I walked into my school building and I was greeted with Cole scaring the life out of me with his friends. I fell on my butt hard and I groaned in pain.
I swear, I'm starting to get annoyed by his action.
"Good morning, girlfriend." He put his arm around my shoulder as I got up.
"I'm not your girlfriend." I hissed as I pushed my glasses.
"You should consider yourself lucky because everygirl wants to be my girlfriend. You're such a liar." He whispered and I pushed him away. I ignored him calling me and walked to the toilet.
I stopped when I saw Gina and her minions. Not only her but there's Zee who happened to be another bully.
"You need to stop getting all close to Cole." She smirked. Yes, I just got into the devil's lair.
"I'm not-" She slapped me hard. Cassie calm down, you'll be okay. Calm down.
"Don't even think getting near him again, you hear me?" She hissed coldly as she grabbed me by my throat. I nodded and she smiled.
"Stay away or you'll live in hell." She said and she turned to Gina.
"She's yours." Zee walked out and I turned to Gina. She chuckled and clapped her hands.
"Break up with him and stay away from him."
"You're the one who-" I stopped when she raised her hand to slap me but she stopped when I flinched.
"Don't make me remind you, Cassie." With that she walked out. I walked to the mirror and found my cheek turned red. I sighed and washed my hand.
"Stay away from Cole." I said to myself.
I walked out from the toilet and found Cole standing there waiting for me.
"What took you so long?" He asked.
"Bye." I walked past him and tried to run but he stopped me by my wrist.
"Where do you think you're going? You need to do my home-"
"I can't!"
"Help me, you promised." He hissed and I turned to him annoyed.
"Okay." I said and he pulled away. I sighed and I'm still so tired. I walked to class and started my day awfully. I can't concentrate, let alone trying to stay awake. I'm so tired and when the school bell rang, I planned to get away from Cole.
When I thought I slipped away, he caught me. He dragged me to his car right in front of everyone.
"Come on." He said pulling me to his car and everyone's eyes was on ys.
"Let's just go.. separately. I don't like the attention." I said hissing at him. He turned to me and stopped. He gestured me to go on my own and I got into his car.
He drove towards his house in silence and when we got there, his mom greeted me.
"Have you guys eat?" She asked.
"No." Cole answered before I can.
"Great, I'll make you guys something to eat." She said and she disappeared to the kitchen. We both sat in the living room silently and I took out my phone.
It was an awkward 30 minutes of silence before his mom came out from the kitchen.
"Cassie and Cole, go eat in the dining room. I have somewhere to be."
"Thank you, Mrs. Harrison." I smiled and she gave me a thumbs up. Cole gestured me to go to the dining room. She cooked some steak and some pasta.
I turned to Cole and he gestured me to sit down. I sat down and he sat across me.
"I'll leave now kids." She announced and I waved her goodbye. I turned to Cole and he was busy putting the onion to the side.
"You don't like onions?"
"Don't like the smell." He said.
"Okay."
"Why aren't you eating?" He asked and I nodded. He eyed me suspiciously like he's waiting for me to dig in. I cut the steak and took a bite.
"The pasta." He pointed and I shook my head.
"Cassie."
"I don't like pasta." I lied.
"Take a bite." He said and I sighed. I took a bite and it was good. I turned to him and he gestured me to continue. I continued to ate all the steak and only took a few bites of the pasta.
"Thank you." I said as I wiped my lips.
"You're done?" He asked and I nodded.
"Go wait in my room, I'll be there in a second." He said and I got up from my seat. I walked to his room and sat on the sofa. I closed my eyes because I'm a tired.
Before I knew it, I fell asleep.
"You sleep like a cow." I heard Cole said when I opened my eyes slowly.
"What?! Oh shoot! Sorry!" I got up completely panicked. "I'm sorry."
"Number 137." He sighed and then pointed at the question. I got up and walked towards him. I helped him in finding the answers and he continued his homework.
"Wanna play?" He asked after he's done with the number 156.
"No, I'm tired."
"Sleep then." He said and I turned to the clock. It's already 5.30 and I texted my sister that I'll be home at 6.
My stomach growled and I turned to Cole awkwardly.
"You're hungry?" He asked.
"Yes, you have some milk?"
"No." He shook his head.
"Oh okay."
