Bad Ass VS Bad Ass

Chapter 5

"Stand up and greet the new family, doll." Mom whispered in my ear.

They were in front of me now - our new family. George - probably the best choice of a step-father I could ever think of. Madison - a cute little angel with rosy cheeks. I had a pretty decent expectation of what it was going to be like, living with my new family. And then Crispen came into the picture and all hell broke loose. How? How can he be my step-brother? More importantly, WHY? What have I done to deserve this? NOTHING! Okay, so maybe I keyed one of my teacher's cars when they failed me and maybe was a pain in the ass to the principal but still!

Why couldn't my life be swapped with someone else, like in those movies? Why was I, the only girl in the whole school that hated Crispen Levi and refused to fall for his good looks, destined to such misery? Other girls would jump in joy knowing they were going to live in the same house as Crispen - all the alone time, the fact that he could show up in my bedroom at any time since none of the bedrooms in the house had a lock, the games he would play, the sleazy comments he'd throw at me. I cringed at the thought of it.

I stood up reluctantly and looked at Crispen in disgust as he eyed me up and down, licking his lips. His aroused gaze stopped at me chest and I regretted letting my mom doll me up immediately.

"Hey George, nice meeting you." I said sweetly, giving him a guick hug.

"Natalie, what a beautiful young lady you are!" George complimented me. I swear that was to sugarcoated I could've gotten diabetes just be listening to it. "This is Madison and Crispen."

I tried to ignore Crispen and his intense stare on me. I kneeled down before Madison and smiled at her.

"You're so pwetty, Natalie! Even pwettier than my Barbie dolls!" Her voice was so adorable, I practically melted. But I didn't really think of that as a compliment - comparing me to a Barbie. I didn't take it as the grandest compliment, but I smiled nonetheless at her cuteness.

"Hi, Madison. How are you?"

She replied by jumping into my arms and responded by I hugging her tightly.

I pulled back from her warm embrace to find Crispen smirking at me.

"Small world." He said huskily, as he forcefully pulled me into a hug. It was...it was warm, I guess. I actually thought it was a friendly sincere hug until his hand slipped from my back to my waist and rested on my ass. I swear I could've killed him right there using the spoon on the table.

"Hands off, whore." I whisper-yelled roughly as I pushed him back a bit. I kept my actions as calm and insignificant as I could. I knew mom and she was the kind of person that wanted everyone to be together. She expected me to actually be nice to my new step brother. I scoffed at the idea of it.

"Feisty." His deep voice whispered into my ear, but I just pushed it away. Crispen Levi was hot - that's undeniable. Even though I act like a tom boy, bad ass, tough chick and try my best to hide these disgusting hormonal teenage feminine fluctuations in my life, I have to admit it's pretty hard. I've just spent my life seeing girls get screwed over by exactly the kind of guy Crispen is and I've made sure I'll never be like that. My body wasn't a temple, it was a fortress, and it needed military protection.

I took my seat at the dining table. George and Mom were facing each other, chatting romantically like couples would. Lukey and Madison were innocently laughing about something, sitting next to each other on Mom's side, and I couldn't help but wonder if in twelve years time, Madison would be in my position now and Lucas would be in Crispen's - Jeez, I hope he won't be such a dick like his new step-brother. And me? I was stuck in hell sitting between George and Crispen.