The Bet (Book 1 in The Deception Series)

Chapter 4: friends

Garrett

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Once class ends, I watch Taylor quickly pack her things and make her way toward the exit.

I throw all my shit into my backpack before running after her.

"Tay-Tay!" I call out as I corner her outside of the classroom.

She groans as she glares at me.

"I'm not going on a date with you!" She snaps.

"Fine, don't. But at least come to the party at my house this weekend." He smiles.

"No." She says.

"Why not?" I ask.

"I don't want to." She says.

"Please, I'll give you a kiss." I smirk.

"Fuck no." she says as she pushes past me and begins to walk away.

I don't let her leave that easily. I follow her.

"Why don't you like me?" I ask.

"Because you're cocky, mean, and can't take no for an answer." She says.

"Hey, I'm not mean." I object.

"How many girls have you made cry again?" She asks as she gives me a pointed look.

We walk out of the building and begin to walk in the cold air.

"Okay, so I've made a few girls cry, but that's because they wanted to be in a relationship with me. And I don't do relationships." I explain.

"Another reason why I will not go on a date with you," she says.

"What? Because I don't do relationships?" I ask.

She nods.

"Well, that was before." I defend myself.

"Before what?" she asks.

"Before I met you." I smile.

She stops walking and turns her body towards me.

"Look, I don't want anything with you. So please leave me alone." She says.

"Ok fine, let's start off as friends." I suggest.

"No." She says.

"Why not?"

"Because you'll try to hook up with me." She replies.

"What makes you say that?" I ask.

"You told me to go home with you the day we met." She says.

I wince. I did say that. Fuck my life.

"Okay, well, that's because I was flirting." I say.

"Whatever." She says before she walks away.

I stand there and stare at her ass. Wow.

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I slide my hands up her shirt and smile against her soft lips as she grinds on me. She moves her lips down my neck and I close my eyes and lean my head back against the couch. I love parties for this exact reason. Well, this and the booze of course.

I turn my head a little to give her more space to leave hickeys, I open my eyes for a second and then close them again. Taylor. I quickly open them again and see her walk in, with some blond chick.

"Alright, I'm done." I say as I gently push the chick off my lap.

"What the fuck, Garrett?" She snaps as I stand up.

I look down at her and see her glaring at me.

"Look, it was a nice makeout, but someone I really need to talk to just arrived. So I gotta find her." I explain.

"A girl? Seriously?" She snaps.

"It's what I do." I smirk before I run out of the living room.

The house was packed, I didn't know how the hell I was gonna find her but I was determined to. Damn, my house for being so massive. Ha, that sounds dirty.

"Garrett!" I hear a voice call.

I turn around and smile when Brennen walks up to me.

"What's up?" I ask.

"I saw your girl pull up, huh? You really might win this bet." He smirks.

I smile.

"I told you, now where is my girl exactly?" I ask.

"Out back with Jake." He says.

With Jake? Are you fucking with me?

I rush out back and see her and the blond chick laughing with my best friend.

I make my way over to them and throw my arm around her shoulder.

"Hey, Tay-Tay." I smile down at her.

She rolls her eyes and groans.

"What?" The blond chick asks.

"Me and Tay-Tay have a date." I smirk.

"Stop telling people that. We don't have anything." Taylor snaps as she pushes my arm off her shoulder

"Oh come on, Tay-Tay. We don't need to keep it a secret." I sneer.

She groans.

"I need a drink." She says before she storms off.

I look at Jake who laughs. I wink at him before running after Taylor.

"Tay-Tay!" I called out.

"Stop calling me that!" She snaps as she walks into the kitchen.

I smile at her gorgeous face as I watch her pour herself a drink.

"You know? You have a really nice face." I say.

She looked at me and glared.

"Shut up." She says.

My smile grows bigger.

I was definitely attracted to this girl and the fact that she was rude and didn't like me at all made me even more attracted to her.

"Look, I'm not gonna ask you to go on a date with me. All I'm asking is to be friends." I explain.

"Why? Why the fuck do you want to be friends?" She snaps.

"Because I was a dick to you and I really just want to make it up to you." I say.

"Since when do you care about other people's feelings?" She asks.

"Alright, I'm not that mean. You don't even know me, which is another reason we should be friends so you can see that I'm not a complete asshole." I tell her.

She stares at me.

"Come on, Tay-Tay. Give it a shot." I say.

"Fine, but no kissing, no sex, and stop telling people we're going on a date." She warns.

That was gonna be hard if I wanted to win this bet but I'll break through somehow.

"Fine by me." I smile.