Chapter Fourteen

Juniper

“You did so well my friend, you put her in her place” Jasmine said giving me side hug making me give a small smile.

“It was nothing” I said turning to look at Grayson to find him staring at me with some type of look in his eyes. He seemed impressed with me. I averted my eyes from his not wanting to look weird staring.

“Archer are you okay?” I asked worriedly because I hadn’t heard him say a word since.

“Jesus Christ juju! That was fucking hot! The way you fucking put Ciara in her place like damn! You were so calm with it. I’ve never seen anything like that. My god!” Archer squealed in excitement making me laugh at his energy. He was so hype.

“I know right, it’s so good someone finally stood up to her. Her bitchiness was starting to get too much” Ivan added.

“Yeah, like wow juniper. I know now never to mess with you.” He replied giving me a prideful look causing me to laugh out loud.

“C’mon guys. It was really nothing.” I said pushing their comments back and not wanting to grab attention with it.

“How’s she friends with you guys?” I asked curiously because i wondered how and why they tolerated her crappy attitude.

“She isn’t our friend” Ivan denied rolling his eyes.

“So why do you talk to her?”

“We only talk to her because she’s grayson’s girlfriend” Archer answered with a smirk as he took a bite out of his burger.

Gasping in surprise I turned towards Grayson “You’re serious?”

“Yup” Ivan nodded with a slight shrug.

“Damn, how do you stand her?” I unconsciously blurted out immediately slamming my mouth with my hand as I heard Archer release a chuckle at me.

“You’ll learn to live with it” Grayson responded simply giving me a blank look, his intense looking eyes making me shiver slightly.

“How long have you been dating her?” I pressed on curiously wanting more information about him and his relationship.

“Close to three months now” he answered holding my gaze.

“Wow, not to sound rude but you’ve seriously got a crazy girlfriend” I replied with a smirk.

He just rolled his eyes at that, his lips quirking up in a small smile making me smile too.

Lunch with Archer and his friends was really fun. I was starting to get comfortable with all of them and even Jasmine seemed to be having fun too.

“Hi guys, practice took longer than I expected”

Turning to see who said that my eyes met with a really pretty face. She didn’t look mean like Ciara and her soft feminine energy was just sweet.

Her hair was ginger red and it flowed down the sides of her face in soft waves. I could tell she was a nice person just from the smile on her face.

“Hey babe, I missed you” Ivan smiled noticing her as he got up from his seat to kiss her.

“Ugh, take it to the bedroom guys. I’m trying to eat here” Arch huffed in annoyance with a roll of his eyes.

“That’s Sophia Graham, Archer’s twin sister”Jasmine whispered making my eyes widen in surprise. They really did look like each other, as I looked closer I could notice the similar features between them.

Same hair color, eyes and height. It was like staring at the girl version of Archer.

“Shut up pig face” Sophia fired back with a playful smirk on her face.

“That’s my girl” Ivan cheered her as he gave her a peck.

“Hi Soph” Grayson greeted smiling at her.

I was surprised to see a full blown smile on his face and he looked so good with it brightening his exquisite facial features. They must be really close but then she’s arch’s twin sister so that explains the bond.

“Hey gray, what’s up?” She asked taking her seat next to Ivan.

“Nothing much, how was practice?”

“Exhausting. But how else would I be better at being a violinist” she groaned with a tiring sigh and a little smile on her face. Grayson just nodded his head in agreement with her. She gave everyone around the table a greeting before her eyes finally landed on mine . She looked confused to see a new face at their table before giving me a polite smile.

“Hi, I don’t think I’ve seen you around. Are you new here?”

“Yeah, I’m new here. I’m juniper” I replied back with a small smile.

“That figures, I’m Sophia. Archie’s older sister” she smirked mischievously turning to meet her brother’s scowl.

“With only four seconds” he groaned out loud causing everyone at the table to laugh at his expressions.

“Those four seconds are really killing you aren’t they?” Ivan teased

“Whatever” he replied rolling his eyes.

“Welcome to Daleton prep juniper, it’s nice to meet you”. She welcomed giving me a smile.

“Thanks.”