Teasing Me as You're Loving Me

Chapter 15. Trios work.

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Once me, Wacky and Zander were finally out of earshot, I skidded to a halt before facing Wacky.

"Explain, now." I see him nod before we sat down in some sandy area.

"Okay, so it went like this, basically" I cut him off.

"Get on with it..." I sigh. Wacky was... talkative.

"Basically, Johnson got into a fight because Peter said some pretty nasty stuff." Zander summarizes as he stretches. Wacky nods.

"You should have been there Layla, it was so... I don't know! But god did Jayre look mad, he punched Peter two times, straight in the jaw. Like- smack!" Wacky added, slapping his hands together for effect while Zander shakes his head laughing.

"Oh! And you should've seen what Wacky did, he went straight up to Peter and slapped him too. And it also went like smack!" Zander mimics Wacky and I see him frown and narrow his eyes at Zander. I laugh my head off though which makes Wacky shake his head and scoff.

My laughter faded, and just then, my mind decided to overthink. Great timing. "What did Peter say about me?"

Zander and Wacky both look at each other before Wacky spoke up. "Look, none of the stuff Peter said about you are true, okay?"

Zander nodded quickly and adds, "But uhm... he said that you basically flirted your way to the top or just... like, you know." I did know what he was trying to say. And I felt my stomach sink to the ground as realization shot me.

Wacky placed stood up and pulled me by the shoulder. "Nope, none of this, come on." I look at him with confusion before he smirked. "I hear there's a little food shop down the beach that sells fries." My eyes lit up. Fries were my favorite! Zander shook his head with a grin before getting up as well.

I hooked my arm with Wacky's and Zander's as we walked, "Morning... his place..." I stared, looking at Wacky with knowing eyes.

"Burnt toast... Sunday!" Wacky almost screamed and Zander frowns.

"Taylor Swift fans..." Zander mutters and I bat him on the head.

"Don't act like you don't listen to 'The way I loved you' on repeat." I scold and his cheeks turn red. Wacky laughs and I laugh too.

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Once we got to the shop, Wacky and I immediately went to a table and plopped down on the seats with a sigh.

"That walk," I paused, catching my breath. "Was too much."

"ANG INIT!" Wacky yelled, pulling his mother tongue out of no where. I'm not that surprised though, he usually switches whenever it's boiling hot outside or when he's boiling mad.

Zander slid down next to me and stretched his arm out before it rested on my chair's back. "What are we ordering?"

"For me, probably a medium with sour cream and cheese! Oh, and Coke."

"Gotcha, and you Wacky?"

"Barbecue, small with mountain dew." Wacky heaves out a sigh draping his hand across his eyes dramatically.

"Alrighty." Zander got up and made his way to the worker while I got out my phone.

I saw a text message pop up on my screen.

JayReJohnSon_7 has added you and is requesting to send a message.

I blink down at my phone, confused. Well I surely didn't expect this. I knew I should've probably ignored it, but I was just too curious to let this slip. I clicked accept and saw the message appear.

<Hey, if you didn't put two and two together already, this is Jayre.
<I'm sorry for earlier.
<I can see that you're seeing my messages. Reply please?

Okay.>

<Well, I'm sorry for earlier. I was thinking that maybe we could try to be friends? And before you think I'm joking, just know that I am NEVER joking when it comes to you. 😉😉

If you want to be friends, you sure as hell CANNOT be saying cheesy stuff like that.>

<Is it THAT cheesy though???

Uhm, YEAH.>

I stared at the message I wrote when I heard someone get in the little shop. I look up to see Jayre and his goons walk in, Jayre on his phone the entire time, smiling. Suddenly, as if he could sense my gaze, he looks up. He holds my stare for a few heartbeats before his friends drag him away.

But just as his friends sit down, Jayre stands up and makes his way over to... no.

"Why is Jayre coming here? Do they want a round two or something? I can deliver if that's the case." Wacky grumbles from beside me. I keep silent though.

And to my absolute horror, Jayre sits down on the chair next to me with a sigh before looking over to face me. "What the hell are you doing?" I ask, not bothering to even hide the irritation from my voice as I spoke.

"Answer the question." he says simply and I was left to think what question he meant for a moment, before realizing he was referring to the one where he had asked to be my friend.

"Will you and your friends stop being such jerks if I say yes?" I ask this mainly for Zander and Wacky. They don't stick up for themselves until I make them or until it's me facing those jerks.

"Of course." he grins and I fight the urge to roll my eyes as he flashes me a smile. I narrow my eyes, surveying him for a moment.

"Ill give it a shot." I say finally, after what felt like hours of scrutinizing Jayre in silence. A cough makes both me and Jayre's head turn. Wacky raises one brow as if to say, Uhm, why are you conspiring with jerk who also has jerk friends right now? I shake my head to respond with a silent, Later. Wacky nods but doesn't take his eyes off me and Jayre.

Jayre heaves a sigh before getting up and returning to his friend's table. "Woah woah woah. I go get our order for like... what? A few minutes and Jayre's already back in our line of vision?" Zander says as he approaches us.

"Yeah, and Layla what was that all about?" Wacky asks and Zander looks at him, confused.

"What was what all about?" Zander asks and I sigh.

"Make sure you guys listen to this, very carefully. Okay, so. Jayre just said he was planning to dump a whole milkshake on my head after we finish eating here." Zander and Wacky both groan.

"Come on Layla don't start with the sarcasm now!" Zander demands as Wacky makes a 'tsk tsk' sound while shaking his head at me. I let out a laugh before telling them exactly what happened, full detail.

"Fine, I, Haylee Layla Cover," I start, holding up my right hand, "have declared that I will at least try being friends with mortal enemy number one, otherwise know as Jayre Loren Johnson."

Wacky raises both of his brows this time as Zander's mouth falls open.

"What?"

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