Precious

You Can't Always Get What you Want Part 2

When I woke up on Thursday, I wasn't recovering from an awful dream, but my heart was pounding. What would the day bring? What would Alexander do to me today? Would today be a humiliating one? Would it be a triumphant one?

I excitedly decided to skip breakfast as I took extra-long to put my make-up on, not that I needed much.

As I walked to the Bentley that took me to school, I saw the car door was already opened for me.

 

"You again." I rolled my eyes and shook my head as I got in.

"Don't be so surprised. It's the beginning of school – I can't start skipping until at least the middle of the semester." He smirked with sarcasm.

"Whatever." I shook my head. "Where were you yesterday? After school I didn't see you and I had been meaning to thank you." I smirked mischievously, thinking about how he had already been spreading all the right rumors about me.

"I was around - doing some dirty work for you. As always." Jude smirked back, and then paused for a second as if wondering if he should ask me something - which was out of character for him. "I've been meaning to ask you about that David kid." He finally let out.

"What about him?" I asked, nonchalantly.

"It's obvious you have feelings for him." Jude stated, waiting to see what kind of response I would produce.

"Feelings? As if." I rolled my eyes.

"You can't lie to me, Estella, you really like him. I saw you all over him yesterday at school and at night." Jude immediately retaliated and had to remind me.
So what if Davie came over yesterday and I was especially flirtatious with him?

"I-I don't-" I tried to say. I didn't want to lie, but I couldn't find the words to explain myself. "I don't know what you mean by 'feelings'" I started, putting air quotes around feelings. "However, David does interest me. But that's all. He's just a play-toy. Someone who I can easily manipulate, and who I know is absolutely in love with me."

"Estella, I'm not Cata - you can't lie to me. You act differently around him." Jude looked at me pointedly as he reminded me how air-head like I acted with Davie. Jude looked at me like I was a foreign being last night when he witnessed it for himself. I hadn't acted like this since - since the last time I was here. "Why is he so special? He seems kind of dumb, actually." Jude laughed.

"Don't be rude." I rolled my eyes, Jude's opinion of course mattered to me, but I had known David since the womb. He was special to me. So, Jude was not allowed to shit about him. "You forget I've known him all my life, so my relationship with him is different than it is with other boys. But it's nothing special." I lied. "I could just as simply choose anybody else." I shrugged. Why do you ask" I asked.

"What bullshit," he laughed, "you're not as close to Stefan." He raised his brows, as if telling me he got me. "And no reason, I just thought if you were interested in him, you would have noticed by now." Jude murmured.

"Noticed what?" I almost yelled, what was he saying?

"Well, one thing maybe not," Jude smirked as he spoke to himself. "But that several of your very close friends have a thing for him, definitely."

"I don't have close friends, Jude." I looked at him strangely. "Who is it." I breathed a little heavier than I should have. I was finding it increasingly difficult to find the balance between showing him how this angered me and how I didn't care.

"I'm not going to say, just to see what you do about it. What would you do about it?" He inquired.

"Well it's not like I care anyway." I barked and rolled my eyes as I crossed my arms and looked out the window.

"Sure you don't." Jude laughed at me as he focused on his phone. Of course, I wanted to know who wanted Davie.

But I could easily get Nikki to find out for me.

Unless Nikki had a crush on him too?

Jude and I arrived to school early, which gave me time to hunt Nikki down. I searched for her high and low but couldn't find her, so I went to the bathrooms. After checking every stall, I saw she wasn't there either. Exiting quickly, Alexander was facing me as he immediately exited the restroom as well.