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BAD CUPID

Created By; Snow Marisvega

Chapter 89

Dylan's P.O.V

Henry was cuddling me from behind, face buried in my back, the teddy bear was placed against my chest while I chatted with Jon and Gwen at the same time on Instagram.

"My mom's not in a mental hospital," henry mumbled and I frowned, turning to him.

"Hmm?"

"I mean she was but she's in a group home right now, Zach doesn't know that so he probably still thinks she's in a mental hospital." He said and I nodded.

"Makes sense." I muttered and stroked his cheek. "When we go back, you'll go see her."

He looked up at me. "Dyl, there's no need, she doesn't even-"

"I know, so you are gonna remind her, that's how its gonna be." I instructed. "No buts, you're hurting and you'll never heal unless you reconnect that bond , I mean she can't get better by herself."

He swallowed and just held me, placing his head on my chest. "I'll think about it."

"Okay," I replied and stroked his hair, my phone chimed as a sign of a new message but I ignored it.

"So, what'd you wanna do tomorrow?" He asked and I smiled.

"Maybe," my phone chimed again. "A walk around the beach tomorrow and we can also have cake, kiss a couple of times to make people envy us and make homophobic assholes look in disgust and give them a beautiful show."

He chuckled. "That could work, it's a brilliant plan."

I smiled. "The beach it is then," I giggled and my cell phone began to chime continuously. "Oh, for the love of God!" I turned and grabbed it, opening all the messages from Gwen, I sighed.

"Who is it?"

"Gwen, she wants me to get Raven for her, apparently it's a fashion problem." I explained as I replied to her text.

"Why can't she just call Raven?"

I sighed. "Raven's not answering her phone right now," I said and sat up, getting out of bed.

"Hurry back,"

"You can cuddle with the teddy bear while I'm gone."

He grimaced. "What am I, six?"

"Nope, an eighteen year old with the mentality of a six year old."

He shot up from the bed quickly that my heart pounded and I dashed out of the room with a giggle, shutting the door. I made my way up the stairs to Raven's room, I pushed the door open but she wasn't in her room, I called out her name to know if she was in the bathroom but no answer so I went down. I walked over to the kitchen to pour myself a glass of water while I can, I spotted the tea on the table and Raven's cellphone beside it which meant she was probably outside.

I poured myself a glass of water and walked out the doors, I took a little sip while replying Jon. I looked around but she wasn't here so I decided to check the back, she was probably in the bathtub. I saw a figure and with a sigh approached her, I opened my mouth to call out her name when I realized what I was seeing. This was Zach and...Raven, their lips were locked, hands roaming everywhere while fucking making out.

I couldn't believe what I was seeing, I felt a booking rage and hurt inside of me. I was mad, I was shocked, I was angry, I was disappointed because she was fucking making out with Zach, because she had been lying to me all along! I had asked her directly and she had fucking lied to my face. The glass slipped from my hand and shattered beside me, it seemed to have startled them. They stopped and both turned to see their intruder, and I looked away from the glass and at her. She looked shocked to have seen me outside and I was so damn mad, the lies she had told me when I had asked her a couple of times. I looked from her to Zach and back at her, I huffed, shook my head, and as he called out my name in a soft whisper, I turned and walked away.

I just wanted to go back upstairs, I didn't want to say a word to anyone, I was mad and I was scared of what I was gonna do now.

"Dylan, Dylan, wait!" Raven said from behind me, I walked into the house and felt her hand on my shoulder, I pushed it away and turned to her

"Don't even dare."

"Dylan, let me explain."

"What? You wanna spill more lies? You are gonna tell me he had sand in his eyes now, Raven? That you hate hate him?"

"D-Dylan, please let me explain,"

"Fuck you, Raven!" I yelled. "What could you possibly want to explain, huh? You've been sleeping with Zach!! Seriously? I knew it but I tried so hard to convince myself that what was true, wasn't! You made me think it was Tom but it was this thing, my mortal enemy." I said pointing at Zach who was behind him.

"Dylan-"

"I'm mad that you are sleeping with him but that doesn't even beat how furious i am that you fucking lied to me, lied right in my face when I asked you about it and told you to tell me nothing but the truth! The fucking truth and you made me think you were disgusted by him, that's all you've been doing since I got here but you've been sucking his dick and sleeping with him since we got here, haven't you?"

"What's going on?" Jax asked as he descended from the stairs with Dominic.

"Dyl?" Henry called as he rushed down the stairs, "what's going on?"

"Didn't I tell you?" I said, turning to Henry. "I told you something was suspicious and going on with these two, didn't I? And guess what, they've been sleeping with each other!" I smiled at the both of them. "I just caught them making out."

Henry looked away from me and at his best friend and Raven, I turned back to them.

"Look, I was only gonna end it when we-"

I frowned. "How long?"

She sighed. "Dylan, pl-"

"HOW LONG, GODDAMN IT!"

She flinched, she pushed her hair back with a sniff. "S-Since Quinn's party."

My eyes widen. "S-Since...you mean, a million months ago? The same night I was put in the hospital, you both have been...OH MY GOD!" I ran a frustrated hand through my hair and let out a cold laugh. "You are a fucking hypocrite!"

