LOGINSeleneThe thing about Julian Cross was that he never stayed long enough to make it awkward. It was just simple. Come over, have mind blowing sex and then leave. Simple. But I was starting to get tired of simple.Like now, he was already pulling his shirt on before I had even caught my breath properly, moving around my room comfortably, gathering his scattered clothes.I watched him from the bed with my hair everywhere and the sheets barely hiding anything and said nothing because it was simple.He was annoyingly good looking. That was the root of the whole problem honestly. If Julian Cross had been even slightly less attractive this entire situation could have been avoided. But no. He had to have that jaw and those eyes that drew me in and made me breathless. He was different from the other jocks and that's saying alot. I knew he sleeps around, I didn't mind at first but now? Now he is messing with my head.He laughs genuinely at my jokes and doesn't call me crazy. Oh and don't get m
ChanceI never knew how interesting my ceiling was until today. Somehow, I was back to staring at my ceiling.I genuinely didn't know how this kept happening. One minute I was letting Selene do things to my hair, and now I was flat on my back in my hoodie, staring at the same water stain that has been there for years now.Just me.And the ceiling.He was supposed to pick me up at seven. Well, it's way past seven. In fact, it's eight forty-five.I wasn't upset. Nope. Definitely not upset.I was annoyed. There was a difference. Upset implied I had invested something significant into this evening, and I had not done that. At least not yet. I had simply gotten dressed, allowed Selene to spend two hours on my hair, and pushed my study materials to the side, and that was all completely normal behavior that meant nothing.The study materials on the floor said otherwise.I ignored them.The soft knock at my door made me sigh.Mom."Come in," I sighed.Mom appeared and leaned against the door.
ChanceThe Ashford rink was loud before the game even started.I had never been to a hockey game in my life and I walked in behind Selene trying to look like I had done this before which was harder than it sounds when you were wearing an outfit that was not your usual hoodie and jeans situation and every third person was turning to look at you. Definitely hard but I was here already. No turning back now.Selene had good taste. I had on dark fitted jeans, a leather jacket, a top that was simple enough to feel like me but put together enough to feel like I was making a point. Which I obviously was. I felt good. I hated admitting that but I felt good and the way a few people's eyes tracked us walking in confirmed that Selene knew exactly what she was doing.Then my eyes found my target.Mason was already there.I clocked him without looking for him. Third row, slightly left of center, sitting with his usual crowd. He saw me exactly four seconds after I saw him. I watched his jaw do the t
ChanceSelene was waiting outside the club for me, staring at her nails bored out of her mind on Thursday. She's really serious about the shopping thing because Selene hates maths with a passion. She would rather burn all her Chanel bags than sit through maths. And that's saying a lot because that girl loves her Chanel. Sitting outside the math club for forty five minutes was probably the most she had suffered for me and I appreciated it even if I would never say that out loud."Finally." She breathed dramatically as I said my goodbyes to my teammates. "Let's go. Beauty takes time and we are already behind.""Behind what schedule?" I asked, falling into step beside her."My schedule." She linked her arm through mine and started pulling. "I have been sitting outside that room for forty five minutes listening to numbers through the wall. I deserve a medal and also a smoothie.""You chose to wait outside.""Because I love you and also because I cannot physically sit in a math club meetin
RaidJulian looked at me. I looked at the screen as I restarted the game, tossing him the controller and staring at the screen. He said nothing but looked back at the screen too, but the smile was still there and I could see it in my peripheral vision, which was annoying."Why are you actually doing this?" He said after a moment, killing obstacles in the game."Doing what?" I asked as I defended him and dodged an attack."The whole thing. Fake dating her. Picking her up in the morning. Walking her to class." He paused. "That's not you doing someone a favour. You don't do favours. The Raid Bennett I know only takes, he doesn't give. So what's going on man?""She's tutoring me." I simply replied."Oh miss me with that Raid. You could get a tutor anywhere. So why her?”"She's good." I was so engrossed in the game, but I knew what he was talking about."Raid." He called."Julian." I answered.He looked at me properly this time. "I know you. Something else is going on."I leaned back. "Mas
RaidOh she's definitely up to something. That cheeky little nerd. I have no idea what it is, but I am definitely loving it. I didn't fail to notice how she almost melted into me again when I pulled her in. And the stunt, oh I was definitely entertained. I am just gonna sit back and watch whatever crazy her crazy ass comes up with again. I pulled up at Julian's and killed the engine. Finally, his dad was away again for business as always, so I am not going back to the house. Coach let us off early today too. Don't know what that's about though.Julian's front door stuck if you didn't lift the handle right. I had been doing it correctly since I was twelve, so I was inside before I knocked. And of course Mrs. Cross was wiping it down in the kitchen."SHOES." Mrs. Cross yelled from the kitchen. I kicked them off.She appeared at the kitchen door, pointing the spatula at me. Mrs. Cross was a small woman who somehow took up more space than people twice her size. Dark hair, sharp eyes, the
ChanceI don't know how I felt being in a confined space with my ex. But I was more surprised that Avery was latching onto him like a child. Staring at him, memories rushed through me. Us playing Batman and Robin as kids. Stealing his mom's car to go on our first date. Taking his siblings along on
ChanceMy stomach really needs to stop doing that thing. It did it again when he pulled me flush against himself. I was both shocked and flushed. I never thought we would end up in that position. The staring thing didn't help either. I don't know what that was. But I knew he was acting a little dif
RaidSunday just breezed by. I avoided dad and stayed up in my room playing games and stuff. Watched a few funny memes online and ate an unhealthy amount of junk food. Miss Shaw, our housekeeper, had traveled and I can't cook to save my life. So yeah, pizza kept me alive.I was scrolling through my
RaidNoah was getting on my last nerves and I still couldn't bring myself to let them rough him up a bit. He had been calling non stop like I didn't already know what today was. I left Chance's house and drove straight to the ghetto.I pulled up at my secret hideout. No one knew about this place, n







