The jerk next door

Chapter 5

*** Ryan’s POV ***

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Why did that b***h Bianca need to show up when I wanted to talk to Mia? That was Mia's chance to be nice to me, but now I wouldn’t go easy on her. If she thought I was going to buy her new tyres, then she was wrong. I would make her pay.

I walked back into the school and saw her by her locker. 'There you are.' I thought to myself, but I didn’t stop to talk to her, I just went to find my friends in the cafeteria. They were sitting by our regular table as usual.

“Hi guys, what’s up?” I greeted them and went to sit between Tyler and Dom.

“Ry, why don’t you sit next to me?” Bianca whined from the other side of the table.

“Why should I?” I asked her simply, she was getting on my nerves and it was just the first day of school.

“Dom, do you still have a few balloons in your locker from last year?” I asked and he looked at me, frowning.

“I think so, why?” He asked with his mouth full.

“You will see, just give them to me after lunch.” I told him with a smirk and the two of them knew I was up to something not good, so they smirked back. Bianca was busy looking at herself in her pocket mirror. I sighed, girls these days... she was sexy today. I must give her that. Maybe I will call her later for a quickie.

After lunch, I walked with Dominic to his locker to give me what I needed. I had free period, luckily, so I had time to set up my prank.

“Thanks man, see you here after the last class.” I told him.

“Okay, what are you going to do?” He asked curiously.

“You will see”, I told him with a smirk and he left. ‘Let’s get this done’, I told myself, and got to work.

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*** Mia’s POV ***

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I was sitting in Biology. That was my last class and I was glad I survived my first day at school. I didn’t make any friends, but it was okay, it was just the first day after all and I wanted to choose wisely this time. I didn’t want another friend like Carly, so I will take my time to make new friendships with anyone. This goes for boyfriends too. What Josh did, left a deep scar on my heart and it was difficult to trust someone after their betrayal. We were together for years and he couldn’t keep it in his pants for one more. Who knows how many times he cheated on me before I caught them.

I realised that I was crying when tears rolled down my cheeks. It was still hurtful to think about him. I loved him so much and we wanted to go to the same college after high school and move in together. I thought that he loved me enough to wait for me, but I was wrong. He could have told me he had needs and he couldn’t wait. I would have found a solution to help him another way, but he decided to cheat on me and if that was not enough, he needed to do it with Clary. I have lost three important people in my life in just a week. It was hard to handle back then.

I was glad when the bell rang. I packed my things quickly and left the classroom before anyone could see me cry. They would think that I was some pathetic girl who had a bad first day in her new school.

I walked to my locker to take out my backpack, but when I opened it, some disgusting liquid burst out of a balloon onto my clothes and legs. ‘Ewww’ Suddenly I heard laughter , I looked at the culprit and saw Ryan and his friends were laughing like crazy and one of them was making a video tape of me. ‘What the hell?’

I looked at Ryan furiously and when he looked at me, he stopped laughing and frowned. I closed my locker angrily. Luckily, that liquid didn’t mess up my locker, so I won’t need to clean it later. I ran to the washroom without hesitation and tried to clean myself as much as I could. When I finished, I sat in one of the stalls and let it all out. I was crying like a baby for Josh and Clary, for my clothes, for my new bike, because of that i***t neighbour of mine and also because my period was messing with my emotions. Usually I wouldn’t cry in situations like this, but at the moment I felt like everything came out of me at once and I hated it. I just wanted to go home and lay down on my bed.

I walked out of the stall and washed my face. I could clean that thing from my clothes but now they were totally wet. I hurried out of the washroom, hoping everybody had left already. I didn’t want them to see me with my eyes red and puffy. They would enjoy my miserable state for sure and I didn't want to give them the chance.

I hurried to my car when I saw only one more car parked in the parking lot. That blue car and the door opened and Ryan got out of it and started to walk towards me. If he thought I was going to wait for him, he was wrong. I didn’t want to see him ever again. I went to sit behind the wheel and started the car. He was knocking on the window but I ignored him and drove away from there at full speed, leaving him in a cloud of dust.