"I'll buy some food if you want."
"No, thank you. I'll eat later." I said and Cole looked at me suspiciously.
"What?"
"I'm curious about something. After you fainted, the school staffs were being so suspicious. They looked like they're keeping a big secret. I asked the principal about you but she said that you're okay. She didn't even tell me where the hospital you're in. What exactly is your secret?"
"I have no secret." I said trying to convince him by looking straight into his eyes.
"I don't believe you." He kept looking at me suspiciously.
"Why not?" I raised my eyebrows.
"You seemed like someone who has a lot of secrets."
"I'm not."
"I'll ask my maid to make you a salmon steak, you'll eat it."
"No, I'm good." I said and he dragged me downstairs to the kitchen. He opened the fridge and I peeked into it from behind him. He suddenly turned around and trapped me between him and the island behind me.
"I listened to you about my homework and I want you to listen to me this time." He said as he leaned closer to me. I leaned my body back and he smirked.
"Fine!" I said and he stopped. He took a step back and gestured me to sit down. He asked his private chef to prepare me some salmon steak and his favorite handpulled noddle.
I sat on the one of the chair and Cole sat beside me. We're sitting beside each other awkwardly while waiting for the chef to cook.
"I'm not letting you out until you finish your dish." He said and I turned to him disbelief.
"I hate you."
"I know." He said proudly and he walked back to his chef. He brought two plates and put it in front of me. The salmon steak smelled so good and I ate it.
It's really good and I found myself eating it all. I turned to the clock and it's almost 6.
"Let me drop you home."
"No!"
"Okay.." He looked at me weirdly and I texted my driver to pick me up. I went back home and thhere's a text from Cole after that.
Cole Harrison: Thanks for today.
Today is my sister's concert. I've been looking forward to it since last week. She's been practicing so hard and I can't wait to see it. As for Cole, it's been a month since I got close to him. He's still being a jerk as always. He often pranked me at school such as spilling his food to me, hid my book and put a glue to my book. The bullies have been ignoring me because they saw me being bullied by Cole so they all were happy for that.Even though he bullied me, he made me play PS5 with him. He often lose too and he hates me for it. We spent a lot of time together and he's nice when we're alone. That's why I started to like him. We have this weird hate relationship at school but pretty chill when we're alone. I guess he's just embarassed to be with me since I'm this nerd who dressed like a nun. And he still called me as his girlfriend. Back to my sister's concert. I looked at myself in the mirror and smiled. I'll be going there as Katherina Locks. I dressed beautifully with my ha
"Good morning students, we have a new student joining us today." The new student walked in and my eyes widen. No way! It's Jake Evans but why is he doing here? We have 3 months left for school."Hello everyone, I'm Jake Evans." He moved to London about 5 years ago and now he's back? We rarely talked to each other but our families are close. "Okay, Jake. You can sit behind Cassie. Cassie, please raise your hand." I raised my hand and when he saw me, his face lit up and quickly walked to his seat. "What the?!" He said and I turned to him."Long time no see!" I said and he hugged me. We've always been close when he's here. "How are you? Still with the.. wig?" He whispered and I nodded."Sit down!" I hissed and he chuckled. He sat down and smiled widely."Katherina Locks." He teased me, he always teased me for it. "Okay, find a pair students. We'll be working on a project together." "Let's be a pair." Jake said without asking. He just dragged his table beside me. I can say Jake is pr
"Go to the right!" I screamed at Cole and we're currently playing games."No, we will die if we go to the right." "But the pattern is different now! Just go to the right!" I hissed and he listened."See.. we're safe." I let out a relieved sigh. I turned to him glaring and he gave me an awkward smile. "Hey!" He protested when I took his console."Are you really a nerd? Last time I check, a nerd should not be good at games.." He said flatly as he took his console back and started a new game."We need to stop, Cole." I sighed."No, let's play another game.""That's what you said earlier!" "One more.." He begged and I shook my head."No. You have to make that project." I hissed and my phone rang. I grabbed it from my bag and it's Flora."Cassie, where are you?" Oh boy."I'm at my friend's house.""We have an interview and a photoshoot now. Get your ass home!" She said and I panicked. "I have to go now." I said as I closed my bag."Where and why are you in a hurry?" He asked as he stop
