“I should have seen this coming?” Jeremy mumbled recalling his attempt to threaten Thomas with revealing his methods to Patricia, no wonder he acted so heartless in his demands. The man really could care less about divorcing his wife, the only benefit he found in continuing their marriage was to manipulate the three of them.
“The reason I was able to make a clean brake from the business deal he himself forced, was because I managed to convince Treavor and his parents that it would be at a loss for us all to be entangled in an unhealthy relationship where neither of us were in love. He merely admired my personality, that is not the same as being in love.” Chelsey bitterly explained.
“I thought you said he disowned you after you refused to get marry and mom could not handle dad’s ruthless determination so she left him.” Jeremy tried clarifying bits and pieces he v
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“Ha! I knew it! You two clueless fools like each other.” Marcus excitedly shook the startled girl beside him and made poor uncle Sam panic at the scene. Although he had not heard their conversation, the reaction of the teen was enough for him to inadvertently reduce his driving pace. “Young Miss are you alright?” Glancing through the rereview mirror he fearfully inquired. “Of course she is, heck I’m happy…. This is amazing news! I can’t wait to tell…” Marcus big mouth was about to blurt out what he shouldn’t. “I got a team for tomorrow’s game, he wants to tell Mrs. Vincent, the school’s cheerleading coordinator.” Hastily placing her hand over his blabbering mouth, Erika awkwardly lied. The last thing she needed was the old man reporting to her dad. “This is between our squad, no need to get involved. You are not going to breathe a word of this to anyone, some surpri
“Alright, settle down now class. Mr. Adams thank you for sharing but I would appreciate it if you keep such information to yourself in the future or at least wait until you’re dismissed to discuss personal matters.” Professor Edwards reminded the regretful teen for stirring up unnecessary excitement in the middle of his explanation. Clenching his jaws, Jeremy glared at his friend with undisguised frustration, surely if looks could have killed, poor Marcus would have been buried six feet under or frozen to death looking like a carved statue on display. Swallowing nervously, the boy quickly realized his mistake. Perhaps he shouldn’t have insisted to that extent. Clearly something must
“Wow!” Abby stared wide-eyed at Erika stepping out from the stall. “I know I don’t like girls, but damn!” She teased. “Stop exaggerating.” Lisa lightly nudged her friend afraid their reaction might scare the turtle back into hiding. “Yeah, you look fine Erika. No need to worry, come on, let’s go.” Rose smiled grabbing hold of her arm casting the two a quick warning glare. “Alright…” still feeling a bit awkward, she nervously clung to the girl dragging her along worried about her performance. How was she going to cheer when she wasn’t even confident enough to flaunt her assets proudly? However, as soon as she made her way out, Randy too could not help but taking several obvious glances. “If you suddenly lose your eyes, I think we can find a pair at the fish market.” Lisa huffed in annoyance.
"Humph! Serves you right." Marcus smirked at his friend's surprised reaction. Gritting his teeth in painful frustration, Jeremy forced himself to ignore the girl ahead despite the drumming sound beating against his chest from the mere glance and now imprinted image of Erika. "What's the matter, Adams? Can't eat your cake and have it too?" Jake mocked. It seems that his every move or rather reaction was under direct scrutiny by those around, out of both good and bad intentions. "Jealous much?" Jeremy tried regaining his composure by focusing on the others. However, as they ran out onto the open field surrounded by the cheerful girls, his mind couldn't help being drawn to one. &nb
Of course, Marcus had already known about their planned performance, but out of pure satisfaction in tormenting his stubborn friend, he chose to continue his charade of ridiculous remarks. “Too bad she fell for an idiot.” He sighed loudly as if devastated then added, “what I would do to have someone like her.” It didn’t matter if he knew what this provoking fool’s intentions were, Jeremy really did want to punch him in the face. ‘How unfortunate I am to have him as a best friend.’ He concluded, not the slightest bit amused by the teenager’s taunts. Jake on the other hand felt a sense of accomplishment seeing the obvious annoyance and irritation brought on by situation, since Britney wasted no time blabbering about the results of her dad pressuring Thomas and in return, he used whatever methods necessary to convince his son. So unknowingly, the predator was well aware of his target’s
