"hard work's a good distraction"

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ATHENA LOOKED AT the object in her hands, tears well up in her eyes. She quickly wipes it off and looks up at Henley. "This is bullshit, this just turns from amazing to bullshit real fast."

"Athena, calm down," Henley said. The younger girl looks at her best friend, "I am calm Hen" Athena snaps at her cousin, "Just pissed off"

"Okay," Henley said before she pulls the girl in for a hug, though the blonde doesn't hug back, she just lets her cousin hug her. Athena shrugs off her cousin

"No, what I want to know is how did this ring get here when the last time I saw it, it was BURIED with my father?" She said, "I have to figure this out, this is outrageous" She said mumbling to herself. She tucks the ring away in her back pocket before leaving the apartment.

Leaving the others confused by what she meant. "What just happened?" Danny asks the others. "The girl just found her dead father's ring, which she thought was buried with her dead father. Keep up asshole" Henley said, which shuts Danny up immediately.

"Tomorrow we meet up at the cafe around the corner, to discuss whatever just happened here, I'll tell Athena," Henley said and walks out of the apartments leaving the dumbfounded guys.

Danny was awestruck because he never saw Henley so stern and bossy.

"Well, see you tomorrow then," Jack said and leaves the apartment followed by Merritt then Danny who closes the door behind him.

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Sitting in a small little cafe near her neighborhood is a distraught Athena, thinking about the things occurred a few hour ago.

There are so many questions that are running through her head. Like 'Who did this?', 'Who is behind all of this?', or 'Why is her father in this?'.

She sighs and drops her head onto her hands frustration consuming her. She stays like that for a few minutes before she heard someone sliding into the seat in front of her.

She looks up only to find the one and only Jack Wilder. Athena quickly masks her frustration, "What are you doing here?" She asks a little bit harsh, not in the mood to handle anymore bullshit for the day.

Jack chuckles "Nothing, just happened to walk by" He lends out his hand, in his hands were tissues. 

"Do you have to sit here?" Athena snapped, not loosing eye contact. "Look, I don't know what you've been through, and I might not know you, but by the looks of it, you've been through a lot," Jack said, he looks at her face, thinking that she's cute when she's angry.

"I'm just like any other girl in this world, I'm just another person who is broken inside and wears a fake smile on my face, every, single, day," Athena exclaimed before looking at the guy sitting in front of her.

"That just shows how strong you are," Jack said. "Okay, what do you want? Why are you suddenly all sentimental?" Athena asks Jack.

"No reason, you look like you need a shoulder to lean on" He replied, Athena gives him a somber look before sliding out the booth and put some money on it. She walks out of the cafe and walks to her neighborhood street. She pulls her hoodie tighter around herself because it seems like the temperature has dropped, and her dance shorts are clearly not helping. As she walks she keeps on calling Jack Wilder a dumbass and other colourful words.

Cold air coming out of her mouth as she walks on the pavement. She heard faint steps behind but shrug it off, probably one of her neighbors, as she keeps walking, the steps got louder, then a hand touched her shoulders.

The girl quickly grabs the person's hand and twist it, keeping it in an arm lock. The person lets out a small scream, once the girl realizes who it is. She lets him go. He turns around with a painful expression on his face.

"You..... again"