My cousin, Chris Chapter Six

•A couple months later.First day of school.•

I opened my eyes and stretched.I looked at the alarm clock. “7a.m. Okay, time to get up.Senior year!” I thought.I sat up and shook Ryan’s shoulder violently. “Get up! Ot’s the first day of senior year! Get started on breakfast and I’ll go wake the guys up.” I said, running out into the hall.I grabbed the megaphone and turned it on.I silently walked into Eli’s and his friends’ room.They insisted on sharing one. “Aw…So peaceful.” I thought and looked at their faces for a while. Eli and Val shared a bunk bed, the twins did, too and Micheal had his own bed. “Alright, that’s enough peace.” I said quietly and raised the megaphone to my mouth. “GET UP AND OFF YOUR LAZY ASSES!” I yelled. They jerked awake and Vince hit his head on the second bunk. Eli and Val fell out of their beds and Eli landed on top of Val. “Get the fuck off of me, man!” Val said. I turned and started walking back to our room. I changed into black ripped jeans, my dark purple converses, a grey flowy tank top and my leather jacket. I put some eyeliner and mascara on and put my hair into a side pony tail. I jogged downstairs to the kitchen, breathing in the smell of pancakes and eggs. I grabbed a plate and took two pancakes and some scrambled eggs from the table. “Don’t forget, I’m riding with the guys today.” He nodded and turned the stove off before sitting in front of me. “Yeah. Hey, can I borrow your car? Mine has a flat tire.” He asked me. I got up and took my keys from its hook. I threw it at him and he caught it without looking. I sat down and continued to eat. “Don’t get it dirty.I just washed it yesterday and I don’t want to wash it again. That creepy guy Don next door stared at me the whole time.” I said, shuddering at the thought of repeating it again. He chuckled. “Well can you blame him?” He said, looking at my body up and down. I rolled my eyes and threw a bit of eggs in his face.He stuck his tongue out at me and I did the same to him.I finished and put my plate in the sink. I turned to the sound of footsteps on the stairs. “I see you’ve managed to dress yourselves appropriately for once. More than I expected.” Eli smiled at me and said, “Thanks…I think.” I sat up on the cpunter and started texting Cynthia. “Well, I have baseball practice until lunch so…. I will see you at lunch.” He said, kissing my cheek. I smiled and nodded. He walked upstairs and I sneaked a glance at the table, where the five were now sitting. Eli was wearing a black shirt with a red tie, dark jeans, and dark blue combat boots. His dark skin looking lighter than usual because of all the black. Val went for something a shade lighter. Grey. He had a plaid shirt with a grey vest over it, black shorts, red black and grey skateboard shoes, and a dark almost black grey fedora.Micheal wore a green V-neck, faded blue jeans, and black converses. Vince had on an ooh-la-la fitting camo shirt, ripped jeans, and blue, yellow, and white skateboard shoes. Carlos wore an elbow sleeve length white and dark green shirt that fit him very well, blue jeans, and sandals. I continued texting Cynthia while I waited for them to finish. Eli stood and put his plate in the sink. Cynthia said bye so I started playing Temple Run. Eli put his hands on either side of me. “You’re riding on my bike.” He said. “I’d rather ride in Micheal’s bike, but okay.” I replied, sounding board. “Fuck you, Eli!” Micheal said. Just then, Hunter appeared from the basement. He only wore pajama bottoms but hey, who’s complaining? Apparently, Carlos. “Put a shirt on, man!” He said. The two have gotten close very close since the rest of us pulled a prank on both of them. “I’m fucking sexy and YOU know it.” He said, grabbing a plate and sitting down. “Ha! Yeah, right.” Carlos countered, sarcasm dripping from his words. “I’ll be right back.” I said and ran up the stairs to Rory’s room. He was half on half off of his bed, still fast asleep. I crept up to his bed and hit him with his pillow. Hard. “What the fu- Oh, it’s you.” He said, groggily. “Yeah, yeah. Listen, I need you.” I told him and his eyebrows raised. “Do I really look that good in the morning?” He said, a smirk making its way to his face. I hit his chest playfully. “Shut up. Your brother’s down there shirtless and Eli and his friends are eating breakfast.Now I suggest that you fucking bitch slap him into wearing a shirt before I bitch slap you.” I said, poking his chest. He groaned and rolled out of bed.He put on a shirt (Thank God), and walked downstairs. I trailed behind him and walked back up onto the counter. “Hey dip shit, Go put a shirt on. I’m starting to doubt that you have less than 30 shirts.” Rory said to his brother. He shoved a shirt into Hunters chest.Hunter groaned and put it on. “Gotta cut the show short, Gayle.” He told me. I scoffed and raised an eyebrow. “What show?” I asked him. Everyone but Hunter burst out laughing. Val, Micheal, and the twins were done eating so we finally left for school. We grabbed our bags and headed toward the bikes.We got there about 5 minutes of riding.