Erika’s mind went completely blank the moment those words registered in her brain. Even if Marcus had previously spoken out on behalf of his friend, the feelings he had towards her, actually hearing it right from the horse’s mouth had definitely sparked a fuse in her heart. ‘what a load of bullshit!’ Her inner voice yelled, refusing to believe his words yet contemplating the meaning… he can not be with her, but he liked her? Even if this had something to do with his father and Phillip Hudson, why did he publicly announce it to the entire class knowing he indeed held secret feelings for her? Then later apologized and confess in such a hectic scene. Wasn’t he just toying with her emotions? “Hey, are you alright?” Lisa lightly shook the zoned-out girl, snapping her back into reality. “Huh? Oh umm… yeah sure, I’m fine.” Erika blinked her eyes a few times trying to regain her senses as she was being c
After some time, Rose too met with her mom before heading off to the docks joining the rest of the crew for an evening to remember. Erika wanted to get change before leaving, but afraid of being held back by either Miss Joy, Principal McAbee or the sports coordinator, Mrs. Vincent, she eagerly rushed out of the building with plans of stopping home for something more appropriate for the chilled night scene. Marcus and Jeremy however, were still very much occupied with the internal school ceremony. “Dude! That was an incredible match, both of you guys were on freaking fire out there.” “Yeah, luckily you stepped in Barkley, otherwise the game would have tied.” “The last thing we need was an overtime play with ‘someone’, sabotaging their own team.” “I can’t believe he acted like such an idiot, nearly causing us….” A
"Hey, I don't want to keep you too long. But I really need to get changed." Erika anxiously reminded Rose seeing the girl had no intention of turning at the next intersection, feeling overly concerned about her clothing that night. Surely such a damp windy evening would be a bit too chilly for her exposed skin. "You know it's not necessary, right? I mean, you don't have to, it's just going to be a small gathering, a few classmates along with the squad, no big deal. Besides we're all going there dressed like this, you have nothing to worry about." Misunderstanding her reasons for being embarrassed or awkward, Rose ignored and continued down the road. "But…." "Before Erika could further protest, the car quickly spe
“Is… is she really okay? is my baby okay?” Phillip instantly sprang to his feet at the sound of the double metal doors of the emergency room opening up, his words slightly hoarse in expectation and uncertainty. “Hmm... thankfully she got here when she did, our team was able to empty the contents of her stomach before it could dissolve into the bloodstream.” “Ahem! Miss Hudson, ingested almost half a bottle of sleeping pills. A few minutes more and it would have been too late. Since the police is already here, then we have no other reason to get involved, we will provide a report of our findings shortly.” The doctors explained one after another. “Is she awake?” Richard intervened in a concerned tone. Despite the current circumstances, all were nonetheless relieved that the silly girl was still very much alive. “It will take some time for her to regain conscio
Shortly after, several officers could be seen rushing into the prominent hospital, anxiously requesting medical assistance. Apart from it being their duty to care for the life of a civilian, the young woman involved was the daughter of an arrogant and influential businessman… failure to respond effectively might not only put the girl at a greater risk of dying, but their jobs on the line as well. In a matter of minutes, Britney was rushed into the emergency room with nervous doctors seeking to pump her stomach out, ridden her body of the drug as they tried their best to keep her condition stable. “Why haven’t your parents arrived as yet?” Officer Woody questioned. Seeing that the girl was finally under the care of the hospital’s medical team, he promptly returned his attention to the three possible suspects. “He should be here any minute now.” Jeremy replied vaguely.
