I woke up at 3am. I took a glance outside from my window sill and saw that it was still dark outside.
All traces of sleep had left me as i was feeling a little restless and feverish.
I put on a grey sweater with black sweatpants as i plodded down to the kitchen to get water. I poured water from the water dispenser into my cup and took in down in one gulp.
I placed the cup back on the counter and sluggishly went back to my room to get a blanket. I went back down to the living room, turning the Tv on as i sat on the couch with the blanket covering my whole body.
As i was busy watching Tv i heard a noise coming from the kitchen and then i slowly tiptoed to the kitchen sneaking my head by the door.
I knew it might have been a burglar so i took my blanket along with me and reached out to the closest thing beside me which was an iron rod.
I gripped it tightly and wobbled behind the kitchen door as the fearless girl i was.
I twisted the door knob slightly making sure not to make any noise and then i snuck my head into the kitchen to see a masculine figure standing by the counter.
It was dark so i couldn't see the person clearly but i knew it was a burglar.
I was having thoughts of going to call Alex for help but that would only make him laugh at me and he wouldn't even believe me,even if he did he'd be bragging about me being scared of a burglar and him helping me.
Wrong decision.
I made my way towards the figure and the person turned but i pulled my blanket over him just in time, trapping him in my blanket he groaned while i began to hit him with the rod in my hand,i continued to hit him as he screamed but i didn't stop and payed deaf ears to his pleas.
"You love to rob people don't you, today I'll deal with you and this will be the end of your robbery career"I yelled as i continued to hit him.
"Robbery?Hey stop it Olivia"Alex groaned in pain as i was hitting him.
"Shut up Alex, I'm busy hitting the thief"I yelled back as i continued to hit him.
"Wait.....Alex?"I said unsurely as i withdrew myself from him as he was now lying on the floor, covered in my blanket.
"Yes,psycho why did you have to hit me like that, are you mad?"He groaned as he hesitantly got up to face me.
"And how would i have known it was you? I thought a burglar broke in"I yelled.
"You must be joking,you know that we're two in this house so why would you mistake me for a burglar!"He yelled.
"Because you were sneaky,so i thought you were a burglar" I yelled.
"If you thought it was a burglar then why didn't you go to my room to inform me?" He asked.
"Because i knew you are full of yourself and would probably take all the credit or even still,not help me"I said.
"Now that's ridiculous,so even if it was a burglar,do you think you could capture a real burglar with your stupid blanket and rod?what if he was armed?"He asked.
"Well, I'd have handled it anyway,at least i did something"I said.
"Come on Olivia,i thought you were smarter than this,you and i both know that this neighborhood has s very tight security so how would a burglar get in?"He asked.
"Even the most secured places can still be robbed,some burglars are really talented in their work,and besides what are you even doing down here by this time?"I asked.
"I was feeling thirsty and i was about to drink water when someone hit me like a thief"He said humorously.
"Hey don't blame me! I didn't know it was you,you were creepy so how did you expect me to know you were down here?"I asked.
"That's your business,i was only quietly coming here to take water because i didn't wanna wake you and have to deal with your nonsense, but seems my effort was in vain,here you are, pestering me as usual"He said.
"Hey don't talk to me like that,i didn't know okay?"I said.
"What are you even doing down here awake by this hour?"He asked.
"I was feeling restless so i came down to get water and then i started watching TV"I answered.
"Whatever, just look at the mess you've done,did you have to hit me so hard?what if i died?"He said, taking in his appearance.
"Fine,i apologize for that,i didn't know you were the one,if not I'd have beaten you more than that for making my tension rise"I said, pointing the rod at him.
"Excuse me?so you're not even remorseful about hitting me"He glared at me.
"Yes, infact I'm disappointed at myself,had i known it was you I'd have used something bigger" I said.
"Hey Olivia i won't-"
"Keep your problems to yourself Williams,this is a warning,the next time yoy sneak about,so early in the morning, I'll have your ass for breakfast"I said.
"Ai,my gorgeous babies" He whined pathetically touching his ass and i rolled my eyes at him.
"If you're done with your melodrama then please,use the door" I said.
