Chloe Pov
Well, the atmosphere is quite strange, we are facing the return of the Harmonie who shut off people, who would have thought that seeing her ex again would affect her so much after 3 years of absence. I think that she herself does not realize the effect that her ex still has on her.
Wait a minute, is she her ex? Did they break it off? Hmm... I don't think so. She is kind of married to me, that would mean that I'm her mistress. Nooooo!!! I am such a bitch... But wait, our marriage, mean nothing to us. I am confused...
Well...
Since it's the beginning of the school year and her "ex" is our homeroom teacher, Harmonie is forced to "put up with her presence".
After handing out several pieces of paperwork and explaining to us how the school works for almost two hours, the bell indicating recess rang.
"Finally," Harmonie whispered.
Her reaction made me laugh, and she gave me a look that shut me up immediately,
"Are you going to go see Adelaide?" I asked.
"What else do you want me to do?" did she say bluntly,
'You should go and kiss with your "ex, you really need it".'
"Cough - Nothing you are right, go ahead, I will stay to call grandpa", she nodded and left.
'Damn, it's weird to say the world ex when clearly they didn't break it off.'
5 minutes later, I finally finished, and our teacher entered the room.
Hmm, H tastes good!
She was a really gorgeous woman, with fair skin tone, diamond-shaped face, thin round-shaped eyebrows, hazel-green, almond-shaped eyes, high nose bridge, and heart-shaped lips. She was wearing a buttoned-up white shirt tucked in her black skinny jeans, and she had a slim body. She kind of reminded me of this famous Australian actress**.
I heard a clearing of the throat and looking back at her eyes I knew she had caught me checking her out, she opened her mouth, but the door suddenly opened. Harmonie raised an eyebrow at the sight of us and then moved into me.
"Really!" She whispered near my ear,
Well, I think she understood what happened, 'Shit! It's not my fault that I like to appreciate looking at beautiful people.'
She's a pain in the ass when she knows without being told, that kind of thing. She knows me too well.
"When you get yourself into situations... hmm... silly?" She wondered,
"You always have the face of someone who is wrongly accused, but in your case, you're the one looking for trouble." She said.
"You're too observant-" The ringtone cut me off,
"H, by the way, why didn't you stay there until the end of recess bell rang?"
"That's what I had planned, but Adelaide forced me to leave..."
"Pfft... haha, she rejected you, right?"
"No" she turned to me, "She knew you were going to be in trouble again, so she forced me to come to your rescue."
"Stop lying."
"Why would I lie to you, I'll have you know this isn't the first time-"
" Well, we'll continue with the administrative papers. " Said Miss Aster, 'Oh, no! Not again."
Despite the unexpected events, the day finally ended well.
We got out of class at 12 PM because it is our first day, picked up Adelaide, and went home.
I tried to talk to Harmonie about the meeting with her "ex-girlfriend", but she preferred not to mention it.
I stayed in her room again.
One week later
Everything looked sort of normal, Harmonie and Miss Aster or Cassandre acted as if they didn't know each other. They avoided talking to each other as much as possible. I felt like I was the audience of a drama or maybe a tragedy, I regret again not bringing popcorns, but it doesn't matter since it's forbidden to eat in class anyway apparently, I say apparently because some people seem not to know it.
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We are not going to lie to each other, it is clear that the two are always attracted to each other. Each of them thought they were discreet when stealing glances at the other. It's true that nobody noticed, not even the main ones concerned, except me of course.
'Hmm, I feel like a cookie.'
It's currently Wednesday, we have first started at 8 until10 Am, Sports, then recess, and then
2 hours of French class with my 'belle-sœur (sister-in-law)'.
The sports class was a disaster, well for me, it was a disaster. We were asked to run in the cold, and I don't like running. Before even starting, I was already out of breath.
During recess, I felt like I was getting older. The class drained all of my energy. And I was aching all over. But when I saw my daughter, I felt the lost energy coming back to me and the pain subsiding. Harmonie was currently on the phone with the grandpa, Adelaide was on my lap.
"Dada!" Harmonie turned around, "Hmm?"
Adelaide only smiled in response, Harmonie also smiled, seeing this interaction, made me smile too. 'Ah, my little family!'
Wait-
I turned my head suddenly to Harmonie, she, in turn, looked at me with a raised eyebrow,
"I just realized, did you finally get used to her calling you Daddy?"
"I'm pointing out that it's your fault she calls me that!" she said dryly,
"And I'm pointing out to you, that you didn't like her calling you, mother. You said you weren't comfortable being called mother, it was weird for you. Besides, it's too obvious that you like when she calls you like that."
"No, I just appreciate her calling me since she has started opening up to us, it doesn't depend on what name she uses to call me."
"Ah! Okay."
