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Stella's P.O.V.
Are you kidding me?
Why out of all the people in Gardenia did my mom have to live next to him?
I've only known him for what, 8 hours, and I already despise him!
"Well I'm gonna go take care of that before he throws a bloody desk chair at the window or something" Liam said.
"Good luck" I said, walking into the house and going straight to my room.
At the moment my room was still empty, no colour, no decoration, no furniture - well except for my bed. I had everything ordered last night but I haven't done anything to it since I had no time, so I decided to fix it up. I went back downstairs and there were boxes near the door, so I dragged them up the stairs one by one.
"This would be way more fun with music" I said to myself, as I turned on my macbook and played my Spotify playlist. I started sticking some of my posters up, which included Jason Derulo, pretty much all the PLL ones, which is a LOT, and random posters of food, more specifically, my bae - pizza.
After a bit or interior decorating, I opened the last boxes, which where shelves and stuff, and I had a enormous white faux fur cloud couch downstairs too, which was when I realised...
"Shit, I don't know how to assemble furniture" I groaned.
Maybe I should call Musa and Bloom?
But I don't wanna trouble them, I mean they are my friends but I kinda just met them..
Suddenly, my phone started to ring, making me jump. I picked it up, and it was Bloom. Coincidence?
"Hello?"
"Hey, what you up to?"
"Well I'm redecorating, or at least trying to. I have no idea how to assemble shelves, and I can't drag a huge ass couch up the stairs on my own"
"Oh, well Musa's just chilling at my house and raiding my pantry, so how about we come over and help you?"
"Really?"
"Yeah, text me your address and we'll be there in 10"
"PULL IT FROM THE OTHER SIDE MUSA!" Bloom screamed, as we tried to drag the huge box up the stairs. Bloom and I were pushing it from the bottom and Musa was pulling it from the top.
"OKAY OKAY IM TRYING!" she said, as we made it to the next step.
"Damn you guys are stronger than you look" I said, as we finally got it up.
"Thanks, now to open this box" Bloom said, as we ripped the tape off revealing my couch beanbag thingy.
"Oh my god, its so freaking fluffy" I squealed, as we took it out and placed it near an empty wall.
"What do we do next?" Musa asked.
"How about we put the TV up? Theres a tool box in the kitchen right next to the stove, can you get it?" I asked.
"Yeah sure" Bloom said, as she went downstairs.
"Where should we put it?" I aksed.
"Right there" Musa said, as she pointed to the middle of the wall from a distance.
"Okay I'm just gonna mark it it so we coul- wait a minute" I paused.
"What?" she asked.
"Turn off the music" I said, putting my ear next to the wall.
No way.
I could literally hear Brandon playing some video game - probably GTA - in his room. I can't believe it, our rooms are LITERALLY next door to each other!
"Are those gunshots?" Musa asked.
She could hear it from the other side of the room?
"From a video game, yeah" I said.
"Dude could you move out the way, I'm trying to focus here" a slightly muffled voice yelled.
"Fine, I'l take my lasagne elsewhere" some one said, sounding just like Liam.
"Liam?" I yelled, knocking on the wall.
"Stella? Are you knocking?" he yelled back, pissing Brandon off on purpose.
"What the fuck Liam MOVE!" Brandon yelled.
"No way, you live next door the guy?!" Musa said, dropping her bag of cheetos and sprinting to me, as Bloom finally came back.
"Why are you guys banging on the wall, what did it ever do to you?" she scoffed.
"She lives next door to jackass" Musa said.
"Well then, we said we'd help you win this war, so thats what we're gonna do" Bloom smirked, turning the music back on but this time extremely loud as What do you mean by JB blasted out of the speakers
"3...2...1.." Musa counted.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? OOOH, WHEN YOU NOD YOUR HEAD YES BUT YOU WANNA SAY NO WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HEEEY WHEN YOU DON'T WANT ME TO MOVE BUT YOU TELL ME TO GO WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" we all sang - or screamed- along.
Literally 5 seconds later, someone was banging on the door furiously, like pounding on it.
I went downstairs and opened it only to see a very angry Brandon.
"Yes?" I grinned.
"What the-"
"OH I REALLY WANNA KNOW, WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" Musa yelled, still singing along to the music as she skipped outside and joined me, which aggravated him even more since she was invading his personal space and singing in his face.
"For gods sake, shut up. I'm trying to concentrate, but how am I supposed to do that when your stupid music is-"
"You guys wanna come over I just made Churros" Liam interrupted, shoving past Brandon.
"No they can't come over, I-"
"You gotta try them, his churros are the BEST" Bloom interrupted, grabbing my hand as she pushed right past him.
They literally dragged me into Brandon's house, which was pretty awkward since, you know, I hate him.
"Musa, Bloom nice to see you again" a lady said. I was assuming she was Brandon's mom, and she had tan skin, chocolate brown eyes and dark brown hair with auburn highlights which was in a ponytail. She looked almost identical to Brandon, like you would mistake her as his sister or something.
"And who is this?" She said, looking at me.
"I'm Stella Solaria, nice to meet you" I smiled shaking her hand.
"Wait, are you Luna's daughter?" she asked.
"Yup" I said.
"She's told me all about you, you just got here, right?" she grinned.
"Yeah" I said.
"And I presume you've met my nephew and son?" she asked, as I took a seat.
"Yes she has now can you please leave the poor girl alone so we can all eat?" Liam said.
"As you wish, just tel me if you need anything" she smiled, as she left the room.
"Behold" Liam said, putting a plate of churros and a Nutella jar on the coffee table.
"Let Stella try one first" Bloom said, dipping one in Nutella and giving it to me.
"Why are you all staring at me?" I aksed.
"Just eat it, we wanna see your reaction" Musa said.
"Well okay then, but I don't get what could be so good abou- Holy shit" I said, as I bit into it.
"See, told you" Liam said.
"Hey why don't we bring these back to Stella's house and you can help us assemble those shelves. We need a man to help us anyways" Bloom said.
