THE PLOT
HARVEY SNACKS DINER, 10PM"Look, you guys have to relax. I'd like to finish my food first before sharing my brilliant idea," Miller said with a goofy grin."Sure, Einstein," Evans replied.They all ate their food in silence and all the while, Robin couldn't help but notice Drew's burning haze on her as she ate, so she decided to avoid meeting his eyes and pinned all her attention on her pizza slice.After they had all eaten, Miller cleared his throat dramatically and started, "So as I said already, I have the feeling that the culprit is a female and is probably doing this out of spite or under the instructions of someone. So I will simply hack into the account used in the post and get the contact details and...""What? No you will not, I think that is just going too far," Evans protested."Can you be silent while the master speaks?" Miller asked in a fake annoyed tone. He could be described as the smartest one out of the four of them, as he was experienced in anything related to gadgets and technology and was able to hack into any system or account according to him.Once, he had hacked into the university's administrative office, just to get the details of a female student, whom he wanted to conquer at the time and after doing that successfully, the guys had been very impressed by his skills.Though after three other times, he had been caught and was almost suspended for a month, but being the son of the governor, he received preferential treatment and wasn't punished after the interference of his father, Seth Anderson, the current governor of the state."Bro, you know that Dad's not gonna help you out if you got caught this time?" Joe queried."Well he's not because I won't get caught. Come on that was a year ago, I'm smarter now and this isn't the first time I'm hacking into the school's gossip forum. I've done it a bunch of times, okay?""What? Are you crazy? I'm sure you did it just to get girls' phone numbers, you pervert," Joe scolded.He was the older twin by a couple of hours and tended to treat Miller as though he was very much younger than him."Relax bro, remember last month when I gave you Annie's number? Where the hell did you think I got it from? I hacked Annie's account on the gossip forum and got the number bro. It was quite difficult though, since she is one of the founders of the forum. So hacking that of a regular member is going to be pretty easy," Miller answered with a grin."Okay, now after getting the number, what happens next?" Drew queried, sounding obviously upset with Miller's casual attitude towards the issue."Yes and where exactly do I come in? I just want to get that post taken down and to find out who would do something so cruel. I hate to be made a subject of pity, so please can this be done quickly?" Robin added, which earned her a scowl from Andrew."Do you think we want to be here with you ocean eyes, huh? I lost my girlfriend because of that stupid post and if you hadn't come to the cafe this morning, we wouldn't be in this mess now, would we?""There's no need to get so mean Drew, when this whole thing is cleared up, I'm sure Jenna will come begging. You don't have to worry, anyways Robin how's your brother doing now? We're really sorry for running him over," Joe said with a frown."Even if she does, I have no intention of taking her back. I know Jenna, she's probably waiting for me to call her, but this time I'm not taking her back since she refused to believe me after how much I tried to explain to her, just like the last time too. It's over between us and I mean it this time," Andrew answered with a lethal look on his face."Thanks for your concern, but he's still unconscious, the doctor said he'll probably come around before the end of this week, I really hope he does, he's my only close relative," Robin said and just kept staring at them, she couldn't she was sitting with the sons of high profile people in the city. She was sure they were all players and it didn't come as a surprise since they were all very handsome. She quickly cleared her thoughts at the sound of Andrew's voice."That's alright guys, if this is the only way to discover the culprit then let's just do it already.""Okay, let's see who hates your guts then," Miller said as he started typing away on his laptop and humming a song about girls, while the others scrolled through the news feed, which was mostly about Andrew and Robin on the forum.The sound of Andrew's phone ringing, had him standing, "When you get the number please let me know. I have to deal with something.""Does that something involve a girl?" Miller asked."Yeah, I gotta meet with Maggie tonight and you ocean eyes, don't think I'll stop hating you after the culprit is found, because I won't. I'll make sure you regret ever meeting me.""I'm glad the feeling is mutual, I also hate you too and you have