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-Wake up fucking! What do I have to do to get someone to listen to me in this house !?- I hear a shrill voice yell in my ear. Someone is shaking me and touching my balls. Not literally.

I open my eyes and see Lailah taking the sheets off her, but when she sees that I'm in boxers she turns red and puts them back on. She is wearing pink pajamas with bunnies.

-You know, you should get up now, because ...

- Now you see- she interrupted when I get out of bed and stretch.

-Oh God! - she covers her eyes with one hand and turns around in shame- My parents are downstairs! What do you think you're doing?!

I yawn. I don't care. Her parents shouldn't be surprised that her daughter had someone sleeping in her house and boxers. She is a teenager, right?

- And?- I ask with a shrug- You're very exaggerated, Lailah.

She puts on that incredulous face that she makes when I hurt her pride.

-Lailah, honey! -the voice of her mother sounds downstairs and she turns around.- We're home! .- She seems that she is going to faint at any moment, she is pale and her hands are sweating.

This is funning.

In that, she grabs me by the arm of her and begins to drag me to the door of the room with difficulty, not even if she wants I am resisting, but still, she has trouble.

-What are you doing? - I ask when we are in the hall. I think I still have one eye closed.

-Lailah are you awake? -Asks her mother this time closer to her, going up the stairs, and she makes me a gesture of silence placing her index finger on her mouth with an angry face.

She then walks into her room and runs her hands through her hair with a panicky, desperate face.

-If you only wanted to bring me to your room, you only had to ask me.

-The closet! -she yells hysterically she pushing me and ignoring me. And she closes the door of this slit for me at the same time that she opens the door to her room.

There is a garment that is getting into my mouth but if I move a hanger it might make a noise. Hell, at what point did I decide this was a good idea? It smells so much like strawberries in here that I doubt the smell will come off my body when it comes out.

I wonder what she did with Scott.

XXX

LAILAH

-Mother- she yelled in a sharp tone, feigning surprise when she walks through the door with a smile.

-I see you've already woken up. -She says looking at my room. Well yes mom, you look good.

I am more than awake and all because of one person. Azael Grimm and his boxers.

- I didn't know you would be back so soon ...- I say swallowing hard. Then I process everything.

OMG, I have Azael Grimm locked up in my closet and boxers.

-Yes, there was a problem with the pipes in the house of Molly, Jim's cousin ...

Oh my ... in boxers.

- ... and how they had to go to some friends' house until they are fixed ...-

That means all of his clothes ...

- .... and we had to go, we did not want to disturb...

He is in the guest room!

I gasp without realizing it.

-Honey, are you ok?- she asks, placing a hand on my shoulder. Not even if he wants to, he was listening to her.

-If ... I just remembered that yesterday I dumped Jason, he always gets mad when I do that. I fake a laugh so fake it ends up being a cough.

-Okay ... I'm going to bring the suitcases up to the room, then we'll go to eat at a restaurant. Now I come. she says disappearing down the hall.

It's now or never.

I run out once I see her disappear and she entered the guest room, picking up all of Azael's clothes scattered around the room. Couldn't it be more orderly?

I go into my room with this one in my hand and with the other, I take it out of the closet, then throw his clothes out the window.

-What the fuck are you doing? -He says looking at me out of place. Then he looks at my bed.- Seriously, frozen sheets?

-What's wrong with them? - I say angrily. Nobody messes with Olaf when I'm in front. God, I'm trying hard not to get distracted by his perfect abs, or worse, look down. Go out the window and get dressed in the garden.

Snorts. I don't think it's that hard for him either, if he jumped from Jay Adams's house window, he can jump from here which is three times as small as the other house.

-Good way to treat a guest. -He places himself on the edge, about to jump- You owe me one- he says before disappearing.

I let out a long sigh of relief. By the hair. I quickly get dressed and then go downstairs, where Jim and my mother are watching TV.

-Hi Jim. I greet him with a smile.

-Hi Lailah, are we going? -He says getting up from the sofa next to Mom, who is turning off the TV.

-Why was the bed in the guest room unmade?- she asks me, intrigued. This is good because it means that she is not upset and suspects anything.

-Yesterday Jason stayed to sleep to keep me company and not be so alone, but I still haven't had time to do it. I promise you that when I come I will do it.-I lie, making the face of an angel. She nods. Everything is going well. We are about to leave when the drum chain plays. Jim and my mother turn in surprise and look at me.

Holy shit.

At that Scott comes out of the bathroom with a bottle of mosquito-killing spray in his hand.

-You know, since I had no battery left in my cell phone, I had to read this while shitting.- Great. Above refined. Scott looks up and looks at us all with a smile- Oh they're all here. Let me tell you, your house is great.

- Who is this?- My mother asks, staring at me with a murderous look.

She quickly thinks something.

-I do not know!- I say raising my hands- Don't look at me, I have no idea! - I defend myself.

-Jim, call the police- my mother says, backing up at the entrance. Jim walks over to the phone when Scott takes a few steps forward.

-Stay away! -Jim yells.- If you take another step you will regret it. -He threatens, raising the cuffs of his plaid shirt. I didn't know Jim had a rebellious side.

-Oh, come on! - Scott complains- Yes, I'm friends with Lailah!" Right? -All eyes are focused on me.

Fucking Scott.

- I swear to you that I had not seen it in my life. I don't know how my name is known.- I defend myself by putting on a face of terror.

- I'm going to call the police- My mother says, picking up the landline.

-Okay, okay! Needless! Leave! -said this raising his hands in the air, next to the spray can.

- Nobody leaves here until the police come- Jim says closing the door. This is getting out of hand.