We parked near the end of the parking lot. I was getting off of Eli’s bike when he stopped me. He put an arm around me and said nothing. I finally noticed that they were staring at the woodsy part of the school. There were two dark figures coming out. I knew exactly who they were. “Grover, Alexandrya! Over here!” I called my two best friends over. They ran over to me and smiled. “Hey! How’s my favorite little Asian today?” Grover asked, lifting me up and twirling me around. I saw Eli give him a death glare. I gave him a look that straightened him right up. I turned back to Grover and grinned. “I’m fine, Grove.” I said and turned to Alexandrya. “Dryad! I haven’t seen you all summer. I missed you.” I told Alexandrya, hugging her. (For those of you who don’t know what a dryad is, it’s a mythological Greek female creature that cares for the plants, animal, etc. I’ll explain why I call her that later.) They seemed to notice Eli and the others just now. “Uhh. Who’s tall, hot, sexy, gorgous, and oohlala over there?” Alex asked me, licking her lips and biting her bottom one. “I see you still speak your thoughts…” I said and I saw Grover roll his eyes. “Tell me about it. I have to live with her. Do you have any fucking idea how much I had to listen to her talking about Philip Stevens?” He asked me. Alex hit his shoulder and I laughed. “Anyways, this is my cousin and his friends.” Alex’s face lit up when I said friends. “Which are OFF LIMITS to you, Alex. ALL OF THEM. I cannot stress that any more.” She crossed her arms across her chest and pouted like a little kid. Grover and I laughed before he gave her a noogie. “No! Grover! Let me go, you fucking dick!” She shrieked. He let her go and we started to walk to the school. Even though they always fight, they love each other. Being the older one by a year, Grover had to give up his childhoold fun when they were thirteen because their parents died of a car crash. He managed to teach Alex everything he knew about nature. Which, was the only thing they had since they had no family members left. Alex learned quickly and somehow knew more about it than Grover. They took shelter in a small abandoned three room house in the forest near our school.A bathroom, kitchen, and bedroom. I halped them fix it along with some other friends. After a while, they got jobs as gardeners. They worked their way up to only working for rich people.They each get paid $1000 every month.They love their jobs. Today, Grover wore a white v-neck, a leather jacket, blue faded ripped jeans, and black un-tied combat boots. His black hair shone dark blue under the day light. Alex had her natural blonde hair down as usual to her waist. Her multi colored streaks swaying.Her always gleaming smile dazzling every boy she crossed.Of course, every boy that didn’t sit with us at lunch.Every boy who did, knew that once you get lured into that smile, SNAP! She traps you into her endless pit of pure evil. Today, she wore a neon blue elbow length shirt under a black dress with a thin, brown braided belt.Her favorite rose necklace bouncing every time she took a step.Her signature black buckle boots that no one dared to copy as shiny as ever.As we neared the front steps where most students usually hung out, he wrapped his arm around my waist.Alex and Grover stood over to my left, with Val beside Eli and the three others walking behind us. I got some glares and questioning expressions. I pretended not to notice it, keeping my eyes straight and my face emotionless. “GAYLE!” I turned and saw a blur of fire red hair coming for me. My other best friend Cynthia jumped on me. “Ow! Nice to see you too, Cyn. But next time, can you NOT knock me down to the ground?” I asked her, rubbing my shoulder where I landed on. “Sorry.Here.” She said, and offered me her hand. I took it and got up. She looked around. “Where’s Rodney and Sophia?” She asked me. I shrugged “I don’t know. Probably fucking.” I replied. “You’re right. They’re like sex maniacs. I’m surprised Sophia still owns underwear.” She said, smiling. Grover burst out laughing. I punched his arm hard. “Ow.” He said, rubbing the spot I hit him. I should be the one saying that. My hand went numb after