10- "Meet the boys!"

Bella's POV

"Oh Santa Claus, Santa Claus please visit me.

My house will look pretty with lights on the trees, I'll bake you some cookies on Christmas Eve night,  I'll be in my bed snuggled up tight~"  I sang preparing to end my work for the day.

When I heard someone clapping from behind me,  I turned to look at the person, it was none other than The roach boy.

"What do you want?" I asked, ignoring the smirk on his face.

"You have such a nice voice" He said,  still smirking.

"Stuff up the attitude and get straight to the point" I said impatiently.

"You know why I'm here, Stonefield," He said, coming closer to me. I could feel the heat of his body fanning me, and his chocolates eyes pierced through my skin, and our faces were inches apart.

I moved backwards,maintaining enough space between us.

"You're wasting my time" I said, looking at my imaginary wristwatch.

"I'm here for you to take down the video"he scoffed, folding his arms against his chest.

"I don't have the video," I said smirking, when I saw his facial expression. He looked furious, like he wanted to kill someone.

"Fuck, what do you mean you don't have the video?! Are you fucking serious right now?!" He yelled at me, I quivered,  scared of what was going to happen next.

"I'm sorry, but it's with a friend, he helped me film it" I said.

"Who?" He asked impatiently.

"Matt," I replied.

"That son of a bitch" He mumbled, and got the best of me.  He can't just go around calling my friends names.

"What's your problem?!" I yelled at him,  pissed by his self-centeredness.

"Huh?"

"Why are you so angry? When you did the exact same thing to someone else!" I yelled once more,  as my courage increased.

"Shut the fuck up" He said,  running his hand through his hair restlessly.

"I'm not shutting up , you're an idiot,  a narcissistic, foolish, bastard, self-centered jerk. Are you even human?" I said, losing total control of my words, and my hand, out of anger slipped, and found it's way on his right cheek.

He came closer to me, and raised his hands to hit me, but he stopped. I looked into his eyes,  his eyes held, anger,  hatred, rage and wrath.

"Delete the video as soon as possible, and I'll delete mine" He said, walking out of the staff room.

I sat on the chair processing what just occurred. I've never seen Ashton that angry before, for a minute I was scared he was going to beat me up.

Nevertheless, he was able to control the anger,  maybe because I'm  girl, I'm sure if I were a boy he would have wiped my existence.

"Hey, I saw Ashton coming out of here, did he hurt you?" Matt asked,  immediately he walked in.

I shook my head,  "He wanted the video deleted" I said nonchalantly.

"Are you sure he didn't hurt you?" Matt asked again.

"No, he didn't, I have to go" I said,  walking out of there staff room.

•••

I stood outside the diner, trying to get a cab,  but I didn't find any.  It's three o'clock and I haven't gotten a cab for the past hour I've been standing by the road side.

Normally I would have gone with Matt,  but today Matt is working overtime and the bus station is a forty-five minute walk from here. Unluckily for me, my dad's car also hasn't been fixed,  so I'm stuck here.

I sat on the bench, by the pavement,  resting my sore back on the backrest. I heard my backbone crack,  when I stretched.

I rested for ten minutes, and decided to walk to the bus station instead of waiting for a cab.

Ten minutes into the walk,  my legs were wobbly, and couldn't walk any further,  I leaned on a nearby tree for support,  when I heard someone call my name.

I turned around,  but I didn't find anyone. I leaned back on the tree, and started walking again.

I heard someone call my name again, I looked around, but found no one.  This is getting creepy...

I quickened my pace, walking as fast as I could past the people on the sidewalk, could it be those guys at the dinner?

I recall telling them my name, does that mean they're coming after me?

I heard the person call my name again,  and this time I started running as fast as I could, which was a normal average human's jogging pace.

I know, I'm really slow.

"Bella!" The person screamed my name, the voice was getting closer  and is likely to catch up with me any time from now.

I tried to run really fast this time, trying to unlock the non-existent sporty Bella.

I felt a strong firm grip on both my shoulders bringing me to a halt.

I was panting, scared to turn around.  I didn't want  to see those psychopath guy's face.

"Hey, Bella, it's me," The person said, moving to my front.

I looked up from the ground, standing before me was,  Brent Martin's perfect muscular frame, he looked down at me, smiling.  His ocean blue eyes we're focused on me,  his hair was combed perfectly on his head.

"Brent! You scared me" I whined, hitting his arms.

"I'm sorry, if you want a ride I can take you home"

"Thanks, but I'm going to my friend's house," I said.

"No problem, I'm free today we can go anywhere you want" He said, taking my bag from my hand.

"Thanks" I smiled cheerfully at him. I wonder how he is Ashton's friend, he seems so nice, and Ashton is so horrible.

•••

"Is this the place?" Brent asked, as we pulled up before Aubrey's home.

