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I jumped at the sound of my phone ringing quickly turning to read Parkerâs name flashing up on the screen several times before I picked it up and slide the bar to answer,
âHelloâ Did I really sound that posh?
âHey Rose?â I heard his reply,
âYeah itâs me. Umm did you want to say something?â stupid, stupid! I blushed even though he couldnât see me.
âYeah, you are okay right? I mean nothing happened last night? Okay now that sounded weird. Sorryâ I laughed and replied saying,
âUmm, I guess your brother did pay a visit but nothing happened I mean⊠okay I donât know what I mean.â I sighed and gave up leaning back on the settee again trying to clear my head so I could answer with a answer that made some kind of sense.
âWHAT?!?! Are you okay?â okay that hadnât gone down wellâŠ..
âYes course.â I quickly answered before he started yelling down my ear again.
âOkay Iâm coming round see you in a minute.â He said before hanging up and all I could hear was the dinging sound of the after beeps.
I walked back upstairs since my hair was still taking the impression of a birds nest. When I reached the bath room next to my room I picked up my brush and started making even strokes through my hair.
When my hair looked human again I leaned against the sink and brushed my teeth. Squeezing my eyes shut I walked back out of my room and down the corridor for the second time this morning oh no wait I take that back this afternoon. Oh 3:16pm already? Was that even possible for me to sleep that much?
What time had my Mum wanted me to go to Sainsburyâs with her? Four? Five? Please say five I really canât be bothered to leave the house till then. I might have slept the morning away but I was still tired and grumpy. The episode last night with my freaking out and pretty much losing it and crying my eyes out was kind of draining and I really didnât want to think about it.
No sooner had I reached the bottom of the stair did the door bell ring and had me walking over and opening it to Parkerâs worried face.
âGod donât look so worried I told you I was fine.â I told him as he came in and shut the door behind him. He looked around the hall before coming and pulling me into his arms. I rested my head against his chest and closed my eyes he really was comforting.
I could feel his hand slowly stroking my hair away from my face.
âI know but Iâve pretty much learnt that you donât really say when youâre not okay and end up dealing with it later.â He said into my hair. I pulled my face away from his chest to give him a typical look.
âIâm not that badâŠ.â
I picked up his hand and pulled him into the living room. I sat down on the settee again and Parker followed suit. As soon as we were both sitting Parker looked around the room stopping only twice when I guess he thought he saw something that might be his brother,
âFinished your surveillance of my living room now?â I laughed when he looked back at me.
âYeah actually, Iâm just being careful.â He said smiling down at me. He slung his arm round my shoulders and leaned back into the settee.
âWell there was something else I wanted to ask you as well. If you donât mind. This is not the only reason I came round. I guess I could have say it over the phone but I wanted to say it to your face.â He said pulling me closer to his side and letting my head rest against his âshoulderâ.
âOh?â what was it was about to ask?
âWell back at your friendâs house I could have sworn you kissed me back and well you are letting me hold you pretty much a lot. I mean this could be the totally wrong but I was wondering if this meant we were going out? Or well dating you could say.â Oh god why did he have to ask this. I swear my face had gone completely red by the time he finished. Thanks for the warning.
He was smiling even more since he could see my red face pretty well. GreatâŠ.
âWell⊠Umm that depends on whether or not youâre asking me out?â I replied trying to keep my voice even.
He laughed before saying,
âYes I am asking you out.â I blushed again and muttered against his shoulder,
âThen I guess itâs a yesâŠ.â Could I sound more awkward? He was so not helping! Smiling down at me knowing full well how embarrassed I was feeling.
I took a quick glance up at Parkerâs face and sure enough there he was still smiling. Still amused. When was he not? I took a deep breath and leaned back against the soft cushions behind my back. Parker followed quickly and pulled me closer to his shoulder with his arm that he still had around my shoulders.
âAnd somehow I feel like I have embarrassed you.â She laughed looking down at me from a height that I still didnât like. I rolled my eyes at him and allowed him to pull me closer.
The room was so quiet when neither of us was talking but it was not an awkward silence it was weirdly comfortable.
