HAUNTED
୨⎯ chapter three ⎯୧

Bianca has always been turning heads.

ever since she started her 'bloom' as susannah likes to call it at the age of thirteen, heads been turn. bianca notices but she never really gives them their attention or cares about the heads that turns. luckily for her she doesn't have to worry with dealing with whoever goes further than turn heads because she has her boys. leo, conrad, jeremiah and steven. they quartet always made sure that no one touched bianca or even talked to bianca.

but when bianca wanted to start having a boyfriend it become hard due to the four boys. she loved the fact that she had her personal guards just in case anything ever did end up happening to her, they were right there for the rescue. but she hates when she talks to a boy that genuinely wants to get to know her and suddenly the four boys are there ripping them apart.

it's happened so many times that bianca had to start secretly meet the boys. even when it isn't summer and bianca talks to someone at her school somehow the boys always get involved. it's mostly leo and conrad that will rip the boys apart because they still see bianca as their little sister. jeremiah sometimes gives her advice about boys. steven doesn't say anything and sometimes even has a stone cold look on his face which bianca has never understood why.

so it didn't surprise when bianca entered the bonfire and there were multiple boys that turned their head over to her. some of the boys were waiting for bianca probably since last summer where it was the summer that bianca hardly ever went out but messed around with boys to deal with her own emotions. it isn't healthy, she sees that now and cringes at herself.

what did surprised her was when there were eyes on belly. bianca smirked at herself and then smirked at belly who become insecure and hid behind bianca. "come on, bells. just be yourself, stand tall, walk like you own this beach and the boys will kiss the ground you walk." bianca whispered to her.

"easy for you to say, it comes naturally to you." belly grumbled and bianca laughed. "bianca im serious. how am i supposed to- oh god there's so many eyes."

"yo gas station girl!" a boy called from their right jogging up to them.

"if he's a creep give me the signal and we'll go." bianca said to belly quickly. when the boys started inviting belly and bianca to these things - which was hardly ever - they made a signal in case if any one of them, the girls mainly, were with any creeps. they would whistle a tune of the song that their moms would sing them. then they would all know and rush to where they hear the sound.

"okay, okay, just don't be so far away." belly said making bianca nod her head.

bianca expected their fun to last longer than 10 minutes. the second that bianca walked deeper inside of the beach she got spotted by conrad. "bianca what the fuck are you doing here and why the fuck do you have a beer?" leo asked watching as bianca grabbed a beer and changed it down. "bianca." leo stood up from the floor and snatched it away from her.

"what! let me fucking live, damn." bianca snapped grabbing her beer. the entire beach then went silent confusing bianca. leo pointed over to the bonfire where conrad and belly were. "shit. let's go."

leo grabbed bianca's arm and dragged her over to the others. belly and conrad had just finished having a small argument and jeremiah came running towards them. "belly, bianca! you made it! we can hang out now!" he said making leo and steven scoff.

"bianca is going home." leo said.

"i'm about to take her home." steven said and jeremiah let out a small what. "yeah, we're leaving. are you kidding me?"

"let me go asshole." bianca said pushing leo away and taking her arm away from his hold. bianca then glared over at steven who wasn't meeting her eye and looking directly at belly. everything inside of him telling to look anywhere else but bianca. "we're not leaving. why can't we have fun, huh?"

"yeah, steven. chill out. go hang out with shayla or something." jeremiah said, "and leo go back to sucking faces with sofia."

shayla? bianca thought. she looked from jeremiah over to steven and then the girl that was besides steven and telling him to go. she was swearing a pink flower summer dress. she is pretty. and steven was with her. while bianca's eyes were on shayla, stevens eyes gazed down on bianca. bianca felt his gaze and looked up at him.

for some reason it felt like her heart was being held by someone and squeezed. she felt her heart being squeezed even more when shayla put a hand on stevens arm and pulled him. and steven followed her never giving bianca another look feeling himself be drawn to her even more.

"give the signal if anything alright." leo said and sighed deeply before taking out his jacket. "and wear this." he draped it over her shoulder and jogged away back to the girl.

"bianca." conrad called out to her. bianca glanced down at him, took off the jacket and stormed off. "bianca!" he called out but bianca walked far away them wanting to get the feeling of her heart being squeezed away.

the feeling was stupid. the reason why she was feeling was stupid. she shouldn't be feeling like this when her and steven aren't even anything. when this feeling she has for steven shouldn't even be a thing because it could break their family up. she shouldn't be jealous that steven has found someone for him. maybe she's the right one. the one. fuck.

