Akuma Hanbun - Melissa Kay Nguyen (nonfiction book recommendations .TXT) 📗

I’m scared now! Hahaha. I decided to be childish and stuck my tongue out. Lizzle moved under my hand. She was coming to. God, why has she been so moody lately? Why him over me? What was up?
“You know, she’s right about you being immature,” he said, trying to get to me. I tried not to let him get the satisfaction.
“I think Liz is mad at you by what she’s told me so far,” he grinned,” Why do you call her Lizzle?” Lizzle was called Lizzle because she can be as mean as a grizzly bear is she wants to that’s why, and I am definitely NOT telling him that.
“Shut up! You don’t know anything about Liz and me!” I bellowed. Yes, I bellowed in the mall and yes more people were staring. Lizzle’s hand patted my cheek and she began to murmur. She must be dreaming of something.
“Hmm, Jay and me…forever…wish…Mikey…hot,” she continued. “Jay and me…forever” is what she said. I grinned a smug smile at Mikey, but wait did she say he was hot or did she mean she was feeling hot? Mikey got up and went to her side. I thought of picking her up and sitting her in a chair, but before I could do anything, Mikey bent and gently kissed her. I would gag if he wasn’t smiling at me now.
“Bet you haven’t ever done that,” his voice hoarse. Glaring at him every now and then, I patted Liz’s cheeks so she’d wake up. When all this was over, I was going to kill Mikey and rip his smug pie-hole off his face. The guy wasn’t good. Well not for Liz anyway.
“Jay?” Liz asked.
“Yes Lizzle?” I answered. I motioned for Mikey to do some good and get her a drink. He got up and fetched something.
“Don’t leave me,” she whispered. How could I answer that? Oh. She must have seen Mikey get up and leave. No, I wasn’t leaving, not yet.
“I’ll always be there for Lizzle,” I whispered. I awkwardly cradled her and whispered happy memories to her. She took a nap and a few minutes later Mikey came back and helped her drink. Liz had a mega bump on the back of her head and then the police finally found us. Finally they took her home because she could stand and I had walked here. Mikey had walked here too, and we both wanted to check on Liz so I led him to her house.
“What. Did. You. Do. To. My. Daughter?” she screamed. We both cringed away from her. Liz’s mom could be horrifying when she was mad. Maybe that’s where Liz gets it from…
“They didn’t do anything Mom, I just passed out, that’s all,” Lizzle said yawning. I glared at Mikey again and I think Lizzle saw.
“Mom, Mikey, can I borrow Jay for a sec? Thanks!” She said, grabbing my arm. Liz had a very strong grip. Was she working out? I looked back behind my shoulder and Lizzle’s mom was asking, well, more like yelling, question to Mikey. Hahaha. He deserves it.
“Jay?” That got my attention.
“Did you mean what you, umm, said atthemall?” her last words were fast. I smiled gently and pretended to know what she was talking about. What should I do now? If I were alone now, then I’d be banging my head on the wall, telling myself I was stupid. It was a yes or no and by the look she had on, she was hoping for a yes, well that’s what I went with.
“Yes, of course,” I replied, acting like I knew exactly what she was talking. Was she talking about when she just woke and ask me if… oh! I’m glad I said yes if that’s the case. She smiled happily and I tried to pull her into a hug but she backed away. Huh?
“Did Mikey do anything?”She flushed.
“Well I hate to tattle but he did k-i-s-s you,” I mocked. She blushed. She was my little oinker. I also knew she hated that.
“Really?” she sighed. What, did she like it? Gross, especially from Mikey, when she was ALSEEP! Ugh, total sleeping beauty moment, but wrong prince.
“…” I couldn’t answer. Not after what she said. I turned away and was fixing on leaving when she turned me around and threw her arms around me.
“I don’t know what to do now. Jay what should I do?”That’s when she broke down and cried. Crap! Really now? She knows I can’t stand it when she cries.
“No, don’t cry, don’t cry Lizzle,” I soothe. Then, I patted her forehead three times, like when we were kids. It was this trust thing. Finally, her tear holes didn’t have any more tears to release. Thank God!
“Remember, when we were five and I broke your toy?” she asked. Sorta, but it was blurry because she broke a lot of my toys back then. I nodded anyway.
“Heh, it was your favorite and you got so mad. I didn’t really mean to, but you weren’t listening and I got so mad…” she continued. Oh! I remember now!
“Yeah, and?” I asked more harshly then intended.
“Nothing,” she looked crestfallen. Good job Jay.
“You hate me,” she started crying again. Wait what? What did I do to have her think that? I glance around her room. It was organized but dirty and everything was in the color of pink, purple, or blue.
“Sorry, I don’t know what came over me,” she sighed. Well me neither. Mikey. Mikey started all of this. I am going to kill that ungrateful wannabe.
