“No you have fun and I’ll call you if I need you.” I caught Brad smiling down at Stella and she looked happy. I hope he is a good guy and isn’t a douchebag like I called it. She deserves to meet the right guy that is going to treat her right.
When I rushed out the door, I ran right into a wet back. “Figured you would come running to find me. You’re welcome.”
“What do you mean you’re welcome!” Sometimes Jude’s sarcasm can really get under my skin.
“Knowing you, you would have walked all the way to my house to get your answers to your questions that you need to know tonight. I know for a fact you will never leave me alone until you get them, so you’re welcome I saved you from your long, cold walk.”
“You know what maybe I don’t give two shits about you or what I saw. Maybe I was actually heading home.”
“I’m sure, come on.” He started heading towards his car and part of me wanted to show him I wasn’t looking for him, but I can’t pass up a chance of finding out so I went with him.
When we got in the car, he turned to me and said, “If you’re going to ask me questions than you have to do something for me in return.”
“Ok what do you want?” I was starting to get nervous since he mostly hated me. God knows what he wanted in return from me.
“You’ll see.” I was starting to dread my decision of following him until I noticed we pulled up to the university.
“What are we doing here?” I would expect him to take me to the woods so he can kill me and hide my dead body, not take me back to school.
“Come on.” He started walking towards the back of the fitness center.
“Are we breaking in?”
“Do you ever stop asking questions?”
“Yeah I would if you just told me in the first place what we are doing.” He opened the bottom window and slipped in. I was starting to have second thoughts about this, but he held out his hand for me and I took it without another thought. When I finally got inside, he started walking towards the pool.
“No way!” I started to go back out the window, but he grabbed my hand pulling me forward.
“Hear me out first. I always figured you avoided the pool because of Mrs. Montgomery, but I had no idea you couldn’t swim. Now that Chanel knows, you need to learn how to and I am going to teach you.” He was right, but can Chanel be really that sick in the head to do that again?
“I doubt she will shove me in now that she knows I can’t swim.”
“Madison, one thing you should have learned as a foster kid, never expect people to do the right thing. Underneath she’s a jealous, vindictive bitch who would have left you to drown and then tried playing the hero by saving you a minute too late.”
“Ok maybe you are right. She is a bitch for sure, but I don’t think to the point of being a murderer.”
“Stop being naïve. She was laughing at you drowning while one of her clones was begging her to jump in. When Chanel refused, the girl went to jump in for you, but Chanel held her back.” I knew there were people full of evil, but I never thought someone who barely knew me would go to those lengths.
“Thank you.” I could tell Jude was telling me the truth and for once I felt like the old Jude was back. I leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. He looked unaffected, but his cheeks turning red proved otherwise.
“Come on, I promise you for this one night as long as your question isn’t about the past, I won’t let you drown.” I really wanted to know why he left without saying goodbye or the fact the he now hates me, but drowning once tonight was enough. I nodded my head agreeing because he really made a point about Chanel tonight. That’s one weakness I don’t need her taking advantage of.
“We didn’t bring bathing suits, maybe we should just do this tomorrow.” We couldn’t turn the lights on, so it made pool look dark and super creepy. When I looked behind me, he started to undress completely.
“The water is heated, we don’t need clothes.” He slipped off his briefs and I couldn’t look away if I tried.
He stared at me with heated eyes ready to see what my next move was. I took my leather jacket off and my booties first, but when I got to my dress I couldn’t get the zipper down. “Can you help me with this?” Jude didn’t respond, but came over to help me. He placed his hand on the small of my back and used the other to pull down the zipper. My breath caught and I felt like my heart was going to explode from the tension between us. He started caressing my naked back and made a sound when he realized I wasn’t wearing a bra or underwear. When I dropped my dress and stepped out of it, he bit his lip and went over to the edge of the pool looking tensed up.
“Ok what next?” I walked over to him and he immediately dived into the pool.
When Jude came up for air he said, “Most people learn when they get thrown in that they have to stay afloat and swim to keep alive. You on the other hand will just accept it and sink.”
“Hey I tried my best, but I honestly never been in a pool before.”
“Ok little bird, but you need to keep fighting. When I looked over to see what all the noise was, I saw you just give up. No matter what, you keep fighting. Now I
