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~Descendants of Love and Hate~ Chapter Four: Problems, Problems, Problems ~Double D's POV~

I was staring at the window of my family's limo as it took me to school. To be honest, I would rather come to school with my own car. It made me feel independent, like I was trusted to make my own decisions… I presume I have to wait until that time comes then.

I wasn't exactly thrilled that summer was over and that we were required to go back to school on Monday, for I was eventually going to encounter Marie and something wrong was bond to happen. Just thinking about it causes my stomach to be upset.

I know what you're thinking of, right? I should think of positive things to relax my mind. Sadly, I believe it will be very unlikely when everything around me seemed to keep me caged like a bird.

The condition of the weather wasn't helping with my mood either. The precipitation was falling dramatically, but at least I had a regular weekend to read my books. My mother didn't complain to me, told me what to do, or scold me over the weekend. She seemed very… distant. It seemed either to be the best dream ever or some terrible nightmare; luckily I shook it off and did what I wanted to do for once.

As I thought more and more about what might happen today, I still couldn't figure out where I saw the girl I encountered before… It was strange; I felt it was as if I knew her. Yep, it was a basic case of déjà vu.

"This traffic sure is terrible…" muttered the driver. He did have a point, the traffic seemed to never end. Noticing that I might be late for school, I decided just to walk the rest of the way there.

"It's okay…" I started out saying as I got an umbrella out of my book bag and opened the limousine door. "I'll just walk." I opened my umbrella and went outside. It was a little difficult to walk since winds were blowing, it was raining cats and dogs, and how most people weren't able to cross the street.

But thank goodness I made it to school not too wet from the rain. My school is named the Boarding School for Academic and Athletic Scholars or BSFAAS. The uncanny thing about the title that's really deceiving is that it's a high class school for rich kids. The only way a regular student to come here is if they succeed well in Academics, an art or in some sort of sport. Its okay for me, I guess. I just wish that the teachers would stop treating the rich like royalty and more like average students.

I walked into the classroom, greeted my friends, and took my seat. "So sockhead…" Eddy said to me in his usual causal manner. "What did you do over the weekend?"

"Well, I did the things I normally would do. I studied my notes and took care of family business. Why do you ask?" I said simply not moving my eyes from my school book.

"You weren't on a date with Marie Kanker?" He asked simply.

"Yeah, I was… how do you know?"

"Ed told me…" He said as he drifted off in mid sentence. Of course, he heard it from Ed; who else would know? Even though I found it really strange, I ignored it. But then Eddy continued… "And it's rumored all over the school."

I drop my book in surprise. "What?" I should've known.

"Yeah. After what happened on Friday, the Kankers started putting mean things on the school blog." Ed said sadly. "Double D, it isn't safe here! They might try to beat you up after school or worse, during it!"

"I predicted something like this was going to happen…" I muttered to myself.

"What did I tell you sockhead?" Eddy put his arm around me as he continued to talk. "If you're going to date a Kanker, you have to stay with her."

That sentence really made me tick. Did everyone I knew think the same? If I like a girl, but I gain no economic benefits from it (like money or power), it wouldn't be worth loving it for?

"Oh, really," I contradicted as I raised an eyebrow. "Is that how you too got stuck with Lee and May Kanker controlling you like wild dogs?"

There was just pure silence just surrounded the room soon after. Honestly, did they even really like them? I just had to break the shameful silence. "Don't worry about me gentlemen! I'll be fine." I gave them a weak smile as my eye began to twitch. How can I assure them something like that when I wasn't even sure myself? As I left the room, they just stared me down like I was a ghost.

I walked down the hall hoping to clear my mind, until someone called my name. "Hey, doofus come over here!" I turned around to see who was rudely insulting me, but when I saw bright red curly hair I knew I was done for.

I turned around once again to avoid confrontation, but then a long blond haired girl with buck teeth was behind me. "Where do you think your going?"

"Nowhere special, just homeroom before class starts." I smiled nervously as I tried to find a way to get past her, then a felt a hard tug on the collar of my shirt. The next thing I knew I was face to face with Lee Kanker who was bound to punch me in my face.

"You think that we are just going to let you hurt our sister again, huh, punk?" She yelled as spit somewhat got on my face. "Her heart breaks inside ever time you reject her. Is that what my sister is to you just an item to reject?"

"No ma'am." I said in fear. It wasn't like I could do anything to them. They are females; I couldn't do anything to harm them, no matter how much they deserved it. "I had to be honest with myself and her."

"As if we care about honesty!" May yelled as Lee was about to land the first punch.

"Wait!" Marie yelled. Everyone turned to her. Maybe she could help me; I hope.

"Marie!" I yelled. "Can you please tell them that-" She soon interrupted me. Her face seemed serious and that what she was about to say she wasn't going to change her mind on no matter who convinced her.

"What the heck is it, Marie? We don't exactly have time to waste here." Lee yelled at her.

"Shut up!" She grabbed me out of Lee's hands and pushed me on the ground. "I get the first punch!" I knew her help was too good to be true.

"There will be no such thing." The principal came out of nowhere with his arms across his chest in a serious matter. "Ladies, are you aware that harassing a person can land you a two month suspension?"

"Yes sir." They murmured in harmony.

"Well, then if you do anything like this again, I'll make sure that the punishment will be set. Now go to homeroom all of you."

