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"I hate you. I hate you. I hate you," I repeatedly said to Lillie the whole time she was driving us to O'Charley's. We were already here, though.

A matter of fact, Roman and the Usos – along with Jon's real wife, Naomi – had rode with us here. Now, altogether, we sat around the table like some good old friends. I just currently hate my best friend, Lillie, that's all.

Every time I say that I have to go the bathroom, she has to go with me and hold my hand like a child. It's only because she thinks I'm going to leave without them before Seth makes it here. I think that I do honestly hate her now. Officially. It's set in stone, people!

I sat there, using the metal fork they provided to toss around the little bowl of salad that I ordered until the rest of the guys get here.

Lillie was talking her little lips off with Roman Reigns (Joe) and the Usos (Jon and Josh) about something. I didn't know because I wasn't paying attention. I was currently too pissed off to do anything, other than breathe fire.

"How you doin'?!" I heard a familiar voice say and I perked up, seeing Enzo and Cass making their way towards the table along with another person trotting behind them.

I stiffened in my chair, but kept a positive smile on my face. "Hey, Enzo! Here, take the empty seat next to Lillie," I said to him and he did, no questions asked. Lillie fell silent as she turned her head away from him, scratching the back of her head awkwardly. "I'm glad you guys could take it!"

"Glad we could, too," Enzo acknowledged, placing his arm over the back of Lillie's chair – in which her back stiffened up to. He nudged her and she glared at him, nervously. "How's the food, darlin'?"

I blushed at that for them and turned my attention to the third-party of Enzo and Cass' group. Dammit. It's Seth. Fuck.

"Hey, Seth!" Lillie suddenly shot up from her seat and waved frantically. She yelled at him like he was on the other side of the room and his face showed it. "Take the empty seat next to Ellie!"

I bit down hard on my bottom lip to avoid cursing her the fuck out right now. I guess that was just our way of mentally breaking each other down to a low ass level. I want to take the fork I currently have in my hand and jab myself in the eye in it. That would give me an excuse to get the hell out of this place.

Surprisingly enough, Seth took the empty seat next to me and happily sat down. However, something about him made me look twice. I don't know why I didn't notice this before, but it's only because I really tried to avoid eye contact with him then.

He had his dark hair pulled back in a small ponytail and even went as far as wearing a pure black tux, which included the tie as well. Damn... I mean, what the hell? Shut up, inner thoughts!

"So, is this everyone?" Cass asked aloud, deeply. He could whisper and it might still be loud as hell.

"I believe so," Lillie smiled, not realizing how Enzo is staring at her at the moment. It's like he's undressing her with his eyes. Damn. "A big old happy family!"

"Take off the happy part and it'll make more sense that way," grunted Seth, which made everyone look directly at him. Including myself, but I hadn't stopped yet. "What?"

"Nothing," Lillie coughed out, trying to resolve the problem early. "I'll get the waiter over here and we'll order. Waiter!"

At that, a pretty and young (and blonde) waitress ran up to Lillie's side with a pleasant smile and her notepad ready to go. "Hey there, guys. I'm Holly and I will be your waitress this evening. How may I help you?"

"Hello, Holly," Lillie smiled in return, raising her menu in the palm of her hands. "We're ready to order, ma'am."

"Cool! Well, is this altogether or separate?" Holly firstly asked, just to get it out of the way.

"She and I are together, and—"

I was suddenly interrupted by Seth saying while pointing to me and Lillie: "I'll pay for these two, beautiful."

What the fuck?! First, he interrupts me. Second, he claims he's taking care of both mine and Lillie's bill. Thirdly, he calls the fucking teenage waitress beautiful!

"No way!" I claimed with a huff. "I've got it covered. Thank you very much."

"Alright, well, how should I—?"

"No, no, no," Enzo, then, spoke up, cutting off Holly. "I'll pay for Lillie since she's my... date. Of course, and Cass over there, too."

"I am?!" Lillie squealed, but had to cover her mouth to contain herself.

"Okay, so, um...," Holly coughed out, awkwardly. Poor thing was so damn confused as her eyes swift back and forth to each person talking. "Can I just know if this is together or separate? If it's not together, can I know who is?"

Roman suddenly slammed his fists down on the table and said aloud: "I'm paying for everyone! Alright? No exceptions! Now, can we order?"

Holly smiled with a frantic nod of the head, apparently very happy. "Yes, sir! Now, what can I get you guys to eat?"

One by one, Holly got everyone's order – with drinks for those that didn't have any just yet – and when she got to Seth, he made sure to check her out and she blushed in return. When she hurried away to the kitchen, he made sure to make it obvious he was watching her.

