I Still Hate You

26

Veronica

I stare down at the list of names on the paper and tap my pen on my paper.

"Hey beautiful"

I look up and Allen walks in putting down his soccer bag, I smile and he grabs a towel.

"I would come to hug you but I am sweaty" He chuckles

I giggle and he walks over to me, he leans down and I peck his lips and he looks down at the notebook.

"Whats this?" He asks

"These are all the people I remember meeting as a kid, they were friends with my parents so I am guessing some of the know"

"Hey I remember him, Kaden West"

"Same, I need to find a way to contact him"

"I'm going to take a shower, I will help you when I'm out"

"Yeah, get your stink ass away from me" I say and throw a pillow at him.

"Oh shut up, do you want me to stay," He says and pushes against me and I hit him

"Go take a shower," I say giggling

"Do you wanna take one with me?" He asks wiggling his eyebrows.

"In your dreams" I scoff

"How did you know?" He asks with a grin and sends me a wink

I shake my head laughing and look back down at the list.

I open my laptop and search him on every social media site, I find him on facebook and smile, his work number is listed and I write it down.

I pull out my phone and dial the number.

Ring

Ring

Ri-

"This is Kaden"

"Hey, uh Kaden West?"

"This is him, can I help you?"

"Its Veronica, Veronica Smith"

The line goes silent and I furrow my eyebrows

"Your alive, I knew it! Oh my god, do you remember me?"

"Yeah, I remember you, you taught me how to shoot a gun and were always at family dinners"

"Where are you? We need you, you are heir, wait why did you call me?"

"I was told what I was by my own stepbrother, who is currently out to kill me, and he is third in command of the South Side figured that out at the ball"

"How did you get into the Ball?"

"Oh Austin King..."

"You have ties with him?" He says shocked

"Look, we need to speak in person, I want to take over what was my parents before Jeremy kills me and ruins the family"

"Yeah, I will text you everything, my real phone number is ***-***-****"

"Okay, I will text you later on tonight"

"Okay, bye Ronnie"

I hang up and smile, I remember Kaden, like a second father to me.

Allen comes out in basketball shorts and his tan bare chest on show.

He comes over to me as his wet hair falls in his face.

He grabs my hands and pulls me up, I wrap my arms around him.

"Catch me," I say and jump, his hands grip my thighs, I kiss him and he kisses me back, he pushes me gently against the wall.