RAIN
Eva picks me up in her car and we get to school together. We join Buck and the rest of the guys by the entrance and watch as the students trickle in their flashy clothes and props. We have no interest in pranking teachers, we're aiming for the students that we don't like. Eva and Nick are going to help me set up. While they are distracted with rigging classrooms and teachers lounges, we'll be in their lockers doing our thing. We plan to do it just before the light goes off then Eva and I will find a place to hide while the guys do their thing. Once everyone is inside and the halls are clear, Buck, Eva and I start setting up. The fear of being caught has my heart beating wildly in my chest. We start from Derrick’s locker. If I'm going to get caught, I want to have at least done something to the biggest asshole of the group. Buck found a way to get their locker combinations. Next, I rig Camden's locker. After Camden's locker, my nerves calm down and I start feeling more confident. Buck and Eva start kissing and being an annoying couple after Camden's locker. I open Xavier's locker with the combination Buck gave me. When I turn to high five with Eva like we do every time I open a locker, I don't see them. They must've snuck into one of the classrooms to make out. Yuck. Note to self, never plan anything with couples. I quickly finish setting up then gently close the locker. Tomorrow morning is going to be hard on these assholes. "What are you doing?" I freeze at the sound of Xavier's voice. Oh no, I have been caught. My mind spins. What will he do to me? What will he make Derrick do to me? Is this the end of my high school career? "You're not mute Rain, what were you doing?" Lying is useless at the point. I look at him straight in the eyes and open my mouth to answer. I don't get a word out, the lights go off and depraved screams fill the air. This is not good. Doors start opening and students start pouring out of the classrooms they're setting up in. Xavier grabs my hands and starts running. I try to resist but he's stronger than me and keeps pulling me with him. I give up and follow him, hoping that Derrick is not at the end of wherever we're going to. Xavier leads me down to the library and opens a small room near it with a key. Of course he has keys to places in the school. Instead of a plush room with Arabic furniture and designs, the room is a supply closet. Xavier locks the door and turns on a lamp that illuminates the room. His dark eyes meet mine and I see the anger in them. "What were you hoping to achieve, Rain? You know everyone will figure out it's you. No one else in the school has the guts to prank us." I wish I had known that little bit of information before I started this. I used a considerable amount of my savings to buy supplies. "You're not going to speak? Fine, I'll just text Derrick and ask him to come down here." No! That's the worst idea. "Why are you hiding down here?" I ask. What I meant to say was I'm sorry but the question has been bothering me since we came down here. Xavier is shocked by the question but he doesn't answer. "I'm not the one being questioned here, Simmons. What were you doing?" "I was planting pranks that'll go off when you open your lockers tomorrow." He raises his eyebrows and my anger rises. "You don't expect me to miss out on the one chance I have to get back at you and your friends for everything you've done to me since I started school here, do you?" "Have you ever thought about kissing me?" He asks. The question takes me by surprise and my mouth opens in shock. That's not even close to what we were talking about. "Because I have. I think about it more than I care to admit to you." He says softly. He holds my gaze for about 5 seconds before his eyes drop to my lips. "You have really fucking amazing lips. They look so soft and inviting, I think about kissing them every time I see you." "This is a prank night?" I manage to say. My throat feels constricted, like I can't breathe. Why is there suddenly no air in this room? "I want to kiss you, Rain." He simply says. I move back and my back hits a shelf. I want to kiss him too but I don't trust whatever this is. This is surely a prank. "So what, you're going to force yourself on me and then the rest of your friends will open the door with cameras and tomorrow morning I'll be the dumb girl who thought she could seduce you?" He chuckles and folds his arms. "Your resistance doesn't do anything for me. It's your submission I want. I'd much rather seduce you into kissing me than force you. As for the other things you said," He just shrugs. He won't accept or deny anything I've said. This is a game to him. He comes close and stands in front of me. Xavier smells amazing. His scent is dizzying. "Step back, Xavier. I'll scream if you come any closer." "Like this?" He says and presses into me. I don't scream, I swallow hard and close my eyes. "I could try to seduce you from across the room but I don't have the patience for that." His voice is low and sultry and I am seduced. How is it so easy for Xavier to have me acting like this? "I think you want me to kiss you, Rain." I open my eyes and the look in his eye have me closing them back again. I feel his breath on my lips and unconsciously lick my lips. "Oh, you shouldn't have done that." He says then kisses me. I don't kiss him back, at least I try not to. My body betrays me and soon I put my hands on his shoulders and I'm kissing him back. Xavier smiles against my lips and kisses me harder. We break apart when the sounds of police sirens penetrate the lust filled room. Xavier moves away from me at lightning speed and leaves the room, slamming the door on his way out. I slump on the floor and try to catch my breath. Holy shit, Xavier Bishops just kissed me and worse, I kissed him back.RAINXavier's eyes find me the moment I step through the cafeteria