Fraud: I never knew him.
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ay, squeezing myself pass
students of Roosevelt
by my corner. it's Lucian, he's sitting on the couch with some other people aro
e chair handle. She smiles at me in a way that is not so casual. She picks up the red cup from an
hell is s
as I hear people call her. I am not sure until Tracy walks up to her giving her a towel. She tugs it from her, and so often she's
like a mile. And I struggle to get
almost everyone as the
e is still crowded with anger. I b
cause of her sunshine skin. Cause it adds enough light to the room
s me. And once again she just stan
that I get to have the chance to
ads Sam's
but when she sees me, her
ght we were bonding?
ns to the DJ like I'm n
anyone, but there was a brief a
side of my chest, saying "look who cleaned up nice." Sh
when we went to book club together, she didn't act t
er. "You look...beautiful," I tell
a lady salute. Which m
drink. Do you want one?" Sam sh
ha." So I t
like it. She faces me
yes in a dark-light room? It's an ocean eye, not jus
did you just call
ed to admit something my whol
lso looks afraid, as she gul
en know where to start. But I have to say something because
ort for Sam?" And no
. it could be Samuel or Samson..." Every word she says she tak
y keeps trailing a
and why she's a
angry face no more, she looks sad.
o con
g?" I think out loud, lo
y's voice says
se I did say something wron
owly as I face Tra
was traumatized, to the extent where you can't have a normal conversation with
s bothering her, but I didn't know it was her dad's death. And I s
o?
class she seems to be somewhere else. People noticed and starts to call her crazy. And all of this is just her trying to forget about her dad. Since she can't accept the fa
es widen from the m
a. That was the reason for
han I thought. He never told
ir," I say vaguely with one fin
hands on my forehead and slowly brush it through my hair. My conscience has begun to play games
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o him. Those times he called
helping at all. I need to stop
lude veronica. I prefer sitting among my unfriendly friends than s
r close to Lucian, and I b
attention, it's something written in Asian. I can see
ke my gaze off his arm. His qui
head. It
Ohhh," I add nervously
tered underne
ucian asks, unto
ronica's glares. And then I find the a
tion between the both of us
an the rest of them. But I don't care about the disgusting things he's saying, I'm more concerned about his tongue. Lucian told me he pierced it. Do black guys still do that? Anytime he opens his mouth I
what did she just say? Looking all over, as if my house is a metropolitan. The living
that I'm part of. And I know she will be like what in the hell is she doing
I'm
o stop her from exposing my ov
nds and reaches for the plastic cup in her posi
ses her
ll is this t
sks w
get to call me Samantha. Aside from my dad, there is this one upsetting someone that calls me by that name, no matter how many times I warned him. I figured he was jus
st time she's not smiling at him, but she's equa
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t acting timid. I don't blame her, I did poke at her
ith her, how the hell will I apologize? She's kind of a difficult person,
urs some of it from the bottle into a
." I shake my
aired girl chirps with a
we play a game. Sam's favorite."
r some seconds
appening." like she just und
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dare game, and I'm not going to play. Not after what she and Lucian did to me. Wel
on't be so childish,
h, but you are being p
Morgan asks, and I just glare
im again. What does he thi
g with Veronica, so imagine playing such a
t call me?" Veron
t that what you a
ps the backs of the girls at his sides telling them to leave. They both stand up,
his game stays here," Danny tells veronica. He isn't trying to be a
hat? there are seven of us here." A
e all know what you can do, your
groans and s
circle he's in, and what he is getting himself into. B
a squeaks, wiggling her body on
into this game. What ex
or dare?" He l
en afraid of the game, but she never really refuses to play. I was o
tries to sou
e her for. Lucian is smiling at Tracy, his humorous smile. His eyes suddenl
t feel com
deep kiss for
rts to kick
I hold my palms together, to stop them from shaking. why the hell is my b
at "No boredom with Veron." She s
she is still finding it hard to do. How
should, I'm totally fi
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it. Tracy kissing me isn't the problem, the problem is the fact that she has to do it in front of Sam. Not tha
this as a game, the
ers. Why does she always act sheepish towards me? I smile and nod at h
r what?" Veronica huffs,
ne. I place one hand on her cheek and try not to go deep. As my brain finishes with the countin
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e I'm on fire, and it's like
rip, and swill everything, to quench
bitter test spread over
" I exclaim. If onl
ust irritated by the kissing thing, but ev
face glows and her cheeks, are twitching. She so enjoyed it. And I'm af
h," I
a dare, so I can ask him to bring out h
d without reluctance
s." Yeah. I guess this is a ki
ica. Both of his hands are clenched to the chair handle as he presses his
ing his friend. Meanwhile, I grimace at the whole
to be interesting, maybe it's beca
picks me, and I look at
mazing personality. he's quiet, nice, soft-hearted and he can't hurt a soul. That was what I thought, but then I was wrong about him, h
for truth," I
as?" He asks, and
truth hurt him, but It will also hurt me. I
gather tears. He's desperately waiting for
My voice almost
I really want to know." It's like we
he said that he was on a date with a girl and he accidentally gushed out to her that he is still fed by his mom, with a napkin on. I wonder what went through the girl's mind. Nobody can actually understand that Part of Lucian's life. But I know w
am
ike playing wasn't a bad
And locks her fingers at he
vated her no boredom with Veron mode, and
her, which is telling her to bring
is about to screw me. To be honest, I am
d hits her palms on the arms of the chair a