Blood Money (1) | The Inheritance Games

XVII. glitch

"I think there's been a glitch
Five seconds later, I'm fastening myself to you with a stitch"

Noah and I are at a party. It took a lot of convincing, because he doesn't want his Dad to find out he's drinking, but I assured him he could spend the night at my place if we got that drunk. We made a pact to have a 3 drink maximum rule.

I invited Avery because we're apparently friends now, not that I've had many of those to know friendship-party-etiquette but I figured it'd be nice to invite her along. Much to my dismay, Jameson trailed along with her like a desperate puppy. Knowing they've kissed completely changes the way I look at them together. They're not just flirty anymore, they're pretty much on a one way road to marriage.

About 5 days prior, Jameson, Noah, Maja and I had all got in our own fights at school, which didn't go down well.

 "What the hell!" Nash yelled as we walked through the doors of Hawthorne House. Noah and Maja behind the two of us after Noah rambled something about their Father seeing them that way. 

My nose crooked and drooling down my neck, after our fights we were sent home with a one week suspension effective immediately. We were given 5 minutes to gather our belongings and clear our lockers of things we needed. 

Nash had been the 'Parent or Guardian' who received the call that we were in a fight. 

"Fun day at school?" Xander smirks, having arrived home before us because of the time our Headmaster took to lecture us individually on school ethics.

"What the hell happened?.." Avery gapes. "Yes please do share." Nash gestures.

"Well Maja said something about me dating her brother because I'm too much of a slut for him." I snarl, glaring back to the girl as I step towards Grayson and take one of the iced vegetable bags he's got ready for us.

"She what?" Noah speaks up furiously. "It's fine. We fought it out like big girls." I shrug unbothered, wincing when the frozen peas touches my likely broken nose. 

Xander reaches out to touch my painful nose, to which I slap his pestering hand away.

"Then Kassidy got involved." I continue. "And thus.. broken nose." I smile sarcastically. I lean my bleeding nose forward like Ant taught me all those months ago. Looking back, if Kassidy hadn't hit me in the face with a dodgeball Ant and I might not have ever happened. It's strange how things work out.

"And you boys?" Nash nods to Jameson and Noah. 

"Someone was talking about Spence." Jameson fills in, not bothering to get into details. He gets a bag of frozen carrots and places it on the part of his under eye right next to his nose, which seems to be his only injury with a small bruise. 

I toss a bag over to Maja and she uses it for her left eye which is slightly battered by me. I take a bag and approach Noah with his black eye, busted lip and bloody knuckles. 

"Can we go back to this please?" Xander furrows his brows with genuine anger, pointing between Noah and I as I sit him down on the staircase and start icing his poor beautiful features. 

"What?" I say nonchalantly. Noah's leg is between mine, his knee acting as a seat as I stroke his cheek gently with a frown.

"You're dating my sister?" Xander looks to his life long best friend with betrayal in his eyes.

"Uhh.." Noah looks into my eyes, asking if we're telling people now, I smile gently and that's the only answer he needs. "Yeah.. Yeah, Spencer's my girlfriend." He smiles proudly, a blush seeping out behind the bruises.