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A prank call gone wrong brings Vivian Castillo face to face with the school's player, Derek Whitley. It turns out to be a not-so-pleasant encounter for Vivian.
Derek scares her pretty...
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PLAYLIST : One Call Away - Charlie Puth
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"What did you just say?"
"Derek, I wanted to tell you all along-"
"Hello? What did you just say?" his voice was muffled, like there was some obstruction.
I wanted to figure out what he was feeling from his tone. Whether he was angry or curious or something else. "Derek," I started to say.
He cut me off. "I didn't hear you there. My phone ran out of juice. I just plugged it in."
Shit! "Oh." I didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
"So what were you saying?"
"Um, me? Nothing. I was just . . ." Seriously? I somehow managed to finally say it and that turned out to be the exact same moment Derek had to plug in his phone?
"Yeah?"
I couldn't say it again, no matter how hard I tried. I made up something else. "I was just asking why Gina hates you so much."
"Because I was a jerk to her."
"Oh, um why?"
"Because I didn't believe in relationships of any kind. And also because I am a jerk."
"Seems like a good reason."
"Yeah, I know." He chuckled.
From a house across mine, I could hear music playing. It was soothing to listen to. I was silent for a while listening to it. I sensed Derek too could hear the song.
"My parents' relationship was always rocky for as long as I remembered. All my dad cared about was his business. When he was not working, he was drinking. Then a year ago, they went all out. They had full blown fights in the house, they threw things at each other, but it was only my mom that got hurt. I couldn't take it. It was too much for me.
It pissed me off so much, I punched him in the face once. And he punched me back. That was it for me. I left my house and started staying at Nathan's. He knew everything about me and was always so supportive. But then I realized I left my mom with him. I felt guilty for doing that. So I came back home. Their relationship had worsened.
