Lina was fast asleep in my arms last night. Once she was, I took some time to just look at her—her soft skin, her round cheeks, soft jawline...how beautiful she was up close and personal, without needing to try.

It had my heart acting all sorts of ways.

But it made me kinda happy, knowing that she felt safe enough to sleep in my arms. Hell, I'd give up not sleeping forever if it meant that she'd feel safe enough to relax like that.

Of course, after she woke up in the middle of the night, she kicked me out. I tried to put up a fight, but she argued that she didn't want Brooks catching us together and gave me the cutest damn look I couldn't refuse.

So I went back home, sneaking my way back upstairs. I'd have to leave for school in less than two hours, so I figured I could sneak a quick nap in, because it wasn't until I got here that I realized how dead tired I was.

So I figured I could take a nap, but it wasn't until I heard knocking on my door that I jumped out of bed.

"Hayden? Are you okay?" My mom calls out. "I saw your car is still here, didn't know if you were staying in from school or not."

I looked at my phone, already ten. I curse, running to my closet.

"Sorry, mom. Overslept. I'm on my way out, now!"

I throw my shirt over my head and pull a random black one off the hanger, pulling it over my body. I run my fingers through my hair as I grab my wallet and my phone and open the door. I kiss my mom on the cheek as I rush past her, plucking my keys off the counter where I left them and running outside.

I speed a bit to get to school, only to get a reprimanding look from the woman behind the desk.

Yeah, yeah. Oversleeping isn't a good excuse for being late. Sue me.

I roll my eyes as I grab the slip from her and walk down the hallway. I checked my phone, a little disappointed to see Lina hadn't texted me at all today. I shove my phone back in my pocket and walk to class.

I knock, waiting for the door to my calc class to open. The girl who opened it grins at me, so I give her a generous nod. I hand the slip to Mr. Walker and head to my seat, away from most people.

I know I should be focusing on whatever it is I was missing, but I couldn't. I take out my phone, pulling up mine and Lina's messages. I kinda hope to see the little message bubbles pop up, but they aren't there. I frown, starting to type a message.

Then I stop.

Then I start again.

Then stop.

I sigh frustratedly. What am I even supposed to say to her? Half the time, I'm lost for words.

When the bell rings, I'm quick on my feet. I maneuver my way through the hall, looking for where Lina usually is, which is around Avrey or Brooks.

But I don't see Brooks. Which was odd. I look up and down the hall, but nothing. So I walk down the opposite hallway, towards Lina's locker. As I turn the corner, I barely spot her walking into the health science classroom.

I walk towards the door, eyes finding her instantly. She's wearing a black shirt and a white long sleeve shirt, her hair pushed off her face with something in her hair. She looks beautiful, but something was wrong.

I can tell.

"Looking for something?"

I look at the teacher. Everyone knew Mr. Steve; he was like the coolest teacher ever, according to everyone who had him. People who wasn't even interested in health science took his class because it was fairly easy to pass. According to all I've heard, he's super chill, lets the students do pretty much anything, and is fun.

I dunno, though. Something about him weirded me out.

"Nah," I shake my head. "Just looking for a girl."

"Isn't everyone at your age?" He grins.

I snort. "Sure, I guess."

I turn and walk away, towards my criminal justice class. Say what you want about Mr. Steve, but Tate was ten times better by a long shot. He was a hard ass, but it was worth it.

And I didn't even really care about the class, I just like Tate. He was funny as hell.

But today, I wasn't bothered by his dirty jokes and crude humor. I actually texted Lina, and she wasn't answering.

It was pissing me off, cause she has her damn read on and I can see her reading the messages, she was just ignoring me.

I grew impatient, my foot tapping on the linoleum rapidly. I push my hand through my hair, bringing my nail to my mouth. I look at Tate, asking to be excused to go to the bathroom.

He didn't give a shit, honestly. But I asked out of respect. I grabbed my stuff and walked down the hall. I circled back around to Lina's classroom and easily spotted her from the glass. She was giving a polite smile to some fucking dude talking to her, tucking her hair behind her ear.

I texted her.

Me: I can see you fucking reading my texts, Lina.
Why are you ignoring me?

I see her looking at her phone, sigh, then set it back down on the desk.

Me: So help me, if you keep ignoring me...

I see her huff a breath and grab her phone. She shakes her head, puts the phone down and picks her pencil back up, working on whatever it was she's doing.

Oh, fuck this.

I call her. Her eyes widen as she scrambles for it, trying to silence it. The guy beside her asks her something, but she waves it off. She sends me to voicemail, so I call her again.

And there it is, the rage in her eyes I haven't seen for a while. I see her hand shoot up, motion towards the door. So I move off beside the lockers, wait for her to come out.

