All Chapters of PHEME: The Ultimate Celebrity System : Chapter 1
- Chapter 9
9 chapters
Chapter 1
Asher’s POV “Cheryl…How…?” I watched my world fall apart right before me on that stage. It was clear that I had made the biggest mistake by bringing my girlfriend to that concert. The man of the night, the college star, Neil had called for a girl to come do his Dirty Dance song with him and for some reason, my girlfriend had run out and donated herself for that. I had used up my savings to buy our tickets and now I was seeing what my guts had been telling me all that time. The girl I had given my whole life for was right there on the stage, rocking Neil and getting spanked like she was some whore. But to make it even worse, she seemed to be having the time of her life as the cheering of the crowd nearly made me deaf. To make it even worse, my college bullies didn't hesitate to rub it in my face at that point. Comments flew in from all sides.“She ain't your girl any more…” “Neil's got your girl on the tip of his finger, and you know where that finger will be going soon…”“You're
Chapter 2
Asher’s POV “Tomorrow's the weekend, hopefully you'll have enough time to rest. But for now, we have to get you to school before we get late for that test.” Theo said as he helped me up into his not so fancy ride. “I guess some of us have to learn hard lessons before we can do the right thing.”“Oh come on…” I groaned in pain as I tried in vain to make myself comfortable. My shoulder was still hurting from the really hard falls I had from being knocked down repetitively by Neil's guards while Cheryl watched. The moment played back in my head each time I closed my eyes. It was annoying that I had to be reminded of my pain frequently with every single blink.“Uhm… Cherry…who the heck is that loser?” Neil asked, as his men stopped me from getting any closer to him. The way he called her by the name I called her made me feel even more nauseous.The smile from her made me even crazier. “I don’t think I know him…but I guess he looks like one of my ex’s…”“What…?” I couldn't believe that
Chapter 3
Asher’s POV I had been forced to sit all alone in the car while Theo went in to take the test. It felt like the longest hour I had ever spent. Just me and my restrained tears in the car. People would occasionally look at me as they walked past the car window. I had fallen for the temptation of going online to see the videos of me that had been all over the internet. And that made me even more miserable. I was still shocked at how Neil had been able to get the professor to do his bidding. It looked like anyone could do anything in the school if they became a pop star.A call disrupted the silence I had been enjoying in the car. I looked at the screen to see it was my boss at the mall I worked. At that point, I was reminded of all I had given up just for Cheryl’s birthday.From the moment I answered the call, I could tell that my day was about to go from bad to worse. “I’m so sorry, Mr. Fletcher… I got caught up in a lot last night.”“Of course you did…” he almost cut me off with hi
Chapter 4
Asher’s POV“Ph… Pheme…?” I repeated the name with my eyes closed, regardless of how silly it sounded. I just couldn't stop thinking of what would happen if anyone happened to walk in at that moment. My fame would spread even more but for the wrong reasons. I feared that even more than the sudden light that had shot out of the watch on my wrist. All of that happening at the same time left me wondering why I was fated to be that unfortunate.After some moments, I mustered the courage to ask one of the many questions in my head. “What the heck is a Pheme?”“Ugh…” the feminine voice sighed. “It's not a thing, it's my name. Looks like I have an awful lot of work to do on you, Asher. You probably never paid attention in any of your history classes.”I became even more afraid as the ‘thing’ could talk back to me. Now I really wanted to open my eyes to see what was going on, but I was paralyzed by the fear. “You can open your eyes now and satisfy your curiosity…” the feminine voice spoke w
Chapter 5
