I enter an unusually quiet house. It was only nine Thirty so I didn't think they'd be gone by now but apparently they were. So much for seeing me before he leaves.

I quickly slip my shoes off and throw my jacket on the rack before entering the dark kitchen.

Glancing around the eerily silent kitchen before shrugging and grabbing a water bottle from the fridge.

I feel a presence behind me but before I can even turn around, strong arms wrap around my waist and I'm pulled into a strong body.

Our of instinct I let out a loud ass scream, and squirm as I try to kick the body behind me. I immediately stop my very warranted freak out when I hear an extremely familiar deep laugh.

"That was priceless!" I see Caleb wipe a tear from his face as he continues to laugh his ass off

"YOU ASSHOLE!" I yell at him as I smack his chest, I hated more than anything, feeling scared like that.

"That was fucking amazing oh my god!!" He is now sitting on the kitchen floor cackling at me.

I stomp over to the light switch and quickly flip

it on before stomping back over to Caleb who is now trying to catch his breath

"Oh sure! Laugh your little ass off!" I snap at him

"Oh please princess, this ass is not little" he smirks as he starts to stand up to his full green-giant height

"God I hate you!" I yell at him before stomping away into the living room.

Maybe I was overreacting, but I seriously hated being scared like that.

"Oh c'mon princess! That was funny" He chuckles as he follows me in, leaning against the entry way wall

"Yeah to you! Dickhead!" I snap, plopping down on the couch "Why are you even here?! Aren't you supposed to be with the rest of them!"

"Arrex wanted you to come to the party so I said I'd drive you" he shrugs, still leaning against the wall

"I can drive myself, thanks" I roll my eyes at him

"With what? None of the cars are here" he smirks knowing he just proved me wrong

"Whatever,I just won't go" I shrug

"Nah you're coming with" he grins as we walking over and lays down on the couch next to me, resting his head on my shoulder as he looks up at me.

"No I'm not" I say, not looking at him, already knowing he's giving me that cute puppy dog look.

"Oh c'mon princess, are you seriously mad at me?" He questions, sitting back up and poking my nose.

I ignore him, as I reach over and turn the t.v. on.

"Princess we're going to this party" he says finally

"You go, I'm not" I snap at him

"Nope, we both are" he smirks as he stands up, immediately offering a hand to me.

Me being my stubborn self, ignore it and stare at the TV. At this point I was just being stubborn but there was no way I'm going back now.

"Well you left me no choice" he sighs as he bends down and picks me up. Within seconds I am once again thrown over his shoulder as he starts walking out of the house

"Caleb!" I groan as we walk to the front door

"I'm not putting you down" he laughs at my expense

"I'm in a skirt!"

"I'm not complaining"

"I hate you" I growl at him as I give up. Knowing he won't be putting me down any time soon "can you at least grab my shoes" I say defeated

"I'm glad we came to this conclusion princess," he says as he reaches down to pickup my shoes

Once we reach his truck, he finally sets me down.

"What? afraid I was gonna run away?" I say while rolling my eyes. I knew I wasn't a light person.

"Nah I just like carrying you, you get pissed" he says before getting in the truck

We drove in silence for a few minutes. Me, purposely ignoring his annoying attempts at getting me to talk. I almost broke, especially when he played, and started singing might I add, Bleeding in Love by Leona Lewis. After that he turned the music down and seemingly gave up. Until I looked over at him and he was wearing the biggest smirk I've ever seen on his face. I honestly wasn't even mad anymore.

"Okay spit it out, what are you thinking?" I sigh

"Oh nothing" he chuckles lightly "I just have a feeling that you're mad about something more than me scaring you. Was the date really that bad?" He says, trying to start shit with me

"It was great," I retort

"Oh really? Where'd you go?" He questions

"Bennys" I smirk

"Ohh Belles got herself a rich boy!" Caleb teases

"Shut up!" I groan, covering my face

"He seems like a douche to be honest," Caleb continues

"He's the perfect gentleman, unlike some asshole I'm currently talking to" I retort

He was just trying to piss me off.

