Who's The Biggest Creep Here?

[Quinn Wiley]

Erin had been texting him the strangest of messages. She had a gift for him. And a surprise to his ferret. Who the hell come up with surprises for ferrets!? Last time, she really seemed to have liked his pet, probably taking even more of an interest in Pips than Quinn himself. Considering he wouldn’t mind not having to deal with Erin, he was fine with her liking him less than his pet but it was still weird to have your animal preferred to you.



Sure, Quinn would have preferred not having to deal with Erin at all but since she knew what room was his and already proved she could get in whenever she wanted, he figured she was not against coming in while he wasn’t there, or even when he was, and give Pips her gift despite what he might think of it. It was annoying to see how little choice he had around this girl. And he couldn’t even pretend it was because she had grown a liking for him, she was lesbian! How nice it felt to know the only person who wanted to spend time with him happened to be gay and so not interesting in him at all. Real pleasant.



Anyway, he told her he was heading back to his room. She said she was close but he couldn’t see her anywhere. He wondered for a moment if there was any camera in the school that she happened to hack to watch him as he replied to her. Who was the biggest creep now! But he remembered she said she could be invisible or something like that. So she probably was in the room only he couldn’t see. Didn’t make it any less creepy. He intended to tell her that but he thought it would have more impact said in person than just a text message. Not to add that he sort of feared what she could do to him if he only texted her and ignored her afterwards. She hacked into his computer because he refused to tell her how to pay him back for his help, he didn’t want to think what she could do when she was angry at you.



So Quinn returned to his room, expecting she was tagging along, trying to listen if he couldn’t hear steps behind him even though there was no one. He had to admit he was sort of curious what she could have possibly bought his ferret.

[Erin Hackett]

Quinn had texted her telling her that he hoped that she had not gotten Pips a giant ball to run around in because he disliked them. Nope, she had gotten him an accessory and to be honest she was not sure if the little creature was going to like it or not. While it was a gift it was more so because she was just dying to have the ferret wear what she had got it and have a photo of it on her phone. If Pips did in fact not like the gift then she would probably buy him a new cage or something.

She was not even sure f Quinn was going to like what she had got him, but she had got it for him either way. Erin had backups for the gifts she purchased of course, but Quinn did not need to know that. The next text message came in of him already giving up without even trying and then heading back to him room like his message said he was. Of course since Erin was already close by she just followed behind the boy the whole time. Not walking directly behind him but still close enough that she could keep up with him and slide into his room with him when he opened up his door. She would go unseen and heard by all around, making sure to not run into anyone as she followed after her friend.

Once in his room she stopped using her powers and started to remove her backpack. "Ouch, my head." Erin muttered out, having used her powers a bit too long and was dealing with the whole not so favorite headache she got when she did it. Her eyes were bothering her a little too but for the most part she didn't reach her limit on using her power. "You didn't even try and guess where I was." Erin pointed out, having already been able to be seen and heard by now. She did give Quinn a smile, eager to see how he behaved at what she had done.

[Quinn Wiley]

Quinn thought he heard something but it was probably his imagination. Minds could play tricks like that, when you were trying so hard to hear something. Since he didn’t really hear anything when he stopped he assumed it was all in his head. He didn’t think he was overreacting to assume she was stalking him or something. He wouldn’t think she was above that. He could follow people around and he considered Erin weirder than he was so she definitely could do it. And while staying invisible no less. At least Quinn could be noticed. Of course, he had no power to be invisible when he followed someone but that was besides the point. The point was that there was some girl who decided they were friend and she had to go after him constantly because of this. Alright, maybe not constantly, but more than people usually did with him. Why couldn’t she get the message that he didn’t want anyone near him?

Again, his imagination played tricks on him as he thought someone brushed him as he went inside his dorm. No way, it was nothing. Soon, she’ll be knocking at his door and ask him to let her in... He startled when he heard someone actually behind him, meaning in the room and not on the other side of the door. He turned around. Yes, there she was, talking about her head before complaining that he didn’t try to find out where she was. Had he not been the target of this little joke, he would have found her power impressive. But he was the one fooled so even though he still considered them impressive, he was also annoyed that she played him like that. “You were invisible, that’s not playing fair!” he argued. “Why did you have to creep up on me like that? You didn’t have to remain unseen when I told you where I’d be going, you just had to follow,” he said. He wasn’t sure if she followed him or beat him to his room. Or perhaps she had been there the whole time. Who knows? Not Quinn, obviously.