"Man? Psshh, this squirt's only a boy" Musa said, ruffling his hair.
"Hey, I can assemble furniture...unless it's Ikea because that shits confusing as fuck" he said.
"Well its not, so lets go" I said, as we left and went back to my house, again.
"More to the left" Musa said, as Liam slowly moved a couple steps to the left. I was trying to screw some nails into the wall to hold the stand thing for the TV. Unfortunately we didn't have a ladder, so Liam was carrying me on his shoulders...or at least trying to.
"Stop shaking!" Bloom said, attempting to help him stand upright.
"Nah, a bit to the right" Musa said.
"You may not look it but you weigh a ton" he said, trying not to fall over.
"Blame the ice cream" I shrugged.
"Okay, perfect, right there" Musa said.
"Don't impale your hand" Bloom said, as I drilled a couple holes.
"Okay, done. You can let me dow- ouch" I said, as he accidentally dropped me.
"You need to start working out" Bloom said to him, helping me up.
"I'll put the TV up there, you go do the shelves and don't break anything" Musa said, as she dragged a chair next to the wall and stood on it.
"Why didn't I think of that" I sighed.
After about an hour or so, we finished everything and watched TV for a bit and then they all left.
I got a bit hungry, and I went to the kitchen to reheat the pizza that my mom left in the fridge. As I was walking out, I bumped into a huge column right next to the door.
"God fucking damn it I swear that thing wasn't there before" I exclaimed, rubbing my head.
Wow, getting mad at inanimate objects again Stel?
"I'll get used to this house sooner or later" I sighed to myself.
1 month later..
"What took you so long?" Liam asked, as I finally walked out the door and slammed it behind me.
Yup, everyday we walk to school together every day. We have a rule of leaving at 7:30, which is 20 minutes before Brandon leaves the house, since he takes his car.
"I was getting a granola bar" I shrugged, as we started to walk down the road.
"So, did you study for that Maths test?" he asked.
Shit, totally forgot.
"Uh, yeah.." I lied. He looked at me with straight face, obviously not convinced.
"But the Keeping up with the Kardashians vacation special was on!" I whined.
"Come on Stel, you flunked the last one and you said you'd study for this one" he said.
"I know, but I can't help it. I tried, but I couldn't understand a thing!" I groaned.
"Maybe you might learn something if you didn't sit next to Musa" he chuckled.
"I'd still fail" I said.
"True. Anyways, we still on for that bet?" he asked.
"I'm gonna win" I sang playfully swinging my arm around his shoulder.
"No you're not" he said in the same tone.
What is this bet you ask?
Well, Musa and Riven always have these arguments and 'break up', but get back together with in week or two. It's been ages since they've had one, and each time they get faster to get back together. The other day, Musa got mad at him and he guessed they'd be back together in 3 days, and I said 1, which is today. So if they aren't civil to each other by the end of the day, I owe him a bag of Hershey kisses, and if they are then visa versa.
Yup - just for a little bag of chocolate, its a regular thing for us.
"We'll see at lunch then" I said, as we reached school.
"Fine, but no cheating, which includes you convincing her that she's getting mad for no reason and all that." he said, as he walked off.
"STELLA! GUESS WHAT, GUESS WHAT, GUESS WHAT!" Musa screamed, sprinting to me as she shoved her way through the corridor.
"What?" I laughed.
"I had to deliver some papers to teachers and I saw the test paper, and we're so gonna ace that test! I revised all those topics." she squealed.
"You're cheating your way through?" Bloom asked, joining us.
"No, I didn't see any answers, I just saw the questions. Doesn't count" she said, as the bell rang.
"Well I gotta go dissect a sheep's heart in biology, see you guys later" Bloom shuddered.
"Bye" I said, as Musa and I walked to Maths and sat down.
"Now class, to prevent any cheating, copying or talking, I'm going to move you all. And these are going to be your permanent spots from now on" the teacher said, as a seating plan showed up on the interactive whiteboard.
I was still in the same place, but Musa was on the other side of the freaking classroom! And replacing her was...
Brandon?!
"SIR!" Brandon and I shouted simultaneously.
"I can't sit next to blondie!" he said.
"I'm not sitting anywhere near that jackass!" I yelled.
The whole class went silent as soon as the both of us started yelling. You see, the whole bloody school knows about our feud and since teenagers love a good fight, we're kinda known in that sense. I mean, Brandon's popular because he's like super smart and all that, but I think it's just stupid that a jerk like him gets that much attention.
"Don't you start shit with me" he said, narrowing his eyes at me.
"Boy, Imma start whatever I want with you, you don't scare me" I retorted.
"Enough, both of you sit down" the teacher said, as he handed out the tests.
Shit, what am I supposed to do without Musa?
"Okay, you have the whole lesson to finish, and don't worry, this won't be going on your report card, this test is just a progress test. Now, begin" he said.
I sighed in irritation as I looked at the first page.
A line with a gradient of 1 passes through the points (-8, -4) and (6, k). What is the value of K?
What the hell is a gradient?
Ugh, this is bullshit...
"Having trouble?" Brandon smirked, as he whizzed through his test.
"Shut up" I said through clenched teeth.
"I expected it, I mean, fits the dumb blonde stereotype..." he whispered.
Fight me bitch. Fucking fight me.
No Stella, don't make a scene...no matter how bad you want to knock his teeth out and strangle him to death.
"You know, I could get used to this, watching you miserably fail" he said.
"I swear to god, if you don't shut up I will-"
"Will what? Incase you forgot, I'm like twice the size of you" he said.
Good point.
"I told you, I'm not scared of you." I said.
"Whatever your say" he scoffed.
I rolled my eyes and looked back at my paper. I flicked through the page and legit understood NOTHING.
Okay maybe I did like 5 or 6 questions, but thats out of 35.
I'm gonna fail this class.
All of a sudden, the bell rang, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Class dismissed" the teacher said, as everyone grabbed their bags and rushed out.
