S H A D Y

If I told you that I would have to kill you

Callum's P.O.V

8:00p.m.

Strangers begin to fill the house in ball gowns and tuxedos.I'm still jet lagged from the flight so I'm really not in the mood for a fucking ball filled with fake people I don't know, for a celebration I don't care about.Laughter fills the air along with the smell of wine and expensive whiskey.

This house is so freckin big that it has its own ball room.It is decorated elegantly with round tables occupying the centre of the room. Each table has white tablecloths draped on them with vases filled with different flowers and name cards placed on top.My seat is at the long rectangular table at the top of the room.The McCreddins and my parents are the other people who are sitting at this table, along with someone called Shady.Who the fuck is that.I sit down at my seat, exhaustion eats away at me.I just want to go to fucking bed and pretend that this whole stupid arrangement is just a dream, or in this case, a nightmare.

As I am sitting at the table I notice a girl in black RayBans leaning against one of the ballroom walls.She has long brown wavy hair and she is wearing a red skater dress and black fishnet tights.She looks amazing.She is typing away on her phone so I can tell that she has as much interest in this event as I do.She lifts her head up from her phone and looks to her left, then to her right before opening a door beside her.She quickly goes through the doorway that leads outside and she is gone.I think to follow her but then again I couldn't be bothered.She is just another stranger that wont want to know me.

"Callum there is some people I would like to introduce you to"Ashley says beaming down at me.She is wearing a white backless dress with diamonds on the neckline.I don't even want to know if the diamonds are real or not.Her hair is up in some weird bun thing and she is plastered in make-up.She actually looks really nice but my exhaustion is making me want to hate her.

"Ummm okay" I reply.I don't want to meet any of her rich bitch friends and I don't want to be sociable, I just want to go to bed with a bucket of ice-cream.My mind is so focused on ice cream that I don't even notice that Ashley has brought me away from my table and over to a group of girls in all different types of dresses.They all turn their attention to Ashley and me.

"Callum this is Margo, Claudia, Leanne and...where is Shady gone"Ashley asks.Her facial expression has gone from over-the-top happy to concerned and worried.

"She was standing over there just like ten minutes ago" A girl with white-blond hair says.She is wearing too much fake tan for an Irish person and a purple ball gown which is two sizes too small.

"Well did you see where she went Madison?" Ashley asks the thick blonde who Im now guessing is Madison.Ashley looks panicked as if this "shady" person is going to do something.

"No, I like saw her standing there like a few minutes ago and she was like on her phone and then she was like gone" Madison answers. I can't stand it when people overuse the word like, 'its like totes annoying' I say to myself in a high-pitched voice.

"Ugh I cant leave the party to go find her, so can one of you check if she is down at her cabin?" Ashley asks as she looks and the three rich bitches.They all look away as if they didn't hear what Ashley had just said.At this point I'm actually feeling sorry for Ashley so being the idiot that I am, I offer to go find "Shady".

"I'll go if you want me to" I say to Ashley who's face brightens up at my words.

"Aw Thanks Callum. Just go out those doors and follow the path.It should lead you to a cabin.Shady should be there.Just tell her I sent you.Okay?"

"Okay" I reply, feeling stupid because I know Im just after quoting The Fault in our Stars.The doors that Ashley pointed to were the doors that the girl in the red dress went through.Thats when it dawns on me that the girl in the red dress and the sunglasses was Shady.

I walk out the doors and I can see the beginning of a gravel footpath a few steps away from me.As I follow the path I begin to notice that it leads into a forest.It is 9p.m and Im going into an unfamiliar forest to find a girl I dont know who lives in a log cabin.Why do I have the feeling that this is a bad idea.Now I know why those rich bitches didn't offer to find Shady.I have seen horror movies so I know how these scenarios always turn out, the stupid guy wandering in the woods at night ends up dead.Well shit, I guess Ashley is going to have to find a new fiancé.

After a 2 minute walk through the woods I am at the cabin that this Shady girl is supposedly hanging out in.Its a small cabin but it looks pretty cool.Fairy lights are draped across the wall of the cabin and a camping chair is folded out beside the front door of the cabin.Three empty cans of beer are lying on the ground beside the chair.A hippie caravan is parked beside the cabin.The words 'I don't give a shit' are spray painted on the side of the caravan.Well aren't they nice words of encouragement.

I walk up to the cabin door and knock twice.I can hear something metal dropping inside the cabin.It sounded like a beer can.

"Who's there"I hear a voice call from inside.

"Callum Baker, Ashley sent me."I reply. She walks up to the door and opens it.She looks me up and down and then begins to talk again.

"You can tell Ashley that I have a sick stomach so I came back here to rest" She says blandly to me. I can tell straight away that she is lying, you can't fool the master of lies (which is me by the way)

"Or I can tell her that you are lying about being sick and you came back here to drink beer" I reply sassily (Im not sure if thats a word but I guess it is now).Shady gives me a shocked look.She looks angry, as if she has never been caught out for lying before.

"What makes you so sure that I'm lying." She asks me while crossing her arms at her chest.She has changed from her dress and tights into checkered pyjama shorts and a red camisole which hugs her curves beautifully.

"You can't lie to a liar" I reply. I also cross me arms.She smirks at my reply.

"huh is that so?"

"Yes, yes it is"

"And what kinda lies have you been tellin" She asks me.

"If I told you that, I would have to kill you" I reply.She giggles at my reply.She is so beautiful, and I can tell that she doesn't know that.I notice the RayBans she was wearing at the party are sitting on her head, her hair is wrapped around the frame of them.

"Why the sunglasses?" I ask her

"If I told you that, I would have to kill you" She replies with a cheeky smirk spread across her perfect face.I can't help but laugh at her reply.We stand there smiling at one another.Its just me and her, in silence, and i don't want this moment to end.But it does, because thats life.

"Well you better be getting back to your fiancé,Ashley"Shady says, breaking the perfect silence.I don't know why but what she just said seems to have hurt me.And how does she know who I am, I didn't tell her.

"Wait...you know that Im Ashley's fiancé?"

"Ashley and me are sisters.Your name has been in a gazillion conversations"She replies

"Your Ashley's sister?" I am so confused right now, I thought ashley was an only child.

"Im her adopted sister...Its a long messy story" she says, and i can tell that the story is a lot worse than messy by the look on her face,that she tries to hide.

"Maybe you can tell me it over a beer one night" I ask hoping she accepts.

"Maybe" she smirks. "Now go back to that sister of mine before she sends out a search party for you too" Shady says while pointing her finger at the mansion which you can just about see through the trees.It is lit up and you can hear a faint sound of classical music.The thought of going back up there makes me want to throw up.

"Ugh do I have to?" I say while stomping my feet on the leaf-covered ground.Shady giggles and then turns around and opens the cabin door.

"Bye Baker"Shady says with a smile before walking back into the cabin and closing the door.I can't help but smile.She is amazing.Shes not like one of those rich-bitch blonde bimbos, shes different.

I walk back up the gravel footpath with a smile on my face that just wont leave.I have a feeling that I'm gonna like this place.

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