Tory’s POV
Anger swelled within me when I saw Rex’s battered face, how could Nate have messed up his face like that? What made them fight. You fool, of course, it’s over Isabella! – I told myself.
I stepped aside so Nate would pass, he too was well battered in the face, not as Rex’s was but good enough, I ran over to where Rex was and he pulled me in a tight embrace before I released myself from his grip and clean his nose with my handkerchief.
” You should have that taken care of ” Mr. Alvarez said to Rex and Jake as well as Victor escorted him to the nurse.
I stared daggers at Nate as I watched him walk down the hall till he took a left and entered the boys’ restroom. About four boys came running out after he entered and I shook my head.
I never knew I could hate Nate any worse until now. He’s such a wicked, selfish, heartless swine that deserves to be arrested for all the evil he’s done! I was pulled out of my silent outrage as Troas started having breathing difficulty.
” What’s wrong, hey you two take him to the nurse” Mrs. Cole our biology teacher said to some boys who put away their phones and came running forward.
” I’m fine, I…..” His deep breathing made a wheezing sound before he spoke again. “… Just need my inhaler”
” Where is it?” I asked and he pointed at his bag tossed in the trash can.
” Here,” I said when I found it and he grabbed it from me as though his life depended on it – of course, it DOES depend on it! And then he pressed the top of the inhaler, inhaling deeply. He did this about four times after brief intervals until his wheezing stopped.
” I’m fine,” he said with a smile and I heaved a sigh of relief.
” Did you see all those responsible for this?” Mrs. Cole asked and I nodded my head.
” You all Leave already! Go to your classes!” Mr. Alvarez yelled and those still lingering left.
” There’s no other person you should punish except Nate” I said.
” Anyone else? You know Mr Jenkins isn’t going to do anything about Nate”
” If he won’t punish the ringleader then I won’t say anything about the others.” I said firmly before I gave Troas a threatening look.
” Me e-either,” he said as he cleaned his glasses with a dry handkerchief and put it on. It was at that moment he took off his glasses that I realized that the boy is actually cute. The glasses made him look so much like a nerd!
” I’ll be going to dry myself up now. Thanks” he said flashing me a smile making his dimple visible to me.
” Okay” I replied, just then I saw Toni come out of the ladies room and she bumped into Troas, blushing at the sight of him!
Does she like him? The nerd?! No way, something else must’ve made her blush. Her two friends came out shortly after and they kept saying something to her and she ran off in the opposite direction.
Weird girls.
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I got home tired and hungry. Mom had texted our newest chef to make us a hearty meal for dinner. I keep perceiving something amazing coming from the kitchen but the lady wouldn’t let us know what she’s cooking.
” It’s already 8 pm!” I groaned in frustration.
My phone rang and I saw Rex’s name and smiled picking it up.
” Hey Tory” he said and I bit my lip as I smiled at how soothing his voice was even though he must probably be feeling sore from all of Nate’s punches.
” Hi, how are you?” I said and I heard him chuckle as he said, ” I’m okay, just a scratch here and there”
” Where are you? At a party?” I asked.
” Yeah, aren’t you gonna come?” He asked.
” No, I’m starving. Who’s party is it anyway?”
” My sister’s, she goes to another school but invited people from Oakwood too”
” You have a sister?” I said, unable to hide my obvious shock and maybe feeling of admiration for whoever his sister might be.
” Of course, four of them”
” What? That’s a struggle” I said and he chuckled.
” Come on over, I want to see you, I’ll order a pizza just for you.”
” Oh… I don’t know, I don’t like parties” I teased and I heard him groan over the phone.
” Me either, but I want us to talk especially after….” His voice trailed off before he cleared his throat and spoke.
” …. especially after that fantastic kiss”
I smiled and considered his offer. This is him inviting me to his house, I’ll probably be in his room, just like in my dream and even better Rex won’t transform into Nate.
” Tory!” He said after a prolonged groan and I laughed.
” I’ll be right there, order that pizza” I said authoritatively.
” I already have” he said and I laughed at how certain he was that I would come.
” Are you serious? What If I didn’t come?!”
” I knew you would baby” he said before he laughed.
“Whatever see ya” I said then he hung up.
I reminisced about the kiss, how he took me by surprise and pressed his lips against mine, how nervous I was because I didn’t know if I was kissing him back right. But it did seem like he enjoyed my effort. I really need to go see him. Maybe we would have sex. I immediately chastised myself for thinking of something like that.
He’s probably not entirely over Isabella, I should ask him about that when I get there.
Very important.
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When Mr. Joe dropped me in front of Rex’s house, my jaws dropped at the sight of the mansion, damn it was big.
And beautiful, there were water fountains at strategic locations and the flowers smelled so nice.
I came down and told Mr. Joe to wait for me. Standing in front of the door, I was about to enter when I heard giggles and someone opened the door.
” Oh, she’s Tory, Maddie! Come see her, so hot!” A tall girl I assumed would be a little younger than me said.
” Oh my gosh!” Maddie said as she dropped her drink and came running towards me, the whole time I just stood there completely puzzled.
” Hi I’m Maddie, Rex’s sister” she said, she didn’t need to yell since the music playing wasn’t so loud.
” Oh my God is that her?” Another girl said and the three of them stood there gazing at me.
” Are you… guys triplets?” I asked seeing the resemblance and almost equal height.
” Yeah, I’m Mindy, she’s Maddie and that’s Maisie”
” Wow, nice to meet you all” I said with a smile.
” Come in!” Maddie said letting me in.
” That’s our little sister, Olivia” they said, pointing at a girl I assumed would be eleven or twelve. That’s when I noticed the lack of people.
” I thought there was a party” I asked as I sat down on the couch and they sat down with me too, even though it was too tight for four of us.
” Yeah, we faked that. We wanted to get Rex to make you come over”
” Mindy! You didn’t have to expose our plan like that!” Maisie said and Mindy cringed before laughing nervously.
His sisters looked like serious divas so why are they all over me.
” Umm… So where is he?” I asked nervously.
” Damien’s in his room” Mindy said and I looked at her before she laughed and said, ” I meant Rex is in his room.”
” So your mom is Valora Williams Right?” Maddie asked and I nodded.
” We are huge fans of her work and we would really like if you could put in good word for us to be part of her models for her new line of clothes or whatever”
” Oh….” I said realizing why they were all over me.
” Of course, I -”
” – can you please leave her alone for a second. I didn’t invite her here for you guys to waylay her like this” Rex suddenly said with an irritated expression as he was coming downstairs. He was shirtless and seemed he just had an evening shower because everywhere suddenly smelled of his bathing soap.
” We were just-”
” -Whatever, I’ve been waiting forever. She’s mine!” Rex said now standing arms akimbo as he glared at his sisters one by one, my heart now racing at the possessiveness behind his tone.
” Alright, geez!” Maisie said raising her hands in surrender.
Rex suddenly pulled me up to him before he said ” hey Vicky”. I blushed and he chuckled as he carried me upstairs to his room.
Oh my God, it’s happening.