no idea how much I'd like to clear this thing up so I don't have to see your stupid face anymore," Robin replied."Why are you meeting Maggie, that too by this time?" Evans asked."You know the answer, so there's no need asking," he replied which had the other guys laughing out loud."Damn, you've moved on so fast, I trust you man," Joe said."Okay, see y'all later. Maggie is actually the event planner and we have lots to discuss concerning the party tomorrow, bye guys," He waved as he left without sparing another glance at Robin."So you guys are all players right? I knew it, he was just talking about a breakup moments ago and now he's meeting up with another girl," Robin said as she felt really sorry for the girl called Maggie, she would only be used and dumped."That's just the way it is. Yes guys, I've done it. The account has the name bluelines56 and this is what you have to say tomorrow Robin," Miller said while typing it down on his laptop and then passing it to her to read.She quickly dialed the number which Miller got from the forum and put it on speaker mode. After four rings, the phone was finally answered, she looked at the guys and after getting a go ahead signal from them, she started speaking after hearing a female voice say "hello.""Hello, is this bluelines56, I'm Chloe, the girl, who's photo you uploaded alongside Andrew Grey. I need your help and I know you want to destroy Andrew Grey just like me," Robin said in a high pitched voice."I was actually thinking of how to contact you. Since we have the same enemy, we can meet tomorrow at The Braves new game launch party. Lots of reporters are going to be there and he will be ruined. I'll contact you later for further details," the voice said.Miller gave her a signal to ask for the girl's name. "What's your name please, at least I need to know the name of my partner in crime?""No, not yet. Remember tomorrow at 4pm during the party," and with that, the line went off."Okay, so now we're sure it's a female, most likely one of his exes. I like playing detective, I can't wait to see who it is," Evans said."Yeah man, me too," Joe added."So what do we do next?" Robin asked."Don't worry I'll let you know via mail this night. You can go and have some rest, I'm sure you're tired, don't get worried with Drew's threats, he's just bluffing. Tomorrow's gonna be really interesting," Miller replied with a huge grin and they all finally left they restaurant.ENCOUNTERS AND FIGHTSDEPARTMENT OF GRAPHIC DESIGNING, 7 AM.Leaving the Calculus 108 lecture room, Robin sighted John Davis Stacks from the Stacks family, popular for making designer shoes and bags, the only friend she had in the entire school.They had been classmates in a prestigious high school, where she studied as a scholarship student, Jack had always been nice and they became friends when he transferred from his previous school to hers in senior high. He had done a lot for her in the three and half years of them knowing each other.He was a tall, slightly tanned, handsome and muscular guy, a fashion designing student in his first level. He had on a blue, long sleeved shirt which he rolled up at the sleeves and white jeans with white sneakers, which was one of the shoes designed from his family's shoe line.""Hello John, how are you doing?" she asked from behind him."How am I doing? You've got to be kidding me. I just saw the post Rob, how could you not tell me about somethin
GOING SHOPPINGPENNY'S CAFE, ACHIEVERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, 8 AM."Grey, don't you think this time you went a little too far, how could accuse Robin of scheming the entire accident, I know her very well, she would never risk the life of her brother for any reason. What happened was accidental and what you were supposed to do as a decent person, which you're not, was to help them to the hospital at least...," John was saying before Andrew cut him off."Hold it there Stacks, you have absolutely no right to yell at me, got it and you ocean eyes, I see you have a fan club already, everyone thinks I'm the bad guy now, huh? Is Stacks also one of the brainless guys you've captured under your spell?""No one is under any spell here, you're just being a big bully, you think you own everyone just because you're rich? Anyways, Miller hasn't given me any more info as regards our plan, so what else do I have to do?" Robin demanded calmly, despite how much she wanted to yell at him.Just as An
