Lily Hates Me: A Love Story — Chapter 35

"Mom! Dad! I'm home!" I yelled to let my presence known.

"Hey sweetheart, how was school?" my mom Lily asked.

Everyone tells me I look exactly like my mother. But I disagree. I think she is way more beautiful than I am. She was also a complete sweetheart. Which was one of the biggest reasons why my dad fell in love with her in the first place.

"School was okay. I met a guy I think," I smiled.

"WHAT GUY!" my dad Jacob yelled from the other room. Great...here comes the lecture about how no guy is good enough for his little girl.

"Hi dad," I rolled my eyes.

"Who would dare look at you? I thought we discussed this. No guys until you are in college," my dad said.

"No dad, there was no discussion. You just said I can't date and I never agreed to it. Besides, I dated other guys before," I said.

"You did? I must've blocked it out of my memory," Jacob scowled.

"Oh, just leave her alone. I'm sure this guy is perfectly nice. Who is he?" my mom asked and looked at me curiously.

"His name is Anthony, we are planning on going to the fall festival together," I said excitedly.

"Ah, the fall festival. That's where me and your mom had our first..." dad started to say.

"JACOB!" mom glared at him before he could finish.

"Candy Apple! We had our first candy apple together!" dad said quickly.

"ohhkaay....well anyways...I asked him to go with me. He is really nice. Not like the jerks I've dated before," I said.

"You know, your dad was a real jerk when I first met him. I caught him bullying your uncle Ryan," mom said.

"Really?" I was intrigued.

"Mhm...then he had this unhealthy crush on me and he forced me to go on a date with him!" mom exclaimed.

"I apologized for it," dad muttered.

"Whoa...how did you fall in love?" I asked.

"It's a long story but it turned out all of that macho man attitudes were just an act. He was actually a big teddy bear underneath," mom laughed and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Whatever, I was a tough dude in high school. The only reason I was nice to your mom because she was a total fox," dad smirked and kissed her. "Still is."

"Eew can you not do that in front of me?" I made a face even though I loved to see how much in love they were with each other. It's was nauseatingly sweet.

I went back to my room. I needed to pick out a cute dress to wear at the festival.

My phone dinged all of a sudden. A text.

What's up gorgeous? How about you help a brotha out again? The unknown number said.

I'm sorry, who is this? I typed.

It's your boy, Anthony. Oh, I'm sorry I meant Tony. Don't want to be confused with your loverboy Anthony T, the text read.

What? How did you get my number? I typed furiously.

My cousin Nell knows this dude who knows your friend Sarah. She spilled the beans 😁, he texted.

Goddammit, Sarah.

What do you want? I asked.

I need you to pretend to be my girlfriend again, he said.

What! No way, I replied.

You are doing it or bad things will happen to your precious Anthony. Coming to pick you up in half an hour. Chow Bella! 😘, was his response.

This bastard! He threatened me.

Wait....this seems familiar. Didn't mom say that's how she began dating my dad? And now the same thing is happening to me!

Nooooo! I will not marry Anthony Dean!

"I'm not going to go out with you, this isn't cute," I declared as soon as Tony arrived.

"Huh? What are you talking about? This is just a temporary thing to ward off one of the flocks of annoying teenage girls who are obsessed with me. she just won't let me break up with her you see?" Tony explained.

"Probably because you keep making empty promises and giving them false hope to become the next Mrs. Dean. They think they are that one special girl to win your heart. So stupid. I'll never know what they see in you, honestly," I rolled my eyes.

"You are missing out baby girl. I'm a prize. I could show you the world of pleasure then you'll know what the fuss is about," he said in a seductive tone.

Ewww...

"I'm good so no thanks. Where are we going and what am I doing anyway?" I asked.

"We are going to a party and you are going to give an Oscar-worthy performance of pretending to be my girlfriend," Tony said.

"Um, who do you think I am? You can't just ask me to do stuff for you. It's not my job to get rid of your booty calls Anthony," I said irritably.

"Aww come on Summer. You are one of the most popular girls in our school. It'll be more believable if you are my girlfriend," Tony said.

"You flatter me. Sure I'll do it but we are breaking up right after," I declared.

"Fine, it's a deal," he said.

We arrived at the party. I expected some girl to charge at us like a wild dog right away and try to rip my throat out but no such thing happened. If this was some type of ploy to get me to come to this stupid party, I will throat punch Tony.

"There she is, that's Becca," Tony whispered in my ears.

I looked and a tall girl with reddish-purple hair was striding toward us. She didn't look so happy as Tony's arms were wrapped around my shoulders.

"Hey Becks, you look great," Tony flashed her a grin.

"Don't you hey Becks me, who is this blonde bitch?" she pointed at me and demanded to know.

"Well excuse me, who are you calling a bitch?" I barked.

"Ladies, ladies, please. Let's act like civilized people here. Becca, this is Summer, we are dating now," Tony said.

"What are you saying!" she squealed. Is she deaf or what?

"I am saying you and I are over, I am with Summer now," Tony said.

"Since when? Then how come I've never seen you two together?" Becca looked at me suspiciously.

I cleared my throat. I am gonna help this stupid asshole so I can get out of this sooner rather than later.

"Becca, sweetie, please. You are embarrassing yourself. It's over between you and Tony. He belongs to me now," I said and wrapped my arms around his waist and hugged him closer.

"But..." Becca started to argue again. I let go of Tony and hugged Becca.

"Shh...it's okay. Just accept it," I whispered into her hair. She was so stunned she forgot to push me away. "You are too pretty to be obsessing over this jerk. There's someone better for you out there. I mean look at him, he looks like the off-brand version of Zac Efron," I pointed at Tony.

"Hey!" Tony protested but I ignored him.

"Like, you can do so much better girl," I kept going.

Becca looked like she was deep in thought for a second. "Oh my god, you are so right! I am like so hot, I don't need this asshole! I'll find someone hotter," she declared.

"That's right! You go girl!" I encouraged her.

"Thanks, Summer," she said and gave me one final hug and flipped Tony off before leaving the room.

"That's not what I meant when I said to help me get rid of her," Tony said irritably.

"Bitch please, if you thought I was going to stroke your ego some more, you are wrong," I said, dismissing him.

Tony stared at me intently and grinned. "You are gonna pay for insulting me," he said.