Chapter 22: Chapter 22: How dare you fantasise about my mother?!

    (Last Chapter for this week. See you guys Monday!)

    -3rd Person POV-

    Highschool. Cafeteria.

    Abby was sitting alone as usual, eating a sandwich that her mother had packed for her. While sitting, she browsed through the IT world news using her Iphone. It was then Haley approached her.

    "Hey. Can I sit here?" Haley asked as she stood anxiously in front of the circular table.

    Abby didn''t have the best reputation in school – not because she''s a goth girl, but on the first day in school, she smacked a boy with a food tray in the face as he insulted her mother. After that, no one dared to mess with Abby.

    Abby raised her head to glance at Haley and said with indifference, "Sure. Just sit. It''s not like I own the table."

    Abby had never known who Haley was in the two months she had transferred to the school, nor did she bothered to get to know anyone here. She would leave soon anyway, so why bother to make friends here.

    Haley sat down and stared at Abby, wondering why she didn''t start the conversation. She had never started a conversation on her own before. People usually start the conversation for her as she was pretty. Using a plastic fork, Haley tried to eat the food she bought from the cafeteria, but her eyes couldn''t move away from Abby.

    Abby felt that someone was staring at her as she continued reading the news. She raised her head up the second time, and saw Haley was looking weirdly at her.

    "What''s the matter doe eyes?" Abby asked as if she was talking to a little girl.

    "Y-You...don''t know who I am?" Haley asked while feeling extremely shocked inside.

    "Are you...somebody important that has or would have a direct impact in human''s lives while you''re living?" Abby asked sarcastically.

    Haley however, didn''t catch a word of what Abby had just said. "I''m...Haley. You know, the one who..."

    "The one who makes her boyfriend attack an innocent boy. I know you now." Abby said in excitement as she thought Haley was going to pick a fight with her.

    "I didn''t make Dylan do anything!" Haley said desperately. "I told him to call me if something happened, but he didn''t even try to do that."

    Abby was a bit surprised as the petite girl started to vent at her.

    "Wait- How did you two meet again?" Abby asked as she realised that she didn''t know the whole story of what happened between Haley and Edward.

    "He''s close to my dad and my brother Luke, so my brother Luke stole a cake from his house...Wait, I need to tell you about the dinner...No, the fight with the band...and then..." Haley told Abby everything in a rapid fire sentence.

    Although Abby was flustered, she managed to capture everything Haley had said even though she basically didn''t stop talking for about 5 minutes.

    "So this morning, I texted him again..But he didn''t reply. When Dylan come to school, I-"

    "Haley. Wait." Abby said while holding her hurting head. "Let me understand it first. So Edward had come to your house to welcome your uncle''s baby, and your boyfriend attacked him for that? Is he an idiot?" Abby asked.

    "He is." Suddenly, Tara – Haley''s best friend joined in at the seat without even asking Abby''s permission. "There''s no doubt Dylan is an idiot. So... I got some new... news. First, Edward didn''t break Dylan''s nose, Brian did."

    "WHAT!?" Haley exclaimed in a high pitched voice. Abby was confused when her lonely lunch time changed into a hot topic tv show, but she was too curious about Edward to stop listening to the popular girls.

    "Yeah. I heard it from Madelyn. Brian was the one that started to fight with Edward. But he was beaten badly by him, causing Dylan to interfere. And then, Brian accidentally punched Dylan''s nose while Dylan was holding Edward still."

    Abby whistled as she was impressed by Edward''s feats. "So how did Eddy get injured?" Abby asked.

    "So listen to this. Edward turned after knocking both Dylan and Brian to the ground, and he stepped on a rake. The stick was smacked to his face, causing him to fall to his knees. One of the neighbours'' kids saw the fight and I got the news from him." Tara explained while holding back her laugh.

    She was one of the rare few kids in the school that decided to investigate something before she succumbed to rumours, making her one of the most trusted gossip sources in the school. On another note, she was also a journalist for the school newspaper.

    "Ahh that''s why he didn''t tell me about it." Abby mumbled and took out her phone. She smiled mischievously and sent a text to Edward asking him how the rake tasted.

    Edward replied, "Like a 70''s cartoon with ambiguous sexual connotations and racist jokes." Abby laughed out loud to the reply, causing the two girls who sat with her to tilt their head in confusion.

    "So anyway, how long have you two been dating?" Tara asked as she tilted her body forward toward Abby. Abby smiled and got her face closer to Tara. She then whispered, "None of your beeswax."

    Haley was curious about how similar Abby and Edward were. She wanted to ask Abby whether she knew that Edward was gay, or hinted at it, but as Tara was around, she didn''t bring up the subject.

    Tara wasn''t angry at all and she said playfully, "Come on. I told you about the rake. Do you know how hard it is for me to get that info?"

    "Have you guys kissed yet? Is he a good kisser? Does he play his songs for you? Has he entered your room?" Tara asked rapid fire questions, similar to how Haley talked non-stop before, causing Abby to get another headache.

    "Yes. Yes. Yes. and Yes."

    *CRACK*

    Abby heard a cracking sound, but she didn''t know where. She ignored the sound and turned to the expression of the girls in front of her. One was frozen, while the other one was extremely excited as she got to hear some awesome news.

