The Pledge

Chapter Seven

During lunch I’m only sitting with Connor since Emmet is off with Claire and I haven’t seen Emily or Julia all day.

"So what’s new in the O’Brien household?" I ask as I take a bite of the sandwich I bought. Not bad.

"Um...not much really. I’m trying to keep Emmet out of it though. He says he wants to hang but he’ll just sneak into Claire’s room." He crinkles his nose which makes me laugh. Connor is kind of protective.

"Well I’ll hang out. I swear I’m not banging your twin sister." I put my hand to my heart. "Your mom on the other hand I can’t make any promises." I wink which makes Connor hit me in the arm.

"You already have two girls tailing you so leave my mom alone." He says sternly.

"What?" I almost choke on my food.

"Don’t play the dumb card, it doesn’t suit you. Emily and Olivia? Now that is an interesting mix." This makes me laugh.

"Nothing is going on between me and Olivia."

"Uh-huh. I believe you." He winks at me so I just roll my eyes. I wasn’t getting anywhere here. "Speak of the devil." Connor nods towards the door where Olivia is walking in with Ben on tail as always. "Boyfriend?" Connor turns to me. I shake my head.

"No, that’s just Ben. I asked, they’re just friends." This makes Connor raise an eyebrow.

"Oh you asked did you? Getting a little jealous there Jenner?" He nudges my ribs.

"You’re hilarious Connor." This makes him laugh more. I look to Olivia who’s staring at me too now. She’s leaning against the wall as Ben orders food. I start smirking at her which makes her laugh. Then she glances at Ben before looking back at me and winking. "Fuck it. I’ll see you around Connor." I start getting up.

"Where are you going?"

"I’m going to walk to English with Olivia." Connor winks at me and laughs. I just roll my eyes and walk right up to her but instead of saying something to her I turn to Ben. "Hello Benjamin. How have you been?" I grin. He turns to me looking like I’ve already pissed him off.

"What do you want Jenner?" He says as he wraps his arm around Olivia’s shoulders. To my delight she pushes it back off.

"Oh I wanted to know if Miss. Olivia would do me the pleasure of walking to English? Since, you know, she’s not your girlfriend." I raise an eyebrow as I say this. I can see Olivia in the corner of my eye trying to contain laughter but I keep my eyes focused on the now very pissed Ben.

"Go fuck yourself." He starts to walk away.

"I would if I could Landers. Pleasure as always." I wave at him until he’s gone. This is when Olivia breaks down.

"What the hell was that?" She says grinning. I gesture for her to walk with me and she follows. I wait until we’re in the hallway to respond where it’s a little quieter.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, why are you trying to get under Ben’s skin? He’s not someone you want to be on the bad side of." She tries to sound annoyed but fails.

"Oops." I shrug which makes her laugh again. We get to English and I hold the door open for her. No one else is in the room so we just sit at the table we were at last time.

"You know, you’re quiet a gentleman when you’re not trying to be such a douchébag." She raises an eyebrow.

"You know you’re quiet cute when you’re not trying to be a bitch." I raise my eyebrow. This takes her off guard and she sits up straight.

"Um..." She runs a hand through her hair. "What’s this project about? I’m pretty sure we needed a topic for this class." I put on my smirk.

"Tell me something, Roberts." She pulls out the sheet and examines it as I continue. "If Ben is as bad as you say, then why is a pretty thing like yourself hanging around him?" This makes her even more uncomfortable. Wow. She’s really not used to compliments, is she? I’ll remember to use that to my advantage.

"I’m a big girl, Zack. I can take care of myself. Now, could we concentrate on the project? Please?" She asked sounding slightly annoyed for some reason. I lean in closer.

"Do I make you feel uncomfortable? Slightly hot and bothered maybe?" She looks me right in the eye.

"I don’t understand you Zack. One second you’re cocky, the next you’re sweet and then you’re flirting? I mean, could you pick one? I apologize for where the quote is coming from but your mood swings are kind of giving me whip lash." She grimaces slightly. I couldn’t help but laugh slightly. Before I could stop myself I found my hand reaching up and tracing all along her jaw. This has the desired effect of making her breath catch in her throat.

"You love it really." I said giving her a seductive smile. I could feel the temperature in the room rising dramatically and I was overcome with the desire to kiss her again, really kiss her. She gulped loudly.

"Oh fuck it." She placed on hand on the back of my neck and pulled me roughly to her face slamming our lips together. It was hot and soft all at the same time. I worked my lips furiously against hers until I couldn’t take it any longer and licked her lip. To my delight she moved her tongue before mine. She tasted just...wow. I mean, have I even kissed really before this?

She pulled away far too soon and rested her forehead on mine breathing loudly and I couldn’t help but smirk. I did make her hot and bothered. "Congratulations Jenner." She smiled.

"What do you mean?"

"You live up to your name." She smirked as she pulled away completely, fixing her hair before turning to the sheet again. I burst out laughing and then just stared at her. Oh god she was funny.

"So a topic?" She tried to sound serious but I could see and hear the laugh threatening to give her away.

"Nice change of subject." She just turned to me and winked. Oh she is definitely going to be fun.