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Boyfriends are complicated. My life has enough drama without adding to it. Besides, how can I explain Hunter to any guy? I’m seeing that now with Griffin.
“How is it going with Griffin, by the way?” Harper asks, then glances at Hunter. “I’m still team Hunter.”
Hunter winks at her. “Thanks, Harpy.”
I roll my eyes.
The two of them are annoying.
But I still love them.
“Not so good,” I tell her. “I just am not sure how I feel about him. I don’t like him as much as I probably should considering he wants a relationship with me.”
She nods, a smile playing at her lips. “Because you have feelings for somebody else, you just don’t want to admit it.
I keep my lips pressed firmly together, admitting nothing.
She’s right, of course. But I can’t tell her that in front of Hunter. And in Harper’s mind, Hunter is in love with me. She’s wrong.
I want to tell her the truth so bad. But how can I? Hunter won’t let me hang out with her unless he’s there and any text I send, he gets. So even if I told her that Hunter is my bodyguard, I can’t tell her about how complicated things are.
“I’m trying to force myself to like Griffin,” I admit. “He’s a really nice guy and he’s cute, but he doesn’t…” I trail off, not knowing what to say.
“Give you butterflies?” Harper asks.
I nod.
She frowns. “Yeah, I get that. I never felt that way about Finley either. I thought I did, but it just wasn’t there. You have to have chemistry.”
Harper and Reed share a look that I am envious of.
They have chemistry.
The problem with my crush on Hunter is that he makes me have butterflies and he makes my heart race, but I don’t do the same for him. It’s all completely one sided and it sucks.
After lunch, Hunter and I walk beside each other, heading to our next class.
“Are you sure I can’t go tonight?” I ask him. “I am tired of staying at home. I want to live my life and not be scared all the time.”
“No can do, Trouble. Sorry.” He smirks at me, like he’s not at all sorry.
I frown.
It’s not that I actually wanted to go tonight, I just don’t want to stay home with Hunter all night. It hurts too much.
Hunter put a hand on my arm, so I turn around to face him.
“Do you really want to go?” he asks.
I shrug, not answering either way.
“You realize that you were chased by a guy with a hammer last night, right?”
I raise an eyebrow at him. “It was afakehammer. And besides, you were there to protect me.”
He’s always there.
Always.
