Chapter 20

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"Hey." I said, catching up to the girls.

"Did you see the new guy?" Jodee asked.

"What?" I asked.

"Did you see the new guy?" Britney repeated.

"No." I said, furrowing my eyebrows. "Do I need to beat someone?"

"No, big brother." They said, in a chorus.

"Can you come into your sister role for some minutes and fangirl with us?" Jenna said, looking at me with a bored expression.

"No. I don't want to fangirl over a boy who is-" I stopped and bit my tongue, just in time.

"What? Who is not Zacky?" Kate smirked.

"Ooohh. Zacky you're so handsome." Britney said, making kissing noises.

"Noo. Zacky you're so hot." Jenna said, as she pretended to swoon.

"Stop it." I grumbled, waving them off.

"Aww.... Are you blushing?" Jodee said. "Need us to call your dear future husband?"

"Shut up." I said, not looking at any of them and trying to walk away, but stopped dead in my tracks.

"Good Morning, Girls." I heard Zack's voice.

I turned around sharply. Without a word, I grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the girls, before they embarrass me.

"Woah. What happened? No good morning kisses? Not even a hug?" He teased.

"No. Shut up." I said. I turned towards my locker, but came face to face with someone. Zack pulled me back, before I could collide with the guy.

"Be careful, Nerdy." He said. I was just about to say 'Aww' but Trucker ruined it, like every other time.

"I did the mistake of colliding with you. And here we are." He said, smirking.

I narrowed my eyes.

"Uhh.. Can I have some help?" The guy asked. I looked at him, properly.

Tall, badass looking guy. Muscular and fit. Great fashion sense and a bad boy attitude.

So he's the new guy. No wonder people are swooning over him.

But Zack is wayyyyyy hotter. No questions asked. No doubts.

"Yeah?" Zack asked.

"I'm new and don't know the way around here." He said.

"Well. I'll ask someone to show you around. We have to go right now." Zack said, putting his arm around my waist.

"I'd appreciate it, if you will." He said, looking at me. I furrowed my eyebrows.

Why?

A few seconds of silence later, I nodded.
"Okay." I said.

What could go wrong in helping him?

And we showed him around. He was nice, but I don't like the way he looks at me. So I kept close to Zack. Maybe he sensed it too, because he never let me out of his touch for even a second.

He told us his name was Ben.

Our first class was together. I kept to myself, Max was sitting beside me. After some time, I started feeling a little uneasy.

I looked around to find Ben looking at me. Staring, to be exact. I furrowed my eyebrows.

'Why is he so weird?'

He smirked and my eyes widened.

'Suspicious B-word alert!'

'This guy looks like bad news to me.'

After class, I was walking to my locker. Zack was telling me something, but I zoned out.

My eyes landed on familiar blonde hair. Ben slid a piece of paper in my locker. His back was turned towards me. He looked back at me, smirked, then put his index finger to his lips, gesturing me to stay silent and walked away.

Dramatic much!?

I looked at Zack, who didn't notice it.

"I need to get something. You go ahead, I'll be there in a second." I said, as we came closer to the locker.

"No. I'd wait." He said, leaning against the lockers and getting his phone out. I opened my locker and immediately put the paper in my pocket.

"Let's go." I said, slamming the locker shut.

I swear if that new guy is up to something.

"Is it just me or am I getting bad vibes from that Ben guy?" Zack said.

"It's not just you." I mumbled.

"Stay away from him. If he asks for help or anything, call me, okay?" He said, pulling me to his side while I nodded.

"What took you two so long?" Max smirked.

"Nothing." I grumbled, shoving him a little. I went to sit with Zack. The other seat beside me was empty, because the older brothers were not here yet.

"Did you guys meet Ben?" I heard Jenna say. My head shot up and when I looked at her, she was sitting beside him.

Just then, the older brothers came to sit with us at lunch. Asher sat down beside me.

Their eyes fell on Ben and they glared at him, as expected.

"Come here, Jenna." Luciano said, pointing to the chair beside him, while glaring at her.

"No. I'm fine here." Jenna scowled at him.

"You're not. Get over there." Damon gritted, nodding his head towards that spot.

"Can you guys stop being so bossy? He's new and he's our friend now." Britney said, annoyed.

"You don't even know him for a day and you're already sitting so close to him, much less be friends with him."

That wasn't any of the brothers.

I was shocked to find myself saying that.

"Exactly." James agreed.

Jenna huffed and got up, as Nathan went to sit where she was sitting, so now Ben was sitting between Max and Nathan.

