Chapter 19 & 20 : Unspoken Desires
Brandon walked into his room and removed his shirt, he walks to the front of his dressing mirror and looked at the tattoo which was imprinted on the left side of his chest where his heart was.
The tattoo was a name, the name of his first girlfriend, his first love, the person he gave his first kiss to and his heart.
The name was very familiar and was the name of someone close to Hailey, infact they were best friends, “Freya” was imprinted on his chest.
He thought back to the time when they met, They had met each other after Hailey met Freya, he knew her through Hailey and he fell, They both fell.
When Freya Entered her 2nd year of Junior school, He asked her out and to his luck, she said yes but she wanted it to be a secret.
In Corners, they exchanged kisses, hugs, lovey eyes but to the outside world, they annoyed each other, got on each other nerves, ranted at each other but then Everything came falling down a week before Freya’s exams.
~1½ YEAR AGO {FREYA’S 2ND YEAR IN JUNIOR CLASS}>>
“Baby” Brandon says as he sneaked up into her room through the window of her house, he walks closer to hug her but she moves back swiftly as if his touch would burn her.
Brandon brows creased as he looked at her, he then noticed the tears on her face, he moves closer once again and held her.
“What’s wrong? who made you cry?” Brandon asks worriedly, worry evident on his face.
“I….” Freya was about to talk when her door slams open, By the door stood her Dad and Mom, her Dad glaring daggers at him.
“I thought I told you to end whatever you have with him, You’re only 14 Freya” Her dad shouted making her flinch.
“With all due respect sir, Please do not shout at her that way” Brandon says standing in front of her making her dad laugh.
“See the caliber you are dating, he still has the guys to insult me in my own home” Her dad says angrily, his indian accent strong.
“Brandon Go” Freya says and Brandon faces her.
“Will you be alright?” He asks and Freya nods, he then places a kiss on her lips before going to the window.
He looks back at her and to her dad whose dust were clenched before jumping down from the window since the house wasn’t too high from the ground.
Brandon walked home that night anxious and scared of what Freya might do, he realized that her dad had been pressuring her to break up with him, Would she do it or not, These thoughts were heartbreaking to think of.
~A WEEK AFTER (STILL ON FLASHBACK)>>
Freya and Hailey were walking down the stairs to the library when they both received a message.
Hailey checked hers to see that another one of her friend texted her to meet in the cafeteria while Freya checked hers to see Brandon’s message asking to meet behind the school.
Isn’t he meant to be in College having lectures? what is he doing here? She thought.
“I gotta go” they said at the same time and laughs.
“Meet at the library around 3-ish” Hailey says and Freya nods.
“Bye” Hailey says and jogs off, Freya sighs before walking to the back of the school.
She got there and saw Brandon leaning on the wall, looking to the sky, the bright light illuminating the beautiful structure of his face.
“Hey” She says quietly and Brandon turns to her, his eyes looked baggy like he hadn’t slept for a while but his handsomeness still evident.
“Why?” That was the first word that escaped his lips.
“What?” Freya asks stepping closer but when she noticed Brandon moved back, her heart burned.
“A week Frey, A week…Why have you been ignoring me for a while week?” Brandon asks running a hand through his hair frustratedly.
“Brandon…..” Freya says but was shushed by Brandon.
“If you wanna break up with me, I won’t let you…” Brandon says and Freya looks to the ground sighing guiltily and heartbreakingly.
“Let’s end this Brandon, My dad doesn’t support our relationship neither does my mom, he wants me to be with an Indian boy or something so I can’t do this with you anymore, You have to move on Brandon, Please don’t make this harder than it already is” Freya was looking at the ground as she said this, Loud enough for Brandon to hear, she suddenly hears a chock and looks up to see Tears streaming down Brandon’s face fast.
“Is this how this is going to end??” Brandon says wiping his tears.
“I’m sorry” Freya says and Brandon released a small smile.
“I should have known our Love wasn’t strong enough to conquer challenges” Brandon mutters and Freya felt tears building in her eyes but she blinks them back.
“Just for the future, Never let your parents define your future, it’s your future, only you get to define how it will go” Brandon says before walking away, from her heart and her life, not really out of her life because she was still Hailey’s best friend.
Freya watched him go till she saw him no more, she went down on her knees and started to sob hard, her heart clenching in pain.