    Abby lied as she wanted to play around a little while longer – while simultaneously making trouble for Edward, as she understood that Haley had something inside her chest for that dear friend of hers. She could guess what Haley was feeling as Haley could barely smile when she heard the answer to Tara''s questions.

    The school bell rang, and Abby stood up slowly from her seat while smiling softly, "It''s been awful talking to you ladies. May we never speak again."

    Haley and Tara were stunned by Abby''s words. They couldn''t help but watch Abby''s back as she walked seductively toward her next class.

    "She''s...so cool." Tara muttered. Haley was shocked by her friend''s words and said, "What are you talking about?!"

    Tara turned to Haley and said, "By the way, do you have a crush on Edward?"

    "..." Haley was speechless at the question. She asked in concern, "Have you gone crazy today?" Haley then noticed that her fork had been broken. ''When did this happen?'' She thought as she held the broken fork.

    ...

    "He has like a blind confidence in my family. I don''t know why." Alex said in confusion. "Even I don''t even trust my family, and he could do it so easily."

    "At the very least, my mom''s critical point of view could help Edward when he trusts the wrong person in the business." Alex exposed her plans and why she wanted Claire to take the job.

    "There is no way mom is just going to be working at home." Alex said confidently. "One way or another, she would try to grasp the entire business to try and control it too."

    [Commentary ends.]

    -Edward POV-

    After I had finished showering and cleaning myself up, I changed into a simple grey t-shirt with a V-type neck and matching it with a pair of jeans.

    I checked my phone and saw text messages from Haley. She had texted me when I was fixing the car, so I didn''t have time to reply to her messages yet.

    Right now, she was bombarding my messages with random emojis and curse words as I didn''t reply to her messages for so long.

    Edward: ''Sup.

    Haley: That''s it? You ignored me for an entire day, and all you can say is ''Sup?

    Edward: ''Sup...Haley?

    I teased her with my text messages as I walked to Abby''s house.

    Haley: Forget it. Are you okay? Did you really take a rake to the face?

    Edward: I won''t answer that. Try again.

    Haley: Are you really dating Abby?

    Edward: For now.

    [Haley''s commentary]

    "What does FOR NOW even mean?! Is he thinking of breaking up with her? Or..." Haley said in frustration, and then continued with a whisper, "...Abby knew he is gay, and was helping him get out of the mess I created."

    She ruined her own hair in frustration. "ARGHH! Why the hell did these things happen!?"

    [Commentary ends]

    Haley: Anyway, I''m sorry.

    Edward: For what? You''re not the one trying to punch me.

    Haley: Yeah, but I caused it.

    Edward: Nah, you don''t have any blame in this. This is just the boys being stupid. Also, they couldn''t touch me even if they tried again the second or third time, so don''t worry about it.

    I tried to comfort Haley as the incident really wasn''t her fault. Brian''s pent up resentment toward me was only looking for an excuse to explode. It would have happened whether or not she had posted the picture.

    Haley: Why don''t you come to my house? Dad is looking for you. He wants to go to your house, but mom won''t let him.

    Edward: I''m actually outside right now. I''m having dinner with Abby. Tell him I''ll come by tomorrow.

    Haley didn''t reply for a while, so I put the phone back into my pocket as I arrived at Abby''s house. After dinner with her mother– which was horrible by the way, Abby invited me to her room.

    "Did you bring your laptop?" The makeupless Abby asked. She had to take a shower as I had ruined her makeup before.

    Her room was filled with heavy metal posters and I could see the strap of her bra being wedged in her closet door, so I knew she had just cleaned the room before inviting me in. We sat on her bed and opened up each of our laptops.

    "Yeah. You want to see the website right?" I said to her as I showed the website to her. The future forensic scientist was a genius in computers too and she had created a few programs of her own.

    "Wait? You really created this? But how?" Abby asked in a cute shocked face as she read the codes I had created.

    "Trade secret." I said teasingly.

    Abby sulked and tried to comprehend the codes all on her own, but she gave up after 20 minutes.

    "Teach me!" Abby closed face near me and tried to intimidate me to teach her about the codes. The smell of her shampoo entered my nose, and her eyes locked with mine.

    "I won''t~" I said in a teasing manner, causing Abby to fall into a deep thought.

    "If you teach me, I will let you...touch my boobs once." Abby said, trying to look calm even though she was blushing hard.

    "Eh?" My brain short-circuited after hearing what she said.

    "What? You like boobs right? I saw the way you looked at my mom''s!" Abby said.

    "Yeah. Your mom''s boobs, not your boob." I teased again. For her to offer something like that made me feel bad that I kept teasing her. "Anyway, don''t worry, I''ll teach you-"

    Abby was agitated when she heard about her mom''s again. She grabbed me and put me into a headlock, with my cheek against her boobs.

    "Don''t talk about my mother like that!" Abby said, trying to punish me for my transgression.

    "Didn''t you hear what I said? I will teach you! Stop this!" I said hurriedly. Even if I was an adult before, my body right now was an easily excitable teenager. If she prolonged this punishment, my body would react.

    "Really?!" Abby widened her eyes in excitement, she pushed her body onto mine changing the headlock into a hug. The push caused both of us to fall on the bed with her body on top of mine.

    Our faces inches away from one another. I could feel her hot breath and unusually fast heart beat as our bodies were pressed together.