"Hey this isn't your room,you can't chase me out"He protested.
"Oh yes i can"I smirked and he scoffed at me before storming out of the kitchen.
***
After my drama with Alex,i had retired back to my room and finally slept surprisingly peacefully.
I woke up to the sound of birds chirping outside and a loud music coming from downstairs.
I got up lazily from the bed and pulled my curtains open to view nature.
After i was contempt with view outside, I lazily wobbled over to the bathroom to brush my teeth. It was a Saturday which means i have so much time to rest. After i had finished brushing my teeth,i went downstairs to the sound of a really loud music blaring out of a MP3 player,i was furious as i saw Alex dancing to the music not even noticing my presence.
I marched angrily to where he had placed the MP3 player and turned it off.
"Hey!what the hell!"Alex yelled and turned it back on.
I angrily turned it back off.
"Hey are you mad, can't you see I'm dancing here?"He yelled and turned it back on.
This was the height of it.
I took the MP3 player smashed it woth force on the floor and it shattered in pieces all over the floor.
"Hey Olivia!Are you mad,who do you think you are to break my MP like that!"He yelled and i glared at him.
"Hey this isn't your house where you can comfortably do whatever you wish to,this is my house and you don't have any right whatsoever to be playing such loud music early in the morning"I yelled.
"And who said so?i remember when your parents told me very clearly that i should feel at home,they left us together in this house so i have as much right as you in this house,what is even your problem?if i play the music in the morning, at noon or at night, you'll always have problem with it,you always find faults in whatever i do, I know we don't like each other but at least have some manner and stay out of my matters"He spat.
"Look Alex, I don't care what my parents told you but one thing we both know is that this is my house and not yours,so you should not act like it's yours,why would you play music so early on a Saturday morning?are you nuts?"I yelled.
"I know why you're doing this, you're doing it purposely so that I'll leave this house for you,but that won't be happening because i will stay here and frustrate you,just you wait and see"He said as he started walking away but then stopped on his tracks "20 bucks for the MP"He added as he stormed away and i glared after him.
Just when as i was about to leave for the kitchen,i heard the door bell ring.
I went over to the door peeping through the peep hole to see who it was,i smiled when i saw our cleaner's daughter Jasmine at the door.
I pulled the door open for her and was greeted by her million dollar signature smile.
"Hey Liv"She greeted.
"Hey Jasmine,long time no see,what are you doing here?"I said cheerfully as i sidestepped to let her in.
I shut the door behind her as we both went into the living room.
"Oh my mum's not feeling too well so i came in place of her,i just came back yesterday"She said smiling.
"Okay Jasmine, that's great, I've actually missed you though"I smiled.
"Me too Liv,can you please show me my work so I'll do it quickly,i have an appointment somewhere"She said.
"Okay, it's just the toilets,bathrooms and kitchen,there are five bedrooms"I said to her.
"Oh damn,so much work"She said.
"Yeah,it totally fits with the pay doesn't it?"I teased.
"Yeah,500$ weekly ain't small,let me commence with the toilets"She said going upstairs and i nodded in return as i went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
Alex's POV
I was mad and infuriated at Olivia,she always just does things to get me really angry but i wasn't gonna let this go easily.
I marched out of my room heading downstairs but then i bumped into someone.
"Oh I'm sorry"She apologized immediately and i stared at her smiling broadly.
She was a beautiful blonde girl with fit curves.
"Hey it's okay"I smirked.
"Thanks"She said blushing as she turned to walk past me but i pulled her back.
"Hey I'm Alex by the way, what about you?"I asked.
"Um....Jasmine"She said, staring at me wearily.
"Nice name for a hot girl"I smirked.
"Thanks"She curled her hair behind her ears as she played with her fingers nervously.
"So Jasmine, what are you doing here?"I asked.
"I'm here to um...clean the house, I'm here in place of my mum"She said.
"Oh,okay"I said dryly.
"Do you live here?"She asked.
"Yeah"I replied.
"Oh,i haven't seen you here before,are you perhaps Liv's friend? I know she doesn't have any cousins"She said.
She must know Olivia really well.
