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"Hailey! Come down for dinner," Mom announced loudly after knocking on the door of my room.
"I will mum," I replied loud enough for her to hear while removing the blanket covering my body and sitting on the bed.
"Okay, be fast, so your food won't get cold," Mum said, and I sighed, biting my lower lips anxiously.
Anxious in the state that I was finding a suitable way to skip dinner tonight.
I slumped back on my bed and stretched out my arms and legs like a starfish and contemplated whether to go have dinner or not.
It's not like I wanted to avoid having dinner, but I don't want to see the one person I'm avoiding now, Ryan.
Ever since he kissed me in the school's restroom, I haven't been myself for the rest of the entire day, and seeing him again tonight will only add to the headache I'm having at the moment.
My stomach growled and rumbled, letting me know she didn't give a fuck about what I'm going through and should satisfy and fill the emptiness in the stomach.
'No, I'm not having dinner,' I told myself, and my stomach gave another tantrum by growling even louder.
I placed my palms over my empty stomach and let out a shallow breath... I hadn't eaten anything since the morning, the lunch I intended to eat in school during break, I forgot to take it along when running away from Ryan and his friends.
'Fine, let's get you something to eat,'
My stomach growled lightly, feeling joyous at my decision, I got up from my bed and walked to the wall mirror.
I adjusted my hair, which looked a bit messy, then walked back to my bed to put on my bunny slippers before making my way out of the room.
Getting closer to the dining room, the mouthwatering aroma filled my nostrils and I could feel my stomach jumping with ecstasy.
I was about to enter the dining room when my gaze fell on Ryan, making me freeze in my spot.
He was sitting opposite the entrance of the dining room, probably waiting for me to show up.

I could see mum sitting next to stepdad as they feasted on their meals.
My eyes studied how he brought the steel spoon to his mouth. I swallowed so hard that every excitement my stomach had and the thoughts of eating vanished immediately.
'I need to go back to my room,' I thought.
'So, you are going to starve yourself because of him?' My mind asked dryly.
'Well, no, I just don't dare to face him,' I replied.
Noticing how I was playing with my fingers and punishing my lower lips for no reason by biting them a bit harshly, I settled on going back to my room.
I can find something to eat later at night when everyone is in their room.
"Where's Hailey?" I heard my stepdad asking as I turned around immediately.
"There she is," Ryan's voice rang out as all the hair on my body sprung out erectly and goosebumps invaded my skin.
I became chilly, and my legs gave away as they became suddenly weak and cold.
"Hailey! There you are," Mum cooed, making to breathe in sharply and released my breath slowly.
Guess, I won't be escaping from Ryan tonight.
I turned around, and my eyes fell on Ryan who was staring intensely at me and I felt like choking.
'Gosh! What's wrong with me?'
Why am I even giving thoughts that he had a strong effect on me?
I frowned slightly, dragging my gaze away from his hazel eyes, which were so mesmerizing.
"Hello mum," I greeted mum who was staring at me with her head turned in my direction.
"Hey dear, how are you doing?" She asked, and I had no choice, but to put on a fake smile.
"I'm fine," I replied lowly.
I took my seat opposite Ryan, who was staring at me like I was an ancient object placed in a museum.
Can't he just take off his eyes for a second or what?
I turned my gaze to my stepdad who was in the bliss of the food he was eating while mum had started dishing out my food.
"Hailey, how was your day?" Stepdad asked as he dropped his spoon on his plate and looked at me.
'It was crazy,'
"Fine, just like every normal day," I answered and shifted my gaze to Ryan, who shot one of his sharped brows at me before giving me one of his taunting smirks.
"I heard you are doing great in your swimming lessons," My stepdad said, and I nodded in response to him and smiled slightly.
I stared at the sauced spaghetti in front of me which was screaming for me to devour them and forget about everything else and who am I to object from the claws of hunger.
Without thinking twice, I began digging into the sauced pasta and when the soft yet slimy delicacies entered my mouth my entire body felt happy, forgetting the fact that I was finding ways of running away from Ryan.
Mum and stepdad had begun chattering among themselves, most conversations were about what happened in stepdad's workplace, and I was less concerned and not interested in what they were saying.
I focused on the meal and decided to ignore Ryan like he wasn't in my front, that would lessen the aggravating tension between us.
Suddenly, I felt a kick on my leg and gasped, almost throttling on the food I was eating. My gaze shot up to Ryan, who smirked and hit my leg with his again.
I quickly grabbed the cup of water next to my plate and gulped down the whole water in a go.
I placed the cup back on the table and gave Ryan a stern look, and raised questioning brows at him.
'What is wrong with you?' I screamed at him using my eyes.
Thankfully, our parents were both engrossed in the conversation they were having and didn't notice us.
Ryan's lips curled in a mischievous smirk before he kissed the air.
'Huh?'
I shot him another confused and questioning eyebrow, not getting what he meant.
He smiled and brought up his index finger and placed it on his lips, he tapped his index finger gently on his lips before removing it and kissing the air again in my direction as I became pale.
I froze in my seat, getting what he meant, and noticed the heat rising on my cheeks.
I batted my eyelashes at him annoyingly and tried to ask him to stop...
Does he have to do that, especially when our parents are in our presence?
I swirled my fork in my meal and was bringing it to my mouth when Ryan kicked my leg for the third time, making me drop my fork back to the plate as it made a slight clanging sound.
'Okay, I'm done here,' I told myself and sprung to my feet, attracting mum and stepdad's attention as they stared at me.
"Where are you going to?" Mum asked, staring at me and shifting her gaze to my unfinished food, then reverted her gaze to me.
"My room!" I blurted out and glared at Ryan who seemed to be enjoying what just happened as he gave me another teasing smirk.
"You haven't finished your food yet," Mum said.
"I'm full already, ate earlier before coming to the dining room," I lied and mum nodded.
"Goodnight everyone," I fare welled and drew the chair back for me to get out.
"Sleep well, honey," Mum said.
"Goodnight, Hailey,"
"Happy dreams," Ryan uttered, putting on a cocky smirk, forcing me to throw daggers his way, and cussed under my breath.
I scooted out of the dining room immediately and made my way towards my room while my stomach grunted in distress.


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