Living With The Bad Boy

“What was that about?”Alex asked as he inserted the key into the ignition.

“What was what about?”I answered his question with a question.

“You know damn well what I’m talking about so cut the crap” He was clearly pissed.

“Why are you acting like a dick?”I asked as he pulled out of the parking lot.

“I’m acting like a dick now huh?”He dared me to throwback another insult.

“Come on Alex, this is insane, i thought you were the one that told me about Cade so why are you acting like this, i thought you want his ass beaten up more than anything” I glared at him.

“Yes i do but i think I’ve dealt with him well enough, you can see he’s still recovering as his life is already ruined anyway”He told me.

“What do you mean by that?”I raised my eyebrow at him.

“Nothing”He fixed his eyes on the windshield as he drove roughly down the road.

“Spill it”I said.

“Spill what?”He asked.

“Look Alex, I’m not in the mood for your games right now, i know you’re hiding something, what the hell do you mean by his life is already ruined?”I questioned.

“Damn it Liv! why must you poke your nose in matters that doesn’t concern you” He yelled.

“If i remember clearly, I was the one who was almost raped so i think it’s one hundred percent more of my concern than yours”I pointed out.

“You wouldn’t have known about that shit if i didn’t tell you”He spat.

“How long were you gonna keep it from me? the truth would have eventually come out one way or the other”I told him.

“Not every secret gets exposed, some secrets remain hidden till eternity”He said.

“And what’s that supposed to mean?”I rolled my eyes.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“It means…. it’s not in all cases that the truth must always be revealed. That shit only happens on Tv. At times, secrets don’t ever leak”He explained.

“That makes no sense”I told him.

“Exactly my point, it doesn’t make sense, so does your curiosity”He told me.

“That’s insane”I scowled even though i know he can’t see me since his eyes are fixed on the damn road.

“Can we not talk about this anymore? that shit happened like a year ago and i don’t think we should be wasting time talking about these kind of shit”He said.

“Whether it happened a year ago or even centuries ago, it doesn’t change the fact that i was almost raped, this is serious Alex, it’s not a joke”I inform him.

“So what do you wanna do, press charges against him?”He glares at me from the corner of his eyes.

“No…. well…. I don’t think i should, things has changed and i think he’s gotten what he deserves already”I said.

“Yeah and he’s also lost his basketball scholarship so it’s fair enough”He said and his eyes widen immediately.

Alex’s POV

“What?”She gasped.

Why the fuck did i just tell her that!

“Um…… i mean……” I can’t come up with any reasonable lie.

“He lost his basketball scholarship? How?”She asked.

“Well…. that’s last year stuff”I told her.

“Tell me Alex, what did you do”She gave me a nasty glare.

“As the head and team captain, and also you know my Dad is one of the school’s honourable sponsors so i told my Dad to make sure his scholarship gets cancelled”I said truthfully.

“You told your dad about me being assaulted?”She grimaced.

“Yeah but i didn’t reveal your identity, i told him it’s one of the students and made sure that the matter didn’t get out”I explained.

“I don’t know Alex, this feels wrong…. so wrong”She places her hand on her thigh, tapping gently on it.

“No, it’s sure damn right, stop overthinking it”I said.

“You know i can’t help it Alex, why would you do such a thing Alex, i know what he did was extremely unjustifiable but you know Basketball is his dream, why would you do that just because your father is wealthy and you can have your way” She yelled.

“I know it’s wrong of me but he’s a prick and he deserves worse than that”I said in my defense.

“Alex this isn’t right, how’d you feel if you were in his position?”She asked.

“Firstly, i can’t be in his position because I’m not a double badged asshole and secondly that shit can’t happen to me because I’d never try to take advantage of a girl”I told her.

“But still…. this is insane, i know i should be mad at him…. hell I’m more than mad at him but I can’t ruin his life for something he probably regrets doing”She said.

“He doesn’t regret doing it”I told her.

I don’t know why the fuck she keeps defending him even after knowing how much of an asshole he truly is. I had expected her to hate him and never even mention his name again but here she is…… discussing about that prick and even defending him.

Who does that?.

“And who told you that he doesn’t?”She questioned.

“I know he doesn’t regret shit, i bet h was tryna take another shot with you that’s why he still kept coming close to you all this while and you stupidly welcomed him”My temper was rising.

I’m loosing it.

“I know you have a point but this still doesn’t feel right, I won’t be able to live with myself knowing that someone’s dreams were crushed because of me”She said.

There you go, Liv always caring even when she shouldn’t.

“What are you even saying, his scholarship was cancelled two weeks after the incidence last year and I’m pretty sure you’ve been living with your self”I said in humor.

“Yeah…. because i didn’t have any idea about all this and now that i do, i want you to give him back his scholarship”She said.

Is she high or drugs or something? If she is, then i think she took an expired those cause the shit is really messing with her damn brain.

That’s if she has one.

“So not happening, now get out of my car”I told her.