CHEESE IN THE TRAPGS SHOPPING MALL."You don't have to give any compliments, that you don't mean. You must have seen better-looking girls, given your player status," Robin answered while pushing back a lock of her long red hair, which had been straightened."No, I mean what I just said. Why don't we just forget all that happened before and just get to the party? How did you find my staff, were they nice?""Yeah, wait a minute. What do you mean by your staff?""I own this mall, I established it when I turned sixteen with my savings," Andrew replied with pride."Wow, it's amazing, you did that at such a young age? And yes, your staff were nice to me.""Okay then gorgeous, shall we go now?""Yes, of course," Robin replied with a smile and she suddenly realized that it was the first time she had smiled at him and that he was a player, she quickly switched back to her cold and detached attitude. Andrew took note of that smile and how her entire body language changed, but he chose to be si
LOVE RUNTHE BRAVES CLUB, 4:30 PM"Yes, is Miss Stevens your new girlfriend, what's the relationship between you both?" Came the voice of another reporter."We need to know, why did she help you out and did you truly run her brother over?" A man in a black suit asked. The entire room became so noisy with the paparazzi taking photos and barking questions."Looking over at Robin, Andrew answered, "No, she's not my girlfriend, but she is indeed a very good friend of mine and is a new member of The Braves and as for running her brother over, it was all an accident and we have reconciled everything. I'll will answer no more questions from anyone, now the app launch will proceed.The entire room fell silent after that and then the opening act which was a drama, telling the story of the new game, LOVE RUN was performed, but Robin's mind was not present there anymore, she kept wondering if Andrew didn't realize that by calling her a friend of his, the paparazzi would only interpret her as his
THE TESTTHE DANCE FLOOR, THE BRAVES CLUB, 7PM.Blinking repeatedly, Robin answered while stammering, "What, what do you mean by fall in love with you? You're not my type and I don't even remember agreeing to be your date, okay,""Okay, so will you be my date for tonight and may I have this dance?" Andrew asked with a sincere smile and his right hand stretched out."Sure, Mr. Andrew Alexander Grey," she answered with a smile and placed her hand in his.Leading her to the dance floor, Andrew ignored the gasps of shock coming from the crowd.All he could see was Robin in her beautiful short black dress with her red hair catching all the lights and flaming like fire over her shoulders.He stared into her ocean eyes as they took their place in the middle of the dance floor. Sounds of photographs being taken was heard in the entire room, but that was none of his concern, his entire attention was on the beauty before him."I'm really nervous I've never waltzed in public or attended this sor
ALMOST KISSFIRST FLOOR, THE BRAVES CLUB, 9:45PM.The match was quite tough as both Andrew and Robin were pros in virtual football."Yes, yes, yes! I'm so beating your ass," Robin screamed as she scored her first goal before the half time and bumped her shoulder with Andrew, which had him saying with a frown."Oh yeah, let's see about that in the next half, it's just 1-0, I'll definitely win at the end.""Tough luck there man, I don't think so," she replied as they continued with the second half and at the end of it all, it was a tie with a score of 1-1."I really hate losing, but I guess having a draw is not so bad anyway and just so you know, I went easy on you," Andrew said as he sat and took a sip of the mineral water on his desk."Whatever, we are equals at the game. I remember you promised to tell me about Jenna, so spill. She's so beautiful, I mean what happened between you guys, why did you break up. Just feel free and talk about it, this will probably be the last time we have
HOSPITAL ROOMTHE BRAVES CLUB, 10:25PM."Robin, wait please!" Andrew yelled again and at this point everyone started murmuring about what was happening.Just as he made a move to follow Robin, Jenna took a hold of his forearm. "Where do you think you going Andrew?" She asked in a tight voice, conscious of how everyone was watching them."Jenna, I don't answer to you or anyone else. Wherever I'm going has absolutely nothing to do with you, got it?" He answered as he ran out after Robin, without sparing her another glance."Andrew, get back here this minute. Andrew!" Jenna yelled, but he was long gone.John who had been sitting with Robin also followed after her when Andrew ran after her.Taking a microphone, Jenna stepped up to the stage and said, "Everyone, feel free to continue with the party, while my boyfriend rewards Robin Stevens for her help in clearing things up in our relationship. There's no problem, the donation for The Braves Club will start now."Joe came up to her as she
