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Bram rushes at me. Any sensible person would make a run for it, but I’m not sensible and I don’t run. Ever. Readying myself for the blow I know is coming, I curl my fists and wait.
Except his fist never meets my face. Instead, I find myself wedged between the wall and some dude that smells suspiciously of perfume and sex. From my position I can only see the back of his head and the broad width of his shoulders. He seems vaguely familiar, but I don’t have a chance to figure out why because before I’ve even had time to blink, Bram is laid out on the floor once again. I’ve no doubt Bram can throw a heavy punch, but only if he’s quick enough. The guy in front of me got in there first.
“Motherfucker!” Bram roars, as I peer around the shoulder of the guy standing in front of me. “That bitch is mine, Sonny!”
Sonny? You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. I peer out from behind my wannabe saviour and am greeted with the same cocky smile I remember from the courthouse. He winks at me.
“This bitch is no one’sarsehole,” I shout back, sidestepping Sonny. I hear him chuckle and I know he’s the guy who was in Red’s room not more than a couple of minutes ago. Blood is pouring from Bram’s nose and behind him Red is glaring at us both with wide eyes. She looks both impressed by Sonny’s show of manliness and horrified by the fact he’s defending me. Not that I need defending.
Her gaze flicks between us both and I glance at him again. He’s grinning widely, a toothpick of all things gripped between his teeth which he spits out before speaking. It lands on the floor inches from Bram.
“Back the fuck off. She’s with me,” he says lazily, dropping his arm around my shoulder. For a second, I’m too shocked to move. Overfamiliar much?
“Withyou?” Red snaps, her eyes narrowing at me. Jealousy slides across her features. It’s just as well she’s standing behind Bram because the way she’s looking at us both right now would give her feelings away in a second.
“Yep, that’s right. Sonny and I go way back,” I lie, leaning into his side a bit more as I look up at him and smile, playing along. I even press my hand against the firm muscles of his chest for good measure. Sonny’s blue eyes flash with interest and a little bit of intrigue, but he continues with the charade anyway.
Red makes a strange growling noise, then grabs hold of Bram’s arm and yanks him backwards into her room. “Come on baby, let me make you feel better, yeah?” she purrs, glaring at Sonny beside me who, it would seem, is entirely unimpressed.
“It ain’t over,Bitch. Come near me or Red again and I’ll make sure you know who’s the fucking boss around here,” Bram snaps, allowing Red to pull him into her room.
“You know it, Baby,” Red simpers, kissing Bram in full view of us and making a real good show of it. Eventually, Bram kicks the bedroom door shut and Sonny’s arm drops from around my shoulders.
“What a tramp,” I snort.
“You got that right… Fancy seeing you here,” he adds, as he crosses his arms over his chest and grins at me with amusement. Ignoring him, I stride off down the hallway towards the stairs wondering how many otherdelinquentswere saved from prison that day in the courthouse. Just my luck this arsehole has been sent here too.
“Hey, wait up. Why’re you in such a hurry? Don’t I get a kiss for saving your arse?”
“Yeah, likenever,” I grind out. This guy is trouble with a capital T. I knew it at the courthouse, and I know it now. Deciding I’ve had enough excitement for one afternoon, I head back to my room instead of outside. “Besides, I don’t follow where skanks have been. Not my style to mess with the inmates, though I see you’ve made yourself athomealready.”
“Inmates?” he barks out an amused laugh at that. “I don’t see the problem. I’m just getting thefeelof the place.” He grins, running to catch up with me.
I cock an eyebrow, glancing at him as he steps in stride next to me. “Is Red the kind of girl you usually go for then?” I ask, surprising myself with such a probing question, given this guy is no more than a stranger and so damn full of himself that he’ll probably take it the wrong way.
“You mean beautiful, with killer tits and arse? Yep, pretty much. Why, you bothered I picked her and not you?”
“As if,” I retort, wondering if he really thinks that his knight in shining armour act will be a sure-fire way to get into my knickers. Not. Going. To. Happen. Glaring at him, I pick up my pace.
“So, looks like we both got let off with a slap on the wrist then. Oceanside is a goddamn palace!” he remarks.
“You call coming here a slap on the wrist?” I ask, pounding down the stairs two at a time.
“Are you kidding me? Of course, I do! Have you seen this place? It’s got an Olympic sized swimming pool, games room and a fucking maze out the back. Plus, the dining hall is ridiculous. We get to choose from a buffet every time we eat. Can’t say we’d get the same in juvie, can you? And we get to mix with the opposite sex. A fucking bonus in my opinion.”
I push through the door on the first floor, not bothering to keep it open for him. “How have you managed to look around this place and hook up with that bitch all in one afternoon?” I ask, changing the subject. I really don’t care about what Oceanside Academy has to offer. I won’t be swimming. I certainly won’t be spending time in the games room with the rest of these arseholes and I sure as hell won’t be getting lost in some maze so Bram and his bitchface of a girlfriend can jump me. I’ve got way more street smarts than that.
“I arrived Saturday. Plenty of time to case the joint, and the residents,” he says, giving me a salacious wink.
“Didn’t take her long to find a guy ortwo,” I smirk.
“They’re both year two residents. Been going out since they started last year. Can’t help it that when I arrive, she’s all over me like a rash. ”
“Right… and you thought you’d lay it on her?”
“What?” Sonny questions, looking like butter wouldn’t melt as he follows me towards my room. “She offered herself on a platter, what was I supposed to do?”
