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Not a very eventful chapter but I hope you'll like it! :)

CHAPTER 15. Escape

Awkwardness filled the room. The three of us were eating, the only sound produced was coming from the spoons touching the plates.

Granny went back to her kitchen a few minutes ago as according to her,               I didn’t have anything in my kitchen to prepare a nutritious meal. She then made some delicious food and served it to me, Ryan and herself. But my throat was disturbing the silent brunch.

“The food’s delicious Gran.” I complimented, taking a small bite. I would be happy to eat more but I just completed my breakfast made by Dillan, I was full already. But who can refuse the food of such an adorable lady?
“But you aren’t even eating anything Cookie.” she pointed out.
“I am.” I said, taking a full spoon. I carried it from the plate to in front of my mouth but didn’t want to eat it as my already full stomach couldn’t even dare to take in a single more particle of food. I gulfed in and looked Gran, who was smiling hopefully at me. I then looked at the silent boy who kept himself busy with the food. I could still see the crease on his forehead as he was still thinking hard about what happened a few minutes ago.
“He’s not eating.” I said to Gran in a singing manner.
Ryan’s head shifted swiftly from his food to my direction. “I’m eating.”
“Oh dear, she’s right. You aren’t, Ryan.” Gran pointed out.
“I’m eating properly, look.” he said and shove a full spoon in his mouth, creating a mess like a kid.
“Good boy.” I teased, grinning.
He glanced at me warningly and I went back to taking small bites.

“Okay Cookie, now I’ll leave you alone to rest” she spoke with a smile.”And Ryan, you stay here and look after the sick girl.”

That made a huge smile to appear on my face. What an excellent time to annoy Ryan.

“What? Why me?” he spoke in a high pitched voice, shrugging his shoulder.
“Then who? There’s a women’s meeting at Mrs Ford’s house today and she begged me to home, I can’t see no. I want to look after Cookie myself but I have no choice left. So it’s my order that you’ll look after her for me.” she scolded, pointing her finger at him.
I sat and enjoyed the scene in front of me.

Gran turned to me and smiled,”Cookie, sorry that I have to leave you like this.”
“It’s alright Gran. Go have some fun and Ryan’s here to take care for me right Ryan?” I spoke, pressuring of ‘care’.
“Fine.” he groaned and went to the kitchen to place his plate in the sink.
“Have fun annoying him Cookie.” Granny sang and after giving me a kiss on the forehead, she went outside. I chuckled and got up as well with my plate.

Ryan came outside the kitchen and said, “Let me take this.”
“No, I’ll do it.” I announced, keeping the plate away from him.
“:Jade, don’t be stubborn.”
“Ah, look who’s talking.” I snorted. Ryan stopped for a second, a small smile appeared on his face but he covered it up quickly and spoke,”Come on, go rest, I’ll keep it.”
“I’ll do it Ryan.” I sang. It was clear that he would get irritated soon and that would be very  entertaining for me.
“Jade.” he warned.
“Ryan.” I mocked.
“Jade.”
“Ryan.”
“Jade.” This time, he spoke on a higher volume, making me flinch a little.
Ryan’s expression soften by my reaction and he took a step closer toward me.
“Fine, take this but don’t you dare scream on me, you moron.” I yelled and ran to my room.

It may seem like I was angry at him but the actual truth was, I was laughing hysterically in my room after watching Ryan’s sudden changes of mood. One moment, he would be angry and the other, he would get all emotional.

“Jade, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scream on you.” Ryan’s voice called from the opposite side of the door.
It couldn’t be considered ‘screaming’, it was just on a higher volume than his previous one.

“Go away.” I cried out like a dramatic teenager talking to her mom. Believe me, that was a time when I was having difficulty in controlling my laughter. Ryan could get worried so easily. He didn’t even do anything but he was still apologizing?

“Please Cupcake.”

I stopped at my space, still. My laughter was nowhere to be found, it was like it just died. I was surprised, in a good way.

He called me Cupcake again? It was like my ears were dying to hear that from him.

“Jade, are you angry?” he asked.
I shook my head, removing the emotions off. It must be just a skip of tongue, why would he call me that when he wanted me away from him?

I walked to the door and opened it, ready to spoil his mood.

