Monica's POV
We got to James' house, and it was beautiful. It was a black, white and grey house that look as if it was a mansion. James opened the door for me to go in as I took the books. "Ladies first." he said politely. "Why thank you gentleman." I replied smiling. When I got inside, I was busy marveling the place, I didn't hear when James called me. "Earth to Monica. My room is upstairs come on." James said flaring his hand in front of me. I followed him up the stairs, excited of what I would see next. There was white door that James said led to his room. "Wanna open it?" James asked me. "Uh....ummm....sure." I stammered.
I turned the knob and opened the door to a small but nice room with a bit of a mess.
"How am more organized than you and you're the geek?" I asked him shocked, laughing stupidly. "Probably because I'm a boy." he replied. I rolled my eyes and put the books according to where he said on his bookshelf. "James, didn't Mom say no girls? A voice said at the door. James and I turned around, and I saw a tall, muscular figure, smirking at me. "I'm pretty sure Mom was talking to you." James said, looking annoyed. Then he started the introductions. "Monica, this is my older annoying brother Jacob. Jacob, this is Monica, the girl I'm tutoring." Jacob smiled at me, and we shook hands as if we were business partners.
I was a bit scared of him, because he was so muscular. It looked at if at that moment he could strangle me. The brothers started arguing and I found the quickest way to get out of it: Food. "Hey, can we go get our pizza? I'm hungry." I said interrupting their "no girls" convo. "Sure. See ya Jacob." James said. I nervously smiled at Jacob and then left. He watched as we left the house.
"What kind?" James asked. "Huh?" I asked confused. "What kind of pizza do you want?" he said once again more clearly. "Uhhhh, cheese!" I exclaimed. "Ok, then I'll get the same. It's my favorite type." he said smiling. James started the car and we drove to Pizza Place. When we arrived, we both ordered our cheese pizzas and waited patiently. I had some Mountain Dew in my mini fridge, so I didn't get any drink. We waited patiently as I tried to start a conversation. "I didn't know you had a brother..." I said, hoping he would say something in return. James said nothing.
"I've never seen him at school before..." I said again, hoping he would at least say something this time. "He's 4 years older than me so, yeah, he's in college."James said blankly. It was obvious he didn't want to talk about his brother, but I just kept on talking. Then, a thought came to my head, "Wait. Wasn't your brother apart of the......Greek Gang?" James was quiet for a while, then replied, "Yeah. The leader."
The Greek Gang was not really a gang, but a group of students from Glenwood High, who had the personality of Greek gods. Eventually, most of them graduated, and I guess no one else looked like the former Greeks, so in a nutshell, the Greek Gang is on a hold. We probably made this group in History when we were learning about Greece: gods and goddesses. Or, we probably drunk after doing History. Either way, everyone love the Greek Gang and wish the former gods would come back. Probably will happen when everyone starts going to the gym more often.
"You got the stuff. Do you think you can restart the Greek Gang?" I complimented him flirtatiously. It was true though. James had the body of an Abercrombie model. We then got our pizza and James replied, "I don't look like Zeus, Ares or Poseidon. I can't even be Cupid." I froze at his words, wondering why he had used god names. "Monica, aren't you gonna eat? Your pizza is getting cold." James said realizing my drifting off into space. "Oh, yeah." I said, going down to Earth. We both ate our pizzas are silent.
While eating my pizza, trying my best not to start a conversation with James, my phone rang. It was a call from an anonymous number. "Uh, hello?" I asked. "Hey Monica, this is Anonymous." the voice said. I guess you're the person who sent that message to the school." There was a slight pause, then "she" said, "I found out that Kiana doesn't trust you. She was gonna tell you something but, she was too scared to tell you? What do you think about that?" I felt bad because I just took some unknown source of anger out on an anonymous person. "Look Anonymous," I said annoyed, "don't know who you are and why you're bothering me, but I would kindly ask you to get out of my life!" With that I hung up the phone and looked at James as he stared at me questionably. "Can you please take me home? I think I've had enough stress today and chilling at home is the best way to relax." I sighed. "Sure." he replied as we both got up and headed to the car.
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"Thanks for the ride James." I said closing the car door. "Happy to help." he replied before driving off. I was on Discord talking to my friend Rissa, but she left me to deal with some chores. I went on Whatsapp and went into "BFFs" group.
Me: Guys, I'm lonely.
In a few minutes, all of my friends except Kiana of course were at my house with Chips, Cola and a long list of movies to binge watch on Netflix. "Hey!" they all said. We all got comfy on my huge couch, with the food on the kitchen table and a Cola in each hand. We all talked about some stupid stuff but I didn't care because I was goofing around with the people that I loved. Melody and Jason were arguing about which movie we should watch, then I got a message from the same number that called me earlier.
Anonymous: Save my number because I'll be with you for a long time.
I did as I was told, confused and irritated by this person that obviously wasn't gonna leave me alone.
Me: So....what was that phone call about . First of all, sorry for being so angry; I was thinking about stuff. Second of all, what do you mean by you'll be with me for a long time?
I waited a long while before she replied to my message. It felt as if she was hesitating.
Anonymous: I've known you for all my life. A matter of fact, I was there at your birth.
Her statement made me feel as if time had stopped. At least now I know I have a crazy stalker. But the question was, how does she know me, but I don't know her? She isn't a human because in Cupid 101 [a book I got on my 14th birthday], said that you can sense if someone stalks you or loves you. I didn't know about her stalking me till today. I turned off my phone and continued listening to Jason and Melody's movie argument, since I didn't call my friends here for nothing.
Since it's winter time, we decided to watch, "The Grinch Stole Christmas". To be honest, we have watched this movie a million times, because we loved it. Sometimes, Katie would try to mimic the Grinch's look and voice, but everytime she would fail. Half-way into the movie, Caleb was fast asleep. Being childish and mischevious, I got my paint and we all painted Caleb's face exactly like the Grinch. Pretty sure he's gonna kill us when he wakes up. Katie was on her phone the whole time, so Jason, being a good boyfriend, grabbed it from her, smiling innocently. She was a bit angry, but at least she was cuddling with Jason. We all got bored and Melody decided we do karaoke. We sang a million songs like 'Scars to your beautiful' and 'Rewriet the stars', and Melody was the loudest and the best. The rest of us sounded like dying cows. I still can't believe that Caleb was sleeping through all that.
Anonymous the sent me a message.
Enjoying yourself, I see. Well, here's a surprise.
Immediately after I read the message, there was a call from Kiana. I went to my room for some privacy and some space from all the chips bags. "Hey Kiana!" I said enthusiastically. "Hey, uhh, Monica can you please come to the hospital?" Kiana said in a desperate tone. It sounded serious or she was really worried about something, but I remembered what Anonymous told me. She was afraid to tell me something...so what if she called me there and then didn't have the courage to tell me anymore? That would just be a waste of my time. "I really need to talk to you, before my courage slips away." she said with a shaky voice this time. I sighed and replied before hanging up,"Sure, but only for a bit, I'm busy."
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