The Assassins Kill

chapter 18- look at me.

Like Real People Do- Hozier
Somewhere Only We Know- Keane
Strange- Kris Bowers, Hillary Smith

!!mention of rape!!

*Jades Pov*

"Come and get it!!" I shout. The gang is scattered around the living room, playing board games and playing with toys. Radella skips over to me with everyone else following. I put a slice of pizza on a billion plates and hand them to everyone as we sit at the table.

"This looks so good omigosh." Jax groans as he takes a bite of the cheesy pizza, guzzling down rootbeer and wiping his mouth, spreading grease on his cheeks.

"What time is it?" Julian asks as he sits down across from me. I look at my phone and back up at him, "7:30. Why?"

"Just wondering how much time left we have to hang out." He flutters his eyes and looks down, chomping down on his piece and finishing it in probably two or three bites. I looked at his lips, shining with grease in the light, he licks them-- wiping off remaining oil and looks up at me as he grabs a thin-crust pizza from a separate box we had gotten. He kept eye contact with me and a flash of teasing went through his eyes. He holds the pizza up to his lips and opens them, trapping them between his perfect teeth and bit down.

I think I peed a little.

I realized as long as I looked at his face, my heart flipped. So I pulled my gaze down to his jawline, but that didn't work either. So I looked down at his chest, imagining the hard indents of his abs that I had missed- but obviously that didn't work either.

You know what, it doesn't matter if he's 'impregnate-me-right-now' kind of hot..who cares? Just friends, Jade. At least for now, until you kill him. Yikes.

"let's play Uno after this!" Maggie cheers and Jax aggrees. We all agree and it's silent for a few minutes until Jax breaks the silence.

"so what's the agenda for our last two days in Seattle?" I ignore him, glueing my eyes to the plate and munching on my food.

"Oh, well it's Jades birthday tomorrow. Aren't you all going out?" my head shoots up, and towards Radella. all the blood drains from my face, and my jaw drops. "I mean- no! I lied! It's not anytime soon!" She backtracks, face reddening.

"You fucking-"

"Birthday, you say?" Julian perks up, straightening in his seat. He grinned, it was a curious, unapologetic, and a completely cocky smile.

Jesus. why was that so sexy?

"Well.. what are we going to for your birthday Jadey?" Jax beamed at Julians question, jumping up and down a little in his seat.

"Birthday?! We have to go out!!" I groan and slouch in my seat.

"Thanks Ella. But no, I don't celebrate my birthday." Jaxs smile drops and Julian tilts his head to the side, the little ones are invested in their own conversation.

"Why?" Jax asks.

"I just don't like to. I don't really know why honestly." I lie. Radella scoffs and continues to eat her food.