“Why not?” I ask dumbstruck.
“You pissed off Masters, I’m not going on his shit list.”
“Liam is always pissed off at me, he’ll get over it.”
“No, he won’t, that’s what you don’t understand. When he’s out for blood, its blood that he comes to collect.”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
“You need to apologize to him if you want us to hang out again,” he says with a straight face.
I can’t help but laugh, “You are insane. I’m not apologizing, he’s the one that decided to be a macho asshole tonight, not me.”
“Then I’m sorry Haley, I can’t see you again.”
“Fine, you can turn around and go home, I can make it home myself,” I say as I start walking towards the house. I glance behind me and see that Austin is standing on the sidewalk watching me get home safely; he’s just not moving an inch in either direction. I ignore it and continue on my way, it only takes a few minutes before I head inside to see the girls all huddled in the social room.
“What the hell happened tonight?” Quinn asks as she pulls me up the stairs.
“What do you mean?”
“You got into an argument with Liam in front of a freaking fraternity?”
“No, I was outside yelling at him. He was being totally unreasonable,” I defend, “Wait, how do you even know that?”
“So, I’ve found out some interesting facts about Liam Masters,” she says as she shuts our bedroom door.
“Then fill me in, because Austin wouldn’t tell me much, other than he can’t hang out with me again, unless I apologize to Liam,” I tell her as I change into my night clothes.
“Well apparently Liam Masters is a pretty big thing around here,” she says with a smirk.
“I already knew that, he’s the freaking quarterback, so he’s viewed like a God around here.”
“Oh it’s much worse than that. People don’t cross him, because when they do, he makes them pay Hails. He’s even gone so far that people have transferred schools because he scared the shit out of them.”
“By doing what?” I ask confused.
“Whatever he tells people to do. If he tells someone to start a rumor about you, there’s a rumor. He wants your car towed, it gets towed; he knows where you are at every minute of every day Haley. I’m not going to lie, I’m worried for you. Maybe you should just come clean with him,” she says sounding extremely nervous.
“I’m not apologizing to him. He’s the one who told me to stay the hell away from him, he could have ignored me tonight like I was doing to him, but no, he had to start shit. And no, I’m not coming clean, he doesn’t get to know how I feel about him, he doesn’t deserve it,” I snap back.
“Fine, well hopefully he doesn’t do anything. Let’s just hope it was the alcohol talking tonight,” she says wishful thinking.
“I’m sure it will be fine. Liam’s never been crazy rude to me before, I can’t see him doing it now.”
“Time will tell I guess,” she says as she lies down in her bed. I do the same, ready for tonight to be over.
Chapter Ten
Two weeks go by and nothing has happened to me. I didn’t really think that Liam would do anything, but I was a little nervous. “What do you want to do tonight?” Quinn asks as we make our way to our last class of the day.
“I have a paper to write when we get home, but other than that, I’m up for anything.”
“There’s a party at one of the sorority houses down the street, do you want to go?”
“Sure, sounds fun,” I say as we enter class.
Once class is over, we head home and I start my paper in hopes of getting it completed before we head out for Thirsty Thursday at the sorority house. It takes a little over two hours to complete my paper. “I’m done, how soon do you want to leave?” I ask Quinn.
She glances at the clock, “We can go over around eight.”
“Okay,” I say as I look to see what else I can get completed tonight. I work on a few other smaller projects before throwing on a pair of denim Capri’s and a red racer-back tank top, with red flip flops. I decide comfortable is the way to go tonight.
“Ready to go?” she asks from the door.
“Yup,” I say as I grab my cell phone and throw it in my wristlet before heading out the door. A few other sisters decide to come with us to the party.
We make it to the party in less than five minutes. There are people everywhere; I’m surprised it’s so crowded already, considering its only 8:00p.m. We head inside and move towards the kitchen to where the drinks are set up.