This was another Monday, and he had to go to school. God he hated Mondays and he just wishes that he could drop the hell out. He was already rich on his own and doesn’t even need his father's money, even though he had plenty.
His father paraded himself as this good man, doing good deeds out there but never there for his own kid. He had a foundation that he named Joy, after Zach's late mother for people battling with cancer but with little to no money for chemo. Zach had to stay here in Leighton, because his father was never around, and he had to live here with his father's wife, his stepmother was a good woman, but Zach just could never accept her. She had a son with his father, who was now Zach's brother; Sander. His brother had told everyone his name started with a Z and not an S because he wanted his name to look cool like his older brother. Sander was eight years old and his mother died seven years ago, which meant that his bastard father was cheating on her mother with Sander even before she died and that was one of the reasons he didn’t like the woman, but he loved his brother so much. The knock on his door last night and the black shiny head that came into view doused his anger when Allyson, Sander's mom had asked him why he was coming home late like she was his mother. He had come into his room, saying that he had a bad dream and would like to sleep in his room. So this morning, it was his brother's feet that woke him up. He was ten years older than the boy, but he felt as if he was the best friend he could ever have. “Zach, you’re fisting your hand again,” Sander said and he looked at him. He sighed and unfolded his hand and then he ruffled the boy's hair and said. “Sorry, Sand. I was thinking about something stupid. You should go get ready for school before Ally comes to find you.” Sander nodded his head and got out of his bed. He waited until he was out before standing up as well to go take his bath. After taking his bath, he dressed up and grabbed his bag, to go to the kitchen where Ally and Sander were already at. They were sitting and eating their breakfast, while Mrs. Good standing at the sink; a woman older than his father by at least fifteen years, that always cooked for the family.Zach loved the woman because she was nice, and treated him like a grandmother would his grandson. “Hey, Mrs. Good. Good morning.” He said winking. He had always greeted her like that because of her name and it had always been fun at how she looked at him when he did that. He would shake her head at him and give him a sweet smile. She and Sander were the reasons he still hadn’t moved out. He was eighteen after all, and was already making his own money. He made furniture in his spare time and he had sold the first one online when he had first started, posting it on I*******m and a star footballer had shown interest. He had DM’ed him and the rest was history. He wasn’t making close to anything his billionaire father was. He owned a multinational company that made iron and stuff and also had many small companies that Elliot-Day Corp was a mother company too.
But, he was, however, satisfied with the money he was making, and could buy a house if he wanted. Guaranteed that his father’s name helped him sell a lot, but the consolation was his father also had the advantage of that same name.
Elliot-Day in Alaska was a very old money family and they own half the stores and lands here. Anyway, any of that didn’t stop the fact that he hated Monday. He would need to go to college if he had any dream of growing and expanding his network or founding his company. He sat at the table with a small good morning to Ally and then he waited for Mrs. Good to get him breakfast.
She placed a plate of eggs, bacon, and freshly made fruit bread in front of him. Smiling up at her, he said. “Thank you, Missy.” Normally, that was the name he called her, and everyone around here, except for the occasional good morning, afternoon, or evening where he used her surname.
The elderly woman patted his shoulder and she walked back to the sink. As he started eating, Ally said. “You should pick Sander in school today Zach.”
Looking up from his food, he glanced at Sander to see he had his earpiece in his ears and he looked back at Ally. “Why should I? He’s your son, not mine.” Although Zach loved picking up Sander from school and spending time with him, he always argue things with her just to spite her.
“Because he wants you to, plus I have to go see some houses today.” She said. She was a realtor, but it beats Zach that she was still working when she was married to a billionaire and his father already asked her to stop. Wasn’t that why she married his father? To be rich and all. She had, after all, cheated with him on his mother and have a son for him because she wanted this life.
Beats him every day.
“That’s none of my business. You should find a way around it. I’ve something to do with my time too, besides, my job brings in more money than yours, and I’m in high demand.” He said, with a shrug.
“Well, I could do it if you want, but he wanted you to.” She repeated.
Zach looked at Sander again to see that he was now looking back and forth between them so he sighed and rubbed his face, then he nodded. “I'll pick him up.” He said.