The ringtone was heard,
"Well it's time, am I bringing Adelaide, or are you?"
"You bring her, I have to go get our stuff from the locker."
"Okay" I got up with Adelaide in my arms, Harmonie kissed her forehead and left.
"Well, Adelaide, let's go back to the daycare. It's been a little while since I've seen my gorgeous Sylvie."
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The teacher was explaining to us how the two hours of the class would be conducted when suddenly we heard someone knocking at the door,
"Come in!"
A hall monitor came in and- 'Wait, what the f-'
The monitor whispered something to our teacher and then quickly left.
"Class, we have a new student." Mrs. Aster began then turned to-
"Introduce yourself please."
"In French?" She asked nervously, raising her head slightly,
"You can do it in English." Replied the teacher,
Ah, yes, I forgot to mention that Cass- *clearing of the throat* - Miss Aster is our French
Teacher, find the irony.
She looked up,
"Hello, my name is Cassidy Aster, nice to meet you!" She said with a smile on her face, her gaze landed on me, and she stopped smiling,
'Aïe si froide. (Ouch, so cold).'
Harmonie suddenly stood up, turned her head in a panic to all sides as if looking for someone,
'No! Not now. Shit!",
" H ! H !! Harmonie !!! "
I held her head, so she could look at me, but it didn't get any better,
'Shit, shit, shit, what to do?'
During this moment of inattention of mine, Harmonie managed to escape from my grip and walked out of the room.
I immediately ran after her like the wind, she stopped, she looked lost, she put her right hand on her chest where her heart is-
Adelaide, the child's name, crossed my mind.
'Adelaide? Adelaide!!! She's looking for Adelaide, what a fucking idiot, I should have known better.'
"Harmonie comes, we are going to see Adelaide," I said as I took her hand, she didn't resist, and we soon arrived at the daycare, I barged in the room.
"W-What are-" began Sylvia,
"Not now, gorgeous." Adelaide seeing us, her eyes lit up, and she ran towards us, Harmonie knelt down and took the child in her arms.
Seeing that she seemed to be calming down, I walked towards Sylvia, my blue-eyed beauty, she was always stunning, today she was wearing a black long-sleeve T-shirt with a denim dungaree that fit her like a glove. She kind of looked like a red-head Nicole Kidman in her twenties, but I will not lie to you, I found this marvelous specimen more dazzling.
"Hey, beautiful, how are you?"
"I'm fine," she replied, blushing, 'And she is also cute!'
"You know, I haven't stopped thinking about you. I missed you so much." I whispered in her ear. She pushed me back and said,
"Stop it, even though I'm not one of your teachers, you shouldn't do that." She said in a serious and quiet tone, 'Sexy!'
"Sylvia, please." She ignored me, "I'm sorry, gorgeous. Sorry, if I offended you." I said before walking away from her and coming over to my family,
'I really have a knack for screwing things up. Damn it!'
"It's over for you, bro" I looked up and saw Harmonie standing there smiling at me with Adelaide in her arms,
"You seem to be doing better and what do you want to say-"
"Tu es complètement sous l'emprise de cette femme, frère. (You are so whipped by this woman, bro)" she said.
"Je ne le suis pas... (I'm not...)"
"Continue à te mentir à toi-même. Ma question est, depuis quand notre petite p.u.t.e, a finalement décidé de se poser. (Keep lying to yourself. My question is, since when, did our little s.l.u.t, finally decide to settle down)." did she mocked me,
"I'm not a slu-"
"Your language."
'Oh, seriously... '
"I'm not a s.l.u.t, I just couldn't find the right person." I said, imitating her, we kind of have this bad habit to swear at each other, so I wasn't really offended by what she said.
"Do you think you found them?" She asked, pointing to Sylvia, who was looking after the other children,
"I don't know, but I know it's the first time I feel this way." I no longer understood myself,
"Oh!"
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30 minutes after
We took a quick visit to the infirmary to check that Harmonie was better, then we went back to class with the nurse's note.
Miss Aster, asked us to form a group of 3 to prepare a presentation on a theme that we would choose ourselves and explain our choice.
And it was no surprise to anyone that Cassidy joined us. We had been trying for at least 10 minutes, well, they were trying to come up with an idea for a theme.
'Oh, she looked over here, woa woa woa!'
Me on my side, I observed the drama which was unfolding once again under my eyes, belle-sœur (sister-in-law) tried to attract the attention of Harmonie in her way, but Harmonie had other plans in her head. Cassandre must be worried about what happened earlier. When it first happened I was completely panicking, I'm not saying I'm not worried now, I am just saying that I learned to handle the situation more calmly.
Miss Aster dropped her pen once again, I think some students will start to think or maybe already think that she is clumsy.
