Falling Apart, Astrid R [best novels for beginners txt] 📗

covers my entire bum. I change my sports bra into white and tugged my hair up into tight ponytail. I put my black Nike running shoes on and my iPod then ran downstairs.

Everyone was already outside waiting for me and when I stepped out, my brother looked at me like I am his favourite enemy whilst the guys stared at me like I am a grown up woman. Well, except for Kenneth. His mesmerising eyes were emotionless and so was his facial expression. He seems dead battery.

Bradey cleared his throat, “Come on. We better get going if you guys want to get sunburn.”

He stretched his arms and all of us copied him.  After a minute of stretching, I jogged ahead from all of them whilst listening to my iPod. Every time the music turns into hip-hop song, I felt like dancing and I haven’t realised that I jogged to fast and Alia is too behind from all of us.

“Hey!” Blaine shouted behind me trying to get my attention.

I keep jogging and every time we passed some girls, they were all looking at us and some of them shoot some arrow towards me. Heck, if they want Blaine they can have him. I don’t care.

Actually Blaine was enjoying himself, his trying to get my attention but winking to the girls every time we passed some bimbo in the street. I was quite irritated to his action, he is definitely an ass. I wanted to kick him in the butt but I hide my frustration and keep jogging.

I turned right and I jogged a little bit faster than before. Blaine is trying to keep up and being a muscly man, it was obvious that he was used to jog or maybe love sports.

“Hey, why are you jogging too fast?” Blaine’s voice was bouncing up and down. His face was sweating and his muscly arms were moving every time he makes a move.

Damn, his absolutely hot but an ass.

I rolled my eyes and keep jogging, “Because you’re busy in your little world.” I emphasized the word ‘little world’ and the ass has a balls to laugh at me.

I stopped jogging and gaze towards him. I tilted my head and he looked at me for a minute and he laughed harder. I rolled my eyes and leave his crazy ass.

“Oh my balls!” laugh, “Is this the hot girls in your place issue?” I gave him a confused look and he laughed even harder, “I never thought that you’d like me that quickly.”

I stopped dead on my track and I’m pretty sure I looked ugly on my face right when I heard his arrogant words. I turned my head back to face him, “Excuse me?” I blinked and look him in the eyes.

He smirked and walked closer to me, “I knew you have feelings on me. You just don’t want to admit it because you’re afraid of your brother.” He winked at me seductively and I would lie if I’d say it’s not ‘hot’. I hate it that I do found this jerk attractive and he do looked handsome but no way in hell that I have feelings on him.

I laughed so hard that people around us looked on our direction with weird expressions. “Umm… I think you might need some therapy to check you’re ‘in your dreams’ imagination and ‘arrogant’ feelings aye, because I can see the flies everywhere.” I motioned my hands around and jogged back to the house.

I don’t want to be mean especially to my brother’s friends but I always have bad feelings to the arrogant guys. They making me feel sick and I wanted to puke in front of him when he said those things.

Gross.

Blaine is absolutely good-looking guy and attractive but I hate his attitude. His arrogant and I’m not sure if I can love someone again after the betrayal that I just experience. The wounds in my heart were still fresh and I don’t know how to move on when I gave Roddrick all the love that every guy wanted to have someday.

Before I could grab the door handle in the entrance door of our house, Blaine grab my hand, “If you’d change your mind babe, just tell me that you want me because I always do.” He winked at me, “And I’m always here for you anytime.” He continued and kissed my hand.

Every girl would die in my position right now and I’m pretty sure their cheeks would be red like a tomato. But not me though. Absolutely not, and I already have a crush on my brothers friend but I don’t want to be in a hurry, yet.

Chapter Eight

I went up to my room and ready to have a shower when someone knocked on my door. I covered my naked body with my bathrobe and open the door. I was a little shock when Kenneth was standing outside my door.

I smiled widely and tried to act like a matured 17-years-old young woman. “Hey, Ken. Do you want something?” I asked and I just realised how my question sounds different than I wanted to say.

He gave me a weird look and I quickly explain what I meant, “Oh… not that… I mean…I’m not saying that… I mean…-” I stuttered nervously and he interrupted my explanation.

“Stay away from Blaine.” Kenneth blurted out and I gave him a confused look. He sighed, “I saw you two talking while jogging and from the look of Blaine, I’m 100 percent sure that he was just playing on you. I don’t want to see your brother and Blaine punching each other because of you Christine.” His eyes were still emotionless and I thought for a minute, sinking all of the words that he said.