Pushing back his chair, he walked to Sander and then they did their special fist bump, and he was out the door and on his way to his car.
He unlocked his car and got in. He had to pick his friends, Zoe, Dana, and Liam. It didn’t take long to reach Liam's and when he got in, he resumed driving until he got to Zoe's and Dana's. They lived side by side and close to the school anyway.
“Hey, Zach,” Dana said and he smiled at her as he turned to her and Zoe. That all saw that Zoe was grumpy this morning, so he greeted her inside and she answered briefly.
As he drove, Liam asked Zoe what was worrying her blonde white hair and she smiled, and that lifted her mood a little. Their group was a bit funny, because they always looked as if they were dating one another, but they were not. Zach had not really liked anyone in the school but he had a reputation anyway.
Finally, they got to the school and he parked in his spot, then he got down from the car and Zoe came to stand beside him and Dana beside Liam. It was always like this every morning. At least, this was the only part he like on a Monday morning, their grand entrance.
As they walked into the school hall, the students parted like the sea to Moses’s rod. He had his “no nonsense” expression on his face and he didn’t look at anyone, but the road ahead. They would be going to their spot until the bell for the first period rang.
It did, about ten minutes after the show, and Liam and Zach started to go to one class as they had first period together, and Zoe and Dana to the other two classes. He waved them both goodbye with a smile and turned to Liam. “I just wish it was the end of this period already.” He said.
Liam chuckled. “Oh please, we all know how bad you hate Geometry. I just can’t for the life of me determine the one you hate most. Mondays or Geometry classes.” He said.
They walked into the class to see that Mr. Henry; the teacher was already there. He shook his head and walked to his seat only to see that someone was sitting there. It was a girl, he could tell from the hair showing underneath the hoodie. Angrily, he used his foot to hit the table and said. “Hey, get the fuck away from my seat."
The girl raised her head from the table, adjusting her hair and pushing it behind her left hair, then she said. “Huh, excuse me?” and just like that, he froze. Behind him, Liam whispered. “Fuck, who is that?” he asked.Whispering back, he said. “I have no idea, but fuck she’s beautiful.” He said them very low, under his breath so Liam was the only one that heard him. He was still looking at the girl he had never seen before. Must be the new girl. She was so fucking beautiful and the first things he noticed about her were her pink shiny lips and intense green eyes. They were the greenest eyes he had ever seen in his life. She had a perfectly straight nose and her teeth were white and straight as well. He could see that she was confused as she looked at him so he cleared his throat and said. “Get up from my seat, you’re in it.” He said, cutting out the bitch. She was new, so she couldn’t have known that it belonged to him. She started up at him for a while and then with an exasperated
She could feel her heart hammering in her chest as the teacher asked her to come forward to introduce herself. It was really something she didn’t think would happen after the teacher had already ignored her for a while. Behind her, the boy called Zach was staring at her weirdly, and it was causing her to sweat. She wasn’t even sure if his attention on her was the reason for her heart beating that wildly or if the tension from being in front of the class like this to introduce herself that caused it. Normally, she wasn’t usually shy if it was to come to solving something on the board, in fact, at that moment, her head was always raised high because she knew she was good at it, but, not so much with having this kind of attention. She cleared her throat and said. “Huh, my name is Chloe Miller, and huh, I am now.” She said ad everyone laughed. She looked at Zach to see that he wasn’t laughing like the rest, but the expression on his face was worse, somehow. It was an intense look that s
Chloe looked at the question he had just written on the board before calling her and realized it was one of the questions she solved in getting ready for today’s class last night. But, the problem lies in going up there to solve it. The class was now focused on her, again. Normally, if there was no drama to it, and she was just called to come to solve it, most student who wasn’t paying attention to the teacher wouldn’t pay it to her, but now… Looking around, she saw them staring and felt as if the ground would open right up and swallow her. Standing up, she walked slowly to the front of the class. Behind her, a girl whispered to her friend. “Look at her ass in trouble already. She better know what to write or this would go to shit and everyone would remember her for the rest of the school year.” Zach had been the one to get her into this mess and should be the one here right now, but he was sitting down staring up at her instead, with that stupid smirk right there on his face. She
