There this proud feminist part of me that wanted to put a stop to this agreement. I should know better than anything that things like these would lead to trouble. Anything that has to do with Kai was trouble. He was the king of trouble. I should never have agreed to this.

Kai's gripped on my wrist never loosened. Our school had this new wing built. It wasn't being used yet. So, there were no students walking down the hallway.

Kai's stride didn't stop for a second. If any teachers found us in the new hallway, we would be in trouble. Possible suspension, expulsions, detention, anything!

"We shouldn't be here," I said, the obvious.

My voice echoed through the empty hallway. Kai stopped after we rounded the corner of the hallway. Nicely hidden away from everyone and all eyes, he spun me around and pushed me up against the wall. Kai's hands boxed me in and his eyes gleamed with a kind of naughty glint that had my stomach doing flips and my heart racing.

"If you're going to ask me to pretend to be your girlfriend or to be your slave-"

"I'm hurt by your thinking." He clicked his tongue and shook his head.

"W-what is it you want, then?"

He moved one hand from the wall towards me. I felt his fingers slid around my neck before caressing higher to cup my chin.

"There is not a good bone inside of me, Dollface. I think you have forgotten who you are messing with. I'm not your friend, so don't treat me as such."

I gulped, and his pale green eyes dropped to my lips. I feel it tingle beneath his smoldering gaze. In this moment, I felt it. I felt the change in the air. The dark aura that he emanated made me feel like I'm under a spell.

He was right.

He wasn't my friend.

This person looking at me was Kai McGrath.

"What do you want?" I whispered.

Kai didn't answer. Instead, he turned my head away with his hand before I felt him lean in. His mouth latched onto my neck and he sucked. He sucked so hard. I felt his tongue lap at my skin. My body responded immediately. I could feel my nipples harden. The ache between my legs grew, and I blamed the hormones of my period.

Everything was in hypersensitive mode. I bit my bottom lip to stop myself from making any sound, but my hands latched onto his shirt and I fisted the material in my palms.

A second later, he released me, only to find another spot to suck. It was just above the one he touched. My legs turned into jelly. To keep myself upright, I wrapped my arms around his waist.

He released my chin and moved it to my waist. This was a strange situation to be in. I never thought I'll be in a situation like this at all. I wasn't the pretty, popular girl. I'm the girl that not a lot remember and not a lot are friends with. I'm the type of girl who would keep her head low and finish school without argument.

Kai pulled back and turned his focus onto my other neck. I should stop him. He shouldn't be doing this, but I tilted my head the other way to give him access. I moved my neck on my own accord. This was crazy!

He took his time. He moved the tip of his tongue across my neck. I inhaled just as he bent down to suck and god forbade. I moaned for the first time in my life.

Horrified, I slapped a hand over my mouth. Kai's hand came out to grab my wrist, and he pushed it up against the wall. When he pulled back and looked at me, I felt my entire body pulse with awareness. I don't know what he was doing, but my body was responding in all kinds of ways. The dark, smoldering look in his eyes didn't dampen the fire that was growing inside of me.

I needed to stop this. Stop it before it continued. I shook my head to clear the haze before I pushed him away from me with a hard shove. He took a step back.

Once he was far enough, I slapped one hand on my neck before I slapped him across the face. It was a hard slap. I heard it echo through the hallway and I felt it sting the palm of my hand. There was now a hard red mark on his face.

"What the hell?" I asked angrily.

Without looking, I know they were hickeys on my neck. If anyone sees...

"Remember what you agreed to, Dollface."

"I didn't agree with this."

He took one step towards me. "You agreed to do anything, did you not?"

"I-I did, but this is out of line."

"This is a lesson to you. Don't simply agree to anything unless you know what the terms are."

"I will never agree to anything else with assholes like you."

He jumped at me, and I took a cowering step back. I didn't expect him to jump me. I was once again boxed between his arms. The mark on his face was now unbearably red, and I felt guilt from slapping him so hard.

I moved to cradle the side of his face and brushed my thumb lightly over the redness. Our eyes connected, and the overbearing, dominant glint in his eyes lessened.

"I'm sorry," I said. "Does it still sting?"

His jaw tightened and I his lips pressed together into a fine line.

"No," he responded.

I think that was a lie. I would cry on the ground if my skin was this red from a slap.

"You deserved it," I said.

"I would do it again if I had the chance."

My eyes widened. "You wouldn't."

"I would, Dollface. I told you already. I am not a nice person. I'm not your picture perfect Dean. I don't give a fuck what you think about me. Whatever thought you concluded about me, get rid of it. I'm not your friend, nor do I want to be."

I dropped my hand from his cheek. "Fine. You really deserve the slap."

I unblocked his arm, grabbed my backpack that I dropped, and stomped my way out of the hallway. I don't know why I tolerate him this far. He was right. He wasn't my friend. He was a hard-hearted, supercilious bastard. We had nothing in common. We were only together because of the project. I have to remember that. I wasn't going to be one of his girls that he has around his arms almost every other week.

This wasn't me.

I walked quicker than anything out of the new wing. Once I was out of the new wing, I ran like crazy to the girl's bathroom.

What I saw in the mirror infuriated me. The hickeys were dark and red. They were clear and glaring at me. I tugged on the collar of my black shirt to see if I could cover the mark, but the collar slid back down to my neckline.

I let out a groan of distress and propped my hands on the counter. Glaring at the mark, I lifted one hand to touch the bruised mark. He really sucked, and the skin tingled as I remembered how close we were a few minutes ago.

