LUCILLE'S POV
I could hear my heartbeat, it was beating so fast. At long last our relationship finally had a label. I was his girlfriend, and he was my boyfriend.
I couldn't wait to get discharged, my prayers were answered when my mom spoke to the doctor Saturday noon and got the news I could go home.
On our way home I pulled out my phone to text Romeo but my mom interrupted.
"What did you say happened again?", she asked with her eyes fixed on the road.
"I tripped and fell", I answered.
She looked at me for a second and turned her focus back to the road.
"I saw the CCTV cameras, I'll have Romeo expelled", she said and I froze.
"No you won't!", I answered immediately.
"Excuse you? Just take a look at yourself, you think I haven't realized?", she replied.
"Realized what mom?", I asked.
"You've changed, ever since you started that project with Romeo.."
"No don't, don't blame him for what's happening in our family", I interrupted.
"You were never like this", she said turning to look at me.
I didn't want to look at her, I was very angry, I tilted my head a little and looked outside the car.
I was having mixed emotions, I was mad at my mom and scared she'd get Romeo expelled.
I took my phone to text Romeo, but I didn't know what to type. We just became official and my mom is already making preparations to send him away.
"He's your friends son, hope you know that, they also helped me once when you were away", I said putting my phone aside.
She looked at me and chuckled, turned her eyes back on the road and stopped the car.
"Do you love him that much?", my mom asked.
"Who? Romeo? No I don't love him, I just don't think it's fair.."
"Oh please shut up, I'm your mom and I'm older. Don't love a guy that much, you're too young", she said and laughed.
"Nothing is funny mom", I said with a straight face.
"Yeah you're right, nothing is funny. Stay away from him if you want him to stay in the school. If I see the two of you together, I'd have him expelled", my mom said and started the car.
"Wait what? I can't do that. He's my only source of joy, when I'm with him I forget about every negative thing in my life", I said teary.
"Don't be so pathetic, you're too young to be crying for a guy", my mom said angrily.
I couldn't hold back my tears, we just got official. How am I supposed to ignore someone I love so much?
I spent my weekend planning how to survive without talking to him. I turned off my phone so he couldn't reach me.
But yes, it's Romeo, he showed up at my house several times but I asked the guards to send him away.
ROMEO'S POV
I really don't know why she was ignoring me, it hurt so bad. Weekends were finally over, I couldn't wait to see her. I needed answers.
I left home very early to school the next day, I was patiently waiting for her in the hallway.
I almost lost balance when I saw her coming, I missed her so much. My body moved on its own.
I run to hug her tightly, but she didn't hug me back. She pulled away quickly and looked around several times.
"What's wrong, is everything okay?", I asked trying to hold her hands but she pulled away again.
"What the hell Romeo! Don't do that again", she said.
"I shouldn't do what, hug you?", I asked confused.
"Yes.. yes, don't! My mom can't see us together. Stay away from me for now", she said and left.
Okay, that hurt! I stood quietly and watched as she left. I couldn't believe what she just said.
Did she just ask me to stay away from her? I felt tears running down my cheeks.
"What's wrong Romeo, why are you crying?", I heard a voice say.
I looked up to see who it was, but couldn't because my tears blurred my view. I wiped my tears and saw Xander standing before me. He looked very worried.
"What's going on Romeo", he asked again.
"Lu..Lucille, she's ignoring me. She asked me to stay away from her", I said still wiping my tears.
"I'm sure she has a reason, you know how much she loves you", he responded.
"She pulled away from my hug and asked me not to hug her anymore", I replied teary.
"Who? Who said that?", I heard a voice say.
I turned and it was Cassandra, she looked angry. Scratch that, she looked very angry.
"Who said that to you Romeo?", she asked again.
"No one Cassandra, you don't have to be worried", Xander said.
We walked to the class and my emotions were heightened when I saw Lucille with Clifford. He sat close to her, very close.
"Stop looking, you look pathetic", Xander said.
I turned to look at him and smiled. He gestured for me to sit.
"You don't have to pretend around me Romeo, you're not okay, don't try to be when you're with me", he said and hugged me.
I broke down into silent tears, I pulled away from the hug gently and looked at him. This guy was teary.
"Why are you staring?", he asked.
"You're teary, don't tell me you want to cry too", I asked hilariously.
"I'm not teary, shut up", he said wiping his eyes.
We both burst out into laughter. "I'm not going to give up on you Lucille", I said to myself.
I was in the cafeteria with Xander and Cassandra during lunch break, when I saw Lucille enter.
I waved at her so she could come join us, but she ignored and sat alone. After sometime, I decided to approach her.
"Hey, why are you alone?", I asked sitting next to her.
"Don't make this difficult Romeo, I told you to stay away from me for sometime. Please stay away!", she said to me.
"How do you expect me to stay away from you? I love you Lucille, and you know it. Can you please stop all this?", I replied and she stood up.
"I'm sorry Romeo, please understand me. This is really important, we can't be seen together", she said and left.
I hit my hand on the table angrily. "Why the hell is she doing all this", I asked myself.
LUCILLE'S POV
I had to leave, else I would've given in. I would've hugged him, I missed him so damn much.
"I hope he understands me when I tell him why I'm doing all this one day", I said to myself.
XANDER'S POV
"I know you Lucille, almost everything you do is because of a good reason. Why are you ignoring Romeo?", I asked myself.
I took my food and Romeo's food to where he was, and as expected Cassandra followed.
"This girl is so nosy, gosh!", I said to myself then laughed.
"What's funny?", she asked raising an eyebrow at me.
I had no intentions on answering her, she should know by now, she's only with us because of Romeo.
CASSANDRA'S POV
Xander is really something else, he makes me feel invisible.
"I don't know why he hates me so much.He doesn't talk to me about anything, I would've thought he was a bad person if not for how he cares about Romeo."
"Romeo is very lucky to have a friend like him. I wish Xander could accept me as a friend too"
"It's lonely in the school without Romeo around. He's the only one I talk to."
When we sat down I realized something, h
Romeo was crying. He was crying! Why??
"What's wrong, what's going on between you and Lucille?", I asked.
"She asked me to stay away from her", he said wiping his tears.
"Why?", I asked him.
"I don't know okay, I don't know. We didn't have a fight, we were very fine", he said, stood up and walked away.
Xander looked at me angrily. It wasn't my fault, I wanted to know why he was in such a bad mood.
"We can't leave him like this, let's go out together this weekend. Just the three of us.Let's go out and have fun", I said looking at Xander.
He stood up and walked away too, what did I expect? He hates my guts!