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"skinny dipping?" bianca slurred out giggling out her response and throwing her arm up in the air that held the beer. multiple boys around her cheered and started racing to the ocean stripping out of their clothes waiting for bianca to join. "yeah! wait, wait, wait, conrad? conrad!"

when bianca dizzily turned around she saw that conrad was too busy pushing someone to the ground. "yes conrad! pu-push him! slap him! whoo!" bianca shouted walking zig zag over to conrad who punched the other boy. "oh shit. that's cool!"

the fight was cut off when the siren of the police was heard causing everyone to run away from the cops. "i can't feel my legs." bianca slurred out dropping to her ground and hugging her legs. "i think i'm going to throw up."

"oh god, you take care of her i'll take care of him." jeremiah said to steven who groaned. leo went to go and grab belly take her to the jeep. jeremiah ran over to conrad and pulled him away while steven kneeled down in a hurry.

"bee, can you stand up?" steven asked. his voice made her head perk up and smile widely.

"steven? is that you?" bianca whispered reaching her hand up and sliding it down his face. steven hummed in amusement. "oh it's you. where's your girlfriend?" she snarled closing her eyes and taking her hand away from him.

"girlfriend?" steven asked making bianca of her head. "oh shayla?" steven almsot laughed when bianca rolled her eyes and let out a hiccup. "she's not my girlfriend." bianca pretend like she didn't care but she was drunk and she showed her emotions. steven grinned when bianca's eyes widen and a small grin appeared on her lips. "maybe."

"i don't want you. you can go away," bianca hiccuped, standing up. when she stood up she spread out her arms and legs feeling like she was about her fall. steven held his arms out just in case as well. "i don't need your help."

"right. walk without calling, bee." steven said crossing his arms over his chest. bianca huffed. in her mind she was walking perfect in a straight line and was doing no wrong, for steven, she was on the ground with her third step. "shit bianca!"

the next events bianca doesn't really know what happened. all she knows is that she passed out when steven carried her and then suddenly she woke up sitting on the chair of the house next to conrad. she was wearing sunglasses and had leo's jacket over her body.

belly was hiding in the corner and the three boys were standing up. "bucket." that's all bianca said while laurel was talking with the cops. steven grabbed the nearest bucket and gave it to bianca to puked inside of it. steven grabbed her hair and pulled it back letting her puke without having it in her hair. almost everyone was too intoxicated to even care about his actions.

"how can you guys be so irresponsible?" laurel snapped at them the second that the cops went out of the door.

"too loud." bianca grumbled putting down the bucket and hunching over over legs.

"mom, it's not a big deal. seriously the cops were just looking to break the bonfire." steven said standing up from his kneeling position and walking over to his mom.

"not a big deal?" laurel scoffed.

"yes."

"i would say getting picked up by the cops for underage drinking is a pretty big deal. and how can any of you let her get this drunk." laurel said pointing over to bianca who kept on groaning that her throat, stomach and head was hurting but no one was really paying attention. conrad lazily put a hand on her back and rubbed it up and down in a soothing matter.

steven suddenly started sniffing after smelling after oddly familiar. "wait," he chuckled, "we're you guys smoking tonight?"

"what?" laurel asked, "keep your voice down susannah is asleep on the couch."

"well i wasn't yelling you were-"

"just so you know, i didn't drink tonight i was the dd." jeremiah said cutting off steven. laurel gave him a look before shifting her eyes over to conrad.

"you're the oldest what had gotten into you? and when did you and bianca leave the house without telling anybody? and what in the world are you wearing? why the hell is bianca so drunk." bianca groaned at this and dropped to the floor after hunching over to far. "someone take her to bed. ill talk to her tomorrow."

"come on, bee." steven whispered walking over to bianca and picking her up from the ground. "let's go, bee." bianca whined wrapping her arms around steven and sighing deeply into his neck. laurel frowned her eyebrows at the way that steven was so gentle with her and the way that bianca immediately knew who it was and wrapped herself around him.

conrad, leo, and jeremiah all gave each other a look while belly smiled softly to herself.

"stevie, i'm tired." bianca whispered in his eyes as he carried her upstairs to her room.

"i know." steven said kicking her door open.

"no, i'm tired. i'm tired." bianca whimpered tighten her hold around him. when steven settled her down on her bed bianca didn't let him go. she shook her head and steven chuckled when the girl got clingy on him.

"bee, if one of the moms or anyone catch me here i'm dead." steven chuckled rubbing his hand up and down her back but bianca shook her head.

"stay with me. i don't want to be alone." bianca whispered slowly breaking her arms away from him and settling down to her bed.

"but belly-"

"please." she whispered scooting to the side leaving him a spot to get in. steven whispered something underneath his breath, took off his shoes and jacket, and got inside of her bed. steven pulled the blanket over them and made sure that bianca was tucked in. bianca sighed deeply and scooted closer to steven.

the eighteen year old stiffened up as bianca wrapped her arm around his torso and buried her head onto his neck. having her here made him nervous, but having her this close... he was scared that bianca would be able to hear his heart pounding. then again bianca would most likely not remember this tomorrow and regret it.

he hopes she doesn't regret it.

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it's not that easy...
come on now.