Hybrid

by Melissas Writings

  Why are these girls looking at me like that?

  Chloe introduced us “They are Emily, Ruby, Grace. These are also nerds like me. But we are not like the normal nerds. We do attend parties once in a while and also do a lot of fun stuff.”

  Emily and Ruby were brunettes. Grace was a blonde. But all of them were dressed according to their eye color. Emily was dressed in light brown shirt and jeans. Ruby was attired in light green t-shirt and jeans. And Grace was wearing a light blue summer dress.

  Alex and I shared lunch and those girls occasionally glanced at us. It was as if they were mute, they didn’t say even a single word. Although I enjoyed Chloe’s company, I was little uncomfortable around her friends. Even that didn’t deter Chloe from talking. She kept on asking questions to Alex and he just replied with a shrug and occasional Yes or No. In between she asked me about my favorite dessert and I excitedly told her about my favorite ice cream.

  The moment we finished our lunch, Alex grabbed my hand and raced towards the exit. Next class was with him and I was looking forward to those classes. He already knew a lot about me, so I was at ease with him. Moreover, my brother trusted him, so it was natural for me trust him.

  At the end of the day, four assignments were due this week. With Chloe being my tutor in biology, Math and English. But in rest of the classes where I had Alex in my class, Blake had been appointed my tutor. Since Alex had already studied Physics and Chemistry, the teacher didn't appoint anyone as his tutor.

  Also I came to know that Blake was good at almost everything- from studies, sleeping to basketball. Only downside of all this was that I had to do this at their homes. Because staying at library was not an option with Alex sitting on my head all the time. So either they will come to my home, which was very unlikely or I will have to go to their home, which can be possible for the time being.

  So I called Sammy with Alex’s phone and told him that I will be late today which caused a series of questions like

  Why?

  Is it important?

  Is it a girl or a boy?

  What’s her name?

  Can’t Alex teach you?

  How far is their home?

  When will you be back?

  I answered all of them patiently.

  In the end he agreed.

  “Take Alex with you to that place. He will come back once you are done.” He demanded

  “Okay.”I replied

  Sammy being a big brother was still little doubtful. So he further added “Do not go anywhere else. Okay?”

  “Okay.” I said

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  We reached Chloe’s two floor house. Her mother greeted us enthusiastically. She asked about my family and I told her that my parents are not here and I am currently staying with my brother.

  Then once she was done talking with us. We went to Chloe’s room which was on the 2nd floor. Her room was very neat and clean. Books were stacked at one corner. We started with Math and then moved to Biology. Her phone beeped in between.

  After reading the message she called someone

  “Hey! Where is it??”

  Pause

  “We will be there.”

  I was perplexed at this sudden change in her mood.

  “What is it?” I asked

  “There is a party at Blake’s house. We are all invited.” She said excitedly while jumping on the bed.

  The first line that came out of my mouth was “I can’t go.”

  I was more than sure that my brother will never allow me to go to a party. Heck, I had also never been to a party before. Plus, I can’t take advantage of the trust that my brother has on me. As it is I am out of that house for more than nine hours.

  “You have to. We are all attending this party after a long time. Prettyy pleaseee” She pouted

  “I can’t. My brother won’t allow me” I told her as a matter of factly.

  “We will be back in an hour. My curfew ends at 10 pm.” She looked at the clock. “It’s already 8:00. My mother will ground me if I come back after 10 pm. She is really strict when it comes to high school parties.”

  I shook my head in response

  “I will treat you with your favorite ice cream.”

  Why did I tell her about my weakness?

  Stupid, Ashley.

  Say No.

  It’s been more than two days since I last had it. Also It is just one hour. Say yes.

  I subdued my inner voice and stated “I don’t have a dress.”

  She grinned like a Cheshire cat.Her face beamed with happiness. She came and hugged me so tightly that I couldn't breathe.

  "I have a perfect dress for you."She said excitedly and jumped up and down taking me with her.

  hYBrID XIX

  I woke up with a terrible headache. My head and entire body was throbbing and screaming badly. It was just not my head, but every cell of my body was in terrible pain. Plus the moment my eyes co-operated, I saw three angry faces in front of me. Alex, Sammy and Zach. They were so engrossed in their silent conversation that they didn’t even look at me. Sammy looked so angry. I had never seen him like this. His eyebrows were lowered producing a frown, eyes narrowed and staring- anger flashing in movement. His lips were pressed tightly together and the jaw was tense in a biting position. His face was also getting redder. It was scary to see my brother like this.

