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Chapter 22 – Doubts
I walked through to the assembly hall. It was a Monday and I was feeling very tired. I had stayed up late the previous night, but now I regretted it. The holidays were over now, and I missed spending time with my family. I looked eagerly towards the front, but looked away in disappointment. Manfred wasn't in assembly.
The first few lessons passed by slowly, until lunch finally came. I was walking down the corridors. Nobody else was around. Suddenly, I felt a warm arm slip around my waist and pull me back. I spun around, ready to scream out loud. But when I did face the person, I didn't scream.
"Where have you been all day?" I whispered in an agitated voice.
"Nowhere in particular." He smiled and kissed me.
"You know for a minute I thought you bailed on me." I admitted.
"I would never just run away from this." He replied. I couldn't help but smile.
"Good." I said.
We held hands as we walked outside together. I held my breath. We had talked about this the previous night. We weren't gonna hide it anymore. As soon as we got outside, everybody whipped their heads around and stared at us. I blushed, feeling very uncomfortable with the amount of people staring at us. I looked towards my friends, and they were staring back, both confused and angry. I quickly looked away and at Manfred. He was looking towards his group of friends. They were also very confused, angry and probably disgusted. Manfred turned his gaze to me.
"Wanna just sit on our own?" Manfred asked.
"Please." I replied as we walked towards an old chestnut tree quite far from everyone else. I could almost feel everyone's gaze on our backs. I knew as soon as Olivia got me alone, she would demand some answers. The rest of my friends would rely on Olivia to find out the gossip and tell them. I would just have to avoid them for a bit.
We sat under the shade of the tree. The sun was out so it was quite hot and sunny. I leant against the tree trunk, whilst Manfred sat opposite me. We talked for a bit and we kissed. When we kissed, I immediately knew everyone was watching, as he leant in and pushed me against the tree trunk, softly crushing his lips against mine.
For the rest of the day I tried to ignore my friends. I ditched homework in the King's room. As much as I really wanted to see Manfred, I just needed to be alone, but also because I wanted to avoid Olivia as much as possible. I wanted to avoid her stares.
But there was no escaping her in the girls' dormitories. I was already in the dormitories. Homework didn't finish until another half hour, so when Olivia walked in, I was very surprised.
"Liv! What are you doing here?" I asked, surprised.
"We need to talk." She stated in a calm, yet serious tone.
"A-about what?" I asked, deciding to play dumb.
"I think you know, Summer."
I stayed silent for a bit, as Olivia stood there, a couple of steps away from my bed, where I was sitting.
"Shouldn't you be in the King's room?" I asked.
"Shouldn't you?" She asked back. I could tell she was getting a bit frustrated.
"What do you want, Liv?"
"I just wanna know what you're doing snogging the face of MANFRED BLOOR!"
I looked at her guiltily while she ranted on.
"So what, are you two a couple now?"
"Yes." I replied quietly.
"What are you thinking? He's using you!"
"He loves me."
She laughed.
"Loves you? He doesn't love you. He is exactly like his father. Evil and manipulative. He is bad news, Summer and he's gonna end up breaking your heart. Trust me."
"You don't know anything! You don't know him like I do!" I raised my voice a little, angry at her words.
"Excuse me? Didn't he put you in hospital not so long ago? You were in a coma for ages!"
"He didn't mean to. And what is it to you? Why do you care, anyway?"
She sighed.
"I care about you." She replied, her voice softening a bit, "I just don't wanna see you get hurt."
"Yeah well I can take care of myself." I snapped. I looked down, annoyed and avoiding her gaze. A few minutes later I heard her sigh followed by the door being closed and I looked up. She was gone. I twisted to the side in frustration and closed my eyes, trying to fall asleep.
He doesn't love you.
He's using you.
He put you in hospital!
He is exactly like his father.
Evil and manipulative.
He's gonna break your heart.
He's bad news…trust me…
…Trust me…trust me…
Trust her, Summer.
I don't love you.
I'm bad news.
I'll break your heart.
I'm using you.
I only need your endowment.
Then I will rip you apart until your nothing.
NOTHING!
I slammed against the cold, marble floor. I looked up, with tears and blood around my face. I looked up. There was Manfred, sneering at me. In his hand was a fireball. He bounced it up and down in his palm. He gave me an evil, cold grin.
"You're nothing." He said before launching the fireball at me with all his might. Then I was plunged into darkness.
"NO!" I yelled, as I sat bolt upright. I was sweating and panting heavily. I sighed and flopped back down on my pillow. It was just a dream. Luckily nobody had woken up from my scream.
It was all just a silly dream. It wasn't real.
But what if it was? What is this was all just a scam and I've fallen for it, as usual. What if Manfred didn't actually love me? It could all be a little sick game of his to get me on their side so they can have access and control over my endowment.
No he wouldn't do that…
Would he…?
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