10

Frost's p.o.v

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Chapter Ten: A Necklace for Me?

"Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuhh,"

"Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuhh,"

"Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuhh,"

"Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuhh,"

"Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuh-"

"God damn it Matthews, shut up." I hear Nova hiss outside from his window. "You sound like a dying pig," he adds.

Why is he up in the first place?

I sit straight up in my bed, my brows furrowing. I walk to my window, opening it all the way. Oops.. I must have left it open. "Nova? Is that you?"

"No. It's the Easter Bunny- who else would I be, Matthews?" he responds. I squint, using the moon as my light source. I see that his window is halfway open itself.

Wait I thought he hated having his window open. I remember him telling me one day, a couple years ago, that he keeps it closed because mine is always open. And 'hearing my annoying voice' isn't the first thing he wants to hear.

I sound fabulous, I don't know what he is talking about.

"Why is your window open? Don't you hate having it open?" I ask. I hear ruffling noises before I see Nova standing at his window, with messed up hair. "You look cute." I giggle, and he rolls his eyes.

"My window is open because it's hot in here. Shouldn't you be asleep? It's like one a.m." he asks, opening his window some more.

"It's actually," I pause, looking at my phone, "only five fifty. Hey it's Sunday!" I exclaim and watch a message from Manon pop up.

Manon: ARE YOU AWAKE?

5:51 a.m

Me: YES, YES I AM. WHY ARE WE TEXTING IN CAPITALS.

5:51 a.m

Manon: I honestly don't know. Wyd?

5:51 a.m

Me: annoying somebody.

5:51 a.m

"Who are you texting?" Nova asks, snatching my phone out of my hands. "Annoying somebody? Really?"

"Hey that's my phone, you have your own."

Before I know it, he starts swiping through my phone. I cross my fingers, close my eyes, and start praying in my head.

Dear... God? Yeah God..

I feel like Madea trying to pray.

Whatever I have done to earn this, please don't let him see the picture of him blushing... I beg you! I really don't think he needs to see that unless-

But, my prayer is soon interrupted by a scoff. I snap my eyes open, "You saved my contact as Buttface? Seriously?"

"Hey don't judge me." I snatch my phone back, laughing. "I bet you put mine as Annoying Idiot. Possibly, Thing One. Or even Unknown Creature-"

"It's actually just Matthews. Plain and simple." he says, cutting me off.

"When you use an eraser, aren't you the eraser?" I question, furrowing my brows.

Suddenly, I hear the sound of dishes clanking.

Oh no... that can only mean one thing..

She's cooking.

"Uh, I'll be right back! Don't go anywhere!" I say to him, already bolting out of my room.

I run into the kitchen, slipping and falling like how those cartoons fall. Damn these socks.

"Gosh honey! You scared me!" Mom exclaims, hitting me with a towel.

And she doesn't make sure I'm okay.

Best mom award goes to this chick.

Standing up, I rub my butt. "Mom why on Earth are you cooking so early?" I ask.

She smiles, setting something in the stove, "Because I invited Tatum and Nova over for lunch today! I want everything prepared before they come over!" she looks behind me, her smile growing.

"Hello again Nova! You guys are up early!"

Oh I know the hell he didn't.

I twirl around so fast, almost making myself fall over again. Nova stands at the bottom of the staircase, smirking. "Hi Mrs. Matthews." he greets her.

"Did you get a good night sleep?"

"Oh yes Mrs. Matthews, real good." he winks at me, and my mom laughs. I mouth to him 'this means war'. He smirks at me, simply shrugging.

"Mom, about this.. lunch, do I have to attend?"

"Oh no honey! You can go to Narnia... of course you have to attend!" she flicks my forehead with a laugh. I snort, crossing my arm like a child.

"Fine." I sigh, but then laugh. "Now, oh now I can annoy you Nova.."

"I better get going." Nova quickly states, walking back upstairs.

