I untangled myself from Corey as he pulled me to the Janitor's closet, closing the door behind him. It was pretty dark there and judging from my agreed of horror movies, I held on to the edge of Corey's shirt.

"What are we doing here?" I whispered, not really knowing why.

"What do students do here?" He asked and I could imagine him raising an eyebrow. My cheeks tinted pink as I thought of the indecent things students did in here.

"I don't know, make out or other stuff" I shrugged. I felt his gaze on me and I looked at him.

"Exactly" He said and my eyes widened. What?

"What? I'm not making out with you Corey! Why would you think of doing such a thing? It's disgusting! Ew! Oh my gosh, I can't believe-"

"Calm your tits grumpy pants, I'm not making out with you. Unless you want me to...." He trailed off teasingly and I hit him lightly. "Ow!" He groaned and I smiled to myself.

"That's what you get for being naughty!" I hissed and heard something move in the corner. I froze, freezing was an understatement to what happened to me. It was like my breathing stopped and my heart was pumping so hard I felt like it would burst out any minute and my fingers were shaking. Holy freaking mother of kangaroos!! I'm about to be eaten by a ghost!!

"Hey, are you okay? Are you cold?" Corey asked and I think he could see that my gaze was fixed in the direction of the noise. "Oh, that was probably a rat" he said and it calmed me down a teeny weeny bit. I mean you couldn't blame me, seeing is believing so how would I believe it's a rat if I haven't seen the rat.

I heard the sound of something metal falling down, causing a loud reverberation. That made all hope that it was a rat disappear into the thin air.

"That's wasn't a rat Corey. Let's leave this place! What if it's a ghost or a monster Or.." My eyes widened further "Or Anabelle!! Holy freaking mangoes of Alaska!!!! What if it is???? Corey!!! Say something!!! Oh my Gosh!!! I'm freaking out !!! Calm down Strawberry, calm the hell down....wait!!! What if it's a zombie??? And it turn s us into zombies too!!! Or a vampire!!! Vampires like the dark cause it's currently sunny outside!!! Oh my gosh!! oh my freaking gosh!!! Oh my-"

"Can't you just shut up for a second!! Oh my gosh, you talk so much. I wish your mouth had a zip" he muttered the last part but I heard. I was about to hit him again when we heard a a squeaking sound and a white rat hurried past us. My cheeks flamed up in embarrassment. I can't believe I freaked out over a rat..

"Shut up!" I said when I saw Corey giving me the 'I told you' look. I rolled my eyes andet go of his shirt only for me to feel him throw his arm over my shoulder and pressed me to his side.

"Are you okay? Let me see, did you get any bruises? How could you be so clumsy?" He said searching my face and whole body. I raised an eyebrow in confusion. Bruise? Clumsy? Those words don't go in the same sentence as me.

"What's re you talking about?" I asked in confusion and he sighed.

"You tripped and you were crying really bad" he said and my mouth formed an 'O' shape in remembrance. "You were lying, weren't you?"

"No! No! I wasn't lying! I actually tripped!" I said and bent down a little to clutch my angle for effect. "see?It hurts" I said, faking a cringe.

He narrowed his eyes at me as his lips pressed in a straight line "Okay, can you walk with it?" He said and I pouted, limping in one leg so that that he would believe that I can't walk.

"I don't think I can" I muttered, pouting more. He sighed and crouched down in front of me.

"Hop on. I'm taking you home" he said and I frowned at the thought of going home. My sister would be home. I climbed in his back and he stood up as he walked out of the Janitor's closet. We were greeted with a thousand pair of eyes. My gaze fell to the ground immediately and my cheeks warmed up.

"Sorry guys, I won't be able to the stunt today. My..."he trailed off.

"We are not friends" I whispered in his ear and I saw him roll his eyes at me

"My girl is not okay, so I have to take her home. I hope you understand" he said with a smirk and left, leaving people whispering and taking pictures of us while my mouth hung open in disbelief.

"Did you just call me your girl?" I asked in disbelief and surprise, stretching my neck so I could see his expression. As expected, he was smirking.

"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't" He shrugged and opened the door of the front seat. I got down from his back and into the front seat as he closed the door. He walked to the other side and got in the driver's seat.

"I'm not your girl! As a matter of fact, I'm not anyone's girl. I don't belong to anyone." I stated with confidence, chin up. He looked at me and shook his head, letting out a chuckle.

"You're so childish sometimes that I start to think they put you in this class by mistake" he said with an amusing smile. I gasped loudly and hit his arm, making him grunt. "Now, you're harassing me!" He whined.

"Idiot" I muttered and looked outside the window, with my arms folded over my chest as I thought how being home with my sister will be. I don't want to see her. "Take me to your place, please" I said without shifting my gaze form the window.

"Is everything okay?" He asked with worry in his tone. Who am I kidding? Worry? No one worries about Strawberry Dave. No one. She doesn't need anyone to worry about her because she's used to being alone.

"Yeah" I muttered and he left the parking lot and got on the road. A lot was on my mind especially what my dad said over the phone. I'm sure the principal must be thinking that we are a fucked up family. "I'm sorry for causing all these, I didn't mean to" I blurted out still facing the window.

