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Chapter Eighteen
So, Yeah. I’m Friends with Roman.
On the way out to Recess, I walked past a classroom and stopped when I noticed Roman and Rio huddled around the teacher’s computer. I paused, knowing I didn’treallywant to know what they were up to.
Just as I’d decided to move on without drawing attention to myself, Rio looked up.
“Oi, oi,” he said with a salute and a sarcastic smirk.
Roman looked at him, then followed his gaze. When he saw me, the look of defiant contempt left his face and he almost smiled.
“Barlow.” He nodded, then went back to whatever he was doing.
I swayed towards the door, but really didn’t want to get involved. “Boys. Causing trouble, I assume?”
“Oh, you know us,” Rio answered, smirking at me with something hard in his eyes. “On a mission to do the impossible. Mission Impossible Seven!” He grinned.
“And, what might that be?” I knew I’d regret asking.
“Getting Lombardi expelled, of course.”
“Of course.” I looked around the hallway, but there was no one heading in our direction. I leant on the doorframe and watched them. “And, what’s your plan this time?”
“Lombardi’s hacking the System Admin for back door access–” The boys both sniggered and fist-bumped. “And leaving a couple of sweet little Trojans behind as he goes.”
I frowned. “And, that will do what?”
Rio shrugged. “Be a fucking nuisance.”
“Oh, good. Because why be useful?”
Roman looked up at me and I saw a flicker of hesitation cross his face, then he was back to his nonchalant self. “Go on, Barlow. If we get caught, I don’t want you involved.”
“You soft for her, mate?” Rio teased, but he looked at me like he knew something I didn’t.
“Soft isn’t the word I’d use,” Roman muttered as he threw me a wink.
If by some miracle Rio hadn’t understood him, the way my cheeks flushed would have told him exactly what Roman meant. I cleared my throat awkwardly.
“I’m going to leave you two to it…”
Roman’s fingers played across the keyboard, then he pushed away from the desk and strode over to me rather purposefully. He was all cool and assertive and had that commanding aura around him.
“What?” I asked him, my heart thumping.
A smirk played at his lips, but he had that lazily indifferent look in his eyes. He stopped in front of me, wound his arm around my waist and pulled me to him.
“Roman?” I warned him, sliding a look around the hallway.
“What? Bloke needs a good luck kiss before he goes on the lamb,” he said, his voice low and sultry.
I swallowed and was seriously glad I didn’t see this Roman often. This Roman wasn’t the one I was used to in close proximity, though I’d seen it plenty from afar. This Roman, especially knowing the other one, was damned hard to resist.
I had one more look around the hallway, then reached up and kissed him. It might not have been long, but it was enough to send a thrill through me and made me wish we weren’t at school. When I pulled away, he let me slip out of his arms. I looked at Rio and saw he was watching me carefully.
“Rio.” I nodded to him and he gave me another salute as his eyes were hard. I looked to Roman as I started walking backwards. “Roman.”
“Piper,” he said slowly as he leant against the doorframe casually and crossed his arms.
