He's Not Perfect {Hayes Grier Fanfic}

-39- The Carter Crew

Hayes POV

"I don't think I've seen you before." Carter says.

"Well you do have eyes and I did just arrive here." I respond. "So I'm thinking you haven't." Jack's eyes flash at me and Carter laughs.

"Wow, you think you're something huh?" He asks crossing his arms.

"What is this the sixth grade?" I ask. I've hung out with Amber too much, sarcasm is my second language. "You can chill on the tough guy act." I had no idea what my problem was, the words were just coming out and I couldn't stop.

Carter bends down to my level and looks right into my eyes. I stare right back. "I wish I could say it's an act, but it's not man." He says stonily. "I'm guessing you don't know who I am?"

"Nah I know who you are and I find you disgusting."

Carter stands back up and by this time everyone has stopped eating and is listening to our conversation.

I see his fists are clenched and he just looks at me. "I like you new guy." He decided and his face breaks out into a smile. "New table boys." After he says that, Carter plops down in the seat next to me and his other friends fill in the seats around Jack and I. Jack just looks at me and I just shrug.

"What's your name?" Carter wonders.

"Hayes."

"Hayes? Hm." He says.

"Do ya'll not eat or something?" I wonder.

He looks at me and grins. "Nah we eat."

When he says this, four other inmates appear at our table with trays of food. They place the trays in front of Carter and his friends. They look at him nervously and he just nods.

"Yo next meal, I want my new friends Hayes and - what's your name?" He asks Jack.

"Jack."

"I want my new friends Hayes and Jack to have their food served to them as well." The inmates nod and return to wherever they came from.

Carter looks at me and I just raise my eyebrows.

"What the hell?" I ask.

"I've made this jail my kingdom." He says taking a bite of meatloaf. "It's quite enjoyable now."

Over the meal, I get to know Carter and his friends a little better as well as Jack. Despite his mean demeanor, Carter is actually pretty funny and easy going.

I learn the rest of his gangs consist of a Shawn, Jake, and Jacob.

"Why are you in here?" Jake wonders.

"They claim I raped this girl I babysit." I inform them all.

Carter laughs. "Why are you in here completely innocent then?"

"How do you know I'm innocent."

"You're innocent." Shawn cuts in. "It's not hard to tell who is and who isn't." I just shrug.

"You got a girl?" Carter asks.

I hesitate before saying. "Yea. Well used to."

"She didn't believe you huh?"

I shake my head. "In her defense, there was a lot of evidence against me. It looked like I did it."

"Was she hot or eh?"

"She's gorgeous. Way out of my league."

"I bet." Jacob says and I roll my eyes.

"We had a son too."