Chapter 5

Chapter 5. 

RONAN

"Let's do it raw, I like it raw." Alice stated. 

"We just met." I almost rolled my eyes at her. 

"It doesn't matter. I do not like it when a man uses condom, it's uncomfortable and not fun." She explained. 

I sighed and got up. I picked up my underwear and wore them. 

"What are you doing?" She asked. 

"I'm not interested anymore," I said. 

I put on my pants and my other clothes on while Alice sat naked on the bed and just watched me. 

I took out a few bills from my wallet and placed it on the bed. 

"It was nice meeting you. But let's not contact each other again," I said. 

I turned around and left. 

"What a weird bitch." I muttered under my breath as I made my way out of the hotel premises. 

I hailed a cab and got in. 

EMILY 

I stood outside the balcony waiting to see if I'll see the math teacher but even after staying outside for hours, standing and sitting on occasions, I couldn't even get a glimpse of him. 

I sighed dejectedly and walked into the house. 

Just as I got inside the house, I heard shouts from the sitting room. 

"Jeremy must have done something bad." I told myself and shook my head. 

But just when I decided to ignore the shouts and head back to my room since I could already guess what Jeremy might have done to make my mom angry—caught buying a video game character or playing video game, I heard another scolding scream. 

I couldn't ignore the shouts, so I headed towards the sitting room. 

Jeremy who is on a short break from school wouldn't stop making my mother complain half of the day. 

I hurriedly made my way to the sitting room but who I met on his knees and in the middle of my parents was not Jeremy but Marvin, my eldest brother. 

From what I could recall, Marvin had never done anything to make my parents angry, not even once. 

But now, I wondered what could be his crime. 

The atmosphere in the sitting room was cold, tensed and uncomfortable. 

I looked at my mom's face and she was red with anger. 

It felt like Marvin had really done something bad. 

"What happened?" I whispered to Jeremy who I had snuck up to from behind. 

He was standing behind the sofa. 

"Marvin got a girl pregnant." He whispered back. 

"What!" I could not help but scream. I tried to close my mouth but I couldn't. My eyes were almost bugging out as I stared at Marvin in shock whose head was bent and still on his knees.

"How could you do this huh? How could you? What do you want people to say?" Mom lashed out. 

She placed one hand on her forehead while the other hand on her waist, she looked so done and frustrated. 

My dad moved closer to Marvin and pulled him up to his feet. 

"We have to talk about this calmly. Shouting wouldn't undo the deed. We just have to put our heads together and fix this." Dad stated. 

Mom glared very hard on dad but dad didn't bulge. He made sure to shield Marvin when he stood up. 

The whole scene felt so crazy. I couldn't believe my eyes. 

My brother who was the calmest and most decent got a girl pregnant?

It was a huge shock. 

"Who is the girl he got pregnant?" I asked Jeremy who was just staring at Marvin. 

"Our pastor's daughter, Naomi." Jeremy replied. 

Before I could scream again, Jeremy quickly used his hand to cover my mouth. I suppressed the scream and swallowed hard. 

Wow! Who would have thought?

Dad pulled Marvin and the both of them left the house. 

Mom sat wearily on the floor. 

"Mom!" I ran up to meet her and tried to help her up but she wouldn't just bulge. Her eyes glistened with tears, she was barely holding them from rolling down. 

That night, the house felt cold and empty. We didn't eat dinner together as mom just served the food and left. 

Jeremy took his portion and left. I took mine too and went to my room. 

Dad and Marvin were not back from wherever they went to. 

Nobody came downstairs to watch tv. 

Even when Marvin and Jeremy were not at home and it was just me and my parents, the house didn't even feel this quiet. 

My mother was really disappointed. 

I ate my food and went to bed early. 

The next morning, I ate cereals and made my way outside. 

I didn't even get a glimpse of any of my family members before leaving. 

Outside, I saw Mr Ronan walking out of his house. 

"Good morning sir." I smiled as I ran up to catch up with him. 

"Good morning." He replied after taking a quick glance at me. 

That was more than enough for me, I smiled happily. 

I kept rambling the whole time as we walked to the bus stop. He had long strides but I had pretty long legs so, I was able to catch up with him. 

He didn't react much to whatever I said. He just kept a straight face and kept walking. 

I turned around and started walking backwards as I talked. 

"That's dangerous. Turn around and look at where you're going to so you don't fall," Mr Ronan said. 

It made me smile even more harder. 

"Are you worried about me?" I smirked. He didn't say anything but just kept walking. 

"You look so cold, you're not even fun, old guy." I teased him. 

"Old?" He huffed. "I'm not."

I laughed. Oh! Seems that word got to him. 

Suddenly, I stepped on my wrong foot and twisted my ankle. I was almost falling when Mr Ronan caught my hand to stop me from falling. 

I smiled and grabbed his hand properly then, he pulled me to stand properly. But as I stood very close to him, I couldn't help myself but stand on my toe and placed my lips on his.