❖ Anthony Gordon ❖
6:00 pm.
Alex and Anthony decided to have some bro time, so they went to the park and played basketball.
Every time they play, memories always crash into Anthony's mind.
Like before when he wasn't dating Heidi. He remembers those times that Alex and him would stay after school and play almost till night.
He was really close to Alex and still is, but now he really doesn't stay after school because he spends time with Heidi too.
He really wasn't planning on dating anymore senior year.
But things (Heidi) happened.
When he first saw Heidi his first thought was that she's beautiful.
And even though he had barley seen her, he wanted to be with her.
Every time he would see her in the hallways or in class he would get nervous and still does. He hated when Heidi talked with Alex, he thought they liked each other.
But no they're just friends.
He wanted to talk to her but he didn't know if she even liked him.
He wanted to ask but of course that would've been weird, asking her "Hey do you like me?."
Yeah...No-that's just- No.
He wanted to prove if Heidi liked him.
But he didn't know how.
Only one idea popped into his head.
Him being with another girl.
Usually sometimes that really works.
He started to look for a random girl.
And he found Joe.
He was only dating Joe to see if Heidi would get jealous.
Then he would see if she liked him too.
His relationship with Joe was um...fake for him.
He didn't even like her a bit.
But when Heidi saw them together he could see the sadness in her eyes he felt bad but he didn't know what to do.
Instead of getting jealous she got upset. She felt disappointed.
She was confused.
All her feelings were mixed.
She needed to stay away from everyone she wanted to figure things out.
That's why she didn't want to talk to anyone.
Because when someone hurts you, betrays you or even worse, breaks your heart, you just want to be alone and think about things.
Not even think because what they do or did to you, keeps repeating in your head, and doesn't leave you alone, it's like a movie playing all over again..none stopping.
And all the pain gets even worse and you don't know what to do.
You may have someone to talk to but that ain't going to work.
All you need to do is be alone and relax yourself.
Never NEVER make decisions when you're mad or when you're sad.
Because sometimes we can make the wrong decisions.
He didn't know what to do.
He felt really bad.
He just wanted to run and hold her, to tell her that everything was a lie and that he didn't even like her at all, that he only has feelings for her and that he wanted her not Joe.
But he couldn't.
He was afraid, she would get mad at him.
Joe was always texting him.
Let's go to the mall.
Let's go out for dinner.
Let's hangout.
Hey let's go here, there, over there.
She was FUCKEN ANNOYING.
She didn't even ask him, if he wanted to go.
HE DOESN'T WANNA GO WITH YOU.
He's just using you.
Yeah that's exactly what he was actually doing with her.
He wanted to at least get someone nice.
But no she only wanted his money.
I know that he buys Heidi anything but goddamn girl.
Heidi only gets like a pair of shoes not the whole damn store.
He didn't want to be with her, he felt bad for her, but at the same time he didn't.
He didn't want to be with her instead of holding her hand he wanted to hold Heidi's hand.
"I don't deserve her, I hurt her" he thought the first day when he was holding Joe's hand.
He regretted dating Joe.
His thoughts get interrupted by a ringtone.
He stares at Alex.
"Dude they are calling you." Alex smiles.
"What?" He doesn't know what's going on.
"Your phone was ringi-" he gets cutoff by the phone ringing.
Jacobs name is on the screen.
"Hello" Anthony answers.
"Anthony" Jacob pauses "We have a problem."
A problem?....
"What problem?" He asks.
"I need you here ASAP." He says
"What? Why? What happened?" Anthony starts to worry "Are you Okay?"
"Yes, Yes I'm okay." Jacob replies and Anthony sighs in relief.
Right now Jacob is the only one at the shop.
Anthony left Jacob in charge of everything.
Anthony knows more about cars than Jacob.
But Anthony still trusts his brother.
Right now he just leaves him in charge of everything, since he's leaving with Heidi, he wants to leave the shop for his brother.
He hired 3 more guys so Jacob isn't the only one doing all the work.
"Can you please just come over" he says "like right now."
