CHAPTER 2! enjoy! :) (BY THE WAY I DO NOT OWN THE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY OR THE SHOW!)
"So she said no?" Teddy asked Liam as they got ready to go surfing. Ever since Liam sat back down with his group of friends he couldn't seem to get Annie out of his head. They way she was crude and honest and didn't really fall for him at first glance. She wasn't into him and he wanted to know why.
"Yupp, and it didn't even seem like she said no because she was shy or wanted to play hard to get or something. She seemed genuinely uninterested." Liam answered while waxing his board. He could still hear Annie's casual tone as she turned him down.
"Wow, you're first no. How does it feel?" Ivy asked feigning nonchalance while being completely ecstatic at the fact that Liam was available Friday night.
"Truthfully…it felt weird. I've never gotten a 'no' before." Liam answered her. He didn't notice the smile on her face or the way her mood seemed a bit chipper than most days.
"So who's the next girl on the list?" Dixon asked casually as if it was typical behavior to have a list of girls to screw on the weekends. (Truthfully, it was very typical of Liam).
"Annie." Liam stated matter of factly. He wasn't giving up so easily.
"Didn't she just turn you down man?" Navid asked staring at Liam in awe.
"I'm not giving up." Liam stated and they all looked at him with confusion and surprise. Since when did Liam care if a girl turned him down?
"Not giving up? Since when? It'd be easier if you just let her go." Ivy told Liam hoping beyond hope that he'd take her advice.
"The thing is I can't. I've never gotten a no before. I need her to say yes."
"Oh, so this is just to prove that you're still charming and that there isn't one girl that wont fall in love with you."
"Yeah. That's about it." Liam said shrugging. He couldn't care less about the girl. Yes, she was intriguing, but only because she had said no.
"Please, the girl actually seems like she has a brain at work in between those ears. And as long as it keeps working I'm positive she'll keep saying no." Ivy told Liam and he looked at her with annoyance in his eyes.
"Well I bet she'll end up falling hard for me by the end of the first date. And she'll enjoy the dessert." Liam answered with a wink and a smile that gave Ivy goose bumps.
"You wanna put some actual money on the table for that?" Ivy challenged.
Liam looked at her and felt his self-assurance kick in, "Fine, I bet you twenty bucks that by the end of the semester I will not only have slept with Annie, but she'll also be head over heels for me."
"Fine, it's a deal." Ivy answered and they shook hands with Dixon, Teddy, and Navid as their witnesses.
Annie Wilson hated Beverly Hills. On her first day of school she had already learned the most important rule of high school: being nice was over-rated. People walked by her as if she was invisible. The fact that she had started school two weeks after it commenced didn't help either. She was lost in every class and had a lot of catching up to do. Apparently, Beverly Hills waited for no one. She had trouble opening her stupid locker and not one person stopped by to see if she needed help. She had to walk from class to class carrying all her books with her and not even the teachers had the decency to ask why. Then, to top it all off, she had to deal with some narcissistic idiot who thought it'd be nice if he screwed the new girl on Friday night. It was official. Her life sucked and it was bound to get worse.
When she walked through the front door of her new Beverly Hills home she heard laughter coming from the living room. She walked the whole mile and a half that it took for her to walk from the foyer to where her mom and new stepdad, Harry, were sitting watching some comedy on television. The house she now lived in was massively large. It was one of those ten bedrooms, eight bathroom mansions that needed a map just to navigate from the first floor to the second. This was another thing Annie hated about Beverly Hills. She figured out from the moment she first drove into town that most of the people were filthy rich including her new stepdad, who coincidentally also happened to be the principal of her school. The school which held rich snobs and people who weren't kind enough to talk to new kids.
Annie stepped into the living room hesitantly as she saw her mom and Harry cuddling on the couch. She still felt like a stranger in this house and in this city but as much as she hated Beverly Hills and her new school, she couldn't bring herself to hate her new stepdad.
After Annie's father died in a car accident a few years ago, Debbie had thrown herself into a spiral of depression. She felt hopeless all the time and wouldn't stop crying. She was given medication, but would refuse to take it and therefore Annie was the one who had to swallow her sorrows, help her mom, and raise herself. She was fourteen at the time and sometimes couldn't handle the pressure of having to be the only adult in the family. After about six months of depression, Debbie figured it'd make her happy if she were drinking away her sadness. She became addicted to drinking every night and Annie eventually grew tired of it and gave up. After several months of drinking too much and landing her daughter in the emergency room, Debbie promised herself that she'd stop. She cleaned herself up and hasn't had more than one glass of champagne ever since. That took place in a year and a half.