"Hey!" Zach cut in

"Stay out of it, Zach! I mean it, stay out of it!" I yelled at him, I looked back at Raven. "You were mad when Jaxton told you Henry and I kissed and that I didn't tell you, that we kissed. You stopped talking to me and put our friendship on hold but you, you've been sleeping with him even before Henry and I kissed again. You've been sleeping with him and you had the guts to make me feel awful for not telling you?"

She just looked down and wiped off her tears. "I was gonna tell you."

I laughed. "When? T-Tonight? Yesterday? I remember asking but you lied and that is the part that hurts the most! The shocking part because I confronted you about it and you said no! You told me NO! Why didn't you just fucking say the truth?"

"It's.. It's all my fault, not hers." Zach said and I snorted.

"Please, don't even start with that story because we both know Raven can make her own decisions, so shut up. The fact that you could lie to me," I pointed at her. "Stay months without telling me just shows how cruel and selfish you are! You made it a fucking big deal when Henry and I kissed! Just shared a kiss but you both have most certainly done more than kissing. I thought okay fine, maybe they have something going on and she's scared to tell me, let me just ask her to confirm and Raven says 'Ew, how?' You are such an amazing actress, seriously." I clapped. "You made me believe your shitty lies, you're such a self centered bitch with hypocrisy dripping all over you."

"No, I didn't k-know how to tell you,"

"I gave you a chance! You blew it just because you wanna keep sucking Zach's cock here. You are a total disgrace, I applaud you for that act of yours. Fuck, I can't believe I actually stayed in the same house with a serpent."

"Dylan, that's enough." Zach said, standing in front of her.

"Oh, her knight in shinning armour with the dick good enough to cause a rift." I turned to him and folded my arms.

"Zach, stay out of it." Raven said.

"Don't speak to her like that." He warned, glaring at me.

"You heard her, Zach." Henry said from behind me. "You should stay out of it." His voice was calm but no one could miss the warning in it.

"Zach, just move aside." Raven warned, he looked back at her and then did.

"You know what? I can't even look at you, right now. You stink of deceit and lies and I honestly feel nothing but hate for you. You suddenly went from the girl I knew at the beginning to a cuntbag but then," I took a step towards her. "Maybe that's whom you've been from the beginning and all you've done is put on a stupid façade so I wouldn't get to see this pathetic side of yours. You're a horrible person and that is the truth, you're worse than a hypocrite. You criticized me for kissing Henry while you were boning him?" I huffed.

"Dylan, that's enough." Jax said softly.

"Oh, I'm not done with her, Jaxton. She always knows how to come for her friends, so why can't we do the same to her? You think you are an expert in hurting feelings? I will not forgive you, Raven. You disgust me, every part of my cells, every organ in my body really itches just staring at you. I wish you both happy fucking and many more STI's, you fucking lying bitch." I spat, ignoring her teary eyes and turned to walk away when she held my hand, I paused.

"Dylan, wait, please. I'm sorry, I just-"

I turned to her with a cold look, I looked down at her hand which held mine and back at her. I opened my mouth to reply her with the cruelest words I could think of when Henry pulled me away from her and turned me to face him.

"Breathe." He whispered. "Now, go upstairs and I will meet you there, okay? Not another word now, just breathe"

I swallowed hard, glared at Raven and just stormed off and to our room.

I sat on my bed, Indian style while clutching the pillow close to me tightly, I was breathing hard and just wanted to rip this pillow apart.

"Hey," Henry called before coming to sit across me, he placed his hand on my leg. "I understand how you feel."

"You don't."

"I do." He nodded. "I also asked Zach about Raven and he lied to me, I asked him twice. So I am a little disappointed that he would lie about it."

"This is messed up."

"Isn't it?."

"I'm not staying here,"

He sighed. "Dyl,"

"No, our vacation is over, we're leaving in two days. We're going back home, if you wanna stay I won't force you to come with but I'm leaving this place. I'm done with all this." I said and looked away from him. "She's such a hypocrite," I scoffed. "I can't believe her."

"Come here." He said and I moved closer to him, sitting in between his lap and resting my head against his shoulder while holding him, he wrapped his arms around me. "We'll leave together, this town is cool and all but I could use a little bit of Eastwood."

I smiled. "And then you can make me Henry's special."

"I most certainly will,"

"Zoila's gone, right? I mean, I like her but she's a cockblocker."

He chuckled. "I made sure she disappeared, we can't have anymore Zoila cock blocking."

"True." I said with a snicker.

"You'll be okay," he said and stroked my back, I held him tighter with a sigh.

"I can't even look at her."

"I know." He said and kissed my shoulder. "It'll be okay."

****

Jaxton's P O.V

Last night had been a crazy one, the whole atmosphere was awkward. Dylan had caught Raven and Zach red handed and had lost his shit because apparently my stupid redhead best friend lied about it and I had told her to tell Dylan severally. Like that wasn't even bad, after Dylan and Henry left, Raven ended up crying and when Zach tried to comfort her, she yelled at him and said hurtful things to him. She lost it as well and banned Zach from talking to her or being anywhere close to her. It was a dramatic night and now the air was filled with tension. I was sitting in the kitchen with Henry and we were both having waffles which Tom had made, he was also pissed last night as well but barely said anything and an angry man who stays silent is deadly, I heard.

"Is he still mad?" I asked him.

