Oriena's POV
As I sat in the sauna room with my friends chatting away as I barely registered the conversation,my body not only warmed from the heat of the sauna but with the rage of what had happened last night....
Flashback
Deep breaths...1,2,3
I pushed the red vase on my shelf to the ground shattering into unrecoverable pieces as I tried to recover my sanity.
Andre had decided to play chauffeur for Camille and her stupid friend handing me over to Beck like a side dish..... Like she mattered more than I did,the thought of it all made me wish my hand had touched her face one more time. my legs paced round my room with my boots on as I bit my nails furiously till my thumb bled.
The sight of my own blood jerked me to reality making me reach for my meds on my table and chugging it down with a bottle of water, I took a deep breath before deciding to clean up the mess I'd made on the floor,shards of the vase decorating my room.
I need to clean this mess before he arrives....
With that thought,I got to cleaning up the mess I'd made afterwards heading to the bathroom for a shower.
*****
The moment I stepped out of the shower,he was seated on my bed with his elbows on his thighs and a very disappointed frown "done playing hero Carino?"
"done acting like a child?" he tossed back at me with a cold tone,my face reddened in anger as I aggressively took out a pyjama "fuck you Dre!"
"Of course you have nothing to say about what you did"
"I wish I'd done more than just slap her" I barked aggressively putting my towel down and wearing the PJ "can you even hear yourself, there was no reason for you to hit her"
my hands slammed my drawer ""Lo hice!!, tenía todo el derecho a golpearla por estar tan cerca de ti y tú estabas allí disfrutando"
"so you're going to hit any girl that gets close to me or I get close to?"
"I will but it doesn't compare to what I'll do to Camille Morgan" I stated with a shaky breath.
Seems I need to take more meds
His warm hands took my slightly cold hands and I just looked at him with his touch making me weak "I love you Oriena,you know that right?"
I just stared at him hard before I gave a slight nod
"that doesn't mean that if you just fight anyone you don't like because of me I'll let it slide....I'll be telling your parents to increase your counseling sessions"
my eyes widened in shock "wh_why?! I'm fi_"
"smoking Ori, really?"
it finally hit me I hadn't disposed of the cigarette butt on my table "I,I'm sorry
I ju_"
"save it "
"Dre,I'm sorry but please don't tell my parents" I begged as my hands grabbed my drawer for support.
"I won't let you head down the same path we worked hard to get out of four years ago" he stated finally getting to his feet with his hands in his pocket as he held my face with insane tenderness before giving my a kiss on my forehead
"I'm friends with Camille because I want to and nothing's changing that right now"
I'd been blessed with a kiss and cursed by lightning at his words,he took a step away from me and walked out of my room leaving me in the deafening silence.
If someone had told me that I'd be fighting with my boyfriend because of Camille..... I would have told them that was a lie and yet right now,the truth was a blur.
Three weeks later
Andre's POV
"Too tight?"I asked him while trying to be careful "no,it's fine"
"Fine,but tell me if it hurt "
Beck rolled his eyes with a sigh "I will...carry on" on his order,I continued braiding his hair.
There's this thing we do,every three months we had boy time..like how girls say girl time and part of it was learning more about each other in spite of our differences and that included hair, I'd braid or barb his hair and he'd cut mine...
It seemed like a funny thing to most people when we told them about our little tradition but what was actually so weird about it?, girls could do it why not guys?
talk about toxic masculinity
I wasn't a fan of stereotyping but I also believed in limits,some things would always be for the former than the latter and vice versa.
"Yo,now it's too tight" I chuckled slightly "my bad,I'm still getting the hang of it and I want you to wear it to school"
"Don't just do me dirty,I did cut your hair really nice" he did cut it nicely, trimming it to give me a nice layered haircut while retaining my length
"I won't,don't you trust me?"
My words were replied with silence which I wasn't surprised by.
Just maybe I will do him dirty...
******
Finally arriving at the gates of the villa of the Mendez family,we were welcomed by Mrs Mendez herself with a hug and kiss to Beck and I.
Oriena and I hadn't spoken for almost a month now,after the cigarette issue that happened. I reported her relapse to her parents and she was taken back home for close monitoring and we hadn't spoken much since then.
As I walked into the hallway,there she was in a white lace dress,she descended down the stairs toppling me to the floor with a hug and I hugged her back tightly.
God,I missed her
We used to be so good until recently,she just wasn't a fan of other people getting close to me especially girls and then Camille came along and I just couldn't help but want to be close to her, apart from that,it also seemed she and Camille had history which I was yet to uncover but all that could wait for now.
"how have you been?" she asked softly as we sat on her room terrace,it was just the two of us while Beck was entertained himself to Mrs Mendez food tasting which she enjoyed so much "I should be asking you that" my hand interwined with hers making her smile
"I've missed you "
"I've missed you too" the wind blew softly rustling her pot plant of hibiscus
"About what happened that ni_"
"let's not talk about that hmm"
She stared at me hesitantly before surrendering
"Okay"