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The Words(17)

Author:Ashley Jade & A. Jade

Sabrina directs her irritation my way. “Tutoring you for what? We graduate in two and a half weeks.”

A trail of tension rides down my neck. I don’t owe her a damn thing. Least of all, an explanation for why someone’s helping me out.

“None of your fucking business.”

That makes her mouth clamp shut. With a huff, she grabs her purse off the piano.

“Whatever.” Blowing me a kiss, she pushes her way past Lennon, intentionally bumping into her. “Text me later.”

I won’t.

Lennon still isn’t making eye contact with me.

It shouldn’t bother me…but it does.

“Sabrina’s a bitch.”

Her head snaps up and there’s no mistaking the anger flashing in her eyes.

“Then why do you fuck her?”

I didn’t owe Sabrina an explanation, and I sure as fuck don’t owe her one either.

Only unlike Sabrina, I need Lennon.

My progress is slow and most nights, I want to bash my head through a wall and give up.

But there’s something about knowing that I might not have to cheat my way out of the hole I dug myself into that gives me a sense of pride.

I want to earn it.

But in order for that to happen, I have to keep my tutor around.

So, I lie.

“I didn’t fuck her.”

Lennon’s stare drops to the floor—briefly lingering on the used condom I dropped in my haste to get away—before trailing up to my face.

She no longer looks angry…her expression is pure hurt.

And then she walks away.

Fuck.

I chase after her, my long strides quickly eating the distance between us.

“I don’t appreciate being lied to,” she snaps when I grab her arm.

“Me either.”

She whips around to face me. “When have I ever lied to you?”

“When you told me you could keep your little crush under control and shit wouldn’t get complicated,” I point out. “Acting jealous and hurt because I fucked another girl is a complication.”

One I don’t need.

Her mouth drops open. “You’re unbelievable, you know that?”

So I’ve been told.

I tighten my hold when she tries to walk away again. A little too hard, though, because she winces. “You’re hurting me.”

I promptly let go. “Tell me I’m wrong.”

But we both know I’m not.

She gives her head a shake. “Fine. Jealous—no. Hurt—yes.” She looks me over, like I’m nothing but a piece of trash littering the street. “Only because I was dumb enough to think we might actually be friends.”

“We are friends.”

Maybe not in the conventional sense. But shit, I spend more time with her than I do with Storm lately.

“No, we’re not.” Sadness twists her features. “Because friends don’t fuck people who bully their friends.”

With those parting words, she walks away.

And I let her…

Because she’s right.

CHAPTER 7

LENNON

I’m tossing and turning in my bed when I hear something hit my window.

At first, I think it’s just a reckless chipmunk, but then it happens again.

I look over at the clock on the nightstand. It’s just after two a.m.

When something hits my window a third time…I get out of bed so I can check it out.

I nearly fall over when I see Phoenix swinging like a monkey from the large oak tree directly across from my bedroom…while the rain beats down on him.

I swiftly open my window. “What the hell are you doing?”

“You weren’t answering my texts.”

Damn right I wasn’t. I have nothing to say after catching him with Sabrina.

I heard they had sex in the parking lot after prom…but I didn’t think they were an actual thing.

Rumor has it Phoenix is a one-time-only screw.

Clearly, Sabrina’s the exception to that.

“That’s because I don’t want to talk to you.”

I go to slam the window, but he grunts, “Christ, Groupie. My arm strength is good, but not good enough to hang here all fucking night. For fuck’s sake, just hear me out.”

I cross my arms. “You have five seconds.”

“You were right earlier. We are friends—” he starts to say, but I cut him off.

“No, we’re not. I don’t want to be friends with someone who’s balls deep inside her on a daily basis.”

His lips quirk. “Check out the mouth on Little Miss Innocent.”

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