Alice was a mixture of upset and furious. She didn't know which one to spew out, so she ended up crying from the overwhelming feeling.
How could he do that? It wasn't even twenty-four hours ago that he said he didn't want to hurt her.
She got herself together and put her clothes back on. She wasn't going to let another man push her around or take advantage of her. Fuck that.
She marched through the house, looking in every room. Not one had him in it.
"Where is he?" Alice asked, as if everyone was keeping it a secret from her.
"Who, honey?" her mother's sweet tone aggravated her at the moment.
"Who do you think?" she raised her voice, growing impatient.
"David? He went outside, why? Are you alright? Why are you so mad?" she guessed they didn't hear her big event in the room. She sighed, "I just am." She walked away, going straight through the back door, slamming it shut when she saw David's figure sitting at the edge of the road where she sat the night she had her tantrum because of him.
She walked over, fists balled up.
"What the fuck is your problem?" she walked by and stood in front of him, arms crossed and body weight on one leg. "You think you can just get what you want from me and leave? What, did you make some big mistake?"
"Yes," he said bluntly, looking at the ground.
"Yes.." she repeated, "nice." She felt like she lost the battle in one blow. Like he took her heart and stomped on it and she couldn't do anything about it. Her heat died down and she felt sick now. It turned her stomach to think that he would do this. He was no longer that gentleman he acted like when they first met.
"I wish you would have left that night," her final words weren't much, but they meant something to her. She walked away, no motive in her step. That familiar ghost feel coming back to her.
"Alice, wait," she could hear him get up and his footsteps followed her. She bit her lip, tears welling in her lids. She kept walking, ignoring him.
"Alice," he called again.
"What!?" she yelled, turning to him with a look of disgust on her face. "Haven't you said enough to make me feel miserable?"
"I'm sorry." She hasn't seen this side of him. It was like he was conflicted, didn't know what to do and it was eating away at him from the inside.
"You're sorry?"
"I told you, Alice, I don't want to hurt you and-"
"Enough with the bullshit! That's all guys ever fucking say! They don't want to hurt you. They wait until you're wrapped around their finger and then they turn into monsters. If you don't want to hurt me, then don't. It's not a hard thing to do. It's called self-control."
"You don't understand," he wasn't making himself clear, but he couldn't. He couldn't tell her anything or she'd be in danger. "I like you a lot, I do. You're a great girl and I'd kill to have you. You just have to trust what I am saying, even if you don't understand it."
She shook her head. "I'm the one who made a mistake. I shouldn't have let myself fall for you." She continued to walk towards the door. He didn't try to stop her this time.
She walked straight to her room, ignoring everything and everyone. She just wanted to be alone.
She called it an early night, allowing herself to fall asleep, not a clue of the things that were going to happen to her tomorrow.
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Alice woke up, heading straight to the kitchen. Her dad had gone to work and Anna drove Luke to school, which was quite unusual. Apparently she had an early shift at the diner and it wasn't out of her way to drop him off. Her mom was in the other room starting a load of laundry.
David was in the kitchen, making a cup of something when Alice walked in. He turned around and held the cup out to her. She looked at it like he was offering her poison.
"Handing me a cup of tea doesn't make up for what you did," she rolled her eyes.
"It's coffee," he smirked.
"Shut up," she mumbled, walking to the counter, grabbing a glass from the cabinet. She went to the fridge and filled it with cold water. She turned around, almost colliding with David. He reached his arm out, taking her face in his hand. Water spilled from the glass, but she didn't pay attention. Her heart raced, looking at his bright blue eyes.
He pressed his lips to hers, immediately receiving a kiss back. She loved the way his lips felt on hers, it just felt so right.
She pulled away, looking at him with pain. "Why do you do this to me?" He had a pattern of pulling her in and then pushing her away, set on repeat.
They were startled by her mom walking in, who was also quite surprised to see the two so close. Her eyebrows were raised, "I hope I'm not interrupting anything."
"Not at all," Alice said.
The house phone rang, her mother moving her attention to who was calling. She took the call in the other room, but it was only for a short amount of time.
She came back in the room with a worried look on her face.
"What's wrong?" Alice questioned.
"Luke. He- He got into a fight at school. They want me to come down there," she said, surprised.
"I'll join you, Mrs. Peterson," David offered.
"I'm gonna stay here. Get myself showered and stuff."
The two left, leaving Alice with the house to herself. She didn't mind. It meant she didn't have to wear pants right away and she was perfectly fine with that.
The end is getting closer and closer 0: I have a solid idea, I'm just trying to figure out how to write it still. Anyway, hope you liked the chapter. Let me know what you thought and since I have off tomorrow, you can expect an update either tonight or in the morning (: By the way, you guys rock!