Chapter 5: She kissed Aaron

Alyssa's pov:

I woke up to silence and it was strange but I knew it was only because Shawn was at home. At least I get a break for 2 weeks. This is when I thank god for giving me a bigger brother. He should visit more often.

I wake up and do my morning routine. I look in my cupboard and look at my clothes. After a few minutes I decide on ripped faded blue jeans and a black and white Adidas hoodie. I don't really like to use dresses or skirts.

I would only use them if I really have to. When I'm done dressing and putting my hair in a bun,I go downstairs for some poptarts but stop and stare wide eyed when I see the table set with food. My parents are gone to work and its just Shawn and I in the house.

"Did you honestly make breakfast?" I ask him incredulously. I take a seat across from him and wait for an answer. "No,mom made it but I did help." He says as he puts some eggs and sausages on a plate and hands it to me.

"I honestly don't remember the last time I had something cooked by mom." I say dazed. "Doesn't mom cook anymore?" He asks me.

"Not really. They leave early in the morning and I don't see them. And by the time they get home I've already cooked and I'm in bed." I explain as I eat. We eat in silence and when we're done I help him clean up.

"Lets go I'll drop you off at school." He tells me as he steps out the door. I grab my bag and head towards the door,making sure to lock it behind me. I jump in the car and put my seatbelt on as we reverse out the driveway. Shawn turns the radio up and 8 letters by Why Don't We starts playing.

"I've said those words before

But it was a lie

And you deserve to hear them

A thousand times."

"I see you still sing." Shawn says with a smile. "I'm surprised that you would actually think I'd stop." I say jokingly. "I'm glad that hasn't changed about you." He says softly. "What do you mean?" I ask him puzzled.

"I can't quite point it out but you've changed Alyssa,and I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing." He says focusing on the road. "Its like there's a part of you that you're hiding from me, I wish you wouldn't cause it looks like its breaking you." He says with a hint of sadness in his voice.

We've reached school and I get out of the car. "Have a nice day princess." Shawn says as he hugs me. " I don't think you can have a nice day at school brother bear." I give him a smile. He chuckles but doesn't say anything. He gets in his car and drives away.

As soon as he is out of sight I let my river flow. I feel the warmth on my cheeks and hastily wipe the tears away. If only he knew what I go through when he's not here. Would he think I am just making up stories to turn him against our parents, or will he actually believe me.

There's a part of me that wants him to know what I go through and there's another part that keeps telling me not to trouble him anymore. I walk to my locker and take out my English books. My locker closes and I jump back in shock.

"Sorry cupcake,did I scare you?" Theo asks worried. "No you idiot I jumped back in happiness." I say sarcastically. Theo frowns, "Being sarcastic doesn't suit you." He says sticking out his lip.

Theo grabs me and gives me a bone crushing hug. "C..can't br..breathe." I try to say as he continues to hug me. Eventually after what felt like decades he lets go of me. "Sorry I was just really worried yesterday after you left. I'm just glad that you're ok." He says sheepishly.

"Why wouldn't I be ok?" I ask him but he just gives me that are you really asking me that, look. "Ok fine I appreciate you worrying about me but I'll be fine for 2 weeks because Shawn is here." I tell him as we start walking to our class.

"Does Shawn know about what's going on?" He asks me. I think he knows the answer,he just wants me to say it. "No. And he's not going to find out." I sigh and head to my seat when we get to chemistry.

"And don't ask me why because you know very well why he doesn't know what they do to me." I tell him while I lay my head on the table. I hear a loud bang and sit up straight because I was startled.

I try to find the source of the noise and spot Rachel walking over to us. "So how much did you pay that guy last night?" She asks me with a grin on her face. She doesn't have chemistry, she's not really smart enough for it, but still she's here followed by her pose.

"Excuse me?" I ask her totally confused. "Oh so now you play dumb. I didn't think anyone would actually be interested in you but along came him." She still has that grin on her face and I want to slap it off so badly.

"What are you talking about?" I ask her trying to keep my cool before I pounce on her. "The guy that dropped you off at school this morning." She says smirking. I feel sick thinking that she actually believed Shawn is sleeping with me.

"Are you nuts?!!" I yell at her. "That was my brother and I'm sorry but I am not a women from the Storm household where I need to open my legs for every guy I see." I say standing up and glaring at her.