"He is, I don't blame him though." He said and sipped the juice in his glass.

"And what about you?"

He smiled forcefully. "I'm fine, just wanna leave all this drama."

I sighed. "Me too."

"Hey," Raven greeted and Henry's expression became sour at the sound of her voice.

"Hey," I smiled at her, she was dressed in a long red skirt and a black top. She looked away from me and at Henry.

"Um, is Dylan upstairs?" She asked him, patiently waiting for him to answer but instead he stood up, picked up his plate and glass of juice and walked past her, totally ignoring her existence and going up the stairs.

My eyes widen at that and all Raven could do was watch him leave. "Give them time."

"Why is he even mad?"

"Are you kidding? You hurt his boyfriend with your actions and he's also disappointed in both of you, anyone would. I know I was and still am." I shrugged

She sighed and sat at where Henry sat seconds ago. "I didn't mean to hurt him."

"Then you should have listened to me when I said to tell him, I warned you, Raven but of course I was talking garbage. Now he found out about you both, he caught you both cause you're never careful. And now this is all on you,"

"Jaxton, I'm gonna try to make this better." I sighed.

"You should! Because no one is to be blamed but you, you stopped talking to him cause he kissed Henry while you were screwing around with Zach, that's actually pretty low and the most hypocritic shit I've ever seen." I said and stood up as well, picking up my plate and glass of milk, I was slowly starting to get mad at all these cause if you think about it, it's her fault. Raven just stared at me in confusion and adjusted in her seat.

"Shouldn't you...be helping me out here, come on Jaxton. I need you."

"I tried remember, you didn't listen. You should honestly give a burnt offering if he forgives you after this cause you know how he is." I said and walked away, while walking towards the stairs, Zach had descended and so I approached him.

He smiled at me. "Hey, Jaxton."

"A word of advice, Zach. You should honestly stay away from her so you don't make this situation worse for everyone, just give her a little space." I said and flashed him a smile before walking past him.

He was also the cause of this problem because they both couldn't keep their hormones in check but one think Dominic and I could see was that Zach was totally whipped, he was starting to have feelings for Rave and I felt sorry for him because he was developing feelings for well....Raven.

***

Dylan's P.O.V

" I'm glad we're out here." I said, holding Henry's hand as we walked on the beach. I was dressed in black shorts that got to my thigh and a white shirt while Henry had a black shirt on and white shorts on. Hmm, come to think of it, we were actually matching and I'm just realizing that now.

I smiled.

"The air here is relaxing." He said as we walked, I nodded in agreement.

"And I just want peace and the beach is peace." I said and let out a small sigh. It was summer and so the beach wasn't empty but it was scanty.

Henry twirled me and my chest hit his. "Ooh, what now?" I cocked my brow at him.

"Remember that show thing you said we have to put on for people to see?" He asked, smirking.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and cooed. "Oooooh, you really are naughty."

He chuckled and brushed his lips against mine, it was innocent but it was just as great as every other, intoxicating and making me want more. He picked me up and I giggled, he really did have no shame and neither did I. With a smile, he kissed me again deeply and began to move forward, I was so into the kiss and before I could deepen it I was being pulled away from him, I felt his hands leave me and I let out a scream as I fell with my ass into the water.

Henry burst out into laughter while I my clothes were soaked and I sat still trying to process what just happened. I got up finally, tying to keep my balance as I scowled at him, I squeezed my shorts to get the water out. "HENRY! WHAT THE FUCK?!"

He laughed. "I'm sorry, I just had to."

I shook my head at him and let out a harsh laugh. "Oh, you're so done."

"Yeah, right." He chuckled, I marched out of the water and went after him but he began running and I chased after him, yelling at him to get back here so I could push him back while laughing. We ran at the edge of the water like crazy kids and he didn't even mind that he was doing things he wouldn't have done months ago. He tripped while running and almost fell and I took my chance, so I jumped on his back and pulled him down, resulting to the both of us falling into the water.

I got up quickly before he did and picked up a pace once I saw him standing up, I let out screams as he chased me, scared that he might catch me and believe me when I say, running inside the sea isn't as easy as the movies make it to be. His hands were suddenly wrapped around my waist and he pulled me up, legs above the ground making me laugh.

We had played like kids for a long time and now we were both sitting on the sand and watching the waves and everyone, I was sitting in between his legs and his arms were wrapped around me.

"So, when we get back home, what's the first thing you wanna do together?" He asked

I puckered my lips. "Well, you're gonna have to teach me how to drive, remember."

He nodded. "Okay, we'll just have to practice in a safe place so you don't kill anyone."

I laughed. "Fuck you."

"Not here." He said cheekily and kissed my cheek.

"You're something else." I shook my head at him.

"Dylan, hey!!" A feminine voice called, we both looked to our left and saw Bree and Rose heading towards us, Bree in red bikini and Rose in blue shorts and a shirt.

"Hey," I waved at them.

"Are they honestly everywhere we go?" Henry muttered and I hit his chest with my elbow.

"Be nice." I whispered and placed a smile on my face.

"Hey, how are you?" I asked once they were standing in front of us.

"We're good, how are you both?" Bree asked, tucking her hair behind her ear since the wind was a bit much.

"We're good." I replied.

