Ace of Hearts (FU High 1)
He shoves his hands in his pockets. As he’s walking away, he says, “Also, don’t hurt your hands.”
I don’t like what he said, but he has a point. If I get kicked off the team, then there’s no D1 school and no big draft day and my chances of providing for Ace in the way that she’s used to are gone. So that sucks. On the other hand, if I keep it quiet, I can do whatever I want and Carter will look the other way. I’ll figure out how to get Billy to apologize to Ace. I’m not letting that go, but I don’t need to publicly humiliate the worm. I just need to teach him a lesson.
When I arrive at the parking lot, though, there’s only the silver car. Billy’s nowhere to be seen. I punch my fist against my palm. I guess someone else is showing up on my kill list.
A dude I don’t know peels away from the side of the car and walks over to slap a key in my hand. “Carter said you needed a quiet place. Storage shed at eleven o’clock.”
Okay. Carter can live. I thank the dude and leave. The storage shed is dark when I get there, but there’s enough exterior light that I can make out Billy sitting on a bench. He jumps to his feet as I open the door.
“What—where’s Lisa?” He peers around me. “Carter told me to stay here because someone wanted to see me.”
“He was saving you for me,” I tell him through clenched teeth.
“That you, Fast? What do you want?”
“Your dick in your throat, but I’ll settle for your face looking like you’re a Picasso painting.” I stroll up and punch him in the nose. I hear the cartilage crack and smile. “Feel good?”
“What the hell?” he cries, stumbling backward. Blood spurts down his chin and onto his T-shirt. “What’s this for? We’re teammates!”
“So?” I punch him again. He reels to the side and falls to his knees. I grab his hair and jerk his head back until his Adam’s apple nearly pops out of his neck. “I’m going to bring Ace to you on Monday and you will get down on your knees and apologize to her.”
“Damn, man, all this over pussy? Every pussy’s the same.”
Still holding his hair, I punch him right in the Adam’s apple. He chokes and slumps to the ground. Fuck. I didn’t realize I’d make him pass out. I look around for some water to throw on his face and find a stale bucket of some dank liquid. Good enough. I toss it on his inert form. He sputters to life with a sad moan.
I jerk him upright again. “Do I need to repeat myself?”
He shakes his head. I toss the snake back down. Only three punches. I’m disappointed. The anger’s still running hot inside me. Maybe it won’t go away until Ace gets her apology. We’ll see on Monday how I feel. Until then, I’m going to spend every second with her. It makes my stomach roil to know that she was in danger while I was cleaning up after the game. The secrecy pact I made with Carter gnaws at me. If no one knows what Billy did was wrong, will other guys make moves?
Frustrated, I pull out my phone to see the text from Ace that she made it home safe. I spin on my heel and leave. At least Billy knows not to look in Ace’s direction again. That should be enough.
17
Alice
“It’s not enough,” I moan into Owen’s neck, breathing him in. I swear the smell of him sometimes is just as erotic to me as his touch. He’s got his hand inside my panties as I ride the fingers he has deep within me. I’m trying to be quiet but failing. My parents aren’t home but they could be at any moment. I am too lost to care at this point. My body is on the verge of an orgasm. I am having a difficult time trying to listen for the sound of the garage door or their car over our heavy breathing.
“Ace.” Owen groans out my name, knowing what I want. He wants to give it to me. I know he doesn’t enjoy telling me no. He might not be verbalizing the word no but we both know that this isn’t going to lead to him taking my virginity tonight. My hopes of him tossing me down onto the sofa to take it would not be happening. Pretty soon I am going to be the one tossing him down and taking his instead. I am growing more impatient as the days drag on. I do find it sweet that he keeps telling me there is no rush because he isn’t going anywhere. He keeps saying we have a lifetime together. He’s made it crystal clear that he is in this for the long haul.