"I aced that test" Musa grinned.
"I flopped" I frowned.
"Come on, I'm sure you got something right" she said.
"Nah, I probably didn't. Why does maths have to be compulsory?" I said.
"Because teachers are annoying like that. I'll see you at lunch, kay?" she said, as she continued going up the stairs to Art.
"Okay" I said, as I headed towards the science lab.
"Put up a bit of a fight back in class huh?" Riven said, as he took his seat next to me.
I'm actually good friends with Brandon's friends, because unlike him they're actually approachable and gentlemanly.
"He's lucky I haven't burnt his dick off yet" I said.
"Ouch" he chuckled.
"So, have you and Musa worked things out yet?" I asked.
What? Liam said I couldn't talk to Musa, but he never said I couldn't talk to Riven...
"You think a bouquet of chocolate roses would do the trick?" he asked.
"You can't just buy her forgiveness" I said.
"Oh yeah? What would you do if a hot guy bought you a stack of pizzas?" he asked.
"Marry the guy on the spot. On second thought, the bouquet of chocolate works fine. When are you gonna give it to her?" I asked.
"Lunch, our usual table" he said.
"I'll be there" I smirked. To get those Hershey's from Liam that is...
"Okay, we'll be doing a practical today so get into groups of three. These groups will be your groups for the whole year for the project we're doing" the teacher said.
I immediately looked at Sky and Riven and as soon as Sky came over to sit next to us, I came face to face with Brandon.
"What do you think your doing? They're in my group" he said.
"No they're not they're in my group!" I said.
"They're my best friends so they're working with me" he said.
"Well they're dating my best friends which practically makes them my brothers in law, so you can go work with someone else because I'm not moving" I said.
"Oh yeah?" he said.
"Yeah" I said, crossing my arms. Suddenly, I was literally shoved off my chair, which was now occupied by Brandon.
"Hey, get the fuck off my chair!" I said, trying to push him.
Sky and Riven looked at each other worriedly. "Maybe we should just-"
"Stella, Brandon. What is it this time?" the teacher asked.
"Miss Adams, he stole my group" I said.
"No I didn't" Brandon said.
"Yes you did!"
"No I di-"
"Okay thats enough" she sighed. "You can work in a group of four"
"WHAT?! ME...WITH HIM? FOR THE WHOLE YEAR?" I exclaimed.
"I'll be in the staff room if you need me" she said, walking out before things got even more heated if that was possible.
"Look what you did now, little shit" Brandon said.
"Shut up asshole, this is your fault" I said.
"Guys can we just get on with this?" Riven said, slumping down in his chair.
"I'll start since the both of you working together is a major risk to our safety" Sky said, as he cleared the table and put out some flasks filled with different chemicals and liquids.
"Okay line them up by PH and put the potassium in the water first" I said.
"What are you talking about, you put it in the hydrochloric acid." Brandon said.
"No you don't, potassium is the most reactive and if you put it in the acid it's gonna blow up into flames" I said.
"Yeah right." he said, picking up a small piece of potassium.
"I suggest you move back" I whispered to Sky and Riven.
"See, nothing hap- HOLY SHIT" Brandon said, literally squishing me against the wall as he jumped back.
"Get off of me jackass" I groaned, pushing him away.
"Which one next?" Riven asked.
"Calcium in water" I said.
"Which one is it?" Sky said, looking at the pieces of metal.
"Its this one" I said, picking it up and putting it in the water, causing it to fizz up and turn cloudy.
"How'd you know that? They all look the same" Brandon said.
"Calcium is lustrous, soft and really lightweight, and is the only one there that matches up with the properties" I said.
"When did she get so smart?" Riven asked.
"Just because I'm shit at maths doesn't mean I'm bad at everything. And Science is like my favourite subject anyways" I said.
"Really? I thought it was lunch." Sky said.
"That too" I shrugged, as I wrote down the results.
"Oh look, Brandy's upset Stella proved him wrong, who's the dumbass now?" a girl said, walking past as she noticed his moody expression.
Yup, people in this class are keeping scores and shit.
"I'm sure he's just jealous I stole his friends" I smirked.
"Or is he jealous his friends stole you?" she winked.
She thinks he's jealous of Sky and Riven? Oh please.
"Ew okay thats enough Mandy" I said, as she walked away giggling.
"Hurry up Bloom, we need to get to the Cafeteria before Riven!" I said, grabbing her hand as I dragged her though the corridors.
"Why?" she asked.
"I need to be there to watch Liam's face when I prove him wrong" I said, as we got to the doors of the cafeteria.
"You guys made another bet on how long it's gonna take Musa and Riven to patch up? Isn't it getting old?" she asked, as we sat down.
"Nope" I grinned, as Musa and Liam made their way to or table.
"Wipe that grin off your face Stel, it's not like he's gonna come over here and-" Liam started, but got interrupted by Riven, who had a long speech about how he was sorry for taking Musa's gummy bears.
Yup, that's the reason she got mad. Normally it would be bigger things like cheating accusations and stuff - which by the way was never true in the first place - but now it was these smaller fights were mainly about food and Riven's cat. Don't ask.
"You promise not to steal my food ever again?" Musa asked.
"Promise. And I got you this" he said, showing her the chocolates, which immediately made her face light up.
"Aw, I love you" she said, hugging him.
"Ha! Suck on that!" I exclaimed, jumping up from my seat.
"That's not fair, you probably cheated" he pouted.
"No I didn't, now where are those Hershey's kisses at?" I asked.
"Here you go" he said, kissing my cheek and then bolting off.
"HEY COME BACK THAT DOESN'T COUNT!" I yelled.
"Relax Stella, you'll get it eventually. You want some?" Musa asked, offering me a piece of chocolate.
"Hell yeah" I grinned.
"How come she gets some but I don't?" Riven asked.
"You gave the gift, duh" she said, causing him to frown. "Just kidding, here"
"Be right back I'm gonna get a can of lemonade" I said, getting up. As I turned around, I bumped into someone, making us both fall on the floor.