They still met after the break up but only when she was invited to their house by Hailey, They would exchange small eye contacts and all but this all ended when Freya fell for Harry while Brandon decided to end his feelings for her.
~PRESENT TIME>>
Brandon felt something wet touch his hand and he touched his face to feel tears, he cleans them quickly before looking to the mirror , smiling and blinking the tears away.
“She left,.it’s alright, it’s not like you still have feelings for her” Brandon says but deep down he knew that the love he had for her was still lingering.
“Let’s get ready” He says and walks into the bathroom.
Matteo who was by the door watching Brandon smiles, he knew about the relationship but didn’t tell anyone he knew, He knew what his best friend still felt for his sister’s best friend but felt pity for Brandon because he heard Hailey telling The same girl Brandon was in love with to make a move on some guy named Harry.
“First love always hurt” Matteo mutters as he remembers something that happened to him in the past all because of first love.
~7:30PM ≈ MENDELS MANSION>>
Brandon had left for his date hours ago, he had told Matteo to wait till he gets back before departing from the house.
Matteo and Hailey has been in their respective rooms, doing their separate stuff but seems they got bored Because they both decided to come out their room.
Matteo and Hailey spots each other and looks to the couch, before a minute was counted, they had both rushed to the couch but Matteo was faster.
“Winner” he shouts holding the remote, Hailey groans.
“Must you do this everytime you come to my home, it’s my home so I get to decide what movie we watch” Hailey’s says and Matteo rolled his eyes.
“Losers Weepers” Matte mutters and was hit with a couch pillow.
“I’ll just go watch a movie in my room” Hailey says and was about walking away when she was pulled back and landed on the couch beside Matteo.
“Join me” Matteo says looking at Hailey whose face had turned red from blushing.
“Fine” She says trying to look unaffected by his touch, he hadn’t let go of her hand and when he noticed, he immediately retracted his hand
“Let’s watch The Nun” Matteo says and Hailey whines.
“No..I don’t want to watch Horror” She says.
“I didn’t ask for your opinion, did I?” Matteo says and was one again smacked in the head with a couch pillow.
The lights were turned off and the film started, Unconsciously Hailey moved closer to Matteo.
Matteo looks to her and Started to stare at her, his eyes not wandering off the side of her face, she looked exquisite from the side.
Her Long eyelashes, her pointed nose, her slightly puffy cheek and her cute side lips, he gulps and stared to feel hot.
He then became very conscious of how close their bodies were, Hailey felt eyes on her and turns to see Matteo looking at her with a look in his eyes she could decipher.
She pouted slightly as she continues to state at him, her brows raising a bit as she wondered the reason for his stare.
“Has anyone ever told you how beautiful you look from the side?” Matteo’s voice came out husky sending shivers down Hailey’s body.
“No” She whispers, Matteo held her chin turning it to different angles, he was clearly admiring her Beauty.
He then stops the movement and looks deep into her eyes, he leans in till their nose were touching and brushes his lips softly against hers
“Matt” Hailey moans a bit at the contact, that slight sound broke down Matteo’s wall of resistance and without thinking twice, he claimed her lips softly.
A voice in Hailey’s head screams excitedly, she had imagined the one in her room but this one was totally REAL.
Matteo sucks gently on her lower lip while she did the same to his upper lips, sweet slippery noise coming from the contact of their lips.
Matteo hands gently went to her neck, not squeezing it but bringing her closer, His hand drops from her meck and to her waist raising her to his laps without breaking the kiss.
Hailey straddles him and this time the kiss was getting really hot, they both kissed each other hungrily, Her beautiful manicured fingers cupping both side of his face while his hand was on her waist before going under her shirt, rubbing her bare back
They hadn’t used their tongues yet but now they started to, Matteo slips his tongue into the small opening of her mouth, Hailey welcomes it and sucks on it.
Matteo then gently releases her lips, a cute pop sound came out, Their lips were both swelled, Hailey lick her lips looking Into his eyes
“That…Was ..Hot” Matteo says word after word with a silly grin her face.
“You are own good kisser for a 15 year old” Matteo says and Hailey blushes before burying her face in the crook of his neck.
She just had her first kiss and it was MAGICAL.
Chapter 21 & 22 : Morning Temptations
Matters and Hailey were still staring at themselves when they heard the door knob rattle.
