled at my brother’s comment but instantly vanished when I was being thrown in the pool.

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Publication Date: 06-15-2013

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