I woke up to find myself on the couch. I sat up and worried faces surrounded me.
"Are you okay?" Scott asked, concern written all over his face.I nodded meekly."You're fainting too much these days." Ivy observed.I sat down on the front porch while Ivy and Scott did their business inside.I swear if they do it on the couch, I'm never sitting there again.
I fiddled with strands of my hair.
It was too long. Whenever I let I loose, it reached down to my hips.Ivy stormed out with anger, huffed and sat beside me.
"Scott is not responding."I quirked an eyebrow at her. "How?"
"I kissed him and he just pushed me away. I tried to scoot closer to him and he went to his room.""That's unlike him. Try again?"She nodded and went inside.I logged in to my account.
Seventy friend requests.Two new messages.Thirty five noI whirled around and found Scott looking at me. He was not looking good. He had puffy eyes and he looked stressed."What?" "I'm sorry. I know I yelled and all this evening, I'm sorry.""Yeah, whatevs." I waved my hand.He walked away, brushing a hand swiftly through his hair. I gaped at his retreating back. I was actually pulling his legs, I didn't expect him to leave.I turned to the bartender."A cup, please.""Yes ma'am,"he winked.I grabbed the cup and sipped my vodka slowly.Different thoughts whirling in my head."Hey," I felt someone sit beside me. I turned on my seat and faced a really hot guy. When I say hot,I hope you get what I mean.He has big dark hazel eyes, a straight nose, perfect jawline and everything. You could see it through his face that he was a flirt."I've noticed you since I arrived. It seems you're a regu
I led them to their rooms and entered mine. I fished out a hoodie and went downstairs. "Change him," I flung the hood at Ryder who groaned. I reappeared with a bowl and a towel. I sat and placed Scott's head on my lap as I cleaned his face.This guy reeked.After I was done, I grabbed my things and turned to the staircase. Luke was standing there, resting on the railing. "You need anything?" I asked him and he turned on his heels.Weird.I checked on Lucas before I went to my room. The guy was snoring away. I held in a chuckle as I closed the door. I looked over at Luke's room. I walked slowly to the door and raised my fingers to knock but I retreated.I entered my room and found his sitting on my bed, monk style."You startled me," I said and he looked up. "I never said you could come in.""I never asked," he replied calmly. For th
This is a terrible day for me. Why did he have to call me right now? He couldn't have chosen a better time?I hung up on him and went to my next class. I entered and almost every eye turned to me.Damn, this popularity of mine.''What are you looking at?'' I growled and they turned back to their businesses.I took an empty seat back and settled in.''Hey,'' a voice said beside me. I glanced sideways and saw Max smiling at me. This dude still had the nerve to smile at me after all that confession.''Look, I didn't know that you were not aware of your reputation. I just thought that you knew. I'm really sorry if I hurt your feelings or anything.I'm sorry about the shirt too.'' He looked down at my shirt and so did I. It still had that terrible stain.''Maybe you should go wash it in the bathroom or something." He su
Lucas stopped his music, Luke ended his call and Scott sprayed mouth juice onto my face. "Dude! What the hell?" I quickly grabbed a tissue and dabbed at my face."What are you wearing?" Luke asked me, raising his lips. "Is this the wedding dress?" He turned to Ryder who was having problems with his tie."No, idiot. That's not the wedding dress. Tessa, what are you wearing? " He gave up on his futile efforts on the tie and walked closer to me."Clothes?" I inched closer to him and started knotting his tie. "What about the dress?" He fidgeted."Relax," I patted his back. "It's in the bag. I just wanna give them a shock first. Hopefully, they'll get a heart attack and leave me alone!"I finished the knot and tucked it perfectly."Are you guys staying here?" I turned to the guys."My house is a tornado right now so, I'll stay."Lucas plopped on the couch."I've got nowhere
"My parents and I got you involved in the rift between us. I know that they were behind your last two marriages. They've ruined your life enough and I couldn't even do anything about it.""Theresa.. ""I'm not done yet. I'll make sure this wedding doesn't happen. I know you don't wanna get married so please just play along until I find a solution. Just bear with me."She pulled me into a hug and rested her wet face on my shoulder. She had been used as a pawn by my wealth driven parents. She's empty now so they're trying to sell her to the highest bidder."I love you so much," she sobbed."Me too, Aunt.""Am I interrupting a little girl moment?" Ryder walked in. His tie had gone loose again.I wonder why."Shut up," Aunt Tiffany wiped her tears with a tissue I handed her. "You've been asked to come downstairs with the bride
"So, he saw Stella at the airport?" Luke said as he chewed his burger at lunch. We were at our table waiting for Scott and I was forced to talk to Luke while I awaited his arrival. Ivy was sitting at a table with a bunch of girls. She glanced at me a few times and looked away. If only someone else could join us at this table right now."Hey guys," Lucas moved in beside me. "Fuck," I groaned."You missed me?" He rested his cheek on his palm and his elbow on the table. "Yeah sweetheart," I smiled and winked while I stepped on his feet with my shoe. "Owww!" "Can I join you guys?" Max stood at our tabl
"So, she still has a grudge?" Scott asked as he drove us home."Told ya.""She's just like you." "No way. I'm better.""So it was just the usual questions?""Yeah but, it seems like she stalked me for the past year. She knew everything that has been happening to me since I stopped attending her sessions."."I kept her updated.""I know. Who else would do that for me if not you?""Since we still have a few hours to kill before midnight, how about we visit her?""Sounds like a bad idea.""Why?" He raised his right eyebrow at me."I don't think I'm prepared to meet her yet.""Oh, come on." I sighed deeply as he took a turn towards the hospital. I've waited two years for her to get better. I wanted her to be able to recognize me first.Whenever I visited her, she looked at me like I was a foreign object. Even the d
"Midnight snack!" I kinda froze as Scott locked eyes with Luke. He held up a bag filled with god knows what. "What are you doing here, Henderson?" He slammed the door shut. "Same thing you came to do Daniels, keeping her company." "What did you bring?" I reached up to the bag Scott was holding. "I am starving." "You just had a box of pizza," Luke accused. "I only had two pieces. You ate six." "I thought that since Ivy left, you might miss girl night, movie night or whatever stuff you girls do, so I came to fill that space. But I can see that you are doing fine. You now allow strangers into your house at night? Cool." "You guys used to date right?" Luke looked at me then at Scott. "What do you mean?" &