great idea for her to stay here. You can get to know your sister!” I try to make it sound exciting, but I can tell from the look on Stephan’s face that he’s not buying it.
“Why do you have to be so nice to everybody?” He is trying to sound angry, but I can tell he’s going to break easily.
“Please, Stephan.” I bat my eyelashes at him. “We can’t just leave her on the street. She needs a place to live. Besides, don’t you think your dad would want you and Mona to get to know each other?”
“You are a pain in the ass,” he jokes. “Okay. I will do this.”
“Good!”
“Now, where were we?” he says, pretending to think. “Oh right. I was going to relieve your stress. And well, I obviously need to relieve some stress myself.”
Stephan is pulling me over to him when I hear shouting. We both jump up and run out into the hallway where Bridgett and Alec are. I watch helplessly as Bridgett punches Alec in the eye.
“Ouch! That fucking hurt!” Alec yells, covering his eye.
I want to laugh as I think about the first day I met Stephan. I gave him a black eye — and that was the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
I walk over and gently push Bridgett away from Alec. “What’s going on?” I ask them both.
“Alec just propositioned me!” she answers angrily.
“I did not!” Alec quickly protests.
Oh my gosh.
I seriously don’t think I can handle living in the house with the two of them anymore. They are worse than children.
“One at a time. What happened?”
They both start talking. Or yelling.
“Bridgett first,” I say.
Bridgett sticks her tongue out at Alec, just confirming that they are in fact worse than children. “Alec asked me out again, for like the hundredth time…”
Alec cuts her off. “Puh-lease. One hundred times is a bit dramatic.”
“It’s her turn,” I remind him.
She glares at him and continues. “So he’s telling me all the perks of being with him. Like money. And all the cars he will buy me. So I’m like do you buy all the girls you sleep with cars, and he says, only you, babe .” She says it with disgust. “Like I’m some kind of cheap prostitute.”
“If I bought you a car, you wouldn’t be cheap, now would you?” Alec smarts back. “And I didn’t mean anything by it! I just meant that if you were with me, as in my girlfriend , that I would spoil you.”
“I don’t want to be spoiled .” She crosses her arms over my chest. “I just want to be loved . Like Stephan loves Scarlett.”
“Who says I won’t give you love?” Alec protests. “You won’t give me the chance to prove it, but I can!”
“If I give you the chance, you will just break my heart. No thanks. You should just go home, Alec.” Bridgett turns around and walks into her room, leaving Alec, Stephan, and me in the hallway.
“Why don’t you tell her how you feel?” I ask him. “That’s all she wants… She needs to know that you love her.”
Alec glares at me. “Says the girl who wouldn’t sleep with her boyfriend for two months because you were too chicken to say I love you … Guess you’re not the only stubborn one.”
“I wasn’t being stubborn. I was scared.”
“Who says I’m not scared?” With that, he starts walking toward the stairs. He turns and looks at me at the top. “I’ll be here at seven in the morning to get you.”
He walks down the stairs, and I feel bad for him. I know he loves Bridgett. But if Bridgett is anything like me, she is stubborn — and probably very hard to love. Stephan pulls my hand and drags me back into our bedroom. I don’t think about Alec and Bridgett anymore. I just let Stephan cover my body in kisses.
Wednesday, November 12
7:33 AM
I’m so stupid.
When we get to the studio, I am very surprised by the song that Alec is playing. Certainly this isn’t the song that he and Bridgett wrote together. Though, maybe they were fighting when they wrote it? I don’t know. Either way, I love the song. It’s
“Why do you have to be so nice to everybody?” He is trying to sound angry, but I can tell he’s going to break easily.
“Please, Stephan.” I bat my eyelashes at him. “We can’t just leave her on the street. She needs a place to live. Besides, don’t you think your dad would want you and Mona to get to know each other?”
“You are a pain in the ass,” he jokes. “Okay. I will do this.”
“Good!”
“Now, where were we?” he says, pretending to think. “Oh right. I was going to relieve your stress. And well, I obviously need to relieve some stress myself.”
Stephan is pulling me over to him when I hear shouting. We both jump up and run out into the hallway where Bridgett and Alec are. I watch helplessly as Bridgett punches Alec in the eye.
“Ouch! That fucking hurt!” Alec yells, covering his eye.
I want to laugh as I think about the first day I met Stephan. I gave him a black eye — and that was the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
I walk over and gently push Bridgett away from Alec. “What’s going on?” I ask them both.
“Alec just propositioned me!” she answers angrily.
“I did not!” Alec quickly protests.
Oh my gosh.
I seriously don’t think I can handle living in the house with the two of them anymore. They are worse than children.
“One at a time. What happened?”
They both start talking. Or yelling.
“Bridgett first,” I say.
Bridgett sticks her tongue out at Alec, just confirming that they are in fact worse than children. “Alec asked me out again, for like the hundredth time…”
Alec cuts her off. “Puh-lease. One hundred times is a bit dramatic.”
“It’s her turn,” I remind him.
She glares at him and continues. “So he’s telling me all the perks of being with him. Like money. And all the cars he will buy me. So I’m like do you buy all the girls you sleep with cars, and he says, only you, babe .” She says it with disgust. “Like I’m some kind of cheap prostitute.”
“If I bought you a car, you wouldn’t be cheap, now would you?” Alec smarts back. “And I didn’t mean anything by it! I just meant that if you were with me, as in my girlfriend , that I would spoil you.”
“I don’t want to be spoiled .” She crosses her arms over my chest. “I just want to be loved . Like Stephan loves Scarlett.”
“Who says I won’t give you love?” Alec protests. “You won’t give me the chance to prove it, but I can!”
“If I give you the chance, you will just break my heart. No thanks. You should just go home, Alec.” Bridgett turns around and walks into her room, leaving Alec, Stephan, and me in the hallway.
“Why don’t you tell her how you feel?” I ask him. “That’s all she wants… She needs to know that you love her.”
Alec glares at me. “Says the girl who wouldn’t sleep with her boyfriend for two months because you were too chicken to say I love you … Guess you’re not the only stubborn one.”
“I wasn’t being stubborn. I was scared.”
“Who says I’m not scared?” With that, he starts walking toward the stairs. He turns and looks at me at the top. “I’ll be here at seven in the morning to get you.”
He walks down the stairs, and I feel bad for him. I know he loves Bridgett. But if Bridgett is anything like me, she is stubborn — and probably very hard to love. Stephan pulls my hand and drags me back into our bedroom. I don’t think about Alec and Bridgett anymore. I just let Stephan cover my body in kisses.
Wednesday, November 12
7:33 AM
I’m so stupid.
When we get to the studio, I am very surprised by the song that Alec is playing. Certainly this isn’t the song that he and Bridgett wrote together. Though, maybe they were fighting when they wrote it? I don’t know. Either way, I love the song. It’s
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