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Liv's POV
It's Monday morning. I have Math and I'm dying of boredom.
I'm so confused. Nothing Mr Fedowski is saying makes any sense to me. Well it never does.
We're studying Quadratic Functions and everything is just going through my right ear and coming out my left.
I will never understand why numbers weren't enough and they just HAD to add letters. Sounds like Mr Fedowski's making em up if you ask me.
Plus, the fact that Drew is right behind me is driving me nuts! Remember, the second time we met was in Mr Fedowski's Math class, when we had a free period. I just can't concentrate.
Assuming I wasn't as bad at maths as I am, I would've assumed that Drew was the reason I couldn't concentrate. I mean, he is at the back of my head, watching my every move. My pen fell and rolled right under my desk.
I groaned a bit and ignored the pen.
"Aren't you gonna pick your pen up?" Drew whispered in my ear, his minty breath fans my ear. Colgate suddenly seems appealing.
Trying not to make a total fool of myself, not being able to find words, I shook my head a bit.
"But it's your favourite pen..." He said again
I looked down at my book with notes I wrote in cursive purple ink.
"What's wrong?" He asked in such a sweet concerning whisper that it made my insides melt.
"Math. Math's what's wrong" I said almost too loudly.
"Need help? I could tutor you y'know."
"Yeah no thanks. I'm perfectly fine" I said. Drew's not the only one with an ego.
I sighed then tried to pick it up. As I bent, my chair made a sort of squeak, making it sound like I farted. Everyone held back a laugh as Mr Fedowski stopped his teaching to silence the class. My face reddening while I rolled my eyes.
"Decorum at once! Olivia, since you decided to pollute the air with unpleasant smells from your rear end, why don't you tell us the answer?" Mr Fedowski said making the class erupt into more laughter.
I get up or at least try to as my stupid skirt is stuck to my locker and I try to get up but its stuck. As I remove skirt the whole class laughs once more. I suddenly regret wearing this skirt. I hate them anyway.
"Olivia, since you have decided to be a stand up comedian for today, why don't you go to the counsellors office" Mr Fedowski said.
Just great.
I gathered my things and as I'm making my way to the door, I hear some idiots mutter "A stand up comedian who can't stand up!"
"Ha-ha, laugh it up" I said, sending them icy looks. Just then, the bell goes off and Mr Fedowski gives up.
"Don't forget your assignments which are due tomorrow!" He yells as we all leave.
I can't believe he's letting me go scott free! So maybe it isn't "Universe's poo on Liv day"
"Not you Olivia." He said my name with so much disgust that I could see it on his face.
Guess I spoke too soon.
I turned back and gave him a bored look.
"Now, I don't know what that was all about but you're gonna have to watch it." He said wagging his finger at me like he's talking to a child.
If only he knew the finger I was wagging at him. Bet you can guess.
"We have a test coming up next week on Wednesday. I'm afraid if you don't pass this test, I'm gonna send you to summer school."
"What, why?"
He sighed. "Look, I don't wanna see your face as much you don't wanna see mine"
Trust me, you have no idea.
"So, I think Ms Burnman should tutor you"
Lexi? Oh hell nah.
"No need for that, Drew already offered to tutor me!" I said loudly enough for Drew to hear. "Okay then, it's settled. Drew, look, I know the task I'm giving you is a lot to handle but whatever you do, ensure Olivia here, gets an A." He said finally
He made me sound like an Idiot. I mean, I'm not that dumb!
Well, the rest of school was boring. I had salad as usual and some chocolate milk. While that might not be filling, I stole fries here and there so I was satisfied.
I had Geometry with Winnie, English with Blair, Home room with Cece and South and History with Ken and Josh. History teacher was sick and we had no subs so Josh told the whole class funny stories about when he went on vacay to Hawaii. I laughed my butt off and listened to some Ariana Grande.
When school was finally over, I hitched a ride with Blair to her place and we both did our English essays on "The pains of being a student". I wrote about 550 words and ended it there and then Blair took me home and I took a power nap.
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The rest of the day wasn't as drab as the first half. I woke up to the smell of cupcakes. When Blair dropped me off, I snoozed right away without even changing my clothes.
"That was a nice...nap." I said to myself while yawning. I changed into some sweats then skipped down the stairs, following the smell.
