(66): Unsure

"Why are you sitting all alone?" She asks looking at me.

She's always dressed so formal. She is wearing a long navy dress, white heels, a diamond necklace and matching earrings, and her brown hair is in a neat ponytail. She has light make up too which makes her look so much younger, or maybe she's just that naturally beautiful. I sure do wonder what she does for a living though.

I clear my throat remembering that she asked me something "Uh, I'm waiting for a friend to come pick me up"

"Do you want me to give you a lift?" She asks.

What?

My eyes widen momentarily "Uhm, were you going that side?"

"I don't mind, darling" She smiles sweetly.

Seriously... how is she married to Jefferson Chambers? Speaking of... I wonder if she knows that he tried to kill their son. What if she does? Although, I really doubt it. It's not hard to see that she really loves her son and probably wouldn't accept such from her husband. But... what if she really does?

Stop it, Chelsea.

My phone beeps before I can reply and I quickly check it to see a text from Winnie saying that she's sorry but she's busy at the moment.

Great.

I smile meekly looking up "Uhm yeah. That ride would be nice"

"Good" She smiles back, enthusiastically, signaling for me to follow her out and I do that nervously.

Seriously... what am I supposed to speak about with her?

My eyes widen when I see the car she's about to enter. It's a big, silver Porsche and it looks damn beautiful and expensive. Woah.

"You can get in, darling" She chuckles after seeing my dumb-struck expression.

I clear my throat embarrassed at getting caught  before doing just that. She must think I'm some poor girl who's not used to flashy cars like that. She first puts in the food at the back seat before climbing into the driver's seat and continuing to drive away.

Damn, this car is amazing. I look around at the very light brown interior and can't help but mirror fascination and awe. It smells good too... like a woman.

"So, Chelsea" She starts, getting my attention "How's my son?"

Your husband tried to kill him.

I shake my head at my insensitive thoughts before saying "Uh, he's fine. Good"

"You two still live together?"

"Yes, ma'am" I reply looking at her wine-red nicely manicured nails on the steering wheel. I wonder how old she is.

She smiles glancing at me "Is he the one who gave you those marks on your neck?"

Oh my gosh. In that moment, I wish the ground would open up and swallow me.

I turn red immediately, choking on non-existing saliva "Uh..." I can't seem to find words to reply.

"I know he is" She laughed amused "No worries, sweetheart, I knew something would happen between the two of you"

"You did?" I ask confused.

She nods "Yeah, he was more protective than usual over you and I could tell that he had a soft spot for you"

Interesting.

"Oh" Is the only thing I can say.

"Sweetie" She starts after a while of comfortable silence, her voice soft "Can I ask what a girl like you is doing with him?"

"What?" I utter shocked.

She clears her throat, glancing at me slightly... almost sorry to bring the topic up "Just- you know about his father and brother. And I know they've done things to you, which I'm obviously not proud of. So... why?"

I almost feel attacked.

"Kyle is not them" I defend.

"I know, but it affects you. He's dangerous, sweetheart. I just don't want you to end up like me"

What?

"I like Kyle, Mrs Chambers. He's not like your husband and he never will be" I say, my tone harsher that I intended.

"I know" She mutters.

I just stay quiet, still contemplating what she said to me. Was she telling me to stay away from him? Why would she say that? Doesn't she want to see her son happy? Gosh his parents are just... a lot.

"Take care of him for me" She says suddenly, her voice almost... desperate "God knows I've tried and failed miserably"

"Okay..."

"There's just a lot of history and mystery in this family. I don't want you getting caught up in all of it cause I can see you're a good child" She says, sounding like she's justifying her earlier words and I can't help but understand slightly.

"Kyle told me everything" I reply.

She looks a bit shocked "He did?"

"Yes"

Before anything else can be said, I notice the car entering Cottage Hill. I guess I've been too distracted with the conversation and my thoughts to focus on the road. She parks at one of the empty spots and just as fate would have it, I see Kyle walking down the stairs to the parking lot.

How fun.

Mrs Chambers notices too as she says "I don't think he'll appreciate me showing up here unannounced even though I didn't really come for him"

I'm too busy watching Kyle to reply. He immediately notices the car (it's not very hard to) his eyes widening before walking to it.

What should I do?

I don't get to think long enough, because soon his mom is rolling down the driver's window and his handsome face is there, staring shocked at me.

"Chelsea-Anne?"

I look to him "Hi" I offer meekly.

"Mom? Wait, what the hell is happening here? What are you doing with her? How do you even know her?" He rambles looking at his mom.

I'm just holding onto my seatbelt, awkwardly watching the encounter.

"She was here that time I came to visit" His mom replies "And I bumped into her at the restaurant and she didn't have a ride so I offered her one"

He raises an unhappy brow "Why?"

"Because I know her, Kyle" His mom answers sharply "I'm not going to harass the girl, Jesus. You can see that she's okay" She says gesturing to me and I squirm in my seat.

Can this be over?

