chapter 55

Damien wouldn't stop following me around in school.

Everwhere I went Damien was there. Class he was there, boys bathroom, girls bathroom, locker room, library, lunch, roof, clubs; he was just everywhere.

It wasn't even helpful that he was bringing unnecessary attention to me.

Last week in class he announced that he wanted to be my friend and if anyone wanted to have a close relationship with him, they had to be nice to me.

My life has been hell since that's statement.

Girls would greet me every morning, offer gifts to appease need so they could get on Damien's good side. Boys who suffered bullying were willing to pay me a lot of money to be under Damien's protection.

The situation was getting out of hand and I knew what Damien wanted.

He wants a temper tantrum, any negative reaction that will have me focus on him, drag me to talk to him first but I will not give him that satisfaction.

I sat in the counselor's office during lunch with my lunch in my hand as I drank a box of juice and read a few magazines.

It seems like my aunt Jasmine been getting busy recently with her adorable twelve years old son, Autumn.

It's cold that she named him after a girl because she wanted a daughter to play dress up but her son is beautiful enough for that.

The door of the room opened as I groaned as Damien walked in.

He looked good in leather and for someone who dressed far from the school dress code, he enjoyed covering his arms.

"Hey red, valentines around the corner. Will I be getting any candle with your heart on it?" Damien asked as he sat where at the counselor's chair.

"Don't sweat on it, Pierce. What do you want?" I asked as he dropped his feet on the table.

"You." He replied cuntly.

I glared at me as he gave me a charming smile that might have softened my hard expression but not my deviation from the conversation.

"What do you want?" I asked as Damien started to dance with his legs.

"I heard a rumor that a beautiful omega doesn't have a date for Heather's

"I don't plan on going." I replied as my eyes stared at his arms.

"Why not? Heard it's the hottest party of the season." He said as I nodded.

"Well parties aren't my things and if I did go, my parents tend to freak out when any of their kids is in an unknown location."

"Are your parents always paranoid?" Damien asked.

"Are yours ever?" I responded with a question.

"I don't have parents." He replied as I froze.

I licked my lips as I closed my mouth before I went back to reading the magazine.

"Okay." I replied to reduce the awkwardness situation.

"Isn't this the part where you sympathize with me on how lonely my childhood was?" He asked as I chuckled.

"I don't think you need it. You sound like someone who doesn't need pity just hardcore beating and attention." I replied as he dropped his legs to the ground.

"Aren't you the least curious on what happened to them?" He asked.

"Well to be honest I am but I know the moment I act on my curiosity, you'll use carefully selected words to have me be a little nicer to you plus J have a few guess. The only way I can confirm it is with your guardian or you tell me yourself." I replied before I threw the empty juice box to the trashcan.

"Has anyone told you that being intelligent is dangerous?" Damien asked and I nodded.

"Every time. It's almost time for class, don't be late for the next class Pierce." I demanded as I stood up while he laughed.

"Wouldn't dream of it York after a very pleasant reminder. Oh and about the Valentine party, it's not too late to change your mind." Damien said as I closed the door behind me quietly.

I went to the kitchen and was a but surprised to see Ramona carrying mom who giggled before she dropped him on his feet.

"What was that?" I asked as Roxy stepped into the kitchen.

"Glad to see you haven't changed Sly. Looking so adorable as always." My sister babied me as I slapoed her hand away.

"You own me a hundred dollars and the interest has accumulated it to three thousand and a hundred bucks." I informed her as she pulled out her cheque book.

"I thought we had forgotten about that?" She asked as I took the paper.

"It's great to see you home. The table was very lonely." 

"Aww." Ramy stretched her hands towards me but I turned my back and hugged Roxy as mom hissed before she and Roxy burst into laughter.

"You just got dumped by your brother." Roxy said as Ramy pouted.

"Hey mom, I've already put everything to order." Ren's soft voice echoed as he entered the kitchen.

He froze when he saw me hugging Roxy before Asa stepped in.

Asa stared towards my direction as I stared back at his tall stature that Ren's chubby height was perfect for.

I never understood their relationship but I was certain of one thing... They don't see each other as siblings.

Ren waved at me before he walked back to the living as Asa's huge hands ruffled my hair before he kissed my head and left.

"Why is everyone back mom?" I asked as he opened his mouth.

"I forgot to tell you, Valentine is coming and your father's mother said that all the family MUST be there. I just don't understand why the sudden need to celebrate the occasion with them." Mom said and my mood soured.

"I'm not having dinner with that witch or her husband or any of dad's family except uncle Amir and aunt Jasmine. Their cool as well as their family." I replied as mom sighed.

"Sly we talked about this. She's your grandmother and she doesn't hate you." Mom said as I raised a brow.

"Like the same way she doesn't like you. It's obvious she doesn't like the both of us and she makes it very clear but she can't tolerate me most." I replied as I helped mom with the cooking, ignoring the noisy background.

"You overthink too much for someone your age. I think you should learn to be a little lose sometimes dear." Mom said before he dished out food into plates.

"Also I told you that if your grandmother and the family act like dicks, just grab one of their most expensive and rare wares and smash it to pieces while cursing them with a hammer. Trust me it works." Mom said as he smiled.

"Does it work with dad as well?" I asked.

I watched as mom's lips curled into a mischievous smile as he redid his messy bun.

"The only thing expensive your father owns is me." Mom responded before he carried the food in a tray to the dinning room.

Now that I thought of it, that smile mom had on his face had me cringe on his definition of expensive.

Well it's not as bad as when my mom gave me the sex talk with videos to prove his point.

The twins will soon receive their own talk soon.

The table was silent as well all stared at the food before we folded our hands in prayer and shouted "Itadakimasu".

Conversations went round the table as everyone talked and talked.

"What about your boyfriend Ren?" Dad asked as Renee nodded.

"He wanted to come for the family dinner on Valentines day but his work in Africa got him sidetracked so his coming a day after or so." Ren explained as we all nodded.

Asa stared at Ren with a look of concern and sympathy as he continued to eat.

"So Sly are you still a virgin?" Ramy asked as everyone except Roxy and Asa burst into laughter.

"Yes." I replied as Ramy pouted.

"So when you getting a boyfriend? Senior year? Trust me that's the worst time to date cause depressed teen just gonna start drug drama and emotional instability." Ramy said as mom threw a chopstick at her.

"Don't mind your sister. She's egocentric." Mom said as Ramy whined.

"Dad." Ramy whined as dad laughed.

"I love when your father doesn't poison me with pepper." Dad replied with a smile before mom kissed him.

The twins were on plate duty as I fell on my sheets with exhaustion before going through my contacts.

I didn't have much and now that I thought of it, I would remember to get Damien's number because maybe.

He wasn't as bad as I imagined him to be.