"Am I late?" He smiled.I grinned. "No, you are just in time. Come in."He thanked me for looking nervous and went inside. "This is for you."Clark handed me a gift bag, and when I looked inside, I couldn't help but be over joy."There this new store at the mall called BoxLunch has these cool things like Pokémon, Sailor Moon, Avengers, basically another Hot Topic. I asked Lily what you like, and she said you are starting to collect Funko Pop figurines, so I got you some."There were tiny boxes inside the bag, and I pulled out a Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece that I love so much a Funko Pop figure, and I smiled. "Thank you, Clark. I love it.""Hope none of them you already have?""No, Lily bought eleven of these but Sailor Moon characters for me.""Wow," his eyes grew wide. "Does she know these aren't cheap?""Yeah, but she didn't know what to choose to get for me.""I see.""Thanks again, and thanks for coming." I hugged him."Thanks for inviting me.""Who the fuck invited you?"As so
"You can stay here as long as you like, Effie," Nicky took Lily off our hands, and although he's the female parental between him and Wayne, he still has his manly strength. "Wayne, honey, can you get Lily? I'm going to take Effie to the pool house."Wayne came from the kitchen, wearing a tank top showing off his biceps bigger than Logan's, and lifted Lily off as if she weight like a pillow carrying her like a princess."Okay, so, who's this young fella?" He had his eyes landed on Clark."He's a friend of mine. This is Clark Mason.""Cute," he grinned, scanning his eyes up and down on Clark as if he was checking out something. "Anyways, come along."Nicky led us out in the back and opened the pool house door. The first thing I did was open my mouth and widen my eyes."You have everything you need in here. This was my studio, but Wayne cleaned the basement with a much bigger space. The bathroom is over there, a small mini fridge over here, a tv, and here are the keys. Anything else, let
I was a target from Paris pranks yesterday. It wasn't dirty water this time but nasty words on my desk with permanent black ink that said "SLUT" or "BITCH" or someone spelled "whore" wrong. It was written as "HORE." I don't even think about who wrote their elementary school spelling on my desk. This wasn't the first time Paris and her friends had destroyed my desk. It's probably their fiftieth time ruining the desk, and I would have to go to the school storage room to get myself a new one. Then today, my gym locker was unlocked like someone used a cutting tool to break the lock and stole my P.E. uniform. It didn't take long when I spotted my clothes in the trash; I came prepared when I went to the cashier's office and got a new lock and a new P.E. uniform that had already been paid for when something like this happened. I sighed. I do not have my week.Paris has been secretly harassing me, and I will ignore her pitiful and stupid games like I always do. All her pranks were overrate
"So, what do you want to do?" Lily asked.I kept my head down, staring at the table and picking at my skin like I had fleas. I let out a heavy sigh."Are you still thinking about Logan?""No.""Then why aren't you in the mood to go karaoking? I mean, it's the reason we hung out here today. This is our hideout, as I call it."I pull back on my chair and still have my eyes on the table. "I'm not in the mood. Don't feel like singing."Lily didn't want to argue any further as I let another sigh. "Okay, how about shopping? You know you take your mind off things."I shook my head.Lily grunts, then look down at her phone, smiling. "Watch a movie?""It's a school night.""So, we can watch for an hour or two. Oh! We can watch the new Jurassic World. Get to see Chris Pratt." I caught her brows wiggling."Yeah, he's hot, but...""Aw, come on, Effie." Lily moan in frustration. "You've been sulking since your birthday. You got to let it go."The way she said it, I wish it were that easy. "Lily, h
"Hey! Billy, how about another round?" I hiccuped, waving my beer cup to the bartender."Effie, I think you've had enough," Lily said, trying to take the cup away from me, but I kept it avoided as if playing keep away."She only had one." Stated Sam."She shouldn't be drinking in the first place," Clark grunts. "How the hell did she get drunk? Lily?""Hey, don't look at me," she argued. "She was getting hyped up with singing. She probably needed to drink and took someone else cup.""Well, she's drunk.""Wer iz ma drank *hiccup*," I demanded with a slur and laughed like crazy.I have never been this drunk before. I never took a sip of alcohol in my house. Athena would always remind me not to drink in the place - not even consider it because it would lead me to disaster.Singing songs one after another had my throat dry. I've been singing since I started, and it was nonstop. It got the crowd going and cheering for more. I was so thirsty that I had to stop for a minute to get a drink and
Getting drunk wasn't the plan, as getting sober early in the morning was awful. After Newton dropped me home, my siblings were at it again. Ares was getting threatening letters from this girl he dated revealing that she's was pregnant with his baby. It's not the first time any of the girls he dated wouldn't get the attention they deserved, so Athena was pissed and wanted an explanation. I figured not being noticed by them. I should go to my room.I left my bag at the bar and asked Lily to give it to me at school the next day. It was worst for me seeing how the rumors of head bashing an older woman at the bar spread. I wasn't sure who knew, but it seemed that some students from school saw the whole thing. I just wanted to die. I'm glad Lily and Clark were there. They were at my side the entire time about this ordeal. I couldn't remember what happened last night. It was foggy, but Logan's voice was ringing in my head the way he yelled at me, so yes, I did head-bash a woman older than me
"I think you should go," Odin told me as he flipped through his newspaper for the daily news. "It's a great opportunity to meet a music producer."I learned of the old madman's name who sat at the table while I was away from my life and Logan in the library.We've seen each other twice weekly as if I have a schedule with the old geezer. But he wasn't all that bad as we spent more time and talked. I guess he was just any right old person would be. Although, what's up with following me that day?"You may never know your career by being on Broadway like you wanted."I also learned that he resides in the Home Care for the elderly, where Athena coincidentally works. He's one of those whose family had put them there to get rid of the nuisance of taking care of the elderly, or he has no family to stay with. I didn't look happy or sad to visit other old people who wanted to die in peace. I see him walking around with a nurse at his side.I glanced at the male nurse, who didn't seem to be the
The ride to L. A from Long Beach took almost an hour, and with only three minutes left on the clock, Newton parked in front as I rushed inside the tall building that hit the sky and took a deep breath.I called Newton out of all the people on my contact list. I called my psychiatrist to drive me to LA. I had an option to get an Uber or a taxi to take me here, but somehow I called Newton because he was the person who told me about Lena Graham.So, why?Although it's weird having him drive me when I haven't seen him for years until that fateful rainy night at the karaoke bar, he would be there to save me from distress after Logan saw me as an evil bitch.Right away, he was happy to oblige the lift. I found it weird that he wanted to drive me to Los Angeles as if he got nothing better to do. I was curious if he had any clients he needed to attend.But the cool thing about him driving me is it's free. I didn't pay a dime to get to L. A.I ran here as fast as I could, exhausted; I couldn't