"Okay I'll be right there." He hanged up.
"Is everything okay?" Alex asked
"No Jacob said he needs me at the shop like right now and it's important, I guess something bad happened." Anthony says.
He said bye to Alex and apologizes, but Alex understood that it was something important, and he just told him to inform him if something bad happened.
It only took him 15 minutes to get there.
Thank god there was no traffic.
He ran to his office and opened the door without knocking.
Jacob was sitting behind his desk.
He had a lot of papers all over the desk.
He jumped to his feet the second Anthony went in the room.
"Look I don't know how this happened but it just did, I don't even know how or who did it or maybe it's just a mistake and everything's alright and maybe we can solve this and I di-" Jacob was talking so fast that Anthony didn't understand a word.
"JACOB relax bro I can't understand anything, can you please just calm down and tell me what happened!?" Anthony was nervous and worried, he didn't know what was going on and Jacob wasn't explaining himself.
In minutes Jacob was a bit more calm already.
"I need to know what happened?" Anthony asks.
"I'm sorry" Jacob apologizes but Anthony just didn't understand.
"Sorry?, For what?"
"Your bank account....is empty." He says
The room goes silent for some seconds and Anthony spoke.
"This better be a fucking joke Jacob" he yells and runs to the computer.
He checks his account.
And he could not believe what his eyes were looking at.
$0.00
All his money was gone.
His account is empty.
He was saving that money for the apartment in California, to buy things that Heidi and him were going to be needing, that money was for them, to start their life in California and now all that money was gone.
It took him lots of months to have all that money and just by seconds it was all gone.
"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?" Anthony yells at him.
"BITCH what makes you think that it was my fault" Jacob replies.
"You are the one who's fucken in charge of everything."
Anthony grabs all the papers on the desk and reads through them.
"Why the fuck did you sign this? THIS IS NOT EVEN A CONTRACT." Anthony throws the papers at Jacob.
"But don't you worry Bro it's not your fault." Anthony sarcastically says.
"Why the fuck did you sign this? WHY?, Did you even read it?" Anthony asks, but Jacob just clears his throat and stares at him.
"You didn't read it! what the fuck is wrong with you?"
"Well I was in a hurry and he had already explained everything to me, so I thought that there was no point in reading it if it was just going to say the exact same thing." He explains.
"Oh really in a hurry...does it look like I care, that doesn't give you the damn permission to fucken sign whatever they fucken put in front of your face."
He ran a hand through his hair.
"Now someone has all the money that I've been saving for months THANKS TO YOU" He yells
"Just keep in mind that I am the one working my ass off to keep your shop running."
"Oh yeah well guess what, you ain't going to have to work your ass off anymore MOTHERFUCKER" he yells
"YOU. ARE. FIRED."
"You can't fire me." He yells back
"I already did." He pauses "Get Out!"
"Make me."
Just in seconds Jacob went flying across the room."
"I said get the fuck out of here motherfucker" Anthony yells.
"Bitch hit me one more time" Jacob yells at him.
"Really you are calling me a bitch? Bitch that slut whore girlfriend of yours."
"Now that's a bitch, trying to get at me, what the fuck was her problem man, I'm your brother."
"WHAT? You are fucken lying, Jenna would never do that to me." Jacob yells
"You're just fucken pissed, because I lost your goddamn money"
"I'm not. Go ask her and get the hell out of here." They stare at each other for a few seconds and then Jacob makes his way out.
Right now the only thing he had in mind was Heidi.
He needs to tell her about Jacob's girlfriend before he tells her.
And since he's pissed he will make up a fake story.
He runs to his car and leaves Carlos in charge.
Carlos is one of the guys that works for Anthony.
He drove to Heidi's house and knocked on the door.
He waited for 15 minutes and nobody answered.
He knocks again and waits.
He turns around and makes hi-.
"Anthony!" They say.
Anthony turns around.
It's Heidi.
He walks towards her and see's that her hair is wet.
She was taking a shower that's why she didn't answer the door.
"What are you doing here?" She yawns.
"What time is it?"
