Jack shrugs and follows me, getting in the front seat. Eli and Luke get into Luke’s car.
I don’t say anything as I start the engine and pull out of the parking lot.
“We don’t keep secrets,” I mutter.
Jack doesn’t say anything.
“What the fuck was Zach talking about?” I try to keep the anger out of my voice.
Jack sighs. “You want me to out every bi-curious guy in our school? That’s not happening.”
“He outed himself, so spill.”
“It was at a house party.” Jack rubs the back of his neck. “Someone from another school brought Zach. When they brought out spin the bottle, Zach joined in. We kissed. I didn’t think anything of it, but later he cornered me and said he wanted to figure something out. We kissed a few more times. End of story.”
“This asshole went after Harper.” My hands tighten on the steering wheel. “He fucking trapped her and threatened to rape her. You didn’t think that was a good enough reason to tell us you and him hooked up.”
“Hold up.” Jack narrows his eyes. “We didn’t hookup. Fuck, it was a couple of kisses and don’t try to tell me that should havebeen on the list to Harper, because we both know all of us have kissed more girls than were on our fucked lists.”
“He tried to rape her.” My voice fills the car. And I haven’t been able to do a thing about it. That asshole walks around like he still fucking owns the school when he should be cowering in a corner broken.
“You don’t think I know that. That it doesn’t weigh on me. But I’m not about to out every bi-curious asshole at our school. Not even to you.” Jack runs a hand through his hair. “It doesn’t matter. The only reason he brought it up would be to drive a fucking wedge between me and you guys and her.”
My lips press together as I consider his words. It’s like Zach’s crew is trying to pick us off one by one.
I gnaw on that for a moment. “Do you have those videos from the house Zach’s crew met at?”
“Change of subject, but I’ll take it. Yeah, I went back and added one with a power source in case they decided to meet there again.” He huffs out a breath. “Now all I need is hours to review everything we have.”
“You have us at Eli’s. We’ll all crank through the evidence faster than if you had to sit and watch it all.” I pull up on the curb beside Harper’s house. There’s an unfamiliar car in the driveway.
“I was hoping for some playtime too,” Jack mutters.
Grinning, I turn off the engine and turn to him. “We’ll get playtime, but we need to get ahead of whatever Zach has planned for Homecoming.”
Before he can get out, I grab the back of his neck and press my forehead against his. “If you’ve got any other secrets that will bite us in the ass, you need to tell me.”
He blows out a breath. “Nah, man. Still not going to out someone unless it has anything to do with this. Zach onlymentioned it because he wanted to be a dick. Most guys keep that shit on the downlow.”
“We have to be able to rely on each other.” I release him as Luke parks behind us. “No more secrets.”
Harper
I swallow as my house is suddenly filled with my boyfriends, my mother, and my English teacher. Mom pours two glasses and hands one to Mr. Wick.
“So, you two a thing?” Caden asks with an arched eyebrow and a small smirk.
The guys look at Mr. Wick warily. They don’t know what my mom just asked me. I don’t know if she’s going to bring that back up and how any of us are going to handle it.
“We know each other from high school.” Mom gestures with her head toward the living room where Nico is. “Let’s clear some stuff up, guys.”
“I should probably—” Mr. Wick gestures to the door. That would probably make this easier.
“No.” Mom grabs his hand and drags him into the living room. “You kicked a hornet’s nest. Let’s see what comes out.”
Luke touches my hand and I meet his eyes. This is so weird.
When he steps away, I draw in a deep breath as the guys grab kitchen chairs to bring into the living room for everyone. Eli stops next to me and wraps his hand around my waist, holding me against him for a second.