punching his metal bar of an arm. The bell for third period ending ran. Us goths, punks, and emos had to come to school by the ending of third period.We had to come then or else we would clash with other groups such as our arch enemies, the populars. The thought of them makes me sick to my stomach. “Let’s go sign you in, boys.” I said, turning towards the office. I was greeted by Mrs. Flundra at the main desk. Her usual creepy smile plastered on her face. “Why hello, Gayle. What brings you here?” She asked me. “Quit the act, Pearl. No one’s here and we both know we hate each other.” I sneered at her. “I’m here to sign these five in. New kids.” She walked to her computer and started typing. “I know, names. Eli Santiago, Valentino de la Cruz, Micheal San Larra, Vince and Carlos Laguitan.” I said with a slight spanish accent as I said their last names. She looked up from her computer. “Do they need anything else?” She asked me. “Just sign them in, will ya? I’ll take care of the rest.” I replied. She clicked one thing on her computer and I left. The boys followed me to our first class. Metals Workshop. Once we got there, I greeted my favorite teacher. “Hey! Mr. Blake!” He high-fived me and spoke. “Gayle! How’s my favorite Asian today?” Wow.He sounds like Grover. “Did you get into trouble over the summer? Wait. Let me guess. Yes, you put a fat lady in a hospital.” He guessed, raising his eyebrows. “You got it!” I said, winking. He finally noticed Eli, Val, Micheal, Vince, and Carlos behind me. “Who are these guys?” He said, nodding to them. “New kids.” I simply replied. “Ahh.” He said and turned forward. “Listen up, monsters! We have five new people here. So let them introduce themselves and don’t kill them after.” He sat down and gave us the floor. I walked over to the wall nearest them and leaned against it.Eli went first.
Eli: “Hi, I’m Eli Santiago, I have my own band,” Some of the girls expressions lightened and they sighed dreamily.Their expressions wavered when they heard what he said next. “I’m in a relationship,” He winked at me and I smiled back. The girls that sighed shot me death glares. Eli continued. “I moved here from L.A. over the summer.” He nodded once and went over to me, putting his arm around my shoulders and gave me a kiss. Val started.
Val: “Heya. I’m Valentino but you can call me Val. I’m Eli’s BEST friend, I play drums in his band, i moved here from L.A., too. And I am totally single.” He pulled a little on his vest before I yelled out, “Shut the fuck up, Val! You know that YOU are very much NOT single. Say that again, and you WILL be.” He chuckled and held his hands up in mock surrender. “Okay, okay. Just kidding. I’m in a very serious relationship with a very beautiful and brutal girl.” The girls that liked Eli too gave me more intense glares. Which seemed to grow intenser when Val came over and slapped my ass. They tore their eyes away from me when Micheal started.
Micheal: “Thank you, Val for making that clear. Anyways, I’m Micheal but you can call me Mike. I moved here from L.A. with all of these guys.” He said, gesturing to the others. “I’m single,” The girls waited for me to interrupt.When I didn’t, they looked relieved. Mike ran his fingers through his hair, smirking. “I play guitar in the band and sometimes sing.” He finished off which drew another sigh from the girls. I rolled my eyes at their stupidity. “Ooh, that boy can sing and play guitar! I’m in love!” I said in a high pitched voice. Eli chuckled and moved his hands down to my waist, linking his finger into my belt loop.Vince started.
Vince: “I’m Vince, no nicknames, single, moved from L.A., play bass in the band.” He said before pulling up a chair beside us and stared at the ceiling.Carlos started.