"Oh babe, I can be a gentleman when I wanna be," He says cockily "it's one of my many charms"

"Yeah okay" I roll my eyes

"I never thought of you to fall for the douche bag, but maybe I was wrong. In all fairness though, he is just trying to piss us off" he states likes it's obvious.

Immediately after he says this, my gaze snaps to him. It's safe to say that I was now pissed the fuck off.

"Yeah cause why else would any guy like me right?" I sneer, bitterness laced through my voice "Cause you know, it's simply implausible that a guy has actual feeling for me, there obviously has to be ulterior motives" what the hell happened to him? He was so nice earlier and now he's being a dick.

As soon as this leaves my mouth I see out of the corner of my eye, Caleb's eyes avert to me.

Thankfully, we were pulling up to the house and I could get away from him.

"I'm done talking about this, I'll get a ride home from someone else, if your gonna drink I suggest you do the same" I snap as I climb out of his truck

"Belle wait" he tries to call me back, to which I ignore him

"Belle please," he pleads as I keep walking away

It was then I felt a had wrap around my wrist before I'm whipped around to face him.

"You know I didn't mean it like that" he says looking straight in his eyes his eyes showing it sorrow

"I know very well what you meant, just leave me alone Kazer" I scoff before tearing my hand away from his

"Belle please! I didn't mean-"

"I don't fucking care Caleb. I'm not going to sit here and let you be a dick to me. I'll see you later" I snap once again but quietly state the last part before storming away from him and into he house

Walking into the kitchen I immediately see shot glasses lined up on the counter.

"Pour me some" I order, walking up to the three guys standing there

"Are you sure?" One of the burly looking guys, states

"Positive," I say

The guy pouring just shrugs as he pours me a shot of crown.

Within seconds I grab if and throw it down.

"Holy shit!" The blonde looks at me wide eyes

"You didnt even make a face" the taller one grins

"Guys I just found my hero" the burly one says making me laugh

"Pour me another" I laugh, repeating the same action I did seconds later. Crown wasn't the best shot drink but it's what I had at the moment.

"Belle!" I hear Em yell just before I'm tackled in a hug

"Hey Em" I smile at her

"Wheres Caleb?"

"Don't know, don't care" I grumble, grabbing another shot

"Oh okay, we'll talk later" she says and I nod

"Well I see you met Kacey, Boomer and Nelly" Jordan laughs as he joins us two.

"Wait Jordan, you know them?" The one, Boomer, questions

"Yeah these are my best friends Belle and Emma" Jordan smiles proudly, throwing his arms around us

"We're going back by the guys Jordy" Em tells him before pulling me down a hall and outside to a patio area.

I immediately spot Ace's bright platinum blonde hair and see Arrex sitting next to him

"He did get you to come!" Beck grins as he sees me

"Yeah whatever" I grumbled

"Why are you pissed?" Beck whispers as he hugs me, I just shake my head as if to say I'll tell him later

"Where's Caleb?" Ace questions

"Again, don't know and sure as hell don't care" I state, a hint of bitterness to my words. It was at that comment that Beck furrowed his brows and cocked his head to the side in a questioning look. As if he was asking if he did anything. I just shake my head and mouth 'don't worry about it'.

"I'm right here" Caleb grins as he comes out behind Em and I

"Great! We were just about to play some fireball-pong, Belle and Em wanna play?" Arrex asks us.

Fireball-pong was our version of beer-pong only we used fireball. I honestly forgot how it came about but we've been playing it this way forever.

"Hell yeah, as long as we get to be a team" Em smiles as we set up out cups

"Ladies first" Caleb grins

It was fake though, his eyes were still dark.

"Whatever" I roll my eyes at him as I make my first shot with ease

"Okay wait, you two can't be on the same team" Arrex laughs

"Yeah it's really not that fair" Tyler, Beck and Jordan agree as they join us at our table

I just laugh at them. Em and I are the master of beer-pong so I was honestly suprised when Arrex let us be on the same team.

"I call Em!" Arrex calls as he walks over and takes my spot

"Guess you're with me princess" Caleb smiles an obviously fake smile as I take Arrex's previous spot

We quickly fill up the cup I shot in a minute ago to make it even once again

"Again, ladies first" Caleb says to Arrex making him roll his eyes.

