Chapter 13 & 14 : Hailey’s Hidden Identity
Hailey ran up the stairs and Into her room, slamming the door behind her, Matteo who heard from the parlor flinches form the sound, he knew at that moment that he really hurt her.
Hailey flings her leg, her shoe flying out her leg and hitting the wardrobe, she jumps on her bed burying her face in the pillow.
She let her tears fall, she was crying because of how Brandon had reacted, he had never shouted at her before and it broke her knowing he did
She raises her head from the pillow and wipes her nose and her tears off her face, she grabs her phone and calls the first person on her mind, Freya.
“Hey girl what’s up?” Freya says loudly, Hailey could hear Indian music playing in the background, Maybe Freya was at her extended family house again.
“If you’re busy, I can call later” Hailey says trying to avoid her face from breaking, She actually had 2 phones, which was Samsung and iphone, her brother only knew of the Samsung which was the one she threw on the chair.
“Why you calling me with your iphone not your Samsung? you rarely call with this phone” Freya asked ignoring what Hailey said.
“I got grounded” Hailey says pouting sadly.
“By who?” Freya asks and Hailey was sure she had her brow raised when she asked that question.
“Brandon” Hailey answered.
“Wh..why?” Freya asks standing up from where she was sitting and entering deep Into the house where the music wasn’t too loud.
“I asked Jerry if I could hitch a ride home from him and he said yes but then we encountered Matteo when we were about to set on the road, He offered to take me home instead but I rejected so Jerry took me instead, Matteo told Brandon I went on a freaking date with Jerry when I didn’t and you know how Brandon gets when boys are around him ever since….” Hailey stops her words breathing heavily, she said all that in one breath, she purposefully avoided the part where Brandon hurt her arm because she knows how Freya gets when she’s hurt.
“Yeah I know…Maybe Matteo got hots for you girl” Freya said squealing happily.
“Hots?? he wouldn’t have lied to Brandon about the stupid date that didn’t happen if he actually had hots for me” Hailey says angrily.
“Chill girl ..Maybe he was jealous” Freya says rolling her eyes a bit.
“I’m sure you just rolled your eyes” Hailey said the obvious and Freya smiles.
“You know me too well” Freya says and soon heard her name being called.
“I got to go… Shorya is calling me..Byee” Freya says and hangs up the call, Shorya is Freya’s elder sister who just got married to a non indian, her parents were so against it at First but seeing how in Love their daughter was, they had to give the marriage their blessings.
Freya was warned by her parents not to fall in love with a non indian, they only gave Shorya a chance and it wasn’t going to repeat itself, Freya grew a little bit scared at this but didn’t tell her parents she was already in love with a non indian.
Hailey sighs as she remembers what she said to Matteo before running up the stairs and the hurt she saw in his eyes immediately she said those words.
Was I too harsh? She asks herself but when she spots the mark on her fore arm, she shook her head and slept without removing her uniform.
~8PM>>
Hailey was still deep asleep when Matteo entered her room, he tiptoes to her bed, He and Brandon just returned from the frat house and Brandon who was totally wasted was carried by Matteo to his room and immediately his head touched the bed, he slept off.
Matteo sat on Hailey’s bed looking at her gently, he used his thumb to softly removes her hair from her face to catch a clearer view of it.
“Beautiful” He mutters removing her glasses from her face slowly so as not to break it, he then drops it on the table.
His eyes scans her face enjoying his Beauty, his eyes went to her closed ones then down to her tiny button nose, to her curly, not too long hair and to her lips.
His hand went to it, touching it softly, he stole the bottom a bit before moving to the top.
So soft He thought as he unconsciously bites his own, he began to lean in slowly feeling the urge to take her lips in his.
Slowly and softly, his lips met hers, he stayed put for a while wanting to see if she would wake up but seeing no reaction, he sucks softly and gently on he lips moaning lightly at the feeling.
He raises his head after and pecks her a bit before standing up, he looks at her and gulps.
“I’m Sorry” He says before walking out of the room, closing the door softly.
~7AM≈MENDELS MANSION>>
Hailey woke up in a very good mood, she stretches her body, and ruffles her hair before rubbing her eyes continuously.
“Why do I feel so happy today?” She asks herself but shrugs and wore her flip flop which was beside her bed and goes into the bathroom immediately.
~20 MINUTES LATER>>
She steps out feeling refreshed with a towel wrapped around her head and one wrapped around her chest to cover her she was about walking to her wardrobe when her door opens widely.
