Unwritten Desires-Chapter 53

Eleanor

"Tell me you’re joking." Sofia gasped softly, the second I was done explaining everything that had happened earlier this morning in the parking lot to her.

Apparently Elvis had realized that we were in public and obviously couldn’t talk about what had just happened so he told me that we were going to continue our discussion at home.

"Wait hold up..." Sofia waved her hand in mid air like she was waving her own thoughts away. "You were planning to spend the night at Liam’s place and I’m just hearing of this now?"

I was pretty sure that Sofia would’ve been screaming at the top of her lungs if we weren’t in class right now. The class was almost over anyway and the professor was probably going to leave pretty soon—so yeah, Sofia was going to definitely make my ears bleed with her yapping when that happened.

I hesitated a bit before replying to her, "That’s not the point of this conversation."

"Uh yeah it is. Aren’t we talking about the fact that your ’easily angered overprotective older brother’..." she drawled with air quotes. "...just found out that you spent the night at a guy’s house and now he knows that you have a boyfriend who also happens to be one of the hottest guys in our batch?" She cocked her head in question.

"Of course your best friend not knowing about that should also be a point in this conversation..."

I had already tuned her out as I was too focused on what she had just said. "Did you just call Liam hot?" My eyelids fluttered as I cocked my head in disbelief.

This was actually the first time I’d heard Sofia admit that Liam was hot. Like... actually say it out loud and own it.

"Uh yeah..." she said matter-of-factly. "Everyone knows that Liam is hot. I mean have you seen his tattoos?"

I stiffened, completely stunned by Sofia’s words.

Last night was the first time that I noticed Liam’s tattoos, meanwhile Sofia here had known they were there all along.

I suppressed a smirk.

Was this story finally progressing? Or was it just the fact that I had never really been paying attention to Liam all these while?

"Or wait..." Sofia’s teasing tone pulled me out of my thoughts just in time to hear her stupid comment. "...you’re his girlfriend so you must have seen his tattoos? I mean you guys literally spent the night together. " She wiggled her brows at me before scooting closer and I fought the urge to push her off the seat as I rolled my eyes.

I should really consider talking to Liam about paying me for all the hell I go through with Sofia because of our so-called "relationship".

"So... how was it?"

"We didn’t have sex." My eyelids drooped with disinterest as I turned away from her.

"Dori..." she hissed in a quiet whisper, her eyes flicking around.

Like I said earlier, the professor had left since his time had run out and we didn’t really have any other classes till later in the day so we stayed back. The classroom was still pretty full though—mostly with students who were too lazy to leave their seats like us. So I guess that was why Sofia was overreacting.

She was the one who asked. What the hell did she expect me to do? Whisper it in her ear?

"...you don’t say things like that out loud."

My brows dipped. "But you literally just asked."

"There’s something called whispering you know," she shifted closer, still looking around. "Anyways what the hell was that comment? So you’re telling me you guys didn’t make out or cuddle each other to sleep or anything?"

I sighed, shutting my eyes slowly. At times like this, I really wanted to tell her the truth and that there was nothing going on between me and Liam but then I’ll have to deal with another set of problems.

"Would’ve asked if he went down on you but..." she added with a wince when I didn’t reply immediately. "...I know how you can be at times."

I could tell she was trying not to sound mean or anything, but I could also understand what she meant by that.

Theadora was a very, very innocent person. Especially for someone her age, which made it even more hard for someone like me and my age to fit into her life perfectly.

Ughh. God dammit.

"Well...I...made him dinner and we kissed and cuddled after that." I looked away from her gaze, trying to make my lie sound and look believable.

I didn’t want to use the term ’made out’ because...well, this was Theadora we were talking about and also making out with Liam?

I felt something curl low in my stomach at the thought and I didn’t like it one bit. Must have been those damn hash browns I had for breakfast.

I knew Adrian was trying to poison me.

Or maybe it was Liam just trying to get rid of me.

That would explain him not eating his food.

"OMG, I’m so proud of you..." It was like Sofia went into full yapper mode after that, I mean even I had trouble keeping up with what she was saying.

Luckily for me, she was interrupted by one of the students who came to tell her that she was being called to one of our professor’s office.

When I asked her what happened and if she knew why, she said that it was okay. That her mum made one of the professors at school keep an eye on her so now she has to suffer because of it.

Honestly, I actually felt bad for Sofia. Ever since her father left when she was five, her mother had been doing everything she could to take care of the both of them. And now, more than anything, she just wanted Sofia to graduate with a good degree and not waste any opportunity.

She could be strict sometimes—okay, most times—and I knew it got to Sofia. She’d complain and rant every now and then, but she never crossed the line. She understood her mum was only being hard on her because she cared. It was just the way she knew how to love.

And honestly, that made me respect Sofia even more.

She was such a sweetheart—always showing up for people, always smiling even when things weren’t going great. She wasn’t perfect, no one was, but there was just something warm about her. Something kind.

Which made her perfect for that cold hearted asshole.

