Dares with the Boy Who Doesn't Care

Chapter Thirty-Seven(Rose POV)

I've almost died.

Omar had me at knife point, my landlord was on a drunken rampage, Stephen sent me down a flight of concrete stairs. It's too crazy to think about how many times my life has been jeopardized. So instead I'll think of how many times I've been rescued. In more than half of those occurrences the guys were there to help me.

They saved me.

Now I know that at any moment my life can be taken away so it's best to spend it with those that I love, even if they don't love me back.

We're on break so there's no school, no dares, and no reason for them to talk to me.

I haven't had any communication with anyone since the start of break, since I saw the guys beat Omar and since Jamie and I laid together. It's been over a week and there are only two days left.

Noah hasn't even tried to talk to me once, I check my text messages practically every other second yet there still hasn't been a word from him. Maybe they're going to keep our relationship exclusive to only when we're after school, outside of there they'll just ignore me like they had been before Ella basically double dog dared them to stay with me.

I wish I had been there when she was coming up with that one. I don't know what I would've done. Part of me wants to have convinced her to not go through with it and the other part of me wants to thank her for allowing the guys to overfill the hole that her missing presence left.

Yet, since I've been away from them for so long, I'm starting to see their faults. Noah is far too emotional. The fact that he knows it's a problem and that still hasn't changed anything shows how big of an issue it is. It's something that he can't change. Leo has a Napoleon complex. Since he's short he feels the need to make others feel small, or as if the are beneath him. So he crushes and steps on people emotionally and physically.

Cameron is a ball of happiness that can't easily be deflated. I've only ever seen him unhappy about two times in all of these months that I've been spending with him. But when he finally takes off his mask and let's all of that anger out, there's hell to pay. Mark is brutal and careless when it comes to other's emotions. Since he's been through so much pain he feels the need to inflict it back onto others. Jamie is similar to Mark in that he's pretty much numb when it comes to the emotions of others. He's also too complex.

My problem is that I'm a naive idiot- like Mark and Jamie both said- who will keep going back to them even though I know that they do things that are beyond wrong.

Saying this in my head is different from acting on it. All it'll take is for me to see one of them, they won't even have to apologize, then I'll be back to being friends with them.

That's partly because I'm an idiot, but also because they still have their charms.

Leo is the one with the baby face and adorable smile that makes his eyes disappear along with all of your worries. Cameron's happiness travels onto anyone nearby through the work of influential osmosis. No matter how dark and gloomy a day may be, he's always the sun that brightens it up. Noah is caring and sensitive. He could make even the most basic bitch feel special.

Mark is exclusive. His quietness and calmness balances out the rest of the group. Jamie is a complex puzzle that makes even the brightest Einstein want to figure him out. When he introduces his loving side, that'll hold hands, open doors, hug and smile beautifully and angelically- life is made.