  I wanted to ask - why his face looked so tensed? Or why he was giving disapproving frowns and pursed lips to sneers and full snarls to Alex as his face was turned in his direction. But I couldn’t understand the reason why I was unable to even open my mouth. I tried to remember- What did I do to end up like this? But it was as if my brain was dead- no response whatsoever. My limbs felt heavy and unresponsive- reluctant to move. Then I remembered something that was very important to me, even to my head- as it brought the image of the brick colored building. School. I can’t miss school. I bolted upright and the pounding in my head increased hundred times.

  Before I could scream in pain, Zach was by my side and his hand flew to either side of my head. I looked up and saw his deep blue eyes fixated on my forehead. He didn’t even look at me, while I was staring at him like a moron. He was holding my head so delicately, that I even forgot that pain had lessened. His mole was really pretty and something flashed in my mind.

  “Wow mush did yo drink?”Zach asked me angrily. {How much did you drink?}

  He sounded really funny to me. I giggled like a lunatic.

  “Fux! Whar is Alec? Hee CAN'T EVUN TAK CAR OF ONE LITTLE GIL.” Zach’s loud and accusing voice reached my ears making my poor ear drum vibrated at an increased pace. {Fuck! Where is Alex? He can’t even take care of one little girl.}

  My brain was incapable of comprehending his words. So I continued giggling.

  But my brain knew what it wanted. One question was constantly buzzing in my mind. He had yelled at me in front of all my friends. So I asked him the question that was on the top of my mind. “Wh-what d-did I d-do?”

  Zach looked down at me. He was so tall. “Whas did you do?" he mimicked my words, without stuttering. And then he added. "X me ven U R sober. Ok?” { Ask me when you are sober. Ok?}

  “I w-want to kn-know n-now.” All My words were coming out slurred.

  A corner of his mouth tilted up as a genuine smile spread across his face. “What is the pont van U won’t remember ven a single think tomorrow huh?” {What is the point when you won’t remember even a single thing tomorrow huh?}

  His smile was truly contagious as I also returned his smile without giggling. He was smiling like in real with me... My eyes darted to his black mole near right eye which was soooo prettyyy and then came back to his lips which were still stretched from smiling. My hands itched to touch his face and that mole. So I raised my right hand and traced his mole. A shiver ran down my spine. “Y-you really ha-have a niceee mo-mole and a be-beautiful smile. Do y-you know th-that?”

  He muttered something under his breath which sounded l
ike a curse and I placed my right hand instantly on his mouth. A mild depression formed between his eyes. I moved my left hand and soothed those lines with my fingers.

  "No-Nobody will m-marry you if you wi-will make such weird exp-expressions." I stated with conviction. In the next instant my hand was lowered as he cursed again. "Fux! Why do yo kip toushing me?" { Fuck! Why do you keep touching me? }

  There was something about his face which made me want to touch him again. The tickling feeling- I kinda liked it and the goosebumps. I raised both my hands at the same time and touched his cheeks.

  “Fux!”he growled and his eyes darkened. {Fuck!}

  “Wh-y do y-you say th-this w-word so m-much?”My right finger was still on his cheek and with my left fingers I rubbed the slight stubble on his jaw in circular motion.

  His dark blue eyes were getting darker and it was distracting as he was looking at me in a way that I wanted to hide somewhere. “ ‘cause whenever you touch me that is what I want to do little girl.” his eyes caused me to squirm a bit. I retracted my fingers from his face and took two steps back.

  My system had completely shut down after that. It was blank like a clean slate – all my memories were wiped off. What happened after that? The incidents before that were also not there. The last thing I remembered was me drinking colorless liquid that some guy offered me. This was soon after we entered Blake’s mansion, midst the blazing lights and loud booming music.

  And Chloe? Where was she? Did she reach home on time?

  “KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY SISTER, ZACH” Sammy’s voice bellowed from the place he was standing and Zach dropped his hands. I instantly covered my ears as my head started hurting again from the screeching.

  And in the next second Sammy was next to me. Going by the time he took in saying this to Zach, one can see how engaged he was in the silent conversation with Alex.

  “I have given you permission to be with Ashley from now on, not to touch her.” He yelled again.

  “Don’t shout Sammy, please.”I murmured.

  Sammy glanced at me unhappily and I wished I had not said that or gone to the party as his next calm words really caused me a lot of pain, much more than the alcohol. “I’m disappointed in you Ashley. I told you not to go anywhere and you did exactly that. And even worse- you consumed alcohol- Do you even know what that was? How can you drink that when it tasted unlike anything you have ever had before?” He ran his hand through his hair in agitation and continued “It was your first day in school and you did this. I don’t even want to imagine what can happen in a weeks time. I allowed you to study at your friends house, not to go to some wild party. I trusted you Ashley.” With that Sammy left the room.

  I wanted to say sorry for disappointing and breaking his trust. My brother had gone out of his way in allowing me to go to school and even letting me study at Chloe’s house.

  Tears welled up in my eyes and I knew that Alex and Zach could see them as they were flowing down my cheeks.