The door slams open as she answers the phone.

"What the fuck, Hayden? What is your—"

I grab her by the waist, moving with her down the hall a bit. She tries to break free from my grip, but when she sees it's me, she relaxes, but the fury doesn't leave her eyes.

I push open a custodian closet and push us inside, closing the door behind us. I flick on the light, eyes staring into hers.

"Have you lost your damn mind, Hayden?" She hisses at me. "You're acting like a child, texting me and calling me over and over. Such a drama queen."

"Me?" I scoff. "It could've taken you two seconds to type I'm okay, or even fuck off, Hayden. Either would've worked. Instead, I have to come all the way down here to see some guy fucking fawning all over you."

Lina chuckles. "Seriously? This is what's this is about? You're jealous?"

"No."

"Mhm. So if I go back in there, you're not gonna act like a caveman again?"

I growl. "So fucking what if I am?" I step towards her, making her press against the door. But as soon as she winces, everything inside me changes. "Wait, what's wrong?"

"Nothing."

I shake my head. "Don't lie to me, Lina. I saw that," I cup her face. "What happened?"

She blinks, her eyes searching mine. When her bottom lip trembles, I felt my heart shatter. I press my forehead against hers and kiss the tip of her nose.

She releases a shuddered breath, her breath fanning my face. It smelled like mint and cherries, something so distinctly Lina, it's not even funny.

"I tried to wake Brooks up, but he was so tired," she shook her head. "He didn't want to get up. So I was rushing around, trying to see if Avrey would pick me up, but no answer. When I finally realized that I was wasting time and I'd be late, I started rushing. I flew down the stairs and Roy was there, reaching for a beer in the fridge."

I went still at the sound of his name. I took one deep breath, waiting for Lina to continue. She shifted, rolling her neck.

"He tried to bullshit me, ask me stuff about my trip. I ignored him, like I normally do. So he," she swallows. "He grabbed my arm, I tried to snatch it away. The harder I fought, the harder he grabbed me. After a few minutes, I finally managed to yank my arm free, but I fell back against the cabinets."

Rage.

I was enraged. I wanted to throw that stupid son of a bitch under my car and run him over a hundred times. I hated that he could just put his hands on her whenever he wanted and no one did anything to help her.

"I'm gonna—"

"I'm fine now, Hayden." Lina shuts me up. "Just tender. But I'm fine."

"Why didn't you call me?"

She sighs. "I wasn't gonna bother you, Hayden."

"Lina, for fucks sake," I shake my head. "I would've given you a damn ride. You're not a bother to me. I mean, you bother me when you think you're bothering me. But for shit like that? Come on, now."

Lina tries not to smile, but fails miserably. "I took the bus, it's fine."

"You took the bus over calling me for a ride?" I gape. "That's unacceptable, Lina."

She grins. "Oh, yeah?"

"How about this," I offer. "How about we ditch this hell hole for the rest of the day and just relax at my house. Hm?"

Honestly, looking at her, she looked exhausted. I felt exhausted. I only came here today for her. And I knew why she forced herself to come.

"Okay."

I smile. "Let's get outta here."

I grip her hand, not missing her excited smile, and tug her out of the closet. I guide her towards the side exit, totally not meant for students to just walk out from, but what the hell.

"Hayden," Lina tugs on my hand. "Shouldn't we go get my stuff? And not go this way?"

I grab her face, leaning close. "Sometimes, life's about taking risks, isn't it?"

Lina smiles, big and beautiful, then nods. All I wanted to do was kiss her, and I almost did. But instead I continue tugging her towards the door, turning into a sprint as we reached the doors as we heard a door open behind us.

"Don't let go, Lina," I laugh as we run through the courtyard to the parking lot.

Lina, laughing, squeezes my hand, running alongside me. Granted, I may be leading her because my legs are way longer than hers, but it's fine.

After a bit of running, I finally see the parking lot. We continue to run to my car and jump in the seats as I rev up the engine and take off. Lina's laughing, pushing her hair off her face since her black head thing had fallen off at some point.

"Holy shit," she breathes. "I can't breathe, but that was fun." 

I glance over at her, nodding. "Can't live your life always playing by the rules, baby."

Lina bites her lip, looking out of the window. I decide to stop for some burgers, fries and shakes before I head to my place. Lina helps me bring the food to my room, quietly, so my mom doesn't hear us come in.

I lock the door, Lina sitting on my bed as she eats, and me at my window. I scarf down my burger and fries, Lina not that far behind me, which makes me inwardly smirk. I grab the trash from her as she sips her shake, grabbing the cherry from the top.