And it just had to be the Asshole?
"Be fucking careful, idiot" Brandon said, sitting down.
Yeah, unfortunately he sits on the same table as me since his friends sit here.
"Who are you calling an idiot?" I said, narrowing my eyes at him.
"Enough with the sass talk already, like you can actually do anything" he scoffed.
The nerve of this boy...
Before I knew it, my dumbass decided it was wise to follow my even dumber instinct, which was to grab the water bottle next to me and pour it on him. He instantly stood up, soaking wet, and legit everyone in the cafeteria was staring at me. He took a second to register what had just happened and glanced down to his white shirt, which was now drenched and quite see through.
Not too bad a view to be honest, I mean those defined abs and-
No. I did not just...no. Nope. Nuh uh.
"Are you kidding me?" he said, glaring at me.
"I don't 'kid', Shields" I said, putting my hands on my hips.
Score 1 for Stella.
"This isn't gonna end well.." Bloom sighed.
"Wheres my popcorn at?" Musa asked as she watched excitedly, as if we were gonna start a fight or something.
"You're gonna regret that" he scowled.
"Oh yeah sure" I laughed sarcastically, examining my nails.
Suddenly, my shirt was covered in pasta sauce, and there was a long silence, until someone yelled 'food fight'. I was still standing there while food was flying all around the room.
"Oh no you didn't" I said, clenching my fist.
"Yo I'm back with your stupid Hersh- oh geez" Liam said, as he walked back in.
"Oh yes I did" Brandon said, mocking my tone.
"I am going to KILL YOU!" I screamed, as my calm tone went to an angry one. I literally pounced on him like a jaguar which caught him off guard and I was about to swing a punch when someone grabbed my arms and held me back.
"Stella calm down, you're gonna cause a scene" Liam said, holding onto both my arms as if he was arresting me or something.
"A little too late for that" Sky said, pointing at the students going wild and the crazy food fight.
"Not helping!" Bloom said, nudging him.
"Let me go! Let me at him!" I said, trying to struggle out of his grip.
"I would but I ain't a traitor and I gotta be fair to the both of you. Which means I can't let you rip him apart" Liam said.
"I say let her go. I mean, the little fucker deserves it. And if you need help I'm here" Musa shrugged, putting her feet up on the table casually.
"Don't encourage her!" Bloom said.
His grip slowly loosened as he got distracted by flying mac and cheese and I used it to my advantage as I quickly pulled away and tackled Brandon to the floor, punching him in square in the nose with all the strength I had.
Damn that felt good.
Even though he was twice as strong as me, I wasn't afraid of him. I mean, he's a guy so if he gets too close you simply aim for the nuts and run for your life.
Since it all happened so fast, he didn't do a very good job defending himself and certainly didn't fight back, probably because I'm a girl and he'd get into way more trouble than me.
"WOOHOO! THATS MA GIRL, GO JOHN CENA ON HIM! NO, GO DEAN AMBROSE ON HIM, USE A FUCKING CHAIR!" Musa yelled.
"Get her off me!" Brandon said, trying not to get attacked by my fist again, which, by the way, was really hurting.
"Break it up Stel!" Riven said, as he and Sky and pulled me off him.
"Dude you're bleeding" Sky said, as Brandon wiped his nose, which was dripping with a crimson liquid.
"Why'd you let her go?" Bloom scolded at Liam, hitting him on the head while he was clearly holding in his laughter.
"It wasn't on purpose I swear! I'm only a boy" Liam said, referring to what Musa would always say.
Suddenly, the whole room went silent.
"What on earth is going on here?!"
"This is all your fault!" Brandon whispered.
"I wanna kick you in the fucking throat" I hissed.
We were both currently in the principal's office, and we didn't even get a chance to go to the medical room so my fist was swelling up and Brandon's face was oozing with blood. To be honest, we both looked absolutely ratchet, my hair was all over the place and so was his, and our clothes were soaked in cafeteria food.
"You guys look terrible" Miss Elliot, our principal, said, walking in and taking a seat behind her desk. Miss Elliot was actually a very chill, calm principal and wasn't all that strict. Since she was young, she understood a teenager's mindset and knew exactly how to handle situations without yelling and shouting.
"Thanks" Brandon sighed sarcastically, grabbing a tissue from the box on her desk to wipe his face.
"Now, you both understand why you're here, right?" she said.
"yes ma'am" we both said, as he grabbed another tissue.
"Well you know I don't normally like to punish you guys but I have to stress the fact tha-"
"Sorry" Brandon said as he took another.
"Just take the whole thing" she said, chucking the box at him.
"Anyways. This is the fourth time you've gotten yourselves in trouble with me and caused a riot." she said.
She wasn't wrong, we've gotten in trouble loads of times with many different teachers, and only a couple of them were as serious as this.
"I'm sorry miss but he started it" I said.
"No I didn't you're the one who poured water onto me first"
"Yeah because you kept cussing at me!"
"Yeah well maybe if you watched your step for once and stopped bumping into me then-"
"Guys, stop it. Can you not just get along?" she asked.
"With him? Never gonna happen" I said, crossing my arms.
"Normally when a guy and girl act like they hate each other it's because they're secretly madly in love with each other" she mumbled under her breath, but loud enough so we could hear.
"BLEUGH!" we both yelled at the same time, literally coughing and gagging.
I don't know if Brandon was exaggerating, but I definitely wasn't.
"Teenagers" she chuckled.
"But seriously, you guys need to stop fighting so much. At least control your arguments in class? I mean, it's seriously affecting your record and all I want is for you two to succeed and get into a good university. You've got the grades and academically, you're very good, but behaviour wise, you're not so good. And if this behaviour continues, your records will look like the criminal record of a mass murderer, and you definitely won't be able to achieve your goals" she said.
"Yes miss" I said.
"Unfortunately, you two will still have to receive a punishment, and I know a detention won't cut it. So you'll be spending tomorrow at school cleaning up the cafeteria" she said.
