“Just don’t come to me crying when the truth comes out. He is going to break your heart Katie. I would have waited for you as long as it took, but after hearing about you and Aaron, man I was blind.” He shakes his head, shutting the gate behind him. Just as he rounds the corner, Kai pulls up.
Beck’s words rattle my bones but I shake off his warning and get in the car.
“What’d he want?” Kai asks sounding annoyed.
“Nothing important.” He doesn’t say anything and pulls out quickly.
“I might not be able to drive you home tonight. I work until eleven. My mom or my dad will drive you though.”
“No problem, as long as I get home right?”
“Yeah,” he answers coldly.
And here I thought today was going to be a good day. Kai is back to being weird, moody and distant. He does hold my hand when we walk to his locker and he walks me to my first period giving me a kiss on the forehead when the bell rings. That boy infuriates and confuses me.
When lunch rolls around Kai seems to be in a better mood. He shows me those dimples I have been missing today. “What has you so happy?” I ask him wondering what is responsible for his change in attitude. Was he upset this morning because of Becks or was he mad because he can’t drive me home?
“Just in a good mood is all.” He shrugs opening his water bottle.
I look over to Raven who is being oddly quiet and then I see the huge hickey on her neck. “Someone had a good time,” I tease her.
She hurriedly covers the bruise with her hair. Kai smirks and he says, “Raven we both know that you have a hickey on your neck from Jake. He told me two weeks ago about you guys. It has been fun though…watching you squirm, trying to hide it from me.”
“Jake said we should wait to tell you.” Her arms are crossed and she pouts.
“Yeah I told him to tell you that,” he says cockily.
“Why would you do that you big jerk!” She screeches.
“Because I can.”
There is clearly some animosity between Kai and Raven. I’m not sure I want to be caught in the middle of this game they are playing. Is this what Beckett meant? I don’t feel so hot. The two of them continue to bicker. I’m not sure they would even notice if I got up and left right now.
Having enough I grab my tray, dump it and tear out of the cafeteria. Tears sting at the corners of my eyes. Not even a week and the boy is already making me cry. Was my mom right too? I make it to Kai’s locker only to be turned around forcefully by a hand on my shoulder. Kai presses my back against the cool red metal. “What are you doing Kat? Are you jealous?”
“I am getting my books, I miss my locker. And no, I have nothing to be jealous of. We are what we are right?” I raise my brow challenging him to tell me any different.
“Kat I told you, you have the ability to break my heart. You aren’t getting your books and you are jealous.” His palms are flat against the lockers on either side of my face caging me in. He bends his head down resting his forehead on mine before kissing me roughly. “Want me to shout over the loud speaker that you are my girl. Would that make you stop this silly behavior?”
“I don’t know Kai. I know there are things about you and Raven that you are not telling me. I don’t know where things with you and I will go if they go anywhere at all. I like you a lot but I won’t be made a fool of either. If you want to play games with Raven, then by all means go play, but don’t expect me to watch.” I crouch and slip from his arms.
Right now, I don’t care if he follows me or not. I take off down the hall not sure, where I am going. Instantly Kai is grabbing my hand and pulling me into an empty classroom. He locks the door behind him. “I only want to play with you.” His mood has changed and I can feel his desire piercing through my skin from that fire burning in his eyes.
He takes a step towards me and I take a step back. “Do you still love Raven?” I ask him unsure if I want to hear his truth.
“I told you Raven is complicated but no, I am not in love with her. I care about her, but not the way you think and definitely not the way I care for you.” He steps closer and I stumble backwards into the teacher’s chair.
Kai pushes down on my shoulder making me take a seat. He goes down on his knees in front of me resting his head in my lap hugging me with his strong arms. “Katie, do you want me to leave you alone?” he sounds sad and vulnerable.
I rub my fingers on his heated skin massaging his shoulders under his shirt. Dipping my head down, I press my mouth to his ear and whisper, “no.”
He lets out the breath he was holding. The bell rings but we don’t move, instead we stay in the empty classroom for a few minutes more. I glance at the whiteboard behind me seeing we are in the Driver’s Education room. No one has that course this period. We have the room to ourselves.
Kai raises his head from my lap and pulls me down into the chair more by the backs of my knees. Raising my shirt, he places a soft kiss on my navel, his tongue sweeps across my belly ring.
“Didn’t know you had one of those,” he says with a raised brow, his dimples smiling at me wickedly.
I smile at him and laugh softly. His fingers trail upward reaching the cups of my bra and I don’t stop him when he pushes my bra up exposing my breasts. I don’t care that we are at school and can be caught. Kai makes me not want to care. He makes me want things I probably shouldn’t.