Carlos: “Well, that was fast. Anyways, that stupid oaf you just listened to was my brother, sadly. I-” He stopped because Vince cut him off. “Shut the hell up, dip shit. If one of us is stupid, it’s you.I know more things than you. So you better watch that mouth before I punch it so hard, you won’t be able to eat again.” He said, crossing his arms over his chest and glaring at his brother. I slid my hand back and forth on his shoulder. It seemed to calm him down a little.That wouldn’t do. I needed to calm him down fully or else he’ll kill his brother. My hand crept its way up to his hair. I started pulling lightly and playing with it which seemed to get him back to normal. I nodded at Carlos to continue. “Anyway, I’m Carlos, I moved here from L.A., I’m currently single, and I’m the lighting slash sound opperator of the band. Yes, that means I’m the one smarter than a pencil in our group.” I heard Vince growl when Carlos said his last sentence. I tried to distract him, coming up succesfully. When Carlos joined us, he got a good whack a the back of his head from Eli, a solid punch from Val, and a kick from his brother. I walked up to the front. “Hey, Mr. Blake, Can I say something, real quick?” He nodded and I continued. “Thanks.” I turned back to the class who were mostly girls. The school sluts. “So, here’s the deal. These five currently live with me and I just wanted to say that no girl can date Micheal, Vince OR Carlos unless they sit with us at lunch. This is not permission to sit with us. Everyone will stay in their groups. Besides, I definitely don’t want a freaky cheerleader running around in my house. Yes, Cassidy and Cecelia. I DID just call you and your fellow cheerleaders freaky….And not the good kind.” I heard Val trying to hide a laugh. Much with no success. “Not just a cheerleader. If I see any girl I don’t like around my house, I’ll personally kick them out. As for the guy that disobeyed me…” I turned my head to the boys. “I’ll kill them with a fork, scissors or any sharp object I can get my hands on. Possibly a crayon. And we all know that I can do that. So, you won’t disappoint me, right boys?” I asked them raising an eyebrow. My voice was sweet but my face was evil. Micheal and the twins quickly shook their heads with wide eyes. They ran as fast as they could to the three seats in the corner. Val, Eli, and I walked towards them with Val shooting looks at some of the boys in class who stared. Eli had his arm around my shoulders and occasionally bent down to whisper something in my ear. We spent the rest of the 45 minutes laughing, cracking jokes, and insulting each other.After half an hour, Cassandra and Cecelia walked up to us. “What the hell was that up there?” Cassandra asked, raising a perfectly shaped eyebrow. “That was me telling you two to get away and stay away from us. Along with your…’friends’.” I said. “Whatever. But you’re gonna regret calling us freaky.” Cecelia threatened. I smirked an kissed Eli. “Oh yeah? Good luck with that.” I said, holding Val’s hand and motioning to the three others to get behind us. Eli wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me tighter towards him. I leaned into his chest, still glaring at the two whores in front of us. “Ugh. Whatever. You will always be a slut. I’m telling Ryan about this.” Cecelia said, gesturing to Eli and I. “He already knows. My doubts of your natural hair color being blonde slowly fades every time I hear you talk.” I replied. I felt Eli’s chest rumble with his laugh. Cecelia scoffed and stomped back to her seat. Cassandra stayed. “Ryan WILL be ours. Soon, he’ll forget about you.” She said, poking my chest when she said the last word. “Don’t.Touch.Me.” I growled at her. My voice came out more threatening than I expected. “What if I do?” She asked me, crossing her arms across her chest. “I’m sure that one of these fighters will be more than happy to wreck that pretty little face of yours. You know what? I’m feeling nice today so I’ll let you pick. Judging by their expressions, they’re all willing.” They took a step toward her and she ran back to her bitch of a friend. The bell rang for lunch and I ran out the door. “Lunch!” I told them. I slowed to a walk and Eli grabbed me and put me on his back. “You walk way too slow. We’ll run.” He said. They charged down the hallway as fast as they could. I clung onto Eli for dear life. “How the fuck did you learn to run like this?” I asked Val who was fast enough to run beside us. “We used to go around L.A. competing in obstacle races. We’ll be fine.” He replied. A few moments later, we arrived at the cafeteria. I got off of Eli and walked through the doors.

