“Jeremy, get your lazy ass out of bed this instance! Are you even my son? Wake up you ungrateful brat!” Thomas yelled angrily, banging his fist against the teen’s door.
Groaning irritable from the lack of sleep, tossing and turning all night wondering how to explain his feelings to Erika, the sudden disturbance only added fuel to his already burning agony. Pulling the sheets over his head, burying himself under the quilts, Jeremy tried to completely ignore the reality of his actions.
After awhile the knocks finally faded, but soon the sound of the door being unlocked with most likely a spare set of keys could be heard, followed by the feeling of cool air upon his shirtless naked upper body as the self-made cocoon covering him was rudely removed.
“Leave me alone…” Jeremy grumbled reaching for a pillow to once again bury his aching head in.
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“Young man, isn’t it a bit too early to be drinking?” Richard replied almost instantly thinking the boy had lost his mind making such a stupid straightforward request. “Sorry Mr. Stevens, please don’t get me wrong… ummm I have to go now, but I’m being sobering with seriousness, if it’s okay I’ll like to meet you later, thank you.” Seeing his father signaling him from a distance, Jeremy hurriedly disconnected the call after making a one-sided overdue appointment. “Are you ready son? Don’t forget what I told you, make things right with Britney and stay away from Erika.” Thomas patted the teen’s shoulder motioning him into the car On the other hand, the clueless girl had woken up full of energy and brimming with smiles, refreshed at the thought of being kissed for the first time by her secret crush. Although a part of her was conflic
‘God, I hope I didn’t overdo it, there must be at least a handful of people tired of the rein of Miss popularity and would be willing to join the squad. Then again, who would actually choose to sign such a death sentence waring against that psycho? besides me of course.’ Erika was lost in her usual world of self- reasoning, as she managed to once more escape Jeremy’s chase through the crowd of students, anxious to gain freedom from Math class at the end of the day. In the school’s auditorium, she stood briskly with eyes fixed at the double door entrance filled with wavering expectations, but soon ten minutes turned into twenty without the slightest hint of a shadow approaching. Thankfully band practice was held on the field today along with the football team’s final preparation, how embarrassing it would have been for her to be rejected by a college occupied with hundreds of students, seventy percent being girls yet th
‘Holy shit! What just happened?’ Erika mentally cursed herself, now realizing she had fallen head first into Marcus’ cunning tricks. “Hi I’m Rose, this is Lisa, Hazel, Abby and Randy. We heard you were looking for a team?” A sweet and innocent girl with a bright personality introduced herself and the four alongside her. “Yesss… but how… ummm… why?” stumbling for her words, Erika stood there with a puzzled expression. Even if she was hoping someone would be willing to assist, in all honesty she really didn’t believe they would. “Jeremy asked, so why not?” Randy shrugged adding, “Abby’s my twin sister and Lisa is my girlfriend.” “Which homeroom are you guys from?” Erika questioned the unfamiliar faces. “Well, Rose and Hazel are from professor Welton’s business and fin
“No need to apologize Chelsey, your brother and I were just having a friendly discussion.” “Mr. Richards, I don’t know what he told you but I’m sure he was only kidding.” Unfortunately, she had only heard the latter part of their conversation, but judging from his words it wasn’t good. Usually when someone says with all due respect, they were politely criticizing the listener. In this case the man on the receiving end should not even be on the list of persons to provoke. “Chels… please stay out of this, I’m dead serious, dad can’t continue to dictate our lives. I need to know if he’s lying to me so I’ll be better prepared moving forward from there.” Thinking his sister had overheard everything, Jeremy stood his ground firmly. “What are you taking about?” Confused, she quickly turned her attention to the teen with a questioning look. &nbs
“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
“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.
“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