"I swear you both look really good together." Rose confessed. "It's not all the time we see a good looking, cute gay couple." She shrugged.

I beamed. "Aw, thank you."

"So, how was the date?" Bree asked with a smirk.

"Perfect." Henry said from behind me.

"It was all thanks to her though." I said , smiling at Bree.

"Nope, not me. I just showed you around like you requested and everything was you." She shrugged, smiling

I shrugged. "I mean, that is true."

They all laughed.

"You're so cocky." Henry chuckled.

"What? It's true." I giggled and then gasped before standing up real quick. "Ooh, Bree. Remember that dance step you were teaching Rose, they danced it at the fair yesterday!" I announced. "You have to teach me the whole dance step, I could only do the chorus because it is kinda easy. I swear the dance was so amazing, a lot of people were dancing it. It was like-" I started doing some of the dance routine earning a few laughs.

"Okay, no, you got the last move wrong." Bree said with a laugh and stood in between Rose and I. "It's more like," she started doing it and I followed her steps, she called out to Rose to join her as she played the same song on her phone. Rose tried to refuse but all Bree did was say please and pout and Rose was beside her, dancing along. We laughed continuously and I started dancing it wrongly, they couldn't contain their laugh even Henry and I ran to him. I pulled him to stand with us and beside me, we all began to do the dance, learning from Bree and laughing when Rose kept getting that one step wrong, dancing like she was some kinda awful animation. I had tried not to laugh but it was that bad that I found myself sitting on the floor and crying actual tears, Henry himself couldn't stop himself from laughing no matter how much he tried.

It took my mind off everything.

***

Henry and i sat across Bree and Rose, a bonfire in our middle while we talked about different things. The same way I was sitting in between Henry's legs were the same way Bree was sitting in between Rose's legs.

"So you boys will be leaving tomorrow, huh?" Rose asked as she stroked Bree's hair.

I nodded. "Yeah, but I'll keep in touch with you both."

Bree smiled. "You better, because meeting you was the best thing this summer."

"Aw," I grinned. "You both are amazing."

"So, Henry." Rose looked at him. "Let me guess, you're a jock and in your sports team and probably the leader?" She asked with furrowed brows.

Bree scowled at her. "Stop stereotyping, it's bad."

Henry smiled. "It's fine, you're right. I am."

"And Dylan," she looked at me. "You're the annoying nobody who just happened to be popular for his features, correct?" She asked and Henry stiffened a laugh.

I frowned. "That hurts, I'm not a nobody but when you put it like that...yeah?" I shrugged.

Rose grinned. "The perfect kinda couple."

I held Henry's hands. "So, how did you both start dating?"

Bree pushed her hair back softly. "The best story." She grinned.

"Bree here poured spaghetti on my clothes in the cafeteria," Rose said and my eyes widen.

"By mistake." Bree added.

"It was so embarrassing and you know highschool is filled with demons, they laughed. I mean, Bree is pretty popular while I'm..."

"A nobody." I finished.

She chuckled. "Yeah, I'm just the straight face lesbian who beat up boys." She smirked and I giggled.

"Anyways, Rose angrily walked away and she didn't want to listen to my apology. So I followed her to the bathroom to help her out and apologize to her." Bree continued.

"I was cleaning up and Bree burst in and starts apologizing like a sorry machine, she wouldn't stop even when I said it was fine and seeing her panic made me laugh." Rose smiled.

"I didn't want her to see me as a jerk, but when I heard her laugh it was pretty but also confusing because she should be punching me but, she wasn't."

"We talked for a few minutes and the school diva introduced herself to me like I didn't know her, I mean everyone did. But at that moment, I took in every feature and realized she was the most beautiful girl in the world. Her smile was really beautiful and when we shook hands, sparks flew." Rose said, smiling like she was reliving that moment which made me smile. "And then I knew I gotta be with that girl and so I asked her to have coffee with me, turned out she was into me too." Rose said and looked at Bree. "And I love her."

"I love you too." Bree said and kissed her, I squealed.

"You both are so cute!" I groaned.

"That's a really nice story." Henry said. "It's beautiful."

"Thanks." Bree smiled. "So, how did you two meet?"

"My first day of school," I answered.

"This clumsy idiot bumped into me and fell to the ground." Henry said and I punched his arm with a smile.

"He was the hottest being in the world, I used to call him a Hebrew god everyday. I remembered being frozen and looking at every part of his face and thinking, damn he's so fine." I said and they all laughed.

"Everything about him was mesmerizing, I knew everything was gonna be different when I saw him. I remember smiling once our eyes met but, I had to go back to being a douchebag." He shrugged.

"Our story is a love-hate thing." I smiled and looked up at Henry. "It's been a crazy rollercoaster but we're still together." I said, actually speaking to him.

"We are and nothing's taking your crazy ass away from me." He said softly.

"You either, I'll beat the shit out of whosoever." I said and looked back at Bree and Rose who giggled.

We talked and laughed for a long while, Henry also asked them a few questions and we played a silly game before we finally decided to leave. It was something past eleven when we got home, I was humming to the song we had danced to earlier.

"I had a nice time," I said once Henry threw his hand around my shoulder while we walked away from the car and to the house.

"Me too, your new friends aren't so bad after all." He said with a smile.

