Read Belong :: Chapter 9: Messes and stress eating

I dumped myself on my bed. The house was still eerily quiet. I sank in an ocean of thoughts. To summarize todays day, my best friend saw me almost-kissing a boy and walked off and I left that boy, who is also my crush, without a good answer to stop him, but couldn't find him. Ugh! I have created an absolute mess. I have confused everybody, including myself and left both of them without proper answers. I glanced at my phone in my hand once again. Kaden hadn't messaged me back. I had called him dozens of times but he was on unreachable. About Julian... I still don't know what to even say to him. There was something off in the equation between us. Something which I missing or overlooked. This was just our third time meeting right now. (including when I met him the first time and there when I asked him to study with me) He was quite normal when I met him yesterday and asked him to study with. Not even a tinge of blush. He couldn't have fallen in love with me over the night! It would make a bit more sense if he knew about the kiss in my dream and my confession. Wait. What am I even thinking! Mixing the dream with reality? Yeah right, as if. I sighed. Was there any way to get out of this?

Just then I heard the door click. Mom, Dad and Rowan were back most probably. I climbed down the stairs to greet them. They greeted me with smiles and my dad held up a bag with the smell of mouth-watering food seeping from it. I smiled back at them and greeted them. That was what I needed. I was going to stress eat. Pressing matters come after great food.

It was 11 pm when I had finished eating and so my parents told me to go to my room and sleep because tomorrow was Monday and you know what that means...school...yaaaaaay(author: its boooooo you nerd). In my case, I was already enough emotionally and mentally exhausted that even if they hadn't even I asked me to go and sleep, I would've done it myself anyways. I excused myself from the table. Once, I was back in my room, reality sunk its teeth in me again. Okay. First thing tomorrow morning, clear things up with Kaden. He must be really sad that I hadn't told him about my crush on his sworn enemy and I was about to kiss him. (Author: Gurl you are way off) I texted him to meet me tomorrow at the school gate so that I can explain to him what had happened and that he had misunderstood. I put my phone on my desk and got ready for bed. A shut-eye would be helpful, wouldn't it?