[Erin Hackett]

There would have been no way for Quinn to see or hear her as long as she was using her power; it specifically targeted those two senses. If he had a good nose then perhaps he could have smelled her if he knew her scent or something. So long as she didn't bump into anyone, she was fine and would remain hidden until she reached her limit. Thankfully Quinn didn't take forever to get back to his room and there was just enough room for her to slip in past him and be in his room as he closed his door. Of course since she did end up brushing against him in the process her power canceled out, but that was alright since she was where she wanted to be.

Already Quinn looked annoyed, pointing out that she had cheated because she was invisible. "Is it really cheating if I'm just using my power?" Erin asked, thinking about it a little. She figured it was a little bit because cheating was anything that gave you an unfair advantage over someone else or something. She gave a small shrug at the questions on why she had to creep up on him and how she didn't have to remain unseen while she followed him. She didn't, but she chooses to because it was a lot more fun that way. Why not do something that was a bit more fun? Plus even if she didn't like how angry he was at her, it was still fun to 'surprise' him.

"I was already using my power when I started to text you and figured that I might as well keep using it while I followed you back to your room. Not like you even tried to find me, I was watching you." Erin pointed out, trying to shift the blame to him. Granted, he didn’t really do anything wrong and she technically didn't do anything bad. "Anyways, I have gifts. You want Pips to get his first or you?" Erin asked as she already started to head towards Quinn's bedroom. She easily slid off her backpack and carried it as she headed in that direction.

[Quinn Wiley]

“Uh, yes. Yes, it is,” he pointed out. He didn’t really take the time to think about it, he just decided that it was cheating. She was invisible! Even if he managed to remember it was her power, how was he supposed to find her if she was invisible? Was he supposed to extend his arms and try to ‘feel’ her presence? Quinn probably would have done the same, if he had been the one with the power of invisibility. But he didn’t have that power so yeah, it was cheating. As simple as that.

She pointed out he didn’t even try to find her and she was right, he didn’t. He shifted, not liking to be caught at fault. “Yeah but it’s you. Close might just mean you hacked into someone’s computer or cellphone or the school’s cameras or something and you were watching me from it,” he said to justify why he only gave one quick look at the room and didn’t try to see if she was hiding somewhere. “Besides, you were invisible, I’d still be trying to look for you if I did that,” he added quickly. No way would he be the only one at fault here.

He was surprised when she asked which one of them should get their gift first. He did vaguely recall she mentioned something for him too in her text but he thought it was one gift for Pips that he might like also. He never thought she’d get something for him. “I’ve got a gift too?” he let out. No need to say Quinn didn’t get a lot of gifts. From his aunt, sure, but she was her tutor, she was sort of forced to give him something. This really caught him by surprise and he had no snarky reply for it.

[Erin Hackett]

"Pfft, nah. That’s like saying then that a person who is just really talented at a video game and beat you is cheating. It's just in the genes." Erin pointed out as she smiled a little at Quinn. She did look away for a moment then after saying it. Alright, he was probably right that on some levels that it was cheating. She just, well she didn't know what she was going for. Perhaps she was just testing her limits to see how much bolder she could be around the boy. She was of course ready to vanish and dash at the slightest indication that Quinn looked ready to kick her butt. She figured she could give him this one win, halfway.

Erin of course pointed out that he did not even try, because he had not. He could have done like the whole Marco Polo game and called her name out while feeling around. Granted even if she said something he could not have heard her, but it he touched her it would have canceled out her powers and he would have been able to see her. "You could have still tried." Erin muttered under her breath as she made a pouty face. She was not looking directly at Quinn as she said and did that but it was likely he could have at least heard her if he was paying attention. She crossed her arms and wanted to not talk to him for a moment, but then he asked about the fact that she got him a gift.