“It’s unfair to you,” she whispered. Huh? What? Before I could tell her I was confused, she was already leaning in with her eyes closed. Crap! Uhh… I decided to follow her lead because this was an opportunity I may never get again.
Her lips were unbelievably soft. A fire rippled through my body, and let me tell you, it felt good. All too soon, our breath ran out. That’s when I realized I was staring. Oops. Liz was blushing deeper than she usually did.
“Wha-“I began.
“Shh,” she put her finger to my lips. Okay. I’ll be quiet. Whatever you want.
“Sorry for pushing you to do that,” she started.
“No no, don’t be,” I gave her my ‘just-for-you’ smile.
“Can we go to our Castle tomorrow?” she asked. When was the last time we’ve there. Maybe about a year? I nodded. We said good-bye and she saw me out.
“G’night Jay,” she waved.
“Night,” I left her house and then it hit me. Where was Mikey? Lizzle’s mom probably saw him out. Heh. I went over what happened today. Made Liz mad, made a new enemy, and I kissed Liz. Hmm, I think the last part was the best and I smiled at my thoughts. What a day.
 

Chapter 4- Mikey’s View
After Liz’s mom had seen me out, I waited for Liz’s “best friend” to come out. I walked around the house to see if Liz’s room was on the bottom floor of the two story house. To my luck, it was. The curtain to her room was open and since Jay was in there, I thought it was safe. Not that I was trying to peep or anything, just to check on Liz and see if she’s okay.
Since the window was open at the bottom, I manage to wedge my hand under and slide the curtain over a bit. Glancing up to see if I could see Liz, I saw Liz crying. What did Jay say? Was it about me? Hope not. Then they sat on the bed and she started to lean towards him…and he kissed her! He kissed MY Liz! Not his. No, I asked her out, not him.
Every muscle in my body wanted to jump in there and beat the guy bloody, but my brain said to wait. My brain showed me a marvelous plan to get back at Jay. Yeah, I would wait. I ran around the house back to the front door and sat behind some random red truck and waited for Jay.
The wind blew and I could’ve sworn that the truck was getting ready to fall. It was enough to scare the crap out of me so I stood up and at that moment I saw Jay smiling to himself right in front of where I was standing. I duck so fast even God couldn’t keep up. He began to walk away and I silently followed him.
Maybe it was the wind or maybe it was Jay, but there was humming. There was a feeling I had. Hatred. Pure hatred was what I felt when I was following Jay, and when I saw them… you know. This guy was okay, but Liz was right about him being childish. If he wasn’t going after Liz, then we could’ve been friends. Yeah, that would be interesting.
Jay stopped suddenly and if I hadn’t been paying attention, I would have ran into him. I stopped dead in my tracks. Please don’t turn around. Please, please, please. He shrugged and continued walking. I stalked over to a trees and hid in the shadows continuing to follow him.
“Hey Mikey!What are you doin’ here so late?” he asked still walking. My eyes widened and I stopped. Right then a twig snapped underneath my foot, but I kept silent and hoped he didn’t hear. That was just my luck. I mentally strangled myself and I put my focus back on Jay,
“Gotcha,” he chuckled. He turned and practically crawled to where I was standing. He was slower than a turtle! Deciding to not let him come and find me, I toughened up and stepped out of the shadows. Slowly, I crossed my arms and I decided to do what Liz did.
I made a big show of waving my arms around and I cupped my hands around my mouth, ”Id-it-ooooottttt! Over here morrrr-oooonn!” He gave me a glare and if he had had long sleeves then he’d probably push them up and show off his muscles. Where’s your spinach pop-eye? Heh. His expression was hilarious.
“Do you like someone I know?” I asked him. He shrugged and I gave him a glare that could’ve burned his eyeballs out if he hadn’t been looking at his feet. Ashamed. Heh. He should be.
“Yeah, that’s right, I saw you and my GIRLFRIEND. I forgive Liz, but you should have backed off. She was really emotional or whatever today and so she probably just wanted to make things right or something. So really, that kiss was meaningless,” I told him. I took a few steps forward and whispered “meaningless” in his ear. I could easily tell he was furious by the way his face was red and how he was shaking all over. Good.
“She’s not your girlfrie-“he chocked. I smiled He couldn’t say it. Well, Liz and I just started going out so she isn’t really my girlfriend yet, but it was fun to mess with Jay.
“C’mon say it,” I persisted. I gave him a coy smile and he punched me in the guts. Oh, now he’s resorting to violence, is he? Wait, this is wrong, I shouldn’t be doing this to him. I wasn’t trying to be a jerk, no, I was trying to get back at him, and if he keeps his dirty little paws off of Liz then we could get along. Really.
“She’s not your girl,” he paused, “friend.” I could see he was in pain and I wanted this to stop. This wasn’t right for me to do. He didn’t need this. I mean it’s the middle of the night and he finally kissed… Nope, not gonna think about it.
“Man, I don’t want to