I pulled up into the garage and closed the garage door. I was finally at home. I went upstairs into my room and closed the curtains right away. I wouldn’t let him peep at me anymore. I hated him.

I decided I would take a long bath, so I went to the bathroom to prepare it.

I relaxed in the bathtub when I heard the doorbell ring. Mom had a key and we didn’t expect visitors so I knew it was Ryan.

'What does he want now? Didn’t he have done enough?' He couldn’t see the car in the garage, so maybe he thought I was not at home if I just didn’t open the door.

'Why do I care anyway? I won’t open it, that’s it.' I heard it again and again, he didn’t want to give up. Now he was knocking also. I let out a frustrated groan and got out of the tube. I wore my bathrobe and went downstairs. When I was closer to the door, I heard him shouting.

“Open the door Mia, I know you are there. I won’t leave till you open it.” He said and I opened the door suddenly and scolded him.

“What the hell is wrong with you, can’t I take a bath in peace, why don’t you get the hint and go away?” I shouted at him furiously and closed the door on his face.

“Wait, Mia, just a minute.” He said and I opened the door again, hopefully he would leave after he told me what he wanted.

“You got 2 minutes.” I told him rudely.

“ Why did you cry today?” He asked and my jaw hit the floor and my eyes widened.

“What?” I asked in disbelief in a low voice.

“I saw your tearful face by the lockers , why did you cry?” He asked like it was the most normal thing to ask after what he did.

“Wha-Why do you care? You know what Ryan, just leave me alone, okay? I am not in the mood to play your childish games. You won, are you happy now?” I asked in a tired tone. He didn’t say anything for a few seconds, so I just closed the door and went back to finish my bath. This seems to have worked since he didn’t knock again. I was confused though, why he cared suddenly if I cried or not when he was the one bullying me. I just did't get it.

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*** Ryan’s POV ***

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I was right, she was at home. I saw her curtain was closed and she had never closed it until now, so I knew that she was at home and I also knew that she was angry at me. When she asked me why I cared if she cried or not, I couldn’t say anything because I didn’t know the answer myself. I just did. She looked so sad and that had nothing to do with my prank.

I went into the kitchen to eat something, the guys would be here soon to hang out.

“Hey Ryan, what’s up?” Tyler asked when they walked through the door.

“What are we having?” Dom asked and walked to the fridge.

“We just ate bro, how can you eat so much?” Ty asked him. Dominic was a glutton. He eats a lot but he doesn’t gain extra weight.

“Ry, how is that neighbour of yours? She looked pretty upset back in school.” Tyler said. “Why don’t you ask her out instead of troubling her?” He added.

“He doesn’t have a chance with her after today,” Dom said with his mouth full of food again.

“I think she will fall for me if I show my sweet side to her,” I said with a smirk.

“Wanna bet?” Tyler said challengingly.

“Okay, if I win, you guys will need to give me your PS5.” They had the new PS5 model and I wanted to have one a long time already.

They looked at each other and then back at me.

“Okay, but if we win, you must set us up with your cousins,” Dominic said, and they smiled excitedly. I have two cousins from my mother’s side. They were 17 and 18 years old and these two idiots have had a crush on them since we started high school, but I always kept them away from the girls.

“Okay, but if Kelly and Dyna don’t like you in the end, that won’t be my fault.” I said to them, I was confident about Mia, I would win this bet. “One more thing, it must stay between us, I don’t want Mia to find out about it.” I said, I didn’t know why she cried today and I didn’t want to hurt her feelings, maybe she had serious problems and I didn’t want to add to them.

“Deal.” They said in unison.

“Now go home. I have some flirting to do,” I said with a smirk on my face and they laughed.

“Please tell us later all about how she brushed you off.” Dom said mockingly.

“Yeah-yeah... now go, see you tomorrow.” They left and I sat down on my bed to think about my first move to win this bet.