BAD INFLUENCE - CHAPTER 25

* 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 *

𝘿𝙤𝙫𝙚

“𝘓𝘌𝘛’𝘚 𝘙𝘜𝘕 𝘈𝘞𝘈𝘠 𝘛𝘖𝘎𝘌𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙”

I haven’t been able to think straight for the rest of the day. My mind pondered on what Derek said to me earlier. Part of me just want to hop on his back and scream take me away but part of me remembers the countless of times he’s hurt me.

God why does he have to be so good at making up an apology speech after doing me dirty. I want to believe he’s sorry, I’m not even sure if I have already believed he’s sorry. Does he really want to spend sometime with me alone? What’s really up with me!

“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥” 𝘋𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦.

𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯.

“𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘔𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦” 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴.

I blinked back to present when checked the pocket of the joggers I’m putting on, the paper is there rumpled. I opened it to read the address he wrote, after reading it, I looked out the windows to watch the beds fly.

Do I really wanna go with him? I’m really confused on what to think that my poor head is already hurting. d@mn you Dove, think of all the bad times you had with him! I scream at myself but my head keeps going back to how he makes me feel good and how his kisses and touches makes my head spin.

𝘕𝘰 𝘋𝘰𝘷𝘦! I took a deep breath, thinking about running away with Derek is a waste of time. I might not realize it now but I would when I leave with him and by then, there would be no one to save me.

I nod to myself going with this decision of mine before going for an afternoon nap. I want days to pass by so I can go back home and live my simple life without having Derek to interfere in it. When I woke up from my nap, everywhere had darkened, I’m hearing the sound of shower, I guess Taylor is back that mean mom and Aunt Maggie are back too.

Taylor steps out of the bathroom and her eyes fell on mine for some seconds. “I didn’t see you at work today, what happened?” She asked. I looked left and right to make sure I’m not hearing double.

𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. When I open my mouth to reply, she changed faster than what a blink. “I don’t even care, I know you probably stayed at home so you can get to spend some alone time with your boyfriend, aka my brother!” Sarcasms was evident in her voice.

I sigh. “Taylor are you not sick of fighting with me? I told you I’m not seeing Derek anymore and quit acting like I’m the only one that has made a mistake. You’ve had a thing with older guys too and those other guys probably had junior sisters!” I roll my eyes.

“And their junior sisters were not my best friend and beside did I tell you about my ending with the older guys? I told you how bad it ended right and you’re still repeating my mistakes” She snaps.

“Well what’s bad for you isn’t bad for me okay?” Wait I don’t even know why I’m defending Derek when he’s hurt me plenty times, of course wh@??ver I have with Derek would end badly that’s if it has not already ended badly.

Taylor smirk. “There she goes again. Giving main character vibe” She laughs then began to wave her hands and mimick a baby bear. “I’m Dove and I’m the main character of wh@??ver is going on, of course everything will end well for me”

𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳; 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭… 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺… 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦.. 𝘜𝘮.. 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳.

𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘳 & 𝘋𝘰𝘷𝘦: 𝘚𝘏𝘜𝘛 𝘜𝘗!

𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳: 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.

I gave Taylor an unbelievable look before shaking my head and moving away from the bed. “I can’t do this right now, trying to make things up with you was a bad idea, let’s fight forever!” I tell her then stormed out of the room.

I can hear her shouting beside me. “I also wanna fight forever! #maincharacter #i’m always the victim.

𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳: 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳!

𝘋𝘰𝘷𝘦 & 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘳: 𝘚𝘏𝘜𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘍𝘜𝘊𝘒 𝘜𝘗!

I got downstairs, mom is already making dinner in the kitchen with Aunt Maggie and they’re both laughing about something. I stood for a while to admire them, they are close, good friends with strong relationship unlike me and Taylor.

Taylor calls me the victim meanwhile she’s the one acting like one. In fact she’s acting like the villain of the story. What is so hard to understand I like her brother, I’m not even seeing him anymore and she still won’t understand that. I wonder what’s up with her anyways. She’s acting weird just like her brother, they are definitely hiding something and she’s trying to get angry with me to save her face.

Nice try Taylor, nice try.

Mom sensed someone behind her and she turned back. She still has the smile on her face of the thing she was laughing with Aunt Maggie about.

“Dove, baby how are you feeling now” mom dried her hands with the towel and came to touch my neck, feeling my temperature.

“I’m fine mom, what are you guys making? Do you need help?” I ask.

“Too late honey, we are done cooking but you can help us carry the dishes to the dining” Aunt Maggie smiled at me from the counter.

At least that’s still something. I walked to the kitchen, they made chicken noddle soup and it smells good. I carried the tray of food to the dining and in a matter of minutes everyone were already eating.

“Dove, Taylor” Both Aunt Maggie and mom called and we turned to look at them.

“I’m surprised you guys didn’t notice but your grounded time is up. So after Taylor you can both have your phones back” Aunt Maggie says.

I’m not the only one who didn’t care as me and Taylor faced our food.

“I was expecting a more enthusiastic response” Aunt Maggie looks at the both of us.

“If you’re expecting something enthusiastic ask Dove what’s between her and Derek” Taylor rolls her eyes as she casually said that and the fork of noddles that were about to enter my mouth froze in place.

I slowly looked at Taylor, she also looked shocked, I’m sure she didn’t mean to spill what she just did but it’s already late as I can feel Mom and Aunt Maggie’s eyes on me.