At that, Scott looks at the three of us and starts running towards the stairs.

-Grab the broom, Monique! - Jim yells as he starts chasing after him.

It takes me a little while to process everything, but I move and follow Jim up the stairs. In the hallway, we see Scott enter my room.

-Perverted! You will not escape! - Jim yells when we both walk into my room. Scott looks at us in horror, then at the window. Oh no.

-By Narnia! - he yells, throwing himself out the window with the spray can in his hand

Jim looks at me and I at him pretending that I don't know what's going on, then my mother comes in panting and holding the broom.

-Where is it?

-He has escaped- Jim answers annoyed.

-Shit, she stole our mosquito spray. -my mother complains leaning on the broom.

Since when has my life gotten so crazy?

(...)

I take the sports bag with all the clothes and luggage inside and throw it out the window. Then I go downstairs.

- Mom, I'm going to Gigi's house, I'll be back- I say saying goodbye to her. She knows me bad to lie to her, but I can't let her know that I'm going boxing. She would kill me.

-Who is Gigi? - she asks intrigued, stirring the meat from the pan. I guess she's making dinner tonight. Shit. I was forgetting that I have never told my mother about Gigi.

-She's a friend of mine.

-You never told me about her. I want to meet her, tell her to come over to eat one day.

-Okay mom, bye- I say opening the door, trying to leave.

-I'm glad you make new friends honey, you know that you should not get stuck in the past ...

-Aghh! -She complained, kicking the ground- What if, mom! Don't be heavy, okay?- I say with an affectionate tone so that she doesn't sound like a spoiled and rude child.

I'm just tired of her always coming up with the Alison topic. I need to get over it, not be reminded all damn day.

-I'm not heavy, I just worry ...

-I love you! -I say interrupting her, as a farewell to her, slamming the door

I walk around the garden until I reach the back and pick up the sports bag from the ground. There is a bus stop fifteen minutes from here that could take me to my new gym, which is close to the city center. It's not a big deal, but it's cheap, which is what matters. I can't afford to pay a high price because my mother or Jim would realize that I am spending too much money or that they are short on money and start asking questions, so I prefer not to risk it.

Also, my old gym is where I used to go with Ali and I don't feel like going back there.

Once I arrive, I get on the bus and sit next to an old lady who looks at me gently.

- Where are you going, dear? - she asks with a smile.

-To a gym, in the center of the city. -I doubt before I tell you or not, but if you don't know me at all, I'm not in any danger. The lady starts laughing.

-That's very good. I nod my head, a bit uncomfortable. I don't understand older ladies.- Tell me, is there a special boy in your life?

At that, Azael comes to my mind, but I push it away as quickly as possible. What? Why have I thought about him? I snort and shake my head.

-No

She laughs again. I don't even know why I'm talking to an unknown lady about this.

-Surely yes. Tell me about him, is he a good boy? -For a moment I think that he may be a fortune teller who reads people's minds and it scares me, but when I look at her again, that thought disappears. It's too sweet.

-Let's say the opposite.

-Oh! You know, you remind me a lot of myself when he was young. There was a boy ... Edward. Edward used to be the same. A rebellious low-class young man, in love with an upper-class lady. He was anything but a good boy, but still, I knew how to see the light in him. Even though there were many problems at that time ... - she sighs. Then the bus announces a stop and the lady gets up to leave.

-And what happened?- she asked, intrigued. She smiles kindly at me with both hands clasped in her lap.

-He's waiting for me at home- her, she says before leaving.

XXX

AZAEL

I hit the bag once more, not caring that Lexy is in front, telling me one of her moves. The truth is that I never listen to her anymore, since she broke up with Derek, the new gym boy, she's heavier than ever. And no wonder they cut, she was cheating on him all summer. Most of the time, with me.

Fuck I look like a fucking lady with so much gossip.

-Are you listening to me?- she asks, chewing her gum loudly while she caresses her arm with her nails.

-Yes- I say without barely listening to her. Then I turn around and find what I least thought I was going to see here. Lailah in boxing gloves. She knew she had a good hook, but she didn't think she would box. That makes her twice as attractive.

What the fuck am I saying?

I stop to observe her, she is wearing very tight sports pants, too tight, and a white top that makes her bra show. Admittedly, she is not bad at all.

When she sees Derek, Lexy's ex, she walks up to him and they start talking, he eats her up. Fool.

-Who are you looking at so much? Lexy says. Without realizing it, I'm biting my lip, resisting not to go and separate them.

What is happening to me?

-Do not care- she answered.

Her gaze collides with mine for a second and then she blushes. She can't see someone shirtless without wearing like this. I turn around and start punching the punching bag angrily. I have to focus on the nationals, they will be shortly, but she is getting into my head and I don't know how to take it off. Shit.

I look back at Lexy, she is also looking at them with a not very pleasant grin. Normal, since Derek is her ex.

I already know what to do.

I approach Lexy who looks at me eagerly and I start to kiss her aggressively. I have absolutely no feelings for her, but I hope she does something. When she noticed my lips on hers, she answered me right away.

The sound of the coach ordering us to get into the ring, makes us separate, and that's when I see Lailah looking at me with some revulsion and I blame myself for doing what I have done. How am I going to make her fall in love like this?

But then, she does something that I did not expect at all, and that by the way, floods my veins with anger.

She walks over to Derek and starts kissing him. What the fuck is she doing ...?

I don't think twice and go over to them to shove Derek away from her and raise my fist in the air, ready to punch her hard in that asshole face of hers.

God, what are you doing to me, Lailah Gozt?

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