I chuckled. "You like them, I know." I said with a smile as we walked into the house. "Why are you both awake?" I said once I spotted Jaxton laying on Dominic's lap while making a video call with God knows who.

Jax turned to me. "Heyy, oh, they're back." Jax said to whosoever he was video chatting with.

"How was your outing?" Dom asked and I smiled.

"Great," I said and noticed he and Jax were on different clothes. "You both went out?"

Dom nodded. "Yeah, took him to the movies."

Jax got up from the couch and ran to me, handing me the phone. "She wants to speak to you."

I frowned in confusion. "Who?" I asked before bringing the phone to my face and seeing my mother. "Mom, hey!"

"Dylan, why are you wondering around town by this time of the night?!" She scolded.

I frowned. "I-It's not even midnight yet."

"But still,"

"I'm fine, mom, I just went to the beach with Henry."

"Oh, where is he?" She smiled.

Henry popped in once she asked and smiled. "Hey, Mrs. Dexwell."

"Hey, Henry." She smiled. "You both look good, how are you?"

"I'm, great. How are you? Taking care of yourself and the baby?" Henry asked and she nodded.

"Yeah, I am. I've just been eating lots of pickles and it's worrying me cause I used to hate it." She grimaced making me laugh.

"It's the pregnancy mom, you'll go back to hating it soon." I said with a smile. "How's Dad?"

"Right here," she said and pointed the camera to dad who was in the kitchen making something. "Matt, Dylan's on the phone." She said to him and be turned and smiled once he saw me.

I waved. "Hey, Dad."

"Hey, kiddo. How are you?"

"Good, what are you doing?"

"I'm making something for your mother to eat, apparently she's hungry."

"Oh, well I'll let you go back to what you're doing." I said and looked at Henry with a frown for a brief second before looking back at the screen.

"I'll see you tomorrow,"

I nodded. "Yeah, bye." He went back to what he was doing and mom was back on the screen. "You asked him to make you food this late?"

"What? It's not midnight yet." She shrugged.

"You're crazy, ma." I chuckled.

"Well, I'll let you get some sleep since you're coming home tomorrow." She said and I nodded. "I'll see you both tomorrow, if you're returning get me some onion rings."

I rolled my eyes. "Yes, ma'am."

"Goodnight, Bonnie." Henry said with a smile.

"Bye sweetheart, I look forward to seeing you. You Dylan can stay in Westbrook for a few more years, I won't mind." She said and Henry grinned, I huffed and shook my head at her.

"I don't love you too."

"Okay, go now. I hope you're having protected sex."

"Oookaaay, goodnight mother."

"We'll speak tomo- Matt, could you please add more pepper into that?" She said and I hanged up at that moment with a sigh.

"Aish! I love that woman." Henry said with a smile and I rolled my eyes.

"You better not leave me for my mother."

"I mean, your mom's hot but her son is just...something out of this world." He said and I couldn't help but smile.

"You're so good." I said and turned, handing the phone to Jaxton. "So, you both went on a date huh?" I wiggled my brows at Jax.

"It's just a date." He chuckled.

"Anyways, I hope you're packed for tomorrow?"

Jax nodded. "Yes. When are we leaving for Eastwood?"

"Probably by nine in the morning." I said with a sigh, I had told Jaxton and Dominic about it this morning, that we were all leaving together and not staying for another day. I did give them a choice to stay if they wanted to, but Jax agreed to come with cause Dominic had to go back to his mom and sister, he wouldn't say but Jax knew Dominic had to return to Meghan.

"You guys are leaving tomorrow?" A voice from the stairs, particularly Raven's, asked. Jaxton's head cocked to her direction but I didn't turn.

"Yeah, um, Dylan m-mentioned it this morning." Jaxton said with a shrug.

"Oh, I uh," she cleared her throat.

"I'll be upstairs." Henry said and walked away.

"Dylan," Raven called and she walked towards me and stood beside me. "Can we please talk, I just need a second."

I closed my eyes and when I opened them, I turned to Raven. "Fine. Speak."

She looked relieved at that moment. "Dylan, I-"

"One." I counted. "Looks like your time is up." I said and walked past her and up the stairs.

"You should have asked for an hour." I heard Jax say as I climbed the stairs.

****

"Hello, Eastwood. The town of the Devil." I said as I got out of Henry's car with a sigh. We had finally gotten home after five crazy hours, I had gone with Henry while Zach went with Jax and Dominic. Raven also left but she went alone, well with Tom of course who is her driver whom she constantly has sex with.

I walked over to the trunk where Henry was, he helped me take out my bag and handed it to me. "Thank you." I smiled.

"Anytime." He said and closed his trunk.

"Are you gonna come inside?"

"I would love to but I'm sure you need to rest, you were dozing off in the car and it's been a long ride. I'll come over tomorrow when you're not tired." He smiled.

"Okay," I said and he opened his arms for me, I walked to him and hugged him, he wrapped his arms around me and kissed my head. A feeling I was so in love with.

"Stay away from trouble, you know how you and Eastwood hate each other and cause trouble."

I giggled. "I'll be indoors."

"I'll call you tonight." He said and kissed me on the lips.

"Kay, but do text me when you get home, alright?"

"I will." He said and kissed me again. "I love you, Mr. Dylan Dexwell."

I smiled. "I love you too, Mr. Henry Ashcroft."

