POTION ✔

Chapter 16: Red River

One Door Away

Ariana's POV

"Ugh!" I groaned and stretched my arms while yawning in bed.

"Good morning, Ariana." I heard a deep voice from inside my room.

I opened my eyes and screamed. "Aaaah!!!"

Jaxxon is sitting in front of the window, his legs and arms crossed as he watched me with that same sharp eyes of his. He was judging me with his deep gray eyes like I did something very very very wrong.

His dark eyes seemed like it's piercing through my soul. He's always had that kind of look in his eyes that scares people. And it didn't help that I've seen him fight in that ring yesterday. How he had beaten his opponent and that look in his eyes when he found me watching him.

"W-what a-are you doing h-here? H-how did y-you..."

"So we're back with this stuttering game again?" He asked raising a brow.

Paano siya nakapasok sa bahay ko gayong ni-lock ko naman lahat ng pinto at bintana kagabi? Of course, this is Jaxxon we're talking about. Picking locks must be really easy for him. How long has he been watching me while I was asleep? He's indeed a total creep.

"How long have you been here in my room? Do you know that this is trespassing? I should call the police." Sambit ko na hinanap ang phone ko. Wala na akong paki-alam kung magulo ang buhok ko o kung may panis pa akong laway sa labi. I need my phone right now. "Nasan na ba yun?"

"Looking for this?" He asked raising my phone.

"Give it back! Hindi ka dapat basta-basta nalang pumasok sa kwarto ng isang babae!" Sigaw ko.

Binato nito ang phone ko sa kama at agad ko itong kinuha.

"But you are not any other girl. You are my Ariana." He replied with a smirk. Sometimes his words creeps me out.

"I'm not. Uh... I, maybe I should call the police." Kinakabahang sambit ko habang nagd-dial sa phone.

"Go ahead, call the police. It's not like they can do anything." Sambit nito.

He's right. Ilang beses na ba itong nakulong? Sa daming beses na nakulong siya ay lagi siyang nakakalabas. Hindi ko alam kung paano niya nagagawa iyon o kung sino ang tumutulong sa kanya pero kung tatawag ako ng pulis ngayon, siguradong wala din silang magagawa.

Tumayo ito mula sa kina-uupuan niya at unti-unting naglakad sa akin. Napalunok ako at napa-atras.

"W-what are y-you p-planing to d-do?" I asked, my hands shaking.

"You my dear Ariana have done something terrible to me." He whispered with a husky yet deep voice of him. May bahid ng galit ang boses nito at nagsitayuan ang mga balahibo ko.

"A-anong ginawa k-ko?"

He suddenly grabbed something from behind me. I realised it was Alexis King's standee.

"Fuck." Napamura nalang ako. He have seen my entire collection of posters and magazines of Alexis King. I'm totally doomed.

"That's right. You're fucked." Jaxxon spat with anger in his voice.

He grabbed the standee as he looked at it distastefully and took a lighter in his pocket and lit the standee on fire then threw it outside the window. I watched as it slowly burned in the air until it landed on the ground.

"No!" Sigaw ko at saka dumungaw sa bintana. Mas lalo naman akong nanlumo sa nakita.
Nasusunog lahat ng posters at magazines na matagal kong inipon. Pagbalik ko ng tingin sa kwarto saka ko lang napagtanto kung gaano na kalinis tignan ang kwarto ko. Every single poster from the wall was gone. Even my pillowcase with Alexis' face on it was gone.