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Lila is in this game as much as he is. And so, they have declared war on each other. A prank war. It’s silly, but not going to lie, it’s amusing to watch them “fight.”
Last week, she put itching powder in his pants and Maddox was forced to quit football practice in the middle. He was royally pissed. She’s smart and creative with her pranks, I have to give her that much. I’ve never seen Maddox so enraptured by another girl before. But she’s got his undivided attention.
I like Lila. She’s fun and she’s feisty. The perfect girl to put up with Maddox’s assholery.
I personally think they should just jump in bed together and get that sexual tension over with. Everyone can see it, so I don’t know why they are still fighting and not fucking already.
Maybe the pranks are foreplay?
But damn, it’s been six weeks of foreplay now. The chemistry is palpable. It makes me wonder how long they will last before they succumb to the tension between them.
“The haunted house,” Maddox says, his eyes still on Lila. Her ass, specifically.
She walks into the food line and waits. Riley is nowhere to be found. Hmm, interesting. They are always together. I wonder where the little wallflower has run off to.
“What about the haunted house?” I ask curiously.
Every Halloween, Berkshire Academy builds its own “haunted house” on the school grounds. It was a tradition that started a decade ago, and to this day, we still honor it. The haunted house is not child’s play. The student committee really goes all out and turns the gym, classrooms and hallways into the perfect nightmarish place. It’s our favorite event at Berkshire Academy and everyone is hyped for it.
Maddox rubs his chin, trying to hide his arrogant smirk but failing. “I’ll pull my next prank there. It’ll be payback for that damn itching powder she put in my pants.”
“What exactly is this prank going to be?”
Maddox grins with a dangerous glint in his blue eyes. I know that whatever he’s about to say, I’m going to like it a whole lot. He’s an adrenaline junkie, just like me. And he’s set on terrorizing Lila.
He leans closer and whispers his plan to me. And the more I hear about it, the more I approve of his sick idea. At the haunted house, his focus will be on Lila and mine…
Well, I have my little wallflower to play with.
Almost as if Maddox can hear my thoughts, he quirks an eyebrow in question. “So, what’s your deal with Riley?”
Now that Maddox has posed the question — I don’t know.
Maybe…
I don’t like how yellow her hair is. The color is too vibrant on her — she is too pretty to be the spawn of Thomas Johnson.
I don’t like how she smiles. There’s a softness in her that pisses me off.
I don’t like how she looks at Grayson with stars in her eyes. What’s there to like about that nerd? He’s nothing interesting. The only reason he’s here, at Berkshire Academy, is because he got adopted by the Hales. Otherwise, he’d still be trailer trash.
And I don’t like the calmness that resides in her.
Riley Johnson went from being Miss Little Popular and a Pageant Queen to a hopeless wallflower. With withered petals and broken thorns.
She’s too quiet, too calm, too docile — I want to ruffle her feathers.
I want her hate and her fury.
I want to see the fire in her eyes, because her poison feeds the venom in my heart.
I want to see what Riley is truly capable of. Other than this docile version of her. I see her vulnerability, but who is she beyond that person?
So, that’s my deal with Riley. But I don’t tell Maddox that.
I lean back in my chair, so I’m only balancing on the rear two legs. “She’s fun to play with,” I tell him, which is partly the truth.
“She’s a Johnson,” Maddox reminds me carefully. “Your father will disown you if he finds you hung up on Thomas’s daughter. Don’t get too attached.”