“HAILEY WAKE UP..I KNOW YOU’RE……” Brandon stops shouting when he notices noone was on the bed, he looks towards the wardrobe to see Hailey looking at him with a emotionless eyes.
“Out” She says coldly
“Hailey wait… I’m…” Brandon took a step but was not able to complete his words.
“GET OUT!!!!” Hailey shouted and Brandon stops his movement, he looks straight in her eyes and saw she meant business.
“Oh” Brandon says and walks out closing her door behind her, Hailey let out a ragged breath before taking her uniform which she washed by herself this time, it was her P.E uniform since today was Wednesday.
She dresses up,.managed to comb her extra curly hair and wore her glasses, she then carries her bag, her books were still inside since she didn’t study that night.
She walks out making sure to put and emotionless face as she walks to the dining, she didn’t bother greeting the 2 boys who were there but just sat down and began eating.
She didn’t even glance up from her food to look at them, she finishes eating and wipes the side of her lips with a napkin and stood up
She began walking to the door when she stops, she didn’t look back but said.
“FYI Brandon, I didn’t go on a date with anyone, Jerry only took me home since my driver delayed and I was too tired to walk to the bus station, I wouldn’t dare since all you ever do is chase away all boys who took interest in me, Ask Your So Called BFF why he lied to you” She says and let out a deep breath before walking out.
Brandon turns to Matteo who immediately gulps down, he looked at his food avoiding Brandon eyes.
“You Have A Lot of Explanation To Do” Brandon says not bothering to hide the venom in his voice.
This is not good Matteo thought.
Chapter 15 & 16 : A Shattered Heart
Immediately Hailey left the house, Brandon turns to Matteo and cleared his throat trying to keep his anger in but it kept increasing as he remembers how he treated Hailey.
“What did she mean by you were lying?” Brandon asks but Matteo kept quiet.
“MATTEO!!!” He suddenly shouted, Matteo flinches and finally looks yo to Brandon whose eyes had turn red in anger.
“I don’t know what she meant” Matteo says calmly.
“DO NOT FUCKING LIE TO ME!!” Brandon shouted again.
“Don’t Blame me, you were the one who read much into what I told you yesterday, I only said I saw her with a guy and you made up the story of her going on a date…so blame yourself for the attitude she’s giving you” Matteo says and stood up, he had lost his appetite, he remembers the slap he received from Hailey yesterday and the word she said which made him Flinch inwardly.
“I’m having class this morning, see you later” Matteo says, his voice cold and distant as he walks out the house with his car key.
“What have I done?” Brandon mutters holding his head in his hand, as he regretted what he did to her and the shouts he reigned upon her.
Hailey go to school on time since she woke up quite early, she met Jerry and Freya talking by Freya’s Locker.
The look in Freya eyes was so friendly and warm while the look in Jeremy eyes were dreamy which made Hailey know that what they felt for each other was totally different.
“Hi Guys” Hailey says opening her locker which was right beside Freya’s, she took out her books and immediately she turns, the book was hit from her hand to the ground.
She bends to pick it but soon a shoe appears untop of the book as the person made sure to crumble the cover.
Hailey looks up to see Ginnie and her 2 friends, she sighs waiting for another round of bullying.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” Jerry spoke up and was shocked when Hailey didn’t say anything.
“None of Your Business Mickey mouse” Tara who was the name of one of Ginnie’s minion spoke up.
“Get your leg off her book bitch” Jerry says pushing Ginnie but receives a slap from her in return, People had begin to gather and gasps when the slap echoed in the hall.
“I Would have said Mom trained a Good kid but she didn’t” Jerry says and returns the slap in two folds, Ginnie fell to the ground in shock as she held her cheek.
🗣️ He is so going to get expelled.
🗣️ That was Hot .
🗣️ I wouldn’t want to be Ginnie at this moment.
Comments below wild, Hailey and Freya had their mouths wide open, in shock because they had never seen a guy raise their hand on a woman
“Now Get your flat asses away from here and if I see you bully Hailey again, you’ll receive it from me” Jerry threatens with anger in his eyes, he hates bullying a lot and won’t stand aside when someone was being bullied.
Ginnie saw the look in his and quickly stood up and ran away completely ashamed because noone has ever stood up to her before.
“Are you okay?” Jerry asks Hailey, he bends and picks up her book, helping her to wipe the dirt of it.
“I..I’m Good” Hailey says collecting the book and thanking him.
Freya looks at Jeremy with a disappointed look in her eyes, she shook her head slightly.
