Stalker Alert

"Disneyland!!" I shriek excitedly, bouncing up and down in the car seat.

Finally we would be going to see Disneyland, after I had begged daddy and promised to be good.

"Be still you, let me put your seatbelt on" Mom holds me in place before she buckles my seatbelt.

"There, all set" she ruffles my hair. I swat her hand away pouting.

"Mom" I whine trying to fix my hair. She does this all the time .

"What?" She laughs as I glare at her

"What will all the princesses think if my hair isn't pretty" I huff, folding my hands across my chest.

"Now who cares what the other princesses think" Daddy gets into the driver's seat, turning to look at me.

"You're my princess" I smile at his words showing my missing tooth.

"That means you're a king, and Mom is a queen"

"Of course" Daddy nods and mom gets into the passenger seat.

"Ready?" She asks.

"Ah ah, seatbelt ma'am" I wag my finger, giving her a stern look.

"Ooh, I'm sorry" Smiling she buckles her seatbelt and we drive out of our mansion

Daddy is a king and I'm a princess, so that's why those men in black are always following us.

Protect the royal family!!

"Disneyland! Disneyland!! Disneyland!!!" I chant excitedly. My chanting turns to screams as our car collides with something else turning over continuously.

"Mommy!" I scream as glass shatters around me.

Someone is screaming, or is that me? The car rolls continuously for some time. Everywhere hurts.

The car stops and everything is blurry.

Mommy and Daddy isn't moving , I look at them one last time before everything goes black.

A chalk piece fell on my desk, snapping me out of my daydream. I look up at the teacher to find her glaring at me and the whole class too were staring at me, snickering.

"Miss Russo, what did I explain now?"

My eyes flickered to the board and back to her face.

"Uh…" I had to get myself distracted in her class, she won't let me off.

"Next time you get distracted in my class, you'd be going to the principal's office"

Of course. It's no secret she doesn't like me.

"Why can't you be more like your cousin?" I look at my cousin and she gives me a look that said "I'm better than you are". Everyone thinks she's the better Russo. The prettier one. The smartest. The coolest. But I know that's not true.

"But ma'am my grades are better than hers" I say not taking my eyes off her, her face falls and she glares at me. Oh, if looks could kill I would be six feet under.

The laughter get louder and the teacher gives them a sharp look making them quiet.

"She is more behaved than you are, smarter, and simply better" She said with venom. Is it okay for teachers to talk to students this way? No.

I look at Alessia, my said cousin and she flips her hair, giving her 'perfect' smile.

I'm about to reply when our teacher speaks again

"One more word. One more word from you, and You'd be following me to the principal's office"

I clamp my mouth shut focusing on the board.

The bell rings signally at the end of the class. Finally lunch, I gladly pack my stuff ready to run out of class. I hear Alessia say my name, probably to gloat in my face again 'Oh my daddy is rich' 'Oh daddy loves me more' 'Oh my daddy is still alive' Yes she has said that to me before. I ignore her calls dashing out of the classroom.

I bump into someone dropping my books on the floor. Classic.

"Sorry" I say bending to pick up my books, he does the same, causing us both to hit each other.

"Ow," I rub my forehead. Typical romance novel scene, but ew.

I finally look up at the culprit, and when I say look up, I mean look up cause my 5'5 self can't see much from down here.

"Hey Isa" Leo smiles down at me, almost blinding me with his white teeth. I wonder what he uses.

"Oh hey Leo" He bends to pick up my books and I let him, arranging them he hands them back to me.

"Where are you going?"

"Cafeteria" I say walking and he follows me. Yay.

Was being sarcastic by the way.

"Wanna have lunch to…"

Please don't complete that. I need a miracle to get me away from here. God? Help!!

"Isa" Andrea yells from behind. Thank goodness

And here comes the best friend. Sighing in relief, I stop walking turning. Why's she running though?

When she gets to us she leans against the wall panting.

"And one would think you ran a marathon" I roll my eyes at her.

"Running through the crowded halls, dodging girls like ping-pong balls just to get to Isa on time" she sang and I laugh at her version of the loud house theme song.

"Excuse me Ken doll, can I borrow my best friend for a minute? Thank you. Bye" Not even waiting for his response she drags me with her, pulling me to the cafeteria.

When we get to our spot, she pushes me down on the bench sitting across from me.

"What?" I ask.

"What's going on between you and Ken-doll?" She squints her eyes at me.

"Nothing" I laugh. Me and Leo? That's absurd.

"Good. Because Barbie will tear your face out if she sees you close to him" She warns.

"Why do you even call them that?"

Still don't know why she calls my cousin and Leo Barbie and Ken doll.

