Fooling the World

Chapter 2

When we got to the house I was grumpy and half asleep. I fell out of the car and wobbled my way up to the door. I rung the bell and waited. Erica soon got to the door and let me in. I practically fell into her.

"I missed you." I say while hugging her.

"I missed you more doll!" she shouts. I look around the room with a wary look in my eye.

Erica catches it and laughs.

"Stephano's at a friends house honey, I told him to let you settle down for a while." She says.

I feel relief flood though me.

"Thanks." I laughed back to Erica.

Erica and I sat down and taked for it seemed hours. It was like no time had passed since I saw her last.

As we talked I began to feel tired and started to doze off, still sitting on the couch.

"You should go to sleep Amber." Erica  said.

"Okay, where am I going to sleep?" 

"You are going to share a room with Stephano." She stated.

I felt my stomach drop at those words.

Stop being so needy! She allready took you in for who knows how long, because your own parents thought you were a burden too large to handle!

"Thanks Erica." I replied, a smile plastered across my face.

I warily walked upstairs, not quite sure which room was Stephano's.

I decided to take a hot shower before I sleep to cure myself of the aches in my stomach. When I got in the shower the realilty of the situation washed over me.

My parents didn't want me.

Then again who would want me. I'm stupid, fat, ugly, and an utter waste of space.

I let out a soft cry. Soon I was full on sobbing and found it impossible to stop. I heard a loud footsteps coming towards me.

"Shut up, you attention whore!" A harsh voice yelled. I stopped crying out of sheer supprise.

"By the way your sleeping on the floor! There is no way I'm letting you destroy my bed!" The voice yelled again.

"Why the hell would I sleep in your bed?!" I sceamed, discust lacing my words.

"Because my mom said that you need supervision, I don't even want to know what you did this time you pathetic excuse for a person!"

I could only think one thing as the footsteps reteated .

What an asswipe.

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I looked in my stuff for a good 10 minutes before finding my pyjama pants and tank top. I crept down the hall looking for Stephano's room. 

I finally saw him walking down the hall, to what was presumably his room.

"Wait for me!" I called out.

Stephano increased his pace till I was running to keep him in my sight.

"What the hell is your problem?!" I yelled when he had finally stopped at a closed door.

"You are my problem!" He yells, "Why the hell are you even here?!"

"Well I don't want to cause you any harm princess, I'll sleep on the couch." I stated and walked to the couch in the hallway.

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I was walking along a hallway that I had never seen before. As I kept walking I realized that someone was chasing me, I ran until my lungs were collapsing in on themselfs. I saw a large wooden door ahed of me. I quickly oppened the door and ran inside. As I looked around I realized that the room was filled with mirrors.

I walked along cautiously, not quite sure how to proceed. I suddenly caught a glance at something that made my blood run cold.

I saw a pale creature, skin cracked, red firery eyes, and a terrifying grin on it's face. As I looked closer I realized that whatever was in the mirror looked just. like. me.

I heard a deafening scream peirce the scilence of the night. I heard Ercia run to the room, but I couldn't say anything. She started panicking when she saw me shaking on the couch, tears running down my face.

"Amber! What's wrong?!" She yelled.

I found myself unable to talk, to tell her that I had a horrible dream.

She had reached down to hold on to me when she shouted, "Amber your running a fever! Why are you sleeping on the couch? It's winter and you don't even have a blanket!"

After her rant she immediatley looked at Stephano with a glare.

"What did you do?" She said with a steely tone.

Stephano cowered under her glare. It was kind of funny actually.

I couldn't help but let out a tiny giggle. Stepano gave me a deadly glare. Any other person would have shut up, I on the other hand burst into a fit of obnoxious laughter.

Stepahno suddenly looked extremely pissed off.

"What the hell are you laughing at?!" He yelled.

"Stephano! She is our guest!" Erica screamed at him.

"Yeah, cause her parents didn't want to keep her." Stephano mumbled.

I felt my cheeks moisten once more. I started shaking once more.

Stephano actually looked a little guilty. However why he would feel guilty only now, after having allready ruined ny life, was beyond me.

"Stephano, let her sleep on the bed. You grab some blankets and settle for the couch." Erica firmly stated.

"No way! It's my bed!" Stephano shouted.

"No, there is no way Amber is sleeping on the couch! The rest is up to you." Erica yelled, and then left the room.

Stephano crawled into the bed.

"Well, get into the bed you dumb blonde!" He yelled.

"But you are allready in the bed." I so smartly stated.

"If I get grounded my mom is going to take away my car, there is no way you are sleeping on the couch."

"But-"

"There is also no fucking way I am sleeping on the couch in my own house." He cut in, "So, get your sorry ass into the god damn bed."

I felt defeated as I slowly made my way to the bed. I cautiously climbed into the bed, being extremely careful not to touch any part of Stephano.

I lay awake that night, not able to sleep a wink when I could feel heat radiating off of Stephano's body.

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