"Good afternoon. Gerardo house keeper speaking, how may I help you?" Trina said picking up the house telephone after it rang twice
"Um... I'd like to speak to Tristan. Is he home?" A female voice spoke from the other side of the phone
"Please may I know your name?"
"Ugh. Tell him it's Kate"
Kate, Trina thought the name was rather familiar. She must be his girlfriend.
The thought of Tristan having a girlfriend named Kate made Trina feel bad for some reason she herself couldn't understand
She definitely knew that Tristan brought girls to the house once in a while, but she didn't think he'd have a serious girlfriend
"Okay. Could you hold on for a second?" She asked but got no reply so she dropped the phone and went up stairs to Tristan's room
"Um, young master" she said after knocking lightly on his door
"Come in Trina" he said sitting up, arranging the documents on his bed
"Um, there's someone on the phone for you sir. She says her name is Kate"
"Fuck" Tristan whispered under his breathe "um okay. I'll be downstairs in a minute"
"Okay sir" she said before leaving the room
If she was his girlfriend why did he react the way he did when I broke the news, she thought again
Then she wondered why she was actually bothered
"Hello" Tristan said picking up the wired telephone
"Um. Hey Tristan" Kate said
"What do you want Kate" Tristan said sounding impatient. He looked round the living room and noticed that Trina was sitting on a chair in the dining room
"Tristan. I miss you, you know I didn't mean any thing I said that day. I was just mad and I expected you to understand but instead you're ignoring me. Tristan don't you love me anymore?"
"Do you know how much stress you've put me through since we started dating?" He asked trying to keep his voice low because of Trina who was obviously trying to eavesdrop
"That's why I'm calling Tristan. I've been trying to reach you for weeks now but you've completely shunned me out. Don't do this to me Tristan, I'm sorry if I've not been the best girlfriend. Common let's work this out"
Tristan had made up his mind not to get back with her again previously, but he was having a change of heart seeing how much she was begging. He realised that he still had a soft spot for her. And that was gonna be the end of him.
"Okay fine Kate. I forgive you" he said a bit louder than he had intended causing Trina to shift on the chair
"Aw, thanks my love. So when can we see. I miss you so much and I just wanna be with you baby"
"I don't know" he said rolling his eyes. She was a bit too clingy
"Or... do you want me to come over?" I bought this sexy new lingerie and I wanna show it to you" she said knowing that was his weak point and he couldn't say no to her
"Alright fine. You can come over by 6 for dinner, then you'll stay the night. I've missed you too" he said picturing her sexy ass in the lingerie. That was the only thing he had missed about her; her very beautiful body
"Okay baby. See you later. I love you"
"Bye" he said hanging up. "Um, Trina what are we having for dinner" he asked turning to Trina who still sat on the dinning chair trying to act unsuspicious
"Macaroni and cheese sir"
"Oh OK. Make enough for an extra plate, we'll be having a guest tonight"
"Okay sir" she said, her heart dropping to her stomach
'Stop thinking about him' she told herself.
She hadn't realised when she began seeing Tristan in a different way.
"I'll be in my room in case you need me" he said before walking away
But he didn't go to his room, he went to Richards room instead, he had to talk to him about Kate
"Hey bro" he said walking into the room without knocking
"Seeing as you're the one who always complains about people barging into your room without knocking, it'll have been right for you to knock before coming in dude. I could have been busy you know" Richard said sitting up
"Whatever" Tristan said taking a sit on a couch next to the bathroom door of Richards king sized room
"What do you want dude"
"Kate's coming over for dinner"
"Kate's what?!"
"Yeah. And she's also spending the night here"
"What the heck man. I thought you guys where through"
"I thought so too. But she called the home line and we talked. I realized that I still have a soft spot for her. What's more? She bought a sexy lingerie just for me" he said feeling accomplished
"Oh brother. I knew you where just bluffing when you said you guys wouldn't get back together and that you didn't love her anymore. All you needed to hear was the magic word. And you did"
"The hearts a rollercoaster bro. I gotta get use to it. I don't just know how mum and dad would react when they find out she's coming"
"They wouldn't be able to stop her. They'd have no choice but to welcome her with open hands"
"But dad's scowl may not be friendly and she'll end up feeling uncomfortable during dinner. We both know dad can't pretend to like someone he doesn't actually like.
"That's your luck bro. Now get the fuck out of my room. I need some privacy dude"
"Whatever" he says standing up
***
"Bella, I'll be spending the night at Tristan's house" Kate said from the kitchen after gulping a glass of water.
"Seriously?" Bella, her red haired rebellious roommate for 2months asked excitedly
"Yes. He's finally forgiven me girl"
"I'm so happy for you bitch!" She yelled casually
"I'm happier. I can't let him go. Ever. His family is so wealthy so I'll never lack anything"
"Wait. Dude still lives with his parents?"
"Yeah"
"Isn't he too old?"
"All his brothers still live with their parents I guess. And his oldest brother is like 27"
"If I still lived with my parents, I'm sure I would have committed suicide. They're so overbearing" Bella said with a scowl on her face. She and her parents had never gotten along as far as she could remember. They had always been too overprotective and wouldn't let her have a single moment to herself. And she wondered why seeing as she wasn't their biological daughter.
Normally, an adopted orphan would want all the love she could get but Bella wasn't so normal and nobody knew why. She got irritated at every nice gesture made towards her by her adoptive parents.
So on her 21st birthday, she decided to move out of the house, which was very odd because her adoptive parents where one of the most wealthy people in the country. They owned chains of company's in different countries and so Bella never lacked anything. But she couldn't help but be a rebel could she?
"Ugh girl I still don't get why you moved out of your parents billion dollar mansion. If I had your life, I wouldn't have to put up with that annoying boy. But I got to do what I got to do huh?"
"Its the hustle baby"
"Hmm. So girl" Kate said crashing on Bella's bed with a thud "when are you gonna take me to see your mansion huh? Maybe your parents might just decide to adopt me too"
"Ugh" Bella said with her signature scowl sitting on her face
Only Lord knows why she was always so grumpy and upset. She had a life most girls could only dream of having but she threw it all away.
"Baby girl" she began after a few seconds "trust me. You wouldn't like to live with them. Being an adopted orphan ain't easy girl. What they put you up to and all, you'd wish you where dead. Trust me"
"Woah are they that bad?"
"You don't wanna know"
"You must have gone through a lot girl. Don't worry you're gonna be fine"
"As far as I'm far away from them, sure"
"I got to go get ready for tonight. I'm having dinner with his family and they don't like me much" Kate said getting up and walking over to her giant mirror with a makeup kit in front of it
"Do they have a choice? They're not the one's dating you so they better get use to seeing your skinny ass around their home"
"You're right girl. I refuse to be intimidated by those rich people"
The Gerardo's had always been known to have a lot of influence. Their riches came with a lot of power and so they never wanted to be seen associating with middle or lower class people. And they always got what they wanted, no matter who or what they had to trample upon in the process.
But Kate was determined to blend into their family despite her being from a lower class family.
"Bye girl" Kate said blowing a kiss to Bella who was reading a magazine on her bed "I'll see you tomorrow or next. You never know what could happen"
"Have fun girl"