Chapter 17 It's A Deal

Chapter 17

As soon as we got there, I started to regret my decision. "You can go with Sandy to her private dressing room. You can use the bathroom there." Said Leo.

"You guys have private rooms?" I ask in bewilderment. They all paused and stared at me as if I was stupid. Then I suddenly remembered that they are The Pandorgriffs and it all suddenly made sense. "Of course. Sorry for asking." I muttered.

I followed Sandy to the far left side of the room and opened the door as she ushered me in. Inside, I felt like I was inside a Hannah Montana closet. 

On the walls were racks filled with shoes and clothes. A mini crystal chandelier hung in the middle. At the center of the room was a huge round bed with red bed sheets.

"What the heck!?" I turned to Sandy. "I know you guys are superstars but don't you think this is getting way too overboard!?"

She raised an eyebrow at me after closing the door. "What are you talking about? It's perfectly normal. And besides, we use our own money to have this build."

I gave her a nonchalant look. "Let me guess, you paid the principal for him to allow this setup."

Sandy laugh. "Don't be silly." She shook her head and went through one of her drawers. "Of course the principal said yes. He has no choice. Leo's family owns the school, remember?"

"Oh...yeah...right." Now I just feel stupid.

"Here." Sandy came back and handed me a fresh set of uniforms before pointing at a door to our right. "The bathroom is over there. You can use the shower. The towels are just on the upper shelf. I think you'll be able to see it."

"Er....thanks," I said after taking the clothes from her. "What about you?"

Sandy rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Please. Do you seriously think I only have one bathroom?"

I sighed. With the fancy room and her walk-in closet, why am I not surprised? "Oh right. Super star stuff. Sorry, I asked. Again" With that, I excused myself as I headed for the bathroom. Once I entered, I don't even want to talk about how big it was and how both the shower and toilet have a lot of buttons with Japanese characters on them.

Wow. Fancy.

I locked the bathroom door behind me and place the uniform on one of the clean shelves. I took off my shoes and socks and started to head towards the shower. I still have my uniform on as I looked at the random buttons on the shower. I frowned seeing as I couldn't understand what was written on them.

"Uhhh..." My finger hovered over a green button. I figured that it would be the ‘on’ switch since, you know, it's green and all. I drew my hand back and hesitated.

Maybe I should call Sandy and ask her how this works? I thought but suddenly decided against it.

"Nah." I shrugged. "What's the worst thing that could happen anyway?" Having that in mind, I pressed the green button. Water poured from the shower rapidly completely soaking me. 

"Eep!" My fingers flew as I pressed another button. It did not slow the water down, but it sure did made the water turn cold. "MOTHER!!" I screamed and started to press another button, this time making it hot. Panicked, I pressed random buttons and the shower went haywire and kept pouring water on me. Hot, cold, neutral, and back.

"AHH! IT'S BURNING ME, NO!! IT'S COOOLDDD!!! MAKE IT STOP! AHH!" I started to run around, probably wasn't the brightest idea since the floor was wet. I slipped and knocked a few bottles of products on the floor before I landed on my butt and let out a howl of pain. "AAAWOO!"

The door suddenly burst open and Sandy came in only wearing a towel. "Hailey?" When her eyes darted towards me, she gasped. "Hailey!!! Are you alright!?!"

Lying in a heap of bath products, I looked up at her. "Do you really want me to answer that?" I squeaked. Sandy came and help up me.

"Sorry. I should have taught you how to use the shower." She said.

‘You think?’ I wanted to say but the guilty look on her face made me think twice. "It's fine. I waved her off."

"Are you sure?"

I nodded.

"Alright. Umm.......here. Let me turn this on for you." Sandy went in front of the shower and started to press some buttons. "How's this?"

I place a handout and let the water drip on my hand. "It's alright. Thank you."

Sandy smiled. "You’re welcome. If you need anything more, just call."

"Uh.....I do need one more thing."

"What's that?"

I looked away while blushing. I can't believe that I'm saying this!! But I have to! 

With a sigh, I looked at Sandy with a serious expression. "Do you have an extra underwear?"

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After the horrifying trip to Sandy's futuristic bathroom, I started to get dressed. Luckily, Sandy has an extra pair of underwear that she gave me. Believe me, she has a drawer full of brand new underwear.

I was already done dressing up and ready to go while Sandy was still blow-drying her hair. As for me, I didn't bother to dry my hair since it takes time. Plus, I'm too lazy to do such kind of stuff. 

I got up from her bed and started to head towards the door.

I opened it, expecting the meeting room to be empty, but no. Sheen, Leo, and Xander were there walking around in the room shirtless. They must have sense my presence because they all looked at me at the same time. Unthinkingly, I counted their abs.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8..........

Wordlessly, I went back to Sandy's room and slammed the door shut before leaning on it. Sandy put down her blow dryer and was looking at me with concern. "Hailey, what's wrong?"