"Fine whatever" Kyle sighs, running a hand through his hair before looking at me "I'm leaving. You have your key, right?"

"Leaving?" I ask confused.

"Yes. I'm going out with Nicholas. I'll be back later. Don't wait up"

Seriously?

"You have school tomorrow, Kyle" I reply, my voice laced with evident annoyance. He can't still be mad at me.

He runs a hand down his face "So?"

I sigh, on the verge of pulling my hair out, as I unbuckle my seatbelt and hold the door "Thank you again, Mrs Chambers, for the ride" I smile tightly.

"Anytime, darling" She replies sweetly as I exit her car and I see her look to her son "Kyle baby, you'll call me if you want to meet, right? I'm still around"

"Maybe" He replies.

She frowns slightly but waves at me one more time before driving away.

Now it's just Kyle and I...

"So why are you going out on a Sunday?" I ask, arms crossed, after the mini staring contest we were having.

He shrugs "Nicholas asked me to"

"Since when do you do what Nicholas asks?"

"Since I want to" He replies brashly, his expression irritated.

I pinch the bridge of my nose, taking a deep breath to calm down because I feel like he's testing me right now. Is he seriously still mad about the Jake thing?

"So you're not gonna ask how lunch went?" I press. So I can tell you that nothing happened just like I told you, I want to add but I don't.

"I'd ask if I cared"

Oh wow.

"Kyle, seriously? Are you mad at me?"

He shrugs, acting nonchalant but I can see his fists are clenched "I told you I wasn't mad. Why are you trying to force issues?"

"If you weren't mad you wouldn't act like this"

"Like what? I don't care. I told you"

"You don't care about lunch or you don't care about me?" I swallow a lump. If he says about me I'll probably die.

He looks at me; his expression hard and not easy to read "Chelsea-Anne"

"Tell me, Chambers" I grit, now angry.

"I don't know right now"

It feels like I've just been stabbed in the heart with the sharpest knife. I can feel tears brimming my eyes. After one little misunderstanding he's already unsure about me... about us? I didn't even do anything is the worst part. This hurts so much and I don't want it to.

I gulp "Yeah thanks"

Almost on cue, Nick's Mercedes shows up and parks where Mrs Chambers was parking a few minutes ago.

"Let's go, dude" He hollers through the window before looking at me "Oh hi, little Chels"

I wave meekly "Hey Nick"

"You look upset, what's up?" He trails, watching me observantly.

I just shrug, acting like it's no big deal "So why are you two going out on a Sunday? Don't you have class tomorrow?"

Kyle is just quiet next to me.

"We want to have a 'bros' night. We haven't had one of those in a long time" He beams happily. I can tell he's been missing his friend. Kyle hasn't been making time for his friends in a long time.

So cute.

I find myself smiling back "Well, have fun"

Nick smiles too before his eyes shift to his friend "Dude, why are you just standing there? Let's go"

I look to Kyle and he just sighs before walking to his friend's car.

"Wait, aren't you gonna kiss your girl, man?" Nick enquires mischievously, waggling his eyebrows up and down.

"Mind your own business" Kyle grumbles.

Dick.

He enters and Nick gets ready to start the car, but looks at me first "No worries, little Chels, I'll make sure he's on his best behavior. Just like me" He grins widely.

Oh Nick. He's so cute.

I smile, only focusing on how cute he is and not on my anxiety about Kyle going out mad at me "I seriously think we also need our own catching up night. We haven't had one in forever"

"You know it" He winks smirking.

"Dude, can we go?" Kyle interrupts his friend impatiently.

Ignore him. Ignore him.

Nick laughs "Aww, the couple is fighting over me. This is cute"

"Nick, just go" I snort.

He waves enthusiastically one more time before his car roars to life and he starts to drive away.

What I don't understand is why Kyle is acting like such a dick! Is he really really still mad about the Jake thing? Why doesn't he just sit down and talk to me, instead he's going out on a freaking Sunday and telling me he doesn't know whether he cares about me or not! How the hell am I supposed to feel?!

What if... what if there are girls there?

Fuck my life, I hate feeling like this. Why is he doing this to me? I mean, I think I trust him... but still, how am I supposed to feel?!

Boys. Stupid, stupid boys.

***

"Miss Richards, I heard about the accident. I'm glad you're okay" The senior Mr Price announces in front of the class causing all eyes to turn around and look at me.

I offer him a smile "Thank you, sir"

"You can come get all the work you missed from me after class, yes?" He asks.

"Yes, sir" I reply politely.

He carries on with class, a few people glancing at me every now and then. It's a bit uncomfortable because I'm not used to all the attention but I decide to ignore it. Kat offers me a smile when I look at her.

"You good? You look tired?" She whispers.

I nod meekly "Yep, all good"

I'm really not. I couldn't get much sleep last night without Kyle (I know, I sound like an idiot). I've just gotten used to sleeping with him, his warm body on me, and his scent indulging my nostrils that I had a really hard time doing so last night. My own bed felt so cold and... lonely. I kept tossing and turning, hoping to bump into his hard chest or something.