As I got closer, the smell of tofu-meat loaf, fresh bacon, brownies, meat loaf, and more importantly :
Ze cupcakes! (Yes, with an accent)
I increased my pace as the smell got stronger. It's either my grandpops is coming over or Mom is stress cooking again. When I finally got downstairs, I got to realise it was the latter. If it wasn't, I would have seen grandpops' walking stick somewhere around or he himself but I didn't see any.
Mom was dropping a batch of freshly baked chocolate chipped cookies when I walked into the kitchen. I took a seat at the breakfast table and muffins were right in front of me. To my surprise, there was an actual birthday cake. Like an actual one.
She was spreading some ice-cream on as some icing and humming a song from Sound of music.
"Mom" I said worriedly as she flicked her wrist writing "Happy Birthday" in a cursive handwriting.
Then she looks up at me to meet my worried face "Oh hi honey, how was school?" She said, as she focused on putting the blueberries and strawberries carefully.
"Mom, school was fine. Now more importantly, what's up with all of this?" I said, gesturing to the table filled with goodies like it's Christmas eve. Or is it?
"Why Liv, you're gonna have to be more clear." She said, feigning innocence, knowing fully well what I mean.
"Mom, just stop it! Don't play games with me ma, What's going on!? Does Alex need to know about it?" The fact that she's hiding it means it's bad news. But what could It be??
She sighed, giving up. "I'm sorry that I have you worried dear. But really, it's nothing. Its just...I met a guy today."
I look at her weirdly. She's a nurse, she meets guy patients every day "Yeah and?"
"I think he's cute." She said closing her eyes tightly and looking down. A wide smile spreads across my face "Yeah and?" I repeat still smiling at her wondering why she's so stressed. "Well I think he likes me too." She says smiling weirdly .
Then I squeal and jump up from my chair to hug her "Mom that's great news! Moving on is good." Ever since she got divorced, she never had eyes for someone else.
"Okay, I want deets now!" I sing
In sync, we picked up cupcakes and clinked them together as if they were cups then started eating them. "So today wasn't the first time we met. He's been visiting the hospital since his little boy, Gibson, had a terrible fever. The naughty side of me secretly wished he never got better." She admitted with a small laugh. I tried not to cringe over my mom saying 'naughty' and joined her.
"I thought it was wrong for me to admire a married man but today Sheila told me he was single and he left a gift bag for me with a note." She said as she downed some orange juice.
"Well what did he get ya?" I asked
"I haven't exactly checked because I was too excited."
I shooed her to get the bag and she hurried back with it, along with the note.
It was a pink sparkly bag and a yellow note card with legible handwriting. It said :
Anne,
Gibbs got better so I won't have any excuse to leave work and visit the hospital to see you. so here's my number.
555-232-411
If you don't call, I will.
Frank.
After reading it an "awww" escaped my mouth. And mom blushed "He must be good-looking ay." I said teasingly and her blush deepens.
She took the sparkly gift bag and spilled out the contents.
A bouquet of daises that smell like mom's garden filled with even more daises (daises are mom's fav), a pack of skittles ( which mom is also a big fan of) and a cute little monkey ( mom loves monkeys) holding a little red heart.
Wowzer! "Mommy's got a boyfriend mommy's got a boyfriend." I sing as I skip around the room. Mom just hid her face, begging me to stop.
"Who's got a boyfriend?" A voice none other than Alex's as he comes in with groceries.
"Oh dearest mother here." I said as I pointed at her with jazz hands.
"Uh..speaking of boyfriends, why don't you go give that Drew boy a visit" Mom said trying to get back at me.
I tried to hide my blush when Natalie walked in with more groceries. "Hey guys. Anne, Liv." She greeted as she joined Alex in putting the groceries in the right place.
"Over here babe" Alex said as gestured for her to follow him.
Awww they're already together!
I helped mom to pack everything into the fridge but left out the birthday cake. I think I'll take Mom's advise. With that thought, I ran up to my room for a change of clothes.
I decided on wearing some jeans and a yellow tank top. I disconnected my phone from its charger and hopped downstairs, picked up my denim jacket from the coat closet, grabbed the cake package and borrowed Alex's keys. He won't mind.
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I parked Alex's Volvo right in front of Jamie's garden and got out with the birthday cake in hand.
Yes, I got there in one piece. Don't act so surprised.