"See you tomorrow." He said with a smile and kissed me again and again.

I chuckled. "Go!" I said and pulled away.

"Say hi to your mother for me." He said as he got into his car.

I nodded. "I will." I said and waved, he flashed me a smile and drove away.

I turned with a sigh and walked to my door, I knocked thrice and waited with a smile on my face. I heard my mother's voice right before the door opened.

"Hello, beautiful mother!" I grinned.

She smiled widely and pulled me into a hug. "Oh, my baby. Hi."

I giggled. "Hello, mother."

"Well come on in!" She said and I did so, closing the door behind me and placing a hand around her shoulder, her stomach was bigger than I last saw it which has been almost a month now.

"You look good."

"You too! You are glowing." She said and I snickered.

"Matthew!" Mom called. "Come see what havoc arrived at our doorstep!" She yelled up the stairs.

"Is it Dylan?!" Dad asked from the top of the stairs and I frowned.

"Seriously?" I gave her a dry look.

"You can't blame your mother." Dad said as he descended from the stairs. "Hey, son." He smiled and opened his arms.

"Hey, old man." I hugged him.

"I'm not old." He chuckled. "I'm not even fifty yet."

"Or forty." Mom added.

"I see mommy turned you into her personal maid."

"Oh, you have no idea what your mom makes me do and say it's for the baby." Dad said, shaking his head.

I laughed. "Oh, I pity you."

"I'm right here, boys." Mom said as she rolled her eyes. "Your father's just exaggerating, Dylan. Now, go freshen up and come down. I made mashed potatoes." She smirked.

"Yes! I'm starving, I so missed your food."

She smiled. "I know you did."

"How's Henry?" Dad asked.

"He's fine, he sends his greetings to mom of course."

"Aw," mom smiled.

"Oh, so he sends his greetings to her cause she's the pregnant one." Dad scoffed.

"No, because I'm more cooler and amazing, Matthew." Mom smirked.

I chuckled. "I'll be upstairs." I said and ran up the stairs and to my room.

***

My parents and I caught up with all we've missed, I told them about Henry's mom and how their investigation was so wrong and mom promised to slap the lady who gave her the false information. I also told them about the little break thing Henry and I had, you'd be surprised how a teenager tells his parents things like these that are to be considered 'private'.

My parents had also told me the gender of the baby, apparently they found out a week ago and waited for me to come home before they told me.

They asked me to follow them upstairs and we all stood in front of the room Jaxton once stayed in.

"Okay, why are we here?" I asked, curiously.

Mom smiled and looked at Dad before looking at me. "Well, we found out the baby's gender a week ago." She announced, grinning from ear to ear.

My eyes widen in surprise. They already knew? Why didn't they tell me? "You're joking."

Dad shook his head. "We're not, we didn't want to tell you on the phone so we decided to wait till you came home."

I blinked and smile widely, I wanted to know so bad what the gender was and couldn't contain my excitement. "Um, okay, tell me! What is it? Come on, tell me! I wanna know so bad!" I whined.

Mom chuckled. "Go inside." She said pointing at the door behind me.

"Why?" I frowned.

"You'll get your answer in there." She shrugged, smiling widely.

I nodded and turned, I opened the door and walked in quickly. I paused once i got sight of the room, the room was different, it didn't look like the same room Jaxton had stayed in. It was literally empty and there were buckets with paints on the floor and at the sight of the room, I knew the gender of the baby. Half the walls were painted pink, I covered my mouth as I approached the painted wall. I let out a small chuckle as I felt the urge to cry, I turned to my parents who watched me with a smile on their face.

"It's a girl." I breathed.

Mom nodded. "You're gonna have a sister." She chuckled.

I let out a small laugh, an excited one as I was suddenly feeling emotional. I walked over to them and wrapped my arms around the both of them, smiling so wide.

I was excited for her, I mean she already knew it was a girl. I remember when we argued about the gender, she said she felt it was a girl and it was actually a girl.

I had texted Jaxton and Henry the gender of the baby when I had gone upstairs, I was excited and the baby was gonna be here soon. I couldn't wait but then I started wondering when the baby shower was to take place.

I had fallen asleep afterwards and woke up sometime past eight, mom had asked me to get her dome toiletries from the grocery store which is where I am currently at. I was getting some toilet rolls when I saw a familiar face at the other side of the line with earphones on. I closed my eyes and I swear at that moment I was consumed by guilt just watching him. I swallowed and walked over to where he was, faking a smile as I stood beside him. I touched his shoulder and he turned to me, taking off his earphones.

"Christian, hey."

He smiled. "Hey," that smile was so not real. "How are you?"

"I'm great, you look good."

He looked down at his outfit and at me and frowned. "Thanks?" He was just wearing black pants and a white singlet with a writing on it, so the guilt was making me compliment normal but he was Christian, he looked hot in anything. He went back to checking out stuffs and putting it into his cart, he was totally avoiding me and I must admit that did hurt but who's fault is this if it ain't mine.

"Christian," I called and he turned to me.

"Hmm?"

"I'm sorry,"

"What for?" He asked with a slight chuckle.

"For everything, for the way I spoke to you and I know what I have been doing has been a total bitch move. I know you probably hate me right now but I swear I hate myself for what I said to you, I miss my friend."

