"Hey! Dude, why are you looking all worked up? I thought you had a date with your personal witch" Eston asked Ryan as they left Ivy's house. "Please, I'm not in the mood for all that" Ryan said as he got into his car and drove off. Eston got into his car too and off he went home, he doesn't care what Ryan feels, he has to make sure he doesn't hurt Ivy.
*Ring, ring* the phone blared and Ivy reluctantly picked the call, "Hello" she said sleepy
"Hello darling, how are you doing?" The caller answered
"Oh! Mom, how are you?" Ivy jumped up on her bed as she recognized it was her mother on the phone
"I'm fine, your brother really misses you and he's been giving me a lot of stress" Mrs Spencer complained
"Skyler would never change and he claims to be a bug boy, I miss him too though but please send him my greetings" Ivy replied
"Darling, I need to get back to the USA" Mrs Spencer broke the news of her plans to Ivy
"Mom! Do you think that is the right thing to do? You have bad memories here and I don't want to to get hurt again" Ivy replied, concerned
"I know dear but I really have to, I can't stay away from home for too long, I'll have to face the reality some day anyway and I think the time is now" Mrs Spencer replied
"Hmmmm, okay mom, just do what is right by you" Ivy said as she yawned still feeling sleepy
"Okay dear, we would come as soon as I am done with transfer arrangements for Skyler in school" Mrs Spencer explained further.
"Okay mom, I love you" Ivy replied
"Alright darling, take care of you and mom loves you always, bye" Mrs Spencer hanged up and Ivy rolled back to her bed to continue sleeping when Kaitlyn bumped into her room
"Wake up lazy bones" Kaitlyn scolded jokingly.
"Oh! Kaitlyn, j need this sleep" Ivy begged
"There has never been a time you won't need sleep, get up and come down for breakfast, sleepy head" Kaitlyn said, tapping Ivy on her head.
"Okay, I can't win you" Ivy got up and her eyes landed on the clock, "oh my God, it is 9 am already? What's with this sleep? I'll join you downstairs shortly" she told Kaitlyn
"Nobody is joining anybody, I'm taking you downstairs myself, you had better do your business quickly and let's go" Kaitlyn said as she sat in the bed, she waited for Ivy to wash up and they both went for breakfast.
At Stacey's house
"You can never have my love and there is nothing you can do about it, you are just a slut" Stacey watched as her father, Mr Lewis, should back at her mother. She had challenged him that morning about who he was seeing that is preventing him from loving her.
"How dare you call me that? You are wicked and heartless, I have tried so hard in these past seven years to please you but to no avail, what more do you want from me?" Mrs Lewis shouted back at her husband
"Leave me alone! That is all I want," Mr Lewis said as he left the house slamming the door behind him. Mrs Lewis burst into uncontrollable tears and her tears moved Stacey. Strange enough, Stacey hates her mother but today, she felt pity for her.
"It's okay mom, he'll come around and love you, don't cry" Stacey pacified her mother, patting her on the back but just as Mrs Lewis wanted to hold Stacey closer to herself, she resisted and got up. "I'll be going to Ryan's house today" Stacey told her mother and went to her room to get dressed, shortly, she came outside, all dressed and set out to Ryan's place.
At Ryan's House
"Who the hell is that girl that you are seeing and why did you have to dump Stacey and your outing yesterday to rush after a nobody" Mrs Williams yelled at Ryan angrily
"Mom, I didn't go after anybody, I had important things to attend to so I had to cancel the outing, why can't Stacy be matured for once" Ryan explained losing his patience
"Important things indeed, since she called me yesterday to report you, I waited up for you and you returned after I had gone to bed, those important things keep you up till late at night right?" She asked, her face now beaming with rage
"I do not want to marry a woman that reports me to my parents every now and then, it's not good enough if we can't settle our score without you adults, too poor" Ryan showed his displeasure. Ryan had left Stacey for Ivy's house but since Ivy wouldn't give him an audience, he just hanged out at Liam's place because he needed to cool off so he had gotten home very late the previous night but he didn't know his mom waited for him
"Ryan, you must know the importance of your marriage with Stacey to this family, and we're only looking out for you, you have to understand" Mrs Williams explained to Ryan as she took him to the sofa to sit trying hard to curtail her anger.
"Mom, all of you would not understand" Ryan said and got up to leave but just as he was leaving, Stacey arrived, "see, my personal witch is here," He said as he moved closer to her. "What woman reports her man to his parents over a cancelled outing? A baby whi claims to be all grown, I'm highly disappointed" with these words Ryan stormed out of the house and drive off in his car. He hadn't planned to leave the house but as Stacey had arrived, his anger got rekindled again and he couldn't share the same oxygen with her.
Stacey felt really bad, Mrs Williams had invited her over so she could spend her weekend with Ryan but everything has turned sour, tears already welled up in her eyes, is she not going through the same thing as her mother, is this how her mother usually felt? She couldn't help but burst into crying, Mrs Williams walked up to her and pacified her. "No dear, don't cry, no man worths your tears, he'll soon understand you are the best for him, please put yourself together" she said patting her back. Stacey found solace in Mrs Williams' warm embrace and soon she got herself together.
