Chapter 9: Unforgiven
"Good Morning to you too." Shane looked at his sister as she entered the kitchen
"Yup…see ya later." She said as she grabbed a bottle of apple juice and walked out of the door
"What the hell is her problem?" Shane said to Pete Gas
Stephanie drove to school in complete silence, nothing but the hum of the engine filled the air, the fifteen minute drive to school was a thinking process for her, no Hunter, no Brock, she loved her best friends but no them either, and most importantly no Trish. Steph pulled into the student parking lot and before she could turn the car off-
"Stephanie, Stephanie!! Open the door, this is really important!" Stacy banged on the car window
"Stacy, what in the hell is wrong with you?" Stephanie said as she got out of the car "Why are you yelling and banging on my damn window like that?"
"I'm sorry but Hunter just got here and he's with Trish!" Stacy said as she tried to catch her breath
"Alright, So?" Stephanie shrugged her shoulders
"So! What do you mean SO?!" Stacy's eyes got big
"Just what I said, I really don't care what Hunter does, it's his life, it's none of my business or yours." She said as she grabbed her book bag out of the backseat and began to walk away
All of a sudden Torrie walked up to Steph and Stacy
"Good morning ladies."
"Hey Torrie." Stephanie said rolling her eyes at Stacy
"I'm pretty sure your friend let you know that Hunter is here with Trish."
"Of course I let her know that HER man is here with that slut, what kind of friend are you? Walking over here like there's no problem." Stacy said yelling at Torrie
"Its none of my business what Hunter does, Stephanie is more than capable of handling the situation herself if she wanted to." Torrie said
"We need a plan…we should have Stephanie and Brock walking holding hands." Stacy said proud of her idea
"Then what dipshit?" Torrie asked with an attitude
"Well, Hunter and Trish are still standing by his locker, we could have them walking past them."
"Well, you're not that dumb after all." Torrie smiled
"Wait a minute…I don't need to pretend with Hunter, we are not together." Stephanie objected
"Are we gonna do this or what?" Brock said walking up overhearing their whole conversation
"Brock, this is crazy… Hunter can do whatever the hell he wants." Steph said getting upset
"Steph, I care a lot about you; and your hurting and even though you're denying it, I can see that he's hurting you." Brock explained
"Fine." She said giving in
The foursome entered the school and automatically spotted Hunter and Trish
"Let's get this over with." Steph said sucking her teeth
Steph and Brock joined hands and proceeded to put on a show as they walked past Hunter and Trish
"Hey Hunter." Stephanie said walking past and not taking her eyes off of Brock
"Stephanie, how good it is to see you." Trish said speaking up for Hunter
"I wish we could say the same for you Trish." Brock said speaking up for Stephanie
"Steph, I could have sworn the last time I spoke to you that you were missing me." Hunter said with a sly grin
"Well I guess that's its easier to get over you than I thought." Stephanie said with an even cockier attitude while rubbing on Brock's massive chest
"I don't mean to break up this little double date but I need to make sure Stephie gets to class." Brock said trying to piss off Hunter
Hunter suddenly began to pay attention to Brock when he called Stephanie 'Stephie'
"What in the hell did you just say?" He said letting Trish go and getting into Brock face
"I said, that I need to make sure that MY Stephie gets to class on time." Brock said putting more emphasis on his statement the second time around
Hunter walked over to Stephanie
"I need to talk to you." He said with a frown
"Go ahead." She said nonchalantly
"Alone." He growled
Hunter and Stephanie walked over to another set of lockers and began to talk
"Stephie, your Stephie now, huh?" He said raising his voice
"Keep your voice down, people are staring," She said "but I'm doing exactly what you told me to do." She explained
"With HIM!! What in the hell are you thinking!" He yelled and pointed at Brock
"You told me to move on and forget about you because you were doing the same. What did you expect for me to do, sit around and mourn over someone who has already moved on and forgotten about me?"
