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Beer and marijuana are the first things I smell when I walk through the front door. I look to the left to see the entire football team surrounding a long folding table littered with red solo cups as they play beer pong. A slew of girls surround them, tossing their hair and taking selfies, hoping that one of the guys will notice them. My guess is they are hoping thatCarterwill notice them.
Why doesn’t that thought bother me?
I spy Carter and note that he’s busy; I pray that he stays that way for the majority of the night. I move down the hallway to the kitchen and see Kate sitting on the counter, swinging her legs as she drinks what looks like a pink lemonade. “Stassiiiiiii,” she squeals as she hops off the counter and pushes through a crowd of people to get to me.
Definitely not just pink lemonade.
“About time you showed up!” She pushes the cup towards me and I shake my head vehemently.
“You know that is not my thing.” She rolls her eyes and grabs the bong sitting on the counter and hands it to me along with her pink lighter.
“Oh, come on, we finished high school! We are done, baby! College here we come!” She bounces up and down which draws all the attention to her breasts that are barely contained in a bright red tank top. She hugs me tightly and kisses my cheek. “Have you seen Carter yet? He’s been circling the door like a little puppy waiting for his owner to come home, I swear.”
“He’s on the beer pong table.”
“Oh, let’s go. He’s going to freak when he sees you. You look hot!” She spins me in a circle and smacks my ass. “Your ass looks great in this dress. How did you get here?” She’s talking at the speed of light and I know this means she’s had more than enough to drink so I try to coax the full cup from her hands.
“Nuh uh!” she shrieks as she swats my hand away.
“Kate, you’re drunk and it’s only nine-thirty.”
“So, what!? Brax and I are staying here tonight. You are too, right?” She takes a sip of her drink and I can see the mischief in her green eyes already.
“Actually…” I start.
“Wait, what? Stop. You’re staying. Where does Dominic think you are?”
I sigh and take a hit of the bong knowing that I’ll need to be high after I drop this bomb on Kate. “He dropped me off.”
“Stassia Rae! Why didn’t you tell him you were staying at my house?” she whines.
“Did you see how hot Carter looks tonight? I’m totally staying over.” The sound of Marissa Jaxon’s voice infiltrates the kitchen as her entourage follows behind her, hanging on her every word. Marissa is mainly popular because people fear her due to having dirt on essentially everyone at Lakewood High School. Well, that and her father has more money than God and is in the running for Governor. She is essentially Regina George fromMean Girls. I don’t pay her any mind because she mostly stays out of my way, but I can’t escape the feeling that her comments are strictly for my benefit, especially because of the smirk sitting on her overly-glossed lips.
“Fuck off, Jaxon,” Kate snarls. “YouwishCarter paid you the time of day. Anyone with eyes can see he’s practically tripping over his dick to be with Stassi.”
I shrug nonchalantly. “Honestly, Marissa, you can have him. But let’s not pretend that part of your obsession with him isn’t that he wantsmeand not you.” I cross the room so that I’m in front of her. “You want him? Take him. But the only reason youcanis becauseIam not interested in being more than friends.” I toss a lock over my shoulder and shoot her a wink. “Bye now.” I sashay out of the kitchen with an eye roll to the heavens. I’m barely a few steps out of the kitchen before a hand is wrapping around my wrist and I’m being hauled against a hard familiar chest.
“Why didn’t you tell me you were here?” Lips find my cheek and move down my neck and I already know I’m not nearly high enough to entertain this.
“Hey, Carter.” I smile and push him off. “Do you have any weed? Kate doesn’t have any and I just took a hit out of someone’s bong that I don’t know.” I scrunch my nose. “You know I hate that.”
“Yeah, of course, babe. Anything for you. Come on.” He presses a light kiss to my lips and I follow him up the long stairwell to his bedroom. We are barely in his room before he has me pressed against the door and his lips moving down my throat as he locks the door behind us.
Great.
“You look like sex on legs in this dress. How are you this perfect?” His lips move lower and pepper kisses along my chest just as his fingers find my nipple and pinch slightly. “Fuck, I love this.” Most of the guys know now about my snap decision to get a nipple ring while Kate and I were in Ocean City, thanks to her huge mouth, but Carter knew from the beginning and he’d spent a lot of time exploring it with his mouth and his hands.
“I know.” I push him back again and move out of his grasp to lean against his desk in the corner of the room. I contemplated sitting on his bed, but I don’t want to send any signals that we’d be spending any time on it. “Where’s your bowl?”
He backs up a few steps and drops to his knees to grab something from under his bed. He retrieves a black box and pulls out his bowl and a small bag of weed.Thank God.
He packs it for me before handing it and the lighter to me. It takes two long hits but I start to feel a little better and less anxious than I’ve felt in a while.
“Can you sit? I’m not going to bite.”
I raise an eyebrow at him and raise my index finger to tap my chin. “You sure about that?”
“Not unless you want me to.” I don’t move and he sighs before lowering his head into his hands. “God, you make me work for it, don’t you?”