  Alex sincere apology reached my ears “I am really sorry Ashley. I don’t know how I got distracted. I am never like that- especially not for a girl. She was not even my mat-” Zach cleared his throat and Alex stopped midway “What I mean is that girl caused all this. The next time when I see her, I am fucking going to kill her.” He was angry with himself. It was written all over his face. Moreover I knew that he felt responsible for me since Sammy had appointed him as my boy friend. “It is not your fault and I should be sorry. My brother scolded you for when it was entirely my fault.”

  His head jerked in my direction and so did Zach’s.

  “What? How do you know that?” Alex asked looking perturbed by my reply. He was still standing at some distance.

  “It looked like that- My brother was looking at you vexedly.” I told him recalling the angry face of my brother.

  Their shoulders and face relaxed. “Ash, Since your brother didn’t tell you about your new arrangement, it seems that I will have to do the honors.” Alex said sadly.

  I didn’t want Sammy to withdraw my name from school. I didn’t even know that I was holding my breath until Alex told me what that was. “Zach will accompany you from now. Your brother doesn’t trust me anymore.” But he didn’t even do anything.

  Alex couldn’t see him from his position as Zach’s back was towards him. There was a gleam in his eyes. But the moment he noticed that, his eyes became cold again.

  “How can he accompany me? He is 18.” I reminded Alex.

  “Don’t worry about that. It has been taken care of. He will be joining senior year.” Alex stated pensively and then came forward. He took something out of his pocket and handed over to me. “This is for you.”

  A gift. I opened it hastily and earned a chuckle from Alex and a scowl from Zach.

  A phone. I smiled at Alex and thanked him. It was so nice of him to buy that for me. “I have punched in mine and your brother’s number. Give me a call when Zach is busy with his whore which will be within ten hours.”

  Zach chuckled dryly and shook his head. “You are the one to say, when you couldn’t keep it in your pants. You knew how important this girl is and instead of keeping her safe you were busy with that brunette.”

  “Why am I important?” I blurted out

  Alex ignored the important part and said in a calm voice “Like I said I don’t know what happened. It was as if that girl knew how to seduce. I said no thrice but the fourth time she went down on me. I usually have a lot of self control, but this time…. She really had a wicked mouth.”He paused and then shifted uncomfortably. I saw the thick bulge visible in his jeans. I looked sideways. It was similar to what Zach had shown me the other day.

  Zach let out a small chuckle “She really did a number on you. Just thinking about her has got you all excited. Was she that amazing?”

  “You have no fucking idea. I kind of lost track of time. But, that is not important right now. There will be no next time. If I ever saw her again, I am gonna kill her.” I didn’t doubt him even for a second.

  I asked “If she was that good to you, why do you want to kill her?” This logic was beyond me.

  “You don’t understand Ash” Alex said seriously

  “Try me.” I mumbled

  “Girls like her are a huge distraction. We don’t want someone like her here. If something happened to you because of my carelessness, I will never forgive myself. Your dad has sacrificed so much to keep you safe and I don’t want to jeopardize that by any chance. And surely not because of blowjob.” He explained this with so much seriousness that his voice rose and my head started pounding again.

  Zach handed me aspirin and a glass of water. I took it without any complain. I wish he could do that magic again- hands to lessen the pain. I hated pills.

  “I will see you soon.” With this promise Alex left me alone with Zach.

  I wanted to ask him lot of questions. I don't know how I knew, but it seemed that he will be here for a while. And if I am lucky I could get some answers.

  So I raised the question from the flashback. “What did I do, Zach?” I asked softly.

  hYBrID XX

  Turns out this was indeed a difficult question for him as he contemplated whether he should tell me or not… which was kind of weird considering he had said that he will tell me later.

  But looking into his icy blue eyes which were becoming even more darker, I realized may be this was not going to happen.

  May be I could ask this to Alex. At least he replies and considers me intelligent enough to understand.

  Also he’s nice and smart, too. He always answers my questions and never tells me to be quiet.

  At least he makes me smile….. J

  At this Zach’s gaze sharpened.

  “Tell me one reason why I should tell you?” he said, and his voice sent a strange thrill quivering along my diaphragm.

  “Because you promised.”It sounded a little harsh to my ears, but when I shot a look at him, his face had an amused look.

 
Was my answer so amusing?

  I don’t think so, but apparently he could do anything and me being me can’t even get a simple answer.

  “And you keep promises?” he said in a dazed tone which again made my stomach tingle.

  It had to stop. This weird sensation.

  “Stop doing that..” I blurted the words before thinking and Zach shot me demented looks.

  I had to explain what I meant, otherwise he will consider me crazy which I WAS NOT..

  Or WAS I??

  How can one explain this phenomenon?