It's 8:30 already.
The time went by flying.
That's why she's sleepy.
All the fighting with Jacob took time.
"I'm sorry babe, did I wake you up? Or were you taking a shower?" He asks.
"I was taking a shower but I'm kinda tired." She chuckles
"So...umm...what are you doing here?" she asks.
'Should I, should I not.' He thought
"Umm..well I need to talk to you, about something" Anthony replies.
"Oh um-" she moves to the side and lets him in.
They go to her room and sit.
"I'm listening." Heidi says.
"Um..I know that maybe you're gonna get mad after I tell you this and I know that I was supposed to tell you this before because I know that it's important and if I didn't tell you before was because I knew that it was never going to happen again and it didn't. I was going to tell you but I couldn't find the right mome-"
"ANTHONY!" Heidi yells, "Just tell me, what you have to tell me." They stare at each other for some seconds.
He can see in her eyes that she is getting a bit annoyed already.
'I think it's a bad idea, but I have to.'
It was silent for a while, before he spoke up.
"I'm sorry babe."
"Sorry for what? Anthony" she says frustrated that he doesn't say anything, but sorry.
'She said my name two times already. I deserve it, I deserve it for not telling her.' He thought.
"The other night that I dropped you off here I went back to my house, right
When I got there Jacob's girlfriend was there. She spent the night there and well I don't know, at sometime during the night I was on my computer and she came into my room she said that she got lost."
-Flashback-
Anthony was sitting on the bed with his computer.
He was working on some thing for his shop.
He works during the day when he's with Heidi he works at night, well only sometimes when they don't have sleepovers.
He wasn't doing anything though, he was kinda imagining his future with Heidi.
He thought it was weird, but hey! Come on, sometimes everyone imagines their future with their boy or girlfriend even if they know that maybe they are not going to last forever.
He was imagining how his kids would look like.
If they would look like their mother or him.
He was imagining a little family with Heidi.
Of course because he was with her.
But the voice of someone interrupted his thoughts.
He turned around to find Jenna.
Jenna's Jacob's girlfriend as you already know.
She has short black hair with green eyes She is a bit shorter then Heidi.
And she has that kinda slutty/ mean look.
She was just standing right there staring at him like...stupid.
"Can I help you?" He asked her wondering what in the hell she was doing inside his room.
And who does she think she is to interrupt his thoughts.
"Sorry I got lost." She said with that..smile of hers.
"How?"- Anthony made a weird face
"It's no mansion. And how was it that you ended up in my room?"
"I couldn't sleep so I went down to get some water-" he cuts her off.
"And you didn't get lost on your way down? Mhm interesting." Anthony said.
She took a step forward and Anthony spoke.
"You know my brothers room is like right in front of mine, If you were wondering." He said but she just kept smiling.
She walked towards the bed, moved his computer out of the way and sat in front of him.
"Can you please get out." He said.
And yet she didn't listen.
She stared at her hand before placing it on top of his.
He moved as fast as he could and said "Are you deaf? I said get out."
She still didn't listen.
She was bearly going to run her finger tips through his arm but he grabbed her hand and threw it at her.
He got off of the bed as fast as he could and said, "I said get the hell out of my room" he began "before I call my brother."
"Feisty much?" She chuckled.
"Nah I just don't like being around Mhm....what's it that they are called?...oh...right, SLUT'S." He said.
Anthony doesn't like her at all, ever since Jacob started to date her, she would always look at him weirdly and smiled, he knew what she was trying to do.
After what was said, she had nothing to say. She cleared her throat and got off of the bed.
She walked towards him and stood in front of him.
"You'll regret rejecting me." She whispered to him.
He looked her into her eyes and smiled.
"You wish." He laughed.
She walked out of the room and he closed the door.
"Asshole" she whispered.
He sighed 'Bitch' He thought, but said nothing.
He went back and shook off his bed.
'Just in case she left any of her sluttyness or else it's going to give me the allergies' He thought.
Sluttyness?...that's not a word, is it?
He laid down and thought
'Should I tell him or not?'
