Chapter 12 I got to school the next day, only to be extremely confused. I thought it was just any regular day. Until I talked to Grayson. Actually, rephrase: Until I tried talking to Grayson. But he just walked away as if I didn't say anything. What if he didn't want to talk to me anymore because of my past? No, that couldn't be it. He promised Ben and Belle wouldn't hurt me anymore. There was no point of promising that if he wasn't going to talk to me. After school, I was putting my books away when Grayson went to his locker. Right beside mine. I decided to just give him space just in case he needed it. I had no idea why he wasn't talking to me, but I hoped it didn't last. It felt a bit weird, though. Whenever I was at my locker and Grayson went to his, he always said, "Hey, Flower." He didn't even do that. "Poppy," Belle snapped suddenly. I turned to her, once again not in the mood to talk. "How was finding out that your friend nearly killed my boyfriend?" She had a s

Chapter 14Grayson "Grayson!" Dad called from the kitchen. "Your sister will be here soon!" I didn't reply as I continued slaughtering zombies in the video game. I had to get my anger out somehow because beating the crap out of Devon yesterday didn't do the trick. And quite frankly, killing graphical zombies wasn't making me feel any better as well. Shocker. "Grayson!" Dad called again. "Did you hear me?!" When I still didn't reply, Dad stormed into the gaming room and turned off the TV. "Hey!" I exclaimed. "I was in the middle of a game!" "You didn't reply," Dad said. "I didn't know that I had to," I told him, dropping my controller on the table beside the couch and crossing my arms. Dad sighed and shook his head. "Gale called and said she'll be here in less than ten minutes. Graeme and I are going to head out now to get a few things from the store. Don't make a mess." "Sure thing," I muttered as Dad left the room. Seeing how I lost the game since Dad turned i

Chapter 16School the next day was, well, interesting. A fight almost broke out and Belle was acting way worse than she had ever been.Tony dropped me off at school that morning and I was not that happy. I mean, we went to the beach the day before and now, I had to be in school. Boring.When I walked into the school, Belle marched up to me. "I heard something very interesting," she said."That's nice," I said as I attempted to walk pass her.However, she took a step to the side to block me. "I wasn't finished," Belle snapped, crossing her arms."Well I didn't know that I had to stay to listen," I said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to my locker."I walked passed her, but stopped when Belle said, "You think you can just do whatever you want to whoever you want, don't you?"I turned towards her. "What are you talking about?""I'm talking about Ben," Belle said. "You lied about what happened and got him thrown in jail.""How many times do I have to tell you that I didn't lie about

Chapter 18Grayson"Grayson," Dad snapped as he marched into the living room. He snatched theTV remote out of my hand and turned off the TV. "You are not allowed to watch TV.""What, why?" I asked.Dad narrowed his eyes at me. "First, we are having very important guests come over soon. And secondly, you took off yesterday doing the family dinner. It was worse when we already ordered the food and nobody could eat it."I crossed my arms and leaned back. "So?""Grayson, you need to stop acting like this," Dad said. "Not everything can go your way."Tell me about it. Breaking up with Poppy was stupid to say the least, but I couldn't seem to get it to her how much harm Dedrick can do to a person. She already got hurt by Belle's stupid brother and I didn't want Poppy to go through that again. What Ben did, Dedrick has done many times, especially to the girlfriends of his enemies. I couldn't put Poppy through that."You honestly think I try getting my way?" I asked. "What about Graeme? He g

Chapter 20"A party?" I asked Dad, hoping I heard wrong. It had been three days since Grayson and I broke up and I was still not in the mood to go out anywhere. Just yesterday, Tony tried getting me to go grocery shopping with him, but I refused. "I don't want to go to a party...""I know you're still upset," Dad said in a sympathetic tone. "I thought Grayson was good for you. But my boss is expecting my whole family to be there. And that includes my daughter.""Can't you just tell your boss that your daughter can't make it?" I asked. "She's suffering from heartbreakitis."Dad chuckled and shook his head. "I'm a doctor, Poppy. That's not a real thing.""Like you would know," I muttered. I then gave him big, pouty eyes. "Please don't make me go.""You have to," Dad said. "And a lot of my coworkers have kids your age. They'll be a teen lounge set up. You're going, and you'll be pleasant."I sighed, not even bothering to argue with him. It seemed important for him, so I guess I had to go