"But tomorrow's Saturday!" Brandon said.
"I know." she said.
"Can't we just serve detention?" I asked.
"I'm sorry, but someone has to clean it, and since you guys are pretty much the cause of the food fight, it makes sense. Just make sure there are no arguments, and please don't get into a fight. You won't be supervised since I won't be in tomorrow, but the receptionists will, and you will have to get the equipment from the janitors closet. Be there at 9 am and check in at the reception" she said.
"When will we be dismissed?" Brandon asked.
"Whenever you finish" she said. "You'll be kept in until 7pm and if you don't finish by then, you'll come back on Sunday"
"Ugh" I groaned.
"Now, I'll make sure your parents are aware of this, and you two better get to Medical before my office turns into a crime scene" she said, as we stood up.
"Bye Miss" I said, as we both left the room. We walked the empty corridors in silence and kept a good distance between us.
"My my, you kids got in a fight again?" the nurse said, as we sat down in the Medical room.
"Yeah" we both said.
"Elizabeth can you please help him with his bloody nose while I help Stella here" she said, calling the other nurse over.
"Now, except from the tiny scratch near your cheek, did you get injured anywhere else?" she asked.
"My fist hurts, and my knuckles are going numb" I said, showing her my hand.
"Oh dear, well the boy clearly has a strong face" she said, examining it.
"Is it broken?" I asked.
"I don't know, we might need to get an x-ray though. Do you feel dizzy or sick sweetie?" she asked.
"Now that you mentioned it, yeah, a bit" I said. For some reason, they had an X-ray machine in school, and they checked my hand.
"You haven't got any broken bones but you did sprain it, so I'll put on a bandage and you'll be good. First keep this ice pack on it prevent any swelling and rest your hand" she said.
"Don't put any pressure on your hand and rest it for 48 hours. If it hurst too much, take some painkillers, and if it doesn't get better go to the doctor, okay?" she said, wrapping the bandage around.
"Okay, thanks" I said.
"Can I sign it?" Musa asked, looking at my hand.
"What? It's a bandage not a cast Muse" I laughed.
"Okay okay whatever. See you tomorow?" she said.
"Nah, I have to clean the cafeteria with stupid Brandon" I groaned.
"Good luck. And don't beat him up because I don't want you to get hurt again" she said.
"I won't even look at him, trust me" I said.
"Good, see ya" she said.
"Bye" I said, as I walked off with Liam.
"Does it hurt?" he asked.
"Duh" I said.
"How the heck did you manage to sprain it though?" he said.
"He has a strong face I guess" I shrugged.
"Aw, poor Stellie" he said, hugging me from the side.
"You still owe me Hershey's kisses. And I mean the chocolate" I said.
"I keep my word" he said, grabbing them from his pocket and giving them to me.
"I know tha- Mom? Why are you loading the car?" I asked, as we reached my house.
"Oh, hey sweetie. Angelo's got an national game in NYC and we're gonna take a trip there for 2 weeks, and then he has to go to New Jersey, then Michigan, so we'll be gone for about a month. I know it's last minute but-"
"It's fine mom, really. I get it" I said.
"You sure you'll you be okay home alone?" she asked.
"Yeah yeah" I said.
"Okay, if you need anything just ask Ms Shields, and- oh god what did you do to your hand?" she aksed, noticing my bandage.
"Um..." I mumbled, looking at Liam for help.
"She kinda punched Brandon in the face and sprained it" he said.
"Right, I got a voicemail from the principal, and I heard about your punishment tomorrow. Promise me you'll stay out of trouble?" she said, putting her hands on my shoulders.
"Promise" I said.
"Honey could keep an eye on her for me? Can't trust this child alone at school let alone at home" she said to Liam.
"Don't worry, I'll keep her under control" he said.
"Oh, and NO alcohol, drugs, clubbing, or boys. Except for Liam" she said.
"Mom" I groaned rolling my eyes.
"Good. Now we'll be leaving in an hour" she smiled, going back in the house.
"Talk to you later?" I said.
"Pizza, Oreos and Movie night at yours" he said.
"You know it" I said, walking into my house. I jogged up the stairs and threw my bag down, then sat down on my beanbag thing and switched on my TV as I ate the hershey kisses. I could hear a bit of yelling next door - probably Brandon again, but I just ignored it.
Literally 2 seconds later, I heard a huge bang on the wall and a fist - yes, a fist - came through the wall, causing it to crack. Most of the wall literally collapsed, and Brandon's room was fully visible to me. There wasn't any separation and it was like one big room and, I was screaming my head off.
Well what would you do if your wall crumbled down?
"WHAT THE FUCK BRANDON ARE YOU MAD?! YOU BROKE THE BLOODY WALL DOWNT!" I screamed. Liam was there with a controller in his hand, and his jaw dropped at the sight.
"Oh shit" Brandon cursed under his breath, as his eyes grew wide and realisation dawned on him.
I walked closer to the wall and glared at him, wanting to bitch slap the shit out of him.
No Stella, you messed up one hand, you're gonna mess up the other.
"You are something else" I muttered, as I ran downstairs to get my mom.
She wasn't there, but Angelo was still in the kitchen.
"Hey Stella, your mom just went to the grocery store to get some food for you" he said, sipping on his coffee.
"Yeah, um, theres something you need to see" I said.
"What is it?" he asked, following me up the stairs.
"Brandon, lo que está mal con usted?!" Brandon's mom exclaimed.
Yep, she's spanish, and his dad's American so he's half half.
"This" I said. Angelo had the exact same reaction as Liam, just speechless.
"Mr Davis I am so sorry, is Luna here?" his mom asked.
"Hey Stella, you know how to use the microwave, righ- Oh my god what the heck happened?" My mom said, as she entered my room.
"This idiota broke down the wall somehow" his mom said, rolling her eyes. "We've got insurance so we'll get it fixed as soon as possible, I am so sorry darling, first he sprains your hand then breaks your wall"
"Mom I didn't sprain her hand, she threw the punch! I didn't even touch her!" Brandon said.