Arrex misses his shot but Em makes hers

"I'll-" Caleb starts to day as he grabs the cup but I quickly cut him of, snatching the cup out of his hand and chugging the contents inside

"Fuck Yeah Belle! You're on a roll tonight" Jordan laughs, giving me a high five

"I'm only getting started, Jordy"

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So I was currently sitting on the counter with my friendly bowl of chips. The party was starting to calm down, only a few groups of people remained. I was separated from the rest of my friends I think after the flippy cup obstacle course. It was fine though, I was perfectly content with my chips.

"Hey Belle!" Macy, one of the girls from the cheer squad and her friend Emily from the marching band, greets as they both stumble over to me

"Hey guys! Wants some? I think there's dip somewhere" I smile, holding out the bowl

They just smile and they shake their heads as we start to converse about school. That is until a loud crash is heard from outside.

After quickly excusing myself I slip into he backyard and am immediately faced with the source of the crash.

Standing in front of me was Caleb, nose to nose with a guy around the same height, a deep scowl etched into his face.

I immediately recognize the other guys from the football game, he was the one who pulled most of the dirty plays from last night's game. the same one who hit my brother.

Why the hell was he here? This was a party for our team, literally the I only reason he'd be here is to start shit.

"Dude why the fuck are you here?" I snap from the back door

They both break their stare off to look at me, the one asshole obviously looking me over.

"Bails go inside" Caleb orders, giving me a hard look.

Obviously I ignore him, this was one of the rare times where both of my braincells, drunk and Sober Belle, agreed on something.

"Ha, yeah you're funny" I say with a smirk not breaking my stare with the Mistbrook guy as I slowly walk over to them

"Okay listen Asshole, leave. This isn't your house or your party, let alone your fuckin town. You have no reason to be here." I say stepping between the guy and Caleb,

"You're the little bitch that got me suspended" he spits out looking down at me, he was about 6'2", not quite as tall as Caleb but he had around the same build.

"Do not-" Caleb growls at the guy I've finally named Asshole, as he tries to pull me behind him

"Hey it's fine" I reach behind me and grab his arm, signalling for him to let me handle this, not taking my eyes off Asshole. Caleb just rests his arm possesively around my waist

"Guilty as charged grumpy pants," I say with a mischievous grin "Granted it was well deserved, those were little bitchass shots you pulled at the game. Did someone have a dick- oh sorry I meant stick- up his ass cause he was losing the game?" I ask in a mocking tone. "I mean personally I think it's kinda pathetic that someone has to rely on cheating to actually win, even though you still lost miserably in the end" I grin. OKAY so maybe I was trying to start shit with this guy. Granted he did deserve it, but still.

"Look babe, I'm not afraid to hit a girl" Asshole bends down to my height

"And I'm not afraid to hit back" I smile, ignoring the fact that my heart is about to pound out of my chest

"You lay a fucking finger on her and I will literally crush your windpipe, I've hospitalized guys before and I won't hesitate to do it again" Caleb growls from behind me but I jut squeeze his arm again. Our silent way of telling the other to shut up. Though to be honest, I liked aggressive Caleb.

As if in slow motion asshole raises his hand to hit me but before he can do anything I uppercut punch him in the jaw seriously hurting my right hand but I still don't stop, then wind up and land a right hook on the side of his head sending him stumbling back from my punch, Caleb lunges at him and starts pummeling him

"Do. Not. Fucking. Touch. Her." He says with each punch

"Co" I state calmly taking his slightly bloodied hand that was about to drop straight into the guy face "Stop, he's already down" I say making him look up at me. He nods understandingly before looking back at the guy.

"Next time I see you near anyone I love, I will make it my personal mission to make sure you never walk again" Caleb sneers before I pull him away

"And don't even think about landing a hit like that on any of my brothers, I won't hesitate to do worse" I snap at the guy before walking away with caleb

"Are you okay?" He say stepping closer to me, looking over my face

"Caleb stop I'm fine" I say, pushing his hands off of my face "Are you fine?" I gesture to his hand

"It's not my blood" he shrugs making me laugh slightly before being instantly cut off by my Emma.

"Okay what the fuck just happened?!"