"Don't worry. They're just overprotective." Jodee told Ben, who chuckled and shook his head.

They need to stay away from him.

"What happened to you today?" Asher asked me.

"Why?" I asked, looking at him, confused.

"Normally you would defend them and ship them." He shrugged.

"I don't know." I shrugged. "Just my overprotective side showing, I guess."

He scoffed.
"Yeah, Right."

"Thank you for showing me the way around here." Ben said, looking at me. I slipped my hand into Zack's hand, unknowingly.

"You should thank Zack. He was the one who told you everything." I said, smiling at him. A fake smile.

"Yeah. Thanks Zack."

"So all of them are your brothers and cousins?" He asked me.

"No. Everyone except Max, Kate and Zack are my brothers and sisters. Max and Kate are my best friends. Zack is my boyfriend." I said, putting emphasis on 'boyfriend'.

"Oh Okay." He nodded, looking at everyone, like he was trying to remember them.

"So, you may as well stay away from her. Zack here has to pass through twenty five of us to even meet her." Ryder exaggerated. "The same goes for those four, including Kate."

Ben chuckled and nodded.

During Lunch, I looked at Ben, now and then.

What does he want from me? This guy just came out of nowhere, to creep me out and make me uncomfortable, then throw papers inside my locker?

I fiddled with Mom's ring that was hung around my neck. I lost it some days ago, so now Elonzo bought me a gold chain to hang it around my neck. Apparently, It's more likely to get lost if I keep it in my pocket all the time.

Lunch was uncomfortable. I just kept pulling Zack towards me, all the time.

I don't know why I was acting like a baby, but I was getting a very bad feeling. I felt vulnerable. I don't know where my sarcasm and badass attitude vanished suddenly.

So, Zack practically kept me tucked under his arm, while using one hand to eat, drink or use his phone. And I don't know why I found that hot!

After Lunch, I excused myself to go to the restroom and locked it. I got the paper out of my pocket and unfolded it.

'Meet me at the back, after school.'

What?

Why does he think I'll follow that?

Clenching my fist, I glared at the locked door.

Do I look that dumb?

'Honestly Yes.' The voice mocked.

'This is a serious situation and you just made it less serious.' I retorted in my head.

I walked towards the lockers and went to Ben's locker, I know from the morning.

'No.' I wrote at the back of the paper and threw it in his locker.

Mothertrucker really thinks I'd do that.

The rest of the day was fine, until I saw Ben coming towards me. Zack wasn't with me.

He simply put his hand forward for me to shake, another piece of paper in his hand. I put my hands in my pockets and stared at him, with a bored expression.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"We can go talk somewhere more private." He said and by his tone, I knew he meant business.

"No. Stop bothering me." I said, simply and turned around walking away.

"Where's Jenna?" He said, stopping me in my tracks.

"What?" I asked, turning around.

"Why don't you call her and see if she responds?" He said, smirking.

My eyes went wide as scenarios ran through my mind.
I got my phone out and called her. It went into voicemail.

"I don't believe you." I said, before trying to go to class to check.

"Don't check on her. You'll take too much time and we lose patience quickly."

"We?" I asked.

"Me and my partners. Shall we?" He asked, pointing towards an empty corridor.

I nodded and walked behind him.

He walked into a classroom and waited for me to enter.

"I wanted you since I first saw you. I spread the rumour." He whispered. "Now I can do whatever I want."

Not again.

I stopped dead in my tracks.

"I'm not going into that room with you, alone." I stated firmly.

He rolled his eyes and walked towards me. The hallway was empty.

"First off, I'm not just a new student. I'm here for a purpose, that I have to fulfil, for the sake of blood and family." He started.

Okay?

"So, I want you to meet me at the back, as I said." He said. "Or else."

"Or else what?" I scowled at him.

"Well. We have some information here." He said, showing me some text messages on his phone.

'Explosives successfully planted on..'
There were six vehicle numbers after that.

"These are the vehicles owned by your Dad and Grandpa's cars, two of your brother's car, one motorbike and the hacker's motorbike." He said, making my eyes widen with realization.

Elonzo and Will's Car. Luciano and Leo's bike.

"We've been planning this for a long time." He said. "I will tell you the rest when you meet me."

"My brothers will get suspicious." I smirked. "If I'm late after school ends."

"Then, meet me during the last lecture. I know, none of your siblings are in that class." He smirked back and walked away, leaving me absolutely torn.

How do I believe he really did plant explosives in their cars?

But I can't take a risk. They're my family. I can't put Grandpa's life at stake, or Dad's, or my brother's.

Poop!

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