19: Caramelized Onions

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Chapter 19: Caramelized Onions

Okay I was definitely not falling for him. Then why were you spending hours in front of the mirror making yourself look good?

That's right. I had to come down to this. For Leo Arsen. Before I used to go out looking like Edward Scissorhands and it didn't matter to me, but nowadays I put too much time in my appearance.

I was brushing my hair after waking up in the morning and it was a weekend. I never do that. I just let my hair be. Frustrated I brushed my hair to the side and went out to grab some breakfast.

I could smell the eggs and bacon in the air, upon entering the kitchen I was greeted by Leo who was expertly flipping pancakes- queue the warm fuzzy feeling in my chest.

"Good morning princess", he greeted me while he plated up the food on a dish. Needless to say I was really hungry and I couldn't wait to have breakfast.

Sadly, he just bought a plate for him and started eating by himself. I eyed his plate which contained, bacon, omelet and sausages with toast. The plate looked absolutely delectable, "Umm... where is mine?"

"I didn't make one for you", he continued to gulp down everything on his plate. This guy had quite a healthy appetite.

"What? Why?" I asked getting irritated by him.

"Well I just didn't feel like it", he said nonchalantly.

"Jerk", I muttered under my breath and headed to the kitchen cupboard to grab some cereal.

"We ran out of cheerios. You can have oats".

"How? I thought we had enough to last us for at least a day", I hated oats, in fact I wasn't a big fan of anything other than cheerios and rice krispies.

"We had a bit of cheerios left but I finished it this morning. I needed some energy before I cook myself this big breakfast", he said pointing to his plate.

You know what my feelings can go down the drain. Anyone who messes with my food is my enemy. I just stomped upstairs deciding to order something for myself when I go to my room. But he has to pay for this.

After I was done eating my burrito which I ordered for myself, I decided to get out of my room to grab some juice. Leo was in a deep slumber, on the sofa and he was only in his boxers. He was hot and I couldn't help but ogle at him a bit. His hair fell over his head making him look adorable as he snored a little. Snap out of it Emma.

Suddenly I had an idea, I forgot all about my orange juice as I went upstairs to prepare for my plan.

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"EMMA JUSTICE YOU FUCKING SHAVED MY LEGS?!" Leo yelled barging into my room.

"What? Me? Maybe you are just shedding hair" I said feigning innocence.

"Don't lie Justice I saw my razor inside your bathroom", he barked.

"That's what you get for eating my cereal".

"How am I supposed to go to basketball practice like this? You have to pay for this Justice", he shouted slamming the door loudly on his way.

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The next day as I was heading for a shower, I opened my wardrobe to take my clothes to find none of them there. Not even my undergarments. What the fuck?

I searched for them everywhere but I found nothing. Rushing downstairs I saw Leo watching the game.

I stood in front of the television to get his attention.

"Hey I am watching the game!" He chided me looking irritated.

"Where are my clothes?" I asked.

"How am I supposed to know where your clothes are?"

"Don't lie Arsen. Tell me where is it or else I am not gonna let you watch the game", I threatened. I knew that was a lame one but that seemed to work on him.

"I put your clothes on a yard sale. They are outside", he smirked proud of his little prank.

"YOU ASSHOLE! YOU HAVE TAKEN THIS TOO FAR!" I was livid now.

"Relax princess. You might wanna hurry outside. I decided to giveaway those clothes for free".

I rushed outside to see, boxes of clothes scattered over the yard, with a sign "Free Garments!" over it. That Cunt. Fortunately the clothes were still there, and no one took anything. I dragged the boxes up to my room while Leo laughed at me, enjoying every minute of my suffering.

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"That son of a bitch has to pay!"

"Em.... ".

"How about I tie him up, lock him up inside a room and make him starve for days?"

"Em...".

"No that's too much maybe I could..".

"EM! Can you stop talking about Leo for a second? I need to tell you something", she said sounding exasperated over the phone.

"What?"

"No before that... You know I have been noticing something. All you can talk about is Leo Arsen. Girl you are falling for him", she mused.

Okay that was kind of- again the word here is kind of- true. But I wasn't sure because currently my blood was boiling for revenge. "No I don't Hailey. I hate that guy".

"Yeah yeah keep on telling that to yourself. You like him, that's so obvious".

"So what did you wanna say?" I deterred the topic.

"Oh yeah- I am kinda stressed out with school so can we go somewhere. The  Bergs are having a party at their place. Wanna go?"

The Berg brothers, Levi and Lucas were quite popular around our school. Levi was in our grade, Lucas who is a year older than us is in Leo's grade. Levi happened to be a good friend of Hailey but I didn't know him that well.

"I am free I guess. But I have to come back before nine because I have an assignment to finish".

"Okay cool!"

I started getting ready -t around five since Hailey will be picking me up at around six. I talked to my mom so I was in a good mood and Leo wasn't home, so I didn't have to be extra cautious about him pulling a prank on me. "THIS FUCKING WINGED LINER", I screamed to myself as I wiped off my eyeliner for the fifth time. I wasn't good at applying makeup but when I do, it always leaves me frustrated.

I was wearing high-waisted jeans and one of my favorite loose fitting top which had the word "Pizza is life"written on it.

The party was in full swing, turns out lots of seniors who were Lucas's friends even showed up. "Hailey, Emma!" Levi was calling us. We went up to him and exchanged hugs. "I would offer you a cigarette but you are already smoking hot", Levi said winking at Hailey. I was trying my best to suppress my laughter.

"Eww no smoking isn't cool", With that Hailey walked by him while I followed her closely behind.

I started laughing, "Hailey didn't you get that he was trying to flirt with you?"

"Really? That was a really bad pick up line".

We mostly kept to ourselves, dancing occasionally. Levi tried to approach Hailey but we avoided him as much as possible. He was trying to flirt with Hailey but Hailey was definitely not interested. 

"What's up princess?"

I turned around to see Leo smiling coyly along with Derek who just gave me a small wave. 

"What are you doing here?" I asked not very happy to see him. Then why the hell is my heart beating so fast?

"Just attending Lucas's party", Leo said.

Hailey nudged for the side. "Introduce me to Leo's cute friend", She whispered in my ear. I smiled. Okay I am already shipping this.

"Derek this is my friend Hailey. And Hailey meet Derek", they shook hands while I was already naming their children.

"Wanna play beer pong girls?" Leo suggested after he fetched soda for us.  I wasn't a fan of alcohol and so playing beer pong was out of question but then an idea hit me.

"Sure! Hailey and Derek can be a team and Leo and I can be the other", I suggested.

"But Derek is my main bitch. I get to be-", Leo whined.

"Not today. Hailey and I both don't wanna get drunk so we need one of you guys to drink the beer".

We were losing so badly. Maybe because I was letting them win. Hailey better thank me in the future. But it was working they were high-fiving each other, and they hugged every time they scored. "Princess you suck at this", Leo said dryly. He was drunk given he had six shots already. I wasn't planning on getting drunk but he prodded me to take a few shots by teasing me about what a good girl I am. I took another shot and this time the alcohol burned my insides in a good way. Things I end up doing by playing cupid.

By the end of the game Leo and I were wasted. Because the last thing I remember is leaving the party with Leo wearing red party cups as hats.

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I woke up groggily, the sound of the alarm giving me a bad headache. I muffled the sound by shoving the clock under my pillow. But my hand landed on something hard.

I slowly opened my eyes, as the harsh rays of sunlight was blinding me. I was definitely hungover. I woke to see  Leo's shirtless back facing me. Fuck.

Immediately I looked under my blanket to see- I screamed.

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Sorry for the late update! I am too busy with my exams.

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