"Hey." I say to my best friend Ally , sitting adjacent to me in the cream painted cafeteria. 

"Hey, Gemma. What's up?" She asks pursing her lips.

"Just came from social studies, Mr Joseph is not happy with me." I say , widening my eyes.

"How could he be happy with you, you attended every class yet when it comes submitting assignments,  you're the last person. Even I submitted that assignment. " She says then grabs a slice of pizza ,to stifle the laughter that's brewing inside her in reply to the face I'm making.

As we continues chewing her laugh down , we hear even louder laughs booming from the back of the cafeteria.  It's the football team .

We all know what that means .

Soon enough a shadow is towering over me and then slide onto the seat next Ally.

"Hey baby." Alison says to her boyfriend,  Colt .

"Apple pie." He replies , bitting her nose . I watch the two literally eating each other's faces . I loudly gag.

"Oh hey , Gemima." Colt says to me. A tight lip forms on my lip.

"Colt." I say nodding to him. And he smiles back.

"Tell Gemma that she needs to get a boyfriend ." Ally mocks .

"Yea Gemma , unless you enjoy watching us." He says , smooching Alison's face .

"Wouldn't anyone enjoy watching us?" She asks biting his nose again.

"Nobody would enjoy watching that." I stand , laughing a bit when they both burst out laughing.

"I'm gonna head to the bathroom." I mumble to my self .

Ever been through the pain of being the one friend who is not dating? Yep , that's me . Since freshman year high school , I have never had a boyfriend . And now? I'm doing my sophomore year in the West Virginia University.

The school is great , and I'm majoring in interior design. Both my parents live in Charlotte,  North Carolina. And they own coffee shops around the United States. The biggest and most mordern being the one in New York,  courtesy of me : the interior designer.

I hit a big all of something . And when I finally look up,  I'm met with a broad chest .

"What are you staring at that is more important than where you're going?" He asks .

I tilt my head a little higher , and am met with a very handsome young man. A lite stubble under his chin and a little over his neck. And ocean blue eyes.

His hair is brown and messy. He looks like he's just woken up , his features are very angry and his lips are just to die for.

"Are you done staring creepo?" He says.

I look at him , and something about him pisses me off .

"I was thinking about some stuff , and if you saw me not looking my way , you could have avoided bumping into me like the rest of the people here. And I am not a creepo. " I say then push past him.

When I look back , he's staring at me in interest , what a creep . And he had the gut to call me a creep.

In the bathroom , I find a couple of girls dabbing make up on their faces , and it makes me question whether I'm supposed to be dabbing some on me too.

It's not that I'm giving in to peer pressure , I just wonder if I'm teenaging correctly , if you get me.

I've had a few slip ups like everyone . Snuck alcohol in school. A few puffs of weed . And so forth , but I never attempted the whole make up thing.

Mostly because it's time consuming and it takes a lot to maintain it , like I have the time .

I wash my hands and stalk out of the bathroom.

Im not the stereotypical popular girl,  but I do have some connections . Like a few guys from the football club .

"Hey , Gemma." Tyler yells from behind me , then he pushes his feet to catch up with me.

"Hey shawty . What you planning on doing tonight?" He asks , while pushing a hair off my face.

"Was going to study , but now I'm really interested,  what do you have in store for me?" I ask , he smiles .

His face is clearly saying , that's my girl.

"Theres a party at Marcello's parent's condo down town , anyone is free to join in , the whole school is coming.  So I just wanted to give you an invite ." He says , slinging his hand over my shoulders. 

We walk back into the cafeteria. 

"I'd love to come , you'll  pick me up at seven at my dorm right?" I ask , and he nods frantically before joining his friends again.

As soon as I take my eyes off Ty's retreating back , I'm met with the angry eyes from earlier. 

He just stares at me , he doesnt wave me over or anything . The table he's sitting on is directly behind the one Ally is sitting on .

Which gives him direct and open view to me as I walk over to the table .

I watch as he just looks at me , nothing changing about the way he's angry staring at me .

"Hey , did you notice that theres a guy that's killing you with his eyes?" Asks Allison when I finally sit next to her. Colt is long gone.

"Thought I was the only one seeing it.  I dont even know how to react to all of this. " I say to her and she laughs .

"You dont have to react to someone who's angry staring you. Just feed their anger by ignoring the stares , that way itd be easier . Anyway . Did you hear about the party at Marcello's ?" She asks , smile bright as the ones we see on toothpaste advertisements.

"Yea , Tyler just told me." I say to her . And I swear to God she just squealed and squeezed my arm.

"I'm wearing my white dream , you wear your black one . Then we'll indirectly match." She says .

I bite my tongue,  because I know I'm about to ask her what the hell is wrong with her and all this happiness.

It is offensive right?

To ask someone whose dating why they're so happy,  what if she starts telling me about her bedroom affairs?

The rest of the day fly by like a blur . Soon I find myself in the shared dorm room of Ally and I.

She's currently going on about the stuff she wants to do with Colt tonight . And I swear to God, I dont want to know girl.

"... so this dress , is short but not too short . So he has access to the cookie but when we're dancing , it looks appropriate." She says .

I gag , and once again she laughs.

We head out and find Tyler waiting on us . Tyler is that one friend that is always on time .

"Hey Ty." Both of us say.

"Hey ladies . Looking good Ally." He says and opens the right backdoor of his classic BMW. 

"Looking gorgeous Gemima." He says opening the left .

The drive there is fulm of excitement because we're all anticipating this fancy party that's at a condo that's bigger that the school's dormitory.

And true to the words , the house is gigantic . It is the only one you find around this area .

From what I see when we park the car near the forest , the back side opens up to a large pool,  which almost looks like a lake.

Rich.

Ally and I jump out of the car and she quickly finds Colt .

I'm left wondering what I would've been doing had I not chosen to come here .

I walk into the house when the cold air starts biting into my exposed skin.

The house redefines the word beautiful , it's a modern white Victorian style house.  With touches of gold , copper and black around .

It looks marvelous , I'm not sure what space I'm standing at but it looks like one of those places you'd have a ball on the house.

My curiosity gets the best of me when I see the curved stairs that continue for three more floors higher .

After climbing up the first floor , I can tell this is the guest bedroom isle,  from the loud moaning that's coming from almost every door .

The packed bodies from downstairs look like ants , especially from the purple light that's illuminating in the room.

The second floor is empty and quiet , I walk down the narrow and dark hallway .

A deep "hey" makes me jump literally four feet high.  I swear I just peed my dress.

I turn to see the ocean eyes and messy brown hair. And this time, those eyes aren't angry. 

They're not even a drop of angry.

"What's your name ?" Is what choose to come out of my mouth .

"Jeremy . Jeremy Goldberg. You?" He replies with the most polite smile I've ever seen.

What the fuck?

"I'm,  Gemima Summer." I say , feeling extremely wary of his behavior .

"You're really pretty Gemima Summer . Really , really,  really pretty. " He says with a smile .

Okay hold on, is this the same guy that stared at me as if he wants to gut me down and suck my organs from my lips?

I smile and nod .

Author's note.

Hello everyone . This is my new project and I really hope that yoh guys enjoy it . Thank you for supporting Fate Has Other Plans,  and I hope you support shattered the same way. Much love , author .🥰

Nic275 😻❤