NICHOLAS' POVI just had to walk out of the room."Nicholas Pearce, don't you dare walk out on me," my dad says, in his usual cool but authoritative voice. But I'm done being his puppet. I just needed to clear my head. I head towards Daisy's café to grab a cold drink before meeting up with the guys but that seems like it's going to take longer than expected as I bump into a brown-haired beauty. She had cappuccino all over her body and I could see the embarrassment in those icy blue eyes of hers. Her cheeks were quite flushed also because of the night breeze finding its way through the door as we were both still standing at the entrance of the café, thereby incurring lots of eyes towards our direction."You okay?" I ask her, my eyes not leaving her for a moment while I bring out a handkerchief from my pocket. I offer it to her but rather, she takes a step backward, eyes glaring as she looks up to meet my gaze. Those eyes we

ADRIENNE'S POVStill standing in the midst of a thousand eyes, all I could wish for, was the floor to open up and take me in. I make eye contact with Mr handsome giving him a pleading eye to bail me out, but I guess I got what I wanted as he walks up to me leaving a little space between us.I could bet he could hear the sound of my heartbeat as he grabs my hand and shakes it."One could never forget a beauty with a smooth brown hair and strawberry scent," he says obviously flirting with me. Gosh not now."Anyway, I'm Nicholas. And you're...""Adrienne," I say boldly giving him a cool smile.But my fucking hand couldn't help but quiver at his touch."Calm down Adrienne, I won't bite you."His friends laugh quietly at those words."I'll love to see you around so we could finish up what we started," he says grinning to himself as if he had just won a lottery. OMG! Why did I say those words then? An

ADRIENNE'S POV"Mum!" Kate yells and runs after her.Tyler didn't even act like anything had happened and went straight to his room. Same with Mr. Carly.I just head straight to the kitchen to pick up a broom and a parker. I get back to the living room and start cleaning. I try fighting back the tears that were trying to find their way down my cheek but it turns out unsuccessful. Living off someone never really ends well.I guess I'm not welcomed here either. I lost everything I had at home and I guess I'll also be losing the people I thought were my family. I don't want to be the cause of a scattered home, especially not Kathie's family. I pick up the Pieces of glass on the floor and shove them into a basket. Still cleaning up the mess created, I hear the argument between Kate and her mom. She's trying so hard to support me which I love, but I guess her mom had always had this much hatred for me.

ALEC'S POVTwo eyes stare at me hoping to get a reaction from the news Nick had just dropped. Nick knew better. Ever since my mom left when I was in eight grade, while Aiden was still in fifth grade, I hated the thought of having another woman around the house and so dad fired all the female employees and employed only male workers. When I finally moved out of the house to a new residence, where I and the guys stay, the only female employed, was madam Antoine, my nanny. And now, here I am facing two strange looks with eyes begging me to give permission to something I detest. "What?" I ask when no one speaks up."Don't you want to be a hero to someone in need?" Nick finally speaks up, just that his statement totally contradicts my nature. "I don't want to be a hero to a villain" I state firmly while trying to draw a line as I stare intently at the blue eyes o

ADRIENNE'S POVI enter the hallway creating a large distance between me and Nick who was apparently still at the parking lot. He obviously couldn't enter yet till the rest of his crew were around.I walk straight to my locker, keyed in my password before shoving my books into the locker. It was Friday and my first period always started with Literature. I loved literature but hated calculations. I never failed it, but still didn't pass it like my other subjects."Hey babe" Aileen greets me while resting on the locker next to mine. She looked stunning as ever. Her blonde curls bouncing behind her. It is really amazing how she still looks strong despite what Zack, her ex, did to her. It was the most miserable period of our lives; me, Kathie and Aileen. She was really broken after the breakup, but don't our pains make us stronger than we were before?  "What about Kathie? Have you seen h