Selective Amnesia or what?

I hurried ran to my phone realising that I had not ending the call with Steph and she had probably heard the whole conversation

"Uhm... Steph, just how much did you hear" I ask her

"Well, apart from the point where I think you went to open the door, I got the rest" She said with a grin.

"Why did you not end the call when you noticed I was talking with someone else" I mutter frustratedly.

"Well, why did you not switch the call" She asks back

"Uhm.." I stutter

"She was too distracted" Asher said, interrupting our conversation

"Ahhhh... That is understandable, after all you are all tall glass of chocolate...." Steph began and I immediately ended the call abruptly on her

"Heyy, why did you not let her complete her sentence" Asher grumbles like a forlorn child.

I let out a sigh and plopped on my bed, making a mental note to call Steph immediately Asher leaves before she begins to spin imaginary stories from her mind about what might have happened.

"What are you thinking about?" I heard Asher say bursting me out of my thought bubble.

"Nothing really, just thinking of the crazy stories, Steph would be spinning in her head right now" I mumbled

"Ohhh, don't worry, she won't tell anyone if you are worried about that" Asher siad after laughing briefly.

"I know she won't, I am not worried about that " I said to him.

"Uhm, you left really abruptly after Blake walked in. I wanted to come check on you, to know if you are okay" Blake said wringing his fingers.

"I'm pretty sure I did not enter into any accident from the kitchen to my room. So I am okay , I think" I muttered in a low voice

"No, I am speaking concerning the kiss" Asher mumbled.

"What about it?"

" I don't know, I just wanted to know what your thoughts towards it were"

"Nothing"

"What do you mean nothing?"

"I mean, what? It was just a kiss, stop making it seem like there is anything between us or something, or even the possibility of one ever happening " I said to Asher looking away from him.

"Yes, I know. But was it really just a kiss? You did not feel what I felt?" Asher asked in an exasperated tone.

"The only thing I felt was your hard on"

"Sorry?"

"You did not hear me or you want me to say it twice?"

"I do not understand what is wrong with you right now, Audrey"

"Nothing is wrong with me, I am just making things clear that it was just one of those vulnerable moments and you jumped on and took it" I said in a low voice.

"What the hell, Audrey!"

" Please , if you are going to raise your voice at me, just kindly leave my room"

"Why are you acting like a bitch right now?"

"You really want to know?" I ask him standing up to meet his height althought my head stopped barely beneath his jaw.

"I believe that is why I asked. Yes, of course, I want to know why one minute you are okay and the next you accuse me of preying on your vulnerability. I am not that kind of person. What the actual fuck, Audrey?" Asher growled , his chest vibrating in anger.

" Firstly, you started it"

"Sorry"

" Now, do you know how it feels to have someone change up on you" I mutter angrily at him.

"What are you going on about?"

"I am saying that, this is the same way you switch up on me every damn time. You are so damn confusing that I can not even think of putting myself in anything with you or I might die at a young age."

"What the fuck are you going on and on about" Asher growled, his nose flaring.

"I am saying that, what is up with your moods, one day you are good and nice and the Asher that everyone swears they know and the next you are a total jerk to me. Slamming me into lockers, picking on me and making me get bullied in school"

"What are you saying, making you get bullied, slamming you into lockers? I did that?" Asher said looking very confused.

"What!" I shouted

"When did I do that to you? I would never do that Audrey"

"Oh my God, are you fucking with me right now. You have selective amnesia or what that you can not remember that you were the reason that Tasha jumped me in the hallways". Asher's face scrunched up in confusion and something like pain as I said that statement.

He sat on the bed, his head in his hands.

"I can not remember. There is no possible way that I could have caused that. I could not have done that" Asher mumbled over and over.

"You must think this all funny right, you must think this a joke, you act like a jerk , then you go about to deny ever acting like one. Wow, you are a fucking joker" I growled at him.

Suddenly he looked up, his face passive and emotionless.

"I need to go" Asher mumbled and he stood up and began to walk to the door.

"You are a piece of shit. Get the hell out and stay the fuck away from me" I shouted after him

"I am very sorry, you must know how sorry I am. I did not mean to do any of those things Audrey. I did not mean to treat you so awfully"

"But you did"

"I know, forgive me" he mumbled and slipped out of the room giving me a last longing and pleading look over his shoulders.

Once he closed the door I sat on my bed in confusion. What the fuck was going on here? Why the hell was he caring like he had no clue about what happened this morning or yesterday. What game was he playing at, or was he one of those guys that make bets to land girls and would do anything at all to make his mark.

I groaned in frustration at my inability to figure out what was going on.

"Arggghh, I know what to do. I am just going to lay low and avoid him. That stupid kiss was a mistake, one that would never happen again, but I also can not afford to be on her s bad side in case he decides to get vengeful and reveal the truth about Peter. I am going to be have to smart about it and just avoid him till I die" I mumble to myself.

Looking at the clock, I realised that it was just around 4 and still too early to go to bed so I went to one of the shelves on books that were in my room, picking out a volume, I laid down in a comfortable position and lost myself into the book.

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"Do you ever wish for a different life" Rashiel asks me as we climb up the tree behind the orphanage.

"What do you mean" I ask him absently more concentrated on climbing the tree.

"I do not know, maybe a life where our parents actually love and care of us and not one that we are in an orphanage" he mumbles

"Well, basically you do not have parents"

"That was harsh" Rashiel says in a soft voice

"Sorry, Rash. But I would prefer not to have parents than to have Harriet as one. I would really prefer if she was dead, because if she was, the court would allow me stay here forever instead of sending me back to her when she decides to clean up her act" I roll my eyes stretching my hand out to lift Rashiel up.

Rashiel always got picked on by the other kids, since he was so little and sick, we were told that he would be going to treat his cancer soon and be adopted.

I was not scared for him because we were best friends and I would always be there for him, always be the strong one.

Lost in my thoughts whilst making the promise to always protect Rashiel, my leg slipped on the tree.

Trying to steady myself, Rashiel's hands began to slip from mine

"Audreyyyyyyyy!!!!"