I then turned my glance towards Harmonie, I realized that she had noticed and understood the intention of Cassandre, but she did not want to give in. 'Oh, it's cute- "
Paf-
"Focus and help us." Said Cassidy dryly,
"That doesn't justify you hitting me," I said, as I stroked the back of my head, it didn't actually hurt.
"Besides, there would be no point in her trying to concentrate since she's already," Harmonie added, Cassidy had a questioning face.
"Despite the fact that she's distracted by something else, it doesn't stop her from thinking at the same time-"
"It could about a book. Sorry for cutting you off, H."
"That's okay, Chloe, but why a book?"
"I give ideas, and you figure it out?" I said with a shrug, I really couldn't help them at the time,
"I'll point out that the teacher said it's a work 3 people should do."
'Hmm, I'm hungry.'
"Cassidy, she wouldn't do any good if you tried to make her work. Instead of working, she'll just piss us off by saying she's bored."
'She's not wrong.'
"Why did we take her into the group?"
'Did I do something wrong to her? Hmm... I don't remember.'
"You'll understand when the time comes." I knew Cassidy was glancing at me, but I chose to ignore it.
'Hmm... I'm going to rest for a while.'
Cassidy Pov
Chloe suddenly looked up, "Let's do it on Aphrodite!"
"Venus? Why?"
"Argh... on Angelina Jolie, then."
"Why-"
"Don't ask me that question. I'm going back to sleep." She lay down on the table again,
"Chloe?"
"Hmm?" Chloe replied without opening her eyes,
"When you mentioned the book, did you have an idea for a book in mind?" Harmonie asked.
"Not really, but I thought we could talk about its contents without spoiling the story too much. Try to make them want to read the story. It could also be a book, manga, or music." Said she with another shrug,
"I have an idea of a book." Said Harmonie,
"Okay, and I'll continue my nap."
5 minutes later
The bell rang
"Good, I think we've made good progress. Said Harmonie,
"Well, I'm going to go see S- I'm going to go get Adelaide." Said Chloe, Harmonie nodded and Chloe left.
"She didn't take her things..." I noticed.
However, after putting her things away, Harmonie put Chloe's things away too, took the two bags, and turned to me.
"I have to go, see you. "I nodded and she left,
"She changed..."
" ... "
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I thought you knew since you text each other all the time." Said Cassandre with a frown,
"She only told me she was coming back, and she didn't tell me when and why."
"Hmm." Said my sister, nodding slightly,
"Are you going to see Theodore today?"
People who know Theodore described him as a charming man with his black curly hair and blue eyes, but what they find the most was his personality. But-
"None of your business!"
"Whatever you say. Keep trying to lie to yourself more. I'm out of here."
"Cassidy, don't start-"
"Goodbye!" I said as I walked out of the classroom.
RAIS Pov
Cassandre felt disoriented.
"Cassandre! Cassandre!" The latter gasped,
"Hmm?"
"Are you okay? I've been calling you for a while."
"Sorry, Theo, it's just that-" she stopped and covered her face with both hands,
"Just that what, Cass?"
"My ex... is back." Cassandra sighed, she massaged her face then quietly added, "And we didn't even say that we broke it off, she left without me knowing."
"Oh, and?" Said Theodore, raising his eyebrows,
"And I'm her English teacher at E.D. High School."
"Oh, and?"
"What more do you want me to say?" She said softly,
"Oh, and?"
"Theo, if you don't want to listen to me, just simply tell me."
"Oh, and?"
"Theo, stop," Cassandra said, taking her head from her hands,
"Oh, and-" Cassandra wanted to speak, but Theodore interrupted her,
"And you still feel something for her, don't you?"
Cassandra lowered her head,
"I don't know."
"Say, can you tell me what happened between you two, please?"
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" H ! "
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" H !! "
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" H !!! "
"What!" Said Harmonie as she entered Chloe's room,
"What's for diner today?" Said Chloe slumped on her back, on the bed,
"Get dressed." Chloe looked up,
"Why?"
"We're going out." Harmonie walked out of the room,
"Ah!" Chloe stood up and got out of bed,
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In the car
" H ? "
"Hmm?"
"Where are we going?"
"To our uncle's." Chloe didn't understand,
"What uncle?"
"You'll see." Chloe understood that there was no point in asking any more questions since Harmonie wouldn't answer them.
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Knock-knock-knock-
Harmonie knocked on the door with Adelaide in her arms and Chloe behind her. They were currently in front of their uncle's house. Chloe still didn't know which uncle. Because the only uncle she knew, Harmonie and her didn't like him.
The door opened, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes and light stubble stood in front of them, he looked as if he had just woken up, but when he saw the people in front of him, sleep left him. The man's eyes and Chloe's eyes widened, and their mouths opened slightly.