Playing Dangerous

XVII

Tate's POV...

"You owe me, remember?" I slam my hands against his desk. "What has he done for me? He meant something, I know it. Just tell me already!"

"Go. And. Ask. Him." Daniel's face doesn't change, not even a bit.

"It's been three weeks, why don't you just get over it?" Marcus opens the beer can and sits on the couch.

"Why don't you just tell me?" I drop on Dan's bed, burying my face in pillow. "Listen, I'm so very tired of chasing men, okay? Somewhere I messed up, so if you tell me where maybe I'll fix it."

Daniel mocks me. "Maybe I'll fix it. Moron." I show him middle finger.

"No," Marcus adds. "Now forget that and help him do the sums or he'll fail the test again."

I get on my feet and hit Dan's head. "I did everything I could, don't make me hurt you again. Just tell me what he has done for me. Why was he so upset? We almost fucked and he left me devastated as if it wasn't his fault that I won't be in university next year. Can you believe it?"

"It wasn't. He did everything he could but it was too late." Asian says.

"See, exactly, I don't know what happened, so tell me."

"No," Marcus repeats.

"Ugh! What should I do for you to tell me?" I tried everything. There's nothing I can do anymore. I'm hopeless at this point.

"Nothing. It's not our part of the story to tell. If he wishes, he'll tell you himself." Marcus says. "We're just his friends."

"I can't just go to him and ask. I can't." I mumble, watching as my fingers fidget. "That would be stupid."

"Then don't ask us either. That's stupid. He's our friend and we—"

"Confess that you like him." Daniel interrupts him.

"What?" I ask.

"Confess that you have feelings for him and I might tell you what you want to know."

"I don't have feelings for him." I pfft, laughing awkwardly.

"And I'm a wild chimpanzee." Marcus adds.

I cross my arms. "For the love of god, please. I mean please. I like Will."

"But you love Silas." Danny says with suspicious grin.

"Don't be silly. He did horrible things to me—"

"Stole your first kiss, humiliated you, let me beat Mitchel, bla bla bla." He rolls his eyes. I would love to hit him. "Yet we fixed almost everything, didn't we?"

"Fine, you don't want to tell me? I'll make you speak some other way. And do your sums on your own, I guess you don't need my help anymore." I marsh outside, putting jacket on.

As I walk towards my dorm I see Silas and some other girl talking, no it looks like flirting. She giggles and he watches her as predator watches his prey.