“Selena! How could you do this to me? Stop the car right now!” Britney protested hysterically. “No! drive.” Keisha and Jeremy yelled out simultaneously. Sure, the latter could have taken over if the girls refused to comply, but he wasn’t about to let the frantic psycho out of his sight, even if it meant literally holding onto her. Although Britney was fuming with rage and confusion at the said time, feeling trapped and exposed…. She wasn’t crazy enough to start another fight, especially with the wrathful teen inches away in a moving car. All she could do was ramble on and on until the vehicle finally made its way to the front of the police station. “I did nothing, you can’t prove anything… I’m innocent.” She rebelliously folded her arms, glued to her seat with no intention of stepping foot into the downtown bureau. “Fi
On the other side, Britney was in a fit of panic wondering why Jeremy’s figure was yet to appear in an exhausted state. “Ahh! I knew it! This is all your fault. He probably didn’t even drink the damn water.” She yelled accusingly at the duo standing by her side as they peered from the corners of the hall, hoping to see the drowsy teen staggering out of the locker room. “Sorry, but I was too nervous. Didn’t you say the coach give it to him? Then don’t worry, he will drink it.” Keisha reasoned. “Don’t worry? Because you two chickened out at the last minute I had no other choice than to give it to him myself. If he doesn’t take the freaking pill my plans are ruined!” “What difference does it make? Either way he would have refused it from us.” “Yeah and you know how clumsy I can get, it was better that you did i
The following day at West Bay Academy. “Did the handsome flirt give you any trouble today?” “Lisa!” Randy shouted. “What? Can’t I call it as it is. Sheesh, so immature.” The girl teased as the regular group of seven sat down for their routine meal at lunch in the school’s cafeteria. “Fine! You guys see the new home-ec teacher? She’s damn…” “Do you like breathing?” Lisa instantly interrupted her boyfriend from uttering regretful words. “Where’s the equality? How come I can’t compliment a woman and you can drool over a stinking doctor?” Listening to the bickering couple, Jeremy leaned closer whispering in Erika’s ear, “let’s not share a table with these two again.” “Hey, have some manners. When you’re with us, no secrets. Otherwise get a room.” Marcus joked. “Rose, I th
The evening soon ended on that note. Uncle Sam escorted the girls back home as Erika was accompanied by her parents in a separate vehicle. Being caught up in his own dilemma, Jeremy had guilt tripped the guys into staying away from the show as well… he couldn’t be there to watch his girlfriend flash model, why should they be present for theirs? No doubt if he had any other option, he would have chosen to be on the spot supporting the openly bold but inwardly fragile girl that had a way of bringing a smile to his cold face. Unfortunately, his dad had shown up at the Shephard apartment complex, appearing a bit intoxicated… begging and howling sorrowfully like an abandoned pup pleading to be taken care of. Chelsey, though not as angry as before, was still not too happy about the idea of her mother intending on accept the man back into their lives easily, she wanted him to suffer a lot m
“Guys! Where on earth are we going?” Erika questioned uneasily, seeing Abby sneakily passed a paper over to the driver, most likely giving him their intended destination. “You’ll see.” Lisa winked playfully. “Come on you guys… I… I need to tell my parents; they will be worried if I’m late…” “No they won’t, right uncle?” Hazel asked the old fella behind the staring wheels as if they had some sort of understanding. “Young Miss, your friends have already told Mr. Stevens sir, about the plans for this evening… I’ll be accompanying you until it’s time to return home.” Old man Sam replied plainly. “Then where are we going?” “To an address Miss.” “Yeah, I know, but where…?” “A place…” “Obviously it’s a place, can’t you be more specific?” Erika tried fishing out information from him. “That’s enough! He’s not telling you squat, now
“Oh my God! That was freaking awesome! I can’t believe I actually said that out loud, usually I would have loads of random response floating around in my head but I would never think of confronting anyone, especially with so many people watching, well except for that time she slapped me during my first cheerleading practice, still… she had it coming. Oh, and at that pervert’s home, but it was just the four of us there….” Erika rambled on, feeling a burst of excitement as she came out of the cafeteria, tightly clinging onto the helpless teen’s arm. “You did good.” Jeremy smiled, utterly pleased by her courage, even if it was a spur of the moment type of thing and she barely managed to remain standing in the face of so many hypercritical spectators, quickly shifting their views. “My heart is literally racing right now.” The silly girl subconsciously brought both their entangled hands towards her violently drumming heart, innocentl
The following morning went on as usual with the young lovers accompanying each other to the hospital, the only difference was they had effectively been placed on separate teams. Jeremy observing first hand trauma cases while Erika resisted the urge to ruin the handsome doctor’s face. After realizing the young man’s possible intentions might be connected to her so-called rival, the over imaginative girl couldn’t help mentally acting out a scene of poking his lingering eyes out or chopping his arms off for ‘accidentally’ brushing against her at least ten times within their limited two-hour training. Yeah, like who would believe it was an honest mistake? But she was certainly thankful he didn’t go beyond long stares and split-second contact. However, her newly assigned partner, apparently named Grace, could just as easily detect William’s leniency and extra attentiveness towards her. When Erika deliberately did things wrong, instea