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I can burn the fucker down.
Knowing my luck, though, there’d be something explosive in it.
“What are you staring at?” Jessica asked from behind me.
I sucked on my fag, deciding it was probably best to keep my ambitious arsonist within.
She’ll freak the fuck out if I tell her.
“The stars,” I lied.
Well, half-lie, because I was earlier.
“Logan Zander is stargazing?” She laughed, and I heard the tap turn on.
I watched as she lifted the glass to her lips, her throat bobbing as she drank the cool liquid. She was stupidly pretty. I liked how she blended in tonight at The Descent—not many girls would’ve felt comfortable there.
Jenna wouldn’t.
“Logan Zander is wide awake,” I sighed, stubbing my fag out on the decking beside me.
There was a little ashtray somewhere; Mum used it more than I did, so I could never find it.
“I’d sit with you, but it’s freezing.”
“I offered you my hoodie,” I said, waving my hand at it again. “You girls love wearing men’s clothes, don’t you?”
Jessica hesitated, biting her lip as she looked at the hoodie, then back towards the door to the front room. “I better go back to bed,” she said, uncertain.
“Okay.”
“Aren’t you tired?” She asked suddenly, her arms crossed over her chest.
“Nah,” I said dismissively. “I don’t sleep much.”
“Because of the coke?”
Her tone wasn’t full of disappointment, nor did it sound like she was judging me.
“Yeah,” I admit, smiling. “Just your friendly neighbourhood druggie.”
“Don’t call yourself that. Go to bed.”
“I thought we established that I’m not tired?” I laughed, wondering why she was so concerned. “You go to bed.”
“Even if you’re in bed resting and wide awake, it’s better than smoking on a doorstep. In the cold,” she said.
“You sound like my mother.”
“Good. Come on.Bed.”
I couldn’t help but laugh at her attempt to give me orders, but when I looked at her, she had her hands on her hips, and there was a steely glare in her eyes.
“Sweetheart, you’re only getting me into bed if you come with me.”
“Fine. But don’t think anything is happening between us for one second because it’s not.”
What the fuck? Did Jessica just agree to come to bed with me?!
