Chapter 14Grayson "Grayson!" Dad called from the kitchen. "Your sister will be here soon!" I didn't reply as I continued slaughtering zombies in the video game. I had to get my anger out somehow because beating the crap out of Devon yesterday didn't do the trick. And quite frankly, killing graphical zombies wasn't making me feel any better as well. Shocker. "Grayson!" Dad called again. "Did you hear me?!" When I still didn't reply, Dad stormed into the gaming room and turned off the TV. "Hey!" I exclaimed. "I was in the middle of a game!" "You didn't reply," Dad said. "I didn't know that I had to," I told him, dropping my controller on the table beside the couch and crossing my arms. Dad sighed and shook his head. "Gale called and said she'll be here in less than ten minutes. Graeme and I are going to head out now to get a few things from the store. Don't make a mess." "Sure thing," I muttered as Dad left the room. Seeing how I lost the game since Dad turned i
Chapter 15On Monday, I was surprisingly excited for school. Since Spring Break was next week, the grade elevens and twelve's were heading to the beach all day for a field trip. Normally, I hated anything that had to do with school but since I didn't have to be near anyone, I was excited.I got to school and immediately had to go on one of the two buses. Luckily, I was one of the first few people to arrive so I sat in the back.Slowly, everyone else began to arrive. Grayson, being Grayson, showed up just as the bus was about to leave. I instantly looked away, not wanting to look at him. I was still mad that he randomly started ignoring me and didn't help me when I got knocked out in gym class.We finally began driving to the beach and I couldn't wait to get there. I really needed to relax and since it was Monday morning, it was even better.When we arrived at the beach, we all piled out of the buses and waited for instructions from Mrs. Goth. "I suppose you're all happy about being at
Chapter 16School the next day was, well, interesting. A fight almost broke out and Belle was acting way worse than she had ever been.Tony dropped me off at school that morning and I was not that happy. I mean, we went to the beach the day before and now, I had to be in school. Boring.When I walked into the school, Belle marched up to me. "I heard something very interesting," she said."That's nice," I said as I attempted to walk pass her.However, she took a step to the side to block me. "I wasn't finished," Belle snapped, crossing her arms."Well I didn't know that I had to stay to listen," I said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to my locker."I walked passed her, but stopped when Belle said, "You think you can just do whatever you want to whoever you want, don't you?"I turned towards her. "What are you talking about?""I'm talking about Ben," Belle said. "You lied about what happened and got him thrown in jail.""How many times do I have to tell you that I didn't lie about
Chapter 17After school on Friday, my family and Grayson's family were going to have yet another family dinner, but this time, we were going to a fancy restaurant.Mom expected me to dress up. I didn't really want to, but I was too tired to object. So, Mom grabbed a simple black dress out of my closet and handed it to me."First impressions are important," Mom told me.I raised an eyebrow. "First impression? Mom, we've had dinner with them many times." Not to mention one of them is my boyfriend.My family didn't exactly know about Grayson and I. I did tell Tony but made him promise to not tell Mom and Dad. Dad would just be worried because of what happened with Ben and Mom didn't really like Grayson."Yes, but Gary's daughter will be there since she's on spring break," Mom said before leaving my bedroom. I wanted to ask her what that had to do with anything, but I decided to just leave it and get changed. After I was changed into the dress, I went down the stairs where the rest of my
Chapter 18Grayson"Grayson," Dad snapped as he marched into the living room. He snatched theTV remote out of my hand and turned off the TV. "You are not allowed to watch TV.""What, why?" I asked.Dad narrowed his eyes at me. "First, we are having very important guests come over soon. And secondly, you took off yesterday doing the family dinner. It was worse when we already ordered the food and nobody could eat it."I crossed my arms and leaned back. "So?""Grayson, you need to stop acting like this," Dad said. "Not everything can go your way."Tell me about it. Breaking up with Poppy was stupid to say the least, but I couldn't seem to get it to her how much harm Dedrick can do to a person. She already got hurt by Belle's stupid brother and I didn't want Poppy to go through that again. What Ben did, Dedrick has done many times, especially to the girlfriends of his enemies. I couldn't put Poppy through that."You honestly think I try getting my way?" I asked. "What about Graeme? He g
Chapter 19Lying in bed has never made me feel so depressed. I loved being lazy but not when I was so sad.Someone knocked on my door, but I was not in the mood to talk to anyone. "Go away!" I muttered into my pillow.They didn't listen. Whoever was at my door walked into my room and sat on the edge of my bed. "Poppy, do you want to talk?" Mom asked me."No," I muttered. "I want to cry instead."Mom sighed. "Why did Grayson break up with you?""Why do you care?" I asked. "You hate him anyway.""That's not true Poppy," Mom said. "I didn't approve of him, but seeing you cry over him made me see that he means something to you and that's all I want. For you to be happy."That got me to sit up. I rubbed my eyes and Mom handed me a tissue. "Thanks," I said quietly."Now why don't you tell me what happened?" Mom asked.I wiped away my tears. "I don't even know what happened. He dropped me off and said we need to break up. I really like him, Mom. He's the only one who didn't treat me like an
Chapter 20"A party?" I asked Dad, hoping I heard wrong. It had been three days since Grayson and I broke up and I was still not in the mood to go out anywhere. Just yesterday, Tony tried getting me to go grocery shopping with him, but I refused. "I don't want to go to a party...""I know you're still upset," Dad said in a sympathetic tone. "I thought Grayson was good for you. But my boss is expecting my whole family to be there. And that includes my daughter.""Can't you just tell your boss that your daughter can't make it?" I asked. "She's suffering from heartbreakitis."Dad chuckled and shook his head. "I'm a doctor, Poppy. That's not a real thing.""Like you would know," I muttered. I then gave him big, pouty eyes. "Please don't make me go.""You have to," Dad said. "And a lot of my coworkers have kids your age. They'll be a teen lounge set up. You're going, and you'll be pleasant."I sighed, not even bothering to argue with him. It seemed important for him, so I guess I had to go
Chapter 21Spring Break was over and I had to go back to school. I spent most of my Spring Break in my bedroom either sleeping, watching movies, or crying. I never thought that I would ever cry over a guy before, but there I was. I never liked anyone as much as Grayson before. Sure, he was the bad boy of my school, but he was very sweet towards me. I never had someone treat me the way he had been treating me.Tony ended up finding a new apartment to move into, so I was back to being the only kid in my house. I missed him, obviously, because he was my older brother.At school on Monday, my period one teacher announced that there was going to be a party for the juniors and seniors. How fun. I had enough of these stupid parties, especially because Mom found out about it and insisted that I go. I didn't want to, but I had no choice.The party was on Friday and was going to be held at the same banquet hall where Dad's work party was held the week before. That, I didn't mind because after I