Leo and Austin left the next day after Sophia attended to all of his injuries and gave him painkillers; she also threatened to add more bruises if he didn't listen and rest. Austin seemed terrified of my aunt, despite the fact that she was much smaller than him at the time. I was about to return to my room when Sophia called me into hers. When I came in, she was sitting on her bed."So, I finally got to meet Leo and he's very attractive, but who is the other guy?" Sophia inquired, her gaze piqued; I don't blame her; anyone else in their right mind would ask if their ward had brought a bloodied and bruised teenager to their home and requested that they treat him."Do you remember a few years ago when a guy from my school was sent to jail for protecting a little girl from a known paedophile, yeah Austin, he was the guy, he just got out a few days ago," I explained, and recognition flashed across her face."So, what happened to him yesterday?"she asked."He is staying with his mother and
I took my phone from my bag, opened my chats, and clicked on the new message from Austin after saving his phone number, looking at the texts it was obviously from him. Nobody except Barney and Austin refers to me as Red, and Barney isn't crazy enough to send me messages like this. As I read the messages, I couldn't stop laughing at his ridiculous messages; he's the annoying little brother I've always wanted.Austin the Weirdo: "Hello, Little Red Riding Hood!"Austin the Weirdo: "Hellllo, Red"Austin the Weirdo: "Stop ignoring me Red"Austin the Weirdo: "I just checked the time and I'm guessing you're sleeping or dead, so text me when you wake up, so I can know you're not dead, bye Red ''. Austin the Weirdo: "Hello, Little Red Riding Hood! Are you dead?". The last one was sent earlier this morning, which made me wonder if these boys ever sleep.Red: "Austin, seriously, who sends this many texts at once? Anyway, how are you doing? I hope you're feeling better now ". After sending the
The next morning, Vera insisted we go dress shopping because we didn't have anything appropriate to wear to the party tomorrow, and because she, too, needed a dress for the party and needed shopping buddies to accompany her because Uncle Jerry doesn't know how to shop for clothes."You guys should take my card because I don't want you to use your money," Uncle Jerry said as he led us to the car that would take us to the mall. "I'm talking to you Sophia," he added."I can buy a gown for Athena and myself, Jerry; you don't need to give us your card," Sophia stated, refusing to use his card. I didn't want him to buy me a gown either, because I didn't want to bother him. I'm sure he has better uses for the money than buying us gowns we'd only wear once."Please just this once, I never really get to do these things for the two of you, so please agree to use my card to buy the dresses you guys want," uncle Jerry begged, giving us his best puppy dog eyes."I hate when you beg because it makes
Today was Vera's birthday, and Sophia and I were getting ready upstairs. Sophia wore a blue off-the-shoulder mermaid gown with a string of pearls and black pumps, and her hair was styled in a bun with hair accessories. while I wore my red off-the-shoulder vintage floral lace hi-lo gown and let my hair fall."Do you think this gown is too much?" I asked Sophia as I lifted the sleeve's of the dress up to my shoulders"No, you look really nice, honey," she said as she turned to admire my gown. She had a proud look on her face that made me smile."You look lovely, Sophia, Stephen will be so jealous he missed seeing you all dressed up," I said as Sophia smiled and hit me across the arm playfully.Sophia and I were ready a long time ago, but because I was nervous about going downstairs to meet everyone, Sophia suggested we wait a little longer so I could calm down. I took out my phone and looked at the time; thirty minutes had passed."Shit, I'm so sorry, I didn't realize it was already this
"What are you doing? Let me go "I said as I glared at him, wishing I could wipe that stupid grin from his face."Acting coy doesn't suit you Athena, I know you want me, every girl does," Adam said as he leaned in for a kiss, but I pulled away from him before he could."I'm not acting coy," I said, glaring at him, wondering if he was delusional or something, because I hadn't shown any signs that I was interested in him; I was just being friendly because he works with Uncle Jerry."You should consider yourself lucky, I'm interested in you," he said as he took a step towards me and I took a step back putting enough distance between us."I don't consider myself lucky because I'm not interested in you, Adam, so find someone else to bother."I said, making sure my tone conveyed my annoyance with him, because he clearly can't tell the difference between being friendly and flirting."You're just playing hard to get; I'm everything any woman wants; I'm rich, handsome, and famous; what's not to l
"Don't make a sound," a familiar voice said as he turned me around to face him, his hands still on my mouth to keep me from screaming, dread settled over me as I stared into Adam's blue hateful eyes, what was he doing here? I assumed Jackson's threat last night scared him off."I've been expecting you; what took you so long?" Adam asked, a sinister grin on his face as he dragged me to the chair and took his hands away from my face. Yes, I should have screamed, but it would have been useless because the room walls were soundproof."What are you doing here? Adam" I asked, but he ignored me and pushed me onto the chair while pulling zip ties from his hood."Don't even think of pulling a fast one on me," Adam said as he yanked my hand to the back roughly, using zip ties to bind my hands behind the chair; when he was finished, he came to sit in front of me with an evil smile on his face."What did you tell Jackson to do? Little butterfly "Adam questioned as he pulled out an army knife simil
Three days ago…I was the only one at home today because Austin was at work, and I couldn't visit Shane because they needed to run some tests on him and he wasn't allowed to receive visitors. This made me nervous, but the doctor assured me that it wasn't anything serious, and that it was just a routine test due to the mild concussion he suffered.And I couldn't call Athena because her plane should've already taken off, so I decided to watch the list of animes I'd missed because of school, but just as I was about to press play, my phone pinged, indicating that I had received a message.When I picked it up, I discovered that I had received a video message from an unknown number, which was unusual because I don't often give out my phone number to strangers. This made me hesitate for a moment because my mind wandered to Mikey, the owner of the Void, and whether or not he had found us, but I squashed that thought because I had hidden my tracks well enough that he, and no one else, could fin
Present day...It's been a while since Shane was hurt and hospitalized for a minor concussion as a result of the beating he received from Zack and his friends, and I got the video of them beating him up, but I still want to beat the shit out of them, regardless of their age.I still can't believe they'd do that to anyone. What could have made them so angry as to put Shane in such a state? I'm angry just thinking about it.No matter how many times Austin and Athena have told me that the accident wasn't my fault and that I shouldn't blame myself, I can't help but wonder and make up reasons why it was my fault he got hurt, and how if I had protected him better, none of this would've happened.Because Athena was in New York for a family event, Austin and I didn't really have a reason to go to school, so we hung out with Shane most of the time and when visiting time was over, we would go play basketball at the park until we were exhausted, then have dinner and go to bed.It took some convin