Asshole. Pervert. She's, like, 19, dude, and you're in your fucking late twenties to early thirties now... Right?! Fuck!

I must had been deadly staring at him because he was giving me the same look, just to get his point across. He muttered out, "What?"

"She's a fucking teenager," I pointed out, honestly feeling sorry for the girl. "This could've been her first day, too, and you made her nearly have a panic attack when you said that you would pay for us. Then, you all wanted to go back and forth on who pays for who. Just to make things worse, you watched her shake her little ass for you because she doesn't know that you're an asshole."

He raised his eyebrows and puckered his lips together. "Wow, that's new," he huffed, placing both of his hands on his knees.

"What's new? Your attitude? It's certainly not," I growled, making a point.

"No, just how jealous you are, that's all," he suddenly said, which nearly threw me completely out of my seat. I could've slapped him right now. That cocky son-of-a-bitch.

"Jealous?!" I bellowed, which earned a look from everyone at my table to turned directly towards me in question and confusion. "I'm not jealous! I'm concerned that little girl is going to come back here with her number on the ticket for you."

"Wow, jumping to conclusions already?" He didn't stop there. No, of course he didn't. He had to add insult to injury. "What's next? You going to say when we're getting married and having kids? Oh, good one, Ellie!"

I threw my arms over my chest and breathed deeply, probably adding some flames this time. "I don't think marriage or even kids are to be considered at this point because her dad is probably your age."

This time, he nearly fell out of his seat in disbelief. However, he managed to chuckle like it was a joke. "Wow, Ellie, how old do you think I am? I'm not forty fucking years old, y'know. I'm thirty, damn."

Whoa, only a year older than me. "Nicely done. You can remember your age," I smugly smirked, feeling satisfied that I believe I have won this battle. The war, not so much.

"Would you two stop fighting for five damn minutes?!" Lillie sudden outburst scared both Seth and myself into silence, especially when she slammed her fists on the table like Roman had done only minutes before. "I swear to God if you two get us kicked out of this place, I'm kicking both of your asses!"

"Ooh, I love a woman who can fight and defend herself," Enzo said, which surprised everyone at the table – especially Lillie, herself. He didn't say anything else, just smiled and winked flirtatiously.

Those two will be the ones happily married with kids of their own... Just watch!

Seth and I, even though we were sitting next to one another, weren't facing each other. It was like we had went our separate ways. He was talking to Roman and the Usos while I just sat there, occasionally glancing at Lillie and Enzo being cute.

Our food got to the table and halfway through my meal, my phone started to vibrate in my front pocket. I pulled out my iPhone 6+ and seen a text from an unknown number. There was a number, but I just didn't recognize it, that's all.

After a moment of thinking about it, I realized just who it belonged to and he was sitting right next to me...

I hope that I didn't hurt your feelings THAT badly... 👌🏻

• Yes, it's me! I didn't update last night because when my head hit the pillow... I was OUT! Also, guys, I have a confession to make... I think there may be a ghost, spirit, or some kind of guardian angel in my house – specifically, in my room. And before I go deeper in the story, rumor has it that my workplace is haunted, just saying, and I've been up in the room where the sounds have come from. However, it's been a month or so since then. So, the other night, around 11-something at night, I had the TV on (but on a commercial) and was about to go to sleep – as in, turn on my fan and turn off the TV. My cat, Mochey, was laying next to me. Well, I slightly turned over to take off my glasses and sit them on the side-table when I suddenly sneezed LOUD (cuz when I sneeze, it's a close-call to death) and I could have fucking sworn I heard a woman – like she was standing right next to me – say, "Bless you!" I checked the current commercial that was on and those words never came up. Nevertheless, I shrugged it off cuz I know that it's the best thing to do in this situation (thanks to "Ghost Adventures" and random ghost stories I have read). I told some of my friends bout it and they said that it could be my guardian angel. Well... Last night (after I took my shower, apparently) and I started to smell something very unusual in my room. Usually, my room smells so plain cuz I don't wear perfume for it to fill the room up with the scent. Nevertheless, I started to smell this scent like an old woman was there. Y'know what I mean, right? Everyone knows that old women (especially them) has this old smell, y'know? I thought, for a split second, it could've been me since I just got out the shower or whatever. I smelled my hair, blankets, cat (😂), and so forth like that — and it didn't belong to me or my items. I shook it out and went to bed. Nothing happened this morning and I know that I'll be fine, either way, especially if it's my guardian angel. But... WHO is it, doe??? 😧 All the love .xx •