After I locked the car with the key, I walked up to the gate and knocked. I knocked twice before the gate swung open and I was met face to chest with two hefty men in black suits.
What??
I tried to move past them and push through them but it's just like a little mouse pushing a bolder. Impossible.
After trying and failing, I gave up and did what I should have done.
"Uh..Hi guys..I um-"
"State your name and business" hefty guy number 1 says
"I was going to. I'm Liv..uh..Sparks and I'm here to...deliver this package to..uh..Drew- a residence of this uh...building." I say holding up the cake.
"Does said residence know of your arrival?" HG1 (hefty guy)
"What is in the package? Don't mind John here, he's a tough one" HG2, which I got to know is Marco after reading their name tags said.
"Thank you Marco. And to answer your questions, Drew does not know I'm coming... It's a surprise. This is a cake" I said then showing them the cake that said 'Happy birthday!'
"It's his birthday?" John asked
"Well....sure lets go with that."
"Follow me then." Marco said.
I followed Marco to the door step. Past the fountains and the garden.
Fountains on the left filled with baby angels vomiting out water from their mouth and the garden on the right filled with red roses and lilies and other flowers I have no idea what their names are. An old guy in a green uniform's trimming the edges to form a big 'D'.
We reach the doorstep and the door opens with Jamie at the other end.
She looked surprised "Well hello dear, come on in" She said and then her eyes drifted down to the cake and I pretended not to notice.
"Go on Marco, back to your post" she says having an authorized tone, nothing like the sweet caring tone she uses with me.
"Yes ma'am. Do wish the young lad a happy birthday for me." He said then he left.
She glanced at me questionably "Drew didn't tell you today was his birthday did, he? You wouldn't be the first." She said and I laughed
"No he did not." I said as she let me in. She directed me to the home theater, saying I'd probably find him there with his sister. Danielle would probably like cake.
I managed to find my way to the home theater only with the logos on the doors.
On the kitchen's there was a bunch of fruits, on the dinning hall's, a fork and knife, the laundry room had a washing machine and the game room had a game controller. The home theater had a movie tape type logo on it.
I wanted to open the door but felt the urge to knock.
I know. Come on say the words with me. I'm dumb.
No one answered so I just walked in. A small gasp escaped my lips as I tried to hide my surprise.
The room is large and themed cream and brown. There are six brown massage chairs arranged in two rows in sets of three, a huge screen with curtains at either side of it, a pop corn machine in a far corner on the left at the back and a vending machine on the right side.
It's nice, homey and warm. Plus It smells like caramel popcorn.
I walked in and they didn't even notice. When I say they, I mean Drew and this other chick sitting right next to him.
I clear my throat to get their attention. But they seem to be engrossed in some horror movie they're watching.
They turned around to face me and Drew said "shush" before taking a look at who it is.
"Hi" I say shyly for some reason.
Oh I know why, because this chick is absolutely beautiful.
She has long blonde hair, sparkly green eyes and a beautiful smile. She's not his girlfriend, is she?
Suddenly I could feel my whole body heat up as anger boils inside me.
Before I could stop the words, they escaped my mouth. "Are you his girlfriend?" I asked with the anger very well evident in my tone.
Then they both look at each other and burst into laughter. Oh great. Now I'm getting laughed at.
"Oh hell no" They both said at the same time.
"I'm Delaney-" She says
"My sister. Twin sister" Drew said.
"Unfortunately" She said and she lightly punched him in the arm.
"Ow!" He said as he repeatedly rubbed his arm.
What the fudge!
The cake suffered my shock as it slipped out of my hands and landed right on the floor.
"Of course. I knew that" I said stupidly and bent down to pick up the cake.
How could I have been so stupid! I mean his mom did say he was with his sister. But I thought she meant Danielle.
Only now is the resemblance sinking in. The hair, the face, the eyes. Though their two different shades of green, they still look alike in a weird way.
"No you didn't." Drew said, taking advantage of the situation
I got up with the cake in hand. "Sorry about the mess. I'm Liv." Trying to be on good terms with sis-in-law. Hehe.
Delaney nudged Drew and smiled. "She the one?" She asked and he started blushing.
Which made me blush. No one's surprised.
"I thought your birthday wasn't up until April?" Drew asked after clearing his throat.
