Ryder
Okay, fuck this was a bad idea, not that I'm even mad that I was tricked into letting her sit on my lap but rather because this wasn't helping my situation. I was a goner when it came to her and I'm pretty sure the two had figured it out after I got into trouble after the incident at the club but I wasn't telling her how bad it was, at least for now. The feeling of her ass pressed up against me was more than divine and for a moment I thought my eyes would roll to the back of my head, but probably after I made sure this fucking hard-on wasn't pressing up against her cheeks. Again bad idea, but who knows what else Ethan had up his sleeves? I thought glaring at his smug face after I reassured her I was fine.
I might be glad he had already planned out this day out and I got to talk to her but messing with her was something I wasn't going to take to very well. I could tell he knew that, hell it was in all their gazes especially when I pulled her into my lap and yet he still seemed hellbent on pushing my buttons for some reason, I wondered getting lost in my thoughts. At least I was until a shrill of a phone came from between us and we both jumped. Well I did because it was way too close to my dick she just reacted, blushing hard when I reached for the phone in her back pocket and my smug smirk immediately dropped. This fucking brat, I thought dropping the call just as she made to take it from me.
"What the hell? Why did you do that?"
"Because," I said with a shrug and she narrowed her eyes at me. Fuck, I'd managed to make her mad at me for the second time today, but I wasn't one to complain. I knew when I acted like an ass and this time I wouldn't even bother to apologise. It was for a good cause.
"Are you kidding me? You don't get to make that call. It could have been important."
"It wasn't."
"And how would you know that?" She asked glowering at me and I returned the glare.
"Because I do," I said shrugging once more and I could see her fists clench hard on the table. "Babydoll, the brat just wants to fuck you."
I blurted out making everyone around the table gasp despite them not exactly knowing the whole story and I could see her eyes widen before they narrowed into slits at least I thought they did as the normal warm chocolate brown eyes turned dark.
"Well, I guess you have one thing in common then," she said hurt and anger lacing her voice before she got up from my lap and stormed off and the reality of what I'd done hit me had taking the wind out of me.
"Fuck!" I let out the feeling of being winded making me feel dizzy before making to stand up when Alice stopped me looking a little pissed.
"Stop right there mister. I think you've done enough. I let get her back or at least try to," she said almost accusingly and I let out a sigh plopping down on the seat as she bounded after her.
"Dude that was an asshole move," Ethan said and I refrained from rolling my eyes.
"Blaiky, dear, you've done shitty things before but this is the first time I agree with this idiot over here. You're a douchebag," Emma said and I pinched my brow deciding to tune them off. I didn't need them to make me feel bad. I already did on my own.
"I think they already had that figured out when I was born. I'll be waiting outside."
"Oh no you don't asshole. You wreck it, you pay for it. You ruined our day out. We'll wait outside," Ethan said shoving the bill that came some minutes ago and I was too lost in my thoughts to care as I took the bill and headed to pay.
"Hi there, I'm Elise. What can I do for you?"
Are you dumb? You work the fucking register, I cursed out in my mind as my gaze fell on the brunette behind the counter but despite my bad mood I wasn't one to forget my charm. Why do these girls hit on me, as flattering as it was, when I'm clearly not in the mood? All I had in mind was the million things I would want to do to fuck up that Chase brat for that silly excuse of a best friend while he was secretly pinning over her. So maybe she didn't check who was calling but I'm pretty sure she thought I was talking about Kyle, another fucker that I'm yet to deal with, leading me to another conclusion. She was freaking oblivious to all of it.
I do my best to be forward with my feelings, who am I kidding? I'm always forward about what I want with her. Hell, could she think I'm just messing around with her? I wasn't lying when I said she was important to me, I meant it. And it wasn't that I wanted to have sex with her, okay maybe I thought about it, but it was because she was funny, honest and honestly one of those people who made me feel and laugh unlike the dorky annoying brats I call my friends. And it's not some cliche bad boy falls for the new girl, maybe it is a little bit but it's all because I know we both have our demons and it might be what brought us together.