The next year and a half was more cheery. Debbie met Harry at the supermarket in San Francisco while he was there to spend the weekend on a Principal's of California Conference. It was a strange encounter according to Debbie and their first conversation was actually about water, a completely boring topic according to Annie. Debbie, though, said it struck up a very interesting conversation which eventually led to different subjects and eventually their first date. Annie realized that for the first time in a long time her mom was truly happy so she supported her and eventually grew to like Harry. After a year and a couple months together, in a long distance relationship to Debbie's dismay, they got married. Debbie agreed to move in with Harry and the three of them have been living in his mansion as a happy family.
"Hey, guys, what's going on?" Annie asked the newlyweds. They looked up at her just realizing that she had come home from school.
"Hey, honey, how was school?" Debbie asked in the motherly concerned voice she had regained after giving up alcohol.
"Horrible." Annie responded truthfully and slumped down on the couch next to her mom.
"What? Why? I was so sure it would be a great first day for you." Harry responded in a paternally concerned way. Although he had no children of his own for the past year and a half that they've known each other he's treated Annie as if she were really his child.
"No offence, Harry, but it was bad. People there don't care about the new girl. My locker wouldn't open so I had to carry all my books and I have so much catch up work to do, it sucks."
"Well, I'm sorry about that, honey, but it'll get better. Just stay optimistic." Debbie added.
"Yeah, I know, it just sucked today and then there was this guy—" Annie said wanting to vent about Liam, but something made her stop. She didn't know what it was, but she wanted to keep that part of her day a secret for now; it was stupid and unimportant and her mom didn't need to know.
"What guy, honey?" Debbie asked with a curious gaze at her daughter.
"Umm, nothing important mom. Just some guy pushed me and my books fell on the floor today. That's it." Annie explained with the lamest excuse she could think of.
"Oh, honey that's horrible." Debbie said and looked to Harry as if telling him that he'd better take care of the situation. Annie didn't want that to happen so instead picked another topic of conversation before Harry started talking.
"So, mom, how was your day?"
Debbie stopped looking at her husband and smiled at Annie. Apparently she had had a good day. "It was great sweetie. I got some shopping done and I got to know the town better. I also enrolled in a yoga class."
"Yoga?" Annie asked surprised. Her mom and yoga? Interesting.
"Yes, it's good physically and mentally. It helps you relax. I just want to try it out." Debbie replied noticing the weird expression her daughter was giving her.
"Okay, fine. I hope it works out." Annie mentioned sarcastically while getting up and walking into the kitchen. She opened the fridge and found there was nothing to drink.
"Mom, why is there nothing in the fridge?"
"Oh, honey we haven't been to the market yet, do you think you could go for us?"
As much as Annie didn't want to go out, she was hungry and with nothing in the fridge it would be a good idea to buy food.
"Fine." Annie answered not too happily as she grabbed her keys.
"Don't be mad honey, maybe you'll meet your future husband at the market just like I did!" Debbie yelled as her daughter walked out the door and Annie laughed at that. There was no chance in that happening.
On the drive over to the market Annie couldn't help but get the image of mesmerizing blue eyes into her head. He had said his name was Liam. He was good looking, Annie had to admit. She had noticed his v-shaped body frame as he had walked away. The one problem in this situation was the fact that she could read right through his bullshit. The guy didn't date. It had been obvious from the moment he opened his mouth and Annie wasn't that type of girl. She was a girlfriend girl and she didn't do one night stands. She would never fall for that type of guy.
Just as Annie rounded the corner of the parking space in the market she found the perfect parking spot. As she was going to park a speeding orange 1969 Pontiac GTO cut her off and stole her spot halfway killing her in the process. Annie beeped at it several times and mentally cursed the driver in her head. Stupid idiot halfway killed me!
Annie ended up parking several spaces from where the GTO parked and after she got out of her car she ran to see the driver in the stupid orange car. She wanted to get a glimpse of him or her before going into the store. She stopped dead in her tracks as soon as she saw a familiar pair of blue eyes.
"Liam?" Annie asked surprised. Liam looked directly at her and smirked a devious smile. It made Annie's skin crawl.
"So you remember me?" Liam asked seeming satisfied with the fact that Annie had called him by his name.
"How could I forget the guy who made my first day at Beverly Hills absolutely horrible." Annie replied with a smile. The smirk didn't fall from Liam's face. It somewhat infuriated Annie. He was way too cocky for his own good.
"Well at least I know you're thinking about me." Liam replied and then added, "By the way, you need to work on your parking. You never know when another person is going to swoop in and take your spot. You should be quicker next time."
With that phrase, Liam took his smug smile and walked away, but not before winking at Annie who was at a loss for words. That jerk! He could've killed her and instead of apologizing he stands there acting all badass and commenting on her driving skills. After watching Liam walk into the super market, Annie snapped out of her daze and angrily followed him inside. God, how he infuriated her!
A/N: I hope you enjyed it! I want to thank everyone who reviewed this story. They were all really great so thank you! Enjoy this chapter and hopefully I'll be able to update soon! :)