She takes a step closer and is about to slap me. I grab her hand and she looks at me shocked. "Don't even think about it. Just because I don't always stand up for myself don't think that you can walk all over me. I am a human being not a doormat and next time try showing some respect to other women, maybe then you'll earn some for yourself." I say staring at her. Now I'm full on angry.

"Have you looked in the mirror lately I'm the one who actually has friends." She says confidently. "Trust me, you don't have any friends they're just followers. They're only with you because you are popular and they're scared of going against you." I tell her with a smug smile.

I drop her hand and sit down again. Theo looks at me proudly and I give him a small smile. "Now if you can do that with your parents everything will be ok." He leans in and whispers in my ear. I freeze.

Mr. Suárez walks in and sees Rachel glaring at me. "Could you please explain to me why you are here and not in your own class Ms. Storm?" He asks her with a raised eyebrow. "Don't worry I was just leaving." She says before glaring at me one more time then strutting out of the class.

I was about to turn to Theo but Mr. Suárez was looking at me as if asking for an explanation. I shrug my shoulders and he continues with the lesson. I wonder what it would be like to mix a bunch of random chemicals together and put it in her shampoo.

I start giggling and Theo looks at me as if I've gone completely mad. Which doesn't help at all it just makes me giggle even more. Luckily Mr. Suárez doesn't seem to be listening to me. Theo gives me a questionable glance.

"I was imagining mixing a bunch of chemicals and putting it in Rachel's shampoo." I say stifling another giggle. Theo looks at me with wide eyes before he starts giggling as well. After we've calmed down we start copying the notes from the board.

After 3 long periods its finally lunch. I meet Aaron and Theo at my locker. "Hey guys." I say as I approach them. "Still don't want me to meet my future brother-in-law." Aaron says with a cocky smile.

"Don't start Aaron. Besides who said I'm going to marry you in the future." I say smirking at him. The three of us look at each other and end up laughing. "Lets go to our table." Theo says walking away. "Then you two can tell me about your eventful first period." Aaron says cockily.

"Don't even start with that." I sigh and sit down when we reach our table. "Well I heard that someone was being pretty heroic and finally stood up for herself." Aaron says with a grin.

"She just had to say something to me when I'm having a bad day. She said that I was sleeping with Shawn. Which is just disgusting because he is my brother." I say shaking my head.

"At least now she knows that if she messes with you she's going to get it 10 times worse back." Theo says proudly. I just give him a sideways glance and continue eating my lasagna. Shawn packed my lunch and it was either the lasagna or starve.

Half way through lunch Rachel came by our table. Can't she just leave us alone. Well apparently not since she's standing at our table. Though its not the fact that she's here which shocks me but rather what she does. SHE KISSED AARON.

Aaron's pov:

I have no idea what's going on one minute I'm laughing and talking to my friends then I'm being kissed by the witch. She stops kissing me and turns towards Alyssa giving her a smirk. She walks away and Theo and Alyssa are staring at me with wide eyes.

"I think I'm gonna hurl." I say and run out the cafeteria to go to the bathroom. I come back to the cafeteria after a while and see Alyssa and Theo still have shocked looks on their faces.

"Are you ok?" They both ask. "I'm fine. I didn't lose much just my lunch and my appetite." I say sliding my tray of food away from me. "Well...that was something?" Alyssa says making it sound more like a question.

"I wonder if she saw you running out of the cafeteria." Theo says deep in thought. "Well I hope she did. That was the worst kiss I've ever had." I say still horrified by what just happened. Alyssa and Theo look at me.

"I thought it would be mesmerizing considering it was the Rachel Storm that kissed you." Theo says with a smirk. Oh so now he finds it funny. "It felt like she was going to swallow my face." I say shuddering at the thought of the kiss.

We look at each other and start laughing. We laughed until the bell rang. As we walked out the cafeteria Rachel walks up to us and hooks onto my arm. "If you liked what I gave you back there why don't you come home with me?" She whispers in my ear but loud enough for Alyssa to hear.

I unhook her arm from mine and give her a smirk. "Well then I guess I'm not going home with you." She looks at me confused. "That was the worst kiss I've ever had and I even lost my lunch because of it. What makes you think I'd go to your house after that?" I say with a smirk.

She scoffs,turns on her heel and walks away from us. Alyssa gives me a small smile before walking towards history. Theo and I have math now which unfortunately is with Rachel.

"I can't believe you told her that." Theo says smiling and shaking his head. "Well it was the truth and I would rather be fed to sharks then go home with her." I tell him as we take our seats in math. "That doesn't really make sense considering she is a shark." Theo says with a smirk.

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