“This fight is for you,” he said with a purr.
“Thanks. Can’t wait to see it,” I told him.
He gave me one more look before heading on out of there. As he did so, I sat there looking at all of the guys, and their gazes that were both attractive, and smoldering as well. It was going to be a fun night.
The boxing match was definitely something that I liked seeing. Thorn was good, fighting all of the other boxers with a finesse you didn’t see just anywhere. It was quite amazing if I did say so myself, and I wondered if maybe this would be different. I wondered if this would be the first time the guys would actually see me more as a friend or something else, rather than a teasing plaything.
However, I could still feel Phoenix and Luca brushing up against me. The heat between our bodies, the way that it felt, it was almost too shocking for me to comprehend. After the matches were over, we went over to congratulate Thorn, who was the winner.
“You did amazing!” I cried out.
“Thanks. It was nothing,” he said, his voice cold. I smiled at him, and then Luca lightly elbowed me.
“Come on, quit getting your panties wet over him. Let’s get the hell out of here,” he muttered.
I flushed. I didn’t really know what to say, other than just a small yes, and then heading out of there however, on the way out, I stopped at the bathroom. I looked at the guys, and then smiled.
“Are you okay with waiting a few minutes?” I asked.
“Sure, we’ll wait,” Luca said, flashing me a smile. I thanked them, walking over to the bathroom to quickly pee and wash my hands. However, when I got out, I saw that they weren’t there.
“Guys?”
Are you kidding me? They literally left me and went outside? However, when I went out there feeling the cool, crisp breeze against my body, I noticed that they weren’t there either.
Their car was gone, and I realized the shocking horror as I came to the conclusion that they ditched me. Frustration built in my body, especially since I agreed to go with them.
“Are you fucking kidding me?” I said.
I was annoyed. I didn’t have any other way back. I forced myself to get a ride, but it wasn’t what I wanted to do.
I didn’t have a ton of money in my bank account, and I was several miles from campus. I tried to find a phone for me to call them, but no dice. The place closed shortly after, leaving me with a meager payphone. I used that to get a taxi, which came about twenty minutes later and cost so much more than what I was willing to pay for. I couldn’t believe this was happening to me.
I was frustrated, and I was going to talk to Phoenix about this tomorrow.
The next day, I saw Phoenix over by the homeroom classroom, and I grimaced at him.
“Thanks for ditching me last night,” I said with annoyance.
“Sorry. It wasn’t me. It was Luca. Thorn was asleep in the back, and Luca just drove off. He told me you’d be fine and—”
“Well I wasn’t. I had to get a ride back, and it cost a bit. So thanks,” I said.
“Don’t get so upset Jules. This is how Luca shows he likes someone. Besides, he thought you’d be a while, so we went back to go drop Thorn off,” he said.
That was a dammed lie and we both knew it. But I didn’t have anything more to say. I went to class, but of course, what didn’t know, was it would once again provoke the hornet’s nest.
Gym class was a whole different story. I could see a few of the girls glaring at me, and I looked back at them, frustrated by the way everything was going. However, after gym, when I was showering, I heard the shower curtain get pulled open.
“Hey what are you—”
Suddenly, something hard hit my arm. A lot of things hit my arm, pelting me there. I cried out in sheer pain, annoyance flowing through me. I cried out, anger settling in, and as I felt them continue to pummel me with this, I stared to scream. I hurt so bad, it made me want to die, and I wanted to scream.
But then, as quickly as it happened, they were gone, leaving me alone in the shower. I was getting super tired of this, and I was tired of Tabitha’s little games. The war was still on, I just had a lapse of judgment for a moment.
Chapter 13
After the whole mess that was gym class, I just wanted to get the hell out of here. I went back to my apartment, using the dorm’s phone to call my dad.
“Hey dad,” I said.
“Hey sweetie. By the way, I wanted to let you know that I’d be a little bit busy. There's a campus emergency. Apparently, someone vandalized the school again,” he said.
“You serious?”
“Yeah. Little bastards. I need to go to where it happened, and of course the meetings that would follow, and after that’s over it’ll probably be too late. Can you go with someone else to go dress shopping?” he asked.
I was a little bit disappointed, but honestly not surprised my dad would bail.
“Sure dad. I can do that,” I said.
“Alright. Be good sweetie.”
‘Right. By dad,” I replied.
The phone clicked off, and I immediately grimaced. Who would I go with now. but then, I heard a knock at the door. I opened it, noticing it was JJ.
“Hey Jules. So uh…do you want to go dress shopping with me? I was thinking we could go tomorrow,” she said.
“Sure. I’d love that.”
“Sure, I also was going to bring a friend. You may know her. Tori Pryce,” she said.
“Oh yeah, that other lady who hangs around you,” I