It was comfortable enough that when the phone rang I nearly jumped half way across the room, only staying where I was thanks to Parkerâs steady arm.
âHey itâs only the phone. When I told you about my brother I didnât want to scare you. Is this what itâs about?â he said again looking down at me and pulling me closer as I walked to get the phone.
âNo. Iâm really always this jumpy. Really!â I replied craning my neck to look up at him before picking up the phone. He didnât look one bit convinced though and looked down at the floor like he was coursing himself for having told me.
âYouâre kidding me right quit it with that look. Iâm happy you told me would u rather I had no idea what was going on? That really would not be any better!â I rolled my eyes as I picked up the phone and said in what I realized was a really posh voice since Parker was no longer looking annoyed with himself but once again his amused self. Great!
âHello Smith residents can I ask whose calling?â
âGeez Rose could you sound a little more posh?â Oh thatâs great. SophieâŠ.. I still hadnât decided what I was going to tell her about the Parker kissing incident. I cringed back into Parker and squeaked,
âOh hey SophâŠ.â My voice was so high she could tell way to well how awkward I was feeling. Great . I cringed back into Parker even more. I heard him laugh softly but somehow it was still audible from the other end of the phone since Sophie quickly gasped and gushed,
âOh my god! Your with that guy from the night you came round to mine and all that weird stuff happened with the door and the window. You now Iâm still convincing my parents that it just smashed on its own, they think that it was one of use and I swear they are so close to grounding me itâs unbelievable!â I heard her take a long breath before continuing with one simple word,
âSpillâ
âUmm would it be okay if I tell you laterâŠ..â Please please please!!! I need more time to think. I had my eyes squeezed tight shut Sophie answered
âOh of course sorry I forgot he was there! Talk later Hun!â then all I could hear was the beeping of my answer tone.
Thank god do not have to explain! Well now all I need to do is figure out what I am going to say and then I can die of embarrassment when Soph gets me to âspillâ. I mean itâs not because she wants me to tell her whatâs going on because I would gladly do so! Itâs just the fact that I have to keep so much and am afraid Iâll tell her all and really to tell you the truth what was I going to say, âwell me and Parker are going out now but the reason I met him was because his dead brother is trying to kill me to get back at my dad who killed him!â oh yeah because that wouldnât be awkward at all!
I realized quickly that I was still holding the phone in my hand and leaning up against Parker who had his arms right around my waist and smiling down at me in a way that told me he had heard the whole convocation.
âDonât you even say a word!â I sighed rolling my eyes before he could say some snarky comment about why it was that I wasnât tell my friends about well everything. Well was it really not the obvious?
I pulled away from Parkerâs arms and put the phone back on the hock before re-entered the living room and plonking myself on the settee and leaning back so my head touched the wall behind. I could tell that my cheeks were once again bright red and there was nothing I could do about it until I managed to come up with a non weird way of saying the reason that I was now going out with Parker, we had just established that right? Without telling them I even knew the guy! Argh.
I felt the weight of Parker sitting down on the settee but I still didnât look away from the ceiling from where I was staring as if I could stupidly find the answers to all my questions there.
Of course the question that was right at the front of my now very long quay was, âwhat was I going to do about the âghostâ that was following me around making bad things happenâ like that was a easy question to answerâŠâŠ
I felt Parker pick up my hand and try to pull me over to him but I ignored it and just continued to star blatantly at the ceiling with its cream flowers and fancy light.
âRoseâŠ.â I finally turned to look at Parker who was staring at me worriedly well I was kind of acting a little bit weird with the ceiling staring but I couldnât help it. I was confused and the questions that I donât think anyone in the world had the answers to were now buzzing loudly around my head and I was starting to get a painful head ach.
âCome here.â He pulled me gently onto his lap where he pulled me close and held me. My head was now properly on his shoulder and I snuggled into his neck which gave me some sort of comfort.
I slipped my arm so that I was curled around him. Why did I feel so close to tears again? The back of my throat was starting to sting and my eyes were welling up. It was the same as last night when I had fallen asleep trying to stop my huge sobs. Please donât do this in front of Parker he was already giving me
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