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Axaelia's Pov

After school, I walked up to my locker to keep everything in place and remembered I hadn't checked my phone. Just when Caleb walked over to me, "you ready to hit home?" he asked with a smirk on his face,

"My home? Kinda yeah,"

"Very well I'll meet you outside then"

I locked my locker and checked my phone surprisingly I hadn't had any messages except one from Mrs. Payton, which said that the café will be closed for the next 3 weeks due to renovation. I was disappointed coz I didn't get to work even a day at the café, I walked over blindly to Caleb's car and sat in, right when my phone went dead.

"Okay, Caleb so will you tell me what happened last night?"

"Yeah" after he explained to me realized I was drunk and said all that shit in anger, He drove slower this time and asked me, "Do you want to visit your house first?"

I replied with a humble 'of course'

On reaching my apartment I took out the key from my bag and wound it in the keyhole, the key didn't seem to fit in there and looking at the key I realized it was my duplicate car keys and not my house keys, I facepalmed myself and cursed myself for my own mistake

"I'll call the key maker for you, he'll just make you another key, till then you can stay at my place" I hadn't even told Caleb about the key or to stay at his place, but he seemed to understand my situation way better than I did.

"Thank you, Caleb, Thank you very much, really"

~...~

Caleb's Pov

She looked really sad on finding out she was locked out of her house, I pitied her and told her I would call the key maker and tell him to create a duplicate, till then she could stay at my place, after all, who would let search a pretty girl homeless

"Hey don't be sad, you look ugly when you're sad" She smiled on hearing that

Within minutes we were already home, I typed the passcode and let her in

That when I got a call from the key maker

"Hey Axaelia, The key maker said that the lock from your door is really rusted, he said he would be putting a new lock too since he won't be able to make a key without a new lock."

"How long would it take?"

"4 days"

"Well, I…."

"It's okay you can live here as long as you like" the truth is, she made me fucking crave her more and more, I wanted her to stay here for eternity

"Thanks, Caleb, can we get my car here though"

"It's already in the basement, Axaelia, I had told Dave to drive it here, and we could go to school in my car together instead"

"Oh thanks again, then, sure we could go together" her voice sounded less bold and more soft and sad, which I didn't like, I wanted her to be mad at me, I wanted her angry, I wanted her to be fierce.

"hmmm so would you like a tour of my apartment?"

"Sure, why not"

I gave her the tour and she remembered all of it within seconds, she was still sad, maybe a glass of alcohol will relieve her.

"Wanna have a shot of beer?"

"yeah, my moods really down that might relieve me"

I poured in one of the best beer's I could find stocked and poured it in an elegant glass, just for her.

"Here you go Axaelia"

"You know what Caleb? You can call me Ax or Axie if you'd like"

"Very well Ax" we kinda talked for a while when the doorbell rang, I proceeded towards the door but before I could open it Christy was already panting when she entered.

"Christy, what are you doing here?"

"Bro, I heard she's living with you, and I thought I'd come over, Hey there, Axaelia right?"

"Uh yes I am"

"I'm sure you don't have your clothes here and I don't think you'd want to wear Caleb's stinky clothes, soooooooo…. Ding ding ding…. We're going shopping"

"Wait what?!!?" Ax said this in surprise. My sister has always been the very unpredictable girl I always knew, she really loves shopping and wouldn't miss a good excuse, I kinda feel bad for Axaelia, but at least I'm assured that nothing bad would happen to her as long as she's with Christy

Christy didn't wait long enough and had already left with Axaelia. Maybe I could hang out with Dave or Lennon.

I called the two of them and found out that there's a basketball match at the stadium near the mall where Christy might've possibly gone with Ax

"Hey, Cal are you playing?" Lennon asked me

"Why else would I be here, I'm your captain after all"

"Yeah the best one so far" Jason blurted out

~…~

It didn't take long for our team to win the match, I was sweating by the end. I was about to leave when I saw Christy and Ax get inside the car, I Ran over to them and well offered to take Ax with me

"Hey Chris"

"Yolo bro."

"Well I was leaving for home maybe I could take Ax with me, like that you wouldn't have to take two trips to go home"

"Well that, depends on Axaelia, what do you say Axie"

"Hmm Christy, I have troubled enough people today and I don't want you added to the list, I would go home with Caleb you know, maybe we could hang out tomorrow ?" I was happy that she was happier, I just don't know how my sister does it sometimes

"Touché! For sure."

I helped her load her bags in my car and made her comfortable. She smiled the whole way.

"So, You look feisty today ya know, I'm sorry about your apartment key, I hope you don't mind living in my house."

"I don't Caleb, it was really nice of you to allow me in fact, I thought you only bought girls to your house to fuck them, but maybe you're not that bad after all"

"whoa where'd that come from, Christy really gave you a boost of energy, Axaelia Bryant, you know nothing bout me, but maybe you might discover a lot under my cover, fucking girls was my hobby, but it faded a long time ago" After I met you

We spoke quite a lot, even on the way inside the apartment

"I'm hungry, I'm sorry Caleb, but I don't know how to cook," she said with innocence, which I couldn't resist

"Well I do know how to, do you eat stroganoff?"

"Are you kidding me? Of course, I do, it's one of my favorites"

"Coming up then, you could have a shower and settle down till then"

She hopped off perfectly, she was so freaking addictive, I could stare at her forever, and those pink plump lips of hers looked so….I can't even remember the word, I wanted it, but I know it won't be easy

I took off my shirt and jeans and switched to just a black tee and grey shorts. I got cooking right away, knowing she really liked it, I made it in one of the best ways I could, I knew my grandmother's culinary classes would be useful someday, I cooked it in the same recipe my grandma made. I placed it on two plates and poured my mother's homemade cranberry juice into 2 glasses.

"Wow, did you make this Caleb?" She bloomed in front of me, smelling like fresh roses, first lavender and now roses, she was getting me nuts

"Yes just for you, with my mother's homemade cranberry juice, hope you like it"

"Sure I would"

After we were done she received a call from who I supposed an elderly lady

"It was Mrs. Payton, she said the café was being renovated and will be closed for the next 3 weeks"

"You never told me you work for her"

"Oh yeah I work for Mrs. Payton at Aridona sweet dreams café, actually tomorrow was supposed to be my first day and I don't think it is any longer"

I felt bad for her at this point, really. It was pretty late and I thought she was feeling tired after a long day.

"You should really stop worrying and go to sleep, you would get dark circles or else" I insisted

"Ha-ha my dad said that too"

We headed to our rooms and slept the night away

End of chapter 3