Living With The Bad Boy

16) It's So Big

Should I change the book cover to this? Honestly, I really love this picture but I love the other one too. Let me know what y'all think.

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"What is it with you?" my brother questioned me as I spaced out, taking a bite out of his pizza. For the first time in forever, the weather outside was warm. A bit too warm for the end of January if you ask me.

Taking advantage of the hot weather, my brother dragged us all out for breakfast at a hot restaurant for pizza. Apparently, a Ryder-Anderson morning out was absolutely necessary.

"I haven't studied for school in the past two weeks," I confessed, squeezing my eyes shut. I took a tiny peek, prepared for everyone's disappointed looks.

They all stared at each other before bursting out into laughter. Some even held the table to not fall over. Oh va en enfer.

"If it helps Laurie, I don't study at all," Andrew chirped, sending me a toothy smile. Well, a toothless smile. He was missing his bottom two and it's the most adorable thing I have ever seen.

Sam coughed and hiccuped at my confession, giving me a wide smirk. "What?" I asked, not understanding the reason why he was looking at me like that.

"Who knew the little princess was a nerd before she met bad boy Ryder," he laughed, ruffling my hair as he ignored my glare. "I knew you weren't as tough as you seemed."

"That's not it!" I exclaimed, slapping my hands down on the table for emphasis. Let me tell you, that hurt like a bitch. "I haven't practiced my keep-ups, haven't stretched, been to way too many parties, and gotten drunk way too many times! I'm not even going to graduate at this point!" Okay, maybe I was exaggerating by a teensy bit, but that's not the point!

"The drunk one's on you," Bethany interjected, stabbing her pizza bites and turned it towards me to make a point. You little sk-

"We can study tomorrow so your grades won't drop," Lena reassured, calling the waiter to order more varieties of pizza. So far we had a couple boxes of garlic bread, pizza with a topping of olives, pizza bites, pizza pie, garlic bites, and I think I'm drooling. The bill is going to be so long.

"We should get a job," I declared, making everyone stop what they are doing to stare at me in confusion.

"We have enough money to last us through university and a good ten years after that. Why do you need a job?" Luke wondered. That is true...

"I want to get to know more people," I half-lied. How do I tell him I'm guilty to stay at their house without paying for anything? "Lena, Marcie, and Nena, and the rest of you crackheads aren't replaceable, but I'd like to go somewhere without being glared at all the time."

"Who do you sit with at lunch?" Beth asked, biting her breadstick. The melted cheese inside made my mouth water even though I was eating the same thing.

"Sam, Lena, Luke, Marcie, Nena, Chase, and Liam, and sometimes Blake, who else?" I said in a duh tone. It should be obvious by now that I hate people and people love me. Just kidding.

She sighed in exasperation. "Then why don't you just sit with other people?"

"Because I don't hate them and everyone else annoys me." Mandy's group along with all their wannabes have annoying high-pitched voices and show more skin than cloth. I'd rather wear an orange jumpsuit! Who wears clothes that tight and that revealing? In winter too...

"You said you want more friends," Lena said in a sing-song voice, smiling at my weirded out face. More friends? I have more than enough.

"I want to get to know more people, meaning that I don't want girls glaring at me all the time. They won't be my friends," I corrected.