"I never forgot about you and I never will." He said turning his head and trying extremely hard to hide his feelings
"Really…Well when Trish came to you and wanted you back you welcomed her with open arms." She said calling him out on his newfound relationship
"You still don't understand-"
"No you don't understand, I begged and pleaded with you to listen to me but you still left me and that hurt; Brock was there for me and I realized that he actually does like me. I loved you and you threw me away like yesterday's news." She said with tears in her eyes
"You know what…I still love you…Stephie…I …I'll always love you, Trish isn't…she…shit Stephie I don't know…I need you, I don't feel right without you, you're it for me but I guess I just need time to figure myself out." He tried to explain
"Well, you better figure it out soon because I'm not gonna wait around for you; I'm late for class, I gotta go."
Stephanie slipped into class unnoticed and found a seat next to her friends
"Well, what happened?" Torrie asked pretending to flip through her textbook
"Oh no you don't." Stacy objected
"Oh no I don't what?"
"Don't you even dare ask about what happened when you didn't even want her to go through with my plan in the first place, what happened honey?" Stacy said firmly
"You two are ridiculous," She laughed "I mean he tried to pull his 'I love you' game and he even had the nerve to call me 'Stephie' " She explained
"He did not!" Torrie said as she turned to face her friend
"Yes, T he did, I almost melted onto the floor but I kept my composure."
"Well, at least Scott doesn't act like that." Stacy said turning the conversation onto her as always
"You act like you guys are actually a real couple." Steph said grinning at her friend
"We are, Scott said that he didn't want to waste anymore time because he felt that I'm the one for him." She said with a big kool-aid smile
"I wonder how Randy feels about that." Mickie yelled across the room
"Mind your business bitch!" Stacy yelled back
"Anyway, T. what about you?" Stephanie said still laughing at Stacy
"No new news for me." Torrie responded
"I told you nobody wanted her." Stacy laughed as she continued doing her class work
"Well on that note, I'm going to the bathroom." She said grabbing her purse and heading to the door
Stephanie walked into the hallway and took a deep breath and just as she turned around, she ran into Trish
"Hello Stephanie." She said with a nasty attitude
"Yup." Steph said trying to ignore her
"You know…I really think that you and Brock make a really cute couple. I mean seeing you two together this morning just hit a warm spot in my heart; it just made me feel like all the hard work was worth it." She said with a smile
"What in the hell are you talking about, all the hard work was worth it?" Stephanie probed catching on to what Trish was saying
"Stephanie, Stephanie…you haven't learned yet."
Stephanie looked up at Trish and stepped up right in her face
"Trish, why don't you butt out of my business before I kick your ass out, you always think you know everything but in reality you don't know shit!" Stephanie yelled
"Awww…princess, I know more than you think." Trish whispered as Stephanie walked off
Stephanie walked around the corner and bumped right into a solid body
"You're excused." She said with an attitude
"I'm sorry, Steph that was my fault."
"Yeah, I know!" She said as she began to walk off
"Stephanie wait!!" He pleaded
Stephanie stopped and turned around and waited for Hunter to catch up to her
"Stephanie, can we please go somewhere and talk?"
"For what? Didn't we do enough talking earlier? When I asked you to hear me out you blew me off, and now that you see me with someone else you want to discuss things. I don't think so."
"Stephanie, I really want to talk to you." Hunter pleaded even harder
Stephanie looked around and then looked into Hunter's eyes, she saw the love in them and gave in
"Alright, come over tomorrow after practice and then we can talk, my father might be there; but we'll have some privacy."
At the sound Stephanie's father, Hunter began to worry
"Your father's gonna be there?"
"Yeah, you never had a problem with daddy before."
"Well, he doesn't know about our little problem does he?" He asked with a shaky voice
"Actually…we're gonna talk about that when he gets home, Shane kind of told him the beginning."
"Well, I think that I'll be having two conversations." He said shaking his head
"Probably not, Daddy's flying in from Puerto Rico and he's gonna be tired so by the time you get there he'll be locked in his room." She said trying to reassure him
"Alright-" He began to say before she cut him off
"But, Shane and the Posse will definitely be there."
"Shit, that's even worse." He said laughing
"Well, its up to you either or not you're coming-"
"Oh, I'm most definitely coming." He said interrupting her
"Cool, I'll see you tomorrow." She said with a grin
"Right after practice." He said assuring her
"Bye." She said thankful that they got a chance to talk
"See you." Hunter said as he walked away
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