'Should I tell her or not?'
- End of Flashback. -
She looks down at her hands and doesn't know what to say.
The room stays silent for a bit and he spoke up.
"B-Babe...I understand if you don't want to talk to me, but I promise you, with all my heart that I've never never never never never cheated on you. I never have and I never will. And I understand that you're mad. And....and I- I love you."
He got off the bed and made his way towards the door.
'Say something please' He thought.
He was about to open the door when Heidi spoke up.
"Where are you going?" She sighs "I never kicked you out."
He turns around.
"Um..oh" he replies.
But he was happy she spoke up before he walked out.
"I trust you don't I?" She says.
"I'm sorry, I just thought that you needed sometime or something." He says.
"Well I don't need time" she sighs "I need food, that's what I really need" she says.
He chuckles and walks towards her.
He kneels in front of her and grabs her hands.
"I'm sorry babe, I'm really sorry." He says making eye contact.
"There is nothing to be sorry about" she began "Thank you for telling me."
"I'm sorry for not telling you before" he sighs not breaking eye contact.
"It's okay." She began and placed a hand on his cheek, "at least you told me." She smiles and he smiles back.
"I already knew Jenna and I didn't like her when Jacob introduced her to me, I didn't even know why he did it. It's not like I cared, and she didn't like me either I could tell, but I didn't care. I just ignored her, it's not like I wanted to be friends with her." She paused, "fucken hoe." She turned around and whispered.
He chuckles.
"You heard?" She asks.
"Yeah, and I didn't know you knew her." He sighs
"Well yeah I knew her and thank you for calling her a slut because she deserves it and because she is."
They both chuckle.
"Thank you." He whispers.
"For what?" She asks
"For not getting mad at me and for trusting me." He grabs her hands and kisses them.
"Always." She says
"I love you so much babe" He says getting up and placing a kiss on her forehead.
"I love you too." She replies
He was about to say something but he remembered that she wanted food.
"Do you still want food?" He asks and she chuckles.
"Yes" she blushes.
He chuckles and grabs her hands and pulls her up.
He cups her face and kisses her.
She kisses him back as they hold together really tight.
As soon as they pull away he asks her.
"Do you wanna go somewhere?"
"Can we go to McDonald's?" She smiles
"Of course we can" he smiles back.
They went to McDonald's and got food, they took it home.
When they got home they sat in the living room and turned the tv on, they watched a movie on Netflix and ate.
The clock read
10:30
Anthony and Heidi were laying down on her couch hugging each other.
Her parents got home and went to sleep.
"Babe?" Anthony wonders if Heidi's asleep.
He removes her hair away from her face, she opens her eyes and looks up at him.
She gives him a smile and yawns.
"Babe...I have to tell you something else" he says.
Heidi raises her eyebrows and says, "What is it?"
"I don't have money." He said waiting for her reaction but she didn't understand.
"What do you mean you don't have money?" She says.
"My bank account is empty." He pauses
"The only money I have is the one I have in my wallet right now."
"Why?" She asked still not understanding how he lost all his money.
"It was all thanks to Jacob." He says
He started to explain everything to her and why he told her about Jenna and that he fired Jacob.
"My god he's so so SO STUPID." Heidi angrily says.
Anthony chuckles, "I know right." He agrees.
"What are you going to do now that you fired him?" She asks
"Well I haven't thought about it, so..I don't know." He sighs
"I'm going to talk to my parents first and then I'll see what I'm going to do."
She nods and smiles at him.
He smiles back and stares at her.
Their eyes meet and the room stayed silent.
She gets closer and kisses him, he kisses her back and holds her tightly.
They pull apart and she gets off the couch.
She disappears into the kitchen and comes back minutes later with a box of cookies.
"Sorry, but I'm hungry again" she giggles like a little girl.
He chuckles and holds out a hand for her.
She takes his hand and pulls her towards him.
He sits her down on his lap and kisses her.
"Can I have a cookie?" He smiles.
"Of course you can." She smiles back and opens the box.
