More than A Bet?

Chapter 3

Lisa's POV

As I walked down the all-too-familiar hallway that led to my first period, I thought about everything that had happened back at Tristan's house the other day

The dinner

The deal

And then his cold behavior towards me. I sighed, 'maybe I shouldn't go to his house anymore' I thought to myself

I made my way through the crowded hall and made it just in time for history. I sat down and stared at the teacher talking, not listening to anything he was saying

"Open to page 153 of your textbook" he said

"Miss Johnson, Miss Johnson, Miss Johnson!" he repeated

"Yes sir" I said finally snapping out of my daze

"I can see you are not paying attention to what I have been saying" he gave me a pointed look

"I am so sorry" I apologized

"I'll let it slide this time, but please be attentive"

Immediately the bell was rung and everyone made their way out "Attempt the questions on the page we discussed" Our history teacher yelled.

Great. Now I have to do an assignment on something I have no idea about

During lunch, I sat down alone as always picking at my food. I wasn't really in the mood for food which was very rare

"Hey" said a voice behind me

I turned around and noticed that it was Hudson Hills that was talking to me. I stared at him in shock. I couldn't believe it

"Umm... hi" I said unsure of myself

"I was wondering if you are going to be free tomorrow after school. There's this movie I wanted to watch and I paid for two tickets by mistake and didn't want it to go to waste" he said with a shrug

I knew Hudson enough and I definitely knew he couldn't care less if the tickets he bought went to a waste. Such a liar

I also knew that whatever came from this guy was trouble and I definitely did not need that

"No I'm not free. I have to help my grandma pick some apples"

That was a very stupid excuse. I mentally face palmed

But I was saved when the bell rang, I quickly grabbed my things and waved a goodbye to Hudson then left for my class.

Phew!

Today was so stressful. I groaned as I checked for my phone in my bag. I wanted to let my mom know that I was on my way home. But I didn't find it. I must have left it in my last class! I rushed down the hall and opened the door to the class and immediately saw my phone at the table I had sat down on. I grabbed it and made my way out of the classroom happily

As I walked down the hall, I heard some voices talking and it was coming from the class that had its door slightly open. Out of curiosity, I leaned in to hear what they were saying

"I don't think it's gonna be easy" I immediately recognized that as Hudson's voice

"Yeah, whoever wins the bet will totally deserve it" Trevor said

Bet? What bet?! I leaned in closer

"But do we seriously have to bet on who can make Lisa fall in love with them first?" Tristan asked with a hint of a whine

"When did you start caring about people's feelings? Sheesh, better snap out of it! "Trevor said

"Anyways, I have to go now. My mom would kill me if I am late" Hudson said

Shit! They are coming out!

I quickly ran down the hall and tried my best not to make any sound along the way. When I got out of the school building, I walked like a normal person down the street

*******

I had not taken time to process anything I heard the boys say. I didn't want to think about it

Why me? Why couldn't I just graduate from school without any drama? I decided to get my homework done so I wouldn't think much about it

Two hours later, I had finished my homework which I spent my time trying to figure out when I received a text from an unknown number. Weird

I opened up the message

'Hi,

If you change your mind, my offer is still open

Hudson'.?

Woww, so Hudson was already making his move to win. 'Should I just play along with it? Besides, this is my last year what could possibly go wrong? I could teach all of them a lesson' I thought to myself

Hehehe, this would be fun?

I weighed my options and I realized that I didn't have much to lose so, I decided to go for it and play the players. Hehehe

'When should I meet you?' I replied, then tucked my phone under my pillow and drifted off to sleep

*****

I got to school and went straight to my locker to take out some books I was going to need for my morning classes. When I opened it to grab my books I noticed a red paper sticking out and a rose

I grabbed the letter and opened it:

Roses are red, violets are blue

I want to go out on a date with you❤

Yours only, Trevor.

'Woww, this guys are really into it, I see, this letter is so original', I laughed sarcastically 'he really thinks he can win this bet uhn?'

I crumpled the piece of paper and threw it in the trash can and made my way to my first period.

I was pretty early so I picked a seat in the middle. After about seven minutes, the teacher came in and started his lesson.

Five minutes into the class, Tristan came in and took a seat beside me and did not bother apologizing to the teacher. The nerve! And he was definitely not in this class, I realized

I turned to him and whisper shouted "What are you doing here?!" Don't tell me he was going to try to woo me. Not he too!

"I switched classes. Do you have a problem with that?" he asked with a smirk

"Uhh...no, not at all" I stuttered

"Lisa!"

