Chapter 1: House Drama and Shopping Fun
Be advised before reading about the following topics: language, murder, suicide, killing, bloody scenes, rape, molestation, mental health, drugs, death, and torture.
This is the only warning! Enjoy the book!
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Lil's POV
The sun felt really good on my face after the stressful week at work. “Lil, you are going to get a sunburn if you stay out here any longer!” Amber shouted at me from the patio door.
“I have only been out here for an hour, and I put on sunscreen I will be fine!” I shouted back at her with sass and attitude.
“Fine. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.” She said to me, turning to go back inside. She knew I had been out here for longer than an hour since she had been out here swimming with me for 40 minutes, but once she was all dry, she went back inside and when she went back inside, I reapplied my sunscreen. Living in Texas in the summer sun and heat could be a killer and with my fair skin I do tend to burn easily. I decided that I really didn’t want a sunburn, so I got up and headed back inside and saw the guys at the kitchen table.
“Well, well, look who decided to come back inside,” Drake said in a singy-song voice.
“You down for some pizza. We were about to order some pizza?” Matthew asked me.
“That sounds great, pepperoni or cheese is fine with me. Could we get the pizza with garlic sauce on the crust?”
“Umm.” The guys both shared a look and turned to look at Amber and her visiting sister Chelsea.
“Don’t put that nasty garlic on our veggie-lover pizza,” Chelsea told them firmly.
The guys and I hate Chelsea, but since we love Amber, and she lives with us, we deal with her and her rude attitude. Amber knew about it, so most of the time Amber would go to her, but guess not today.
“I’ll go place the order. Do we want to do pick-up or delivery?” Drake asked, looking at everyone.
“Well, it would be cheaper if we went to get it,” Amber commented.
“I can go get it if someone comes with me in case, I need help.”
“I can go with you, Lil.” Mattew said to me with a smile.
“Thanks Matt. Let us know when it will be ready, Drake.”
Drake gave a thumbs up as he walked off to his room to place the order. I walked up to my room to get a shower and change before getting the pizza.
Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
I looked over at my nightstand where my phone was charging. Looking at the phone, I noticed a message from my childhood best friend Jasmine.
>> Hey! Guess who is back in town! Would love to see you while I am in town. I am staying with some family friends while in town. Let me know if you are free to meet up.>Hey Jazz, so happy to hear you are in town. I should be free for a few days. Just let me know what works best for you.>Yes, please get me something strong. Chelsea is flirting with me again and won’t stop. Please get back fast.>I will let Matt know to grab enough beer for the two of you.<<
I put my phone back in my pocket right as I saw an employee. I walked over to him. “Excuse me Sir.”
“Can I help you, Miss?” the employee said, turning around to face me with a huge smile on his face, looking me up and down. Noticing that, I decided to flirt some.
"Yes, I am looking for Bison Trace. I didn’t see it on the shelf. I was wondering if you had it anywhere else in the store by chance?” I said sweetly.
“Strange, we just got 5 full cases of it so it should be on the shelf.”
“Really, I couldn’t find it. Could you help me find it please?” I asked in a flirty tone, noticing he got an even bigger smile and blushed some.
“Absolutely! In fact, how many bottles do you need? I will grab them for you and bring them up front,” he said, straightening his back and smiling.
“Really, that is so sweet of you. I just need 2 liters.” I replied with a big smile and acting like he was helping me out.
“It’s my pleasure. I will grab those bottles for you. You can head to the front and I will be there with your bottles real fast.”
“Thank you so much,” I said to him as he walked away.
Matt walked over just then. “Really? Pretending to be attracted to him so he would help you.”
“Yes, so what it? It was fun. Plus, he is doing all the work for me.” I said, looking at Matt, noticing he was holding a pack of beer.
“Drake texted back to make sure you got enough beer for both of you. Will one 24 pack be enough?”
“Should be.”
“Okay, let’s go up front to pay.” We headed up to the front.
“I will pay for the booze if you go pay for the pizzas,” I told Matt. We tend to take turns paying for things, so that way we're all pitching in to help.
“You sure?”
“Yes, I am sure. Go get the pizzas.”
Matt headed over to the pizza place while the employee with my bottles came over to the register with the bottles.
“Those are mine as well,” I told the cashier.
“Of course, mama. Do you want a bag or a box for your items today?” the cashier asked.
“If you could fit everything in a box, that would be nice.”
The cashier grabbed a small box for my bottles.
“That will be $55.74 today.” I put my card in the card reader and waited till it was approved.
“Do you want a receipt?”
“Yes please.” The cashier put the receipt in the box.
“Would you like help to your car?” the employee from earlier asked.
“Sure.” He grabbed the box and pack of beer and followed me out to the car.
“The car is unlocked,” Matt yelled from the pizza store doorway. I went around to the trunk and opened it.
“You can put them in the trunk.”
The employee put them in the trunk and turned to me. “Is that your boyfriend?” He asked, turning back to look at Matt leaving the pizza store with what looked like 5 boxes.
“Why do you ask if Matty here is my boyfriend?”
“Umm…. I was going to ask for your number,” he said, looking nervous and rubbing the back of his neck. Matt put the pizza boxes in the trunk and flung his arm over my shoulder.
“You ready to go babe?”
“Yep,” I said, playing along.
“Oh.” The employee looked at us shocked. “Sorry, didn’t know she was taken dude. Have a great evening.”
Once he was out of ear shot “Really babe?” I asked, looking at Matt who was trying not to laugh.
“Couldn’t help it. I knew you didn’t like him and heard him ask for your number." He closed the trunk and walked over to the driver's side, still trying not to laugh. I walked over and got in the car. Once he got inside, he laughed really hard.
“Wow really, I would just say that I was single but not currently dating. I have told people that before.”
“Well, let’s get home. Drake will get a kick out of what happened,” he said in between laughs and started the drive back to the house.