Chapter Eight

It's finally Friday. The day of the fight which will put IF back on the top where we belong.

I woke up to an annoying Chess continuously poking my arm.

"Chess, stop poking me or so-help-me-God, I will kill you"

"Wake up Drey. Don't be a grumpy soul. Have life in you."

"And I'm guessing you have that life?"

"Of course. I'm glowing" she said flipping her hair.

"Yup. Glowing, with stupidity yeah." I checked the time and it was 3:46 am. Freaking early.

"Chess, why on earth would you wake me up at 3:46 dear friend?" I said with my voice disturbingly calm but with a malicious touch to it.

"Whoopsie, grumpy pants just got grumpier." She said running off before I could land a punch on her cute face. Grumpier is not even a word. This girl is going to be the reason I'll probably end up in jail for murder or at least attempted murder.

I buried my face into my pillow as I let myself fall back into sleep. I felt a presence in my room but decided to ignore it since it's probably Chess. All of a sudden, what do you mean by Justin Bieber started playing very loudly might I add. I buried my face deeper into the pillow hoping it would stop but it became louder. Groaning, I sat up on my bed only to find a smirking Cole and Chess. I swear if I wasn't so sleepy, I would have killed them. Don't judge me, I have no grudge against Justin Bieber but I just don't fancy him.

I hesitantly got up from the bed and closed the curtains that someone had opened. Why would you even open the curtains at this time? There's no sunlight. I checked the time and it was 4:02 am. Come on!!! I will become a fucking murderer if someone doesn't get rid of Chess and Cole.

"Get out!!!" I said with my voice emotionless.

"Well good morning to you too." Cole said with a teasing look on his face.

"This isn't morning, it's freaking dawn!" I said smacking his head and giving him a light punch to his belly.

"Ouch. Now I know why you chose Bitch At Dawn. You're a total bitch at dawn." He said and I couldn't help but snicker.

"Well, you woke me up at dawn. What did you expect me to do? Give each of you a million dollars?"

"That's not a bad idea. I could use some free money." Cole said still testing my patience. "Woah hold up." He said moving back when he saw me advancing at him.

"So why did you dickheads wake me up?" I crossed my arms over my chest and furrowed my brows at them.

"Practice?" Chest said but more like questioned.

"You woke me up at 4:02 am to practice for a fight at 1:00 pm?" I was not able to hide my anger. They both gave me sheepish smiles which intensified my anger. I decided to play my game with them.

"Since you want to practice so much, meet me in the training room for some fights?" I questioned but we all knew they have no option. I could literally hear them gulp.

I wore a dark green sports bra with matching shorts. Walking down the stairs, I put my hair in a messy Ponytail. I found Blaze, Blast and Martha in the living room. Does everyone in this house wake up at dawn? The fact that Blaze and Martha were cuddling was not fully lost on me. I cleared my throat and Martha stopped giggling at something Blaze whispered in her ear. Martha giggling? Now that's a first.

"Oh, I see why Cole and Chess were writing their wills. Looks like we're gonna be buying two coffins." Blaze teased and I shot him a glare.

"Haha. Very funny." I sneered and they knew not to push it. I walked into the elevator which leads to the training room underground. As I entered, I saw fear flash in their eyes.

"Cole, in the ring." I jumped into the ring myself. Blaze and the rest came to watch. Blast was the referee. In a matter of minutes, I had Cole cowering beneath me.

Our breathes were heavy. I helped him up but punched him in the gut with a warning.

"Never disturb my sleep." I sneered

I knew I was overreacting but we're talking about my sleep here.

I beat Chess in some minutes and gave her a warning as well.

We had a rather silent breakfast. Frankly, I was cranky because it's that time of the month and I just wanted to rest but I won't tell them or else Cole won't let me hear the end of it.

I walked sluggishly into my room after breakfast. I entered my bathroom and looked at my reflection in the mirror for some time before stripping. The warm water was relaxing as it flowed down my back. Getting out of the shower, I wrapped a lavender towel around myself. As I was about to enter my walk-in closet, my phone started ringing. I picked it up.

"Hello?" No response

"Hello…?" Dead silence.

"Who the fuck is this?" I was done being nice.

"Audrey." Once I heard the voice, I wished I never picked up the phone.

"Wrong number Sean!"

"Audrey, I'm sorry"

" Yeah? I'm sorry too but you've got the wrong number."

"I know it would be hard forgiving me but I'll wait for you. I know I hurt you so I won't push my luck. I know I'll get you to forgive me. I will."

"Sean, shut up with the 'I know' statements. What of the things you don't know? You know this, you know that. For God's sake, you don't fucking know anything!" By this time, I was hysterical

"Audrey stop it. Your words hurt. You're hurting me."

" Good. Now you know how I've been feeling for the past two weeks. You never called, no text, no nothing. You could've at least asked if everything went well with my brothers and mom but no, you ignored me and now you want to undo it? Pffft! How pathetic can human beings become?" I let out an airy chuckle.

" I'm sorry. I'll call you another time but remember I'll not give up on us.

"Tiny problem. There's no 'us'."

"Good luck with the fight. Kick some butts cause that's what you do."

" I don't need your motivation." I said icily even though deep down, I was happy he knows me so well. I was happy he apologized and most of all, I was happy he called but I had to play hard to get. What's the fun in giving on early anyway?

"Just wanted to give it anyway." I could hear the hurt in his voice and it hurt. Next, I heard a beep signaling he'd hung up. Realizing I was still in my towel, I walked into my closet and wore a normal shirt with some shorts.

I left my hair in a ponytail. No makeup. After dressing, we all headed out for the fight.

I'm too lazy to narrate the fight but long story short, we won.

"You know you should give Sean a chance right?" Chess broke the uncomfortable silence even though her words just made me more uncomfortable.

"How did you-"

" Drey, we've been friends since childhood and I know you well enough to know you're playing hard to get. You're hurting him to justify the pain you went through but you're hurting more…" She rambled on but this is the only part I heard or cared to listen to.

"Whatever" I tried to be emotionless even though I knew that they know that I was guilty.