THREE DAYS LATER***
The news about the broken friendship between the A4 was all around the school, especially when Ace made it so obvious.
Ace and Aiden were most seen walking around together while Aaron was always alone. Axel was seldom seen in the school.
? It’s Axel, gosh!
? Look at that perfect jaw,
? Is he a thing with Sierra now?
The students’ eyes were glued to their phone and they entered the school premises.
Melanie stared at the picture on her phone and her heart pricked with jealousy instantly.
Axel and Sierra were both shooting together, their lips almost touching. If she hadn’t looked closer, she’d have thought they kissed each other there.
Worst still, Axel had a flirty smile on his face and Sierra putting on a Bîtchy smile.
Melanie bit her lips hardly before letting her phone down. It’s been three days since she last set her eyes on him, it was as though he disappeared from the surface of the earth.
Now, she regret ever asking him to stay away from her, because she never stopped missing him for once.
“Hey,” Julie pats her arm from behind.
“Hi,” Melanie smiled briefly.
Julie returned to school two days ago. According to her, she was ill and that was why she hadn’t been coming to school.
“Have you heard the latest news?” Julie asked as they both continued their journey.
“About what?” Melanie asked,half interested in what she was saying.
“Axel,” Julie muttered.
That piqued Melanie’s interest immediately, so she turned to her.
“What about him?” She asked.
“Well… He’s been signing with a lot of agencies and with the way things are, he might get more famous that this,”
“Gosh, I actually missed his presence here,” Julie sighed.
Melanie stared at her.
****
WINK MODELLING AGENCY***
Axel was in the dressing room when Sierra entered. She smiled when her eyes landed on his bare back.
“Has anyone ever told you that you look so perfect?” She asked as she took her steps towards him.
“Yea… You,” Axel rolled his eyes and wore his shirt.
Sierra chuckled when she finally got to him. She rested her b*tt on the dressing table and folds her arms across her chest.
“Why can’t we just date?” She asked.
“I mean, we’re cute together. We fit so perfectly and…” Her breath hitched in her throat when he was already close to her, their face inches apart.
“What…” She stuttered, swallowing hard.
“I love my girlfriend,” he whispered, shocking her to the core.
“What? What?” She blinked her eyes in shock.
Axel smirked before straightening himself.
“We shooting together doesn’t mean I like you or something, it’s something that has to be done. So, don’t ever think of getting into a relationship with me cos you’re gonna get hurt at the end,” he muttered.
“Is that how much you love her?” Sierra asked, biting her lips gently.
“More than my life,” Axel whispered with a smile.
“She’s so lucky, very” Sierra muttered.
Axel’s mind drifted to Melanie and he couldn’t help but to wonder how she was faring. Was she eating well unlike him?
“Very lucky,” he agreed with a smile.
****
THE BRAUN MANSION****
Ariel screamed loudly as she entered the house, her eyes glued to her phone.
“Mom! Dad!” She screamed.
Mrs. Braun got startled by her yells, she stood up in fright.
“What’s wrong, hunny?” She asked.
Ariel showed them her phone, it was a picture of Axel and Sierra shooting together.
“What’s the meaning of this?” Mrs. Brown asked, showing her husband the phone.
“Axel is a model now. He’s shooting with a lady, just look at their position!” Ariel cried.
Mr. Braun clenched his jaw as rage boiled inside him. He had always wondered why Axel hadn’t contacted him but it was all because of this??
“He won’t get away with this,” he suddenly growled.
****
MONASH UNIVERSITY***
“We need to talk,” Aaron said to Aiden and Ace as he walked to them.
“About what? If it’s about Axel, then count me out” Ace walked away.
“When are you going to stop this childish act!!!” Aaron yelled which made Ace stop on his tracks.
“Do you even care to know what’s up with him? Do you know what he goes through at night all because you guys deserted him, do you??” Aaron yelled.
He faced Aiden with a disappointing look on his face.
“You both are something else, seriously. And you know what? I won’t even care anymore, you can go to hell for all I care” Aaron rolled his eyes before walking away.
At that time, Melanie passed by with Paisley beside her.
Immediately her eyes set on his own, she rolled it before walking away. Paisley never glanced at him either.
That was how things were for the past three days. They never gave him any attention which hurts like hell.
“I don’t care about what he says, all I know is that I’m never forgiving him” Ace muttered to himself.
****
“Can you guys go alone without me? I have a thing to do,” Melanie muttered on their way home. Lectures had ended and they were all heading home.
“Where?” Lauren asked.
“I need to do something, I’m going crazy enough as it is”
“What should I tell Aunt?” Paisley asked.
“That I’ll be back,” Melanie smiled briefly before rushing away.
“She’s been acting strange,” Julie muttered.
“I think you should be saying that to yourself,” Paisley rolled her eyes.
“Anyways, see ya’ later” she went away.
****
MELANIE’S APARTMENT***
As soon as Melanie set her feet into the house, the scene of she and Axel welcomed her immediately.
The scene at the kitchen, the goodbye kiss, his smile.
She found her legs moving fast towards his room. Her hand touched the doorknob and twisted it slowly, the smell of cigarettes hitting her nose immediately.
She stepped inside the room and her eyes widened when she saw him sitting on the floor. He was smoking heavily while staring at something on his phone.
As she moved closer to the bed, she realized it was a picture of her and tears escaped her eyes immediately.
“You promised to stop smoking,” she whispered slowly.
All at once, he raised his head and his eyes dilated in shock when he saw her.
He scoffed. It was surely one of his hallucinations.
“What’s the use, we’re not together anymore,” he mumbled.
Melanie sniffed and walked to him. She stretched her hand and snatched the stick away from him, she threw it to the ground.
“I miss you,” a sob escaped her lips.
“It was hard for me, I thought I could do it but it turns out that I couldn’t, not when you were avoiding me,” she continued crying.
“I miss you so much that I almost ran crazy, it was hell for me,”
All through, Axel’s eyes were on her. His hand was itching to wipe her tears badly but he controlled himself.
Slowly, he got to his feet and walked towards the door. Just as his hand met with the doorknob, she said the unexpected
“I love you!” She yelled.
“I don’t care if you’re Ace’s friend, I don’t care if you were once a playboy, I love you!”
Axel turned to her, his eyes lingering on her face which was a bit far away from him.
In a flash, he was before her. His hand gripping her waist tightly and his lips smashing on her own.
Almost immediately, her hands went around him, pulling him impossibly closer to herself, while kissing him hard.
Axel broke the kiss slowly, his eyes fixed on her rosy lips.
“Say that again,” he whispered, rubbing her cheek with his fingertips.
“I love you,” Melanie whispered, breathing heavily.
Axel smiled cutely.
“I love you more bae, and I want to stay with you…”
“Forever,” they whispered at the same time.
Their lips met in a fierce kiss, kissing each other with nothing but hunger which was stirring deeply inside them.
Axel heads to the bed while still kissing her, they fell on it and his lips went to her neck immediately, inhaling her sweet scent which he missed a lot.
His lips were performing its usual magic on her neck while his hand crept to her blouse, getting a hold of her br*east which was caged in its bra.
He squeezed it gently and this time Melanie let out a loud yet seductive Mõ@n.
“Oh, Axel…”
TBC
