(17)

"KADE, WE'RE HERE!" Luca shouts as he enters Kade's huge mansion of a house while the others were still getting out of their cars.

His eyes travel around the lavish living room in search of Kade but his dark eyes instead landed on a girl sitting comfortably on the couch.

She was sitting legs crossed, sunglasses on with a Vogue magazine in her hands.

"Who are you?" Luca loudly asked as he stared at the girl.

"You tell me." She replied without looking at him, her tone making her words sound like a command.

"How am I supposed to tell you that?" Luca frowned, arching an eyebrow at the girl.

"With your mouth, of course." She answered, getting up from the couch as the others entered the mansion.

Luca's eyes widened and he parted his lips at the loss of his words.

"Don't make the boy cry. Haven't you scared enough people yet, Anna?"

She smiled as she saw Kade standing next to her.

"Kadey, it's not my fault that I make people cry." Anna chuckled.

"Guys, meet my cousin. Adrianna Saint Laurent." Kade introduced, pointing his thumb at Anna.

She moved her sunglasses to her head, letting the group stare into her grey eyes; those eyes which tore apart anyone who looked into them.

"Adrianna Saint Laurent. Fun fact: I got expelled many times than I could even count with my both of hands so don't mess with me. That's all and nice to meet you." She flashed them a bright smile and only the girls returned the smile back.

"Adrianna, that's a lovely fact." Aria chuckled as embraced her into a quick hug.

"Another bad bitch? Yes!" Ellis grinned as she took quick steps towards the two girls.

"Girl gang!" Isabelle squealed as she marched forward.

The girls immediately started talking and briefly introduced themselves to the new girl.

"They're already getting along? Wow." Luca slowly muttered as he glanced at the group of girls.

"What else did you expect?" Blake scoffed, rolling his eyes at him.

"I wanted her to talk to me, but now that all changed." Luca muttered under his breath.

"Why? You're scared of her?" Kade mused, a small smirk growing on his lips.

This wasn't the first time that someone was scared of his cousin.

"Oh, he's terrified of her. Look at his eyes." Blake chuckled, pointing a finger at Luca's eyes.

"I am not! I just don't know how to talk to her." Luca scoffed.

"Oh, really?" Kade smirked, mischief glinting in his eyes.

Luca nods his head, "Of course, I —."

"Anna!" Kade called out as he turned around to look at his cousin.

"Oh my God. You're an asshole!" Luca hissed as he glared at Kade.

"What is it?" Adrianna turned around to look at her cousin.

Kade was smirking, Blake was smiling and Luca was looking the other away.

"Luca wanted to speak to you," Kade grinned, nudging Luca.

"Oh, you?" Adrianna pointed a finger at a flustered Luca.

"Uh, it's nothing." Luca stuttered, looking down at the floor while the others laughed.

"You look like you're scared of me," she chuckled, smiling at the raven-haired boy.

"He is." Kade muttered under his breath, earning him a shove from Luca.

"You shouldn't be scared of me unless you've done me bad." Adrianna mused, a small smirk growing on her lips.

"A wise person you are," Aria muses and Adrianna sends her a wink.

"Now that we're all here, we should start making our way out." Kade states as he grabs his bag.

"Girls in one car and boys in the other?" Isabelle questioned, arching an eyebrow at Kade.

"Do whatever you want, I don't really care." Kade shrugs as he picks up Aria's suitcase and walks out.

"I could have carried that but thank you!" Aria shouts as Kade waves his hand at her in a dismissive manner.

"You and Kade should go in the same car." Adrianna teases the raven-haired girl, an evil grin playing on the grey-eyed girl's lips.

"Not just us two alone." Aria mutters and looks at Adrianna, "Why don't you join us?"

Adrianna laughs.

She pauses laughing and looks at Aria, "Kade and I can't stay in the same place without annoying the fuck out of each other."

"And I don't want a third wheel," the brunette smiles at Aria before grabbing her suitcase and walking away.

The cousin was really something.

"What are you waiting for? Let's go!" Isabelle cheers as she pushes her friends forward.

"You're coming with me in the car?" Kade frowns as he stares at his cousin.

"I didn't want to either but there was no space in the other car," Adrianna shrugs as she points to the car behind them.

"I won't disturb, I promise. I will only sleep," his cousin promises before getting inside his car.

"Why is your face like that?" Aria asks as she arches an eyebrow at him.

"She's coming with us," he mumbles, frowning at his cousin, the one who never failed to get on his nerves despite her being important to him.

"She's not even that bad. I might even say that she's more fun than you." Aria chuckles as she gets into the passenger seat.

"What lovely girls I have in my life." Kade grumbles under his breath before getting into the car.

"I really regret inviting you here," he scowls at his cousin.

"Oh, you shouldn't since I came here uninvited here anyways." Adrianna smiles at him, fluttering her eyelashes at her.

"Oh man, this drive is going to be great." Aria laughs, staring at the duo of cousins bickering.

"Don't make me leave you in the middle of the road." Kade scoffs, pointing a finger at the brunette.

"I'll try," she smiles.

"I regret not taking the popcorn Issy offered." Aria sighs, amusingly staring at the blonde boy.

"I won't hesitate to leave you in the middle of the road, either." Kade scoffs, narrowing his eyes at Aria.

"I know you won't leave me alone." Aria chuckles, smiling at Kade.

"Damn, I already feel like a third-wheeler." Adrianna whistles, smiling at the pair in front of her.

"Shut up, Adri." Kade mutters, glaring at her.

"Hmm, but you clearly wanna make someone else shut up with those lips." Adrianna teases, smirking at Kade.

"Adrianna!" Kade hisses, widening his eyes at her.

"Let the drama begin." Aria muses, rolling her eyes at the cousins.

here's the super late update. i had a major writer's block for this book and it's still there but i'm trying my best to write.

hope y'all enjoyed this chapter :)

hopefully, the next chapter won't take ten years to come out!

- elle