She puts it in between her lips, slowly sucks it in her mouth, and tugs the stem off, placing it beside her.

Was that meant to be seductive? Because...shit.

"Here," I clear my throat, trying to rid myself of the gruffness I hear in it.

I offer my cherry to her, which she takes from me. Without her eyes leaving mine, she repeats the same actions once again, making my dick start to wake up.

She bites her lip, almost like she was waiting for me to make a move. And like a dick, I didn't. I knew I should've, but I didn't. So Lina got up and excused herself to the bathroom.

That's when my brain finally comprehended thoughts again.

I was up on my feet, pushing open the door. Lina looked at me, shocked.

"Hayden, wh—"

I grabbed her neck and crashed our lips together. And fuck, it felt good. It wasn't a cute, controlled kiss. This was animalistic. This was hungry. This was primal.

I slammed her body against the bathroom door, helping her jump up to wrap her legs around my waist as our tongues danced with one another. But when she took my bottom lip between her teeth and tugged and sucked, I nearly came right then and there.

"You're all I think about," I admit breathlessly. "An insatiable hunger my body craves every day."

Lina grins against me. "Then I guess we just have to do something about that."

I kiss Lina's neck, her legs tightening around me as I walk her around the corner. I press her against the closet door as I suck, a bit hard, on her perfectly soft skin.

Marking her.

"Hayden," she moans, her hands fisting my hair.

"I love it when you say my name," I move to her ear. "I can't wait to hear you scream it."

At that moment, I thrusted against her so she can feel how painfully hard I was for her. Her jaw slacked as she tugged at my hair, turning me on even more so.

I turn, laying her on the bed. I step back, admiring how damn sexy she looks: swollen lips, lust-filled eyes as she looked at me on her propped elbows and opening her legs for me.

She was going to be the death of me.

I press my hands on her knees. "Is this okay?"

"Yes," she nods. "Yes, please."

I grin, reaching my hands up her skirt and grabbing the lacy fabric, pulling it down her legs. She kicks it off before I kiss her knee and help her to sit up right.

I reach for her shirt and slowly pull it over her head. For years, I've fantasized of Lina's bare chest. Does that make me a pervert? Maybe. But her perfect tits have been teasing me and begging for my attention for four years.

I never thought the day would finally come.

I lean forward, kissing her lips as I expertly reach behind her and unclasp her bra with one flick, feeling the fabric come free. I pull back to look at her, my mouth hanging.

"What?" She asks, looking at me.

"Nothing," I blink. "You're just...you're just fucking perfect."

Blush colors Lina's cheeks as I bend down and take one of her pretty pink nipples in my mouth. She immediately arches her back to me, her full breasts on display for me.

I swirl her swollen bead around my tongue then tug it between my teeth, making her moan. Lina uses her legs to guide me on the bed, so I was between her legs as she starts grinding on me as I continue my gentle assault on her chest.

"Hayden," she pulls at my hair. "Don't stop."

I practically growl. "Never."

I move my mouth to the other breast, bringing my hand up to knead what my mouth couldn't give attention to. Arching her back, Lina was giving me a mouthful of her tits and I wasn't complaining.

I pinched her nipple with my fingers before trailing it down between our bodies. When I reached her pussy, she was dripping everywhere.

"You're dripping wet and I've barely started, baby."

She nods, thrusting her hips against my fingers. I grin, shaking my head.

"Greedy girl, aren't we?"

"Hayden, please," Lina breathes.

I didn't need to be asked twice. I wasn't playing games, I wanted Lina to come undone now. So I pushed two fingers into her and watched her eyes roll to the back of her head and her mouth formed that cute little o-shape.

In and out, hard and rough, I plunged my fingers in and out of her tight, warm pussy as I kissed and sucked all over her chest. Lina's moans were like a symphony to my ears, and I never wanted it to end.

But I knew how to make her come, so I curled my fingers in her and rubbed my thumb over her clit. With a curse and a cry of my name, her legs shook as she came all over my fingers.

And the greedy bastard that I am, I brought my fingers to my lips. Lina watched as a licked each one clean.

"Your pussy is so damn sweet, it's addicting." I smile, then quickly get off the bed. "But I don't trust myself not to try and bury my head between your legs and...yeah," I chuckle nervously. "I'm gonna take a quick shower. Stay here."

And with that, I practically ran to the bathroom, so I can get my rock hard, hard on under control before it becomes a problem.

Then I can cuddle Lina to sleep.

A/N

Hiii everyone. I'm sorry it's been a minute! I got held up with my birthday and then life stuff happened. But here's an extra long chapter just to make up for it🥺

I hope it delivered? Writing smut makes me ✨shy✨

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