They ate the cookies and Anthony said bye to Heidi he left home thinking that maybe his parents would be a sleep already since it was 12 already.
But no they were waiting for him in the kitchen.
He pretends to not see them and walks up the stairs.
"Anthony" his parents yell in unison.
He turns around and enters the kitchen. The room stays silent before he spoke up.
He faces his dad "Father" he sighs
"Mother." Then his mom.
"Can you explain to me why you're brother has a black eye" Sarah says.
"Because I punched him" Anthony replies like nothing.
"Oh really?" Mark says sarcastically.
"Yup, now if you'll excuse me, I have to go to bed. I have work tomorrow." He turns around.
"You are not going anywhere." Mark says.
"Why are you acting like this?" Sarah asks.
"Acting like WHAT? LIKE THIS? I DON'T FUCKEN KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU ASK YOUR STUPID SON OF A BITCH SON." He yells
"ANTHONY, stop yelling at us" Sarah says with watery eyes.
"I'm sorry mom I'm not yelling a-" Jacob cuts him off.
"So you're whispering?" Jacob says.
"WHO THE FUCK IS TALKING TO YOU?" Anthony yells at him.
"Anthony please" Sarah begs holding his hand.
"I lost all my money mom all the money that I was saving for Heidi and I, now I have nothing, thanks to this fucker." He says
"Anthony I need you to tell me everything that happened back at the shop." Sarah says not letting go of his hands.
They sat at the table.
Anthony started to explain everything to them.
Sometimes Jacob interrupted by saying "That's not true" or "he's lying".
But his father would shut him up.
They yelled at each other.
After Anthony told them everything that happened at the shop and with Heidi.
He told them about Heidi too because they asked were he was at that time.
"I can't believe that Jenna did that" his mom says.
"He's lying mom don't believe in him she would never do that to me." Jacob says
"You don't fucking believe me then fucken ask her." Anthony yells at him.
They both stand up at the same time and go around the table till they are face to face.
"It was probably you the one who seduced her." Jacob said
"What makes you think that I seduced her if I don't stand being around S..L..U.. T..S." Anthony spells out for him.
As soon as he finished what he said Jacob slams his fist at Anthony's face, he catches his balance so he doesn't fall to the floor.
Their mother screams and their father went and grabbed Anthony because he knew that he was going to fight back.
"YEAH RIGHT, YOU JUST WANTED TO FUCK HER." Jacob yells at him.
Mark was holding Anthony as tight as he could but Anthony is stronger than his father so he let him go, so he went straight to punch Jacob's face.
He fell to the floor and Sarah started to yell even more.
"Stop please stop." She yells over and over.
"What about your girlf-" Jacob tried to say something but Anthony lands another punch on his face.
Jacob tries to get up but Anthony keeps on punching him.
"Don't you fucken dare talk about her" he throws another punch.
Jacob punches him back but Anthony keeps on punching him.
"She has nothing to do with this." Anthony says as their dad separates them.
"Really? I think she's just like every other girl." Jacob says with his face all bloody.
But this time it wasn't Anthony who hit him but his mom.
She slapped him.
"Don't you dare talk about her like that. She's not like Jenna and any other girl, because she's a woman."
She sighs.
"We didn't raise you like this, act like what you are, a man, you are not a kid anymore." At the end Sarah was in tears.
Sarah walked up the stairs and went to her room.
"What in hell is going on with you Jacob?" Mark asked.
"Your mother could get sick."
"You're the oldest one you're supposed to be the example for your bother and sister."
"Act like a man just like your mom told you."
"You may not be a baby but you're acting like one."
He sighs.
"And don't you ever, ever talk about Heidi."
"She's nothing like your girlfriend Jacob, she's not."
"I am so disappointed in you." He sighs "I just can't believe you, how dare you defend her after knowing what she did."
"You put her over your brother, your own blood"
"How could you?" He leaves to the room too.
Anthony and him glare at each other for a second.
Anthony turns around and gets out of the house.
'Should I call Heidi?, no she's probably asleep already.' He thought.
He drove to a hotel near the house and stayed there for the night.