the price of being ace

Chapter 27

Erin is still acting off to me in math so I don't know what's up because we had a good time when we swam yesterday
"Need help?" I ask and she nods
"You need to multiply these first before you divide the other numbers" I say and she smiles
"Thanks" she says
"Honestly I feel bad for Erin,her tutor is juvie" I hear someone say to his friend
"Maybe she had a lot of extra time to do math in jail" his friend replies and I can tell Erin's mildly uncomfortable because she can hear it too
"Shut up" Willow says and now I look over
"Why it's true" he says and she frowns
"No it's not asshole" she says standing up and the teacher is totally oblivious
"Wanna go?"he says standing up to meet her
"Willow sit down" I say and she sighs angrily but sits back down
"That's right call off your attack dog juvie" he says sitting down too
"God I hate this school sometimes" I say resting my head against my desk

Since the pool incident Tristan has left me mostly alone except now he's outside my locker doing something to it
"What do you think you're doing?" I ask and he turns around
"Hey juvie,bye juvie" he says then walks away revealing that he has stuck a picture of Willow trying to climb into my window from last night
"What the heck" I say pulling it off but there's something written on the back
"That mother-"jo starts looking over my shoulder at how he's written 'straight? I think not' in red marker on the back movie style
"I swear this picture is not what it looks like" I say and she nods
"Let me guess she tried to climb in your window without you knowing" she says and I nod

Why was Tristan outside my house anyway to take those photo
"Maybe he likes you too" jo jokes and I frown
"Not funny,he was probably there to egg my side of the house or something" I say and she shrugs
"Maybe but what's so wrong with the idea a boy might like you" she says as Grayson comes and sits beside her at our lunch table
"Because I have my eye on someone already" I admit
"Who?" He asks joining our conversation
"Im not telling" I say because it wouldn't be a good idea to either
"You know you two still haven't told me about your trip to New York" Grayson says and she shrugs
"Wasn't that eventful really" she says then looks at me and I get the feeling she wants me to agree even though that's not true
"Yeah it wasn't much" I say

The basketball team is hosting a party and the whole team is going so that means my attendance is also needed
"Drink up juvie tonight's a party" n.c says shoving a drink into my hand
"What is this?" I ask giving it a sniff and it smells strong
"It's alcohol" she says
"I wouldn't drink that unless you want to get really messed up" digs whispers in my ear and I nod
"Honestly I kinda do" I say and take a swig
"Nope You know what you're right" I say and she laughs
"Told you" she says as I set it down on a counter and go to grab a beer
"Emily's not here yet" I remark not seeing her here and she didn't come in with us either
"Yeah her and simone wanted to spend time together I think but they said they'd hopefully make an appearance" she says and I nod

I lost track of time and before my fuzzy brain knows what the heck happened it's way past my curfew like 3 hours past kind of late
"It's official Kates going to kill me" I say looking at my phone and seeing a text from 10 minutes ago
"Wait don't they have a dinner show thing in the city that ends at 1 am you still have time to get home" digs says and I nod
"I guess yeah how'd you know that?" I ask
"You told me earlier at 11:30" she says and I laugh
"Well that was my curfew" I say taking out my keys as we walk towards the door
"Come on Im driving" she says snatching my keys out of my hands
"Do you even know how to drive?" I ask and she shrugs
"Learner driver is better than drunk" she says as I follow her outside

Turns out she's a pretty good driver for just being a learner and we get to my house in pretty good time
"Go sleep it off ok" she says and I nod
"How are you going to get home?" I ask and she thinks about it for a moment
"Oh right Uh I don't know" she says realizing that she would need a ride and she probably doesn't have money for an Uber or anything,do they even have Uber here
"Come on I'm sure you can stay the night,we can lie and say we watched a movie together in my room" I say then point to the tree
"We're sneaking in?" She asks and I nod
"Unless you want Jackson or Bella to catch us and snitch" I say and she shrugs
"Tree it is" she says and I laugh before starting the climb

We get up in the morning and since it's Saturday we could sleep in
"Are you staying for breakfast Sarah?" Martin asks and she shrugs
"If that's ok" she says and he nods
"You're not allergic to anything are you?" He asks
"No" she says sitting down at the table beside me
"We've gained a kid" Kate says coming into the dining room and seeing digs
"Im Sarah" digs says and she smiles
"Im Kate,you're the volleyball teams libero right?" She asks and digs nods
"Yup that's me" she says as Jackson comes down the stairs
"Oh hey digs" he says sitting down at the table too