EAVESDROPPINGJACK'S HOSPITAL ROOM, 11:30PM"I'm just kidding, I'm only here because I feel totally responsible for Jack. I hit him while drunk driving and I want to give my apologies to him myself, that's what a real man will do," Andrew replied with a proud look across his face."So it's now you wanna be a real man and own up to your actions huh?" Robin said in a slightly raised tone."Keep it down, we don't wanna wake Jack up, now do we?" Andrew warned her."Whatever, just leave. You're free to come back tomorrow to visit.""No thanks, I'm staying here tonight, besides nine of the guys will be home, they never come home after a party, if you know what I mean," Andrew said with a playful smile."You guys are just players. I don't remember asking about your friends nightly activities," Robin answered to which Andrew replied with a laugh.Silence fell upon the room and thirty minutes later, Robin found her eyes feeling too heavy to stay open and finally she fell asleep at Jack's bedsi
ONCE AGAINTWO YEARS LATER...ACHIEVERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, 2 PMROBIN'S POVPaying the designated driver, I got out of the car with my handbag and waited for him to get the rest of my luggage from the car trunk.After ensuring that all my things were out, I thanked him before he drove off.Looking at the environment around me, I smiled as I took in the beautiful decorations of AUT. The beauty of this college seemed to have augmented since the last time I was here two years ago.After admiring the college entrance for about two full minutes, I took out my phone to call Stacey. She and I were still in touch even though I was away in London for the past two years.The previous week when I informed her of the fact that I was done with the graphic designing training that Uncle Joe had enrolled me for and that I was gonna be coming back to AUT, she had screamed in unconcealed excitement and promised to pick me up at the school gate when I arrived.When she had said that, I had asked
RINGS AND KNIVESTHE BEEHIVE ARENA, 12 NOON."Yes, you heard me correctly guys, Robin is more qualified than anyone else to play for us in virtual football. I got to know about her amazing skills on the night of our app launch party. She and I played together and she almost beat me, in fact, we eventually settled at equal scores. I think she was going easy on me that night. You know me, I'm not the type to admit that anyone else is better than me, so it takes a lot of courage for me to give Robin this role. If there's anyone who isn't in support of this, please indicate," Andrew said seriously."Jack has told me about her amazing skills, but I never thought she could beat you at your best sport, Drew. If you think she's good, then she must be." Miller teased while laughing."Shut up Mill," Joe playfully hit Miller's shoulder while laughing."Team leaders from The Gators, The Believe Team and Team Ice, please bring your players to the tournament corner. The tournament for third place w
ROBIN?"And 1. Programmers, please proceed. You have thirty-five minutes to finish all fifty questions. Remember to use at least forty seconds for each question," Alan announced.The Bravers as well as other teams quickly gathered around three computers and started working on the first ten questions.Andrew sat in front of the system for problem-solving while the other Bravers sat behind the two other systems for offence and defence."It seems like Andrew Grey's team are more relaxed this year and their speed this time is also very good," Linda, one of the commentators remarked."Yes, you're right Linda. Oh, wait, it seems like Team Ice is trying to launch an attack on The Braves, but of cause they are quick enough to defend it. It seems like The Bravers came in very prepared!" Alex, the other commentator replied.Robin watched Andrew from where she and the other Bravers sat and never before had she felt so tensed. She watched the frown of concentration on Andrew's face as he solved t
COMPETITIVE PROGRAMMINGTHE BEEHIVE ARENA, 11 PM"Why do I feel like Max is gonna retaliate violently?" Robin asked fearfully.The look Andrew gave her had her shivering on the inside."He can't do anything, don't worry about him," Andrew replied, holding her hand."Okay ladies and gentlemen, with that settled, I believe we can all continue with the competition. Bravers, you're free to go back to your seats, thank you. We've wasted enough time indeed," Vanessa said after The Storm Team alongside Harry was led out of the arena."Now that The Storm Team is out of the competition, we have only nine teams left. Jeffery Michaels will give us a report on the top leaders of the first round. This round has a total of thirty points and the next one has a total of forty points. Any team that fails to make up to fifty points from the first two rounds added together, would not qualify for the final round. Are you guys excited to find out which team has won this popularity round?" Alan asked."Yes
