All Chapters of All Things Lovely: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

 PARKER WAS PACING in the living room when we got back. He was biting his nails like he was nervous. I was slightly offended."What happened?" he asked impatiently when he saw us walk in.

 I DECIDED TO take a walk.I had spent the entire morning the following day, in my room, avoiding Justin. Avoiding social interaction, really.Now that I had dyed my

 I WOKE UP the next day feeling better than ever. Feeling lighter than ever.I stretched lazily and just gazed out of the window for a long minute, then I walked into the kitchen to satisfy my incessant hunger.Not to

 I STOOD IN the center of the room, admiring my work. Not bad. Not bad at all.Immediately after I had managed to kick a reluctant Justin out, I'd spent the next half an hour convincing myself that Parker wouldn't mind if I re-arranged his room a little.

 "PARKER?" I called, knocking on his door softly in case he was asleep."Come in," he called.I poked my head in. "It's nothing, really," I shook my head. "I just wanted to say goodnight."

 WE WERE SITTING cross-legged on the floor in a circle, my phone in the center and I felt like I was a part of a weird cult that worshipped phones."I still think this is a bad idea."

 WHEN I WALKED into the living room the next morning, I should knew I should never have woken up by the look on Aria's face. She was sporting the look of a predator."The boys told me you're going to a fundraiser next week?" she asked without a greeting. Her creepy grin was feral just like her brother's often was.

 AS SOON AS Parker, Drake and Justin left the house the next day, I decided to go job-hunting. I had nothing to do but wait until Al's fundraiser, and this would be a way to put my time to use.The last time I'd been out, I'd seen quite a few diners and fast-food places which had hung up signs for employment. I was willing to bet that some of them were desperate enough to hire me. And besides, they don't have many people working in the day.

 WORKING AT THE Downtown Diner was harder than I thought it would be. It wore me down so immensely that the moment I went back home I'd fall asleep on the couch. The guys condescended me thinking I was being lazy.The place was almost always bursting at the seams and more people filtered in every minute. There was a long wait for a table a couple of days ago. People refused to leave, and waited for the table, no ma

 "WHO WAS THAT guy you were talking to earlier?"Cassie had suggested we hang out together after our shift, and so we sat down at an empty table ant the diner to enjoy delicious and disgustingly unhealthy food and get a kick out of Rita waiting our table.