He smiled. "Dylan, I don't hate you, I could never hate you even if I tried." He said calmly. "I understand you and that's why I gave you the space you needed, I hope you do enjoy your summer. I gotta go." He said and walked past me with his cart.

Not convincing.

I sighed and turned, following him. "Christian,"

"You're still following me." He stated as he walked.

"Of course I am." I said and ran to stand in front of his cart, stopping him from moving. "I'm sorry. You telling me to go enjoy my summer sounded like you saying I hope you get eaten by a zombie." I said and he cracked a small smile. "I know I'm trouble but I mean, you were my first friend and I have done so many hurtful things to you. I could never forgive myself if I let this friendship of ours go down the drain."

"Dylan, you know I feel more for you, right?" He said and I nodded slowly.

"I know."

"Which is why we can't be friends cause you see us as friends and I want us to be more but that can't happen cause you're dating Henry now." He shrugged.

"So, you're throwing away what we have because I'm dating Henry and you have feelings for me?"

"Exactly." He nodded.

"You know I can't believe you, I thought I could count on you for anything but turns out I can't. Thanks for nothing, Christian."

"This is all you, Dylan. So don't come blaming me for this cause I cannot be friend with you and that's simple."

"Rot in hell."

"You too." He said as I walked past him, I had taken a few steps ahead when I paused and turned to him. "Hey," I called and he turned back to face me. "So, the diner two blocks away?"

He smiled. "Sure, I'll meet you in front."

I grinned. "Okay." I said and walked to the counter.

***

"So you all went on a vacation outside Eastwood?" Christian asked and I nodded. "Damn, I'm jealous of you guys right now." He said and I laughed

We were both at at the diner which was close to the store we had both seen each other. We were both having fries and milkshake while catching up on everything, well...what we could catch up on.

"Jealous of us? You had your celebrity brother in-law over and I couldn't even meet him."

"He's not a celebrity," he chuckled. "He's just a close friend of Harry Styles."

"Same thing!"

"No, different." He chuckled, his eyes going in a little.

"I bet if I could have met him, I bet I'd have spoken to Harry fucking Styles."

He laughed. "Yeah, sure."

"Ooh, how are your brothers?"

He smiled. "You remember them?"

"Of course," I huffed. "James and Simon Tate, James the adopted one, right? He's eleven and Simon's fourteen." I shrugged.

He nodded, smiling as if impressed. "Yeah, wow. You actually do remember it all."

"You think I'd have forgotten? Hell naw." I shook my head and he clapped.

"I'm impressed that you remember all the details." He said and I smiled.

"And your sister? Still pregnant?"

"Oh no," he shook his head. "She gave birth two months ago, a boy "

"Aw, that's sweet."

"Yeah, they had visited for a month and as you know, left four days ago." He said and took out his phone, he typed and scrolled through and gave me his phone. I took it from him and stared at the picture of him holding a baby which I assume is his new nephew. "Meet baby Scott."

I couldn't help but aww, the baby was so cute and so was Christian, the entire photo was drenched in cuteness. Christian was smiling and looking down at baby Scott in his hands and baby Scott was also smiling back, he was wrapped in a white blanket and had a white small baby cap on. He was so small but so cute, Christian looked so happy in the picture, I couldn't stop smiling.

"Oh my God, he's so cuteeee. Look at those cheeks," I zoomed in. "Fuck, I just wanna pinch those chubby cheeks." I said and he chuckled, I was starting to have baby fever and I'm just seventeen. "You'll make," I looked at him. "An amazing baby daddy."

He laughed. "What? No, thank you. I'm getting married and having one, I'm not doing the whole baby daddy thing."

I chuckled. "Are you sure? A baby daddy would also be a nice look on you."

"Shut up." He said and threw a fry at me, making me laugh.

I handed the phone back to him with a smile. "Maybe one day I'll get to meet James and Simon."

"Really?" His brows rose.

I nodded. "Sure."

"Your boyfriend won't mind that we're hanging out?"

"Henry?" Of course he'd be mad. I snorted. "Of course not."

"Not convincing but okay." He smiled. "So, plans for the summer?"

I nodded. "Yes! Netflix and chill." I said and he laughed. "Oh, and also the beach."

"What? No, that's boring."

"I think I need this summer to myself, I've been going out a lot since I got here thanks to the amazing friends I made. I've become popular in this town not by choice, I need to lay low and hope no drama spikes up, if I'm indoors then I won't be on TV but if I'm outdoors I end up on the newspaper as well and college is right at the corner."

"That is true, I guess I understand your point." He said with a little nod and sipped his milkshake.

"See! Okay, what about you? What plans do you have?"

He sighed. "Everything. I'm gonna try everything with my brothers, taking them to the movies, playing games with them, the beach. That's how we spend our summer, with each other."

I smiled. "That's really sweet, sounds like you guys are really close."

"We are. You know how people think brother's can't get along at all, well we do."

"I hope I get to meet them soon."

He smiled. "Sure. Anyways, how's your mom? I saw her like a week or two ago at the market."

"She's good, I just found out we're having a girl." I grinned.

"Oh, she's gonna be so evil. Your poor mom."

"What? No!" I kicked his leg from under the table, he winced and laughed.

"It's true. She's gonna be like the female version of you and that's bad."