"Because they 'rule' this school. They are like Mr and miss popular" She rolls her eye

"Oh look, she's even glaring at you right now" Andrea is looking behind us glaring at whoever.

I look at the table she pointed at, and there she was, Miss Barbie and her entourage glaring at me. I shake my head turning away

"How long do you think that look has been on her face?" Andrea whispers still looking behind us.

I shrug not caring.

"Why are we in the cafeteria if you won't let me buy anything?" I'm starving.

"Barbie's coming" She ignores my complaint getting ready for the cat fight that may start.

I hear her heels clinking against the tiled floor before she stands next to me. I ignore her, keeping my eyes on Andrea.

"Isa"

When I don't respond, Andrea laughs but covers it with a cough

"Isa" Alessia calls again.

"Yes Alessia" I turn to her with a sweet smile. A fake one. I have to put up with her at home and in school.

"Why were you with Leo?" She folds her arms across her chest giving me one of her 'talk, I'm listening' look. Her entourage mirroring her movements .

"Relax, I'm not interested in your Leo" I raise my hands in mock surrender

"I don't trust you" She states the obvious.

"Insecure much?" Andrea coughs, making Alessia glare at her.

"Stay away from him, he won't ever be interested in you. He is mine" She warns me.

"Then why are you worried?" Andrea asks her.

Huffing, she turns away, flipping her hair in the process.

I watch as they walk away, shoes once again clinking.

The rest of the day goes by fast and school ends soon after. I'm walking home with Andrea and Alessia drives past us in her Mercedes, honking loudly.

"Stupid"

"That's not nice" I laugh at Andrea's insult.

"But she is" Andrea defends herself.

Yeah. She is.

"Isa, don't look but. There's a car following behind us" Andrea whispers.

Huh?

"What? Where?" I turn around sharply trying to locate the car.

"I said don't look" she whispers harshly.

I see the car a few meters away from us. It was obvious they were following us.

I turn away, my heart beating fast.

"Should we call the police?"

"I don't think they would do anything though. They've been following us since we left the school gates" She shrugs like she wasn't bothered

"What???!!" I screamed.

"Shuussshhh, don't yell"

"Don't shush me. We are being stalked, and you didn't tell me sooner?" what is wrong with this girl?

"Cause I didn't want you to overreact, and I was right. You are overreacting" She shoots me a look.

This is one of the moments I feel like killing my best friend.

But what if it is him?

We turn a corner, walking down a bit before we turn and wait.

A few moments later and the car drives past slowly. The passenger window was rolled down and I saw him. I hold a breath when he winks at us before rolling the window back up and speeding away.

"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh" Andrea squeals excitedly. I let out the breath I was holding, watching the car drive away.

"Daddy so hotttttt" she fans herself with her hand.

"He's like what? 30?" I stare at the car till it goes out of sight.

"So?" She raises her brow.

"I like them older" Her eyes are dreamy and she's probably fantasizing about getting married to him and having about twelve babies.

"And don't act like I didn't see you blushing back there" Pointing her finger at me she squints at me.

I roll my eyes. With nothing to defend myself with, I only say 'Whatever'.

"No matter how 'hot' he is. He's a stalker and that's a red flag" I point out as we keep walking

She thinks about it for a while before she agrees.

"But that wink though, that was hot!!" She sighs staring off into space. I flick her forehead.

"Ow" rubbing the spot she glares at me.

"He's a red flag and what if he's in a gang or something"

She stops staring blankly at me.

Okay, I sound stupid right now.

"Gang? Really?"

"The mafia?"

You're hiding something from me, ain't you?"

Busted.

"Speak" She places her hand on her waist, tapping her foot on the floor.

"I've kinda seen him before" my voice is barely audible. But of course, she heard me.

"What? Where?"

"Uh…"

"Speak up," she says impatiently.

She's so impatient.

"I've been seeing him since I was 15"

Silence. More silence. Then

"HE'S BEEN STALKING YOU SINCE YOU WERE FIFTEEN??!!!!" She screams.

"Sssshhhhhh"

"Don't shush me, I'm calling the police" She dials the number, waiting for someone to pick up.

"No!" I snatch her phone disconnecting the call.

She stares in disbelief.

"No police. He hasn't done anything"

"Yet" she reminds me.

"It's getting late, see you tomorrow" I hug her

"Call me if anything happens. I'd save you" I laugh, but I nod.

Walking home in silence.

I open the door announcing my presence

"I'm home!!"

"Welcome back" a very masculine voice greeted back.

What?

My eyes go to him, and my heart starts beating fast. He's sitting on our chair with his legs crossed, men in black around him

What is he doing here?