Cabin 13 ~Book 1~

21

"I want you." Jesse whispered in my ear seductively.

"Cool it Jesse, we're in the middle of the Mess Hall." I laughed.

"Is it my fault that you're so sexy that I can't help myself." Jesse replied.

"It's your fault if you get a boner in front of everyone in the room." I retorted.

"I just want to show everyone that you're mine." Jesse said and wrapped his arms around me.

Suddenly we heard loud coughing coming from behind us. We turned around and saw Ethan carrying his tray over to our table.

"Mind if I sit down?" He asked.
"No."

"Yes."

Jesse and I said at the same time.

"I'm going to take that as a yes." Ethan chuckled and sat down next to me.

Jesse rolled his eyes and jerked his arms off of me.

"Can't you see when you're interrupting something bro?" Jesse spat.

"Sydney doesn't seem to mind bro." Ethan responded.

"Would you guys chill out, please? Don't make me start singing kumbaya." I joked.

"Honestly what's your problem? I get that you're jealous that your girlfriend and I have history but this is ridiculous." Ethan said.

"Oh you think I'm jealous? Of a prick like you? Ha, you're funny." Jesse snapped.

"A prick like me? I guess Sydney's into pricks then." Ethan smirked.

My eyes widened as Jesse's face fell.

"What are you talking about?" Jesse questioned.

"Oh, she didn't tell you? Sydney and I used to go out and we were pretty serious too." Ethan taunted. He leaned across me and got right into Jesse's face. "She would do this little thing where she would bite her lip and moan-"

Ethan didn't get a chance to finish the sentence because Jesse had punched him in the face.

With lightning speed Jesse had gotten up and grabbed Ethan by his shirt.

"You want to finish that statement?" Jesse growled.

Instead of responding Ethan spat in his face and wiggled out of Jesse's grip. Ethan quickly brought up his knee and slammed it into his stomach. Jesse fell to the ground with Ethan landing on top of him.

Ethan pelted Jesse's face with his fist as Jesse fought to shake him off.

At that point I had to step in.

"STOP!" I screamed as a crowd formed.

I raced forward and tried to pull Ethan off of Jesse. Ethan had enough time to push me away before Jesse used his distraction to maneuver out from under him. Jesse knocked Ethan over and stood up. With a heavy stomp Jesse brought his foot down on Ethan's leg.

I had to look away as Ethan's face became distorted in pain. Tears escaped his eyes and I watched his leg go limp.

Jesse had broken Ethan's leg.

When Jesse had realized what he had done a sick smile broke out over his face. He brushed off his clothes before leaving the room.

"Jesse!" I called after him as I chased after him.

He refused to stop walking so I had to run to catch up with him. When I reached him I put my hand on his shoulder. Faster than I thought possible, Jesse whirled around and pushed me to the ground, hard.

I ended up hitting my head on the concrete and my vision became blurry.

"You EMBARRASSED ME SYDNEY!" Jesse shouted. "You had that dick thinking that he was better than me. You let him screw you and then you thought that you could come running here and screw me. I'm done with this shit."

Jesse turned around, leaving me on the ground, and strode away.
I don't know how long I laid on the ground in shock, but I know that it must have been at least two hours because by the time I got up, the sun had set.

"Are you okay?" Tara asked running up to me.

"Not really." I groaned and felt the back off my head. I looked at my hand and saw dried blood on it.

"What happened?" She asked.

"I foolishly tried to comfort Jesse after his fight with Ethan and he knocked me to the ground." I told her.

"What?! He hit you." Tara exclaimed.

"No, he pushed me away from him. I probably tripped over my feet and hit the ground hard." I mumbled.

"It sounds like you're trying to make excuses for him." Tara accused. "What he did was stupid. Do you need to go to the nurse?"

"No, I'll be fine. I'm pretty sure I don't have a concussion and the cut on the back of my head doesn't feel too deep." I explained. "Can you walk me to my cabin please?"

"Sure." Tara said.

As we started to walk I realized that I didn't know what happened after I left with Jesse.

"Hey Tara, what happened with Ethan after I left?"

"The administrators came and took him to the nurse. They asked Ethan if he wanted to file a police report against Jesse and he said no. So Jesse's only punishment is that he's banned from group activities for the next two weeks. And he can't use any of the facilities." Tara told me.

"Wow." I muttered as we reached my door.

"Alright, good night Sydney. I'll see you tomorrow." Tara spoke.

"Good night."

I walked into my cabin and immediately headed towards my bed. I was just sitting on it when I felt a hand reach up and touch mine.

Just as I was building up a scream, another hand landed on my mouth, muffling it.