LOGINZANE’s POV. I knew Alessia was pissed the moment she walked out the door. She didn’t slam the door. She didn’t yell. She didn’t even look back and that was worse. I knew I had fucked up bad and what’s worst is that the relationship hadn’t even started to be having issues consistently. That was Alessia and me for half the time. We argued. Hated each other and drove each other insane. I guess we still brought those toxic traits into our relationship. I stared at the door for a few minutes before Mason’s voice pulled me out of it. I knew they had all noticed the tension and the way Alessia had walked out. It was hard not to miss. “Damn Zane.” He came behind me and exhaled a long breath. “What’s really going on,man? Alessia?. Seriously? I'm not stupid. Neither is Adrian or Jason. We can all see what’s going on. Just that there’s not enough evidence yet.” Mason said seriously. Why was everything happening at once? Now I needed an excuse to get me out of this situation. “What do you t
ALESSIA’s POV. After what Zane said in the car the previous day, nothing felt normal anymore.We both knew what we wanted and it was like we were both fighting ourselves over it. I spent the whole day stupidly thinking about him. It wasn’t stupid though because technically he was my boyfriend. Adrian was hosting a party tonight at the guys house. They all share an apartment off campus and since my shit head of a brother decides to host a party it means everyone has work to do. And it meant I and Zane had to stand with each other in the same room for two to three hours without doing anything that would give us away. Not that Zane had done anything to me yet when we were alone. So now we had to really pretend. It had to be easy because we never got along even since we started this so- called relationship. Apparently having a boyfriend means being forbidden from behaving like his girlfriend. I wished I had read the rule book earlier. I and Kendra arrive at the guys apartment and the
ALESSIA’s POV. I had been Zane Jaxon’s girlfriend for less than 24 hours and I’d already discovered that being his girlfriend was nothing like I had imagined. Zane wasn’t the Zane everyone knew on campus around me and it made my stomach flutter anytime he did something unlike him. For one thing I couldn’t stop smiling. It was embarrassing. Completely ridiculous, actually. I had spent most of the previous night lying in bed replaying everything that happened between us, especially the moment when he had looked at me and finally said the words I had been waiting for. Let’s fucking make this official. Official. The word still felt strange in my head and I had been blushing since he dropped me home last night. Zane Jaxon was my boyfriend. It felt weird. He’d never commit himself to a relationship no matter how the girl pressured him. And I knew all the girls he’d been with asked for a relationship. Fuck. I felt special. Delulu or something but I was probably the first girl he’d e
ZANE’s POVI didn’t know why I had agreed to pick Alessia up.Actually, that was a lie. I knew exactly why. I wanted to see her. I just didn’t want to admit that to myself.She climbed into my car without saying much, pulling the door shut before settling into the passenger seat. I glanced at her once, waiting for the usual smile or some stupid comment about my driving, but she only looked out the window.Fine.I started the car.For the first few minutes, neither of us said anything. The silence should have been comfortable. It wasn’t. It sat between us, heavy and irritating, making me increasingly aware of every little movement she made beside me.I tightened my grip on the steering wheel and kept my eyes on the road.Something was wrong.I just couldn’t figure out what.Maybe it was the guy from earlier. Maybe it was the fact that I’d spent the entire day thinking about her when I had better things to worry about. Or maybe I was simply getting tired of pretending this thing between
ZANE’s POV It was Monday morning. The fourth day since Alessia and I started a thing we weren’t sure of yet but both knew we wanted. We spent almost all night texting about random things, and that was when I realized I actually enjoyed texting with her. It had been normal. Nothing intimate, nothing suggestive, just us talking about stupid things until we both got tired. My stupid ass had actually enjoyed it. It was funny to me because after we stopped texting, I realized I hardly ever texted innocently with other chicks. It was either we sexted or did something purely out of context. I didn’t do random conversations, good morning texts or asking someone how their day went. That wasn’t me. And I knew Alessia wasn’t like that. If anything, she was the kind of girl that loved when their boyfriends told them stories over the phone, asked about their day and probably stayed up late talking about absolutely nothing. I wasn’t like that. I always said Alessia Bennett wasn’t my spec, and
ALESSIA’s POV. Something about Zane had changed.I just couldn’t decide whether it was him or me who was seeing things differently.It started that morning with a message.You awake?I stared at my phone for a moment. Zane rarely texted first unless he wanted something.Unfortunately. Why?His reply came almost immediately.Old-school concert tonight. Briarwood. You coming?I smiled despite myself.I had mentioned the concert days ago. I hadn’t expected him to remember it, let alone invite me.Maybe.Three dots appeared.That’s not an answer.I laughed quietly.Yes, Jaxon. I’m coming.Good. Seven. I’ll pick you up.No teasing. No unnecessary flirting. Just Zane deciding he’d see me that evening as if it were the most natural thing in the world.By seven, his car was waiting outside my dorm.I climbed into the passenger seat and immediately noticed a small paper bag sitting beside the gearshift. I picked it up and looked inside.My favorite cookies.I turned toward him. “You remembere