Don't even get me started on our argument in the parking lot. It kept replaying in my mind; refusing to shut the hell up. "I don't know right now" It's all I can think about. What does it mean?

I haven't seen him since he drove away with Nick. I saw a cereal bowl in the sink though so he probably came back later and left early this morning before I could wake up.

I can't believe he's actually avoiding me.

"So guess who was here last week?" Kat asks when sir is done with his lesson.

I raise a brow "Who?"

"His son" She replies gesturing to our professor.

"He was?" I ask in shock, an octave higher.

Kat nods "Yep. I basically threw up in my mouth. He's just a disgusting person now that I know what he's been up to"

"I can imagine" I mutter "I'm sorry again that I didn't tell you"

We've never actually addressed it.

She smiles weakly, stroking my arm "It's really okay, Chels. I know you were looking out for me. I'm just glad I know now"

I smile back "Okay, bestie"

"So" She starts and suddenly starts to laugh causing me to look at her curiously "You won't believe what happened yesterday"

"What?" I drawl.

She laughs again and I give her a dry look to spill or else "Okay, okay" She sobers up "So I was with Nick, Winnie and Avery. Anyways Winnie was totally jealous"

My eyes widen excitedly "Don't lie"

"I swear. She kept shooting daggers at them. It was honestly the funniest thing ever. I asked her about it but she just denied it"

"The same thing happened with me"

"It did?" She asks smirking.

I nod "Yeah. She was going on about how Nick was spending too much time with Avery and she didn't look happy about it. I accused her of being jealous and she denied it"

Kat and I start laughing "This definitely means she likes him right?"

"I don't know, Kat, maybe she's like friend jealous or something. Nick is her best friend so maybe she feels like Avery is stealing him away" I try to reason.

"I really doubt it. They're not even that close anymore" Kat argues thoughtfully.

"I think that gives her more motivation to be jealous though. I don't know but I don't think we should say anything"

"How exciting would it be if they actually ended up together though?" She grins, eyes bright.

She always gets too excited.

I laugh "Calm down, girl. We'll cross that bridge if we ever get there"

"Sure we will" She whines.

I just roll my eyes amused "Anyways... how are you and Nathan? I feel like you haven't told me about him in forever. You always used to squeeze him into the conversation"

"I didn't think I needed to considering you see him almost everyday now and you two are kind of close" She chuckles.

"True, but I'm curious"

She shrugs nonchalantly "We're okay"

"And?"

"Uhm, we 'made love' this other time" She starts to blush profusely and I smile amused "He was all like since we love each other and stuff he wants to 'make love' to me" She just has a big shy grin on her face and I want to coo at how freaking cute she looks.

I've never seen her this shy. Ever.

"How was it?" I ask.

"It was super weird but so nice. It was slow... and passionate. I've never done anything like that. I really really love him, Chels, it's almost scary feeling like that"

"Aww" I coo grinning as I hug her "My two cuties. I'm so proud of you guys. You've both changed each other for the better"

She smiles happily "I know. I'm proud too"

"Awww" I coo again, not being able to help it. They're just honestly so freaking cute.

She just rolls her eyes at me "So, missy. What about you and your hottie? I know you two finally kissed"

Oh right, we haven't had that conversation yet.

"We did" I blush sheepishly.

"Well, how was it?" She grins excitedly leaning her hand on her chin and looking at me like I have the answers to global warming.

"Good. So good"

She waggles her eyebrows happily "I knew it. So... have you guys gone further?"

Besides dry-humping?

"No"

"But you want to?" She raises a brow seeing straight through me. I'll never know how she does that.

I bite my lip thoughtfully "Sometimes"

Her eyes widen in excitement "Chels! This is big. You've never wanted to before. I did tell you that you wouldn't be able to resist him much longer though"

"Yeah yeah" I wave her off.

"So did you tell him? You should"

I shake my head and she frowns disappointed "I can't just bring it up like that" I argue "Plus he's mad at me"

She furrows her eyebrows "Why?"

"Can I tell you later?" I frown at the reminder "I don't think I want to talk about it right now"

"Okay" She murmurs deflated.

"Sorry" I say after seeing her expression.

She offers me smile "It's really no problem. Just know that I won't hesitate in killing him if he really hurt you"

"I don't doubt it" I laugh.

"It's nothing like that, right?" She frowns.

I shake my head "No, just a little fight I guess. He's kind of avoiding me"

"I'm sure nothing you did was that bad"

I shrug frowning "I don't know. I guess we'll see"

The lesson is over pretty soon and I get my work from Mr Price before heading to my second-last class of the day. I'm already exhausted and just want to get home.

Hopefully we'll work things out.

***

Should they break-up?? 😂😭👀 (ps please say no because I CANT. these are my little babies; my munchkins. I love them together so much)

If you say 'yes' please find a heart cause clearly you don't have one 😒💔

also this may or may not be a rhetorical question and may or may not have already written another complete chapter after this without waiting for your answers. hehehehe.

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