doors. He looks from me to Greg who is smiling by my side and his blank stare turns murderous. He nudges Derrick who turns his attention on us. Greg whispers that I should ignore them and leads me to the lunch line to grab something to eat.We get our lunch and he leads me to the basketball table. It's really three tables that has been jammed together."Hey guys." Greg says. "This is Rain. Is it cool if she joins us today?" This was a bad idea. What if they refuse?One guy finally stands up. "Hell yeah, she can join us. That idiot is pissed off and she's the reason why."They make space for Greg and I and we take our seats. The guy that said it was cool for me to join puts out his hands for me shake."Hi, I'm Nic, Greg's cousin."I look from Nic to Greg with a smile, I do see the family resemblance.Lunch is uneventful. Derrick still throws death glares at us but he doesn't come here. I zone out of the conversation at
RAINHe kissed me. He was the one who trapped me in a supply closet and kissed me. Why does he get to be angry? When he didn't say anything about the prank, I had deceived myself into thinking he was a halfway decent person but then he had to go and point out Greg to his friends. I know it was him, I noticed him looking seconds before all his friends turned and were staring at us.Then by the football field, he just stood back glaring at me as Derrick scared the shit out of Greg.Speaking of Greg, I was so disappointed yesterday. He was in three of my classes before lunch and he was talking to me in class. It felt good so I didn't warn him. I knew sooner or later he would find out why everyone was giving him weird looks for talking to me. I just didn't expect for him to walk off like that. He left me there like a cowardly dog and the thought just annoys me.Bringing out food from my lunch bag fills me with sadness. My dad spent a lot of time making it this morning and I don't have the
XAVIER I don't have any classes with Rain which sucks for my plan but I anticipate seeing her at lunch. Today I sit next to Eric who always sits facing Rain's table. I watch them come in and go to the lunch line to get food. Rain goes with them but doesn't get anything. She never gets anything from the cafeteria. She always brings her own food. Today she doesn't even bring food. When they return to the table, everybody is eating except her. She's on her phone but sometimes raises her head to talk to the stoners’ girlfriend.Someone kicks me under the table. I look up and Camden is giving me a look."Cut it out," he mouths.I smirk and put a fry into my mouth. "Are you coming to practice today?" Derrick asks."Yeah, I'll be there. Hopefully, coach isn't too mad."Hopefully he is and he kicks me off the team. He won't though. He's on my dad's payroll. He won't do anything to fuck his money up.A female hand slides across my back and I roll my eyes. Lacey shoves Eric and sits between
XAVIER The second my alarm goes off, I turn it off. I didn't sleep a wink last night and it's all because of Rain Simmons. Kissing her was a bad idea but I couldn't help myself. It was bad week of my father forcing me to do his bidding and she was standing there in the dimly lit room, her hair shiny and her eyes wide.I couldn't concentrate on the fact that she was setting the place up to prank my friends and I. She was so beautiful and when she bit her lips in fear, something snapped inside me and I couldn't hold myself. The real surprise though was when she kissed me back.That's what kept me up at night, she fucking kissed me back and it was good. Easily the best kiss of my life and she didn't even notice. Then stupid Hank set fire to the history teacher’s car and the police came. I wasn't supposed to be there last night, Dad threatened and warned me. As soon as I heard the sirens I knew I had to sneak out of there fast. I parked away from school so it was easy to just sneak off a
RAINEva picks me up in her car and we get to school together. We join Buck and the rest of the guys by the entrance and watch as the students trickle in their flashy clothes and props. We have no interest in pranking teachers, we're aiming for the students that we don't like. Eva and Nick are going to help me set up.While they are distracted with rigging classrooms and teachers lounges, we'll be in their lockers doing our thing. We plan to do it just before the light goes off then Eva and I will find a place to hide while the guys do their thing.Once everyone is inside and the halls are clear, Buck, Eva and I start setting up. The fear of being caught has my heart beating wildly in my chest. We start from Derrick’s locker. If I'm going to get caught, I want to have at least done something to the biggest asshole of the group. Buck found a way to get their locker combinations. Next, I rig Camden's locker. After Camden's locker, my nerves calm down and I start feeling more confident.
RAINThankfully, the first week of school went by without a lot of visits from Derrick. He bothered me once on Wednesday and Friday but he was mostly busy planning the back to school party. Whispers this morning say it was a great party. This morning, I didn't see them at all. I made sure I was in class before the bell and after all my classes, I blended in with the crowd and slipped into the next class. Living life like a ninja is something I've become used to.Eva waves me over when she sees me. She's really taking this friend thing seriously. I'm embarrassed to say I like it. I've never had someone volunteer to be my friend. I've always been the girl in rich schools that she can't afford and I sadly got in Derrick's bad book early in my high school career so people stayed away from me."Hey, you. How was your weekend?" Eva asks.I take a seat and start taking my lunch out. "It was quiet. I did chores around the house and my homework.""That's it? That's all you did during the wee