Chapter 5: Weird

Liam's POV

After the day we celebrated our eighteenth birthday, I never went back to the university. Leah informed me that Dad was sad about it but he already talked to the Director for dropping out two of his children. Days after, I bumped in with the famous boxer Rain on a bar. He's so mad because I spilled a glass of beer in his branded clothes. We almost got into a fight, thankfully his friend pulled him away. But the boxer didn't want it to end there, he challenged me inside the boxing ring. He doesn't have any idea that I'm an amateur boxer since then, so I've got a chance to make my name known by people. He set the date two weeks from that day, Uncle Dallas said that we should cancel the match because two weeks is very short for a preparation but I didn't listen. I just trained myself in my own built small boxing room, I called it my hideout. When everyone can't find me, I'm just there releasing every bad thoughts in my head.

The most awaited match in the country came. Some medias and some of Rain's fans are there to support him and to witness the downfall of my career. First to third round all of his punches land everywhere on my body and face that made me kneeled infront of him. But, a flashback of my childhood training up until now, the body pain I endure every boxing session and my dreams of being the best boxer in the world, I stood up and cleared my mind. Then, I can even hit him twice and when I figured out the best final combo for him, seconds before the last round end he fell flat on the floor unconscious. I froze on the spot when it finally registered in my system, I won and everyone cheered for me. And that's the birth of Liam Campbell in the boxing world, I became instant famous, news traveled fast than I expected. Medias trying to reach out to me, the number of fans grew bigger and lastly being a famous means having this obsessive fan--no a stalker. A girl watching every move I make, she makes me really uncomfortable, I never saw her face only her eyes. But I know she's always there whenever I am, I can feel her presence and her eyes on mine. She blended in the crowd for me not to notice her but my senses are beyond the limit.

"What happened? Someone pissed you off?" Phoebe asked and sat infront of me. We are currently inside my hideout. I don't want to talk but this stubborn chipmunk  didn't stop asking me so I have no choice but to tell her.

When I'm on my way back to Uncle's house, I saw the construction of our restaurant, as I can see it's still halfway done. I instructed my driver to stop the car when my eyes caught Lauren's presence, she's with five guys. What the hell? Why is she with them? Is she not afraid that they might do something bad to her? Aish! She's too friendly. But when I saw her laughed and cling her arms with the two guys in her side, it made me jealous. She's happy, I can see it that she's really happy with them. She has alot of friends surrounded by her, and she laughs like she didn't have any problems at all.

Until now, I didn't know how to laugh, a real laugh. I didn't know how it feels to have guy friends and bond with them like she do. I didn't know how to erase the feeling of emptiness in my heart. I admit it I'm jealous of her, Dad likes her more than anyone of us. Dad always put her first, I'm always on his second option. I always try to compete with her, in school I made sure to top in everything and her with just an average grades, but guess what? Dad was more happy about it and assured her that it's fine and it passed. When we reached high school, I tried to copy her, got only the average grade but Dad talked to me about it and suggested that maybe I need to stop boxing for awhile and focus on my studies. It hurts me but I never let him saw that, so I obeyed him and stop boxing until I got on the top spot again. And lastly, before we step on college I caught them having a serious talk about the course he wanted Lauren to take, it was really an architectural because he wants her to build the restaurant branches in the future, the business related course is his choice for me. My sister refused his request and stood up taking a photography class, Dad didn't argue and let her but when it comes to me, I asked him if I could take the architecture course but he hesitated, I read his facial expressions and it broke my heart. He didn't said anything and let me take the course.

I followed Lauren and we end up on a surroundings that you'll be afraid of walking alone, it's a creepy area and lots of rusty houses. We parked the car a little far from them. They're heading to a three storey old building but they stopped on a small store, she and the other two guys sat on the wooden bench while munching snacks and the other two sat on the other bench a little far away from them with cigarettes on their mouth. Maybe it's her co-workers, and it's their break, but it's too far from the construction site.

My thoughts vanished when I felt someone outside the car, a girl. She's fixing her hair while using the car's window as her mirror. She's beautiful, her eyes and her lips. Wait! Her eyes are familiar. Oh! My stalker! And that made my anger to rise up. She's tailing me until here, and finally she showed her face. She's pretty but I hate her! I opened the door with force, yeah. It's intentional. Because I'm really mad at her right now! She's the reason why I can't eat properly outside and go to wherever I want alone because of her! But I was mesmerized by her pouty lips, it's inviting and I can't say no, when I'm near to the gate of heaven I was struck by a hard slap that made me wake up to my senses.

What did I do? What did she do?!

She slapped me! Aish! This girl!! I'm near on getting my revenge but she mentioned my sister's name. She knew Leon? Aish! It's normal when you're a famous boxer, damn stupid! I called Leon weird because it's really her but this crazy woman strangled me to death. I'm losing my breath and slapping her arms didn't do any help, she's too mad and if I never do anything to stop her I'll be killed by my crazy stalker! And the only thing that I can think right now can trigger more to killing me but fuck it I need air!

it's really soft! Soft! Soft! Soft!

We both got shocked on what I did, I just cover it up by breathing with rush. My smile tried to escape but I held it and became a smirk, fuck it!

Oh my fucking dick! It hurts like hell!!

She kicked my precious buddy!

"What the! You met a furious mad woman! Cool!" Phoebe almost jumped after hearing those. I glared at her but she didn't care.

"She's a witch!" I angrily shouted that made her laugh.

"You deserve that. You called Leon weird and you touch her--ugh! I want to punch you real hard. But I'm hungry, maybe later." She stood up and left me.

I leaned on the backrest of the couch while thinking about the witch. Don't get me wrong! I'm only thinking why is she mad when I called my sister weird? It's the truth, it's what she is and it's her personality.

Leon is really weird.

"But a good kind of weird."

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