I ran ahead of them as they reached the stairs, desperately trying to think of an excuse not to go in my room. “Hey, are you guys hungry?” I asked. They shook their heads and continued up the stairs, shoving by me.

Panicking, I did the only thing I could think of. Try to warn Gabby. “Adalyn!” I cried in shock. She spun around quickly. “What?” she asked in worry. “I thought I saw a spider on you!” I said and ran to her. Adalyn was scared of spiders. Alex rolled her eyes.

I shook my head. “Sorry. Didn’t mean to worry you,” I lied. She smiled and hugged me. Oh man. They opened my door and I released my breath. Gabby had hidden.

Alex looked around suspiciously.

Addie sat on my bed and I nervously followed. I sat down and something tapped my ankle. Shit. Gabby was under my bed. I would have found this amusing if it weren’t for Addie.

Gabby was a cheerleader. She was one of Alex’s “friends”. She just used me for a good fuck every once in awhile. I must say, I don’t really mind.

Alex was eying me. “See something you like?” I asked. “Nope. Just an ugly fag.” Addie watched uneasily. I had told her how I had to work on the stupid project with Alex.

“Alright, you have the baby. You can leave,” I said. Hm. Maybe I could get Addie in bed. Wouldn’t that be funny? Addie and I in bed with Gabby under it. God Gabby would absolutely murder me.

“Your hair is looking pretty crazy Seamus,” Alex commented. God damn her to the darkest pits of hell. I ran my hand through it. “And?” “Looks like sex hair.” I laughed. “You caught me. I’ve been having sex!” I said sarcastically. “Or I was moshing.”

Addie was staring nervously. I had to get Alex and Addie downstairs. I had to get them away from my room so Gabby could leave.

“Let’s go outside,” I said causally. “Why?” Alex demanded. “I need a smoke,” I said. “You always smoke in your room,” Alex said. I shrugged. “Second hand smoke is bad.” I snaked my arm around Addie’s waist.

She giggled. “I don’t care Shame. You can smoke if you want.” Dammit. I needed to get both girls out of here now. Gabby impatiently tapped my ankle again. I was tempted to kick her but if she made any noise, I was screwed.

Saved by the phone.

My cell rang and I quickly answered. “Hello?” “Hey Shame. Want to come over for beer pong?” “Sure Jer.” “Cool. See you at my dad’s place.” I hung up. “I’m going over to Jer’s. See you two later,” I said and kissed Addie’s lips.

She smiled and hugged me before leaving my room. I heard my door shut and stared at Alex. “Bye Barbie,” I said dismissively. She crossed her arms. “I know something’s up with you Seamus. And I plan to find out what.” I rolled my eyes. “Right. Bye.”

She stormed out of my room and I heard my door shut again. Gabby crawled out from under my bed. “Seamus!” she growled. I pulled her close and kissed her. “I like it when you say my name.”

Gabby’s anger was replaced by a look of horny interest. She pressed her lips to mine and slipped her tongue in my mouth.

“Gabby?!”

We spun around to see Alex.

Oh shit.

“Oh. Hey Alex,” she said nervously. Alex had her mouth wide open. “Oh I am so telling everyone,” she said at last with a grin. “Alex no!” Gabby cried in horror. I grimaced. Dammit. There goes Adalyn. Ah shit. Adalyn's dad was scary, too.

Alex turned to me. “Unless Seamus wants to delete a few things,” she said, raising an eyebrow and smirking. Damn prep. “Nope,” I said. “Just do it Seamus!” Gabby growled. I sighed. “Fine. We’ll delete it all tomorrow and you can watch. Happy?” I asked angrily. “Very,” Alex said. She left and Gabby nervously followed.

What a blonde.

I walked on over to Jer’s. Mr. Reed led me downstairs where they were setting up beer pong. “Jay, send that picture to Richie,” I said and explained why. We sent the two pictures to Richie.

We started a game of beer pong with teams of 3 instead of 2. It was me, Richie, and Clifton vs. Jay, Jer, and PacMan. We played for awhile, slowly getting drunk.

We finished up, not completely drunk yet, and sat down. “Another game?” PacMan offered. Clifton pulled out a cigarette and lit it. “Do you have weed?” I asked him. He nodded. “Anyone up for getting high?” I offered. “After another game of beer pong!” PacMan argued. “Shut up and smoke,” Clifton said.

Clifton and PacMan were best friends. I wasn’t really sure how. Clifton was quiet, mean, spoiled, smart, and preferred to get high. PacMan was loud, nice, appreciative of what he had, not the brightest, and preferred to get drunk.

“Or you kids could just stay sober,” Mr. Reed offered. It went silent before we all started laughing. Mr. Reed smiled and rolled his eyes. “I’m fairly sure Mrs. Reed, Mr. Holst, Lizzy, Mr. and Mrs. Zecca, and Mr. and Mrs. Collins would murder me if they found out I was letting you kids do this.” “Your point?” Jay asked curiously.

He chuckled and left us alone. “Just don’t kill yourselves!” he called. We relaxed back and all lit a cigarette. “Now what?” PacMan asked, taking a swing of Monster.

“Let’s go walk,” Richie said. We got off our lazy asses and went outside. We walked around aimlessly for awhile. “Weed?” Clifton offered. We nodded. “It’s at my house,” he said.

We walked over to Clifton’s house and he led us inside. “Hello Clifton. Where are you going?” Dr. Holst asked curiously. “My room,” he said. What I wouldn’t give for Clifton’s life. Giant house with his dad always working. His dad bought him anything he wanted and the average of his allowance per year was probably more than I would make in my entire life.

We went on up to Clifton’s room. He grabbed weed and we snuck out his window and began to walk back to Jer’s.

***3 Hours Later***

***Alex’s POV***

I was outside my house getting the mail. My magazine was coming today. Mother and daddy were out to dinner together.

“Alex!”

I turned to see Seamus. He gave me a weird look. “How are you?” he asked. Something was wrong with him. It was hard to tell. He was wearing sunglasses and staggering a bit. I wondered if it was because of his ankle.

He pulled his arm out of the sling and stepped towards me. He placed his good hand on my cheek and stroked it, sending shivers up my spine.

“S-Seamus. Go away,” I whispered. He shook his head and advanced. “You look so pretty,” he whispered. I gulped.

Was he messing with me?

After all, he was fucking Gabby when he had a girlfriend.

And yet, his touch excited me.

He leaned in and kissed me softly. I kissed back. It got intense. He backed me against the house and kissed me deeply. I wrapped my arms around his neck. My hands grabbed his hair and pulled him closer.

Seamus pressed his body against mine. His hands were on my waist. I felt them slipping down. I grabbed them and pulled them back up. If he grabbed my ass I swear I would kick him.

“I love you Alexandria Arnold,” he whispered.