Hailey Quickly jumps off Matteo’s lap and put a huge distance between them, Brandon staggers in a bit.
He wasn’t Drunk but he slipped on the door mat a bit, he curses out after gaining his balance.
His eyes went to Hailey and Matteo who were watching a movie casually , if only he knew what happened, even if he did he would have Matteo’s head for dinner.
“Welcome Back, How was your date?” Hailey asks avoiding Matteo’s eyes and focusing entirely on Brandon.
“Horrible” Brandon says plopping his body down on the couch clearly tired, he rest his head back and closes his eyes.
“What happened?” Matteo asks, his eyes shifting from Hailey to Brandon and Back.
“I thought Amanda was the purest girl in our class but trust me she isn’t….well she isn’t anymore, She came dressed in a dress with no Bra and no pantie, her nipples shooting out the cloth, Her make-up was damn…She looked like a fcling barbie and she was just talking throughout the day non stop that I had to stop myself from yawning everytime she opened her mouth and then after dinner, she dragged me out to a night carnival and made me rude a fcling roller coaster you know how terrified I am of height, In short it was the worst date I have ever gone on” Brandon concluded and watched Matteo and Hailey laugh their asses out, they stopped for a second and looked at Matteo ten burst out laughing again.
“Yeah Yeah..so funny” Matteo says sarcastically before rolling his eyes.
“I’m off to bed, i’m so f*cking exhausted” Brandon says before walking up the stairs.
Matteo and Hailey stopped laughing and slowly looked at each other, a blush running up Hailey’s Cheek.
“Good night” She says In a tiny video d before turning to walk upstairs but Matteo’s voice stopped her.
“Won’t you give me a goodnight kiss?” Matteo says and Hailey breath hitched before she turned to him, his usual smirk on his face.
She runs to him k quickly and pecks his lips then covers her face and began to run upstairs cutely, Matteo chuckles at her cuteness.
He was about to enter the guest room but decided to get to his real home instead, he went home once in a while but since he wasn’t allowed to enter through the door, he went through the window of his room and left very early in the morning.
~FREYA’S HOME>>
Freya was in her room standing in front of a boar which had Harry, Jerry and Brandon picture.
“Who do I like?” She mutters staring at each of their pictures with a hand on her chin, she remembers the phone call she got from Hailey earlier.
~10 HOURS AGO>>
Freya was laying on her bed reading a romance novel that Brandon got for her when they were still together, Her phone then rings.
“HEYY” She quickly removes the phone from her ear when she heard the scream of Hailey.
“Having fun trying to burst my ear drum?” She ask with a eye roll when she places the phone back on her ear.
“Blah blah” Hailey says and Freya knew she was rolling her eyes.
“Are you available today?” Hailey asks and Freya raises one eyebrow.
“Why you asking?” Freya ignores her question and asked another.
“My Brother’s going for out and he left Matteo in charge of me and you know how i feel about him” Hailey says saying the last part quietly.
“Your brother’s going out on a Saturday? that’s weird” Freya says gulping a bit.
“Yeah he’s going on a date with a girl from his department” Hailey says and Freya ear rang.
“D…D..Date?” She stutters a bit.
“Yeah…why?” Hailey asks .
“I’m actually not going to be around, my aunt’s visiting today from India” Freya lies and cuts the call immediately.
H..He has moved on? She asks inwardly.
Of course he has, you broke his heart without thinking twice Her subconscious mind says tye obvious.
“Yeah i did” She mutters and looks at the book, she grabs it and thew it on her wardrobe before covering her body completely with the duvet.
~NOW>>
“Brandon” She says trailing her hand on the picture of him smiling, she immediately notices heat she was doing and snaps out of it immediately.
“Snap out of it Freya, You’re completely and totally over him, it’s Harry now” She says but didn’t know why it sounded to wrong In her mouth
“I’m so confused” She says jumping on her bed and covering her body completely with the duvet as she sighs loudly.
~JAMES’ HOME>>
Matteo got to the front of the building and immediately went round the corner to where the window of his room was.
He got there and smiles immediately and began to climb the railing that led up the room to the balcony.
He got to the balcony and opens the window skillfully before slipping inside, he claps twice which made all light turn on.
