GEMMA ROSE
She froze, trying to gather her emotions. 'Maybe because I am not in the right state of mind, that's why I am seeing him' she thought to herself but no! She wasn't seeing things… he was there, right there with an evil grin.
"What do you mean hell? He's just joking." Dave said. "This is--"
"Eren… she knows." He smiled as he walked into the room.
"She knows?" Cynthia asked confusedly.
Oh she knew alright, Eren Carter, the hottest guy in school, the biggest playboy of all time, the richest guy on campus. He went by different names, Kid rich, big daddy, hotshot and many more.
"I-- hi… I'm Gemma Rose." She stuttered.
"Gem, welcome to the family." He responded calmly.
"Eren will be driving you to school tomorrow, since you two know each other then it'll be easier to get along with someone at home." Dave said.
"Honey, would you like to move into the campus?" Cynthia asked.
"We only have a few days left before winter break and the end of the semester so I'll move in next semester."
"Okay."
They all left the room to give her a chance to settle in and Eren winked at her before leaving.
The instant the door shut, she took a long breath to calm herself. Throwing herself on the bed, "what am I going to do!" She cried on as she hugged her pillow.
She knew that it would be way harder now to settle in.
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"Let's take this and this." Gemma picked out several outfits from her wardrobe.
She was already dressed for school, high waist jeans and a cropped long sleeved top. Her brunette long wavy curls were let loose and nicely decorated with hair accessories while her lips were gently moisturized with transparent lip gloss.
The door pushed open behind her and she turned around. "Eren!" She said surprisedly.
"I thought you were staying home, why packing your clothes in a bag?" He asked as he walked to the mess she created on her bed.
"I uh… decided to stay with a friend."
"You uh…" he walked closer to her and leaned in like he wanted to kiss her. "Don't feel comfortable with me in the house?"
She cringed backwards. "No! I just want to be away for a while."
He chuckled at her reaction. "I'll be outside." He stated before leaving the room.
Maybe because she had never seen him up close but she hadn't noticed his mesmerizing sea green eyes before or his taunting smile. "What am I thinking?!" She exclaimed.
Shaking her head from the explicit thoughts that were starting to rouse up strange feelings in her body, she packed her clothes and left the room.
"Darling, I want to respect your decision but must you really go?" Cynthia looked worriedly at her daughter.
"I just want to be away for a while, that's all."
"We understand. I got you a gift." Dave said as he took out an ATM card and handed it to her. "I just put in a little change in case you needed a few things."
"Thanks but I don't need it--"
"Gemma take it! Please…" Cynthia interrupted.
After glaring at her mother, she reluctantly accepted the card and left the house to join Eren in the car.
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Slow music, soothing air and just about enough ray of sunlight, all three combined together was more than enough to put one at ease.
Gemma though, couldn't breathe, wanted desperately out of the Lamborghini Sian Roadster.
"Can you not act like there's a lion right in front of you?" Eren asked with his gaze fixed on the road through his shades.
But to her, he was a lion, probably hungry for her flesh.
"It's just the speed."
He slowed down a little. "Relax okay?" He took his hand to her thigh and caressed it slowly.
She felt her n*****s suddenly become hard as his hands rubbed higher and higher, almost at her middle. "Can you not do that? Please?"
"We're siblings now and I'll never hurt you." He caressed her cheek down to her neck then the top of her breast. "I promise."
Thankfully, they arrived at the campus before his hands could touch anything else and she, without hesitation, alighted the car.
The moment she stepped down from the car, all eyes fell on her. Gemma Rose, the girl known for her geekiness, was in the same car as Eren Carter, the famous Playboy.
"He is f*****g her too? No way!" A girl said to her friend.
"She probably clung to him because of his money, what a predictable b***h!" Another spat out.
Murmurs filled her ears about her supposedly giving Eren s*x for money.
The sound of the door as Eren slammed it made her flinch. "Your clothes." He handed her bag to her and she accepted it with a forced smile. He scattered her hair with his fingers. "See you around little sis."
She muttered curses at him. 'Why did I ever accept to ride with him in the first place?!' She asked herself. 'Now everyone thinks I'm a w***e just like the other girls' she rolled her eyes at the thought of it.
"Gemma!" A girl called out as she approached Gemma.
Diana Kingsley, one of Gemma's closest friends. She was a little chubbier than Gemma and had cute dimples. Her skin was fair but her brown eyes contrasted. Her red hair was made into a ponytail that bounced behind her as she ran to her best friend.
"Diana! Oh thank goodness! I needed to see a familiar face." She hugged her.
"Why is everyone staring at you like that?"
"Faker!" One girl yelled out.
"How does it feel being Eren's s*x toy?" Another asked and her friends bursted into laughter.
"What are they talking about?" Diana arched a questioning brow.
"Eren Carter is my step brother!"
"What?!"
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Gemma explained the whole situation to her friend who needed the whole school hour to process what she had just heard. "How does it feel? Being a Carter."
"I'm not a Carter and I never will be, I'll forever be a Rose." Gemma frowned.
"I'm really sorry about your dad."
Gemma smiled in response.
"Puke! Look over there." Diana pointed in the opposite direction.
Selene Hathaway, known for her sui generis flawless beauty, beautiful long blonde hair and perfect skin. Selene was on the top of the popularity chart in the whole school and played the role of Eren's girlfriend flawlessly.
The couple were envied by the other students while most of them took them as their small gods.
Selene and Eren were making out by his car and his hands fondled with her private parts, not minding the publicity.
Eren looked in their direction and their eyes locked gazes for a few seconds.
"Eren is a monster I'm sure, stay away from him." Diana advised.
"Way ahead of you on that one." She responded.
"Ahhhh!" A girl screamed as she ran past them.
Diana managed to catch her before she went too far. "Jin? What's going on?"
"Roaches everywhere! In our rooms!"
"What? How?" Diana questioned.
Jin was Diana's roommate, not too close with Gemma though.
"We've been asked to evacuate, all our things will have to be cleaned out." She explained with her Asian accent.
Just a few moments ago, Gemma was happy that she would be away from hell for at least a few days but now, she had nowhere else to run to. Would she really have to return to hell?
She looked at Eren and their eyes met yet again. His lips curved into that cursed damn smile he had on the last time and she felt weak in the knees.