“Never Ever raise your hand on a woman, no matter what she does to hurt you or someone close to you” She says and walks away fast, it was a tradition in her family for men to never raise their hand on a woman and seeing that Jerry did so angered and disappointed her.
“Wait… Freya” Jerry calls after her but she ignores and continues to walk to her class.
“I…I didn’t know she hated it…I wouldn’t have done that if I knew she hated it…I…” Jerry started to stutter.
Hailey places a hand on his back, reassuring him that she would talk to Freya, Jerry nods and sighs.
THE BELL RINGS!!
“Bye” Jerry mutters before walking away.
“Bye” Hailey says the same way and turns to the direction of her class , she had totally forgotten about the fight between her, Matteo and Brandon.
She enters the class and spots Freya on their usual seats, she walks over there and sat down bringing out her pen and calculator from her bag, they had Mathematics this morning.
“Hey” Hailey says and Freya nods.
“I’m sorry for what Jeremy did, he just wanted to stand up for me, what he did wasn’t right and he says he wouldn’t have done that if you hated it…He’s sorry” Hailey apologies on Jerry’s behalf.
“I Know…I’m sorry I couldn’t stand up for you like Jeremy did..that is what angered me the most” Freya says with a pout but was immediately pulled into a hug by Hailey.
“It’s alright…also I don’t think Ginnie will be bullying me again anytime soon” Hailey says noticing the way Ginnie flinched when they locked eyes.
“I’ll talk to Jerry” Freya says and Hailey nods, soon their mathematics teacher, Mr James enters and wrote the topic on the board which was “QUADRATIC FORMULAS”.
~4PM ≈ AFTER SCHOOL>>
Freya baded Hailey Bye when Hailey’s driver came to pick her up, she had talked to Jerry during lunch break and affirmed that they were good
She then remembers Harry and a blush spreads across her cheeks, she holds her face in her hand imagining them together as she Walked home.
She got home, she wasn’t rich but her family was able to fend for themselves without worries.
She enters to meet her parents in the parlor, she goes to them and went on her knees to greet them.
Her dad puts his thumb inside a bowl and brought it out, his thumb red, he then places that same thumb on Freya’s head as a means of blessing her, Her mom did the same .
“Good afternoon Mama” She says and her mom smiles .
“How was school Freya Darling?” Her mom says with her strong Indian accent.
“Good…where is Mehek?” Freya asks for her younger sister, they were all girls in the family but her mom was pregnant again and the gender was confirmed to be a boy.
“She’s sleeping in her room, she had a tired day at school” Freya’s mom says and Freya nods before turning to walk up the stairs but was stopped by her dad’s voice.
“You haven’t introduced a boy to us, do you not have a boyfriend?” Freya froze when she heard what her dad said, she thought of Harry and shook her head.
“No Papa, I do not have a boyfriend” Freya says, she was used to her dad asking this question but the shock that came everytime she hears the question was still vivid.
“You better bring home an Indian boy, I do not want you to bring home one American kid and then be drawn away from our tradition” Her father says and Freya nods but when she notices that she was not being seen by them, she spoke.
“Okay Papa” She says and quickly rushes up her stairs to avoid any other question, she got to her room and quietly closes the door, her parents hate it when the door was being slammed.
“Gosh” She says tiredly as she fell on the bed, she looks to the sky which had small shining stars, her room lights were off just the way she liked it which made the stars shine bright.
Freya stretches her hand as if she wanted to touch one of them and then a name escaped her lips unconsciously.
“Brandon”.
Hailey was in her room, she came back from school to meet Brandon watching a baseball game, turns out he didn’t have class for today.
She ignores him when he tried to talk to her and ran up her room and here she is, starving but refusing to go downstairs because of her anger and stubbornness.
Knock Knock
She hears and immediately knew who it was, she immediately covers herself and pretends to be asleep.
Brandon who was the one who knocked enters and saw her sleeping, he walk to her and adjusted the duvet on her body which was a little bit scattered due to how fast she wanted to cover herself.
“I know you can’t hear me but still…, I’m sorry for shouting at you, for harming you and for being an overprotective brother, Mom and Dad are never home and I feel I have to take up the responsibility of protecting you, Matteo didn’t actually tell me you went out on a date but said he saw you with a guy, I was the one who read too much into it and I’m sorry for that, I don’t want you getting hurt again after….after….(Sighs) I Hope you forgive me” Brandon says and immediately Hailey’s hand went around him, pulling him into a hug.
