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Arabella Rivera

You need her Haiden.

After that last sentence, everything just became, silent. It was heavy and reeked o fawkwardness. The pressure was so weighty that I inched closer to the door to somehow escape from here. Only to be stopped by Mr. Boyd’s words.

“I’ll leave you two to talk about it. I need t o be somewhere-” Mr. Boyd stops, lifts his hand to look down at the silver watch wrapped around the bone of his hairy wrist.

Wait he was going to leave us here alone?

Scratch that.

He was going to leave me all alone with a brooding and vexed Haiden?

“In exactly eight minutes.” His quick fingers worked to place the last of his things in his briefcase.

I squint my eyes on the black briefcase as Mr. Boyd took a hold of it and began walking. Can I fit inside that tiny thing? I

Alking. Can I fit inside that tiny thing? I wish he’d pack me inside too, therefore I wouldn’t have to face Haiden all alone.

Before he disappears out of the door, he whirls around to pin Haiden with a heavy stare. “If you want a future, I think you know what to do.” With those last words, Mr. Boyd left us in a strained stuffy

silence

I tighten my grasp on my bag, my lips pressing together with every second that ticked by. It was only us in the room and I was pretty sure in the entire school, excluding the security. It couldn’t get more awkward than that.

I lift my eyes to Haiden. He wasn’t looking. His eyes were burning holes through the dirty floor, teeth gritted in frustration. He wasn’t going to be the first one to speak. He’d leave it to me so h e can make a mockery out of my words.

sucked in a quick breath.” I don’t need your help.”

his aura. I suppose he tried to

it exposed his frustrations, “I don’t need anyone. I can do

vulnerability was too heavy to ignore. H e needed my help but his

supposed to be warm and show off their beauty, nailed

anger.” So how about you get your perfect act on and tell Mr. Boyd you

a roaring ocean when a storm is about to hit. If I

don’t dent my armor. They don’t show my vulnerability. They don’t show how weak I truly am. They don’t unveil how

I.” You really think the world revolves around you? News flash. It doesn’t. What makes you think I agreed to tutor you out of all people? I didn’t even know

eyes stung a hole in my head as he adjusted his bag strap on his shoulder then gestured to the door.” Since we’re both on the same mindset, you can just leave.

was he

A few conversations here and there wouldn’t have put you in the friendzone. The better part of

I don’t want

do you want to be in

fist clenched at my sides as I sort for a n answer to

I don’t know.

colors. I could choose the bright ones, the ones that put you in a good

leave Haiden’s stormy ones

to paint it

I didn’t want perfect?

be painting a dark hole, “endless and

and frustration, I could see something else. Something that made me realize that I wasn’t the main focus of his anger. He wasn’t angry at me, not really He was

tiny spot uncovered. And that’s where you’ll find the little

quiet after my

over the entire town. The rumble of thunder came next, a loud warning that an actual storm

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