"I'll call the insurance company" Angelo said.
"I'm sorry ma'am, its gonna take at least a week and we can't have any one in these two rooms, and even in a different room, she can't stay home alone while construction is going on." the guy said, taking notes as the other one made phone calls.
Everyone was currently in my room, and by everyone I mean me, my Mom, Angelo, Brandon's parents, Brandon, Liam, and 3 business guys. One of them was talking to my mom while everyone else was either scolding Brandon, freaking out or taking videos on snapchat.
Yes, that was Liam taking advantage of the current situation.
"Stella, you can stay in the guest room of our house while Brandon can share Liam's room. It's the least we could do. And I know you guys don't really get along, but I will make sure Brandon behaves." his mom said, glaring at Brandon who looked kinda guilty.
"Thanks, I really appreciate it Ms Shields" I smiled.
"Please, call me Isabel" she said.
"I still don't get how you hurt your hand by punching him but he breaks a wall down and is fine" Liam said.
"It's a pretty weak wall" I shrugged. "And get that phone out of my face this isn't an interview!"
"Kanye West much?" he said.
"We need to get going, are you gonna be okay?" My mom asked.
"Yeah don't worry I'll be fine" I said hugging her.
"Okay then, bye" she said, going downstairs with Angelo.
"We're still on for movie night, right?" Liam asked.
"Yup" I said.
"You guys make me sick" Brandon groaned.
"Why?" I scoffed.
"He's jealous" Liam said, wiggling his eyebrows.
"No I'm not, I don't get how I'm related to such a fool" he said.
"He's just kidding, he loves me" Liam said cockily.
"Stella why don't you come inside, I'll get dinner ready for you all" Isabel said.
"Okay, I'll just get my stuff" I said, as the others left. I grabbed a week's worth of clothes, snacks, my toothbrush, my laptop and you know, stuff that I need to survive, and shoved it all into a bag.
"So, what movie do you wanna watch later?" Liam asked, as we sat down at the dinner table.
"I don't know, it's your turn to choose" I shrugged.
"Okay, how about-"
"Nope. We're not going to watch Monsters inc for the 9th time in a row. I don't care how much you love Mike Wazowski on a personal level" I said.
"How did you know I was gonna say that?" he whined.
"I'm psychic. We're watching 22 jump street and thats final" I said.
"But I thought you said this week it was my turn to- never mind, since Brandon broke down your wall, I guess it's fair" he said.
"Its my wall too!" Brandon said.
"Well it's not my fault you broke it. I mean, why did you decide to beat the wall in the first place, what has it ever done to you?" I said.
"None of your business blondie" he snapped.
"Brandon be nice" Isabel said, as she put the food down on the table.
"So, how long do you two have to be at school for?" she asked.
"Depends how long it takes us to clean. Possibly till 7" I said.
"Till SEVEN?! What on earth did you do to make that big of a mess" she asked.
"We didn't make the mess, all the other students did" Brandon said.
"Then why are you two being blamed for it?" she asked.
"Well, I only came in when the food fight started so I don't know" Liam said.
"I bumped into him by accident, he cursed at me aggressively, I dropped water on him, he threw pasta on me, and then some kid yelled food fight and we got blamed" I said.
"It wasn't accident, and I didn't curse at you, stop making up lies!" Brandon said.
"I'm not making up lies!" I screeched.
"Yes you are!"
"No I'm not!"
"Yes you ar-"
"Will you two ever stop?" Isabel sighed.
After dinner, and a fair amount of bickering, I went up to the guest room, which was my room for the next 2 weeks or so, and unpacked my stuff. I changed into an adidas white crop top and a pair dark grey joggers. As I was tying my hair up in a messy bun, I heard a knock on the door.
"Coming" I said.
"I got the pizza" Liam said, entering my room with a box of fresh pizza in his hand and cans of soda on the top as he slammed the door shut behind him with his leg.
"Be careful, you're gonna end up breaking another wall" I laughed, setting the food down on the bedside table. I switched my macbook on and turned off the lights as the movie started playing.
Now, I would've just dragged my TV over somehow, but I couldn't do that. You wanna know why?
Because it got smashed into pieces. Yup, it was hanging on that wall, so now I gotta get a new TV. And new posters. And new shelves. And a new lamp.
"Dude make it louder I can barely hear a thing" Liam said.
"You're getting old so fast, is that a grey hair?" I chuckled, making the volume higher.
"My hairs perfectly fine thank you, and anyways, your older than me so you can't say anything" he said.
"Yeah by like a month?" I said. "Besides, just coz you're younger doesn't mean that you're gonna age slower or anything, well maybe, but it depends on the-"
Suddenly he stuffed a slice of pizza in my mouth, muffling my words.
I guess thats a hint that I need to shut up and enjoy the movie?
"Sometimes you just gotta shut the hell up and enjoy the movie" he sighed, sipping on a soda.
Yup, I was right.
"Stell? Oi, wake up!"
I fluttered my eyes open, looking around only to see a box of pizza at the end of the bed, along with empty soda cans and my laptop, and Liam right next to me.
"Shit, we fell asleep in the middle of the movie?" I groaned.
"Hey, at least you got to sleep in a comfortable position. I fell asleep sitting up and when I woke up, you were taking up the whole bed" he said, rubbing his back and whining like a baby.
"Wait a minute...what time is it?" I asked.
"8:50, why?" he said.
"Oh shit" I mumbled, as I hopped out of bed and sped to the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and put on some perfume and then ran out again and put on a pair of white converse, as I had no time to change out of my PJs.
Don't judge me, desperate times call for desperate measures...
"Why didn't you wake me up earlier, stupid?! I'm gonna get late and that cranky woman at the reception is gonna kill me. I swear when I get back I will murder your ass" I said, tying my laces hurriedly.
"Well sorry but I don't get up early on weekends" he shrugged. "And why are you rushing, you got a court meeting or something?"