"Ah, I thought the whole ride would be silent and boring but you finally talked" he joked and I looked at him to notice a small smile on his face.

"Why are you doing all this? Was this a date or something?" I asked, with my gaze fixed on him. His eyes were on the road and his smile faltered for a second.

"Because" he said and I expected him to continue but that was it. He didn't say another word.

"Because what?" I asked confused. He chuckled and glanced at me before facing the road again. "I'm serious" I whined.

"Fine, fine. Because I need to teach you how to live life before it ends" he said and I rolled my eyes.

"I know how to live life! I don't need your help!" I defended and he scoffed.

"Sure, I totally believe you" he said sarcastically and I glared at him. "what? Your schedule has nothing fun! When you repeat the same thing everyday, it gets boring but when you try out new things, it makes life worth living! There are some people out there that have lived like you and are regretting it because they never jumped from an airplane or gone horse riding or ice fishing or desert camping" he smiled and looked at me. My mouth was curled into a frown.

"I can't do all these things you mentioned. If I do them, there won't be time to study so why waste time on theses things when I should be on my way to being successful?" I asked rhetorically. He sighed deeply.

"Bill Gates never went to school, Mark Zuckerberg never went to school, Sheldon Adelson, Larry Ellison, Thomas Peterffy and many more successful people never completed college and are so damn successful. My point is not that you should drop out of school but study and have fun alongside it. Think about that" He said and I bit my lower lip in thought. I mean he was right.

"Only roughly six percent of people made it after dropping out of college" I stated and he rolled his eyes at me.

"Geez, how much have you read? I never even knew that and whether you argue with me or not, you're going with me this weekend" he finalised and I breathed out a sigh.

"Bossy pants" I muttered.

"I heard that"he sang and I let out a small smile. "Ahh, finally, I made you smile" he said after glancing at me and my cheeks flushed as I looked back to the window. "Are you blushing, Dave?" He smirked and I jabbed his abdomen lightly as he groaned.

"I wasn't blushing you idiot" I defended.

"Sure....." He dragged and I rolled my eyes at him. "We're here!!" He sang and we entered a compound as a large house came into view. Not larger than mine but it was still large though. My eyes ran over the building as Corey parked.

We both got down and a little girl came running towards us. Her pigtails bounced as she ran and jumped on Corey who has his arms wide open with a grin. He lifted the little girl up and gave her a hug. A giddy smile spread on my face at the site. It was just so cute.

"Coweyyy!!! Stop!!" She giggled as Corey began to tickle her. "Coweyyy!!!" She laughed again showing her one cheek dimple. She had brown hair and grey eyes, she was like a carbon copy of Corey, just the female version.

"Okay, I'll stop if you give me one of the candies with you" Corey grinned and she smiled thoughtfully.

"No! I don't share my candies!" She pouted and I grinned immediately. Thai girl and I were definitely gonna get along. Corey pouted and faked a frown as she sat on is arm.

"But I'm your friend!" Corey whined and I rolled my eyes, still smiling.

"I might think about it" she stuck out her tongue cutely and noticed me beside Corey. "Cowey, is this your girlfwend?" She asked, titling her head to the side and my face turned a light pink after her question.

"No, Ana and you're four, you should say things like that!" He scolded her and she pouted. "Don't pout like that, okay, I'm sorry for scolding you" Corey sighed and I chuckled.

"Hi! I'm Ana. What is your name?" Ana asked looking at me with her bright grey eyes, twirling her brown pigtails.

"My name is Strawberry" I smiled at her and she frowned in confusion.

"Is that your weal name?" She asked and I chuckled. She can't pronounce the letter R so it makes her cuter!

"Yes" I answered and a grin spread on her face.

"That is so cool! I love stwawberries! And you're pwetty" she perked up, excitedly.

"Thank you! You're prettier!" I blushed.

"I know" she winked at me and struggled off her brother's arms and reached for my hand. I raised an eyebrow at her in amusement because of her reply. I guess cockiness runs in the family then.

She dragged me inside as I tried to keep up with her tiny steps. She was wearing a pink dress with white polka dots. I glanced at Corey and he was looking at the two of us with a grin. She dragged me into their house as I removed my shoes at the entrance, Corey followed behind us.

"Let me show you my doll! Her name is Annabelle!"She beamed and came to a halt as well got to the front of a door. Did she just say Annabelle? Oh my God.....

She opened it and from the design, it was obvious that it belonged to a four year old. A doll with the same pigtails as her sat on her Mickey mouse printed bedsheet. "This is Annabelle" she grinned, lifting up the doll as I froze.

"Wow...Nice to meet you Anabelle"I said nervously, trying not to jump out of the window and run for my dear life. She giggled and sat on her bed.

"We bought her two days ago! Isn't she cute!" She asked excitedly. I faked a smile because I wasn't a fan of folks and nodded.

"Who have you the idea of the name anyway?" I asked out of curiosity because only a few people knew of my fears of horror movies.

"Cowey!" She smiled. That idiot!

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10/10/2020