Limerence by Claire C Riley

Author:Claire C Riley [Riley, Claire C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Breakwater Harbor Books'
Published: 2013-03-18T06:00:00+00:00

Nineteen

Mia

It’s late by the time that I get back from my drive. I park in the underground car park and take the elevator up. It stops on Mrs Dorset’s floor and she gets in, only glancing in my direction once as she does.

My headache is still there, as persistent as ever. Will it never go? My stomach rolls in response, growling as it does. I feel even sicker than I did this morning, even though I haven’t eaten anything. I just want to climb into bed and forget this day.

No, scratch that. I wish this week had never happened.

I miss Oliver. I miss Rachael. I miss…‘him’!

I look around guiltily, as if Mrs Dorset can read my thoughts, but she stares at the doors in front of her. As the elevator pings and the doors open, I excuse myself and squeeze past her.

No one is home when I get in and I go straight to my bedroom and curl up on the bed without bothering to take my shoes and coat off. I check my mobile to see if either Rachael or Oliver have phoned, but it remains mute. The battery light is flashing at me, but I can’t be bothered getting back up to plug it in. No one is making the effort to phone me these days anyway, so I’m sure it will be fine.

My stomach rumbles loudly again, but the thought of cooking something for just me is depressing. It’s also something that I’ve never done in this flat—to which the realisation makes me feel even more depressed. If that were even possible. I scream into my pillow in frustration, and let big, fat tears roll down my cheeks. I feel like my life is slipping through my fingers and I have no way to stop it.

Pain, hunger, and sadness roll through me like a tidal wave, and I close my eyes against the world. I don’t want to think. I don’t want to feel. I just want… what?

I want Oliver.

I love him, and I miss him. Yet I very nearly turned up at Mr Breckt’s home unannounced and threw myself at him. No matter how much I try to deny it, there's a deep attraction between us that I can’t seem to shake. No matter how dangerous I feel he might be, or how much I love Oliver. He is always there, swirling through my thoughts like dew drops in the wind. There is no point in denying it anymore.

Oliver clearly doesn’t want me; he’s made that obvious by his lack of communication. I feel the sob building again.My bones ache, my head is pounding, and my stomach still feels painfully empty. I just want to sleep and wake up in another day, in another time. I just want things to be back to normal I think as fall into a deep sleep.

Tick, tick, tick.

The clock next to me seems too loud as I rouse myself from my slumber. My head is positively pounding now, my stomach creasing in hunger.

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