"Bitch I got a cafeteria to clean up and I have 7 fucking minutes to get to school" I said, rushing around to get my phone.
"That was today? I thought it was next Saturday" he said.
"Well its not" I said.
"You're gonna get late" he sang.
"Bye" I yelled, sprinting to the door and rushing out.
To my surprise, Brandon's matte black range rover was still in the driveway, and he was waiting in the drivers seat.
"Get in!" he said, rolling down the window.
"With you? No way" I said.
"Do you wanna get an extra day of punishment?" he asked.
"Ugh fine" I said, quickly opening the door and getting in.
"Why did you even-"
"Wait for you? Believe me I did NOT want to, but my mom forced me to wait for you and your slow ass" he said, staring up the engine.
"Hey! I am not slow. I just woke up late. In fact, I got ready in like 2 minutes" I said.
"I can see that" he scoffed.
"Shut up. And can you go faster we're gonna get late!" I said.
"I ain't gonna get a ticket for speeding" he said, stopping at a red light.
"Fudge, 3 minutes until 9. Mrs Benson is gonna kill us" I groaned, putting my hands in my head.
"Wait, Mrs Benson as in the grumpy old hag at the reception who always exaggerates and will tell Miss Elliot we came like 4 hours late?" he asked.
"Duh" I said.
"Oh shit we're dead." he said, literally crushing the gas pedal as soon as the light flashed green.
A minute later, we got to the car park and when we got out the car he literally left me there while he bolted to the door.
"So now you care about punctuality?" I panted, running behind him.
"Hurry up you fucking sloth" he said.
"Excuse me?" I said, as I finally got to the doors.
"You two here to clean up the cafeteria?" the lady at the desk said.
"Yup" he said.
"I'll inform the principal you're here, and you can get your equipment from the janitors closet" she said, handing us the keys.
"Here, now don't talk to me for the next 5 or so hours" he said, handing me a mop, bucket, spray and a sponge.
"Yeah that'll be a challenge" I muttered sarcastically under my breath, as I walked into the extremely messy cafeteria and started cleaning the opposite side of Brandon, so we could be as far away from each other as possible.
Only 20 minutes through, I was tired. I mean, it's like these people were throwing food made out of sharpies because I'm telling you that shit was impossible to get off.
After those failed attempts, I ditched scrubbing the tables and decided to mop. Only problem was, I had one working hand..
"Ugh, this dumb thing keeps slippi- WOAH" I said to myself, before I fell over after accidentally pushing the mop too hard since I held it with one hand and slid on the wet floor.
"Can you get any more stupid?" Brandon said, smacking his forehead.
"Can you get any more rude?" I grumbled, getting up.
"Damn, you can't even use a mop properly" he laughed.
"You find that funny? You'll find this even funnier" I smirked, getting the spray and spritzing his face. He suddenly started choking, which made me burst into fits of laughter.
"What the fuck is that?" he said, rubbing his face frantically.
"It's just water you whimp, I'm not getting a lawsuit for burning your face with acid no matter how much I want to" I said.
"Yeah sure, like you'd really want to ruin this masterpiece" he said.
"You? Masterpiece? It's not April fools yet, idiot" I snickered.
"You're one to talk, lookin like a llama on crack" he said.
My mouth swung open and I dropped the mop on the floor, making a loud thud noise.
"First of all, I am not on drugs, never have been and never will be. And second, llamas slay your entire existence so shut it" I said, going back to scraping lasagne off the walls since I wasn't gonna bother with the mop.
I guess he ran out of insults since he just walked away and continued to clean. About 5 hours later, yup - FOUR hours, the place was looking pretty good. All the tables were spotless, I single handedly mopped, scrubbed and glossed the whole floor, and all the windows, walls, columns and things were clean, and well, I did a pretty good job if i say so myself.
If you're wondering, the jackass was extremely lazy and decided to make me do everything, like I predicted, so he just wiped 8 tables out of like 60 and then sat down and played Minecraft on his phone. And no, before you jump to conclusions, I wasn't fine with it. I did pretty much everything in my power to get him off his ass but it didn't work, which included throwing cloths and sponges at his face, whacking him with a broom and much, much more.
"DONE! HALLE-FUCKING-LUJAH" I yelled, literally fainting into a chair.
"Thanks to my hard work" He said, putting his phone in his pocket and getting up.
"Don't you start with me" I said, glaring at him, before I left. On the way, the lady at the reception kept nagging us to go back and clean some dishes in the kitchen and literally locked the entrance, so we had no choice. We both unwillingly walked back to the kitchen area behind the cafeteria where they cook the food and there were 2 huge sinks with at least 10 dishes in each one.
"Thats not so bad I guess" I said, as I turned the tap on.
"Why can't this broke ass school get a dishwasher" Brandon groaned, standing in front of the sink. I guess this time round he decided to do something since he started cleaning.
Like 5 minutes later, he randomly burst into laughter, like out of nowhere.
"What? What's so funny?" I asked. He calmed down a bit and as soon as he looked at my face he started laughing again.
"Y-your...face.." he said in between laughter.
Instead of wondering what was so humorous about my face, I was more astonished at the fact he as laughing. It wasn't like before were he laughs at me failing at life and his stupid insults, but he look...happy? Like, genuinely happy.
It looked kinda cute on him too...
Fuck.
Oh no you didn't girl.
I mentally kicked myself in the face for thinking that. I mean, I hate him, right?
"What do you mean, my face?" I said, looking taken aback.
"No I mean, like look in the mirror" he said. I raised a brown and turned around, looking at the huge metallic fridge which was so shiny you could see your reflection.
"Oh my god" I said, staring at my face which was covered in soap. Somehow, I managed to give myself a bubble moustache...typical Stella.
Before I knew it, I started laughing too. I couldn't help it, I mean he had a valid reason to laugh. I decided to take advantage of the situation and grabbed some foam from the sink, and chucked it at him, halting his laughter.