I immediately turned to see an angry Mr...whatever his name was

"I warned you during our last class, didn't I?!" He had such a scary looking scowl

Oops

I don't know what you're becoming, I'm disappointed in you. Detention after school for you" he said with a shake of his head

"But sir I have somewhere to..." I began

"Exactly!" he rudely cut me off, "You'd be in the detention room"

I heard Tristan chuckle beside me

"You too McAdams, I heard you are a regular there anyways" he added with a scoff

'This boys are going to be the death of me'. I thought with a sigh in resignation. I guess you don't see a teacher's true colour till you cross him

I made my way out of class and was surprised when I realized that Tristan was following me

"What do you want?" I asked with a sigh

"What do you me-?" he started

"Why are you following me?" I cut him off

"Me? following you? I am heading to my next class" he scoffed

"Oh" My cheeks flushed a little, I looked away to hide it. I had just embarrassed myself. Why on earth did I think he was following me? Stupid Lisa

I thought he was going to try to make a move on me because of the bet, I guess I was wrong

'Ughh! What was I thinking? I'm sure he doesn't care about the bet. He already has a lot of money' I convinced myself

Ten million dollars probably means nothing to him

Tough!

*****

During lunch Hudson came up to me "Hey, you didn't respond to my message"

"Hi, sorry I slept off" I said

"Kay, I told you that I'd pick you up by 6pm, so you don't need the address"

"Oh, okay then, I'll see you later"

"Yeah yeah" With that he left. I earned a few stares and glares from people around me but I didn't care, at least not anymore.

I finished eating and lazily walked to class. I didn't want my last period to end because I was not looking forward to detention at all, let alone, with Tristan. Ugh

I really don't know what I did wrong to deserve this

******

I walked into the detention class, "Detention" was written on the chalk board in big, bold letters.

As I sat in my first ever detention, I racked my brain thinking of what to wear for the movie with Trevor. I know, why would I be concerned when I don't care? Maybe it was because this was my first time going out with a boy and I didn't want to mess it up

I was brought out of my thoughts when someone walked into the room and my eyes landed on none other than Tristan. Such Luck today, Lisa

He sat down comfortably resting his legs on the table

"You can't sit like that!" I almost shrieked

"Who are you to tell me what I can and cannot do?" he said with a roll of his eyes

We both stayed there for like 30 minutes without saying anything to each other. I was reading a novel to pass time

"Hey, what are you reading?" he finally asked

"Why do you want to know?" I asked with a sneer

"I don't know, you have been reading that stuff for like an hour or what? Seems like it's interesting" he replied

"First of all, I have only been reading it for 30 minutes and to be honest it's not that interesting, I just don't have anything better to do" I replied honestly

"Why don't we play a game?" He asked

"What do you have in mind?" I gave him a quizzical look

"Truth or Dare?" He said with a smirk

"Nooo! For Pete's sake, how can you think of that when we are in detention?" I whispered

"You are no fun" he whined and rolled his eyes

"Then why did you bother calling me?" I rolled my eyes too

He didn't say anything anymore. Hehehe

"What of twenty questions?" I asked

Still no reply

"Are you ignoring me?" still no response

"What did I do??"

"Nothing I just remembered we shouldn't be talking" he finally replied

"Oh yeah"

"Okay, just today I'll play the game but then no more talking" he said

"Okay, I'll go first, why don't you want us to talk in school?" I suddenly asked

"What do you think would happen if people see us talking? They would start assuming things." he replied

"My turn, why did you wear contacts for so long" he asked me

"How did you know? I never knew he would be the type to notice" I was surprised

"It's rare for me to miss those beautiful eyes. I would have definitely noticed you before. I was even confused for a sec whether your eyes were blue or brown I had to ask your mom" he admitted

"Wow, did the Tristan McAdams just give me a compliment?"

"Just answer the question" he said with a roll of his eyes

How'd I tell him my real reason? I can't tell him the truth. Why couldn't he ask other questions like 'why are you not hiding anymore?' and he couldn't know that I knew about the bet. It would ruin everything and that means I'd have done everything for nothing, well, not everything exactly but still...

I was still thinking of what to say when a teacher stepped in and said detention was over

Oh God! thank you, what a nice save!

I hurried and packed my stuff up and made my way out of the class just to avoid the question. It didn't take long for Tristan to catch up with me with those long legs of his.

"You don't have to run away. If you don't want to answer the question just tell me I understand, everyone have something they don't want others to know" he said

He sounded so emotional about the last part. I guess the bad boy also had his soft spots.

"I'll drop you off" he said as we reached a very very expensive looking car. I wasn't into cars so I didn't bother knowing the name of cars but this car had changed that.

"What's the name?" I asked

"It's a Bugatti divo" he replied with a bit of pride

"Wow, you must really treasure it"

"Yeah, it's my baby. Come on let's go"

The whole car ride was silent and I didn't tell him my real address. I don't know why but I was kinda embarrassed. I was not supposed to care

"Thanks for the ride, bye" I said as I stepped out of the car

"Yeah, no problem. Bye Lisa"

Oh my gosh! That was the first time he said my name... I think. It sounded so right hearing it from him. Another girl would have swooned, but not me

I waited for him to go before I got a taxi and told the driver my real address. As I got in I remembered my date with Hudson. I don't even want to think about the date

'God help me!' I prayed