“You were awake?” Brandon asks in shock.
“Mmmm hmmm” Hailey hums out a yes.
“I’m sorry Little sis” Brandon says and Hailey looks up to him with little tears in her eyes.
“It alright…I forgive you, you are my Big brother after all..a stubborn one at that” Hailey says and her stomach grumbles immediately.
“Uhmm” She says embarrassed.
“Let me guess, your stubbornness held you to not come out to eat…now who’s more stubborn” Brandon teases and his stomach grumbles also, they both looked at each other and burst out laughing.
“Food?” Brandon asks standing up.
“Food” Hailey says jumping on his back so he could piggy back her to the kitchen, Brandon didn’t complain but held her to himself well as he walks to the kitchen.
~7PM ≈ MENDELS MANSION>>
Matteo enters the house to see Brandon asleep on the couch and a tv show was playing on the TV, he shook his head and chuckles.
Brandon was a deep sleeper so he wouldn’t be Waking up anytime soon, he could sleep through a snow storm and not move a muscle.
Matteo came for Hailey so he immediately began to walk up the stairs not caring how loud his footsteps were since he knew Brandon was a deep sleeper.
He got to her room and knocked, her small voice came and he smiles knowing she wasn’t asleep yet, be them slowly enters
Hailey looks up to see who had entered and wasn’t Shocked to see Matteo because Brandon never knocks whenever he wants to enter her room.
“Hey” His deep voice rang in her ear and her heartbeat quickens, she didn’t want him to know the kinda effect he had on her so she kept a straight face.
“I’m sorry, for telling Brandon, for causing a rift between you guys, I don’t know why I did that, or maybe I do but I’m sorry, Please forgive me” Matteo says and brought out a small teddy he was holding behind his back the whole time, it was a black and white panda teddy.
Hailey smiles when she saw how he used it to cover his face, he was looking extra cute and she fell for him more.
“It’s alright, I understand, Brandon told me exactly what you said and how he read much into it” Hailey says.
“So we cool?” Matteo asks and Hailey nods.
Soon Hailey was in his arms as he twirls her around, her laughter filling the whole room.
Matteo stops twirling her and looks her in the eyes, he uses one hand to balance her and raises the other to her face to remove the stranding heir covering her right eyes.
Hailey heartbeat was so loud, she thought he would hear it in the quiet room in which he did, he could hear the loud heart beat wide and clear
Soon they began to lean in consciously, as their lips were about to touch, Hailey places her finger in between separating their lips.
“We can’t” She whispers looking from his lips to his eyes, Matteo gulps looking at her pouty lips before look at her eyes.
“Why?” He ask in a whisper also.
“Because you’re my brother best friend” She answers.
There is always an unspoken rule about not kissing your best friend sister right?? Hailey thought to herself.
“Well F*ck it” Matteo says and removes her hand before placing his lips on her, kissing her hungrily.
Chapter 17 & 18 : A Kiss Imagined
“Hailey”.
“Hailey” .
Hailey suddenly snaps out of her imagination, she blushes realizing she was just imagining everything and Matteo was by her bed looking at her worriedly.
“You zoned out and i have been calling your name” Matteo says moving back a bit when he sees how close their faces were.
“Sorry I was lost in thoughts” Hailey says blushing embarrassed at her imaginations.
“Thinking about me huh?” He says teasingly, if only he knew they were true.
“Why would I think of you?” Matteo didn’t know why those words stung him but he ignores it and smirks.
“Good night” He says leaning in and kisses her forehead, Hailey gasps I’m surprise, He had never done that before.
Hailey enjoyed the warmth of his lips on her forehead and closes her eyes, sighing lowly, Matteo moves back surprised at his won actions
“B..Bye” He stutters and quickly walks out.
Hailey was still shocked at what he did but when she remembers the feeling, she blushes and blushes more when she remembers her imagination.
“Gurl you are so whipped” She told herself before laying back on her bed smiling before closing her eyes to sleep with that same smile on her face.
Matteo closes the door to Hailey’s room and rested on it, he didn’t know why he kissed her forehead, it was a sudden urge that made him do it and surprisingly it felt good.
He moves away from the door and began to walk down the stairs only to see Brandon on the couch staring at nothing in particular
“When did you wake up?” Matteo asks surprised.
“What were you doing in Hailey’s room?” Brandon asks back without answering Matteo’s question.
“I was just apologizing to her for telling you and you taking it the wrong way” Matteo says the truth and left out the part where he kissed her forehead.