At Mr Lewis office
Mr Lewis got to him office even though his presence wasn't needed on Saturdays, he usually goes to work still just to stay away from home as much as he could, he couldn't bear sharing oxygen with his wife. She is a devil in human form. Mr Lewis had married his wife seven years ago although she had claimed Stacey was his daughter because they had intimacy some years ago which she claimed resulted into Stacey and a DNA proved that he was her father, hence, he loved Stacey. He had divorced his first wife due to a sexual scandal linking to her. He was broken, he loved Venessa's mother dearly but he couldn't believe he was wrong about her all along. Now Venessa is in the USA and he had to reunite with his daughter. He had last seen her when she was 9, he had to look for a way to reunite with her but he is confused at how to go about it. He kept brooding about these things when Mr Philips knocked
"Come in" Mr Lewis answered
"Good morning sir" you seemed to have arrived earlier, Venessa stays with her aunt and she really is a pop star. I think since she attends the same school as Stacey, she could be of help in connecting her." Philip suggested
"No, I don't want Stacey to find out anything yet, I must look for another way" Mr Lewis objected
"And one more thing, her mother stays in New Zealand with her little brother, I thought you might need information about her too" Philip added
"A younger brother?, So she's shameless afterall, ahe still had a child from her promiscuous lifestyle, that's her business, my only business is Venessa" Mr Lewis replied
"But sir, you might be wrong afterall, should I work on the scandal again?" Philip asked
"I'm not interested, if you work on it it's your call" Mr Lewis replied and discharged Philip.
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Ocean High School
"Ivy, Ivy" someone called from behind as Ivy, Kaitlyn and Jocelyn headed to the cafeteria for lunch on Monday. Ivy turned around to see who was calling, it was Ryan
"Hey! Ryan, what's up?" Ivy greeted. "Very well, we need to talk" Ryan went straight to the point. "Where are the other guys? I thought you guys move together for lunch" Ivy asked, "I'm not going for lunch, we need to talk" Ryan said as he pulled Ivy by the hand and before she could resist, she was out of sight
"What a rude devil he is" Kaitlyn complained
"Not even a greeting from him, bad manners, let's go have lunch" Jocelyn replied and they both went to the cafeteria
"Ivy, I know you are mad at me and you are trying hard to avoid me, I'm sorry for what happened on Friday, don't pay attention to Stacey" Ryan begged as he brought her to an empty walkway.
"But I don't understand why you are begging me, you have not wronged me, Stacey is your bethroted and you have to be with her not me, the only thing I have against you is that you lied to me when I asked who she was but it is as expected, men are cheats" Ivy replied and turned around to leave but Ryan pulled her back by the wrist and his second hand landed on her waist and he crashed his lips on hers, at first she struggled to break free but soon she left herself to follow the rhythm of the moment. They both kissed passionately and soon they broke free. "Please don't walk away from me Ivy, I can't control my Emotions for you, Stacey is just a distraction, I'll find a way to get rid of her soon, please" Ryan asked passionately, tears already swelled up in her eyes and soon they escaped and rolled through her cheeks, she couldn't control the tears anymore, she wept so hard, "I don't want to be hurt Ryan, Stacey already said loving you would hurt me, and I do not want to be hurt, I felt so alone at her words on Friday, I couldn't even get a good sleep thinking about it, please don't hurt me" Ivy cried expressing her love for Ryan.
"The feeling is mutual Ivy, I love you so dearly and I can't bear seeing you hurt, please stop crying, I'll fight for our relationship and we'll have what we want" Ryan pleaded with her and pulled her to his chest in a close warm hug. Just as they were engrossed in the moment, Eston approached them and because of their mood they didn't notice someone was there. Eston was shocked and broken, is Ryan going to take Ivy from him? He's never going to let that happen. He cleared his throat,
"Hmmmm, hmmm, hmmm" Ivy was startled at the sight of Eston and she quickly broke free from Ryan's grip, she left the walkway immediately.
"Man, I won't let you hurt her, leave her alone, your emotions for her would only hurt her, go to your Stacey" Eston warned Ryan as he went after Ivy.
At the cafeteria
"Where on earth did that devil take Ivy to? She ought to have returned, lunch time is almost over" Jocelyn felt concerned about Ivy's absence
"I think we'll have to get her lunch with us, she'll have it in class" Kaitlyn replied and they ordered lunch for her. Just as they were set to leave the cafeteria, Ivy was there at the door coming into the cafeteria.
"Here she is" Jocelyn announced waving her hand so that she would easily find them and as soon as Ivy approached them it was obvious she was not fine
"What's the matter? What did that devil do to you?" Kaitlyn asked, really concerned about her cousin's countenance
"It's fine, let's go back to class" she pleaded
"Okay, we got you lunch already" Jocelyn replied and they all headed for class. It was obvious that she wouldn't be able to say anything now. As they were headed out of the cafeteria, they saw Eston, Kaitlyn smiled at him, she was crushing on him so she always have him a good smile anytime she sees him. Ivy's heart started beating twice as fast immediately she saw Eston, she was thinking about what would be running through his mind seeing her and Ryan in that position, but why is she feeling this way, she loved Ryan, no doubt but why does Eston's feelings matter to her, she tried as much as possible to avoid his gaze but their eyes met and she could see the question mark all over Eston's face but she pulled herself together and they walked past him.
Eston felt the urge to pull her back and ask her all the questions on his head but he resisted and walked away as well.