"Yeah you better!" I call out to him

"So, you two finally got together! I always knew you two would-"

"Mom that's disgusting." I gag, acting like I'm going to throw up. "Rawr." I waltz up to my room, yawning. I freeze mid step, staring wide eyed at the shirtless Nova.

He stares back, "What?"

"Please explain why you are shirtless, in my room."

"No reason," he says, pulling his shirt back on. I chuckle, shielding my eyes.

"Please get out," I say, pulling my hands away from my eyes. "I would like to go back to sleep, if you don't mind. Or would you rather stay here."

I watch him crawl out my window and back into his room. "How have you not fell yet?" I ask, running to my window. He shrugs, closing his window.

I wave, closing my window. He waves back, shutting his blinds.

Someone either slipped me some tranquilizer that makes you hallucinate, or I just saw him wave back.

And here I thought he hated me.

He's a big softie!

•.•

Ah.. don't you just love it when you were peacefully sleeping, and out of no where, your neighbors begin to mow their lawn?

Because I hate it. It's like, seriously? I was dreaming about food, and you interrupted that!

But, to save me from strangling my old neighbors, I called Manon.

"Did he say why he was shirtless?" she asks.

"No, he's all like, 'no reason'."

"That's kind of weird though.."

I have to attend the lunch, and that means I have to wear a dress. Like, ew. I absolutely hate dresses, and my mom knows that. But no, it's required in my family to wear a dress to any sort of party.

And I planned to wear my sweats! How unfair is that? I actually like wearing sweats, thank you very much.

"I know!" I exclaim, my phone slipping out of my grasp. I watch in horror as it fly downstairs with a clanking noise. "Oh god Manon hold on!" I yell, hoping she heard.

"Please don't be cracked... please don't be cracked..." I mutter to myself, running down the steps two at a time.

I snatch up my phone and cry out in horror.

"And it's cracked."

"Honey what's wrong?" Mom yells from the kitchen.

"Nothing! I just stubbed my toe!" I yell back, staring at the large crack on the screen. I put my phone to my ear, "Manon? Are you still there?"

"Yes but what was all that noise?"

"I dropped my phone down the stairs and it cracked. My mom is going to kill me." I whine, walking into the dining room.

"Your mom? What about your dad? Isn't he the one who bought that?"

Oh. I completely forgot about him. I mean, after all, I haven't seen him since last year. My mom and dad are divorced, and they supposedly agreed to have split custody over me.

But that agreement was sent to the trash because he 'found the one' and they moved.

I'm quite thankful now. Since I don't have to listen to him nagging and judging about my lifestyle.

I enjoy being a little twat.

"No he wouldn't, he isn't here remember?" I open the fridge, searching for anything to eat.

"Who isn't?" Mom asks.

"Dad. Can I have this last piece of peach cobbler?" I ask and she nods. I take the last piece and trudge over to the table. "Besides, he doesn't even send me birthday cards or Christmas ones, so what is so special about knowing my phone is cracked."

"I guess you're right. So.. are you excited for your lunch partay?"

"Yes but I have to wear a dress. I wanted to wear my sweats!" I whine and fake cry. I hear her chuckle before her mom yells for her.

"I gotta go. Byeeeeee, good luck!"

"Byeeeeee," I say before she hangs up.

I finish the cobbler and trudge upstairs. I glare at the dress lying on my bed. It's a purplish/maroon color, it's knee high and the straps are two fingers length.

I sigh, before putting it on. I brush my hair, putting it into french braids. I apply a little of mascara, and clear lip gloss.

At least I look decent I guess.

I pull on my Converse, thankful mom is letting me wear these. I toss my phone on my bed, running downstairs.

As I turn the corner to walk in the dining room, I run into a chest, smashing my face.

"I'm legally blind!" I yell, stepping back. I see Nova with an unamused expression on his face. My eyes wander down to his pants.

No fair. He gets to wear sweats and I can't? I demand a refund.

"What are you doing here?" I ask, acting clueless.