"P-Porn stars!!" I yelled and covered my face with my hands as I tried to shake the image of their eight pack out of my mind.

"Oh, for crying out loud." Sandy sighed and pulled me away from the door. "Stay here." She ordered before going out and closing the door behind her.

"How many times must I tell you guys not to walk around shirtless when we have visitors!?!?!" Then I suddenly heard a loud crash outside. Meanwhile, I was starring at the door still thinking about the number eight.

A few seconds later and the door opened once again. Sandy stood there and smiled. "It's okay, they're decent now." She assured me.

Pursing my lips, I got out of the room but not before I grabbed my stuff. At first, I peaked onto the door to see if the boys really are decent. When I saw that they all were now wearing their school shirt complete with the school blazer did I decided to go out.

"Hey, Hailey!!" Sheen greeted me but I ignored him and turned to Leo.

"Thanks for your generosity," I told him coolly.

Leo nodded at me. "You’re welcome. And thank you for stopping the food fight earlier." I looked away and shrugged. "And because of that, you really are the perfect person to be our peace keeper."

I sighed and rolled my eyes. Not this again. "Look, I really appreciate the offer but-"

"Please take the position, Hailey." Sandy said cutting me off.

"Sandy, no." I told her. "Why are you guys so keen on making me the peacekeeper?? It's really annoying." As soon as the world flew from my mouth, silence immediately fell in the room. They were looking at anywhere but me. 

They all seemed nervous. Sheen even whistled at the awkward silence now. I was wondering why they were acting so strange until I remembered how they handled the situation in the cafeteria.

I narrowed my eyes suspiciously at them. "Hey wait a minute, don't tell me you guys-" Sandy, Sheen, and Xander suddenly looked at me with wide eyes.

"Wait, Hailey!"

"No!"

"Don't say it!!"

"-you guys suck at handling school fights." As soon as I said it, they all looked at Leo, who was now looking at the floor seeming depressed. Xander came to Leo's side and started to shake him.

"Leo? Hey, Leo. Answer me." When Leo didn't move or responded, he let out a frustrated grunt. "Oh great! He's broken!! I'm in charge now."

"What? Say's who?" Argued Sheen.

"Say's my role. I'm the vice president if you have forgotten."

"This is unacceptable!!"

"Hey. Is Leo doing okay?" I asked, still looking at Leo.

"Now you're asking?" Said Xander giving me an incredulous look. "It's your fault for doing that to him."

"My fault?" I gasp. "I didn't even do anything!!!"

"Well, you had to open your mouth and say that we suck at handling students. Now you offended him."

"How should I know that it would hurt him?!" I said defensively as I glared at Xander.

"You could have been more sensitive!"

"Well, you could have-" Before I could finish, Leo cut me off.

"Alright enough!!" He yelled and pointed a look at me and Xander. Once we were silent, Leo let out a deep breath as if collecting himself. "Miss Collins," He said looking at me. "You are right. We suck at handling school fights. Whenever there's a fight, we always seem to have a hard time fixing it that is why we really need your assistance."

"But I-" I started but he cut me off again as he raised his palm to silence me. 

Uhh.....rude.

"Let me finish." He said. "When I ask you to join us, I'm asking you for a favor and in return, we'll accept your offer to be the models for your mother's runway project."

I think I might have gone deaf from what I just heard. Is he really that serious?! No way will he do that, but seeing the look on the faces of his friends I think I heard him right.

"Are you kidding me, Leo?! What the heck are you thinking?!"

"Leo, are you feeling okay?"

"Our manager will surely kill us."

Despite the protest of his friends, Leo's eyes were dead-fixed to mine as he waited for my reply. 

I, on the other hand, was feeling a bit uncomfortable with the situation. With a gulp, I looked up at him and gave him a faint smile. "Wow, are you really that desperate?"

He smirked. "Only when I really think that I am making the right choice. What do you say?"

This is it, Hailey! This is it!

I cleared my throat. "Um.......If I do accept your offer, will you promise to see your end of the deal?"

"Yes." He said. I looked into Leo's eyes as I search for a hint of a lie in them, but I saw nothing - only his fierce and determined look.

Could I really trust him?

"Come on! Just say something! We don't have all day to wait for you." Said Xander making me glare at him.

I turned my gaze back at Leo and pointed at Xander. "If I join you, will you see to it that he shut up?"

"Yes."

"And promise me that you won't be bugging me unless it's about my job?"

"Yes."

"And do you swear - pinky swear - that I won't do paper works and boring meetings unless I want to?"

"Paper works are not in the list of duties for peacekeepers so I guess it's a promise."

After he made his promise, I gave him a curt nod and without thinking, I gave him my word. "Good. Then we have a deal." Leo seemed to smile at my response while Sandy let out a glee. 

I, on the other hand, have an unsettling feeling in my gut that tells me that the worse of my problems are just about to come and I just hope that I made the right decision.