Broken

chapter 10

My alarm rings from the side and I jerk awake, falling of the bed in the process.

I roll over and check the time: 6:30. Perfect, I have half an hour to get ready for school. Yeah It's finally my last year of school.

I can't wait to graduate then I can finally get my life together and find out what I want to do with it.

It's been about two weeks since that Friday Dominic and I went to the restaurant.

The day after,I told Cecilia that I needed a job and she told me there's a vacancy at the bookshop. How convenient.

I went for the interview and got the job. My job is to make sure everything is in order before customers come.

It's not much to do but the pay is fine since it's a big company. And thankfully, Cee and I will be together.

Dominic goes to work whenever he feels like and sometimes I get bored without him.

But with school and work, it's kind of hard to get some free time. Not to mention, I don't get to see Dominic much even though we're under the same roof.

I already told Dominic that I'll be going back to dad's house soon but he doesn't know when. I spent the whole of yesterday packing clothes and lazing around.

I'll be moving either today or tomorrow, whenever I'm free.

I head to the bathroom and have a shower quickly then brush my hair. I decide to leave it in its natural wavy state.

Even though it's chilly today, I dress into a white shorts and a blue top then wear my blue sneakers. I'm wearing the necklace dad got me. It reminds me of him.
Grabbing my backpack and phone, I'm ready for school.

I go downstairs to find Dominic asleep on the couch, shirtless. Was he there all night?

I run upstairs and quickly grab a blanket for him. I gently place it on him and tuck it under him all around.

He looks tired even though he's asleep. I brush a loose strand of hair that has started to grow and place a soft kiss on his forehead.

Wait, why did I do that? He doesn't even like me the way I like him. Leaving no time to think about it, I grab a granola bar from the kitchen and leave the house.

I see my white Audi in the front. Dominic and I picked it up from dada place a few days ago since I needed it for school.

I hope in and drive to school. Cecilia must be waiting for me already. She likes being early because she's in the cheer team.

As soon as I get to school, I park my car and go off to find Cee but she find me first.

"Evelyn, omg I have so much to tell you, so you remember yesterday Cody was being extra nice to us?" She asks in a rush.

"Geez Cee calm down" I laugh. "So apparently he has a crush on me" that's not good.

Cody is the biggest jerk in this school. He is Valerie's ex, well one of them.

"Wow, and what do you think about that?" She know better than to date him. "You know what I think Ev. I hate that guy" I'm glad she think that.

"I'm glad Cee, I don't want to see you getting hurt." She's really smart when it comes to guys.

"Alright let's get to class. I have Art" I say. And just as we're walking, Valerie decides to grace us with her presence.

She's wearing a pink tank top that's really tight at the top and a short, black skirt that's two sizes too small. Cee rolls her eyes.

"Hey girls. How have you been?" She plasters a fake smile on her face.

"Good, until now" I mutter and Cee holds back a laugh.

"Evelyn, I was wondering if you'd want to hang out this weekend. Maybe your house. I could see your brother" is she really that desperate?

"Um no actually, we're busy this weekend, I'm sure you have something better to do. Now please excuse us. We're going to class" I pull Cee and push past her.

The day went by in a flash and before I knew it, it's end of the day.

As I'm driving home, I turn the radio up and the song Lose you to love me by Selena Gomez pours through the speakers.

I like her songs alot because they're not like other songs and they had meaning.

Singing at the top of my lungs, I enter the driveway of the house.

I should stop singing now. We don't want Dominic thinking I'm a weirdo now do we.

I need to pack my shit and move back to dad's place. Today is the last I'll be at Dominic's house.

When I go inside, I see Dominic sitting on the staircase that leads upstairs. He's on his phone and looks worried.

He's wearing a grey sweatpants and a black t shirt, his hair looks messy, like he's been playing with it alot.

"You're going back today?" His eyes meet mine. "Yeah, uh I didn't want to disturb you in the morning" I tell him.

He was asleep and I didn't want to wake him up.

"I'm actually going now. I came to pick up my bags" he stands up and strolls over to me.

"Do you need any help?" "No I'll manage. Thank you" he just nods.

After getting the bags in the trunk of my car and struggling to close it, I finally gather the courage to say goodbye to Dominic.

I have a feeling this is not going to be the last time we see each other.

"Thank you so much for helping me and being there for me when I needed you" I tell him, standing in the doorway.

"It's no problem Evelyn. I enjoyed the company." He really enjoyed me being around? I thought I was a pain in the ass.

"Okay so uh I'll be off now" should I hug him? Is that too informal? Maybe I should just shake his hand? No that's too formal.

I raise my hand out for a handshake the same time Dominic raises both of his for a hug.

And when I raise my both hands for a hug, he raises one of his for a handshake. Oh god!

" Uh that was awkwa--" I was cut of by Dominic roughly placing his lips on mine.

For a split second I stood there, frozen and confused. Then I kissed back.

Our lips moulded perfectly together as I stand on my toes to reach higher.

His lips are so soft and smooth and his kiss is rough but soft. If that makes any sense.

His arms snake around my waist to pull me closer to him and I place my hands on the back of his neck.

After a few seconds, he pulls away, breaking the kiss.

He leans further down and whispers in my ear "Yes it was". He smirks and goes inside the house, closing the door behind him.

I stood still, confused and unable to comprehend what had just happened.

Did my dad's friend just kiss me?