I looked down at the cake in my hands. "Oh...Uh..no no...It is April. How did you even know that? "
"Uh... Well... Never mind about that. Well why did you bring the cake?" Drew asked.
"Who cares. Mama's hungry and she wants cake!" Delaney said as she sprung up from her seats and collected the almost destroyed cake and dashed out of the room yelling "To the kitchen!"
Drew and I chuckled as we watched he skip through the hallways.
I might have initially had a burning flame of hatred for her, but she seems alright.
"So.. Why were you so mad when you thought Laney was my girlfriend? Were you maybe... I don't know... Jealous?" He asked evilly with a gorgeous smirk
Uh-oh...
Before I did anything more stupid I yelled "To the kitchen!" and dashed out
"Ya can't run away from the truth!" He yelled as he ran after me.
He wasn't lying. Not one bit.
I got to the kitchen and met Delaney with a plate of cake half demolished.
Wow, she eats fast. "Oh hey, mind if I join you?" I asked and she cut a piece of cake and passed some on a plate to me.
"So, how come we haven't met? You don't go to our school, do you? " I asked as Drew already joined us and helped himself to some cake.
No plate. Just his hands.
"Nope. I go to or at least used to go to this snotty boarden school for girls only" She said
"Yeah. Dad wanted her to be as far away from boys as possible." Drew said with a small chuckle and I laughed too.
"You changing schools or what? " I asked with some cake in my mouth.
"Yeah. I finally put my foot down this year. Actually I'm coming to your school." She answered
"Yeah, after running away ten times altogether in four years! " Drew said and we all burst into laughter.
"What! Ten times? You sure are no quitter" I said
"You got that right! They just wouldn't get it! That place is literally prison. I mean we wear orange after school uniforms! " She said and we all started laughing again.
The more I get to know her, the more awesome she is! Well duh she's literally a female version of Drew.
You got that right! "So who's older?" I asked no one in particular.
"Oh no" Drew said while rolling his eyes. "I am!" Delaney said with a proud smile.
I downed the apple juice they offered me. "It's only 20 MINUTES!" Drew yelled
"Don't care. Still older! " She sang. And then they went on like that for a while.
"Okay so change of topic. My bad. So your mom gave birth to two sets of twins." I said
"Yeah, she comes down for a long line of twins. Her grandma was a twin, her mom was a twin, she's also a twin. And so yeah" Delaney explains.
I nod. "So what's up with Marco and John Outside?" I asked. I have so many questions.
"Security. They weren't here when you first visited because they were on a quick break. But they're here now." Drew explained.
"So why did you bring a cake? Not that I mind, you can surprise your boyfriend with cakes anytime you want." Delaney said.
Drew and I blushed "Oh we're not.. We're not together" I said.
"Not from the way Drew talks about you." Delaney said with a teasing nudge.
"Oh really? So what does he say about me? " I ask teasingly glancing at him with a smirk.
"Oh you know, normal stuff. That he's madly in love with you." Delaney said as she casually licked the icing off her fingers.
"Oh reallyyy" I said looking pointedly at Drew.
"Noo nooo...Delaney likes to exaggerate. Now what were you saying about the cake." Drew said, trying to change the topic.
"Can't run away from the truth!" I said mocking him. Then I explained to them in full detail why I brought the cake.
"Your mom should open a bakery." Delaney said and Drew agreed.
"So what movie were y'all watching?" I asked
"Oh we were watching this awesome horror bout a child who gets possessed by a demon and eats people when it's midnight. It's awesome. Wanna watch?" Delaney said with so much delight that it was scary.
"Uh.. I really don't want to. I hate horrors." I said. But Delaney wouldn't hear of it.
They both dragged me to the home theater and we watched four horrors at a stretch.
I am so not sleeping this night.
Right into the fifth one, the power went out. "What the heck!" Laney, as she said I should call her, yelled.
"Why did the power go out? " I asked.
"Donnie probably blew out a fuse in the game room" Drew said.
"Thank God! I mean, oh no I wanted to see that dog eat that mail man! Oh darn" I said feigning sadness.
They both laughed at me.
Laney said she wanted to get some torches and found her way out.
Drew took a deep breath and said in a strong whisper, "Liv, I've been wanting to do this for a long time." And then all of a sudden, his hands had a strong tight grip on my waist.
He positioned me into his laps and he smashed his lips on mine.
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