crossed paths

chapter 6;

~ Happy nine hours anniversary to us, babe. (smirks emoji) ~

Without thinking twice, I knew who it was already. ‘Ace f*****g Hunter!

“ Wait a minute “ I said rising from my bed

“ How the f**k did he even get my number ? “

Mom knocked on my door asking me to wake up so I decided to ignore it , I'm not adhering to any stupid game rules anyway.

A few minutes later while chill on my bed, I got another message from him.“ god why can't he just disappear already ” I mumbled opening the text

~ I think we should go on a date to celebrate our anniversary. What do you think? ~

What? Is he kidding me right now? I'm just gonna ignore it maybe he will go away.

I laid down on my bed and took the suspense novel I just bought.

Before I could open a page of the novel, my phone beeped, indicating a new message.

What the heck is wrong with this dude? Is he on a mission to piss me off for nothing? curse who ever gave him my number.

I didn't want to check his text but out of curiosity, I checked it.

~ It's not fair for you to ignore my texts. You're my fûcking girlfriend now remember. ~

I ignored him again and went back to my beautiful novel, and also had a finger crossed that he will stop disturbing my peace. But that didn't work at all cause Throughout the weekend, I kept on getting his annoying texts.

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I had just finished getting dressed for school when I heard the sound of the doorbell.

"Can you check the door, ella baby?" Mum shouted from the kitchen.

"Sure Mom," I said.

I opened the door. My mouth dropped open.

Ace Hunter!

His presence has seriously being frustrates my life lately.

He shot me a wink with annoying smirk on his face. "Can I come in?" he asked, his eyes gleaming brightly.

"No, and what the F are you doing here" I snapped.

He pouted his lips. "That's rude,pumpkin."

Pumpkin? What the f**k is that?,who the f**k is that?

"Sorry, but boys aren't allowed in my house," I blurted out. Especially you!

He lifted an eyebrow. "Who made that rule?"

I shrugged. "Me, of course. And again why are you here? Or how are you here? Who even gave you my house address?" I snapped at him getting more angry and annoyed, while he just stood there smirking proudly . WTF is wrong with this dude.

Just then, the door opened wider, revealing my mother.

"Why can't you let your friend in, ella?" She questioned me.

“ella?” Ace said curious

"He's not my friend, mom and he was about leaving" I muttered about closing the door on him.

" Hi good morning Mrs Rosa,I'm Ace Hunter , Stella's boyfriend. Nice to meet you, ma'am," Ace said pushing the door open again and stretching him hand forward to greet , while smiling at my mom as if he's the most Innocent person in the world.

Mom's eyes widened. "Ella has a boyfriend?" She asked.

"N…No, mu...m. He's not my boyfriend," I stuttered.

I kicked Ace in the leg hard, and he whined.

Mom looked at us, not believing a word I just said.yeah sure believe a handsome jock over your own daughter.

"Would you like to come in, handsome?" She questioned Ace.

"No!" I screamed in my head.

Ace stole a quick glance at me as the corners of his mouth curved upwards. "I would love to. Ma’am"

“ Oh please just call me mom” mom said inviting him in happly

“ What! No mom we'll run late to school ," I groaned dragging Ace away from my mom and out of house.

Without having an option, I was forced to go to school with Ace.

"Pretend you don't know me , wait what I'm I saying, you don't know me at all actually." I ordered as Ace pulled into the school parking lot.

He smirked. "Why should I?"

"Don't you understand? I don't want anything to do with you, " I snapped at him.

Ace stopped to look at me for a minute. "You can say that after one month." He muttered calmly.

One month? What's he saying again?

I remembered the stupid party and the lame dare I got into. Date Ace hunter for a month. Just last week all this started and I got involved with him; my life hasn't been the same. Firstly, I got a detention, breaking my perfect record, and then I lost my first kiss to him.

"f**k your stupid dare, you and Sam can go to hell for all I care, but get this in your stupid head what ever happened at the party that day was a stupid mistake and just a useless game,so make sure to register that cause I'm not getting involved with any of this!" I said picking my words piece by piece, loud and clear then stepped out of the car and slammed the door after me hard.

"See you in class, babe," I heard him call after me.

“f**k you!!” I yelled walking away from him fast,

I was unusually dreading English class as I pulled out my textbooks from my locker. It's the same class I have with Ace. Great feels like the universe is after my life, guess I will have to face his truancy.

‘Gosh! How did I end up getting involved with him, and graduation is still a year ahead oh god’. I sighed and leaned against the locker.

"Hi! Stella Rosa right?" A masculine voice said behind me.

I turned to look at the person.

Max Cupper?

Max is one of the school's handsome jocks, genius, and baseball star player and unlike Ace. He's cute, and I once had a silly crush on him. But, that was grade 7.

I was the plain girl who nobody noticed since my stay in the school. I've not done anything other than read and get good grades. Sofia's the only best friend I've had ever since dad passed away.

"How do you know my name?"

I'm still puzzled; someone like Max could know my name.

He chuckled softly. "Are you kidding me? Everyone knows your name, babe."

Babe? My hands squeezed into fists griping my cloth fabric hard. I'm sure that my cheeks have turned pink.

"I've got English class with you. Actually, the school board adjusted my timetable for the course I decided to study in the university and English was among,so I need someone to walk with to class," he explained while I stood there stirring, still Lost at the part of him knowing my name and him just calling me babe.

“uhm ,you do offer English right ” he said snapping me out of my lost world and into reality

“huh, yeah yeah I offer English, right let's go” I said leading the way.

Max and I took the seat in the second to the last row since everywhere was full.

Some minutes after, my worst nightmare, Ace came in. His eyes scanned the class until it finally landed on mine. The corners of his mouth lifted into a smile, but it turned to a frown when he noticed who I was sitting with.

"You're late, Mr. Hunter!" Mr. Thomas called after Ace as he waded through the chairs to the seat behind us.

"Can you just skip that and go on with lectures, Mr. Thomas sir?" Ace shouted back angrily at him.