He looks around the room and a picture caught his eyes, he walks to it and picks it up, he looks at it and tears began to pool in his eyes, it was a picture of him and his elder brother, Matthew on the beach, Matthew’s hand around his neck as they had huge smiles on their face, he wipes his tears and soon his face became ruthlessly cold as he remembers her.
She was the cause of everything from the start, he was she he could go back in time and stop himself from ever loving her.
“Rhianna” He mutters hatefully, he drops the picture and walks to the door opening it quietly and walking the the room across it, It was Matthew’s room.
He enters and closes the door gently, he walks to the wardrobe and grabs a black hoodie from it, it was Matthew’s favorite hoodie.
He walks to the bed and lays on it, hugging the hoodie to himself as tears rolls out of his eyes, This was his weak self In which no one but Brandon has seen before, This is probably why Brandon made Hailey off limit, He made Hailey off limits because he knew Matteo was broken, he was damages soul and couldn’t love anyone until he forgave himself.
He sleeps off with the tears on his face, After a while, the door opened and Mrs James walks in and she smiles sadly when she saw Matteo
She uses the duvet she was carrying to cover Matteo well, she leans in and kisses his forehead gently.
She was the only one who knew Matteo sneaked in late at night to sleep in his brother room.
“If only you knew” She mutters and walks out after looking at him one last time.
~NEXT DAY≈ SUNDAY≈ MENDEL MANSION>>
Hailey woke up due to a sweet aroma entering her room, she jumps down the bed and went to quickly brush before walking out and rushing down the stairs.
She immediately went to the Kitchen and saw who was cooking, her eyes widens as a huge smile forms on her face.
“MOM!!” She shouts and Mrs Mendel turns with a smile on her face as she immediately hugs Hailey when flew Into her hand.
“Ley Ley” Mrs Mendel calls laughing out as Hailey Squeezed her.
“I missed you” Hailey says disengaging from the hug.
“I missed you too My Love” Mrs Mendel says.
“Did I hear someone missing someone who isn’t me?” Mr Mendel voice came playfully and Hailey turns and literally jumps into her dad’s arm
“What’s going on in here?” Brandon sleepily asks as he came downstairs and when he saw his parent, he cleaned his eyes just to make sure he wasn’t dreaming.
“Mom..Dad” He calls out before speed walking them and then pulling both of them into a hug.
“How?? When??” He asks stepping back a bit.
“We got here this morning and I decided to cook something for my cutie patooties” Mrs Mendel says and pulls both their cheeks.
“What about the company?” Brandon asks.
“Our secretaries will take care of them, we are spending 2 weeks with y’all” Mr Mendel says before Mrs Mendel could talk.
“What about Matteo?” Mr Mendel asks before glancing at his daughter with a teasing looks, Her parents knew about her crush for him, according to them, she had been crushing on him since the day she was born.
“I heard my name” Matteo voice comes out and they all turned to see him by the dining with a strip of bacon in his hand, he had sneakishly walked pass them and took a strip of bacon from what Mrs Mendel was cooking.
“You” Mrs Mendel says and hits his head before pulling him into a hug, they took him as another son, they also knew about Mathew and what he was going through, everyone knew except Hailey.
~30 MINUTES LATER>>
They all were by the dining eating and talking happily, then Mr Mendel spoke.
“So Matteo, why haven’t you asked my daughter out yet?” He asks and Everywhere went quiet before Hailey starts coughing but then she was quickly given water by her mom.
“Don’t tell me your haven’t actually caught feelings?” He asks again and Brandon slams his hand on the table.
“HAILEY IS OFF LIMITS FOR HIM AND I DON’T WANT THEN TOGETHER UNTIL HE FIXES HIS FUCKED UP LIFE SO Y’ALL SHOULD STOP TRYING TO MATCH MAKE THEM” Brandon shouts angrily but he kept quiet when he noticed what he said, he turns to Matteo who had a hurt look on his face.
“Matt I didn’t mean….” He was cut shjrt by Matteo.
“Thank you for the breakfast Mom, I’ll be going now” He says and rushes out the house, Hailey who didn’t clearly hear what Brandon says looks at Matteo walking out and wondered why, Did he perhaps want them together??
“What have I done?” Brandon says covering his face with his both hands before he looks us at his parents who had angry looks.
“You’re Grounded” They choruses out and left the dining.