DISQUALIFIEDTHE BRAVES WAITING ROOM, 10:40 AM"You guys can't let this happen to me. Andrew, you can't let them take me away. I've been your friend for such a long time, you can't do this to me!" Harry shouted as the security guards took him by the arms and dragged him away."What do you think they're gonna do to him?" Robin asked I'm fear."It's definitely gonna be what he deserves," Roberto replied.★★★★★THE BEEHIVE ARENAMax Reed was also dragged up to the stage for questioning and Camila couldn't sit put while her nephew was being maltreated, so she stood up and asked, "Who do you think you're dragging that way? Max is my nephew and I have the feeling that he has been set up by someone. I'm sure that Robin Stevens must have set Max up, she was the one who sold those ideas to him. There must be a mix up somewhere!""Miss Reed I advise you to have your seat and stop giving those remarks. We all just saw the video where your nephew and another student from AUT was talking about how
DAY 1 ONCE AGAINTHE BRAVES WAITING ROOM, 10:00 AMRobin stepped back from Harry and said, "Let's all go out now. It's 10:00 AM already."Why didn't I get a hug?" Harry frowned."That's because you don't deserve it," Robin replied tartly."Ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you once again to The Regional Gaming Competition. As you all know, the competition was scheduled for last week, but due to some misunderstandings, it had to be postponed to this week. Who is excited?" Alan's voice came booming from all the speakers in the arena."I am!" The fans replied, excitedly."The competition has started, can you please keep quiet?" Robin frowned and then all The Bravers focused their attention on the large LED TV in the room, which showed what was happening on stage.★★★★★★THE BEEHIVE ARENA, 10:02 AMThe fans showed their excitement when the camera focused on their corner as they sprayed confetti and raised thundersticks to cheer their preferred teams on. Some even raised banners with the na
PAPER BAGS AND GUMMY BEARSTHE BEEHIVE ARENA, 9:30 AM"Babe, check out who's here to cheer us on!" Andrew said with a smile when Robin opened the door of the room reserved for her in the arena.The competition was to begin in thirty minutes time and all gamers had been given rooms to rest and practice in.She had been working on her increasing the speed of her programming skills. The previous day after the meeting, Harry left, saying he could practice well enough on his own.That left Andrew ensuring that all The Bravers played virtual football matches against one another in pairs. They also made some amendments to Campus Silence, Love Run and SAFE.Robin was indeed tired due to the constant training sessions they all went through all night long and now even with bags under her eyes, she was still very much excited to compete."Who is it?" She asked while rubbing her eyes tiredly after letting Andrew in.Jack then walked into the room with a huge smile and said in a rush, "Hi my cutes
REVELATIONSANDREW'S APARTMENT, 12:30 PM"What do you think? Of course, you have to apologize to her. I told you she was innocent, but you just won't listen," Stanley said.Looking down at her phone with a smile, Robin read the text message Andrew sent to her.MESSAGE DETAILS: Get everyone seated, we're in the parking lot now. Harry shouldn't suspect anything when we walk into the house."Okay, Riley, Gabe, Sophie and Brie, you all have to go downstairs. Andrew and Harry will be here any minute from now. Everyone, please be quiet, okay?" Robin told them all.After they had all relaxed in their seats and pretended like they were discussing other club related matters, Andrew and Harry walked into the room.Fiddling with his glasses, Harry said, "Sorry that I'm late guys. So what system do I use? I think we need to work on our speed first. I noticed most of us are quite slow in comparison with the other teams."Taking a seat in the swivel chair with President written on it, Andrew replie
DEALSANDREW'S APARTMENT, 12PMRobin spent the rest of the morning after church, preparing light snacks and refreshments for The Bravers alongside Sophie and Gabrielle.The rest of Andrew's family had gone home to rest so that they could make it early to The Beehive Arena, the next day for the competition."You see how good they turned out? I told you I make the best hors d'oeuvres in New York City," Gabrielle bragged."Oh please Brie, my cupcakes taste much better than your ridiculous h'ors d'oeuvres which I just can't stop eating," Robin retorted before sneaking another samosa into her mouth."Why do you keep eating them then?" Gabrielle laughed.Beating Robin's hand, Sophie said, "You think her hors d'oeuvres are ridiculous, but you keep eating them. At this rate, there'd be nothing left for us to serve the club members.""Ouch that hurt, Soph. You're just jealous because you haven't been away to eat any of hers yet. I love your punch and cocktails though, the taste is very differe