After school was over I found myself in the crowded hallways trying to get back home. For some reason, the hallways seemed to be more capacious and I got out of there just in time. Since the limo was probably picking up my mother from her business meeting, I decided to walk home.

"Hey, Nerd turd!" Lee yelled. "You think that you could just run away from your problems!" That's when I started running.

"Come back here!" I decided that I needed to lose her. I ran through the park and started to make my way through the trees. I was about to hide in my favorite place when I bumped into something hard.

"OW!" We said in illusion. I rubbed my head as the person who I bumped into started to yell at me some more. "Why don't you watch where you're going?! Jerk!" I snapped my eyes open to make a witty comeback.

"Well, don't you see me running from someone?" I looked down as I got up and saw the same green eyes I met on Friday. She seemed to wear the same school uniform as I did, so I'm guessing that she goes to my school, yet I never saw her anywhere before. "Um…Let me help you." I gave my hand out to her.

"Don't touch me," She slapped my hand away. "I can help myself." She gathered her things and was about to leave.

"I think I hear voices over here!" A girl yelled. "Me too!" a guy seemed to say.

"Oh no!" She said. Was she running from someone else too? I had to take my chances. "Come and follow me." I took her hand and lead her through the forest. After a few minutes, we made it to the place I always went to when I was a kid.

We had to take a minute to breathe, in fact when she was done puffing air in and out of her mouth; I could tell she was amazed.

"Wow, what is this place?" She said in awe. It seemed that all her anger that was shot against me was gone.

"It's basically my secret hiding spot." I said as I looked at the sun as it was about to set. "I always used to come here as a kid when I felt troubled."

"Why would you take me here?" She asked with a little anger appearing on her face.

"I did that because I thought you needed aid, so I helped you." I rubbed my neck; she made me nervous. I felt like it was hard for me to speak.

"So, you would help a person even if you didn't know him or her?"

"Yes, of course." I raised an eyebrow. What did she mean by that?

"That's stupid." She stared at me as she looked at me in a serious matter. I smiled.

"Then if that is I guess we shouldn't be strangers anymore." I came to her and grabbed her hand. "My name is Eddward, but my friends call me Double D."

"Um…I'm Buttercup…" She stared at my hand confused as she gently shook it.

"I'm glad to meet you, even though we met before." I couldn't help, but smile. Sadly towards my confusion, she let go of my hand and looked at me like I was crazy. What was going through her mind?

"Whatever…" She had her back turned away from me. "When do you think we should leave?" She was looking at the sky trying to avoid my gaze.

"We should leave as soon as nightfall hits. Why?"

"My dad's going to kill me if I don't make home by ten, no matter what happened."

"Really?" I asked. I didn't know that she had a few family problems of her own as well.

"Yeah, my father and I haven't been close lately." She stated with melancholy in her voice.

"Wow, it seems to be like that for me and my parents. Sometimes I want to just be normal with them. I just wish that they would treat me like a son instead of an employee." I looked at the ground, I was expecting her to laugh, but she didn't.

"It basically the same thing with my dad, I love to play sports, but he doesn't think its lady like."

"Why does he think so?" I asked. It was weird that she was so open to me and I was to her, but it would just make us feel awkward if I acknowledged it.

"Well," She started as she looked down on the grass and laid on it. "I think he thinks my sisters are perfect examples of how a lady should be. One of my sisters is smart and an academic achiever, while the other one is great in the arts and sweet to the core. Since they don't really play sports or 'somewhat rebellious', he thinks I shouldn't either."

"You know what I think," I said as I lay down on the ground to look at the night sky. "I believe that he just wants to protect you in a strict manner. You just have to set the boundaries with him."

"You think so?" She asked as she looked at me.

"Indeed, I do." I said as she smiled. As I looked at her smiling, I felt weird inside. I think it's nothing after all; I just got to know her now.

"And you know what I think?" She said. I raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "What?"

"I think your mom is heartless towards you because she's scared."

"Oh, really, what could she be possibly scared of?" I asked. It was hard for me to think of my mother being afraid of something; after all, she has made really risky decisions in her life.

"She knows that you'll 'leave the nest' one day, so if she doesn't show love towards you like a normal mother would, she believes that it wouldn't hurt as much when you leave."

It did make sense. My parents were hardly together… It would make sense that she's a little heartbroken from my dad. She would probably be depressed if I left only to come back for a long period of time, distant from her as ever.

"Thanks for the advice." I said. "We should get going now."

"You're right, and thank you too." She said simply as she turned her face away from mine. As we came out of the forest, we all went our separate ways. Once I came home, I wasn't surprised to see an angry mother.

"Eddward, were have you been?! I sent people to look for you ever where! And you know it's past your curfew, its midnight!" She yelled like there was no tomorrow. Usually, when she was yelling at me like this it was because I thought that she wanted me to do a business check for her. But after talking with Buttercup, I noticed the motherly concern in her voice.

"Don't worry, mother." I said to her as I hugged her. "I will always love and appreciate you." I kissed her on the cheek as I went to bed. Before I left the area, I took a look at my mother one last time before I entered my room. She looked speechless; her face red with embarrassment. Her hand was on the cheek that I kissed like she never got one before. She caught my gaze and yelled at me some more.

"What s wrong with you? I thought you were going to your room!" She hissed as her flush got darker.

I just smiled and finally entered my room. "Goodnight!" I yelled and I could've sworn that she said goodnight back.

Well, until next time bye!