"Chyeah, I said I did." Erin said with a small chuckled, the word noob was tossed in there after those words but it was like muffled by her removing her backpack and digging into it to pull out her original gifts to Quinn and Pips. She held both he gifts out for Quinn to take since well she didn't know if Pips could open presents without accidently eating the wrapping. The gift for Pips was little horns to be placed on the creatures head. With it was a photo with Erin's writing over it that read: This is now you two!

The other gift was a bit on the heavy side and she had only bought the main part of it but if Quinn needed a stand, then all he had to do was ask and she would get it for him. When he would open it he would find a top of the line camera, since she recalled that he liked to take photos and remembered seeing some of the photos he had taken on his computer back when she hacked it.

[Quinn Wiley]

“How am I supposed to know where you are when you’re invisible? You could be right in front of me that I wouldn’t know. How’s that not cheating?” No, Quinn was not ready to give up just yet. There was more to the fact he didn’t look all around, poking the air in case it would be more than just air, then just being lazy. It was mostly because he was lazy. But not only that. He had no idea she was actually a shy girl. To him, she was pretty bold. How was he supposed to know she was testing herself?

Still, she had to point out he didn’t try. He lifted his hands in the air. “Fine, alright, you win, I didn’t look for you. How close of me were you anyway? I had to get up and move all around the room with my arms in front of me to find you or you were right behind my back?” It really was not worth fighting over it. Sometimes, the best way to have someone go away faster was not to annoy them, it was to give up until they went on their own.

Except Erin was not going anywhere, oh no. She even got him a gift. To him! No one gave him gifts. He had no idea what it was and a part of him wanted to hate it just for the sake of hating it. Except that it became really hard to hate it when he opened his gift and found a camera. “You’re kidding me!” he let out as he checked at it. This was no cheap camera either. It was the kind of stuff he couldn’t even afford to dream about. He stared at her. She was insane. She got him this? She was insane. It wasn’t just any camera, she picked amongst the best ones. Did he say she was insane?

He almost feared to open Pips’ gift. He didn’t know what to say for the camera. He couldn’t just say thank you. He felt like he couldn’t accept it either. He frowned when he saw the little horns. He looked at the picture that was with it. It actually took him a moment to realise there were horns on top of the ferret’s head. “Alright, you truly are insane. You know how much that stuff cost?” Obviously shock had made him forget she bought them those things.

[Erin Hackett]

"Cauuuuuussse...it would have been the same if we were playing a game and you had a blindfold on?" Erin said, but it came out more of a question. She really could not think of how not to call it cheating when it kind of was. Sure it was her power so it was a part of her and it was easy enough to play a game in where she could make him unable to see and hear her for the same effect of what her power did. It was probably because she could easily recreate it that she didn't see it as cheating but she was going to let him have this 'win'. She was already starting to feel like she should put some distance between her and the boy.

Erin smiled when he said that she won and then asked just how close she was, along with pointing out a few other things. Erin waved off those other things and focused on the question that had been there. "Uh, well I was maybe a few feet from you until we got closer to your room, then I got closer." Erin admitted as she gave a small shrug. She focused on the gifts then because they were good for being distractions to keep her from losing any of her bravado. Plus the gifts were the main reason why she was bother Quinn, along with the fact that she didn't want the boy to forget her or think that she had forgotten about him.

There was still that whole life debt to be handled, and nope she was not counting the gifts as it being done. She added them to what she did owe him, going off of the worth of her life, but she still would have to buy Quinn some more things before she could basically buy her life back. "Nope, that is your gift. You like cameras." Erin said, confident that she was right on him liking cameras. Yet now, she was starting to fee unsure as he started at her, making her take a small step back. "I'm perfectly sane, I'll have you know." Erin said as she crossed her arms once more, feeling half insulted.

She then rolled her eyes slight but not when looking in the direction of Quinn of course, she could not let him see her do that because that was too bold. "I bought it so I would know how much it would cost. If you don't like it I can give you the backup gifts instead." Erin said, not looking at Quinn now. Damn, I thought I was spot on with the camera. I've seen him with one! He takes photos, for sure! Maybe he does not like that brand? But, it’s the best brand. Erin thought to herself as she started to play with the end of her shirt.

