Brett laughed aloud and craned to get a better view.
"Did you hear me," Adam calls again, this time he was standing at the door, "be home before midnight!"
I scowled and continued walking.
"Have fun at your kiddy party!" he added in a mocking tone.
"Whatever asshole..." I grumble under my breath and continued walking.
The Beetle left the driveway and not long after I was pulling into the schools parking lot for the second time today. Never in a million years did I imagine that I'd be spending my night at a school party but Ossey had won me over. He seemingly convinced me that it wasn't as bad as I was making it out to be. The parking lot was almost full and I exited the car and smoot
Phoebe didn't bother to show up for work the next day, which was beyond selfish of her. I was forced to tend to all of the customers, which was her role as well as putting those stupid bouquets together.She took the day off knowing very well that I was horrible at putting bouquets together and there was no one to fill her shift.It took me ten minutes to put together a bouquet that would have naturally taken Phoebe less than a minute. I tried my hardest not to destroy the stupid fragile flowers while putting the first bouquet together. While I succeeded, the bouquet looked as if, it was put together by a three-year-old or perhaps a newborn.As the hours went by my frustration only grew worse, which was no surprise. I kept muttering under my breath bitterly as I worked and people kept staring at me rudely as if I'd gone psychotic.
It was only the second day of the week, yet I was praying for the weekend to hurry up and present itself. Up and down the corridors were whispers and laughter of all the fraternizing that took place after the school party and whatever hell hole half of the population seemed to have enjoyed a proper weekend. Whispers of some new gossip were being shared along the hallways and yet the only thing on my mind was spreading more misery in the life of Blade Collins.The plan I had devised pushed its way yet again to the front of my mind eager to make it happen. My black heart filled with joy at the thought of getting one more on Blade. The bells had chimed a minute earlier and people were too busy sharing gossips to bother hurrying off to class. Some girl in a pink shirt with a denim jumper dress and rather big grey eyes dropped her gaze as I walked by. At the mouth of the staircase the attenti
I tried wrenching my hand from his grasp but he was holding on too tightly and I couldn't pull free. I glowered at him and hissed a slew of expletives but Blade only gave a smug look, thoroughly amused. My lips parted in an attempt to yell louder and he yanked me toward him, spun me around and clamp down his free hand over my mouth as quick as lightning. The yells were muffled and inaudible and I struggled to pull free and Blade snickered next to my ear. My eyes darted to the right and left as Luka and Jude showed up on either side smirking and I cursed some more but it was no use because Blade was smothering all sounds."Three against one," he whispers against the side of my face and Luka cracked his knuckles, "you're outnumbered Tink."I shouted profanities and threats at him but it only sounded like stupid moans and Blade smirked pro
The cold night wind whipped my face as I ran out into the semi-lit street. I forced my legs to go as fast as I could until I was a good distance from the house. A stitch developed in my side and I came to a halt and winced while trying to catch my breath.Ossey was lucky he lived a far way off or I'd be tunnelling to his house just to kick in his door and probably commit murder. The street was quiet except for a few barking dogs and I was exhausted beyond humanly possible. Fitness-wise, I'm about as useful as stale bread and eating all those cookies earlier didn't help.A slight shuffle caught my attention and I straightened out my back and looked out at the darkness. Loud barks returned and yet there were no movements except for the occasional whistle of the wind. I was about to pass it off as just my imagination until the shuffle came
Blade made good on his promise and parked his Harley across the street in front of my house every evening since. He was joined by the idiots Jude and Luka who was watching the house like a hawk. I scoffed watching them through the windows acting as if they were having the times of their lives.I wasn't ready to face him yet, not after the jerk kidnapped me, tied me to his kitchen chair and kept me there for hours, and I had barely escaped by the very skin of my teeth. I needed some time to think up something good before I went toe to toe with him again, so until then I'd decide to avoid the goon at all cost.In the hallways at school, at class, in the parking lot, I had gone incognito and was always two steps ahead of him. Damn Ossey. That dork! How could he not sense something was amiss when my sworn enemy number one approached him asking for my address. What the hell was he thinking? That Blade wanted to send me a bunch of roses or an early valentines card.Ev
"I'm taking a day off!" I yell at Helen as she walked by my bedroom door, fully dressed and ready to go to the flower shop so she can bless people's lives with stupid scented bushes.Her heels stopped tapping as she came to a halt."To do what?" she asks with a raised eyebrow and mistrust in her eyes."I'm allowed a personal day aren't I?" I quip, "or should I call in sick? Which do you prefer?"Helen rolled her eyes in annoyance and I grinned."Fine, now answer my question.""Ah... to keep my sanity," I reply with an even bigger grin."Oddly I was of the impression you had left it
I couldn't believe it. Not even for a second. I couldn't fathom the thought of me liking Blade. All because of a stupid compliment. How stupid could I be to fall for something uttered from the lips of Blade Collins? The moron who doesn't love anything but himself. Self centred and arrogant to the farthest part of space and even then you'd have to go farther to match his arrogance. It's a modern-day miracle his head hadn't exploded yet from his oversized ego. The minute those words left his lying lips and my emotions betrayed me like a little bitch, the jerk seized the opportunity and stole my last Brownie.A damn Brownie.Who lies to steal food?As if it couldn't get any worst I was stuck picturing his green eyes over and over in my head for hours.
I held his gaze for a couple of seconds before the words came from my lips softly."Go for a ride with you?" I intone with a raised eyebrow."Ah yeah," he responds with a gleam in his eyes."A ride?... With you?..." I repeat still holding his stare and saying the words as if they were something fragile and would go off like a bomb any minute.His look of amusement caused my eyebrows to rise to the point where they were probably no longer attached to my face. Blade's mouth curved into a smile and he watched me intently."Yes, right now," he says rather softly in his sexy masculine voice that I almost hadn't heard him speak.Staring w