I blinked twice at the thought of him again, and I found myself looking around the subdued classroom which was buzzing with low voices and quiet laughter.

Where the hell was he anyway?

I hadn’t seen him since before class this morning.

He wasn’t always right beside me, but at least he was always where I could see him.

Did he finally decide to trust me and let me be now?

Nah. I instinctively shook my head at the thought before I got up to go use the bathroom.

That sounded too good to be true.

My eyes flicked to the contacts app on my phone before I tore them away.

Because of that day he called, I now had his number saved but I definitely wasn’t going to call it now, especially when nothing was really happening.

I was about to go into the bathroom when I heard a familiar voice drawing closer.

My heart skipped a beat, and I turned just in time to see Jake talking with one of his friends as they walked in my general direction—but not exactly towards me. He wasn’t looking at me, wasn’t even aware I was standing a few steps away from the door, but my entire body tensed like I was about to be caught doing something wrong.

I swallowed, watching the way he gestured with his hands while talking, his voice low but still carrying enough for me to recognize the slight rasp in it.

And then, just like that, the last time we spoke flashed in my head—how awkward and cut off everything was.

How I didn’t know how to explain to him and how I had freaked out and walked away just so Liam wouldn’t see us together and do something stupid. And now...

Now Liam was nowhere to be found.

This was the perfect opportunity.

My fingers tightened slightly against the bathroom doorframe as I forced myself to breathe. If I was going to talk to Jake—really talk—I had to do it now, before he walked right past me and the moment slipped away again.

My eyes flicked to the stuffed closet that was just a few feet away from where Jake was, before I moved my feet.

Quickly.

"Um, please excuse me..." I had reached where they stood in just a couple of seconds. "Would you mind if I borrowed your friend for a minute?"

I didn’t wait for the guy to reply before adding a "thank you" and a warm smile and quickly pulling Jake away.

"Uhhh... what’s going on?" Jake questioned, still following me regardless.

It wasn’t until I pulled him into the closet and shut the door behind me that I let out a long breath.

I then lifted my head to find Jake staring at me with a confused look on his face, and that was when I realized I had to start talking. "Um... I... I figured we needed to talk." I stuttered, clearing my throat before I adjusted my glasses.

Jake didn’t say anything. He just blinked at me before tilting his head in response, gesturing that I should go ahead.

"Uh first of all... I wanted to tell you that I’m sorry. For everything. And I don’t like this whole... negative energy that’s floating between us and stuff." I began, knowing fully well it was my fault that negative energy was there in the first place.

I hesitated a bit, not knowing what to say as I didn’t plan to have this conversation. "I also wanted to let you know that our breakup was my fault and not yours...none of this is." I quickly added that last part.

If I was already ruining everything, I might as well fix something. And that something just happened to be Thea and Jake’s friendship.

Who knows what consequences of their fall out await us in the future?

"I want us to be good friends again, Jake." I stepped closer, making him stiffen. "I miss you. Sofia misses you too." I reached for his hand, afraid that he’d move back.

He didn’t.

"Please let’s go back to how we used to be?"

"How can we do that when you have a boyfriend now who doesn’t even want to see me anywhere near you?" His question caught me off guard, but I won’t say I didn’t see it coming.

Let’s just say I didn’t expect him to be that blunt.

I opened my mouth to speak but couldn’t find the right words. I pressed my lips together before trying again. "I’ll talk to him."

"You’ll talk to him." He echoed my words with a tinge of mockery in his tone before letting out a breathy chuckle.

"You know, I don’t even understand why you’re with him, Thea. Like I’m trying so hard to but I can’t see it... I mean he’s not even your type."

I was sensing a bit of anger in his tone now.

Oh God.

Of course he was angry. Who wouldn’t be?

"I... I’m just trying new things." I said the first thing that came to my mind, hoping I didn’t sound stupid.

I did. The wrinkles on Jake’s forehead gave that away.

"Trying new things?"

"I... I was scared that I wasn’t doing this relationship thing right as I didn’t have any experience and I thought maybe I’d need them you know..." I didn’t even know where I was going with this... but at least it got Jake to listen to me so I guess I’d keep going.

"So I decided to date as many people as I could to get used to this dating thing."

"Wha...What the hell are you even saying?" Jake sounded annoyed now... or maybe irritated. Or perhaps both. "That’s not how it works, Thea."

I waited a few beats just for dramatic effects before I answered. "It’s not?"

"No, Thea. It’s not. If you were so worried about that you would have just told me and we would have worked things out. But it’s too late now because you’re with someone else..." The disappointment was evident in his tone as he sighed.

The room fell quiet for a few seconds before he lifted his head to meet my gaze again. "Do you... do you like him?"

I parted my lips to speak, not even sure of how I was going to answer that. But before I could even come up with something, the door swung open freezing me to the core.

My breath caught in my throat as I turned slightly, only to find Liam standing at the threshold with no flicker of emotion on his face.

Oh crap. I’m dead.

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