Chapter 54: Chapter 54

We approached the mansion and during this whole ride, Sid and I had been arguing left and right. He was surprised that I stood up for myself and he was not having it. For the first time, I was less concerned about what they will think of me.

"This looks creepy," Dina commented, fear visible over her face. I too gulped, but Sid chuckled.

"What now miss fighter, are you scared?" he babbled, crackling my way. I raised my brow and straightened my back, staring him in the eye.

"Let's go inside," I muttered and he nodded with a smile, pretending as if he knew I was going to step back in time.

"His stepmother won't let us in." He smiled at our loss and shrugged his shoulders. Him mentioning his stepmother made me slightly uncomfortable because of the things Tucker has told me about them.

"She is a b****," Dina muttered in her mouth and crossed her arms across her chest. I was looking down, thinking about his stepmother, what is she doing to him? At this point, I was guilty about thinking wrong about Steven, that guy never took advantage of me, and even when I was drunk, he didn't touch me at all.

"What is her deal?" I turned to Dina, who knew what I was talking about because before that incident on the bridge I messaged her about Steven and his mother.

"She is sick." Dina rolled her eyes at the mention of his stepmother and what bothered me the most was that I was the first one to meet Steven, yet I knew nothing of him and it burned my soul to see how much Dina knew about him.

"Just like you miss Giselle!" Sid commented but making sure we don't hear him when we clearly did.

"Sid if you came here with the only purpose of bothering Giselle, you can leave," Dina muttered, she has always been a good friend to me, why I was so blind to not see it?

"You are taking her side again," Sid commented and before we could utter a word, he climbed the tree that was all bent down to the terrace of what he recognized as Steven's room.

"I am sorry; he is an idiot." Dina apologetically smiled my way and followed him to the terrace. We all should be apologizing to Steven and Dina for treating them like nobody and always expecting them to understand us. I climbed the tree and in no time we were on his terrace.

The door to his room was closed, and there was no light coming from his room. We stood there, thinking of a very polite way to knock when we heard a loud groan.

"Is he?" Dina pressed her ear against the door and her eyes came out in shock and embarrassment, "he is je*****----," I didn't let her finish and interrupted.

"He is working out, damn what are you girls watching these days?" he glared at both of us and we looked away, well he really sounded like----, like he was pleasing himself.

"S----T---E---V---E---N," Sid mouthed his name, we couldn't hear him let alone Steven will hear him. He was working out so he probably had his music playing loud in his ear too.

"Ugh! No wonder why you couldn't keep a girl." It was my moment to burn Sid down for once and all. He veered his neck towards me and I couldn't help but notice Dina's eyes jumping out of their sockets and his hands covering his mouth as mixed feelings of shock and happiness devour her.

"What did you say?" Sid growled, knowing exactly what I meant by that.

"Oh, you are soft, I mean your whispering, it is bad." I ignored looking him straight in the eye and pretended to think of a plan to get Steven's attention.

"You wanna know how hard I can be?" That was not predictable, he rushed my way in order to scare me obviously and Dina marched between us.

"It's okay Dina, he can't do a thing." I irritated him more, the look on his face was just watchable. I agree I was a bit selfish and even more in these past few weeks, but they had bullied me, everyone has treated me like trash since I was a kid so yeah!

"HUH! I feel like she was pretending to be a good girl all this time, now this is the real her." Sid's comment dragged me back to all the advice Lauren used to give me, all this time everybody told me to act like a good girl, to not do this and that or people will think you are not a good girl. What is a good girl, who is a good girl? A girl who selfishly plays with others? A girl who fakes her laugh and smiles? A girl who obeys everyone like she is their puppet?

"If that is the case, trust me, you are the most disgusting person ever because not only you hang out with girls, but you honey, you do drugs and maybe those drugs have loosened a bit or two wires of your brains." I babbled everything without taking a break. I can feel the heat running through my veins, my eyes had started to burn, not because I wanted to cry, but because I was trying to radiate a fire from them to burn this insolent human being in front of me, Ahhh!!! Okay, now I am exaggerating. But why were girls always judged for things boys were doing on a daily basis.

"She---she is so rude," Sid complained to Dina like a child, he had no words to argue me with. Of course, good girls are those a boy can easily dominate with his irrational points and views. And now that I am not agreeing with him or scared of him, I am a bad girl.

"Oh Hi Steven!" Dina, who was standing between us lifted her face and straightened her back, murmuring quickly. We both quit glaring at each other, and turned our faces to the door that was ajar with Steven standing shirtless, he was indeed working out. He was holding his black shirt in his hand that he put on, while his eyes staring at me only.

