I was so engrossed in what I was reading while being extremely aware of him sitting next to me that I missed Tiffany Roberts’s approach.
She was sitting in his lap before I became aware of her.
I felt my heart hitch and my stomach curl, I checked him from beneath my lashes to see what he would do but he was just looking dead at me, headphones on, not saying a word, while she looked at me like I was her bitch. Alright then.
I got up from my seat, grabbed the bitch by the hair, and threw her to the floor.
“Step the fuck off bitch.”
I grabbed him behind the neck and kissed the fuck out of him before biting his lip hard enough to draw blood.
I collected my shit and left the room to his laughter, while she scrambled away like a crab.
He caught up to me in the hallway.
“I’m picking you up from now on; I don’t want you in that death trap you drive.”
I opened my mouth to give him shit but he stopped me cold.
“Don’t even think about arguing with me, unless you want to see that piece a shit catch fire in your driveway.”
“Let me ask you something before this shit goes any farther, are you certifiably insane or some shit I mean is there documentation somewhere that says you’re a nut job?”
“No babe, just a genius, not to worry, there’re no skeletons in my closet literal or otherwise.”
“Why me?”
“Because I want you.”
“And when you stop?”
He kissed my lips hard and fast, I could taste his blood on my tongue.
“I’ll never stop.”
He walked away, what was he talking about like forever, who the fuck thought of forever at seventeen years old?
Huh, fucker kept changing the game up on me, I’ll catch on soon though don’t you worry, I’ll peep your game soon enough Joshua Steele and then watch out. Let’s see how long your forever lasts.
Chapter 13
Carrie
I spent the rest of the school day putting crazy boy out of my head and concentrating on my
studies. It wasn’t easy but I was able to do it, I’d think about his madness later.
I was also expecting shit to pop off with that Tiffany bitch and her crew; I wasn’t worried though I could hold my own against her skanky ass.
I didn’t even stop to think why I had reacted so strongly to her being in his lap, it wasn’t only to prove a point to him though, that much I knew.
Of course now there were whispers and shit in the hallways and behind me in class, which I ignored, what am I five? Fuck.
Josh
I heard whispers and rumblings, people speculating about retaliation, there’d only been a handful of witnesses in the library when she floored the Roberts chick, but by end of day it had spread like wild fire.
I was still smiling at her reaction, she could play it off all she wanted, but I knew I was getting to her, she wasn’t where I wanted her to be yet, not by a long shot, but we were getting there, I expected her to fight me tooth and nail all the way, that was cool with me, it would just make victory that much sweeter.
She was a little hotheaded thing though, I would have to work on that, my lamb had way too much pent up anger for one so young, I’m gonna teach her how to channel that anger for the best results.
My phone rang as I left my last class of the day; the number was one I had seen plenty of
but had no interest in answering. I’d told this particular skirt numerous times in the last few weeks that I was no longer interested, some girls seemed to think that they could get a guy to change his mind about that shit by giving good head, fuck what you heard, head is head, there really isn’t any bad head unless the bitch tries to bite your shit off, and some teeth play if done right isn’t that bad, anyway whatever, if I wasn’t interested in revisiting her before, now I really wasn’t even tempted.
I let the call go to voice mail, I’ll deal with her later, right now I had a hotheaded lamb who thought she was a tigress to protect.
I stood outside the door of her last class of the day, there was already a crowd gathering as though they were expecting something to go down, not on my fucking watch.
I snagged her when she came out the door.
“What the...!”
She started to swing until she realized it was me, and then she just scowled and tried to pull away.
“Stop.” I pulled her after me, I know she wants to be tough but no one’s laying a hand on her, not while I’m around.
There was a wide path opened up down the middle of the hallway as we walked by, people waiting to see what if anything was about to happen.