I chuckled. "You're unbelievable."

"But then," he smiled. "Congratulations."

"Thank you." I smiled. "She's already changing the room into a nursery, damn I wish I was there to see her face when she found out she's having a girl."

He grinned and just stared at me, my brows knitted as I looked at him. "Why are you staring at me like that?"

"I almost forgot how beautiful you looked with that smile." He said and blinked. "Almost."

I didn't know what to say to that and just smiled. "Thanks, I guess."

"So, I'm thinking of dying my hair blue this summer."

My eyes widen. "Don't you dare!" I said and laughed.

"Oh, come on. I'd look amazing."

"You'd look like an anime character."

"It's a good thing, isn't it?"

"Not entirely." I snickered.

"How about green...or orange?"

I threw my head back and laughed. "No way! I'll stop talking to you."

"You wouldn't!"

"I would." I nodded.

"What about pink?"

"Christian!"

He laughed.

****

Hanging out with Christian was amazing and having a conversation with him was something I didn't know I had really missed until we talked like nothing happened at the diner.

He had walked me home even when I had refused and I swear I really missed this guy. As I walked up the stairs to my room, my phone began to ring. I took it out of my pocket, it was an unknown caller but I still answered it while heading into my room.

"Hello?"

"Dylan,"

I frowned, pausing once I entered into my room, I was a little surprised to be getting this call. "Mr. Frost."

"There's a car that will come pick you up in five minutes, it will bring you to me. Don't be late cause you're supposed to be here in twenty minutes top."

"A car bringing me to where?"

"To me. That's what I said, pay attention Dexwell." He said and hanged up.

I looked at my phone screen and grimaced. "Arrogant asshole." I muttered and threw my phone to the bed. If there was something you should never do when it concerns Mr. Frost, it's disobeying him.

I sighed.

***

I walked into the expensive looking restaurant while wearing jeans and a hoodie, clothes that didn't fit this place. I looked around and spotted Mr. Frost with a woman so I approached them, faking a smile.

"Hi," I greeted and sat on the third chair. Mr Frost gave me a little smile which made me frown in concern, I mean he barely said. He was dressed up in a black suit like always.

"Dylan, how are you?"

"I'm good?"

"You want anything?"

I shook my head. "I'm good, thanks. Um, what am I...doing here?" I had to ask.

"Dylan, this lady right here," he said and looked at the woman by his side, I looked at her and back at him. "Is the woman who is going to teach you everything you need to know when it comes to reading people and their expressions."

I looked at the black haired woman who looked too professional and strict, she looked like she was in her middle twenties. Her dark fringe hair was cut short and she was wearing a green gown with sparkles on it, her lips were painted black and her eyes were fixed on me.

"Hello, Dylan." She placed a smile on her face. "I'm Diana, Diana McCain." She introduced and thrusted her hand out to shake me.

I faked a smile and nodded, shaking her hand. "Dylan, as you already know."

"I must say, you're quite famous here." She said with that same smile on her face.

"Oh, what can I say? Trouble is attracted to me." I said, still fake smiling.

"I saw." She said, smiling.

I looked at Mr. Frost. "I uh, thank you so much for this. I really do appreciate this."

He smiled. "It's okay, it's the least I can do after you scored me that deal. That was great and you impressed me with that, I knew I could count on you. And when Raven explained everything to me, I knew I made the right choice." When he mentioned her name, my smile twitched a bit and I looked down and back at him. "This is the least I could do and I got you the best there is out there."

I smiled. "Thank you."

He nodded. "Excuse me," he stood up and walked away.

"Trouble with the daughter?" Diana asked.

I looked up at her. "What? No." I said and relaxed my back on my chair to stay calm cause I mean, she's a re-

"You're lying." She stated.

I blinked. "I'm sorry, what?"

"Your smile twitched when he mentioned her name, you looked away because memories reappeared in your head. You blinked twice and replied to me when I asked which meant you were shocked I figured it out and then lied. You relaxed your back to keep a posture cause you're worried I would figure out you're lying, which I did." She said all at once and took a sip of water from her glass.

I stared at her in shock, my mouth slightly opened as she spoke the truth! She was really as good as Mr. Frost said, I didn't even know I had blinked twice until she mentioned it. Damn, Diana was good.

"Wow," I breathed. "Okay that's just showing off."

She smirked.

"A good kind. I need to learn that, I need to learn everything."

She cocked her head to the side. "You will. But so you know, I'm not gonna go easy on you just because you're a teenager. I'll treat you like my intern and I'll go hard on you because I'm not a goody two shoes."

"She's right." Mr. Frost said and sat back on his chair. "She's strict. She's not gonna go easy on you so don't expect her to chitchat with you and tell you you'd go slow before going hard."

I grimaced.

He has no idea how sexual that sounds.

"I understand." I nodded. "I don't look forward to an easy session either."

"I'm not gonna be an angel, Dylan." She said with a straight face, I turned my gaze to her and flashed her one of my wicked smiles.

"Me neither."

Mr. Frost let out a short hoarse laugh. "Oh, this should be fun."

Author's Note.

Okay then, this is the second chapter. It's long enough but not as long as the previous chapter.

Now, I must tell you all that the fun days are over and now we're back in Eastwood. And we all know what Eastwood is!

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