"Yes, thank you!" I smiled once again, exiting the car.

I walked to Aubrey's doorstep, I looked back again,  but he hadn't left,  he smiled at me. He looked like he wanted to come.

I walked back to him.

"Do you want to come? We won't mind having you around" I asked him,  for a moment he looked stunned, then he nodded.

He followed me,  as we walked to Aubrey's door. I knocked on the door and waited for someone to open the door.

"Hola! Oh you have company" Aubrey said immediately she opened the door grinning, her grin turned into a scowl when  she saw Brent.  She looked at me questioningly

"Umm... Brent, this is my best friend Aubrey. Aubrey meet Brent my friend"

"Nice to meet you" Brent smiled at her, she ignored him, walking away.

I entered,  shutting the door behind me. We sat  in the living room,  while Aubrey was doing something in the kitchen.

"Is it ok if I call Ashton and David to come over?" Brent asked, looking up from his phone.

"Umm... You know I dislike Ashton"

"I do, but if you get to know him he's a good person"

"You can invite David, but I don't approve of Ashton coming here" I said,  feeling slightly uncomfortable.

"Ok"

I stood up,  and left to the kitchen where Aubrey was making something that smelled nice.

"Hey, what are you cooking?" I said hugging Aubrey from behind her.

"Why did you bring him here?" She snapped.

"He didn't have anywhere to go"

"And you brought him here? You know we don't have enough money to entertain a lot of visitors. Most especially people like him!" She yelled angry.

"I'm sorry, I just didn't know," I said.

"It's ok, I just don't like having strangers at my house"

"Don't worry,  I'll tell him to leave" I said, walking out of the kitchen.

"Brent, I think you should leave" I said.

"Why does she hate me?" He asked abruptly.

"She just doesn't like strangers at her house" I said.

"I know it's because she doesn't have enough money, but I won't mind helping her buy food if she feels like I'm a burden " He said.

"It's not like that, her mom also isn't in support of it. She'll be home soon, if she sees you she'll get angry. Let's go" I said.

Brent nodded, trailing behind me as we walked to the front door.

Before we got the chance to open the door, the door swung open by Mrs Becker.

"Hey Mrs Becker, how are you?" I asked, she didn't even spare me a glare,  instead she diverted her attention to the boy beside me.

"Who are you?" She asked, staring at Brent.

"He's my friend, his name is Brent" I smiled,  hoping she isn't angry.

"Hi" She said smiling at him, surprisingly.

"By the way, he was just leaving so bye!" I said dragging Brent behind me and we walked out of the house.

"No,  it's fine, he can stay" She said with a warm smile.

"Really?" I asked, shocked.

"Yeah,  you guys have fun before you leave for college" She smiled,  walking to the stairs.

I walked back in with Brent behind me, he sat on the couch.

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After waiting for what felt like an eon,  Liana finally arrived with more food.

"Finally food! I'm so hungry!" I groaned,  attempting to take a slice of pizza.

"You'll have to wait because the others haven't arrived yet," Liana said, slapping my hand away from the pizza box.

"Others?"

"Yeah, Brent said he's inviting his friends. Someone agreed with him" Liana said her eyebrows raised.

"What? I couldn't say no!" I whined.

"Now you have to wait for them" Liana voiced, joining Aubrey in the kitchen.

I quickly reached out to the pizza box, aiming for a pepperoni, but before I could take one Liana walked in. I quickly shifted my hand and placed it on the counter, pretending to look at my nails.

Liana walked to the table picking up the pizza boxes, looking at me suspiciously.

"Dang! Why'd she have to take the pizza?" I whispered to myself.

"Because you're addicted to food" Liana said.

"I'm not!" I whined.

I heard voices from the living room, deciding to check who was there, I walked to the living room.

I peeked, only to see the well-built, slender frame of none other than Ashton. He sat on the couch conversing with David and Brent, his hair fell into his face,  slightly covering his eyes. His full enticing pink lips stood out the most, and his mouth was curved into a smile.

Watching him talk and grin, my lips unconsciously curved into a full smile.

I slapped myself,  turning away from them.

I'm sure my face was burning red by now. I walked to the kitchen, Liana and Aubrey marched out of the kitchen with boxes of pizza in their hands.  Aubrey signaled for me to bring the drinks.

I bet they're gonna be so surprised when they see Ashton and David here. I walked to the kitchen, grabbed a few drinks  and put them in a tray.

I walked to the living room, as if I could tell the future I saw Liana and Aubrey's expressions. They looked utterly stunned.

"Hey!" I greeted, placing the tray of drinks on the center table.

Liana and Aubrey placed the pizza boxes and some other food items like: cake and  cookies,  on the table.

"Umm... Boys these are my friends, Aubrey and Liana. Liana, Aubrey  meet the boys!" I said.

A/N

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