Yours Truly (Urban) Book 5 | The Sideline Series

Chapter 17

Victoria

I didn't end up staying with Theodore, Robert and Hazel the other night. DeMarco ended up picking me up and letting me sleep over at his house instead. I don't know what's gotten into Hazel being so rude lately, but I'm not going to tolerate it. I tell her everything in confidence, and the least she could do is keep it to herself, not blast it to Theodore and Robert who love to hear what's going on in our private lives. No matter how annoyed or angry I get with her, I'll never go blasting her news. I understand we're all friends, and maybe I shouldn't have put Theodore on blast, but that was my personal business she had no right sharing.

And Theodore just irks my soul. I knew I wasn't going to be able to stay in his house for long. I'm surprised I stayed as long as I did though, but he irritated me the entire time. It wasn't the way he communicated with me, but his presence in general made me sick to my stomach. Every time I walked around his house, all I could smell was that cheap perfume Charlotte always wears, so I knew he must have had that bitch over his house recently.

Her stench is all in his clothes, all in his room and I'm sure it's all throughout his sheets. Her stench is a mix between must and wet dog. I don't know what he sees in her. Period. Maybe she's good in bed. Maybe she has a good personality. Maybe he likes the way she's built. Whatever it is, I know she doesn't smell good. That wet dog smell just makes me want to throw up.

And Rob irritates me too. Usually, he's the cool one that won't allow for too much drama to occur but he couldn't even check his damn girlfriend the other night. Hazel's mouth was out of control and he shocked me when he didn't say anything to her. So, now Robert's on my bad side just like Theodore, Charlotte and Hazel. 

"When are you going back home?"

I looked up from the pancakes I had made and watched as DeMarco walked into the kitchen. I've been here for the past three days and honestly had no intentions of going back home. I'm sure everyone's been trying to get in contact with me about my whereabouts, but I really don't feel the need to charge my phone and see who's called. 

I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know. I don't wanna go home."

"Staying up in my crib ain't gonna help you one bit. You're gonna have to face whatever you're running from."

"I'm not running away from anything," I mumbled.

He leaned across the table so he was in my face, and probably try to see if I was lying to him. Of course I was lying to him. I didn't want to go back home and have to confront Hazel for dogging me out, Rob for not putting his girlfriend in check and possibly even Theodore's who's done a shit load of stuff to me.

"I know you're lying," He replied.

"I'm not though."

"You are," he said as he lifted my face up so he was looking me in my eyes, but I just couldn't seem to do it. Lying to him was hard already, but looking him in the eyes was the difficult part. "You can never look me in the eyes when you're lying to me."

I sighed. "Alright, fine. I just don't want to go back home."

"I would say you could stay here, but with this hit Luther's got out on me, it's not safe. I don't know what I'd do if you got hurt because of me."

"I'll be fine."

"Yeah, you'd be fine if I had control over what's going on, but I don't. You really shouldn't be over here right now Victoria."

I rolled my eyes. "I understand. So, what? You want me to leave right now?"

He smirked as he backed away from me and sat down in the chair across from me. I understand he doesn't want me to get hurt by Luther getting his revenge, and I respect that he cares so much about me, but I really don't want to leave and have to go back home. Going to stay with Mama and Daddy is off too. I know they'll just ask a bunch of unnecessary questions that I don't feel like answering. And I definitely can't stay with Deonte. He's already got enough on his plate with the whole Mylene situation and being on probation. He has enough problems of his own to deal with. DeMarco's house is the only place I can stay right now.