"Hey bro?" Sid opened his arms wide and marched at his friend, who dodged it and pushed him back slightly with his hand, but Sid didn't mind it, maybe they were used to it.

I was still stuck in his shirtless body, I mean he had slipped into the shirt as soon as he saw us while we were watching him, and they say I am selfish. I mean come on dude, I was looking at your chest, so selfish of you to keep it to yourself. I shook my head and looked away, what's wrong with you Giselle? I asked myself.

"What are you guys doing here?" He asked, looking pissed. Dina and Sid, they both quickly turned to me and pointed their finger at my face, while I shook my head swiftly and watched them all one by one. Steven straightened his back, placing his hands on his hips that I haven't seen without pants yet, Woah! Giselle, what is up with you. I felt like Tucker, this is how he acted around me and now I was doing the same with Steven.

"I ---," I cleared my throat and looked down, he was looking straight in my eyes. I couldn't look in his eyes, especially when I have just seen him shirtless.

"Don't act all innocent, talk like you were talking to me a minute ago." I knew Sid's wounds were still fresh.

"I am a bit shy in front of boys in case you haven't noticed." I swirled my neck to him and glared him in the eye, he gasped angrily.

"I am not a gu---?" he tried not to yell and Dina pushed him away one more time. Steven was just standing there looking at us, probably thinking how easy and peaceful his life is without us.

"I came here to check on you," I stated to Steven, who was constantly looking at me but now with his arms crossed on his chest.

"Why?" he bluntly asked, I mean, come on dude, please don't insult me in front of Sid. In case he hasn't noticed, I was having a cold war with his friend, and an insult to me was going to satisfy him.

"Because I messed up, of course," I answered annoyingly, they all were now watching me silently.

"I will make things right," I added once nobody responded to my previous comment. Nobody said anything, they were making it hella awkward now.

"Dude, I have brought some food." Finally, the biggest feminine among us spoke, Sid smiled at Steven. Like Sid was always trying to comment on girls, calling us cry babies but if that was the case that he was the biggest girl among us, always whining.

"Thanks, I was starving." Steven and Sid finally exchanged a light hug and smiled at each other.

"Make sure the guard doesn't see you," Steven added when Sid began leaving the place. Thankfully, now we can talk in peace, but my heart slipped and fell into my stomach when Steven's eyes landed on Dina and tears appeared in them.

"I ---," he tried to speak but closed his lips again.

"I know you couldn't see me in pain," Dina commented and rushed in his arms, I had the weirdest feeling ever, the hair on my neck stood up. He tightened his arms around her and laughed happily.

I was watching them with this pain visible on my face. She was giggling and laughing on his chest and so was Steven, but he wore a serious face when his eyes landed on me.

"Get inside." He commented, narrowing his eyes at me. We both followed him to the inside and were welcomed by darkness. His room literally gave me vampire mansion vibes.

"Dude, she is guilty," Dina mumbled, sitting on his master sized comfortable bed. He was standing by the desk that has some books and his laptop on it while I stood by the wall, feeling guilty and embarrassed of what I had done to them.

"She will fix things," Dina added and that stole Steven's attention.

"Really?" he smiled sarcastically. I lowered my head and raised it at his approaching footsteps towards me. I composed my posture and straightened my back, seeing him coming closer.

"You are going to fix things?" he asked, anger visible on his face. My back was already touching the wall and with his proceeding steps, I had nowhere to go.

"Yes!" I uttered in my mouth and kept my head down, but my eyes at his moves.

"What are you going to fix Miss Giselle?" He was finally standing close to me, he placed his hands on the wall on either side of me and bent over to my face.

"Everything!" I replied I don't know what Dina was doing or what her reactions were because he was all I could see at that moment. His beautiful eyes were looking at mine.

"Everything?" He inquired, narrowing his eyes in mine, I was stunned and standing clueless, just watching him as I have never seen him before. He kept looking in my eyes and then his eyes traveled down to my lips and that gave me the chilliest chills down my spine. I never had this feeling before, not even with Tucker and that shocked me.

"Steven, forgive her already." We heard Dina from behind him, but he quickly raised his hand and showed her his palm with a loud Shhhhh! After that Dina didn't utter a single word, he put his hand on the wall again.

"Tell me what are you going to fix?" he brought his lips close to my lips, breathing on me, and mumbled on my lips. If we moved a single muscle, our lips were going to meet, and only thought of it gave me goosebumps.

"You think I am the guy who sleeps around with every girl?" he said on my lips, his voice raspy and se*y. He let out a loud breath on my lips, his breath was fresh, his scent making me crazy. "If so, then give me one reason why I shouldn't sleep with you?" I gasped at his words and he suddenly brought his lips so damn close that I felt his upper lip brushed against my lip.