Bodyguard: Ace Cain

|10| Take Me With You

|Take Me With You|

After a tumultuous meeting, I finally made it to the principal's office. Judging by my outfit, what was going to be said to me was quite clear. It didn't bother me much because who doesn't like to go home early? It was only annoying because I couldn't execute my plan the way that I wanted to. Ace ignored me the whole class and couldn't even look my way. It was bullshit!

Not as bullshit as when I got to the principal's office. Principal Lee was patiently waiting for me, as expected. What I didn't expect was to see Ace sitting there right with him. Ace had already seen my outfit, but Principal Lee's face was priceless. It was hard not to laugh in his face. The way he was looking at me left me in stitches on the inside. The outfit wasn't even that bad. It was mainly the shirt, if you could even call it that.

I could have gotten away with it for longer, but judging the situation, Ace must have told him. He was going to go to so many lengths to get me to change. The last thing I expected was for him to tell the principal, though. Who knew Ace was such a wuss? It's not my fault; he obviously couldn't control himself. Otherwise, we wouldn't be in the office right now.

Clearing his throat, Principal Lee ushered me to sit down before he spoke to me. "Reign Helix, one of our top students at Arbor High." He started off being nice. "I can't have you walking around school like this. There is a dress code."

I sucked my teeth in annoyance. "It's just a shirt. You act as if everything is hanging out," I argued.

"There's enough on display that goes against policy," he pointed out. "Unless you change your shirt, you'll have to be excused for the day."

This was such bullshit, but it would have happened eventually. I sat back in my chair with an annoyed look on my face. "Fine," is all I said.

Principal Lee turned his attention to Ace. "Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Mr. Cain." He thanked him. "If she chooses to leave, I assume you'll see that she gets home safely." My father must have told him the situation.

Ace nodded with a grin on his smug face. He won this round, but he forgot that we live together. I can't torture him at school, but at home, it was fair game. There's no way he was going to continue to have one up on me and not bear the consequences. This guy forgets who he's dealing with sometimes. I am not one to mess with it.

Alas, we leave the office in silence, as I'm still angry about what he did. I can't believe he would go to the principal's office instead of just talking to me first. That also explains why he was nowhere to be found when Jake pulled me aside. Not only was he ratting me out, but he left me in the hands of Jake Trubisky. Someone he wants me to actively avoid for whatever his reasons were. However, after today, I'm starting to understand. Nothing could ever go my way.

Stopping in our tracks, Ace stepped in front of me, pulling his sweater over his head. If he thought I was going to walk around in his hot-ass sweater all day, he was mistaken. There wasn't anything he could do to make me agree to wear that. Unless we could spark up a deal, of course. I'm always one for negotiating.

"Take it," he shoved it towards me.

I pushed it back. "I'm not wearing that." I refused. "You're such a snitch!"

He laughed. "You would've gotten caught anyway." Then he looked down at me. "Besides, I have somewhere to be."

That caught my attention. "Somewhere to be? Where is that exactly?" Shouldn't he be looking after me?

His eyes rolled. "I'm going to meet some friends," he said.

This is the first time I've heard that he has friends. We don't speak about personal information, even though we should. If we're going to be living together for the time being, then we should know some things about each other. That also includes friends and family. I'm tired of him being so mysterious. This was going to be my chance to get a glimpse into the life of Ace Cain.