"Oh yeah, I'm not her cousin or friend...well.... I don't know how to place me and Liv's relationship, we're um..."
"Are you her boyfriend?"She asked.
"No no,never,impossible, we're more like business partners"I said nervously.
"Oh, business partners,what kind of business partners if i may ask,i know Liv isn't into any kind of business"She said.
"Um,what i mean to say is that we're family friends,our parents are friends"He said.
"Oh,but i thought her parents travelled,so how come you're here?"She asked making me already uncomfortable.
"Hey forget about this questions and introduce yourself properly to me, let's talk about more important things"I smirked and she smiled back fiddling with her hair.
Liv's POV
After eating,i went back to my room to shower and then changed into something lighter.
I was about to go downstairs when i heard moans coming from Alex's room.
Who could be in Alex's room by this time?As far as i was concerned,no one had come over today except Jasmine.
I went out of the room and snuck my head behind Alex's room door to hear voices and i could hear giggling.
"That sounds like Jasmine"I muttered and then i angrily pulled the door open to see Alex naked with Jasmine beneath him as they were busy kissing.
"Alex!"I yelled and they immediately noticed my presence and covered themselves immediately. Jasmine quickly put on her clothes and ran past me outside the room.
I glared angrily at Alex and left without another word, running after Jasmine.
I caught up with her in no time and yanked her back to face me.
"Liv I'm-"
My hand landed on her face immediately and she groaned in pain.
"How dare you Jasmine?i thought you were here to work in place of your mum so what gave you the right to lay down your body for Alex,i thought you were different from the other girls, I'm really disappointed in you Jasmine!"I yelled angrily.
"Liv I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me"She said.
"Really?you don't know what came over you?You fucking had sex with someone you don't even know"I yelled.
"He's a really hot guy and i just couldn't refuse"She defended.
"Oh wow,so you could fuck any guy you see just because he's handsome?this is the height of shamelessness,well you know,i don't have anything to say to you,just get out of my sight now before i loose it!"I yelled.
"I'm sorry Liv, I don't-"
"Get out!"I yelled, startling her and then she took on her heels running out the door.
I stormed off angrily back to Alex's room. I pulled the door open to see him already dressed on his way coming out of the room.
"Liv you-"
I slapped him across his face immediately.
"How dare you Alex,i have watched you fuck every slut in school but this is the height of it,how dare you do that to the girl that came here to the her work?if you know your dick was itching to fuck then why didn't you go out to the club and bang a slut,why her? does my house look like a whorehouse!"I yelled angrily.
"Look Liv I can explain,and besides the girl did it with me willingly, it's not like i forced her"He shrugged and then i slapped him again.
"You disgust me Alex, aren't you ashamed of yourself?do you even hear yourself?you sound like a desperate man whore who can't just keep his fucking dick in his pants,you know what?today ends it, I'm calling my parents right now and I'll tell them a piece of my mind"I stormed out of his room and went to my room,with him running behind me as i took my phone in attempt to call my parents but the phone was snatched right from my hand before i could dial the number. Alex smashed my phone on the floor and trampled on it.
I raised my hand to slap him again but he caught it just in and pushed me to the wall, pining me in between his arms as i struggled to free myself from his clutches.
"What the fuck is wrong with you Olivia!do you think I'm also enjoying staying here with you?i had my perfect life as the star basketball player whom all girls were all over, back at my house i brought in different girls everyday to my satisfaction,they were all over me,but here i am, each time i bring in any girl you always seem to make a big deal out of it,do i look like some four year old you could have your way with? I'm fucking 18 and i have the right to satisfy myself in whichever way i please,and i don't know why you have a problem with that, I also don't like the fact that I'm staying here with you, it's against my wish but i have to do it for my parents,do you think it will be fair if you call your parents now and bother them with our issues, they are busy with a lot of things right now and it wouldn't be nice to trouble them with these trivial matters, I've tried reasoning with you countless time but you don't seem to ever come to your senses,all you keep doing is picking fights and arguments with me,i know i derive pleasure in troubling you but still at times you have to drop your childish behavior and act like a sensible person,if you have any problem with me we can talk it out or better still wait till your parents are back,we have just three weeks left and I'm sure we can both be patient till then so i don't see why you have such a big problem with me and how i live my life,you always complain about every damn thing I do forgetting the fact that you yourself aren't even perfect, I'm tired of your nonsense and if you don't step up your game I'll do something you won't like!"He yelled angrily and for the first time,i saw seriousness in his tone,his eyes were lit with anger and were void of emotion. I had seen crazy Alex,dumb Alex, stupid Alex and playful Alex but the Alex that was standing right in front of me this time was a very different Alex i had never seen before,he had these dangerous look in his eyes and for the first time in two years a guy made me shiver and caused me to shake. Not of fear but of shock. I was shocked at the Alex standing boldly in front of me.
