PASSION |ON HOLD|

Chapter 9

Alexis
I wake up to pounding and my phone blowing up with both messages and phone calls. Can't the world let a girl sleep? Who did I offend?! I look at the time and see the reason for the disturbance. It's 10:20am! I go to the door and see an exhausted Sam, a worried Max, then confused Tim and Khaled. Renee must be in the car.

I smile sheepishly, "hey guys. Good morning."

"Are you nuts?? We almost thought you died!" Tim is really loud.

"Sorry, I was-"

"Sleeping."

"Yeah."

"It's fine", Max says draping an arm over my shoulder.

I take then to the living room.
"You guys can stay here. Lemme go get ready."

I quickly do my morning routine, comb my black semi straight hair. Then I pick out an outfit and put on a pair of converse. I pull my hair into a ponytail and put on my glasses.

"I'm ready."

"OK. Time to go."

There are 3 cars parked outside and Renee is in one. Told ya.

"OK, Renee with me, Khaled with Tim and Alex, you're with Max", Sam says.

I follow Max to his car.

"Why do I have to be with Khaled?"
Must this guy always be a wimp? We just ignore him.

The day passes quickly and we're already at Max's house. They took me to see lady Liberty, took me to the mall (and paid for everything Renee forced me to buy), then we went to the movies.

"Welcome to my humble abode."

Humble? This place is huge. But there's something about it. This may sound strange, but I have this odd ability to see into the future. It comes in form of dreams. I remember seeing this house in one of my dreams. It was painted red with gold rails. This is...strange. I push the thought to the back of my head and admire the house. I'll think about that later.

Max's cook comes in to tell us that lunch will be at the balcony.

Believe me, the view from our eating spot is great. But someone is here already. Kuso. Note the hatred.

Sam clears his throat as Kuso turns, "uhmm, I know you're mad Alex, but here me out. I called Kuso here to apologize for what he said to you."

I turn to the thing called Kuso and my jaw almost drops. He looks remorseful. I didn't know the guy knew the spelling of 'apology'.

"I'm sorry", he says.

I shrug, "it's fine. Just know that I'll curse you out if you become a bitch again."

He grins, "sure thing sport. Can I talk to you? In private."

"OK."

Once we're out of earshot, he begins what I think is his story.

"My name is Shawn Adams but my friends call me Kuso. I'm a model and a dancer. I'm 20. When I was 16, I had two kids because of my carelessness with my girl friend, Nadia. Twins. As soon as I turned 18 I went to take them and their mom. She almost killed me. I also noticed that she absurd them so I had to take them away from her. One day, I was in the park with my kids but they were playing a little way off. Then my son ran to me and said something about his sister. He showed me where she was and I was honestly shocked. There was Nadia happily watching her boyfriend try to rape our daughter. I beat the hell outta the guy. He was black. Since that day, I've had a problem with blacks. Sam knows this."

It made a little sense.

"I'm sorry Shawn. But it doesn't mean all of us are the same."

"I know. I'm sorry."

"No problem."

"And call me Kuso. Maya, Max's cook looks after the twins a lot. They're here too. Would you like to meet them?"

"I'd love to."

The others seem relieved that we're finally on good terms.
Just then, 2 cute children come running screaming "daddy!"

"Hey fellas", he says, "I want you to meet someone. This is Alexis. Alexis, these are Kylie and Shawn."

"Nice to meet you", I say and the boy hugs me. Kylie looks scared though.

"Kylie, I won't hurt you. And if anyone tries to, I. Will. Kill. Them."
She smiles while the others gulp.

After lunch, we all drive to my place.

"Thanks guys. I had fun", I say at the door, still trying to get why they're smiling mischievously. I get my answer when they follow me into the house.

"The hell?"

"We're staying the night", Tim says.

"But this place is tiny", I protest, "plus you can't sleep in those clothes."

"That's why we packed our PJ's. Duh."
Why can't Tim just shut up?

"Sorry Alexi, you can't get rid of us tonight", Max says while crashing on my couch. Even Kuso is laughing.

"I'll get you guys for this", I say. I mean it.

A/N
Hey guys. Sorry for not updating sooner. I've been very busy with school. I hope you liked this chapter.
Bye,
Diane.