"Cole, I want you to meet someone." His dad poked him and took him away. I was so relieved that he's not around anymore. I took a really deep breath and let it out slowly. "You talked to him." Cherice whispered as I got back to my seat and I nodded. "What did he say?" She asked curiously. "We introduced ourselves and that's it." I said. She suddenly got up and walked away."Cherice, wher-" "Katherina, sorry about earlier. How old are you?" Great, just great. I want to avoid him and here he is."You don't know me?" I asked in a very careful tone. I tried to lower my voice a little."I know you, I saw you a lot in billboards but don't really know about you." He chuckled nervously. "Oh I see. I'm 18 years old." I said as I grabbed the small glass of pudding looking at it. "We're the same age then." He said and I turned to him nodding. "You're reminding me of someone." I froze when he said that."I'm sorry?" "I said you reminded me of someone, she likes to look at her food just li
"He what? Can you.. slow down?! Stop talking like a zombie is chasing you!" Cherice hissed. I just made Elle, Cherice and Sienna having a slee over at my house. "He told me that he has a girlfriend when I'm sitting next to him as Katherina. He decribed Cassie perfectly. He described as messy black hair, glasses and braces." I said and the three of them looked at me without blinking. "He's into you." Cherice said."He didn't even care about Katherina, this hot girl.." Elle said gestured my body."He's so into Cassie." Sienna said."You like him right?" Cherice asked."I think.. I do-" Before I can finish the sentence, they squealed together. Elle even threw a pillow at me. "Ugh! Stop, let's move on to the next topic!" I said shyly."Move on? This is such a big news, out of the four of us.. it's pretty hard for you to like someone!" Elle said and I shook my head."It's because no one wants to be with a loser." "Even as Katherina, you rejected a lot of guys." Sienna rolled her eyes.
Today is the day of the runway. We're all nervous but excited. It's a big event so I'm not going to mess it up especially when I'm opening the runway. We took a lot of pictures backstage and we shot a lot of cool videos too. We're having so much fun and can't wait to enjoy our rest after this show. The music started and the crew told me to get ready. After a few seconds, they gave me the cue to go. I pushed my long light brown hair to the back and walked out to the runway. I walked confidently and stopped to pose before turn around to walk back. I saw my brothers on the left side and smiled to them before entering the backstage to change. I quickly changed into the next outside. It's a different theme and I have to pulled my hair into a bun. I sat down on the make up chair and they the team started to their job. I checked myself in the mirror one last time and they gave me the cue to go into line. The second theme is ready and I'm lining up to go back to the runway. I walked out
We're going home. We bid our goodbyes to our grandparents and they promised to visit us. I slipped my arm to Dean's as we're crossing the road. "You look tired." He said and I nodded."I need a lot of rest." "How about you stay back and wait for us in the car?""No, I want to join you guys." "Okay then." They went to shop for some snacks and food. We're going back to LA by car so we need some fun snacks for it. Cole Harrison: What are you doing? I miss you.Cassie Edwards: Hanging out with my family.Cole Harrison: When will you come home?Cassie Edwards: Don't know. Why?Cole Harrison: I miss you and I'm sure you know that since I've said it a thousand times already.Cassie Edwards: I'll be home soon, don't worry. Miss you too.I need to pee so bad. I put my phone in Dean's pocket because I don't have one. I don't like putting my phone randomly in the toilet. I ran to the toilet and did my business.When I got back, all my siblings were looking at me raising their eyebrows."What
I went back to school and tried so hard to be invisible again. I hate it when people have their attention on me because of I'm just a subject of bullying. I opened my locker and grabbed my books when I felt someone standing behind me. I don't need to turn around to know who it is. "Where have you been?" Cole asked and I'm not in the mood to interact with him."Cassie, I'm talking to you. Are you ignoring me?!" He's pissed. He grabbed my shoulder and turned my body around to face him. I looked at him bored."Don't give me that attitude after disappearing on me.." He hissed coldly."I don't want this relationship anymore, we're done. I'm sick of you.." I said and walked away after closing my locker. Suddenly he dragged me out to the field and I looked at him annoyed."You don't have the rights to end it." He said."I don't want to be your girlfriend anymore.." I said flatly and he was not happy. He looked like he could explode any seconds."Say that again, you will never find peace ag