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the strange guy, but I don’t want to leave Tori and Amy alone. This is their first time at a bonfire and since they arrived, the crowd has seriously multiplied. The cheerleaders are lurking to their left and behind them, a mass of testosterone is gathering around the keg.
Shuffling to the side, I park myself next to Tori as she watches the scene unfold. Her eyes are wide, her soft lips parting when Mack yanks the guy off his sister and starts yelling in his face. We can’t hear everything being said, but Layla is slapping her brother on the back.
“Screw you! You’re not my father!” Her high-pitched voice travels across to us.
I wince and Tori covers her mouth with her hand. She looks up at me and all I can do is shrug.
I’ve seen this before—quite a few times, actually. Layla’s pretty easy when it comes to the male population, and it seems to be Mack’s mission in life to beat any guy who tries to take advantage of that. Some would call it overprotective, but they don’t know the whole story. If I had Mack and Layla’s history, I’d be acting exactly the same way.
Mack grabs the guy’s collar and pulls him close. I can’t make out his low growl, but the guy’s skin pales in the firelight. He shakes himself free and shoves Mack away before retreating into the darkness. Mack makes a move to go after him, but Tyler holds him back. Finn stands between the siblings as they start yelling at each other.
One is hollering at Finn’s back while the other hisses in his face. Neither is talking to him directly, but their words can’t breach his thick chest.
Tori shivers beside me, goose bumps rippling over her skin.
“You cold?” I instinctively move to put my arm around her but check myself just in time. I bury my hands in my jacket pockets.
She rubs her arms, shaking her head like she’s in shock or something. “I’m okay. I guess I’ve just never seen this kind of thing before. Only in movies.”
“You don’t get out much, do you?”
She snickers and nudges me with her little elbow. “I don’t get out to places like this , that’s all. It’s kind of new territory for me.”
I press my lips together to hide my smile. “You sure you want to join this world?”
Her eyes glance over mine before she dips her head and whispers, “I have to, Colt. It’s the only way I’m going to get what I want.”
The words send a chill through me. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the way she whispered them…or maybe it’s the fact I’m worried she’ll get hurt if the guy she wants doesn’t actually want her back.
#11:
The Inevitable
Tori
I skip down the stairs and am nearly out the front door when I’m stopped by my mother’s voice.
“Hey, hey, not so fast.”
I let go of the handle, but keep facing the stained glass panel on our oak door. The morning sunlight is making the red tulip petals glow. Mom made it a few years back. She’s got a thing for tulips.
“Where are you going in such a hurry?”
I glance over my shoulder. “School, Mom. You know, the big building where we learn stuff.”
She laughs at my playful wink and spins me around to face her. “What about breakfast? Do you want me to make you an avocado and oatmeal smoothie?”
I swallow, willing my mouth not to form a grimace. “I’m good. I’ve got a granola bar in my bag. I really need to get going. I have a huge assignment looming, and I need to get some research done in the library.”
You see, I have to do it in the morning because my afternoons have been spent hanging out with the world’s best-looking human and learning all about how I can score one of his best friends, the whole time actually trying to make him want to score with me. It sounds complicated, but it works in my head.
Pressing my lips together, I swallow down the truth that is invading my mouth. Like I can admit any of that to my mother.
“I feel like I haven’t seen you since school started. You’re rushing in one minute, then
Shuffling to the side, I park myself next to Tori as she watches the scene unfold. Her eyes are wide, her soft lips parting when Mack yanks the guy off his sister and starts yelling in his face. We can’t hear everything being said, but Layla is slapping her brother on the back.
“Screw you! You’re not my father!” Her high-pitched voice travels across to us.
I wince and Tori covers her mouth with her hand. She looks up at me and all I can do is shrug.
I’ve seen this before—quite a few times, actually. Layla’s pretty easy when it comes to the male population, and it seems to be Mack’s mission in life to beat any guy who tries to take advantage of that. Some would call it overprotective, but they don’t know the whole story. If I had Mack and Layla’s history, I’d be acting exactly the same way.
Mack grabs the guy’s collar and pulls him close. I can’t make out his low growl, but the guy’s skin pales in the firelight. He shakes himself free and shoves Mack away before retreating into the darkness. Mack makes a move to go after him, but Tyler holds him back. Finn stands between the siblings as they start yelling at each other.
One is hollering at Finn’s back while the other hisses in his face. Neither is talking to him directly, but their words can’t breach his thick chest.
Tori shivers beside me, goose bumps rippling over her skin.
“You cold?” I instinctively move to put my arm around her but check myself just in time. I bury my hands in my jacket pockets.
She rubs her arms, shaking her head like she’s in shock or something. “I’m okay. I guess I’ve just never seen this kind of thing before. Only in movies.”
“You don’t get out much, do you?”
She snickers and nudges me with her little elbow. “I don’t get out to places like this , that’s all. It’s kind of new territory for me.”
I press my lips together to hide my smile. “You sure you want to join this world?”
Her eyes glance over mine before she dips her head and whispers, “I have to, Colt. It’s the only way I’m going to get what I want.”
The words send a chill through me. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the way she whispered them…or maybe it’s the fact I’m worried she’ll get hurt if the guy she wants doesn’t actually want her back.
#11:
The Inevitable
Tori
I skip down the stairs and am nearly out the front door when I’m stopped by my mother’s voice.
“Hey, hey, not so fast.”
I let go of the handle, but keep facing the stained glass panel on our oak door. The morning sunlight is making the red tulip petals glow. Mom made it a few years back. She’s got a thing for tulips.
“Where are you going in such a hurry?”
I glance over my shoulder. “School, Mom. You know, the big building where we learn stuff.”
She laughs at my playful wink and spins me around to face her. “What about breakfast? Do you want me to make you an avocado and oatmeal smoothie?”
I swallow, willing my mouth not to form a grimace. “I’m good. I’ve got a granola bar in my bag. I really need to get going. I have a huge assignment looming, and I need to get some research done in the library.”
You see, I have to do it in the morning because my afternoons have been spent hanging out with the world’s best-looking human and learning all about how I can score one of his best friends, the whole time actually trying to make him want to score with me. It sounds complicated, but it works in my head.
Pressing my lips together, I swallow down the truth that is invading my mouth. Like I can admit any of that to my mother.
“I feel like I haven’t seen you since school started. You’re rushing in one minute, then
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