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I clench my jaw as I watch her get back in her truck and drive away, leaving me standing here like a fucking idiot, feeling more pissed off than I’ve ever been and knowing there’s not a damn thing I can do about it.
CHAPTER SIX
Dalton
The next day, the crew and I are all walking out of practice toward the parking lot when my phone dings with a message. I look down to see I have a Snap add request from Natalie. Curiosity gets the best of me, and I hit accept. Instantly, I’m hit with her phone number, asking me to call her.
“Ha.” I laugh out loud as I tuck my phone back in my pocket.
After the shit she pulled last night, she’s high as a kite if she thinks I’m calling her. It took everything in my power to not smack her across the head as I sat behind her in Econ. Thankfully, she acted like I didn’t exist, and I played right along. She’s dead to me for all I care.
If she really wants to ask me a question about our assignment, she can message it right there.
Maya—who always gets a ride home from Ben after her cheerleading practice even though she does have her own car but says she’d rather ride with him—turns to me and asks, “What was that?”
I sigh. “Natalie. We have that stupid project we have to do together, and she wants me to call her.”
I glance at Ben who’s stifling a laugh. Yes, they all got a kick out of my misery when I told them what happened last night.
I flip him off which just makes him laugh harder.
We get to where all of our vehicles are parked next to each other. As much as I hate to admit it, Natalie wasn’t wrong yesterday about how I shouldn’t have been parked back there to begin with. I don’t mind fucking with her, but someone else could be working back there today, and the last thing I need is getting stuck for real.
I throw my gear in the back of my truck and open my door.
“Come on. You have to change your attitude on this, or you’ll just make the situation worse. I’m sure it will be fine,” Maya, ever the optimist, says.
I raise my eyebrows at her. “Do you remember who you’re talking about, or what she did to me last night?”
“Don’t you remember in junior high when Thomas tried to fight all four of us at once?” Ben asks Maya. “He would have gotten his ass kicked if the principal didn’t break it up, but he didn’t care. He was all in. That’s the level of hatred he has for us. Why? I’ll never truly get it, but hey, they can get on with their bad selves with that bullshit.”
“Well, I think it will be just fine,” she says as she opens the door to Ben’s truck.
“Fine, huh? If it’s so fine, then why aren’t you friends with her?” I ask with a sarcastic tilt to my head.
“She’s always had something against me. I don’t have any hard feelings against her. But being friends and being partners in school are two completely different things,” she volleys back.
I shake my head. “Either way, I have to deal with her and her bullshit. Which means I’ll probably have to deal with her brother at some point too.”
Ben slaps my arm. “Speak of the devil.”
He points to where Thomas is heading toward us. He always showers at the school after practice, so he’s already in his Ariat jeans, belt buckle, and cowboy hat. He’s the epitome of small-town farm boy.
I square my shoulders and narrow my eyes at him when I see he’s heading straight toward us.
“You!” he yells out, pointing his finger right at me.
Ben, Marcus, and Eli all turn their attention toward him and move closer to me.
That’s right. You fuck with me, you fuck with them too.
“What was that shit you pulled yesterday?” Thomas growls out.
“Correction: I didn’t pull the shit. I pushed it out of the way because it was blocking my exit,” I say with a smirk on my face.
Marcus lets out a sharp laugh, which only makes Thomas angrier.
“You could have hurt her.” Thomas gets up closer to my face.