"Ew you got it in my mouth Stella" he said, coughing.
"Holy guacamole" I said.
"What?" he asked.
"You called me Stella" I said.
"And?" He asked.
"You normally call me blondie, klutz, idiot, stupid..."
"I get the point" he said.
"Next thing you know you'll be falling in love with me" I snickered.
STELLA FUCKING SOLARIA.
You did not just flirt with the enemy.
YOU. CROSSED. THE. MOTHER. EFFING. LINE.
"Pretty sure it's the other way round" he said.
"Yeah right" I scoffed.
"Then why are you blushing?" he smirked.
"I'm not blushing, dickhead. I'd rather vote for Trump than fall for you" I said.
"Whatever you say, blondie" he said, wiping his face with a cloth.
After about 2 minutes, we were all done and the woman finally let us out of hell. Did I say hell? I meant school, sorry.
I walked up to Brandon's car and tried to open the door but it was locked.
"What are you doing?" he aksed, rolling down the window.
"What do you mean? I'm tryna get in, duh?" I said.
"Did I say I'm giving you a ride?" he said.
"Your mom did" I said.
"Correction, she said a ride to school, never said anything bout getting back, so if it's not too much trouble, could you let go of the door?" he said.
"Oh so you're just gonna leave me here?" I asked.
"Have a nice walk" he smiled, driving off.
Now he's back to asshole mode?
Great. Just great. Now I have to walk all the way home.
And yes, I know it's only a 10 minute walk but still, he fucking left me here.
I rolled my eyes and dialled Musa's number. Why not have an ice cream date with the squad, since there's a Baskin Robbins only like 5 minutes away?
"What up?" Musa yelled through the phone.
"Why are you yelling?"
"I'm at Riven's house and Sky and Riven are playing GTA at full volume, and the poor cat is hiding under the couch." she said, as gunshots and guys screaming in victory went on in the background.
"You wanna go get ice cream? The jerk ditched me and I'm not not bothered to go home"
"Yeah, can the guys come? I can't trust them home alone...with Macy" she said.
Yup, Musa cares alot about Macy, Riven's cat. Again, it's a long story.
"Sure, can you call Liam too? My battery's about to die"
"Kay, meet you there in 5" she said, ending the call.
"So how was cleaning the cafeteria?" Bloom asked, as we sat down at a table for 6.
"Exhausting to say the least - especially since I have one unusable hand" I sighed, digging into my ice cream.
"Did you find my ketchup mark?" Musa asked.
"Yeah, I cleaned it too" I said.
"What do you mean ketchup mark?" Liam asked.
"I wrote my name on my chair with ketchup. I did everyone else's too, and I did yours with...wait for it...Mustard" Musa said, laughing at her own joke.
"Oh wow" Liam said, rolling his eyes.
"So why did Brandon have to give you a ride? Doesn't Angelo have a car?" Riven asked.
"He had a game in NY so he went there with mom for a couple weeks. And, well, how do I put this? Brandon broke down my wall so now I temporarily live with them" I said.
"How did he break a wall?" Sky asked.
"With his fist" I said.
"Oh. I pictured him swinging on a wrecking ball, licking a sledgehammer half naked...boy do I crack myself up" Musa said.
"Ew thanks for the imagery Muse, now my brain hurts" Bloom said.
"Nice outfit by the way" Riven said.
"Don't judge me I had no time because this- Oh my god, I totally forgot" I said.
"Forgot what?" Liam asked.
"Forgot to murder your ass for waking me up so late" I said, hitting Liam with a spoon straight from my ice cream.
"Ewww my hair's all sticky" he whined.
"You're such a girl" Musa scoffed.
"You wanna know the feeling of wet ice cream in your hair?" Liam said, holding a spoon over her head.
"Hey, that's enough you guys. We don't wanna cause another food fight" Bloom said.
"CAN WE GET SOME MORE WHIPPED CREAM UP IN HERE?" Riven yelled to the waitress.
"Dude no need to yell she's like right there" Sky said.
"Hey, Stel, you wanna know how to get extra ice cream?" Musa whispered.
"Sure?" I shrugged.
"Watch and learn" she smirked.
"Babe, come here" she said, leaning in to kiss Riven. Just when the time was right, she quickly licked his ice cream while he was distracted.
"You're so mean" he pouted.
"You guys are so adorable" I said.
"Poor Stellie's third wheeling, we really gotta get you a boyfriend" Bloom giggled.
"I already have 2 loyal guys, who are fine as fuck" I said.
"Who?" she asked.
"Ben and Jerry's, duh" I said.
"Why was I expecting that?" Musa said.
"But for real, I'd marry pizza if I could. I'd probably eat it though 2 seconds later though..." I said.
"She's crazy" Liam said.
"And you're jelly" I said.
"Of what, your empty ice cream cup?" he asked. I glanced down and realised that my cup was indeed empty, and I was just eating from an empty spoon for the past 5 minutes.
"Nice try, but I'm stuffed" I said.
"Already? You didn't even have breakfast or lunch, and it's almost 3" Bloom said.
"I know, it's probably all junk food from last night" I said.
"We should get going, my aunt's gonna think you went missing or something" Liam said.
"You didn't tell her you were coming here with me?" I asked.
"Didn't have time" he shrugged.
"Well I have a sociology project to be doing, so I'll see you all Monday?" Musa said.
"Yeah, bye" Bloom said, as we parted our ways
Okay I you all hate me bcoz this chap was super late but I had tons of homework to do, and on top of that my chapters wouldn't save or upload, but it's all good now. I hope this 10k+ chapter satisfied y'all, btw do you like long chapters like these? Or are they just boring? xD I'm also still working on the next chap for BB but I was focusing on this one, and that chapters like the ultimate showdown in the Omega Dimension with Acheron, the Trix, and some old villains who you thought were gone for good :P Oh and shoutout to StellaBrella for distracting me even further with our 1k+ PMs about PLL and pizza, we will continue once this is up haha.
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