New York City…
Avery's pov;
It's currently 8pm and I am about to start my history assignment. What did he say the kingdom was called again?… oh right Alba if I'm not mistaken it is now Scotland when you look it up online. Okay let's start from there.
"So let's see, Alba was an ancient kingdom located in the far up north of Europe , it was first inhabited by nomads but later more agricultural communities emerged and took over thud it being an agricultural kingdom for the longest time , the kingdom was at its peak during the reign of king Marcus Vos II and queen Helena Halle in the middle ages. They both ruled the land to prosperity and the army had a strong battalion. The king and queen had two kids a boy and a girl named Tobias Martin Vos III and Hadassah Helene Vos respectively , the eldest daughter Hadassah was married to a simple villager who ended up cheating on her and thus embarrassing the royal family . The son on the other hand had a few successful marriages as he was engaged to Thelma Ross who was the daughter of the prime minister at court making her the perfect candidate for queenship but also had many consorts and concubines on the side…. bla bla bla
Honestly why is this so long and why is this kingdom's royal family so full of drama?" *sigh I stood up and stretched a bit because I was sitting for far too long just reading through and I am not even halfway through this *sigh .
*Ding ding ding (phone ring)
Oh who could be calling at this time? It's 1am , it might be Sheila cause she is not home yet but then this number is not saved , weird "Hello who is this?" i wonder who t- "hi um Avery it's me remember?" This voice , it's Lucas my boyfriend or ex-boyfriend I don't know yet it's really complicated but how does he have the audacity to call me? "What do you want ? Don't you think you've done enough huh?" I yell on the phone
"Look baby it's really not what things seem like , you never gave me the chance to even explain what happened, I swear I was tricked i-" "No i don't want to hear it" i interrupt him "what I saw that day is enough to know exactly what kind of man you are so leave me alone and go back to that snake who seduces you" i yell angrily with tears pricking down my face and I hang up.
I slump down the wall and cry as many tears as I can , you would think I don't have any more tears to cry but I do since I still harbor feelings for the traitor , how dumb and pathetic i am right? You might be confused as to what happened , well i happen to have dated this guy called Lucas Bosky who I know since forever , we basically grew up together and he was always my senior in school , he used to act like my bigger brother as it came naturally to him but I always saw him as more than that , long story short I couldn't hide my feelings for him no more and had to tell him and he first rejected me but later decided to give it a try , we dated for about 2 years until earlier this year I caught him red handed making out with my cousin Helga who by the way has never been nice company and always wanted what I had , toxic behavior again long story short I am not close with her and even less now that she did that.
But you know what sucks? The fact that I still love Lucas despite what he did and I still want to believe he doesn't have bad intentions and actually did a mistake with Helga but I can't just go back to him , he made me feel disrespected I just need a good cry now until Sheila comes back .
An hour later.
"Avery , Avery , Hello anybody home? Aver-" Sheila stopped mid sentence as she entered the appartement properly and saw someone balled up in the corner of the living room and of course it was Avery "Avery what's happening? Are you crying? Wha- what's going on?" I guess I now have to tell her huh? How embarrassing ugh. "Well I was working on the assignment given to me like I told you before you went and at some point I decided to take a break cause it was becoming a lot and I needed to stretch a bit , at that moment I got a call from an unsaved number , turns out it was Lucas calling , he was asking me to give him another chance to explain what happened and he swears things aren't exactly as they seem but of course I didn't want to hear it so I hang up and and now I am bawling my eyes out because I know I still have feelings for him and he dares play with that , the worst thing is that we grew up together, he was there every single time I got rejected and heartbroken by a guy and he would always be there to console me as the big brother he was back then but now he is the one inflicting pain to me in this way , how could I possibly forgive him? But at the same time how could I possibly stay away from him?" Sheila is still there after my ranting which was very long but that's how she is , always a shoulder I can cry on when I need and she lends me her ears when I need to let certain things out thought in this case I don't know how she will help me *cry in ugly "there there it's going to be okay Avery you will see , just focus on yourself right now and don't even think of going back to him or i will personally deal with the case " she had a murderous look on her face , I guess Lucas will get a scolding later too *snorts I mean I can't be the only one "Okay let's get you to bed it's already too late to be crying for a guy and remember you still have to attend class tomorrow , wouldn't want Gary to totally loose his patience with you now would we" she smirked but also blushed? It's quiet fascinating to see Sheila in this state she is more of a rational person usually cold so imagine how I feel seeing her blush at the mention of the professor's name "Eww , I think I won't ever get used to this whole Gary ordeal , it even feels weird to say his name without the honorific *shivers but anywho goodnight I'll tell professor that you said hi tomorrow *cheeky smile then runs "
" You little- " Sheila closes the door and goes easy on me for teasing her just for now I guess.
Sheila's pov :
"Hello" I say in an unknown sweet voice I didn't think I'd possess but oh well liking a man can change many things for a woman *blushes "hey Sheila , is everything okay?why call at this hour of the night? Did something happen? Oh my god I'm coming stay right there!" Why does he have to think of the worst possible scenarios , gosh i can't believe him , that cute though *laughs "wait why are you laughing?" I can almost see him pouting on the other side of the line what a cutie "nothing , i just called to say goodnight and to ask you to be patient with Avery if she either comes late tomorrow or if she doesn't quite focus , she had a rough night and needs to cool down " i know I don't really need to ask that since Gary is a very understanding person and he has always been helpful to Avery and done everything to aid her in her class "yeah sure i guess , take care of her. Um by the way did you hear of this technology expedition that's going to take place in a week or so? By professor AL?" Professor AL? Isn't he like Avery's uncle or something? "Oh I didn't know but I'll probably go with Avery since she likes those kind of stuff and she knows the professor personally . I guess I'll see you there if you do come to go " i really hope he does so we can spend some time together , he tends to be to caught up with his work that it's hard to find time for us ugh
"I will surely be there , i was invited personally by professor AL and i am genuinely interested in what he has innovated this time. Oh it's really getting late so I will let you resume with your night, see you when I see you?" This became our thing now I guess "yeah see you when I see you ,goodnight Professor " i say jokingly "sweet dreams mrs.Griffin" he chuckles then hangs up the phone , oof the type of tension we create sometimes.