“What’s going on?” Hailey mutters out.
Chapter 23 & 24 : School Drama Continues
“What’s Going On?” Hailey mutters out and looks at Brandon who stood up from the dining sit and started to go up to his room.
Hailey decided to follow him to ask what was wrong, she followed him up the stairs and to his room door.
Brandon opens the room door and opens it, he enters and as he was about to close it, Hailey’s leg stops it, He looks up at her.
“What’s wrong? why did Matteo leave? Why did mom and Dad ground you” She asks at once but Brandon was clearly not in the mood.
“Not now Hailey” He says calling her full name and Hailey knew something was wrong.
“I’m here if you need someone to talk to” She says and he mutters a small thanks before closing, I mean Slamming the door.
Hailey puffs out air from her mouth as she remembers the broken and hurt look on Matteo’s face when Brandon talked.
What exactly is Matteo going through? She thought to herself before leaving the hallway and to her room.
~30 MINUTES LATER>>
Hailey was on her bed, She was on her phone, this phone Was the one Brandon seized and she got it back.
She was scrolling through TikTok when a message entered her phone, she taps on it and it led to WhatsApp where she saw Matteo’s name
I Need You This was the only thing the message contained, she thought he sent it to the wrong number and was about to message him back saying ‘He messaged the wrong number’ But the message that came in next made her sit up.
I Need You Hailey She sat up after reading this and message him back immediately.
Where Are You? She pressed send and waited for his reply which came rather too fast.
Abandoned Park by Clove Street She reads this and immediately stood up, walking to her wardrobe and picking out a Cream colored shirt and blue jeans and wore her blue beanie.
She got downstairs and met her parents watching the news, this was their daily routine anytime they come home.
“Mom, Dad, I’m going out with Freya, I’ll be back by 5” She says and rushes out without waiting for their Reply.
She began to run and also Messaging Freya to take cover for her in which Freya replied with an “Anything for you Bestie”.
Hailey kept running till she saw the park ahead of her, people passed there everyday but never entered because it was shut down due to an accident that occured there.
She was about getting there when she bumps into a chest, she looks up to see a very mesmerizing face, his eyebrow perfectly shaped but pierced, His eyes was the perfect forest Green, his nose broad and manly, his lips thin and slightly pink.
“I’m sorry” She says not bothering to get out of his hold since she was still admiring his features.
“What’s got a pretty girl like you running?” His voice came out sweet and manly, thick and vibrational.
Hailey wa about to talk when she was swiftly and roughly grabbed out if the stranger’s arm, She looks up to see Matteo who had rage in his eyes as he stared at the handsome stranger.
Matteo pulls Hailey behind him and steps closer to the stranger, He wasn’t too tall which got Matteo slightly towering over him.
“Hold up there big guy, not trying to fight or anything, she bumped into me that’s it, Not trying to steal your girlfriend or anything” The stranger explains.
“He’s not…” Hailey was cut by Matteo.
“Good” He says and Hailey looks up at him, did he just acknowledge the fact that they were dating or he didn’t hear what the stranger said
“Paul” The stranger whose name happened to be Paul, stretches his hand out to Matteo who ignores him and turns to Hailey.
“Are you alright?” He asks and Hailey nods.
“Well…I’ll be going now..see you around Pretty” Paul drops his hand and continues his Journey.
“What’s wrong?” Hailey asks looking around his body after she remembers his message.
“I just wanted to see you” He says burying his face in her neck, slightly kissing it which sent shivers down Hailey’s body.
“Why did you want to meet here?” Hailey says running her hand in his hair, Matteo raises his head and looks at the park, an emotion flashed in his eyes before it totally disappears.
“I want to show you something” He says changing the topic, Hailey realizes this and not wanting to dive into it more, she smiles at him
“Okay” She says and Matteo led her to his car, their hands interlocked.
He opens the door for her and Hailey raises a brow before saying.
“Since when did you become a gentleman?” She asks and enters the car, Matteo closes the door after her and walks to the drivers seat and enters.
“What do you mean? I’ve always been a gentleman” He says smirking as he closes the door and starts the engine.
“Hmmm” Hailey hummed and Matteo looks at her questioningly.
“What?” He asks.
“Nothing” Hailey says looking out as Matteo drove down the street.