I understood how it felt not to have your parents close. My mother was gone and regrettably so because of me and he changed. Honestly the times I've seen him through the years since she passed away are countable on the fingers of my hands. I don't blame him mostly, but I lost a mother when he lost his wife and when I consider she's way younger than me, it couldn't have been easy, or maybe it was just that. She reminded me all too easily of the most important person in my life, she became one of them. Fuck, I need a break from all this thinking. I may not like Chase but what I've heard from her when she talks about him. He was part of her support system. I can't believe I'm thinking this but fuck I messed up and needed to apologize. And going at this rate, I think I have a apologized to her more times than I've ever apologized to anyone before.
Brushing off the brunette whose name I couldn't exactly remember after I paid I rushed outside not seeing her among the group and my heart dropped a little disappointed.
"Sorry. I couldn't get her to stay," Alice said as I approached the group. "Give her a break. She'll come around."
She said directing it at me but I'd already come to the same conclusion as I tuned them off. She didn't like confrontations so her phone would be probably off and she won't go anywhere I'd find her, so that plan is off the table. Maybe that's just what we needed a little break from each other.
"So pajama party?" I heard Ethan asked as I directed my attention to them.
"What are we? Six?"
"Come on, Em. Don't be like that. I just want to know what you wear to bed."
"You're my cousin dumbass."
"Or a concerned relative wondering why you still don't have a boyfriend," he said a little smugly and that's all it took for them to start chasing each other around the lot making me roll my eyes.
"You okay?" Cody asked turning to me and I nodded absentmindedly.
"Yeah, sure."
"Huh?"
"I'll see you guys later," I let out before skulking to my car before driving off. I felt oddly exhausted, I thought as a text buzzed through my phone.
Dinner. 8pm.
This day just got much worse.
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Diana
"Don't look at me like that?" Kate said and I refrained from rolling my eyes.
"Then don't force me to go."
"I'm not forcing you. You agreed to it."
"I agreed to do you a favor not to go out on a date with some rich kid."
"Just go out have dinner, have some fun. Who knows maybe you have chemistry."
"Doubt it," I said as she continued to comb my hair quietly realizing that the conversation was going to make me any excited and I resigned to watching my nails before Tess barged in.
"I got the dresses," she said almost giddy and I rolled my eyes. She was liking this more than I was.
"Idea? Why don't you go instead of me?"
"Because I have a study date and these are all in your size."
"Great," I said a little sarcastically as we stood over the two dresses as she removed them from their bags.
"So? Blue and bold or pink and flirty?" She asked and I have her a pointed look asking her why the latter was a choice. "What? You don't want to scare them off?"
"I also don't want to give them any ideas," I said grabbing the blue dress and shooing themselves.
Contrary to Tess' claim the dress wasn't of bold colors. The top of the dress was a dusty gold colour lightening up as it met the ocean blue. If anything it resembled a nice sandy shoreline meeting the calm sea in the light of the afternoon sun. The plunge of the neckline was more than impressive as it resembled a wave and stopped just above my belly button and I realized it wasn't as provocative as I had thought until after I wore it. A thin material matching my skin tone patched up the plunge. The rest of the material flowed down one side leaving most of my skin bare down one thigh with four jewel encrusted straps held it together from my hip to mid thigh. She was right. It was pretty bold and weirdly my silver hair didn't seem to clash that much with the dress as it was tied up, I thought slipping on the silver encrusted death traps that came with the dress. She so owed me for this.
"Honey, the car is here for you," Kate called out and I rolled my eyes taking one last look in the mirror.
"Coming," I yelled picking up my clutch and a few minutes later I was being driven to the fancy hotel I was supposed to have dinner in apprehensive of the slight feeling of foreboding in me.
But hell if I knew what was awaiting me, I would have the greatest of senses to refuse it outrightly.
"Reservation for Clarkson?" I asked almost sweetly and the male in front of me smiled as he turned to confirm.
"Diana?"
"Kyle? What are you doing here?"
"I'm having dinner with you?"
"Clarkson?"
"That's grandfather's name. Shall we?" He asked holding out his arm for me and I gave him a tight-lipped smile.
"Sure," I answered but all I could think, this night just got weird.