Stuck with him

Chapter 15

"THEM BAD BOYS"

-few days later-

So Joey's dad is back and i need to talk to him. I need to tell him everything about Morgan and Luke. Whoever that is. So i went to his house. I went inside and saw Mr. Mercado.

"Hello! Mr. Mercado." I greeted him and he smiled.

"Hello Ariel. How have you been?"

"I am good. Thank you. Mr. Mercado. I need to talk to you about something important."

"Um.....Ariel. Can it wait? I am very busy at the moment. I am hosting a charity gala tonight and i have a lot of things to do. Joey didn't tell you?" He asked and i shook my head. "Can we talk after the party? I have to be somewhere now." He said looking at his watch and i nodded.

"Sure. It can wait." I smiled and was about to go when he called me.

"Ariel. Can you talk to Joey? He's refusing to go to the event and his presence is necessary." He said and i nodded. "You can come too if you want to but if you don't, you can take the day off.....Oh and Joey needs to be there at 6:00 pm." He said and left. I sighed. So a day off huh? I am definitely not going to any gala. That sounds huge and that's not my scene. I am probably gonna embarrass myself or something. So choosing the safer option here. Not going! I ran upstairs and into Joey's room. The door was slightly open. I peeked hesitantly hoping I don't find him with another girl and sighed when i saw him sitting on the bed staring at his phone. Alone. Thankfully.

"Hey." I said slowly and he looked up.

"Hello." He said and looked at his phone again.

"So why are you not going to the party.....thing. Whatever it is." I said and he shrugged.

"I don't like it." He replied casually.

"Any specific reason?" I asked but no reply. Mr. Grey hoodie over here is too busy on his phone to answer me. The grey hoodie looks amazing though. Its making his eyes look grey too. So beautiful. Ahh. I came out of the fangirling in my mind and pressed the side button on his phone and locked it.

"Joey. I asked you something." I said standing in front of him with crossed arms.

"What." He snapped, opening his phone again without a care in the world. Dumbass.

One of the servants came holding a suit and laid it on the bed.

"Mr. Joseph. Your suit for tonight's event." He said and left. It was a really nice black suit. I picked it up and looked at Joey.

"Fancy huh?" I asked smiling wide. He shrugged. He didn't care.

"I am not going, so doesn't really matter." He said and i sighed. How do i get this kid to go to the freaking gala.

"I have more important things to do." He said his eyes still glued to his phone.

"Like what?" I asked.

"Like looking for Morgan." He said and i rolled my eyes. "She's been MIA since..." He was saying but suddenly stopped what he was doing and looked at me. ".....since that party." He got up and came towards me. "Weren't you two arguing about something that night?" He said and i shrugged, ignoring him. "Ariel? Someone said that a girl pepper sprayed you and ran away.....and we haven't seen Morgan after that." He said coming closer to me. So he is putting the pieces together.

"Was it Morgan? Did she do it?" I stared at him debating in my head what i should say. "Ariel? I knew you were lying when you said some random girl sprayed you. Tell me the truth. Was it Morgan?" And so i nodded.