The first thing I saw was the scoreboard. Sometimes, we used the cafeteria as a gym. I took a tray and waited in line with Val and the others behind me. Lunch was pre-paid at the beginning of summer. Onve we got our lunches, we walked to the large group of tables on one side of the cafeteria. The table I sat in was fairly large and in the middle of the group. Reserved for the leaders. I sat in front of Cynthia.All the five of the other leaders sat on the other side. There was Grover, Alexandrya, Cynthia, Rodney, and Sophia. There were eight seats per side. I told the guys to line up behind me as I took a seat. “Hi. So, you guys have met my cousin and his friends. Besides Rodney and Sophia. So, anyway. New kids. Do you approve or not?” I asked them, with a look hinting that they should say yes. They nodded and continued eating food. Or in Rodney’s and Sophia’s case, each other’s faces. Lunch as always. “You can sit, now.” I said, motioning for them to sit. I my ringtone from my phone.

From: Cynnamon Buns

I’m seriously jealous. Bitch. Lol, Jk.

I smiled and texted her back.

From: A swell person

Jealous of what??

It took her a while to text back. After a few minutes, my ringtone “Hot Mess” by Hedley started playing again.

From: Cynnamon Buns

You get to live with Micheal San Fuckable. I might be coming over more. Let me rephrase that. I WILL be coming over more.

I started coughing when I read her text. Eli started to rub my back. “You okay, babe?” He asked me. “Yeah.Thanks.” I smiled at him.I looked at Cynthia to see that she was sneaking glances at Micheal beside me. I nudged her leg with my toe. Her eyes snapped over to me. I raised my eyebrows and tilted my head slightly at Micheal’s direction. Her eyes widened and she shook her head. I rolled my eyes and smiled.

From: A swell person

Do you want me to ask him, Cynnamon Buns? Lol. I don’t even know why I’m asking. I’m still gonna do it. You’ll thank me for it.Hey, can I plan your wedding?

I pressed sent and I tried to hold back a smile. I leaned over to whisper in Micheal’s ear. Cynthia’s eyes widened when she read the text and saw me. She shook her head fast and mouthed no. I winked and did it anyway. “Don’t move. Hey Mike, how do you like the leaders of the misfits?” I asked in his ear. I sat back down and he whispered back. “Yeah, I like them. One especially besides you.” “Who?” I asked him. His eyes motioned to Cynthia, since he looked directly at her. I gasped and took out my phone.

To: Cynnamon Buns

Holy mother of fucking! HE JUST SAID HE LIKED YOU, YOU BITCH! I know, I’m amazing.

I sneaked a look at Micheal. He was eating with his head down, looking at Cynthia through the hair that hung down.

