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EVA Laura, Abi and I simultaneously turned to the intruder. She had a face that wouldn't really be described as pretty —striking was the word, with cat-like eyes, a pointed nose and wide lips. She was slightly taller than I was with sleek chocolate skin and a slim figure clad in jean cutoffs and a long sleeved T-shirt.For some reason, she seemed familiar."Where did you come from? " Laura frowned, looking behind the girl."I appeared out of thin air. " She said and I almost believe her. Almost."Haha. " But there wasn't a hint of smile on Laura's face. "Why would you want to room with her? ""She needs someone to room with. " She turned to me, giving me the full force of her cat-like eyes. That was when I realized her hand was still linked with mine. "Don't you? "Why are you so familiar? "I actually do. " I muttered. "Doesn't mean she wants to room with you. " Laura sassed."Let's leave it up to Eva, shall we? " Abi suggested gently before turning to me. "Eva, would you be okay s
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EVA"Jesus Christ. " the boy groaned for the seventh time today, within the last thirty minutes. "Can we leave already? ""You're not the only one here. You know that, right? " an exasperated voice retorted and that was obviously the wrong thing to do because the frustrated boy wasted no time in channeling all his anger at the speaker, which made me think he probably had been looking for an outlet all along."Did you not hear the 'we' in the statement I just made? ""Wasn't a statement, Destiny. It was a question. " Another voice piped in. This one, belonging to a girl. "You would know the difference if you ever paid attention to a single thing that's said in English class. Just like you're not paying attention right now. "It was Natasha, the queen of sarcasm. A vibrant, quick-witted girl who had a smart-ass reply at the tip of her tongue, always ready to launch. I envied her the talent."No one asked you, Natasha. " The boy —Destiny— bit out, his jaw tightening in anger and embarrass
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EVA "I know what to do. " Laura said, dragging my attention readily back to her. "Did you put your phone on silent? " "Yes, I think so. " My phone was almost always on silent –because what was the point in turning the volume up when no-one ever called or texted? Once in a while, Laura and I engaged in back and forth texting but that was on rare occasions. "Shit. " she cursed in obvious frustration, then her eyes lit up again. "No, wait, that works too. " she tugged me closer to her, bringing her lips to my ear as if anyone was paying attention to us. "I'm going to call your phone and if anyone here has it, we're going to know. If not, then we'll know that it's still on the bus. " Okay, that was smart. But she forgot one little detail. "My phone is on silent, Laura! " I whispered harshly. She glared at me. "I know that, but it must be on vibrate or something, right? " "Or something. " I agreed. "Silent. " "Oh, shush. Whoever has it, they're going to feel it when it rings so let
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EVAVaughn caught me before I could hit the floor— although I could tell he would have preferred the latter—throwing me to the side and away from him with an annoyed grunt. I righted myself before I could make contact with the floor. Again.These guys treated me as though I was a rag doll. Henri walked in from an adjoining room just then. Their room was bigger than ours, very much so, in fact, that I knew that it had to be a suite. At first, he didn't seem to notice I was there, but then he did a double take and he froze. "Ah, the owner shows. " He drawled lazily. I wasn't surprised that Axel had discussed the incident with them. They were his close friends after all and they shared the same room. They were definitely going to ask."Go on, then. " He prompted, cocking his head in the direction of the room he just exited. "We'll be waiting for you to tell us what you had to do to get your phone back. " It was the light amusement in his voice that stopped me from panicking—and also
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EVA "The first time we met? Do you remember that day? "He had the decency to look chagrined. "That was a very rough day for me. ""Of course it was," I said sarcastically. "Then there's the girls that are always at your table during lunch in the cafeteria. "He sat up immediately. "Wait. That one isn't on me. Most of them are either there for Hen or Alex. I—""Everyday, Axel. Every single day. I'm not blind. I see you talking to them. "His eyes darted away. "Well, yes, I do. But there's nothing. That's all it is. Just talk. " Was I wrong? Was Laura wrong? My eyes dropped to the bed and I fingered the duvet, picking imaginary lint from the soft material. I could tell he didn't like my silence because his hand was on mine in a second, tugging on my fingers. I felt the tug low in my stomach. I watched his big hand move over mine, covering it completely. The skin of his palm was slightly rough and hot and the assault on my nerve endings was too much all at once.I pulled away."Cg...
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EVAA low, prolonged whistle rang out, causing me and Axel to fly apart as we realized we weren't alone in the room anymore. Axel landed on his ass on the floor from how fast he pulled away. He got up quickly, turning to face Alex, providing me a view of his body in profile. I looked away.Oh my God Axel had just been about to kiss me! And I was going to let him!I tried to calm my racing heart as I looked anywhere but at Alex, who didn't even seem all that surprised to have walked in on us almost kissing.Almost kissing! Jesus Christ what had I been thinking?!"I hate to intterupt your mini make out session or whatever the hell it is y'all were doing, but in case you haven't noticed —what the hell am I saying? Of course you haven't noticed— the suite is packed full with horny teenagers that would be safer acting out porn than playing an 'innocent' game. " he cocked a meaningful brow at Axel. "T or D ring a fucking bell? It was you and Henri's idea. How come y'all are acting surprised
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EVA Soon, the bottle was spinned by Henri and it landed on Tabitha and I swear she suddenly sat three inches taller than she was before. "Truth or Dare? " "Dare. " she said easily. He watched her with narrowed eyes, seeming to ponder on what he was going to dare her to do and then suddenly, his eyes lit up. "I dare you to make out with your boyfriend for twenty seconds. " She damn near somersaulted with excitement as she got up, even though she tried to play it cool. Alexander's eyes widened slightly and he glared at Henri. The latter simply smiled. Girls and guys were hooting, saying all sorts of things as Tabitha made her way to him, but Henri and Alex seemed to be locked in a stare down of some sorts. Alexander's eyes promised payback which had me wondering why. Why was he so opposed to the dare? Hadn't he been the same person that had been kissing her publicly in the cafeteria? Tabitha took her sweet time cat-walking to and squatting in front of Alexander. She placed her han
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EVA“Pucker up, asshole.”I blinked. And blinked again just to make sure my eyes weren’t playing tricks on me because what the hell was I seeing? I have never had reason to question the efficiency of my vision before. It was at least 96 percent accurate. But apparently, the 4 percent was coming in hard today. Because…“What the fuck?”More accurate words could not have been uttered at that moment.“Pucker. Up.”“Yeah. I heard you the first fucking time. What I don’t understand is why you’re telling it to me.”“I’m going to kiss you. Isn’t that obvious?”“You’re out of your damn mind.” Henri scooted back and away from Axel at lightning speed, like his ass was on fire. Axel followed quickly, closing the distance between them.The room was pin-drop silent and if I had to guess, everyone was asking similar questions in their mind; ‘Was Axel actually going to kiss Henri?’ ‘Was Axel crazy enough to go through with it if Henri let him?’Axel seemed pretty intent on getting that kiss and not
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