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and then punched him in the face. I flinched in shock.
“Don’t ever touch her again,” he growled.
The guy swore and held his nose, while blood started to pour out and I winced. Zac swung back to me with anger alight in his eyes.
“Go,” he snarled at me.
Tears welled up in my eyes as I took one more look at him and then turned away and headed back up the driveway. I wanted to cry, but I couldn’t let the tears out now, not in front of these people. I reached the end of the driveway and took a deep breath, trying to calm myself.
Zac
I clenched and unclenched my fist that I had just used and went back inside the unit. The girl I left on the couch was still sitting there, waiting for me and I strode over. She looked up at me expectantly as I reached her, and I motioned for her to follow me. I needed to rid myself of the innocent perfection outside and do what I did best. Use and take, no feelings.
“I’m glad you came back,” she said, following me into my bedroom.
I ignored her, not interested in talking about anything, only needing to lose myself for a while. I went to close the door behind her and saw Will look over to me. I swore under my breath.
“Wait here,” I said leaving the room.
“She gone?” asked Will knowingly.
I was sure no one in here had missed the beautiful girl walking in here tonight, looking nervous in every shade of hotness.
“Yeah, can you make sure she gets home?”
Will put his beer bottle down, and answered, “Sure.”
As he turned away, I asked, “Did you call her…about tonight?”
Will shook his head and said, “No.”
We both looked over to Noah who had a girl against the wall and was busy kissing her. I knew exactly who did, and I wasn’t sure why he was torturing me. I headed back over to the bedroom where the girl was sitting on my bed, already in her bra and knickers, waiting to rock my world.
Ava
Hugging myself tight, I looked up and down the street before I went to cross it, away from the party. A car pulled into the driveway next door and Antony climbed out laughing with a girl. He was drunk and holding onto a beer bottle as she stumbled out, giggling like crazy. I saw Chad and Monica in the front of the car and her eyes narrowed as she recognized me. She said something out the window and Antony looked over to me.
“Ava? Is that you?” he asked with a knitted brow.
“Yeah, it’s me,” I said forcing a smile.
“What are you doing over there?” he laughed, like the idea of me at this party was absurd.
He didn’t know how right he was.
“At a party,” I answered with a shrug, stepping over to them.
“With those guys?” he asked in surprise. “I had no idea you were into death metal and drugs.”
“Losers,” giggled the girl beside him.
“They’re not losers,” I said back at them.
“Since when do you hang out with them?” he asked stepping closer to me.
I felt an instant urge to stretch the truth, so I said, “I have for a little while.”
“I would never have imagined our sweet little Ava hanging around the burners,” he chuckled.
Sweet little Ava? I grimaced at the reference. I wasn’t sweet or little. They didn’t know a thing about me.
“Maybe I’m not so sweet,” I returned, lifting my chin.
Antony chuckled.
“Maybe,” he said, his eyes showing sudden interest. “And maybe I picked the wrong friend.”
I looked at him in disgust. Why the hell did Sophie choose this guy? Did he think that because I was hanging with the so-called “burners” that I would be his next easy conquest?
“Come in and join us,” he said next. “We’re going to have a few more drinks. Leave Noah and his loser buddies to party with themselves.”
“They’re not losers,” I said again in annoyance.
“The guy was one of us once, Ava, and now look at him! He’s a misfit on society.”
“Whatever,” I said, too emotionally strung out to even argue.
What did I know?
“I’m bored with this conversation,” said
“Don’t ever touch her again,” he growled.
The guy swore and held his nose, while blood started to pour out and I winced. Zac swung back to me with anger alight in his eyes.
“Go,” he snarled at me.
Tears welled up in my eyes as I took one more look at him and then turned away and headed back up the driveway. I wanted to cry, but I couldn’t let the tears out now, not in front of these people. I reached the end of the driveway and took a deep breath, trying to calm myself.
Zac
I clenched and unclenched my fist that I had just used and went back inside the unit. The girl I left on the couch was still sitting there, waiting for me and I strode over. She looked up at me expectantly as I reached her, and I motioned for her to follow me. I needed to rid myself of the innocent perfection outside and do what I did best. Use and take, no feelings.
“I’m glad you came back,” she said, following me into my bedroom.
I ignored her, not interested in talking about anything, only needing to lose myself for a while. I went to close the door behind her and saw Will look over to me. I swore under my breath.
“Wait here,” I said leaving the room.
“She gone?” asked Will knowingly.
I was sure no one in here had missed the beautiful girl walking in here tonight, looking nervous in every shade of hotness.
“Yeah, can you make sure she gets home?”
Will put his beer bottle down, and answered, “Sure.”
As he turned away, I asked, “Did you call her…about tonight?”
Will shook his head and said, “No.”
We both looked over to Noah who had a girl against the wall and was busy kissing her. I knew exactly who did, and I wasn’t sure why he was torturing me. I headed back over to the bedroom where the girl was sitting on my bed, already in her bra and knickers, waiting to rock my world.
Ava
Hugging myself tight, I looked up and down the street before I went to cross it, away from the party. A car pulled into the driveway next door and Antony climbed out laughing with a girl. He was drunk and holding onto a beer bottle as she stumbled out, giggling like crazy. I saw Chad and Monica in the front of the car and her eyes narrowed as she recognized me. She said something out the window and Antony looked over to me.
“Ava? Is that you?” he asked with a knitted brow.
“Yeah, it’s me,” I said forcing a smile.
“What are you doing over there?” he laughed, like the idea of me at this party was absurd.
He didn’t know how right he was.
“At a party,” I answered with a shrug, stepping over to them.
“With those guys?” he asked in surprise. “I had no idea you were into death metal and drugs.”
“Losers,” giggled the girl beside him.
“They’re not losers,” I said back at them.
“Since when do you hang out with them?” he asked stepping closer to me.
I felt an instant urge to stretch the truth, so I said, “I have for a little while.”
“I would never have imagined our sweet little Ava hanging around the burners,” he chuckled.
Sweet little Ava? I grimaced at the reference. I wasn’t sweet or little. They didn’t know a thing about me.
“Maybe I’m not so sweet,” I returned, lifting my chin.
Antony chuckled.
“Maybe,” he said, his eyes showing sudden interest. “And maybe I picked the wrong friend.”
I looked at him in disgust. Why the hell did Sophie choose this guy? Did he think that because I was hanging with the so-called “burners” that I would be his next easy conquest?
“Come in and join us,” he said next. “We’re going to have a few more drinks. Leave Noah and his loser buddies to party with themselves.”
“They’re not losers,” I said again in annoyance.
“The guy was one of us once, Ava, and now look at him! He’s a misfit on society.”
“Whatever,” I said, too emotionally strung out to even argue.
What did I know?
“I’m bored with this conversation,” said
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