To: Cynnamon Buns

Look at him! He’s looking at you. Creeping…

I stared at Cynthia as she read the text. She looked up at Mike and she probably saw his eye looking at her. She blushed and gave him a small smile. I couldn’t help but smile myself. “What are you smiling about, baby?” A voice said in my ear. I turned and saw Ryan. “Hey! How was practice?” I asked him, standing up. “Fine. You weren’t there. So, dreadful. But, I’m here with you now.” He said as he sat in my spot and pulled me onto his lap. “You know that that seat is reserved for my ass and not yours?” I asked him. “Well, would you rather have me sitting on your lap?” He asked back raising one eyebrow. I laughed once. “Ha! Yeah, that’ll happen. You weigh a lot. I should know that since you’re constantly sitting on me at home just to bug me. Asshole.” I said and he chuckled. “That settles it. You shall remain on my lap. Yay.” I brushed our lips together to tease him. Ryan had other ideas. He pulled me closer by my waist and connected our lips once again. I completely ignored my lunch and continued to kiss him. The lunch bell rang and we pulled away from each other. We dumped our lunches and I was about to exit the cafeteria when I felt someone’s arm around my shoulders. I looked at the person connected to the arm and scowled when I saw who it was. “Whattaya want Billie? Get. Your. Goddamn. Arm. Off. Of. Me.” Bilie is a popular. Right now, he was breaking School Social Rules. Never shall a person from a different group clash with someone in another group. “Why? Don’t you like having me here?” He said, pretending to look hurt. “No. Now fuck off.” I said through clenched teeth. “Whatever,” He took his arm off of me. “I need a favor.” He said. “Don’t you always?” I asked him, continuing to walk. “Anyway, I was wondering if you could put in a good word for me to your friend Cynthia?” He asked me. “OH HELL NO!” I yelled right in the middle of the hallway. Ryan, Eli, Val, Vince, and the twins ran to my side. Along with Cynthia, Grover, Alex, Sophia, and Rodney. “Everything okay, G?” Rodney asked me, putting a hand on my shoulder. I shook it off and marched over to Billie. “You have a lot of nerve to ask me that, asshole. What have you done for me, huh? Absolutely nothing! I’ve done some favors for you but this one is just wrong! I don’t even know how you could ask me that! Seriously, did you really think that I would do that? You are cra-” I was cut off mid-sentence by him mashing his lips against mine. I heard my friends gasp from behind me. I tried to push him away but his arms were locked around me. Once he finally pulled away, my hand connected with his face. I wiped my mouth with my sleeve and spit on the floor. “Did you really think I would enjoy that? If you did, you’re demented. Why would you do that?” He rubbed his face with his hand and spoke, “To get you to do it!” I slapped the other side of his face. “You’re disturbed, demented, and not right in the head!” I whacked the back of his head. Rodney stepped up. “Look, I don’t care what you did. But it takes a lot to puss G off in school. So if she’s mad, you have some problems with us.” He said, crossing his arms over his chest. “Get out of my way, punk bitch.” Billie said nodding to the side. “That’s Mr. Punk Bitch to you.” Rodney replied, not moving. “Whatever.” Bille replied stepping around Rodney. He grabbed me by my waist and slung me over his shoulder. “Let go of me, you crazy bastard!” I tried struggling, but being thd small girl that I am, he didn’t even budge. He started to walk down the hallway and slapped my ass. I lifted my head up to look at my friends. ” Ryan! Eli! Val! Grover! Vince! Carlos! Mike! Rodney! HELP!” I said, reaching a hand out. They ran toward me and I saw Eli punch Billie’s stomach. Billie let go of me as he fell to the ground. “G!” I heard Grover say and he caught me from bashing my skull to the floor. “Whoa! Thanks, Grove.” He nodded and set me down gently. I immediately ran over to Ryan who was waiting for me with open arms. He pulled me into a hug and I buried my face in his shirt. He wrapped his arms around me and I calmed down. I liked having his arms around me. It felt nice. Safe. He stsrted stroking my hair and I heard someone groan. I turned my head in that direction and I saw Billie get kicked by Eli while the others kept him from moving. “Serves you right, dumb fuck. You don’t mess with G or any of the other girls we hang with.” Grover said. They left him alone and walked over to us. “You okay?” Mike said, looking concerned. I nodded. “Yeah. Thanks.” I gave them a small smile and Ryan let me go. “Can we go home? I don’t wanna see any more of that bastard.” I asked Ryan. “Sure. Do you want them to come with?” He asked, gesturing at our friends. “If they want.” I replied. “Are you kidding me? We’re not leaving you, G. We’re ditching with you.” Cynthia said. “Thanks, Cyn. What about Alex and Grove? They walked here.” I asked everyone. “Grover could drive my car. I wanna ride with you, G.” Said Cynthia. “What about me?” Alex said, waving her hand. “There’s a seat for one more in my car.” Ryan said. “Cynthia can ride with me.” Micheal blurted. “Okay. Let’s go.” I said. We walked to the parking lot and went to my house. As soon as I turned the light on, a lot of people jumped out and yelled, “SURPRISE!”