He narrows his eyes, "You know why. I'm being forced and I'm already annoyed, and you're enjoying it."

Huh. This will make my annoying ten times better!

For me anyway.

"I honestly am," I grin, squeezing past him. "Good afternoon Tatum!" I beam at her, sliding next to her. .

"Hello dear. Oh don't you look beautiful today!" she beams back, gently touching my hair.

Why thank you.

"Thank-"

"Now mom, didn't we agree on no telling lies." Nova remarks, glaring at me. Gasp, how dare he. As I'm walking by him, I kick the back of his knee again. I snicker, bouncing away.

He stumbles forward but quickly regains his position. He points a finger at me and I squeal, running into the kitchen.

"Here," mom hands me a bowl of mash potatoes. I set them down, going back into the kitchen to help.

I helped set the table, Nova occasionally helped a little, and Mrs. Hurkins scolded him for his manners.

I help my mom sit down, making sure she doesn't hurt little me. Once she's situated, I sit down between her and Nova.

While Mrs. Hurkins and mom chat, me and Nova scoop our plate. I ruffle his hair, messing it up. Clenching his jaw, he sighs and ignores me.

"Why are you ignoring me?" I whine, leaning against him. He shrugs me off, and continues to scoop his food.

"Hey Nova, hey. Hey, Nova. I have something important to say. Hey listen-"

"What. Do. You. Want." he growls, turning to look at me. I grin, leaning my head in my palm.

"Hi."

"God you're so-"

"Annoying? I know." I smile cheekily and he rolls his eyes. "Can you pass me the rolls. My arms are too short." he hands me the rolls, and begins eating.

"So I found out why I was failing Science. Apparently I forgot to turn in the big homework sheet, so... you can stop tutoring me now. You've been wanting to leave, right?" I question, a little bit of sadness hinting in my voice.

I know he never wanted anything to do with me in the first place, but would it be weird if I said I liked having him around. I mean, even though he hated me, I still considered him my friend.

But it's fine.

If he wants to leave, he can leave.

And I won't stop him.

He slows down on stuffing his face, glancing at me. He shakes his head, "No." I stare in confusion.

"No what? No you don't like Beyoncè? No you don't like Lana Del Ray? No you don't like McDonald's? I need a more specific answer."

"Matthews, no." he states. I shrug, and go to eat my food. I shovel the mashed potatoes in my mouth. "Uh.. Frost I need to give you something.." Nova says, stopping me from eating.

He stands up, grabbing my arm. "Mom, Mrs. Matthews, we'll be right back." he says and drags me into the living room.

"What's wrong? Do you need to use the bathroom? Number one or two?" I ask, and he lets my arm go. He fishes for something in his pocket. He pulls out a silver chain with a red rose hanging off of it.

Wait that's a necklace idiot. My inner self grumbles.

"What's that for?" I ask. He holds it up in front of my face, with a small smile.

"It's, uh, a necklace for you." his cheeks turn a light pink. I gently touch the rose.

"A necklace for me? But you hate me." I say as he puts it on over my head.

"Hate is a strong word. I would say I strongly dislike you. But I thought you would like this," he fixes it so the rose is facing him.

"I love it," I grin, holding the rose in front of my face. "You sure are becoming a huge softie Freckles!"

He rolls his eyes, "I am not."

"Well the Nova I know would never get this for me. He would most likely run me over." I say as he drags me back into to kitchen.

We sit down, and finish eating. Tatum and mom kept talking about cooking and gardening. Aka, boring stuff. I stuffed my face, and Nova stares off into space the whole time.

But.. something kept bugging me.

Why didn't he answer my question?

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"I'll be right by your side, till 3005,"

Ajajxkkwmdndjdkwakxoxkend.

The beat dropped so hard, I dropped my phone.

*falls* people added this trash to their library. I'm shook.

shOOk.

Rawr.

Y'all so yesterday, this boy bumped into me, and didn't say sorry so I was like

"I will shank you fool."

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