[Quinn Wiley]

What she said made so little sense that Quinn couldn’t reply anything to it. He just stood there, staring at her for a moment, unable to believe she just said that. “...No offense, but that was kind of dumb,” he told her. And even if she was offended, it was still kind of dumb. Who would play with a blindfold on? He didn't care if The Who claimed the Pinball Wizard could play only with his sense of smell, it was plausible only in songs. With her power, she could have hid anywhere without him knowing where she was. “So I wasn’t making it up when I thought someone was following me?” Quinn had no idea that he could not hear her so he really imagined it even though it happened for real. All he could think was that she followed him around. It meant she must have been in the room where he sat in when she texted him. There were so many places to hide there, especially when you could make yourself invisible, he was glad he didn’t look around. If Erin had not noticed already, he was not really into fun and games.

Quinn had forgotten a long time ago about the life debt. He could have used it against her to make her do whatever he wanted. Had she not tried to repay her debt so much, he probably would have done that. But she was trying too hard so all he wanted was to keep her away from him. She wasn’t even straight so it wasn’t like he could pretend she acted on a crush or something. She just didn’t want to give up. With that camera, had he remembered it, he would have considered it fully repaid. Tenfold. He could kill for a camera like this one.

Yes, he liked cameras. She got that one right. And no, she was not perfectly sane. Because you couldn’t be perfectly sane and give a camera like this one to a guy who treated you the way Quinn did. Had she only offered the horns, he would have thought she was silly but not insane. It was a little something he would have her nag him until he agreed to put on Pips and that would be it.

If he had something to choke on, he’d be choking on it at what she said. “You also got me a backup gift?”Okay, this was a joke, right? He will open the box and find it full of something silly like pencils or condoms and that backup gift was nothing really. She really gave him all that? “I can’t take that. I can’t afford something like that. I can’t even afford to dream of affording something like that. Why would you give me that?”

[Erin Hackett]

She could practically feel him staring at her, she didn't like it. It made her all the more tempted to just use her power to hide away for a little bit. She had taken out the gifts, could just leave them on the floor, use her power, and make a quick beeline out of his room. She could bother him later when he was not staring at her and making her feels like she was stupid. She was smart, super smart. She was just not street smart as people would say. When you spent most of your time inside at a computer or on some piece of technology, video games, anime, manga, and so on well you missed out on some key social lessons and ques.

Erin got most of them but there was still a bit that she had to learn about having friends and dealing with them. "Your face is kind of dumb." Erin muttered under her breath, even looking down to try and muffle the words better. It was a bad comeback, bit it was the best that she had that came to her mind right away. stupid boy and his stupid being a jerk. He should be nicer to girls. Even if I like girls. Jerks. Erin thought to herself, a little bitter. She just shook her head no to answer his second question when he brought up feeling like someone was following him. Yes, she could not really actually get rid of that feeling from people, it was likely some evolutionary instinct. She just could not been seen and heard but everything else was possible in terms of ways around her power.

Yes, she understood that Quinn was not one really for fun and games but that didn't mean she was not going to try her luck on it. As for the gifts she thought she was spot on and figured that Quinn and Pips would like them. Oh and the horns were most certainly going to be something she would bug Quinn about until he put them on the cute little creature. Then he would be double the cute and badass. "Yeah, just in case you didn't like that but I don't think you would like it as much, nor Pips." Erin said as she reached into her bag and pulled out a high end pack of vapor cigarettes, she remember seeing him smoke several times so figured these would be ideal for him. AS for Pips she just pulled out another kind of bell.

"It's a gift, that's why I got it. Don't worry about how much it cost, it’s not that big of a deal." Erin said as she looked away from Quinn, still feeling a bit off from how he was reacting. Was everyone like this when getting gift? This was why she didn't say she was getting them anything and liked just handing it over now because he likely would have said no if she had asked him about it.

