CHAPTER 5

VERONICA "It's not like this is the first time a player is asking me out."I said to Sam. "Oh,I Know but this player we are taking about is no other than Hunter Bush."he replied. "I fully understand what you mean but why do you feel sorry for me?"I asked him. "I feel sorry for you because,you know nobody says no to those guys and go scot free."he replied with a sigh. "It's not like they are in a mafia or something and I already told him no and I don't plan on changing my answer and there is nothing he can do about it but to stay back."I replied with an eye roll. "Veronica, this is Hunter Bush we are taking about here." "So?"I asked rolling my eyes and I'm tired of doing that already but I can't help it. "well,you of all people should know he won't stay back easily."he stated the obvious. "Yeah,but he will be forced to." "By who?"he asked holding his laughter. "By me."I replied then he started laughing and clapping at the same time. "I'm so proud of you."He said mockingly. "Stop it."I said reasoning how funny the statement I just made is as I try to hold my own laughter but he didn't stop until my phone started ringing. We both looked at the caller ID and it was Hunter. " Don't answer it. "He said. "why won't I?" I asked him. "He Will think you have been waiting for his call." "Oh, that's just bullshit."I replied as I picked up my phone. "So, when am I allowed to pick the call?" I asked looking at my phone. " when he calls for the third or fourth time." he replied. seriously? What we do to prevent looking desperate.SMH. "Okay,"I said then the phone rang again. "I guess this is the third time."I said before picking the call. "Hey,"He said. "Hi,"I replied. "Is everything alright over there?"He asked. "Yeah,why did you ask?" " It's because I called you two times before you picked the call,hope I'm not disturbing you."he said and I looked at Sam as if silently blaming him for the delay and he shrugged in reply. "No you are not,I was not with my phone." "So,why did you call?"I asked him. "Can you please send me your address?I will like to come over."he asked. I looked at Sam who could hear what Hunter said because the call was on speaker and he mouthed, "DON'T GIVE HIM" "Hello,are you still there? "Hunter asked me. "Yeah.,I'm still here."I replied. "So, can you give me your address now?"he asked. "Why do you want to come over?" I asked. "I just want to hang out and please don't say no." "Okay,end the call so I can send you the address."I said then he ended the call so I quickly switched my phone off. "What should I do?"I asked Sam panicking. "I don't know but don't switch your phone on for now."he replied and I did just that. As the both of us continued talking,Sam started telling me about the girl he was crushing on. "So you still have a crush on Stephanie hun?"I asked him smilling. Stephanie is a brunette that Sam has been crushing on for about one year now and I don't know why he is scared to ask her out. She is even in the same grade as us which I believe makes it easier. Left to me, there is nothing special about Stephanie. She is just a petite brunette with thin pink lips and button nose and I haven't really taken a look at her because I only noticed her because of her hair. The length is very nice and I have always loved long, rich hair. But other than that , her beauty is just mid to me . So I don't get why he is so nervous to ask her out. We later watched a movie together and after chatting for sometime,he left. About two minutes later,Liam came back home and he was smiling to himself. " what's up bro?you are looking so Happy today.where are you coming from?" I asked him curiously. "I am coming from my friend's house."he said before going up to his room. After sometime,he came downstairs making a phone call at the same time. When he sat down,I asked him what his reason for happiness was then he opened his phone and logged in Facebook without answering me. He can be really annoying and irritating sometimes. Infact, most of the times. "Seriously Liam I just asked you a question and you didn't even turn to at least acknowledge a human being talking here." I said furious. This is one of those moments that I feel like smacking his head. Immediately,the door bell rang and Liam went to open the door then a girl came inside. Not just any girl but Stephanie Noah. The same Stephanie that I and Sam just talked about earlier. "what a joke." I said to myself. ------------------------------------------------------ MEANWHILE IN BRYAN'S HOUSE "What's wrong?" Bryan asked Hunter. " I don't know,I think the network is bad because her phone is not Connecting and it's saying switched off but it's weird because I just finished speaking to her."Hunter replied. "Maybe she switched it off or her battery is drained."Bryan said as he sat down on the couch. "Why will she switch it off? I was talking to her and all of a sudden her phone became switched off and I don't even know if I should be worried. It's disturbing though."he replied. " What were you talking about?" Bryan asked. "I asked her to send me her address because I wanted to go over to her house." "Well, maybe she doesn't want to give you her address."Bryan said. "Which girl won't want to give me her address? and it's just a common address there is no big deal there."Hunter said. "I don't have an answer to that but you should know that all girls are not the same."Bryan said. Great, now Bryan has become a motivational speaker. "I will just try her phone later."he said as he kept his phone on the table in front of them. "Did you tell her about the party? "Bryan asked. "Yeah,I did and she said yes but it took a lot of convincing before she agreed to come. "Hunter replied. "Cool, but don't do anything stupid."Bryan warned. "How did you know I plan on spiking her drink and taking her home with me?" Hunter said smilling. "Why will you want to do that?" Bryan asked. "I really don't think it's a good idea and that's rape because she didn't consent to it."Bryan said shocked at the plan of his cousin. "I'm really sure she wants it but she is just playing hard to get and as far as I know, she doesn't have a boyfriend. I made my research and don't worry, I will make sure she wants it before I do anything to her."Hunter said. "Don't do it bro." Bryan warned because Hunters plan wasn't right at all. "Why shouldn't I? besides that's all I want from her and that was why I spoke to her in the first place."Hunter replied not ready to back out. " I don't know but I just feel it's not right and forget about my feelings, everybody knows it's not right ."Bryan said. "Fine,I will think about it and I don't even know why you are bothered. what's your deal?"he asked Bryan. "Why do you have to think about it?" Bryan asked in return ignoring Hunters question. "You seem so interested in this girl,hope there is nothing I need to know."Hunter said facing Bryan. "Well,do whatever you want."Bryan said and left the living room to his room in anger. Hunter tried Veronica's number again then she picked the call. "Hello,"Veronica said. "Hello,did something go wrong?I tried your phone but it wasn't going through."Hunter said. "Oh, sorry maybe the network was bad."She replied. "Okay,so what about the address?"he asked. " I will give it to you tomorrow when I get to school."she said hoping he would forget about it. "Why can't you give it to me now?"he asked. Obsessed much. "Besides,I want to be the one to pick you up from your house to the party on Friday if you haven't forgotten about it."he added. "Hunter ,I'm kind of busy right now maybe we can talk later."she told him and ended the call. ------------------------------------------------------ VERONICA. At school the next day,I tried to avoid Hunter as much as I could but that didn't stop him. He even had to stand beside my locker so he will see me when I come to collect my books. Not forgeting ,yesterday my brother introduced Stephanie to me as his girlfriend and I didn't feel happy because it just hurt me to see Sam's crush being taken away. Sam is also like a brother to me and don't get me wrong, I also love Liam even if he is an annoying piece of sh*t but I just want Sam to be happy and I know he won't be if he hears about this. And Liam can always get another girl. He is probably dating Stephanie for fun because the girls he brings here never last in the relationship. Anyway,he will get over it. I just feel kinda guilty because it's my brother she happens to be dating.

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