ADRIANA
I rang the doorbell as I was getting tired holding the bags of stuff I needed for my uni .
Mr.davis opened the door.
I stepped inside the house and kept my stuff on the center table.
"Oi get up help me with my stuff". Nigel was lying on the sofa with his arm on his face. Is he sleeping?, I cared not.
"Can't you see I'm resting?". He hissed. I don't know maybe something happened but whatever it is, he have no right to talk to me like that.
"Why you're talking to me like that if something has happened don't take it out on me I just asked for your help there's nothing to be irritated, and why you're resting you woke up some hours ago". Nothing affected he was still, didn't even replied. I don't know maybe he have some split personality issue, wait not maybe he clearly had. I stepped closer to him and banged the pillow on his head. I was angry now. Why he's behaving like this?.
"What the fuck is wrong?". I flinched hard. He shouted and throw the pillow with indignation. He had shouted before but never like this on me. I was aghast at his behaviour. Totally clueless.
He stood up grounding me with good 10 inches. He looked fierce, very unusual I've never faced his This side and I was curious what made him show his this side to me, what has really happened I didn't knew but I could ask.
My ego kicked in and instead of asking him what happened I replied him the same way.
"Stop shouting, I'm not wrong something wrong has happened to you, I was just casually behaving but you I didn't know a snake has bitten you. So poisonous".
"Don't talk to me, and I don't have to tell you anything so stop behaving casually with me I didn't asked you". He left. I was dumbstruck.
We fight we do but he was never this mean with me. I felt bad he was my friend not the bestest one but at least we weren't supposed to be that rude and strange with each other. And I felt anger on me why I wasn't patient enough to ask him about what has happened. "I think I should ask him politely he was angry I should cooperate".
I thought and went to my room with my stuff. Something is bugging him clearly, I decided to ask him after shower.
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I was done with my shower I changed and stepped out of my room. I searched for him in the whole house he was nowhere, he said his friends will come today but day seems to be setting and, osilence too much silence.
I went to Mr.davis if he knew where he is.
"Excuse mr.davis do you know where is Nigel?" I asked him as he said he's on the rooftop. It was my favourite place among the house the rooftop and I guess he went there to relax too.
I went upstairs then rooftop, I opened the door without making a sound and there he was throwing rocks in the pool, the sun seems to be setting he looked pathetic.
I stepped closer to him and sat beside him.
"Why are you here, don't you have any self respect?" Oh the way I controlled myself to not throw him in the pool.
"I do, and I'm just here to talk to my friend, I don't have to worry about my self respect, now tell me why you were so outrage?, and I won't bicker or judge." I assured him that I was not there to fight with him. I understand people and I also could understand him.
"There's nothing you should know so go from here" he said, I didn't liked him like this at all, alright I wasn't forcing him to tell me his problem but at least I wanted him to cheer up and forget about it.
"It's cold right"I said he could never know what I was about to do.
"Yeah that's why you should go inside"he said in a low voice.
"We both should go inside, inside the pool". I completed he looked at me frowning but without wasting time I threw him inside the pool, it was already night. Being sick is better than sulking in problem you can't share.
"What the fuck, you keep doing fucked up things addie I'm telling you stop with your nonsense". He threw his hair back and was getting out of the pool but I grabbed his hand and tried my full force to keep him inside.
"You see we can't share a problem but we can share illness"I dragged him to the other side of the pool.
"What stupid nonsense are you saying" he was right I was saying nonsense but I didn't knew what I was doing or saying at the moment I just kept doing what seemed right to me.
"Okay look at me" he didn't instead he kept protesting.
"Nigel I know something has happened and I occurred more tension, but whatever I did was not what i wanted to say or do, listen I'm sorry but don't be like this, I know you're not mean but right now you're only proving me wrong".
He gazed deeply in my eyes , my heart beated against my chest so fast. My hand still grasping his arm, I let it go slowly but he didn't move.
"What do you want" his tone was very unusual.
I was never this nervous talking to him before. But right now my mind felt terribly disturbed by the intimacy.
I turned my gaze to the water waving around us sparkling with moonlight, I had to change the topic or I don't know what we might end up doing and it'll be wrong and I knew that. I tired ,tried to speak. Normally.
"You know, I know, we both know you're not that sulky pathetic guy, so stop behaving like one, loose up". I did what my psyche allowed me to do.
"I had no intention for saying those fucked up things to you sorry, can I leave now"i wasn't a murderer but I wasn't far from being one he was testing my patience, doing exactly opposite of what I wanted him to do.
I shook my head.
"What's your problem"I voiced my thoughts I finally said those words what exactly I wanted to ask him.
"I have no problem and you should not interfere in my business". Harsh, not a nice thing to say to a friend or maybe he didn't considered me as his friend and I was exaggerating our friendship.
"Until your buisness not effecting me". He frowned. Our distance seems to become slim.
"And when did that happened?"he came more closer, still with a strange expression.
"You're my only friend and the only person I know here, except mr.davis. Uh clearly he's not my friend, but I consider you as my friend and you're behaving like a living-dead body from past hours, it's creating a fucked up environment. It's suffocating I know for both of us". His face expressionlesss our damped in water shirts sticking with each other creating no distance between us, the cold air passing sending shivers down my body, he stood still. I continued my heart raced. "I don't know what's your problem neither I'm interfering in your life but just try to behave Like one living human".
He grinned. Oh finally some expression, if it wouldn't have happened I would've died at the spot witnessing his expressionless face, it made me feel pathetic myself. Whatever I did was out of my character I wasn't prone to these things but I did. And I was able to pull out emotion from a living-dead body. But I wasn't sure what was about to happen now.
"Again what do you want"he asked, but This time with a rebellious expression.
"I already told you"I don't know how I was able to voice these words. I again looked at the water.
He lifted my chin with his forefinger. "You want me to behave like a living human?" It wasn't like me getting nervous this way. "Why the fuck I'm not able to do anything?". I could feel my slickness even under water.
"Yes"I tried to say but the word slipped more like a whisper. He wrapped his arm around my waist. I didn't knew what he was thinking or what his intentions were, but I wasn't standing there to give a fuck about those things. I was letting things be. One time won't hurt.
He pulled me closer to him. My chest touched his, my nipples so hard, pointing through my wet see through shirt.Can he feel it?.
He unbuttoned my shirt with his unbounded hand, and threw it outside the pool. I was completely blank. My mind was just accepting what he was doing. He removed his shirt and throw it away too.
Our bodies touched. Chilling, I felt tensed. I kept my hands on his forearm, looking at him with wide open eyes and parted lips.
"What are you doing"? I managed to ask.
He came closer to my face, we could kiss if a bit more close, he breathed, I could smell his mint gum he always chew.
"Behaving like a human, living human.". Is he going to kiss me? I stilted. Neither I was protesting neither making a move, as I said blank.
I felt his lips brushed past mine but, he chuckled instead of kissing me my eyes already closed I opened them with disbelief. He mocked me again. He stepped out of the pool took the towel and I could see his figure disappearing. I felt the same feeling overtook me "embarrassment". I felt like a joke again, pathetic so pathetic. How could I ever got myself into a situation like this. Why this is happening?.
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I was lying in my bedroom as my door knocked, I didn't wanted to see Nigel at any cost. I didn't reply then again.
"Ma'am the dinner is ready". Oh, so it's not him.
"I don't have appetite" I screamed. I did I was hungry as hell but I was already full with thoughts and moments I've spent here.