[Quinn Wiley]

Quinn saw her lips moving. He heard some muffled sounds but he couldn’t make up what she said. He frowned, puzzled as to what she might have replied to him. Probably something it was best he didn’t hear to begin with, the kind of stuff you only think about yet sometimes say out loud. Whatever, her comment was still kind of dumb. Quinn wasn’t really good at keeping things for himself. Well, he technically was really good at this, but he kept what he should say and said what he should keep.

Her second choice of gifts for them was more the kind you might get from people. Vapor cigarettes just made him think she wanted him to stop smoking but that too was something friends might want to do. Did he just say friends? Whatever. Quinn had tried to quit smoking before. He thought he did it only for fun and could quit whenever he wanted. He found out it wasn’t really the case. He was crazy enough to smoke an entire pack in a day, more like one or two when he could, but he needed the nicotine. It relaxed him. In terms on substance one could take to relax, he thought nicotine was not the worst he could get his hands on. He only had to ask his roomie if he wanted something a little stronger.

“Not that big of a deal? Is your father Bill Gates or something?” There would have been a time, Quinn knew, when he might have been able to buy himself this camera. It was long gone though. And he couldn’t believe Erin decided to give it to him. He wasn’t even nice to her! “Is that to erase your life debt? Because that’s...” too much? Yeah, it was too much. What people were supposed to do when given what they always dreamed for? A thank you, a hug, something in return? He was not really the hugging type. Luckily for him, Pips provided a nice distraction. The ferret heard the bell and was moving around in his cage, trying to find some way to get out and reached that lovely sound and the thing that made it. “Why you gave me a gift? Pips, I get, but me...”

[Erin Hackett]

Erin was not actually trying to make Quinn stop smoking. If he wanted to get black lugs and go through that whole result of what smoking did, that was on him. Erin indulged in a cigarette here and there so she didn't even feel like she had a right to try and make someone stop smoking. There was also the fact that she had heard that the vapors were probably not all that better for you, but alright for those around you. She didn't know the details, she didn't really look into it and had got them because knew they were a little more accepted the cigarettes were and they looked hella cool. She even got herself a pack; she had been almost been tempted to get a matching set, but she didn't for the sake of not creeping Quinn out.

Quinn repeated back what she said as a question and she just sort of shrugged before chucking a little. "No, my dad is Steven Hackett. Co-CEO to a security form. For computers and other technology based things." Erin said, trying to say it in the simplest way she knew how. Who really wanted to say their father's full job title? Either way, her family was rich and it was just basically her and her dad with both of them working. Her dad worked for the government and his own firm so money was always rolling in and Erin did her little side jobs for her own extra spending money outside of what she got for an allowance. So, she had money to spend on what she liked and she had liked to buy Quinn a gift that he would like.

"No, I assure you my life is worth more than that camera, but I will say I will put it to the debt that I owe you." Erin said, smiling proudly with some confidence at the fact that she knew her life was worth more than that expensive camera. Hearing Pips move around his cage Erin could not help but to go over to the cage and try to let the creature out so he could play with his second gift while she would try to put on the first gift. "I like you and we are friends...so I got you something that you like." Erin said, trying to focus on Pips so she would not lose the boldness she had built up talking about her father and distracting herself with Pips.

[Quinn Wiley]

Quinn couldn’t even remember why he decided to start smoking. It wasn’t like he tried to impress the cool kids or anything. He probably did just to piss off his aunt and uncle. That sounded more like him. This great idea decided to bite him in the butt though as he now couldn’t quit. He would still call himself an occasional smoker. But he needed it. Who would have thought nicotine could be this addictive? Had Erin given him the vapor cigarette only, he probably would have said something about her trying to make him quit and that she should mind her own business. But she gave him a camera and had this as a backup plan. He couldn’t complain on the cigarettes when he had a camera. Well, he probably could but he decided not to. He could be so kind at times.