Asher's POV “Damn what? Where have you been?” Theo couldn't hold back his worry as he barged into the bathroom door which I thought I had locked. “You had me scared for a moment Asher with the way you took off.”I was having a hard time staying at the moment as Pheme was suddenly gone, and the entire place was back to normal like nothing had happened at all. Now I was beginning to question if that had been reality or just some wishful part of my imagination coming to life. “Asher, are you even listening to anything I'm saying?” Theo called me back impatiently as he was completely annoyed by my sudden change of behavior. “I thought I told you not to let any of these get to you and now you are letting it make you crazy.”“I'm totally fine…” I looked at my watch and I could see the timer running already and that let me know that it was actually real. Along with my phone which had the notification of the alert I couldn't doubt it anymore. “I just needed to get my feet moving a bit.”The
Chapter 6
Asher's POV“Look out Asher!”Pheme seemed to have made my reflexes as quick as lightning as I was able to duck just in time. The bag went flying over me to a window in the cafeteria behind, crashing the glass. Everyone went silent as they had no words for that sudden change of character from Neil. And I was glad I had caught it on my live stream. “Hashtag Neil is a bigger jerk than you think.” I said in Neil's face. Everything was playing out even better than I had expected from the start. “Hope you got that, Theo.”“Of course,” Theo said with a reassuring laugh. “And the comments are pouring in.”“You bastard…” Neil was red in the face as he soon realized just how much he had screwed up in that moment. “Take it down, now…!”“No way, I'm doing any of that.” I was ready to stand my ground as all of it was captured online. “Are you going to keep showing the whole world just how much of a jerk you are over a singing challenge with a loser?”I knew he couldn't send his men at me, as he
Chapter 7
Asher's POV “That was some crazy stuff you pulled off there…” Theo said as we got the last bit of equipment into the car. “Neil surely didn't see that coming.” “Of course he didn't…” I hadn't felt that level of satisfaction in a while. But my satisfaction was taken away each time I remembered that I would have to work with the system while keeping it secret from Theo. That was my biggest concern at the moment. “You had to see the look on his face when he just realized that he was going to pay for the building of a new cafeteria. That's sure to dig a deep hole in his pocket.” Theo laughed as we got in the car. Getting in the car made me remember what Neil had said about his car. I was suddenly aware of how uncomfortable it was there. “How about we get a new ride?” My words made Neil freeze. I watched his smile vanish as he had his hands on his steering. He stared at me like a mannequin for the next couple of seconds.“Say what?” Theo seemed so sure of the fact he had heard me wro
Chapter 8
Asher's POV “We need to start making moves Theo. Our dreams are closer than we think…” I took a moment to glance at Theo as I had been on the wheels for quite some time. “Are you okay?”He was silent, as he was probably yet to understand what the heck was going on. Just a moment ago we had been struggling with a busted car. And now we were in a brand new Porsche. “What's going on, Asher?” He finally broke the silence. “One minute you are looking like the most helpless person on the planet, the next moment you are driving me crazy in this Porsche.”I felt my heart skip a beat as I was thinking of what I would tell him without having to expose the entire secret. So many suggestions came and left my head, but none of them seemed to be able to suffice.At the same time I had to finish the next mission in time as I didn't want to get in trouble with Pheme on the same day I began. “Just calm down. This is nothing for you to overreact about.” I had to fill the silence up with something at
Chapter 9
Asher's POV “Congratulations player, you just completed your second mission of assembling your band. You've just earned 200 points. Your reward is ten million dollars…”A good way to start a new day… I thought to myself as I was up on my feet at once. The door opened and Theo came walking in with two of the guys. “Your next mission is to go get yourselves a uniform attire for the team… but this time, you have twenty four hours to finish your task…”“Huh…?” I had no idea when I gasped out loud. “Are you alright, Asher?” Theo asked as the two guys he walked in with made themselves comfortable in his small living room. “Yeah…” I put on my best smile, while trying to hide the crazy urgency that had been shot up in my being by Pheme's notification. “I'm just feeling a bit dizzy. Just got up…” I turned to the crew members, “What's up guys?” “By the way…” Theo said, pointing at the skinnier one of them. “This is Jack, our main producer and wizard behind the keyboard…”“Nice to meet you,