He was cold and had no hint of any playfulness.
He pulled away from me and after shooting me another glance,he left the room without another word.
I angrily smashed the alarm clock beside me and reached out for anything close to my reach.
I trashed my room angrily turning it upside down as i raged in fury.
No one ever had the audacity to talk to me in such a manner and made me so weak and speechless.
Alexander Williams was,is and always gonna be my nightmare.
***
I sat down on the couch watching Tv with so many thoughts rambling in my head. After the argument with Alex I didn't set my eyes on him again throughout the morning till now.
I stared at the wall clock hung across the living room which was ticking and then i sighed when i saw that it was only 4pm.
I got up and went to the kitchen to make myself a glass of milkshake after which i went back to the living room.
Just as i was about to sit down,i heard the door bell ring.
I placed my cup of milkshake on the table and went over to the door not bothering to check who it was i pulled the door open to see my two idiot best friends standing in front of me with their eyes glittering in excitement.
"Hey girl"Zoey exclaimed.
"Hey babe"Jane said as they pulled me into a tight....too tight...okay I'm loosing balance...we all went falling down on the floor.
"Ouch" I winced in pain, rubbing my butt as we got up.
"Why did you guys have to hug me so tightly like that,you pushed me off balance, what if i hit my head on something hard"I grumbled and they smiled.
"Well you didn't,so let's go in" Zoey said excitedly as they slammed the door behind us and pulled me into the house.
"Hey you guys didn't tell me you were coming"I frowned.
"Hey we just planned on surprising you sbd besides i told you earlier that we were gonna be coming over one of these days for a sleepover,so here we are!"Zoey said excitedly.
"But you still should have informed me so that i would have made earlier preparations"I said.
"That's not needed, we've already made all the preparations already so there's really no need to bother yourself"Jane said.
"But still this is insane"I said.
"Hey,why do i have this feeling that you aren't so excited about this?"Zoey asked.
"It's not that, it's just that i have so much going on already so i wasn't expecting you guys"I said.
"Let me guess,you and Alex had a fight... again" Zoey said.
"Yeah and it was pretty bad this time, I'd never seen Alex get so mad before" I said.
"Why do you care?i thought you hated him right?"Zoey said drinking my milkshake
My milkshake!
I grabbed it from her immediately.
"Hey i was drinking that!"She protested.
"Well it's mine" I said.
"Oops,seems it's mine now" Jane said as she took it away from me running upstairs as we both chased after her.
Ever been in that situation when you have the most annoying besties and they are always taking your stuffs?
Well that's my relationship with my best friends, they were that annoying.
We chased after Jane who ran upstairs, Zoey was already ahead of me in pursuit of Jane. Just as i was about to climb up the stairs,i slipped and fell down into the hands of Alex.
Alex?
I stared at him in shock and we kept staring at each other lovingly for the next thirty seconds.
Duh!i was glaring and he was staring at me.
"Hey let go of me!"I yelled,my anger rising suddenly.
"Gladly" He said and dropped me.
I went rumbling down the stairs but not without dragging Alex along with me.
I ached my butt in pain as i struggled to get up not able to stand properly.
"Are you mad? why did you have to drop me like that?" I yelled.
"You asked me to let go of you didn't you,that was your way of saying thank you to someone that saved you"He yelled back.
"Hey i said you should let go of me, couldn't you have put me down on surface,why did you have to drop me like that?who saves someone and then put them back in pain!"I yelled.