Hailey felt a warm touch on her hand and looks to see Matteo interlocking their hands, she looks at him but his eyes were focused on the road, she looks away and that was when Matteo looks at her, a small smile forming on his face.
~30 MINUTES LATER>>
Matteo stops the car in front of a small bushy area, Hailey looks around and turns to Matteo who had a creepy smile on his face.
“Oh My God” She places a hand on her chest seeing the creepy smile, Matteo sees her reaction and bursts out laughing.
“Never do that again” Hailey says and Matteo stops Laughing seeing the serious expression on her face.
“I’m sorry, I thought it would be funny to scare you” Matteo says kissing her hand in their interlocked hands.
“Whatever” Hailey says blushing furiously.
“Come down” He says and gets off the car after removing his hand from hers, Hailey does the same and looks at the small forest in front of her with a confused look.
“Where are we?” She asks but Matteo ignores her and Begins to pull her in, she follows silently and soon they got to the middle of the small forest.
“Now for that magical opening” Matteo says and opens a huge leaf covering the remaining sight, revealing a huge and beautiful waterfall
“Wow” She says walking in as she looked around, butterflies flying everywhere, she felt something cross her leg and looks to see a bunny hopping off.
“How did you find this?” She asks Matteo who walks forward.
“My brother did” She hears him says and senses a little bit of sadness in his voice, she didn’t want to push the topic further and walks to him and stroke his hair, standing on her tippy toes.
Matteo looks at her and Begins to remove his shirt, Hailey eyes widens as he did and she quickly turns.
“What are you doing?” She says loudly.
“Going for a swim” He says removing his trouser also leaving him in his brief, Hailey turns to him with her mouth wide open as she studied his structure.
His smooth tones back, broad shoulders,she wasn’t sure she wanted to see what it looks from the front but he didn’t fulfil her wish and turns to her, showing her a view of his Body.
He wasn’t too muscular but he was damn fit, his veiny arms, his broad chest and sweet packs left her mouth watering as she travelled her gaze downwards but his voice broke her thought.
“Done daydreaming about me Princess?” He teases which made Hailey blush furiously.
He jumps in the water and brought out his hair wet, it stuck to his face and Hailey was sure she had never seen anyone so hot before
“No way” She says not wanting to enter the water.
“What’s wrong Princess? You scared?” He challenges her knowing Hailey hates being challenged.
“Fine…Turn please” Hailey says and Matteo turns, his thought running wild, he wanted to see her undress in front of him but he couldn’t
Hailey removes her clothes till she was left in her matching underwear, she slowly steps closer and enters the water.
“You can look now” She says and Matteo turns looking at her with different emotions running in his eyes.
“Hey” He say quietly.
“Hi” Hailey mutters back as they both stared at each other, feeling the tension between them.
They began to move closer to each other as they floated in the water, their bodies met.
Hailey felt shivers when she felt Matteo’s hand run from her thigh and up to her waist before he wrapped his hand around it.
“Gawwn You’re so f*cking beautiful” Matteo says looking her in the eyes before his gaze travels to her lips.
He slowly leans in, grazing his lips on hers, Hailey let out a small gasp from the effect of the contact.
Matteo looks her in the eyes again before looking to her lips and dragging her bottom lips into his mouth.
Hailey moans as her hand went to his jaw, caressing it slowly which did a lot of things to Matteo’s body.
Matteo continued to suck on her bottom lips gently but his wall of patience was breaking slowly and soon it demolished.
He releases her bottom lips and slams his own on hers, kissing her hungrily and passionately, His hand on her waist tightens bringing her closer to him.
Hailey’s hand went to his hair, Running her finger through it as he kissed her fiercely and hotly, their breath mixing sexually.
The sexual tension they had between themselves releases itself slowly, Matteo parts her lips with his tongue and slips his tongue inside.
Their tongue meeting hotly and crazily, he made sure to taste every corner of her mouth, he enjoyed the feeling of their lips on each other.
Their lips were made perfectly for each other, they weren’t even thinking of the 5 years difference between them as they kissed, Nothing mattered at the moment except for what they felt for each other.
Their lips left each other cutely, as they breathe heavily trying to catch their breath, their lips red and plump from kissing.
“I don’t know what you do to Me Hailey Mendel But I like it”.
“I Like it so Damn Much”.