it started with a dare (COMPLETED)

22) chris

Should I make a Luca POV next chapter?? 

It's been 12 days since the 7 minutes in heaven- hell for me. I've been ignoring Luca at the hallways and made excuses to miss tutoring. 

Mr. James could tell because he made me see him after class. I failed another math test but I don't care because I'm getting a win out of it- not seeing Luca Martinez. 

"What's up with you? You got an 80 last time and that was with tutoring. Now you got another 35%" Mr. James sighed. "I'm trying," I point out. "Not hard enough. Is the tutoring not helping?" he asks, giving me a concerned look. "Can I get a new one?" I brace my self for the lecture coming. 

"Why, is Luca not working out? I don't get it, he helped a ton of students last year with the same class," Mr. James mutters. "I don't know," I mumble. 

"Can I just watch some videos covering the concept and everything," I try again. "Sure, I'll send you some from Google Classroom," Mr. James said and went back to tidying up a stack of papers. 

He didn't have the best reaction but I guess he was done with this conversation. We had this conversation too many times and frankly, I'm tired of it as well. "See ya Monday," I say before I leave. 

Thank god it's Friday. 

***

Friday After School~

"Fuck her. She gave me a fucking 92 for no reason! Who the hell gets anything below a 100 for ELA warm-ups. You just write how the hell your feeling," Ember continues bitching about her famous ELA teacher. Everyday Ember has a new story about her and how she screwed up Ember's school life. Well, everyday Ember even goes to school. 

"Hey sis, I'm home," a male's voice shouts. "Get the hell away. Can't you see I'm busy? I'm bitching about-" Ember gets cut off. 

"So, your the famous people Ember's always with," the guy comes into the living room. 

"Who are you?' Addalyn and I ask. 

It was just us- Addalyn, me, and Amber. No Ethan. 

"You didn't even tell them about me?" the guy says with a pout. 

"OMG! Did you finally listen to Ethan and get a boyfriend," Addalyn shrieks, causing the rest of us to be deaf. "Hell's no," Ember says. 

"Meet my stepbrother, Chris," she says, with a sigh. 

"Hey, I'm Zoe, this is my twin Addalyn," I introduce us to Chris. "Sweet," he says and sits down on the couch next to Ember. "Get out," she says. "No, come on. I'm barely even home. Plus mom & dad know I'm here so you can't kick me out," Chris says, smiling. 

Ember rolls her eyes. 

"So, you seeing anyone?' Chris raises an eyebrow at Addalyn. "Yes," she says with a shudder. "How about you?" Chris asks me and Addalyn and Ember start laughing but cover it up with a cough. 

I smirk. 

"No," I reply and ignore Addalyn's weird look. "Wanna go out?" Chris replies. 

Damn, he was just confident. 

"Ok," I shrug. "Really?" Chris looks surprised. "Ok, in your dreams," I reply and we all start laughing- but Chris. 

"Shut up," he hit Ember playfully with a throw pillow and she threw it back. She missed and hit me because she was laughing so hard. "I love seeing that dick get rejected," she said once her laughter was gone. 

"I'm right here," Chris reminded her and he sighed and went upstairs. 

***

"Do you girls want to stay for dinner?" Mrs. Stakes asked Addalyn and me. "Sure. Thank you," we chorus and she nods with a chuckle. We've been close with Ethan and Ember for pretty long enough now and their parents are pretty much used to us invading their pantry and everything. 

Even my parents. 

"What's for dinner?" Chris asks coming down. He looked like he just took a nap. "I ordered a pizza and made some salad," she replied. "Did you not get any sleep in college, sleepyhead," she laughs at his bed head. 

"Barely," he mumbles and goes to the bathroom probably to fix his hair. 

"Did you 2 meet Chris? He's a sophomore in college and only comes once in a while to visit," Mrs. Stakes turns her attention to Addy and me. Ember was grumbling while setting up the dinner table. "Yeah, he's a little... something," Addalyn chuckles and Mrs. Stakes cracks a smile. 

"I agree with that one," she says and sets the salad on the dinner table. 

The doorbell rings. "I'll get the pizza," Ember says and gets the door. She was in a rush. 

I hear Ember and the pizza guy talking for a few minutes and Ember closes the door, her face red. "What happened? Who was it?" Addalyn whispers. "He was one of my one-night-stands and he just asked me out. I said yes," Ember blushes a deeper shade of red. "Oh my god! Finally!" Addalyn whisper-squeals. 

I was about to ask his name but Mrs. Stakes and her husband came so I figured it wasn't the right time. 

***

"Thank you for awesome dinner," Addalyn says before we leave. "No problem, come anytime," Mr. Stakes says with a warm smile. 

"See y'all tomorrow," Ember says with a wave and we wave back.