The Boy With Tattoos

Chapter 17

Alice P.O.V

The next day during breakfast I found out that what Luke had told me was true, he was going to come over for dinner. The spoiled rich brat had invited himself!

"You have to be kidding me!" I groaned.

"Alice whats so wrong about Luke coming over for dinner tonight?" dad asked calmly.

"Dad he invited himself!" I frowned.

"I invited him," he corrected.

"After he suggested inviting himself!" I interjected.

"I dont see what the problem is," he shrugged.

"The problem is he's a jerk dad! I don't like him at all and he's going to come over for dinner? Cant you uninvite him?" I whined.

"Don't be ridiculous!" he frowned at me "I don't see why you don't like him Alice," Fake Barbie butted in, "He's such a nice young man, and so polite! And quiet handsome too, that's a major plus" she laughed.

"I don't care if he's nice, he's a jerk to me!" I told her.

"Oh please," she rolled her eyes "Just because he's interested in you doesn't make him a jerk. Why don't you give him a chance? It might do you some good to hang out with people our class" she replied.

I widened my eyes and turned to dad to see if he had anything to say about that but he didn't, he smiled at me instead "Rebecca is right Alice, you should give him a chance" he said.

I gritted my teeth hard, "I don't want to" I said as calmly as I could manage.

Fake Barbie tossed her blond hair "Well it's your loss! Either way he'll be coming over for dinner tonight and we expect you to behave and be polite to him right darling?" she turned to dad.

He nodded, "Thats right Alice, he will be our guest tonight so you need to behave and be nice" he said in his, this is final don't argue with me, tone.

"Ugh!" I cried, behave, behave, behave! That's all I heard around here! I rolled my eyes, like if I was a rude bitch all the time.

I could hear Fake Barbie and dad discussing other things, I concentrated on trying to get this pounding headache to stop. How was I going to get rid of Luke? If I didnt put a stop to him now then Fake Barbie Bitch was going to be annoying me about him all the damn time! I could picture it already!

I sighed and rubbed my head wishing so badly I could see James, he'd be able to fix things with one of his smiles.

I smiled involuntarily thinking about him, it was like by seeing him all my problems faded away.

A brilliant idea popped into my head and for a brief second a light bulb brightened above my head!

"Can I go to the mall this afternoon?" I asked quickly interrupting whatever Fake Barbie was about to say.

She turned to me and frowned suspiciously "Why do you want to go the mall?" she asked.

I shrugged trying to look innocent "If Luke is going to come over then I want to go buy myself a pretty dress" I lied casually.

Dad beamed brightly while Fake Barbie didnt stop looking at me suspiciously "You have plenty of dresses Alice" she rolled her eyes "I've bought you so many pretty ones" she said.

"But all of those are evening dresses! I want something more casual, more...appropriate" I said.

Dad smiled looking pleased "I think it's a good idea, why dont you go with her sweetheart?" he asked Fake Barbie making my stomach drop! No!