Chapter 5 Staying at home

Jerry's Pov

Ryan glared at me and I took it as a time to flaunt my charming smile, seeing it he grunted and turned away.

"It's okay guys, you can call it quit if you're no longer interested." Yarry suggested.

"Nobody is backing out, we've never backed out in our previous games so we're not starting it now." Adras said emphatically, staring at the rest of us. " Yeah, we're not quitting our game." I nodded a reply raising my glass to it.

"And who said we are planning to." Ryan said disgusted at my behavior. Well I did nothing, he should come to realise that he's my opponent and I have to do things that will make him extremely mad,hmph. I blew a disturbing smile his way and watched the dissatisfaction it stirred.

Oops! Guess I am some pest now.

"This one for you guys," I dropped my card on the table, "today's bills on my account, as I celebrate my little win, where's the bartender here." I said staring away at the club, yeah am troublesome.

"Over here." Yarry snapped his fingers, signalling the lady on the desk to come.

"I love this game so much. Actually this is the first time Jerry is spending on us."Adras exclaimed and I smirked. Just then Ryan stood up ready to leave. He shuffled his keys into his Jean pocket and said, "I gotta go guys."

"Bro! We just got started." I pressed knowing how pissed up that gonna make him feel.

"Trust me, you don't want me to be part of this." He said with disgust all over his face. We watched him leave and then Yarry broke the silence. "Could tell he's really pissed." He said with a short laugh.

"So tell us, have you done it, how did she obey you?" Adras asked curiously, abandoning his drink to seek solace in my face, well what can I say. "Fact, and we wanna know that secret." Yarry added and I shifted on my seat uncomfortable.

"It's nothing tricky." I told them but they won't believe me as they gave me suspicious stares. "Nothing tricky has nothing to do with you Jerry, you're one hell of a tricky guy, if it was to be Ryan I won't have a minute of doubt but coming from you,nah." Yarry poured out and I was almost forced to laugh as I was already making tiny chuckles.

"You really do think i'm like that?" I scurried my brows at him and he shrugged. "Okay, this is what happened, I gave Dora her address and she did the magic." I ended it with a smile, "you know bitches love sweet talks and loverboy acting and guess what," I said dreamingly.

"What?"

"Watch Jerry turn into a loverboy and a sweet talker," I sipped from my drink and they cheered me on."We trust you on that." Adras said with a wink.

"Let's make a toast," I suggested and they brought out their glasses pointing it to me. "Here's a toast to.. to what?" Adras asked and Yarry replied. "Uhm, let's say; Jerry and Cleopatra's union."

"Yeah, sounds nice, to me and Cleo, cheers guys!!"

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Bella

I dropped to the couch as I've had a really long day at Luke's now all I need is rest, turning to my side I saw Cleopatra, I checked my watch to be sure and she was ten minutes late for work but she seems not to be bothered as she was busy typing away on her phone.

"I still don't understand what you're so busy about, do you realize you're ten minutes late." I said unable to hold in my thoughts, she glanced at me and blew me a 'i know' reply, really. I scoffed at her and then she asked. "How's Luke, the way he sounded on the phone I thought he was gonna eat you up." She said totally ignoring the hostility my eyes held.

"That guy is so naughty,could you believe he just wanted to kiss me goodbye simply because he would be out of town for a day." I replied, retreating my glaring eyes away from her face. "And I was here thinking of rocking the party with your Gucci heels," Lulu pouted and I threw her a playful punch.

"Ouch, but I still thought about him having you pinned to the wall with no mercy." She added making a sluthy face.

Holy Spirit of mackerel! Cleo said with a stern look and I sprained my face to look at her. "And here comes the holy worshiper who works in a strip club, you really don't want to tell us about it, huh?" I asked, looking deep into her eyes.

"What's with that look, I've told you girls.. nothing happened, today's my off-day and I prefer to stay indoors for crying out loud." She said tiredly and we said nothing. She should really keep deceiving herself because I'm not going to buy it.

We stared at her suspiciously, killing her with eyes and she was forced to surrender. "When have you girls started to be so caring." She huffed, taking away the strands of hair penetrating her eyes.

"When you became a car owner." Lulu said breezily and her eyes popped open. "Really." She spat, dropping her phone on her lap. She stared at us, stupefied. "You too?" She asked and I answered with a shrug, "sort of."

