"First things first, I am not head over heels for you. I strictly am here for information and nothing else." I firmly state to the hot guy.

What is his name?

He smirks at me as he closes his locker. "But you will be, Harper."

I roll my eyes despite the flush on my face and cross my arms.

He chuckles and nods his head. "Alright, sweetheart. What do you want to know?"

"Your name to start with." I ignore the ridiculous nickname he gave me.

"Blaze. Although, you could call me your boyfriend."

"Calm down, Romeo. I don't want a boyfriend."

"Yet." As the word leaves his mouth, he turns and walks away.

I turn and walk the opposite direction of him.

He is a bad boy with piercings. Do not fall for him, Harper! He will just break your heart.

I get in my car and head home. I turn the music up louder than usual to get my mind of the infuriating, mysterious, and hot bad boy Blaze.

Once I get home, I do my boring English homework and then eat. A couple hours later I decide to take a shower.

I'm really glad when my brother is home from college because I miss him, but other times I wish I could ship him overseas to a foreign country. It's cold outside and somewhat inside the house, so I like a nice warm/hot shower. Just when the water got to the perfect temperature, my brother decided to mess it all up by either turning the faucet on or flushing the toliet in one of the other bathrooms.

"REED, STOP MESSING WITH THE WATER!"

"NOT A CHANCE, LITTLE SIS!" He shouts back as someone else laughs.

"Just wait until I get my hands on you and Lee. Revenge will be mine one day. Revenge will be mine." I grumble to myself in the shower.

1 HOUR LATER...

I look up from my phone when I hear a soft knock on my door. "Harper? Can we come in?"

"Why?" I reply and roll on to my back.

Why am I laying on the floor? Because sometimes I just want to lay in the floor. Don't judge.

"Because, Harper. Can we come in?" He sighs.

"Yeah, sure."

Reed and Lee make themselves comfortable on my bed. I sit up and lean against the wall opposite of my bed.

"So, what's up with you and Tyrone?" Lee questions.

I shake my head and shrug my shoulders. "He's being a buttface." I admit and pretend to write on the floor.

"What did he do? We invited him over and he said he couldn't see you," Lee says.

"He didn't want me to talk to this one person, but he wouldn't tell me why. So, apparently he doesn't trust me which is ridiculous because we are best friends. Best friends tell each other everything." I explain and the two guys across from me exchange a look. "What?"

"You are being a girl," Reed says as Lee says, "Tyrone likes you."

"WHAT?" Reed and I exclaim at the same time.

Lee's eyes widen. "Crap. I shouldn't have said that." He face palms himself and then throws his hands up. "It is true though. Ty likes you and just wants to protect you from that person."

Ty likes me? Me of all people? I mean I'm not ugly or have a horrible personality, but there are definitely better options out there. What do I do? Should I tell him that I know he likes me? Do I like him? He's my best friend. How do I act around him now? Can I like him more than a friend? But he doesn't trust me. That's not a good way to start a relationship. Ugh. What do I do?

"MOM!" I scream and scramble out of my room as fast as I can. I trip and stumble into the kitchen.

My mom is holding a pan in position to attack. "WHAT? WHAT'S GOING ON?"

"I have boy trouble. Help!"

"Do I need the frying pan?" She questions.

"Not at this moment. No."

She nods as she sets the pan on the counter. "Okay. Explain your boy situation."

2 HOURS LATER...

I am not going to do anything about the whole Ty situation. I'm going to wait and see if he tries to fix things with me as friends. I'm still going to find out information from Blaze. After that, we will just have to see if things change.

Ty: Hey can we talk

Me: sure

Ty: I'll be at your house in 5

Me: Um ok

Ty: You can come sit in my truck I just pulled in

Me: Ok

"Mom, Ty's here to talk. I'll be in the driveway." I state and she nods. I walk to his truck and hop inside.

"I'm sorry," he says.

"Hello to you too," I greet.

"Blaze is my rival, okay? I know a lot about him and I don't like him. I don't want you to be around him."

"Rival? I thought those were just in books. What makes him such a bad person besides being a bad boy?"

"You literally just said it, Harper. He is a bad boy."

"Oh."

He sighs. "Harper, please stay away from him."