CHAPTER 7

I found a spot to sit outside of Big Mac's and thought about what Christian was telling me. But I couldn't stop thinking about the way he looked. He looked so… beautiful. You'd describe most hot guys to be somewhat models but I'd say Christian was way too good to be a model but I had to cut my thoughts short when Joe came out with the food.

"So", Joe said as he handed me my order my from Big Mac's. "I saw you with Christian Kingston".
My eyes widened. "You do know him!", I gasped.
"What, he didn't tell his name?", Joe laughed as he sat down. "What were you guys talking about?". I couldn't believe he knew Christian and I couldn't believe he hadn't seen him the first time I met him.
"I found out his name today", I said as I unwrapped my chicken burger. "He just happened to see me finding out information about the abandoned house".
"Why are you so curious about the house?", Joe said, in that mother like curiosity. "You got a headache from touching the bullet holes, which freaked me out". He took bite of his burger and sighed from the taste of it. "Now this is good. Did you know back then, Big Mac's was used to be called, McDonalds?".

I shook my head in response taking a bite from my chicken burger. I couldn't exactly tell him everything about why I wanted to know more about the house. It was a good thing that his burger distracted him from wanting to know about my answer to his questions. But I couldn't help wonder about Christian - Christian Kingston. Why would he want me to be careful when we don't know each other?

The expression on his face seemed like a warning for me to seriously be careful. Like he knew that I will be going to the abandoned house.

I looked at Joe who had finished his burger already. "Hey Joe, can you tell me about that Christian guy? Do you hang out with him?". I had hoped I didn't sound too keen.
He shook his head then took a sip of his drink. "Christian is someone your not suppose to hang out with, Cass. I mean, sure he's a nice guy and all, especially when it comes to school starting, the library is almost filled with girls just to get his attention. Ethan thinks he knows Christian is someone not to get close with". Oh just perfect, the one name I had almost forgotten about had just come up. "Those two guys really don't get along, though, Christian brushes him off but Ethan is trying to make him snap to the point where he will confess".

"Confess what?", I asked with a puzzled look. "What has Christian got to confess about?".
"Who knows?", Joe shrugged taking another sip of his drink. "Ethan won't tell anyone what he thinks he knows about Christian, not even his best friend, Dave Samson".
"Yeah right", I scoffed. "Ethan is probably just psyching people out about whatever he's trying to do to Christian. It's simple, Ethan is just jealous". I really couldn't add that Christian is a stud muffin to my cousin, he'd be freaking out even more.

"True", Joe sighed. "But he does have weird things that revolve around him".
"Like, what?", I rolled my eyes. "Seriously, Ethan is making Christian like a freak". When he's actually a total handsome dude.
"He's never seen anywhere other than the library or… just the library", he said. "No one has seen him go out, to the beach, to the movies, or anywhere. No one knows where he lives, jeez, I've heard some girls try to stalk him to find his house, only, they couldn't find it because they had lost track of where he went to".
"This is unbelievable", I sighed, putting my elbow on the table and leaning my head to the palm of my hand. "You make it sound like he's a monster or something. Actually, a vampire".

"A vampire?", a voice interrupted before Joe could get a word in.

"Ethan, hey", Joe said, looking up at him. I, on the other hand, didn't turn round to greet him. Not after the way he treated Troy the other day. I glanced to the inside of the Big Mac's restaurant windows when I saw two girls giggling and admiring something from where I was sitting. Ethan Wolf, of course.
"Hey Cass", he said. I nodded in response, which is what he'll get. "What's up?".
"Nothing, we're just having lunch and we're going back to the library", Joe replied, getting up. "How about you?".
"Ahh well, thought I'd go for a run, even though the weather is pretty intense", Ethan said, which I might add, with a grin. I still didn't want to turn around until he was gone and I wasn't going to move either, until he was gone.

"Cool", Joe nodded. "Well, I'll bring the car round". Oh no, I thought.
"I'll come", I said, looking up at him. Though, from the corner of my eye, I could see something glistening, it was sweat…. Oh God, he's half naked! No wonder those girls had those stupid looks.
"Let's talk, Cass", Ethan said so that Joe could go. Crap.

"Don't I get a hello? How are you, Ethan? I missed you?", he said as he sat in Joe's seat in front of me. Jeez, the sight of him made me blush and turn away.
"Not even close", I said, hotly.
"You really are something", he smirked. "I guess you met Christian, huh?".
"What's it to you?", I snapped. I really didn't want to deal with his ways of treating people.
"You really should stay away from him, Cassie", he said. "He's not someone you should take lightly. Do this for your own good".
"You really need to put some clothes on", I said, still not looking at him.
"Oh, I'm offended", Ethan said with his eyebrow raised. "I'd thought you'd be able to get over your ghost boy if you looked at something real". That's it!
"No one asked you!", I snapped taking my drink and splashing it at him. Good thing too, because by the time I did that, Joe came with the car.

"That should cool you down", I added and quickly walked towards the car before he could say something.
"What did you-", Joe began to say.
"Just drive", I snapped.

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