"What's sort of! It's obvious that's the same reason why you started with the questions." She wore her headset and shut her eyes. "Wait, uhm, that's not it, it's.. because of Jerry, I can't wait to be the best friend to Jerry's fiance." I said more like a shout and she shot me a glare, slowly she dropped her headset down and said dramatically. "I thought you were my friends but now I know better." I watched in silence as she stormed into her room, what do we care?''

"Hey, I am the first best friend and you're the second." Lulu said with a serious look, wait are we doing this. "Hell no. I brought her to New York so I should be her first best friend." I snapped at her.

Yes. We are doing this.

"No you're not, you brought her here but she called me her best friend not you, so you're second to nothing." Lulu shouted a reply not wanting to give up. "Shut up, I am.." I was about to say when Cleopatra shouted from her room, almost blowing our ears off.

"You girls should shut the hell up! I don't have a best friend neither do I have a first or second, you girls are cut off from my list already,okay!" She smash the door angrily and we nodded our heads like scared rats.

*

The door opened with someone walking in, maybe Bella or Lulu, I thought tiredly shutting my eyes.

"Woah, she's still asleep, no longer going to the bar," Lulu whispered to herself.

Who's that in my room, what does she want, she better not do anything to wake me up. I thought weakly, unable to open my eyes.

"Oh my gosh, what's her password?" She said scratching her hair, suddenly the door sway opened. I'm sure that must be Bella because I can hear hush voices, she probably doesn't know how to keep her voice low.

"What are you doing here?" Bella whispered not really like one though. "I should be asking you." Lulu whispered back and Bella shrugged.

"I came to check on my bestie." She threw Lulu a mocking reply and she gnarled at her. " Keep your voice low. If really she's your bestie don't wake her up. Lulu said not really in a mood for trouble.

Those bunch of kill joy, why me?

"I wasn't planning to." She mumbled.

"Then learn how to use your hoarse voice well." Lulu said curtly and continued what she was doing.

As much as I wanted to see Bella's reaction over Lulu's curt reply I don't want to risk being caught awake.

"Why are you having difficulty with that?" Bella asked, peeking from behind. Lulu pushed her away and said, clearly cutting her off, "None of your business."

"Hey, I just wanted to help." She shrugged.

"What brought you here in the first place, thought I had seen you going out."

"Yea, I was about to but I need to get something." She said, zooming her eyes around the room.

"Hey, stop that." Lulu said, restraining herself from shouting.

"What, it's not your business,is it?"

I chuckled silently, Bella's really playing back on her words.

"Watch it, you almost got the lamp smashed, what are you looking for?" Lulu asked, tired of her noisy attitude.

"What are you doing with her phone?" Bella returned gawping at her.

"Okay, I'm trying hard to unlock it, I need to get Ryan's number,can you help?"

"Nop. I'm searching for the car key." She muttered.

"Key?"

"Yes, you heard me, how is that your problem?" Bella asked in a somewhat face.

"For what?" I heard myself say and then their faces crumpled, drenching like that of robbers when caught on a highway. I raised my brow at them waiting for an answer.

"Ahh!" Lulu exclaimed, expressing shock. "You're awake." Bella said, wearing the same look.

"That didn't answer my question." I sprang up from the bed, sitting upright.

"Uhm, ya.. I need them." Bella said and quickly grabbed the key the moment she set eyes on them. "Too late." She sniggered and ran out leaving Lulu behind.

"And you, what do you want, why are you with my phone?" She looked at me as though I was a wicked stepmother, giving me puppy eyes. "Uhm, I.." she began batting her lashes.

"Don't even think of it."

"Am not running,okay. Actually I wanted to send my pictures, the ones I had snapped with your phone, so unlock your phone let me send them." She lied.

How can she be lying and still manage to keep a straight face.

"So you can get his number?" I asked with a pointed nose and she widened her eyes at me. Was I telling a lie?

"Okay.. I will just get out of your sight." She mumbled faintly, dragging her feets to the door. "Sure, close my door behind you."

Phewww!

Bunch of disturbances. I had barely taken a step and then came the bleary noise of the alarm. Just what they did that I didn't expect. Ruined my night and now my morning, those girls are terrible. I buried my face in my pillow and groaned.