Life is Strange: Fateful Meetings
Chapter 6 of my Life is Strange story, enjoy.
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Chapter 6
Kyle
August 29th 2014
6:44 AM
I screwed my eyes shut as the light was far too bright when I woke up. I felt awful and yet, if this was a hangover, it wasn't as bad as I feared. It was then I noticed that I was in bed and, that I was naked, which is weird because I never sleep naked.
With a sigh, I rolls over and froze as I felt someone beside him; spotting the blue hair I immediately realized it was Chloe, and she was naked too. Immediately, I heard myself make a panicked noise in my throat as I scooted away in bed.
Chloe had tensed too and I realized she must have woken up, probably about the time I sighed. She tensed only when I had turned over. No wonder, my body had pressed up against her, no doubt feeling, something, which she could not dismiss as imagination.
I was certain we now shared two bad feelings. One was the hangover, and two was that we did something horrible last night.
Turning around, Chloe freaked out and paled when she saw me on the other side of the bed.
And then she finally noted that we were both naked. I bit my lip, trying to gauge her reaction, for we both knew, that could only mean one thing.
"Oh shit." Was the first words out of both our mouths.
We stared at each other for a few seconds longer, I was just hoping that all of this is a dream, I guessed Chloe was too.
"Did we-" I began.
I felt Chloe move, her knees bucking upwards to curl into a ball under the sheets. "I don't know. I hope not."
"I think we drank too much and-"
"Just, stop it, Kyle. Stop there. We don't tell anyone about this, okay?!" she cried hysterically.
I quickly tried to reply. "I know, I just mean-"
"I'm getting out of here."
"Don't you think we should talk about this?" I stammered, a little shocked at her abruptness.
Chloe was adamant however. "No. And cover your eyes. I'm grabbing my clothes and I'm leaving."
"Okay," I turned around and stared at the wall. Feeling rather hurt and humiliated.
"Don't turn around until you hear the door shut." Chloe then said.
Chloe and I didn't say anything else. I just waited while Chloe put on her clothes and slammed the door.
I turned and sat up, feeling myself blushing furiously, I couldn't help but feel embarrassment and worried. Wondering what the hell was going to happen next, worried everything between us was now ruined.
Stella
September 2nd 2014
7:22 AM
I sat by the lockers in one of the school corridors. Class wasn't due to start for a while yet. I was taking that time to look over my notes once more. But I was distracted, distracted because of the phone call I had received last night. The call had been from my parents, as usual it was anything but pleasant too.
'What did they even mean by what they said...' I wondered. 'That something important was gonna happen today, that I had to think about the family...Urgh, why can't they just, I came here to get away from them and they still...'
I shook my head, trying to focus once more on my notes. But it wasn't easy. Before coming to Blackwell my life had been plagued by poverty and by my parents, especially my father. While he rarely, if ever resorted to physical violence, he was mentally and emotionally abusive; mom never stood up to him and always took his side. When I started trying to resist, it just got worse. I learned to hide it, to say nothing, especially from Philip and his family, whom my parents were friends with, despite the large gap between our families financially.
I bit my lip, trying to ignore the sudden bad feeling I was getting. 'Could it be...Mom and Dad are so desperate to get out of poverty. No, I'm being paranoid, or, am I…?'
The fact that I couldn't positively answer one way or the other was not a good sign.
I was shaken from my thoughts by a familiar voice.
"Hey Stella."
I looked up, startled, considering the thoughts I had just been having. For standing there in front of me, smiling widely, was Philip.
"Oh, hey, Philip..." I replied, trying to hide my surprise. "What's up?"
Philip shrugged casually. "Just, wanted to ask you something, it's...kinda important."
I tensed at that and tried to buy time, putting away my notes and such, standing up. I had a sneaking suspicion now of what was happening, my parents words making sense. Yet I felt cornered, if it was what I thought, I wasn't sure how to react to it.
Sure enough Philip proved me right. "What do you say, you and me go out sometime? You know, on a date?"
It was just as I thought, suddenly it made sense. My parents plan was clear, they had somehow encouraged Philip, likely through his family, to ask me out. He wouldn't need much prodding, I was beginning to see, as time went by what appeared to be infatuation in his eyes whenever he so much as glanced at me.
I felt cornered, but nevertheless replied, doing my best to smile. "Sure, sounds fun."
I couldn't be sure right now if I actually meant what I said; especially as I knew, thanks to my parents, I pretty much had to say yes. Their plan was clear, I was to end up with Philip, so they could share in the family wealth and finally escape poverty.
Grinning widely Philip spoke.
"Great, so, um, we'll need to figure things out..." He began.
I nodded, only half-listening. I had seen something else, something which made me even more uncertain over this whole incident. For standing there, a stricken expression on his face, was Jamie. I suddenly realized he had been intending to do the same, but Philip beat him too it. I couldn't help but feel for him, seeing him now so downcast as he turned to leave.
'But what am I...what is this strange feeling...' I wondered.
Compared the Philip, the thoughts I had about Jamie, especially realizing what he intended to do, felt much, warmer. But it was too late now, no matter how I felt, I now had to follow the decision that had been made for me, no matter what happened.
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