𝑅𝑜𝓈𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒶

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It's been two weeks since Zach's birthday party. Melanie keeps on telling me to stay at home and that it's not safe. But how can I stay at home when I have all these new memories and thoughts I can't shake off? And of course, Melanie being Melanie always getting worried over the smallest thing, she's been calling Susan my old therapist from when Zach and I were dating to make me feel safer. I do feel uncomfortable and scared as I relive the moment in my head over and over again, but I need to hide it to continue. Because I know that if you don't move on without the past you won't succeed. But then it destroys me, making me relive every moment again.

"Look who's here Rosee!!!" Melanie squeals suddenly bursting into my room. I turn my head to look at the clock on my nightstand I see it display 01:23 am. Melanie is usually locked up in her room asleep as she snores through the walls, why the heck is she awake this late? I drag my duvet over my head, I can't fuck up my beauty sleep. I've already been lying here and thinking about that night.

A hard grip throws my duvet down to the floor as I see the other morning bird, Veronica Rivera, daughter of two multi-millionaire, Lena and Leonardo Rivera. She brought her laptop with her and a USB drive. She smiles at me with a wide smile and a serious look on her face.

"We're going to find out who the Castillos are'' she says, dropping her laptop on me as she jumps on the bed with Melanie. We all sit cramped up into each other as we lean against the headboard. Veronica is in the middle and Melanie and I are on each side of her. Because no way in hell's name am I gonna be compressed by two idiots, I take it back. An idiot and a nerdy weirdo.

Veronica then turns on the camera footage from the night of the party. We start watching the camera footage but I don't remember this, I remember what happened before Alex came, but not what happened when Alex was there. I don't remember Alex holding me, myself letting him hold him, and beating Zach until he almost died, I don't remember him holding me and hugging me like that.

But that's why the shirt was covered in blood spots. The only thing I remember was being harassed by Zach and then waking up with all the memories of the harassment. Melanie told me the day after what happened but I didn't believe her but now I do. And even after that stunt he pulled, I won't change any feelings about Alex, he's still a random stranger from Zach's party nothing else, I don't want to think of him other than some teeny adult who's trying to charm every girl he meets, he's nothing special either.

"We can just try to find out where he lives with his car, if we can track down this car and where it's parked we will find his address." Veronica says, talking in a language Melanie and I never understand, "Nerdish".

"Then do it, I mean we've done this to your ex, so it wouldn't be hard right?" I say when Veronica's happy face starts frowning.

There's a long silence creeping through every gap in this room, so silent I can hear his voice again in my head. But thankfully from all the hard typing Veronica is doing, the voices get quieter. Veronica taps and taps on her little keyboard so hardly I fear she might even break her laptop.

"Shit!" She curses the only curse word she uses as she stops typing.

"What happened?" Melanie asks, her head peaking at the screen with the word ERROR in red letters, displayed.

"I can't track down his car, exactly when I do the last step my laptop keeps saying that it's an error that the car doesn't exist" she explains. Her fingers stopped the movements.

"Well, you have Zach's phone with you right?" I ask Veronica.

"Yeah, what about it?" She answers with a confused look smeared all over her face.

Melanie jumps into the conversation with my idea as she smiles brightly. "We can call Alex through Zach's phone!" I want to be mad at her for stealing my idea but we just shared the same thought.

Veronica goes through Zach's contacts, searching for the name Alex. but there are 5 Alex in his contacts. I take the phone out of Veronica's hand as I recall from last night, searching for "The Awesomest" instead and finding it. The Awesomest C.

I click "call" but after a beep, it goes straight to voicemail, I click "call" again, but again it goes straight to voicemail after a beep. And then again and again and again. Until I let out a frustrated breath. It's almost 2 am and this fucker has blocked Zach's number.

Suddenly Veronica let out a loud gasp followed by an "oh shit."

"What?" I ask, looking at her computer.

"They're onto us, they're trying to find out who we are." She says it like she's rapping it, saying it so quickly I can't even understand a single word of hers.

Melanie let out a gasp as she covered her mouth. "Did they find out?" She asks, her voice muffling from her mouth.

"Of course not, there's no way they can pass my security on this laptop," she says as she continues doing her thing on her phone. How can they even be awake at 1 am? It's nearly 2 am, they should've been asleep or partying!

"Well, we have a bigger problem than that!" I say slamming my head on the bed as I call Alex again to show them that he has blocked Zach.

"Then call him on your phone, Rose!" Melanie says as I turn before seeing her with another bright smile on her lips.

"I'll call him, but I'll do it outside so he won't hear you guys," I say leaving the room with my phone and Zach's phone.

I type in the number, dialing it on my phone before I call him. It only takes a single beep before he answers, which shocks me since he's a fuck boy that is probably busy all the time. I mean he drives an Audi and it's almost 2 am too.

"Hello?" Alex asks through the phone. Gosh that annoying voice of his, why am I even calling that cocky jerk.

"Hi, it's Rosabella, I just want to deliver your shirt and your brother's tuxedo jacket," I say, as sweetly as possible.

"So that's why you and your friends are trying to track down my Audi at 2 am?" He asks, I open the door to my room as I mouth Melanie and Veronica "he knows" They shoot me with a confused look as I drag my hand against my neck, and make an x with my arms.

"In your dreams, we don't have time to waste on you and your brothers at 2 am," I say with a huff. Veronica and Melanie are shrugging while showing me the laptop, I continue shaking my head roughly as they tilt their head.

"Then why are you calling me at 2 am?" He asks, and it's now where I realize that his voice is deeper and lower than it was, it's quite hoarse too like when you've just woken up. "Couldn't sleep without hearing my voice or what?" What? Me? Not being able to sleep without hearing his cracky, annoying voice? Hell no! I would never, and if I didn't have a choice I would have ended my life.

"Keep staying delusional Alex, maybe you'll be able to manifest someone to fall on their knees for you as you desire," I say.

"I'll stay delusional until I manifest you on your knees for me." My eyes twitch as the annoyance builds up my spine.

"Then you'll have to stay delusional for eternity."

"Oh, I'll stay delusional for eternity then." He's just not giving up and it makes me want to punch his face like he smashed Zach's face. "If that means that one day you'll be mine."

"The jacket and shirt?" I change the conversation by asking what I want to ask him about.

"Keep the shirt and jacket, or throw it, I don't care." He says.

"What?" I ask more of a reaction than a question because I heard him. But shirts and tuxedo jackets are quite expensive for an average person so why wouldn't he want it back?

"It's fine, Nathaniel has plenty of-"Before he continues Melanie screams "ROSE WE DID IT!!" I slam the door shut as I hear Alex laughing on the other side. His laughs send a red and pink blush up my chest, making my face heat up.

"What's so funny? That Nathaniel has plenty of tuxedos?" I ask, trying to change the conversation.

"No, that your little friendsies thought they got into our security base." He laughs. I push the door open again, letting it slam against the wall as I see Veronica and Melanie doing happy dances. I put myself on mute before I shout. "DON'T CONTINUE!" I take a deep breath before I unmute myself. "Never call me again, forget everything about the party and today, thanks, bye," I say before I hang up the call.

"We're never calling them again, or hacking in their security base ever again."

It's better to forget Alex and his brothers than even think about him more, I don't care about whether he tried to save me or not, I can't deal with the feeling that the first time we ever met was me being harassed by my ex-boyfriend, I should've just stayed at home and slept, maybe I wouldn't have come into so much trouble anyways.