“That was mean and unlike you, Zach,” Liam said to him and he shook his head at him. “What did I do?” He asked, but he knew what he did. He knew what he was talking about. He wasn’t a bully if he was being sincere, but it was her fault he was like this. To be honest, all of these were just to get close to her. It was the only way that he knew. He hated the way she was making him feel so out of control. This foreign feeling was what he didn’t understand and why he was acting this way. He needed to keep her close so that he would be able to get rid of the feeling. It wasn’t that simple, but it was the only way he knew. Liam didn’t know this, and he wasn’t sure that he would read any more meaning into this than just being mean to her. Maybe none of his friends would notice at all, but who was he kidding? They would be interested soon enough to get to the bottom of this. His life was something similar to things placed under the microscope. “You really should stop being an ass to her, y
She looked at him and then she swallowed visibly before walking to sit in front of him. She looked over her shoulder at him and their eyes met. “You really should consider trying to avoid attention.” He said it to her for her own good, but the look on her face told him that she took it the wrong way. He sighed and shook his head. “I’m sorry you started with a bad day.” He added, and Chloe looked around the class with a frown on her face. He could tell that she was have been surprised that he said that and that was why she was looking around. He smirked and said. “I just feel sorry, that’s all.” He bit his tongue as soon as he realized how that sounded, and he wanted to slap some sense into himself. That sounded, even more, worse than telling her not to get attention to herself. He shut up after that and faced the teacher, leaving her to do the same. He felt someone tap her and the girl beside him passed him a sheet of paper. She whispered. “It’s from Zoe” and faced front as if she h
Chloe was finishing up making dinner when her phone beeped and she frowned. She wasn’t expecting a text from anyone and she surely didn’t have any friends that would be texting her. She ignored the text and walked to the pot to open it, and then she checked what she had in it. Closing her eyes for a bit, she inhaled the scent of the food and nodded. It was almost ready. Her mother should be back from work later tonight, which was why she was cooking. Her father was watching a late game with her brother, Cameron while Camden was doing his homework on the kitchen table. This was exactly how Chloe had envisioned her life as a married woman, her husband early from work, with her kids either doing their homework or bonding with their father while she made dinner. Chloe wanted a big family with four kids, two dogs, and a house with a picket white fence. She wanted to bond with her family as well, and have healthy meals with them. She wanted to be a mother that was not only hardworking in
Chloe's heart raced as she stood there in the kitchen with her phone to her chest and she couldn’t perceive the burning smell that was coming from the cooker. It wasn’t until Camden called her name twice that she snapped out of it. She looked at him and asked. “What's going on? Why did you call me like that? You need my help or something?” she asked him but he shook his head and pointed to the cooker. “Something is burning.” She looked behind her and her eyes went huge again, then she ran to the cooker to turn it off. The food wasn’t burning because the cooker was on low heat but she had mistakenly let the napkin she was using fall close to the burner of the cooker and it had caught on slowly. Grabbing the unaffected end of the napkin, she hauled it over to the sink and opened the faucet to turn off the fire. Thankfully, it just started and the windows were opened so everything was back to normal in a couple of minutes. In annoyance, she dropped the phone in her pocket and ignored
He couldn’t stop thinking about her even after school. As he drove home, he kept thinking about her and what he was going to do with the thoughts of her in his head. Chloe was beautiful, no doubt but that wasn’t the reason he was feeling this way towards her because that would be expandable. This feeling wasn’t something he could explain, because he didn’t even understand. Looking beside him, he glanced quickly at his brother and said. “Hey, Sander. I’m sorry but I need to make a quick stop somewhere. I need to get something important, and after I'll take you to get some ice cream.” He looked back on the road for a moment, then back at him. “Is that okay?” He asked.Sander nodded his head vigorously with a smile on his face. He could tell that the smile was because of the mention of the desert he loved. He had mentioned ice cream as motivation, and that could be an excuse for when Ally was at home and was wondering where they had gone to. He needed to make a stop at Darren Harper's