“That better be the only reason” Brandon says standing up and going to stand in front of Matteo.
“Hailey is off-limits, do not make her one of your conquest if you don’t want our friendship to end, Do not Fall In Love with her” Brandon threatens, he has been noticing the eyes Hailey gives Matteo and doesn’t want her to get hurt.
“Trust me man…I don’t have feelings for your sister, I’ll never have, she’s like a sister to me” Matteo says but what he didn’t understand was why he felt the words he was saying so wrong like he was betraying someone but who?
“Good” Brandon pats Matteo’s back and walks up the stairs, he knew Matteo was going to spend the night.
“I don’t Love Hailey that way” He mutters as if to comfort himself and then walks to the guest room which had become his room since he stayed overnight a lot.
~2 DAYS LATER>>
Hailey bad woken up quite early and she knew Brandon won’t be awake since he rarely woke up early on a Saturday because he rarely has classes on Saturday.
She had her bath, brushes her teeth and wore a Black linen bum short and a baggy top which passed her waist but didn’t cover her @ss
She walks downstairs and headed straight to the kitchen for a glass of milk which she was so in love with.
She got the milk from the freezer and looks up to see the glass cup in the highest cabinet, she stands on her tippy toes and tries to get it but was still short.
“Hey there Shortie” She hears and looks back swiftly only to see Matteo leaning again the door with a small smirk on his face, his morning face looking so hot and his hair ruffled which made Hailey feel like running her finger through it.
Matteo walks to her which made her stager backwards till her ba k tou hed the counter.
Matteo was so close to her that she couldn’t think straight, he raises his hand and Hailey closes her eyes tightly not sure what she was expecting.
Matteo sees her expression and smirks before looking up to where that glass cup is and taking it for her.
“Here” Hailey hears and opens her eyes only to see Matteo holding the glass cup she was desperately trying to reach.
“Oh Thank you” She says coughing awkwardly, her face red as she collects the cup and places it on the counter when she turned her back on him.
Stupid…Stupid .. Stupid She says inwardly still feeling so embarrassed.
“Everything okay Hailey?” She felt his breath on her ear and held her breath, the milk she was pouring spilling on the counter top
“I’m…..G..ood” She stutters closing the milk, she releases the breath she was holding when she heard his footstep becoming faint which means he had left the kitchen.
“He will soo be the end of me” She mutters.
“Oh will I?” She hears and turns abruptly making her slip, Matteo caught her on time before her head hits the tiled ground.
He drags her to him, her head hitting his chest with his hand dangerously close to her @ss, Hailey looks up from his chest and into his beautiful honey brown eyes.
They both stared at each other with no sound made, Matteo unconsciously lifts his hand to her face removing a tendril of hair which was almost entering her slightly open mouth.
His hand scanned down her face trailing her eyes and her button nose, his hand stops on her plump lip, Hailey breathing becoming louder with every touch but when he touched her lips, she held her breath.
“Beautiful” Matteo mutters looking at her lips before looking at her eyes.
“MATT!!” They both jerked away from each other when they heard Brandon voice, the atmosphere in the kitchen hot even with the AC
Brandon enters the kitchen and sees the both of them, he immediately knew something happened due to the fact that Hailey face was tomato red and Matteo was biting his lips which was a habit he did when he did something he wasn’t meant to.
“What’s going on?” Brandon asks, his voice becoming cold.
“Nothing” Hailey voice squeals out faster and tinier that unusual which Fueled Brandon’s curiosity more.
“You’re up early?” Matteo says to distract Brandon which helped.
“Yeah I have a date with Amanda” Brandon says ruffling his hair then walking to the fridge to get a bottle of water, Hailey had walked out when Brandon was distracted.
“What happened in here between you and my sister?” Brandon asks and Matteo went mute.
“Matt” Brandon calls out warningly.
“Nothing really” Matteo says biting his lips again, he also does that when he’s lying, Brandon who knew this looks at Matteo seeing how he bit his lips, he knew something definitely happened.
“I’m gonna need you to look after my sister when I go for the date, I’ll be coming home quite late” Brandon says patting Matteo before walking out.
Matteo let out a ragged breath as he leans on the counter remembering what happened.
“Why the f*ck did I do that?”
THERE IS A CHANGE IN CHARACTER ACCORDING TO THE PICTURE USED SO THE ACTOR FROM KISSING BOOTH WILL REPRESENT MATTEO INSTEAD OF JEREMY.