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XXIV

Oliveira -

"Stephanie Leon Oliveira can you please explain to me where in the good name of God where you?" Hady yells in my ear as she hugs me. "No where i was at my house." I hand her, her bland lukewarm latte. She grabs me by the arm and drags me in the house.

"Right.. that's why you didn't text me at all to tell me in advanced?" She begins to runs up the stairs in her short strawberry pink pajama shorts and white tank top. I slowly follow. "Well i.. forgot." I lie once again to her.

My mouth feels funny, I'm not used to lying so frequently especially not to one of my best friend.

She runs and plops her self on her messy bed. "Right, Do i look stupid?" She picks off a piece of her chocolate muffin and shoves it in her mouth.

I give her a look.

"You know what, don't answer that. But really you haven't forgotten anything since the day your ma stop breastfeeding your ass." She put the coffee up to her mouth and takes a large gulp.

"I'm serious Hady, I was at home." I take off my shirt and throw it into her laundry bin. I try my best to hide the love bites on my chest from her sight. "Fine then, why are you in the same clothes that you where in on Friday?"

Crap!

"I fell asleep in them and got too lazy to change out of them." I grab one of my many shirts and shorts that i have in her house. "Yeah right. You have major OCD. So you would have at least changed because you alway-" i shake my head "Hady, Geez what your problem what this a inquisition? I wasn't anywhere i promise." I force my self to choke out my words. It was like taking a bullet when i would utter a lie to Hady.

"Fine.." She quickly grabs the black plastic remote and unmutes Sex and the City.. "Hady. Come on i never get into your business like that do i?" I turn to see her open her mouth to protest.

"HADY!?" I hear the one voice that is unmistakable.

Hady's intolerable brother Christopher.

Like Hady, he has brown hair and hazel eyes they could pass off as twins even. But it's the personalities that separate them. Hady is that one oddly judgemental person who gives good advice. But Christopher is just a plain ass to everyone.

EVERYONE.

To worsen the situation Chris is one of Charlie lackeys and feels the need to bug me for his own amusement.

"Hady you didn't say will be here." I sigh in frustration.

"I'm sorry i thought he would stay put all night drinking again with his stupid trio." She rushes outside to greet her drunkard of a brother.

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"Chris! Stop go to bed. If you invite anyone here. When mom and dad come back ill tell them that you-" Hady is holding her brother by his worn out leather jacket.

His brown hair is sticking up in a lot of ways. His eyes are bloodshot. As if he hasn't slept for hours. The smell protruding off of his is absolutely foul.

"Oh hello its the one and only Stephanieeeeee Ooooliveira." He says dragging out the letters of my name. "Chris! Go to bed! Damn it." Hady pushes him up the stairs. But he's like a boulder and refuses to move. I better handle this.

"Hady i got him..." i slap his arm over my shoulder and carried him to his room.

"Why are you sso damn perfect?" His word are slurs. Perfect? In what way am i perfect? He points at my face as he continues to slurs his words.  

"What are you talking about Chris?" I continue to drag him to his bedroom. "Your so... smart! And your very pweety and all the guys like you.. like the Perrin!!!"

"CHARLIE! THE DAMN DOUCHE BAG ALWAYS MAKING FUN OF ME AND..." He stares at the blank sky for a minute and begins to burp near my face.

"Charlie.. really likess youuuu steph! He always wants to talk about sstephanie! STEPHANIE!! STEPHANIE!! THATS ALL WE FUCKING TALK ABOUT EVERYWHERE!!!! FUCK I HATE YOU CUZ OF THAT, YOU BITCH!! MY BEST FRIEND LIKES YOU!!! AND.." He doesn't continue the rest he begins to sob. The tears sliding everywhere.

I finally find his room and toss him on the bed. Once his head hits the filthy mattress. He begins to snore instantly.

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I run back into Hady's room. "Chris is put to bed. " i sit myself on the edge of her bed.

" thanks. Asshole always is getting shitfaced when my mom and dad go in trips."

Can you blame him?

Mrs. Walker and her new husband tend to escape to all sorts of exotic places for no apparent reason. And leave Hady and Christopher alone ever since they where in middle school. Which probably has been the culprit of Chris's alcohol addiction and Hady's hounding trust issues.

Kids are always the pay for their parents mistakes.

"I heard the douche was yelling at you. What was he saying?"

Oh nothing that he hates my guts because his best friend for some reason is obsessed with me and wants me.

"Just that Charlie likes me and... stuff."

"Dumbass. He doesn't mean it." She attempts to reassures me. But to no avail.

"Well the drunk man always says the truth." I mumble under my breath. It hurts me to know that Chris hates me because of that idiot Charlie.

I suddenly hear my phone begin to ring. I look to see who it is.

Incoming call : Harry Styles.

I can feel my heart begin to thump uncontrollably. What can he possibly want?

"Hello?" I whisper. "Hey. I was just wondering what your doing tomorrow?" His voice is strangely low.

Is he attempting to seduce me?

Cause it's working.

Tomorrow.. if my dad was here i would be going to church. But he's always on business trip so. "Nothing i don't think."

"Good. I'm going to pick you up tomorrow." It sounds more of a demand than an option. "For?" I can feel confidence run in me. "A surprise"Oh I'm done with his surprises.

"I don't really like surprises especially not lately." I can't help dumb smile that creeps on my face.

"Oh you're funny now?" His tone of voice gives nothing any, of course. "Maybe." I have to hold back my laugh. "So I'll pick you up at the bookstore again or your house?"

"Um my house?"

"Alright."

"Till then."

I'm bitterly greeted by the dredfulll dial tone.

"Who was that?" I look back at Hady who is stuffing her face with Takis.

"No one just my mom asking me when I'll be home." I snatch the bag of chips from her hand and lay next to her while watching Sex and the City.