Steven Hackett rang no bell to Quinn. Security form for computers and technology however made him understand he probably was loaded. Money wasn’t everything but it sure mattered. It might explain how she could afford all of this but it didn’t explain why she would do this however. Yeah, sure, he saved her once. But he often after that asked her to leave him alone. He didn’t think he did anything to her to justify getting such amazing gifts. He thought about the Xbox 360 he got when his cousins got the Xbox One. And the games they sent him once they were done playing and were not likely to play with anymore. That was the best kind of gifts he could expect to have. Not brand new, top of the line cameras.

Okay, maybe his words didn't come out right and made it sound as if her life was not worth a camera. She just didn’t get it. He supposed, had he been living with his parents, he too wouldn’t have understood, because he would be living comfortably and all. He didn’t stop her from going to Pips. “Friends? I keep trying to push you away. Pips is happier than I am to see you.” How could she say they were friends? What action had he ever done that could suggest they were?

[Erin Hackett]

Erin really didn't see the big deal behind getting him a gift. He was not the first person she had gotten a gift before. He was like...maybe the second person she had given something at the school. The first was a girl who she gave a plush doll to. She didn't really see Quinn as the type to like a plush doll so she went with something she knew he liked. Was that a bad thing to do? She figured getting someone a gift was supposed to make them happy but instead Quinn seemed upset. It made her not want to stay there long, even with the distraction of the cute ferret with the gifts she had given to the tiny creature.

Her life indeed was worth more than the camera. Everyone actually had a price of their estimated value but most didn't know about it or didn't want to know. After all, who wanted to be told just how much money they were worth? A person wanted to feel and think that they were worth more than any amount in the world. Yet everyone had a price. Erin was more than pleased at how Pips looked with his little horns on his head and was happy the bells were enough of a distraction to keep the creature mostly still while she 'dressed' him up. Erin focused on petting Pips but she did hear the words and they did honestly hurt more then she had anticipated they would.

She kind of expected as much from Quinn. "Well...I guess it’s more of me uh...wanting to be your friend. Like you seem like you could use them...maybe and I figured that we could end up...friends at some point." Erin said, her words going softer as she continued to speak. "But if you really don't want to deal with me I guess if you just tell me of something else you would like I could buy it and call us even. Leave you alone." Erin practically whispered the last bit of words, just petting Pips the whole time.

[Quinn Wiley]

Who would have thought that, of all the things he had been upset about regarding Erin, it was his shock at receiving a gift that would make her want to run away? And for once, Quinn might not wish for her to just leave. Not that he wanted her to stay, but he could take a bit more of her weirdness before wishing she was gone. Which was likely to happen the moment this awkwardness caused by the gift would be gone and she’ll be herself again.

Quinn seemed to realise there was something odd about Pips but it took him a moment to understand she put the horn on him. “You don’t think he can be enough of a demon without the horns?” No, probably not, since she thought he was so cute. Not stinky, not hyper and hard to catch when he chose to run away, cute. It was a good thing he knew she was a lesbian or he’d wonder if she thought the same about him and Quinn wasn’t sure he wanted to be cute. Puppies were cute. Guys, they wanted to be good looking, hot, cool, anything but cute. Or, at least, this one did. “I doubt he’ll keep...” Too late, Pips was already working on getting them off. Quinn recalled when he put a tiny shirt on him. Pips managed to roll it up to his head to get out of it, bumping his head on the door while he was at it.

Quinn never had much tact. It was a downfall for barely talking to anyone. He didn’t realise how hurtful his words might sound to Erin. He stared at her but something in his eyes proved he was not really looking at her more than staring into space, lost in his thoughts. “You’re weird, you know that,” he let out when he finally emerged. “You bully me into accepting you owe me a life debt instead of just going your way happy I’m not asking anything out of you. You buy me a camera I’d have to kidnap you to get the money to pay for it otherwise and still don’t consider us even. And despite all the times I’m trying to get rid of you, you just stick around and say we should be friends.” That seemed to sum up their relationship so far. He looked down at the camera. “Thanks. I’ll keep it. But I still think you’re weird.” Quinn tried to give her a smile. He wasn’t so good with smile so it was small, barely the corner of his lips curling up. He never liked his smile to begin with, when it was a wide one, showing teeth and all. It looked weird and he didn’t think it was worth a huge grin anyway.