CHAPTER SIX

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.