"Well you asked for it, I was just being nice by saving you but you obviously never appreciate anything and you just had to drag me down with you didn't you?"He yelled, dusting off his body.
"You know what?i have nothing to say to you just yet"I said storming off.
"It's not like i have any interest in talking to you either"I heard him saying but i was already halfway towards my room.
I got into my room to see my stupid ass best friends busy going through my stuff.
"Hey?"I yelled and stared at the empty cup of milkshake lying beside my bed.
"Well you could make another one"Zoey said.
"It's not as if that was a special milkshake,by the way i saw you and Alex over there"Jane winked.
"Hey do you know how much effort i put into making that milkshake?and stop winking like that,it makes you look like a raccoon!"I yelled frustratingly.
"Hey babe chillax,come over here and help me with this" Zoey said and i turned my gaze over to see her trying on one of the gowns my mum got me two months ago,it was a blue body fitting gown that fitted her curves perfectly.
"Hey i didn't say you could touch that!"I protested.
"Well it's not like you wear these dresses anyway" She said.
She did have a point,i wasn't a gown or skirt person.
I sighed and plodded over to where she stood in front of my mirror,i pulled up the zipper for her and she exclaimed excitedly.
"Hey it actually fits you perfectly"Jane said.
"I know right? it's mine now"Zoey said.
"Hey i didn't say you could have it!"I protested.
"And I didn't ask,come on babe we all know this isn't your thing" Zoey said checking herself out in front of the mirror.
"But still it's mine!"I shrugged.
"Who cares,it fits me,i bet your butt will be too big to fit in it" She said.
"Hey did you just call me fat!"I yelled.
"No i didn't say fat,just um... let's put it this way,the boobs are too big to fit in this dress,plus the ass is thick,but you're okay"Zoey teased and Jane admitted with a nod
"Oh i hate you both"i said.
"We love you too sweetheart,gosh I'm starving" Zoey said.
"Too bad, there's no food"I folded my arms as i skidded over to my bed to sit down.
"Hey that's so unfair!"She said.
"What?you guys didn't mention you were coming over so how did you expect me to know!"I said.
"She has a point Zoey, let's find something to eat"Jane said.
They both turned to leave but Zoey stopped at her tracks.
"My zip" Zoey said, gesturing at her back.
"Yeah sure"I said and got up to help her with the zipper.
***
After eating,we settled down in my room playing spin the bottle.
"My turn"Jane said spinning the bottle and it landed on Zoey.
"So Zoey, I've been noticing you and Mark together for a while now,so tell me the truth,is there something going on between you guys?"Jane asked.
"Good question Jane, she's been avoiding that topic all this while"I said.
"Well....fine....we aren't exactly in a relationship, we're just merely dating, casual dating" Zoey said.
"Aha!i knew it,i knew there was something between you guys"I screamed.
"So Zoey,have you guys kissed?had sex?"Jane asked,smirking.
"Hey it's one round per person, it's my turn now"Zoey said.
"Avoid the question all you want Zoe, we'll find you out soon"Jane smirked.
"My turn please"Zoey said shyly as she spun the bottle which landed on me.
"Now Liv"Zoey smirked.
"I dare you to do the unusual"She smirked.
"what?"I asked confusedly.
"Go up to Alex's room and kiss him,not a fast kiss but a slow motion kiss"Zoey smirked and Jane squealed excitedly.
"Hey are you mad? I'm never doing that"I yelled.
"Well you have to,or else you'll do the whimper dance in school tomorrow"Jane smirked.
"Really? do you guys seriously have to do this?you both know how Alex and i feel about each other,how can you tell me to do that?"I asked.
"Well you have to, you've been busy daring us to do whatever you wish and we've been doing it so now you have to do what we asked you to do or else you'll do the whimper dance"Zoey smirked and i glared at her.
"Naked"Jane added, making me to shrug.
I had the worst friends ever.
"Fine"I got up heading over to Alex's room with them following behind me.
I knocked on the door and after a few seconds,Alex came opening the door.
"Hey,what do you want?"He asked, glaring at me and my friends.
I'm probably gonna regret this.
I pushed Alex inside his room shutting the door behind and then i smashed my lips on his.