My feelings cold up and I wanted to slap him so hard that my hands would mark forever on his face. He doesn’t want to ruin my brother’s relationship to his friends because I am nobody? Is that what he was trying to tell me? Well, guess what? Crack your balls mate!

I fisted my hand that was holding the doorknob, “I wasn’t flirting with Blaine we’re just talking like a frien-…”

I was cut off when he snorted, “Yea, right. I don’t care if you flirted on him or to anybody but just think of your brothers feelings. His like brother to me and I don’t want to see him hurting just because of you.” Just like that and he walked down the stairs.

His words are like a sword that slashed on my cheeks deeply. I’ve never felt so much hurt for just words from a guy and I found it really hard to not plan a revenge on him.

I closed the door really hard and stomped inside the bath tub. It feels so nice if you have a long bath especially if you just had an argument. I covered my naked body with bubbles and relaxed my back on the tub.

I reached my hand to the small table near in my bath tub and pulled the small white remote and hit the play button. The music played and 5 o’clock by T-Pain feat. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen is on. I sing along and I stayed that for almost half an hour and song changes when I heard a click from my main door in my bedroom.

I minimised the volume and slowly stood up and covered myself with a white towel. “Who’s in there?” I shouted and the door closed really loud.

I panicked, my heart was racing and breathing was hectic. I pulled the towel closer to my body and as soon as I saw the shadow under the door, I burst it open and shouted really loud that makes everyone entered my room.

Albert panicked and tried to calm me to lower my voice. “Shit… I’m sorry; I don’t know that you’re taking a shower.”

Sorry? I am taking a warm bath in my room and he just walked in my bedroom door like we’re close and didn’t even knock and he’ll just say that he was sorry? Wow! My anger boiled and I shouted in front of his face, “Are you fucking kidding me? I’m in the bathroom, inside my room completely naked and you just walk in without knocking?”

He flinched and lowered his head like an obedient child, “I’m sorry I didn’t knock.” I looked at him and his eyes were full of regret and I saw that he did feel sorry.

I took a deep breath and calm myself, “I’m sorry, I shouted at you.” I felt horrible. Albert seems nice and friendly and not a perv like Blaine.

I keep kicking his feet and stared at it, “It’s okay, I really don’t know that you’re taking a shower. I’m really sorry.”

He looked like a hurt puppy, he’s so cute. “It’s okay. I forgive you.” I assured him with my friendly smile. He smiled back and I saw the different glint in his crystal-blue eyes.

“Really? So that means we’re friends again?” He cheerfully said and I laughed at his childish behaviour.

“Of course, we’re always friend Albert.” I playfully punch his arms and I almost forgot that I just wore a small towel.

“Oh dear, I…I’ll just finished taking a shower first then we talked downstairs after.” I stupidly said and he blushed when he checked me up and down.

He blushed?

“Umm.., yea, I…I just… wait for you downstairs.” I nodded and I walked back to the bathroom.

I checked my iPhone 5 and saw 12 missed calls and 10 messages. All of them are from Roddrick. I ignored it and deleted all of his crap messages. I looked up on the clock that hang on the wall and saw that I already have 5 hours left before Alia and I will go to Fushion Night Club.

When I turned 17 my father bought me a Restaurant. Though I’m still young, I grew up with formalities and my father always brings me to his meetings inside Australia. At the young age, I already knew how to manage some businesses. But my restaurant didn’t work out and I decided to change my restaurant into a night club.

My father didn’t agree at first to my decision but he realised that night club is a good business especially in the city because heaps of teenagers-eaters love socialising and luckily, my dad helped me to get my licence to own a night club since I was still underage.

Every night, I always go to my club and helped getting everyone’s order. My brother didn’t know though and I don’t want to tell him yet.

“Yow, how’s it going?” I took a seat between Albert and Delvin.

“Pretty good. I like your house.” Delvin replied and I smiled on his compliment.

“Yea? Thanks, my dad’s brother and his employers made this house ages ago.” I said proudly and the both of them looked around the house.

 I saw Kenneth through the glass window outside the back yard walking around the pool while talking in his phone. His stone chest every time he stretched his muscly arm to the back of his neck. His styled dark-brown hair was shining under the sunlight. He looks like a falling star in his open white-button down shirt, and I have a full view of his 8 packs. Damn… he looks so sexy and