I made a pouting face and finally opened it. Ryan’s expression was unreadable. I placed my hand on his cheek and spoke dramatically soft,”You called me Cupcake?”
His face went pale, I guess he didn’t expect himself to call me that again.“Um, no.”
“I heard you, don’t lie.”
“I didn’t.”
I let the topic drop and went to sit on my bed. I faced Ryan’s direction and asked cheerfully.
“So, how’s your girlfriend?”
“What?” he snarled.
“Yeah, your girlfriend, the one you were eating the day I came to college.” I said innocently, like it was the simplest thing to say.
He shifted his weight from his left to his right leg and looked utterly embarrassed.
He chuckled nervously and spoke, “It’s not like that.”
“Oh come on, don’t lie to me. I saw you.” I paused and then pointed my two fingers toward my eyes and continued, “with these two healthy eyes.”
“Can’t we just drop it?” he asked frustratedly.
“Nope.” I popped the ‘p’.
“Go to sleep Jade.”
“I have slept a lot today and now, I want to talk to you.” I chirped, pointing both my hands toward him.
“You’re not well, so sleep.” he spoke, and laid me down. He brought the blanket up to my shoulders and tucked it in.
“Changing the topic, are we?” I chuckled and made myself comfortably.
“Just rest.” he spoke and turned around, probably to leave. But that mister didn’t know that I wasn’t going to leave him so fast.
“Don’t go Ryan.” I cried out. Maybe I did too much, I wasn’t supposed to over act this whole thing.
He turned to me and ran his fingers through his hair, which he did all the time.
And to be honest, that looked damn sexy whenever he did that.
He walked to my bed and sat down next to me. He tugged a strand of my hair behind my ears, like the old days. I was actually wonderstruck at that moment. I didn’t expect him to do something like that.

“Can I ask you something?” he asked softly, like he actually loved me. He kept playing with that strand of my hair while I was busy being still like a dummy. I must be looking utterly stupid at that moment because I kept staring at him with my mouth slightly opened.
“Yes.” I said unconsciously, too surprised to speak.
“Are you on drugs?”

My stood up quickly, throwing the blanket away from my body.
“What?” I asked in a shrilling voice.
“You heard me.” he spoke, getting up as well.
“Why would you even thing that?” I asked, in the same tone, which was making my own ears deaf.
“Because since you came here, you are acting extremely weird and moody.” he spoke with amusement.
I was now standing on my bed whereas Ryan was standing on the ground. I crossed my arms over my chest and snorted,”Huh, says the guy who PMSes.”
He chuckled deeply and said,”You have turned into a piglet.”
I turned to him slowly, my jaw on the ground.“What?”
“Why? You snort all the time.”
“And you’re a donkey.” I spoke and sat on the bed with my arms crossed.
“What? Why am I a donkey now?” he asked, sitting on the corner of the bed.

In that moment, I actually forgot that we weren’t a couple anymore; it was like we were back together and were having a stupid fight. Ryan was behaving just like his old self which I adored a lot and I was happy for that, it was nice seeing him cheerful and not gloomy and sad.

“You’re a donkey because you’re so stupid.” I began to laugh mockingly at him, holding me hand in my stomach and using the another hand to point at him.
He chuckled lively, like he didn’t have any problem in his life, like his life was easy and happy, but it wasn’t the truth. The truth was that his family was breaking, he lost his friend and saw him dying right in front of his eyes, his own father was the person he hated the most.
I felt bad for him, about the things I was doing or planning of doing to him. I shouldn’t be teasing or punishing him when he was going through so much, he had his own problems and he didn’t need another person to make his life even worse.

But I couldn’t take the fact out of my head that he broke my heart, twice. He didn’t need to push me away every time; I want to stay near him when he was going through these problems, to support him, to increase his confidence but no, he didn’t want me then.

The atmosphere went silent for that moment, none of us were speaking. It was awkward but most importantly, the look on his face was making me worried, it was like he realized what he was doing, like it was something he shouldn’t be doing.

The ringing on my phone grabbed our attention. I pressed the receive button without looking at the caller ID and spoke, “Hello?”
Ryan looked away and began to stare aimlessly at the ground. Maybe he was regretting spending time with me because he was still afraid that if we get together again, I would get hurt.
“Hey Jade, it’s me, Ian.”
“Oh, hey Ian.” I spoke softly, but my mind wasn’t on the phone, it was completely on the guy sitting in front of me.
“Hey, are you still up for that café? It’s Friday today.” he chirped.
I wiped my forehead like I was getting rid of the invisible sweat.
How could I forget about that?
“Um,yeah.I’ll come.” I spoke.
“Cool, then I’ll pick you up. Bye Jade.” The call ended and I kept the phone on my lap, still thinking what to say to Ryan.

“Ryan, I thi-“ but before I could complete my sentence, he stormed out of the room, escaping from the idea of being with me, from the conversation, from the truth but most importantly, escaping from me.

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