With no other choice left, I released my hair and let my hair down to cover the hickeys. It worked, and I needed to make sure not to flick my hair back.

I was late for class already. My parents would hear about it. I could use my period as an excuse. My mom would understand and wouldn't press me too much.

In the midst of trying to fix my hair and pulling my backpack strap over my shoulders again, I bumped into another body. Thinking it was my luck that Kai would wait outside for me, I groaned and pushed him hard.

"Would you just leave me alone?" I snapped.

"Uh..." The unfamiliar voice stopped me and my eyes flew open.

It wasn't Kai that I bumped into. It was Dean. He looked thoroughly surprised on the school floor. I gasped and covered my mouth with my hands.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" I rushed to help him get up.

Today was just a complete mess. I'm all over the place. Kai got himself inside my head and I'm acting like a total idiot.

"I'm so sorry. So sorry! I didn't mean to push you. I thought you were someone else."

Dean stood up and dust off his behind before laughing.

"It's okay. I'm fine. It's alright, Tamsin."

I froze for a second when I heard him say my name. It was weird to hear him say it. Even weirder to realize he remembered my name from our last meeting. I thought he would have forgotten all about me.

"How are you? What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here?" I repeated back to him.

"It's my study period. I stepped away to use the boys' bathroom, but ran into you instead."

"Oh..."

"So, what are you doing here?" Dean asked again.

I didn't know what to say. So, I pointed to the obvious. I pointed to the girl's bathroom.

"Bathroom. I had to go." Oh good, now I sound like I went to take a very long dump. Please, just make me disappear, world.

One corner of Dean's lips lifted, and without questioning me further, he nodded his head.

"Alright. I'll let you go. It was nice meeting you again, Tamsin."

I nodded my head. "Yes, it was."

I started walking away from him in an almost frantic manner until he called out my name again. I closed my eyes tightly and took in a deep breath before spinning around to face him.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"Are you going to be at Avery's party this weekend?"

Wait. He isn't going to ask me to go with him? Oh my god, that would be a dream come true!

"Uh..well-I mean-I think-yes! Yes, I'll be going." You didn't even ask mom and dad. What if they said no? They would never allow you to go to an unchaperoned party. Especially one that might have alcohol.

"Great, I'll see you there," Dean smiled.

"Yeah, see you."

Although it was a painful and horrifying start of the day, I managed to turn things around after that. Kai was nowhere in sight. He left me alone all day and I couldn't be happier. I couldn't stop daydreaming about Dean. He talked to me and he remembered my name!

That was something worth talking about. It was something I never thought would happen to me. He was the school's quarterback. One of the cutest and most handsome boy in school.

I couldn't wipe the smile from my face even if I wanted to. When lunch time rolled around, I told Avery all about it. Unfortunately, she also saw the hickeys on my neck and a look of pure curiosity befalls on my best friend. She wanted details of all that happened.

At the end of my story, it sucked Avery in. She sighed and propped her chin on one hand.

"I don't know about you, but I would totally take advantage of both boys. Kai sounds dark, dreamy, and a total badass, while Dean is just perfect and insanely hot."

"Oh god, not Kai. He is not an option. The boy is a trouble and I don't want any of that. I have my whole life planned out and Kai isn't the type of guy who would enjoy going to school for another four to eight years."

"How would you know?"

I sighed. "Alright, I don't know. Who knows? He might enjoy going to college, but I don't want to risk it. What if I risk it all and he ends up using me as one of the side chicks that he has every other week? I can't handle that, and I definitely do not want to be used and pushed away."

Avery sighed with me. "You're right. Kai is too dangerous to risk it. Maybe I should try to see if he would like me. I wouldn't mind being used and disposed."

For some reason, that irked me. I looked at Avery and the look I sent her away had her laughing. She covered her mouth as she laughed. I couldn't help it but push her with one hand.

"Stop it," I grumbled.

"Girl, you look like someone who is about to defend her territory. You looked about ready to piss all over Kai."

"Oh my god, I wasn't! I don't care if you try talking to him."

"Oh, really?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, really. He's nobody, and he made it clear the last time we were together. He said we weren't friends. There isn't anything between us. It is best if we make a logical line about everything. I'm only interacting with him because we are assigned a project together." The words coming out of my mouth left a sour aftertaste. They seemed insincere and I don't know why.

Avery opened her bottle of water and took a sip. Her eyes were still on me, observing. When she finished her sip of water, picked up a French fry to chew on.

"If you had a choice between Kai and Dean, who would you choose?"

I hesitated for a second.

"Dean."

Avery snorted before pointing at my hidden hickeys.

"Your hickeys say otherwise."

I covered them with my hands even though I know that no one could see it right now.

"I don't know what you mean."

Not wanting to be questioned again, I stood up from my seat and walked away. I went through the rest of the school day thinking about Avery's question.

Why did I hesitate in responding to Avery? My response should have been instant. Dean should be my first choice.

Why was I overthinking about Dean and Kai?

The chances of those two boys liking me were zero to none. My probability of gaining no boyfriends and all A's before school year ends was a lot higher. I shouldn't think too much about this and focused on my schoolwork.

I recall my response to Dean. I told him I would be at Avery's party. It only made sense I should be there since Avery and I were so close. However, I couldn't leave home without an excellent excuse. I needed to make sure my parents did not know that I would be attending a party or else they would put me on permanent lockdown.