You hear a familiar voice

“Little Zack! Is that you? Rebecca didn’t tell me you were coming!”

Great, this is exactly why you didn’t want to come out tonight. You figured he would be here- the smug prick. Clive is a pain in the ass, always playing mind games with you, teasing you and tormenting you in a highly passive-aggressive way. Sure, he acts like he’s your friend to your face but you know he can’t stand you, and you can’t stand him either; his dumb face, pretty-boy looks, carefree attitude and more importantly you can’t stand the fact that he’s dating your sister!

Luckily for you, your sister rarely brings him to the house anymore, ever since he and your dad got into a pretty bad argument. Since then she’s been all-too-happy to sleep over at his place, most of the time. You wonder how long things can really last between them, if your own father doesn’t even approve of the guy.

“Hey Clive, it’s good to see you”, you blurt out without much thought. “Of course, just had to support Rebecca - you know how it is.”

You try to avoid talking to him as much as possible, but you can’t seem to get away. You edge towards the car, hinting that you aren’t interested in talking, but he keeps talking, a sly smile of his face the whole time- “what is he up to?” you wonder.

“Did you hear? Your dad and I are best buds again.” he smiles, “I guess i’ll be seeing you around, at your place, more often.”

“What the fuck?” you think angrily, “when did that happen? Is he making shit up?”

Clive notices your expression- “Honest- we had a long chat and he sees things my way now. Anyway, I’ll see you around lil fella”.

“W-what...?” you panic. You really don’t want to him around and you are sure as-fuck going to find out why your dad suddenly “sees things his way now”, whatever that’s supposed to mean!