. I recognised the faces as people in my group and certain ones from Ryan’s baseball team. “What’s this for?” I asked Ryan. “You, baby! You’ve been here for six years!” He said, giving me a hug. Suddenly, a face I didn’t want to see came into view. “Happy six.” Billie said, running his hand through his hair. “W-what are you doing here?” I asked him. He smirked. “Hey! I’m practically the reason that you’re here.” I shot him a confused look and he continued. “We all planned this. Last week. Except for Val, Mike, and the twins. Even Hunter and Rory. Speaking of Hunter and Rory…HUNTER! RORY! GET IT IN HERE!” After he yelled that out, Hunter and Rory came in carrying a big cake. They put it on the kitchen table and came back. Rory gave me a small peck on my cheek. Hunter kissed me, his tongue lightly brushing my lips. “PARTY!” Hunter raised his beer and yelled. Sexy and I know it played on full blast and everyone went outside. We had about 20×20 metres of back yard so everyone fit. We danced, laughed, sang, and sometimes swam all through out the party. Everyone started to leave at about 7 p.m., we were partying for 8 hours. Only Cynthia, Rodney, Sophia, Grover and Alex stayed. Along with the people who live here. We were left sitting in the living room, watching MTV and laughing. We listened to Good Time by Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City. “Hey Gayle, Can we stay over for tonight?” Sophia asked. I looked at Ryan for an answer. It WAS his parents who bought the house for us. “Can they?” I asked, looking up at him. “Yeah. Why not?” He shrugged. “Oh, I almost forgot.” Hunter said. He took out a small box and gave it to me. “What’s this?” I asked him, not daring to open it. “Open it, princess.” He smiled. I slowly opened it and saw what was inside. “Thanks Hunter!” I said giving him a hug. “No problem. Here, let me put it on.” He said as he took the box from my hand and held up my wrist. He put the charm bracelet on and went back to his spot. I held it up and examined it. It was a chain link with only one charm on it. The charm was a golden bow with silver arrows. I saw him smile when he saw that I liked the charm. It was his name in silver and fancy writing. “Hunter” I read it in a whisper. “Don’t forget mine.” I hear Ryan’s voice in my ear. He gave me an envelope. “You shouldn’t have. How great are you?” I asked him, giving him a quick kiss. “Amazingly. Now open it.” He put an arm around my shoulders as I opened it. My jaw dropped as I held it up. “T-two tickets t-to a place of my choice?! I’ve always wanted to go to Japan.” I said. “Then Japan it is!” He declared. “You are the best boyfriend ever!” I yelled, straddling him and kissing him for a long time. I worked my way up to his jaw, then his ear. “You really are. I love you.” He chuckled and whispered in mine. “I love you too. Looking forward for Japan. I heard there’s a hotel there where the walls and door is soundproof.” His thumb traced patterns on my back which sent shocks through my body. “Mmm. I’m liking that hotel already.” I pulled back and stayed on his lap. “Japan? What about us? Who’s going to satisfy us when you’re gone?” Rory asked. Ryan tossed Eli, Val, Mike, Vince, Carlos, Rory, and Hunter a card. “$175 to ‘Henry’s Hooker House’? Dude, you are amazing.” Carlo said. “I heard that the girls there are the hottest in the City and Area.” He said. I raised my eyebrows at him. “N-not that you’re not hot, Gayle. Just that..I-I heard…I thi-think…Oh, fuck.” He stuttered. “Haha. No, I’m just kidding. Just make sure to wear a condom if you get one. Most of those girls probably have diseases.” I shuddered “Yeah, don’t worry. I got it all under control.” He smiled. “That’s what I’m afraid of…” I said. Val stood. “Well, I’m gonna go get some air.” He said before heading out the back door. “Okay.” I said as he passed by. I heard the door shut. We were all still watching the T.V. when I heard Val’s scream of pain from outside. We all immediately ran outside. “VAL!” I screamed. Oh no…Val…

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