A New Life

Confused

[Scarlet's POV]

A few days have passed since the night of the gala, and I've been secretly texting with Cassy. She saw what happened between Aiden and me and has not stopped talking about it. I had bought myself a permanent burner phone that I keep glued to my hip so that no one finds out about me texting with my old friends. I haven't texted Aiden or heard from him since that night, I keep thinking about texting him, but I can never figure out what I would say. What would be the point in texting him anyway? I can't have a relationship of any kind with him. Our Families are highly competitive and there's no way I could figure out a truce between them. I haven't gotten much sleep these past few days my mind keeps drifting back to that kiss with Aiden. I keep replaying it in my head over and over again. Christian and I have had a few missions, but not many he's mainly been with Xavier in his office teaching him how to take over the gang. I feel a vibration buzz in my pocket, realizing that it's my burner phone, I pull it out of my pocket and look down at the message.

*hey, Scarlet, what you doing?* it read, I smiled at the fact that I was able to talk to Cassy again.

*Just sitting at my desk Cass, why?* I responded then quickly looked up to see if anyone was around. My door was shut, but I still needed to be cautious.

*Want to meet up somewhere tonight?* she asks me, and I wasn't sure how to respond. How would I be able to get out of the house without someone coming with me? Then I look down and I see another message pop up answering my thoughts.

*Don't worry I know we have to be careful, but I'm not listed as an official member, I only joined to find you so you can invite that other girl you were drinking with the night of the gala and we can meet up at Raven Claw for drinks, talk, and have fun. What do you say?* I thought about it for a few seconds, but I don't see how it could go wrong.

*Sure Cass. Let's do it.*

*Yayyyy!!! Ok so I'll see you tonight at 8 and don't worry about bringing any ID's I'll get us in no problem* she responded to me and I placed my burner phone back into my pocket.

I looked at the time and it was currently 2:36 pm. I thought that I better warn Rachel about tonight, so she can prepare, also, to see if she can even meet up with me tonight. I left my room and went downstairs, and as I approached the kitchen I saw Xavier, Christian, Rachel, and Steven standing around the island talking about something. They all sort of went quiet when I entered the room as if they were discussing something they didn't want me apart of.

"What's going on here?" I asked as I grew closer to them. They all were looking at me and watching me as I approached the fridge to grab milk to make me a bowl of cereal. I sat down at the table waiting for someone to respond as I ate my snack.

"Were just discussing something, nothing to worry about," Xavier tells me and I see Rachel look down and Christian avoids eye contact with me. they were hiding something from me, but what?

"If y'all say so. Hey, Rachel want to go out tonight?" I noticed her look to Xavier and he gave her a subtle nod telling her to go.

"Sure! When do you want to go?" she asks and I look around at everyone. something is up and I need to find out what.

"Just be ready by 8. I'm driving" I tell her and she nods. I finish my bowl of Cereal quickly then head back up to my room. Everyone was staring at me and it was very uncomfortable, so I made sure to get out of there quickly. If I stuck around they would know that I suspect them that they're about to do something I probably won't like.

When I got back to my room, I opened my laptop as I plopped down on my bed. I scrolled through my emails, opened up the gang's appointment board, and looked at the mission update board. Searching for something that I might have missed, but I found nothing. There are two other places I could check, but it involves hacking into my brother's and Rachel's accounts and emails. I've broken into their accounts before when I was first settling in, but I hated doing it, and it turned out I was just being paranoid. I felt guilty for a few days after I had done it. This time could end up the same way. I could just be overthinking things from my sneaking around with the enemy, but everyone was acting so weird today. I need to find out what they were talking about. I went to my app on my computer turned on my security part to make sure that everything I did in the next hour or so would not be recorded. I hooked up my hacker pad and started typing away first accessing Christian account, then Rachels. I pulled the two screens up side by side, so I could view both their pages. Attempting to find an email or something that would explain the secret meeting being held in the kitchen earlier. As I was scrolling I found a group email from the night after the gala saying; Urgent meeting tonight at midnight. Don't tell SK. SK must be me, but there's nothing else after that email. Apparently, whatever they had discussed in that meeting they were being very thorough on making sure I didn't find out. What is it they are hiding from me? What is so urgent? Something is going on, and I feel its something that is going to change everything. Since I can't find anything out here, I'm going to have to have to get it out of Rachel tonight while we are at Raven Claw. When Rachel has too much to drink and shes feeling guilty about something if you push her she spills her guts. and by the way, she was acting earlier I say she's definitely feeling guilty about something.

Now, it was 6:25 and I decided I would start getting ready for tonight because knowing Rachel and Cassy they will want to early. I went to my bathroom and stripped out of my clothes as I turned the shower o. I made sure I had access to two towels one to put my hair up to make it easier to dry and the slightly bigger own to wrap my body in. When the water was at a cool-warm relaxing temperature I stepped in. When the water touched my skin I felt my muscles relax. I hadn't realized how much this secret meeting had me stressed.

I cleaned myself and messaged my scalp. and since I would be wearing a dress most likely I shaved my legs and arms making my skin perfectly smooth. About 40 minutes late,r I got out of the shower and wrapped my two towels around the designated areas.

I walked over to my closet and viewed all the dresses I had. I didn't have many since I wasn't much of a dress girl, but I did have a few for moments like these. I decided I would wear a plain black knee-length dress that had a deep V-neck and had a red-colored string that acted as a belt. Once I had that figured out I went back over to the bathroom to blow-dry my hair and put my makeup on before I put on my dress and shoes. I had decided I would pair my dress with red heeled botties to match the red belt. I was done prepping myself and as if on cue a knock appeared at my door. Knowing that it was Rachel, I grabbed my purse and left my room to meet up with Cass and find out what Rachel and the rest of them are hiding.