Tolerating The Player

I woke up to see Joe flashing his little cute smile at me, recently he had been waking up before me and I’ve been finding myself sleeping off. Perhaps it was the stress the doctor talked about.

“Hey baby boy” I greeted him with sleepy eyes.

“You don’t want to be late for school, besides there’s a very cute boy downstairs waiting for you, he said we should let you sleep and he would wait but he’s too cute to be delayed don’t you think?” He pouted as he jumped on the bed.

“Wait, what’s the time?” I asked after I came to the realization that Joe was clothed and looked like he had showered.

“It’s 7o’clock am” Joe said with a mocking smile and I jumped off the bed immediately. I could hear him giggle as I rushed outside to find Maya. I would so kill that bitch for not waking me up earlier.

I sprang outside the room and made my way downstairs but unfortunately Maya wasn’t the one I saw.

“Shit!” I cussed immediately when our eyes met each other. I had totally forgotten that Joe said I had a visitor. It was Xavier.

“Hi” he greeted me and I shyly turned to respond to him. I couldn’t let him see me like this but it was too late already.

“Love those pyjamas” he folded his lips trying to contain his laughter. I was wearing a fucking pjmask pyjamas and he saw me on it.

I hurriedly rushed to my room and pulled off the pyjamas to take a quick shower. I was late already so I didn’t mind staying a little longer in the bathroom as my head was still spinning. If the doctor was truly talking about stress then why am I not feeling any better yet.

I came out of the bathroom and decided to wear a gown, it was a pink flay gown with butterfly prints on it. This should be perfect, I thought to myself.

My thoughts weren’t wrong because the moment I wore it, I looked really good and wanted to complete the day’s look by applying make-up. I styled my hair into a puffy ponytail but I activated the front curls making them fall on my forehead like a cute little bang. I applied some lipstick and lip gloss with some mascara. I felt pretty and there wasn’t a need for foundation or concealer. I had a smooth face already.

I grabbed my bag pack and walked outside of the room to meet Xavier. He seemed to be in a conversation with Joe. Joe wouldn’t seize this opportunity to pour out his mind would he?

“Hey!” I greeted him as I came downstairs and the moment he looked at me I knew it was different, he couldn’t stop staring at me as his eyes scanned me from my head to toe.

“You look beautiful” he scratched the back of his head nervously.

“Oh wow! She got dressed up all for you” Joe poured out and I gave him a glare of death before he covered his mouth with his hands.

“Where are the Andersons by the way?” I asked because I haven’t seen any of them since I woke up.

“Oh they had to go to work on time and Maya had practicals she needed to attend to, they asked this young man to wait behind, we’ll drop him off at his school” Xavier answered me with a cute smile showing off his dimples.

I can’t believe the Anderson’s were cool with a guy they never knew sitting in their living room while they weren’t around, especially seeing him with tattoos but then I don’t think the Anderson’s would care anyway. They’re more of the cool parents type.

“I’m really late for school, let’s go!” Joe pouted as he dragged my hand outside the house.

“You have quite a handful,” Xavier remarked and I chuckled.

We got into the car and he started the engine, it didn’t take quite a long time before he got to Joe’s school or perhaps I didn’t notice the time was going fast because of the random conversations we were having, Xavier was a really fun person to be with but my ribs now hurt due to the amount of laughter we shared.

“Here you go, buy whatever you want!” Xavier said to Joe as he handed over some money to him. I guess it was his lucky day because I was damn sure grace would’ve given him some money too.

“So why were you not happy yesterday?” Xavier asked immediately Joe came down from the car. Perhaps I was a little bit moody after seeing Zach making out with Aurora while I thought I could be pregnant for him.

“Just some random mood swings” I lied, he looked at me for some while trying to see if I was saying the truth or not before focusing on the road.

“Okay well, I won’t let you have those mood swings today” he smiled and placed his hand on my lap covering my hand and giving it a gentle squeeze. That felt good.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

We got to the school and both ran into the school building like little kids. He wasn’t Zach and might get punished for coming late and we wouldn’t like to get detention because of our plan for later today.

We happened to be having the same class so we ran in the same direction till we got to the class. It was the third period already and the teacher had this look of disappointment on his face as we both chuckled and sat down. Unfortunately there weren’t any empty seats together so we had to sit at different places. I noticed Zach seated at a corner of the class room but I took my mind off him. I can’t afford to let my already happy day go to waste.

The lecture came to an end in less than fifteen minutes and I turned to look at Xavier who smiled at me immediately our eyes met.

“So what’s your next subject?” I asked.

“Geography, how about you?” He asked and I felt a little bit down because we didn’t have the same class.

“Economics” I replied and tried to smile so it doesn’t seem like I’m getting clingy.

“We’ll meet by lunch time, deal?” He brought out his hand for a handshake which I shook immediately.

“Deal!” I replied with a smile on my face and went to my next class. I couldn’t wait for our lunch break.

The bell finally rang and I left the classroom, I went to our usual spot for lunch and saw Maya seated there already. She seemed to be focused on her phone.

“Hey babe” I greeted her as I sat down and the moment she looked at me she froze.

“What’s the occasion, why’s Isabella Brown dressed up like a normal person today?” She teased and I pinched the bridge of my nose as I shook my head.

“You lack sense” I said and she giggled, her laughter was contagious and in no time I found myself laughing too. This girl won’t be the death of me.

I could feel different eyes on us in the cafeteria so tried to look normal again by not laughing. Xavier soon came to join us in our seat with a large sized box of pizza in his hand and three bottles of coke. I was so craving for this.

“Thank you!” Maya exclaimed as she opened the box of pizza and started to eat it.

“You’re lucky I haven’t bought food yet” I teased even though I didn’t plan on buying anything in the cafeteria today.

“Of course” he replied with a hint of sarcasm in his voice, I smacked his hand and he let out a deep smile as his dimples pierced his cheek. I loved it when he smiled.

I felt someone’s glare on me so I turned around to see Zach staring at us with his eyes never leaving us even though he knew I was now staring at him too. What the fuck could he want, was he thinking of fucking and hurting me again?

Aurora soon came to join him and she sat on his lap after placing a short kiss on his lips. I turned away from them as I focused on the happy things in front of me rather than the depressing things behind me. The fact that I was referring to them as things didn’t really sit well with me.

School was now over and I came out of the classroom in search of Xavier but immediately saw Zach walking towards me, I didn’t want to talk to him neither did I want him to talk to me so I ran outside the school building but fortunately bumped into Xavier.

“Slow down there, be careful” Xavier said as he caught me while I was almost about to fall down.

“Thank you!” I said with a smile but his hands didn’t leave my waist as they were still firm on my waist.

“You have such a small and perfect waist” he complimented and I nervously thanked him.

His hands were still holding my waist and our bodies were closed to each other, I could feel his steady rhythm of breathing and I was sure he could feel mine. Before I could process what was happening I leaned on my toes and kissed him. He was a little bit shocked but he immediately returned the kiss, it was a soft and gentle kiss, his lips tasted like orange making me want to explore more but I made the kiss short as I pulled away.

I turned back to see Zach’s stare piercing through my skin but I didn’t care because he was with Aurora. Xavier took my hand in his as he led me to his car. I just kissed Xavier.