Stuck Behind Her by Lilly H. Dove

Author:Lilly H. Dove [Dove, Lilly H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 39 – Quarantasei

Elias

Elaina sits next to me on the couch, showing me the many drawings she’s done at school. They aren’t the greatest, but I give her benefit of the doubt. She puts effort into them, that’s all that matters. And it’s art, nothing is really wrong. She flips through her file, showing more and more pencil outlines of different objects.

“Elaina, leave Elias alone, he has to deal with enough artistic things with his dad,” Aurora tells her, making Elaina cross her arms and frown, sinking into the couch. I laugh at her reaction,

“Don’t worry, it’s fine. I don’t see her much anyway,” I tell Aurora, and she rolls her eyes as she walks back to the kitchen. Elaina jumps back up and continues to show me her artwork, ignoring Aurora’s presence just a minute ago. I try to react with each picture she presents. I know what it felt like to be a kid, to just want the smallest bit of appreciation. A simple that looks great on a project means so much more than people think.

She eventually finishes them all and goes to check on her mom. Aurora walks in and sits in her place. “Look, I’m all for giving the child confidence, but it gets tiring when it’s every day,” she says.

“I’m not judging, I wouldn’t know. But I’m fine with her accompanying me every once and a while. I’d take that over my father’s lectures any day.” I smile.

“So, how was studying with Violet?” she asks. Studying. We did almost everything but that yesterday. But the day still runs through my head repeatedly. Her soft smile after the drinks. The feeling when she was just an inch away from me, rain dripping down her hair. Thinking about it again, I would drink a hundred more cups of cold coffee if I got to have that again.

I spring back to reality, realizing Aurora still looking at me for an answer. “It was great,” I answer, vaguely. She raises her eyebrow in suspicion. Great. Another session of her not letting it go.

“It didn’t sound great? Did something happen?” she asks.

“No, it was good. I swear,” I reassure her.

“Then why are you acting weird?” she asks again. I gulp, looking at her as if I’ll be able to find a suitable response. What am I supposed to tell her? That whenever I’m with her new best friend, I feel like I’m floating and falling at the same time. I love Aurora, and I trust her, but she would never let that go.

I honestly don’t know what’s going on myself. I just feel these things when I’m around Violet. When she laughs, the sound rings in my ears like some type of melody. More than a normal laugh should. Normal people don’t want laughs to play repeatedly in their heads. Normal people don’t get butterflies flying around in their stomach when someone is close to them, looking at them.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m not acting weird,” I lie.

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