Boy vs. Girl ✔️

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"Oh my god," Kate breathed, as we stepped into the water park. I nodded my head in assent, as my eyes glazed over the towering slides and bottomless pools.

"I'm so screwed," Hadley cursed, looking around in fear, as I chuckled at her reaction. Hadley had always had a distinct fear of heights.

"You'll be fine," Owen smiled, wrapping his arms around her from the back.

"Sure," she muttered sarcastically, rolling her eyes, and shrugging out of her loose black shirt. Kate soon followed suit, both of them dumping their clothes in a locker. They looked at me intently, waiting for me to follow suit.

I sighed slowly, and walked towards them, taking my shirt off. I stuffed my clothes in a locker after pulling my pants off, and slipped into the cover up that I had brought with me.

Jace smiled at me again, as Asher unabashedly checked me out.

Stupid horny teenage boys.

I walked over to Jace, slipping my hand into his, letting his warmth soothe me. I had unexplainable jitters erupting through my body as I felt Asher's gaze continue to rest upon me.

I jerked my head to look for Kate and Hadley, when I found Owen dragging Hadley to the highest water slide, and a cute blond approaching Kate. I smiled at her face turning red, and turned to focus back on Jace.

"You look beautiful," Jace informed me, placing a loose arm around my waist. I turned a lovely shade of crimson, as he chuckled at my reaction.

"What do you want to do first?" I asked him, looking around the spacious room.

"I'm fine with anything," Jace shrugged, as I beamed at him.

"Good, because I want to start with the 'Water Slicers,'" I told him excitedly, grabbing his arm, and dragging him in the general direction of the ride.

Two hours passed, before I ran into Hadley again. I had abandoned my cover up, and I was completely soaked.

And I was actually having fun.

With people.

"You want to eat?" Jace asked quietly in my ear.

"I'm not hungry," I shrugged, as Jace looked at me warily.

"You sure?" he reiterated, his voice careful and soft.

"Yeah," I nodded, looking around for Hadley or Owen. I spotted Asher in the corner, talking to some girl in slutty bikini, and crinkled my nose in disgust. My heart sank as I watched him grab her by the waist.

"Kara!" I heard a familiar voice yell, and I whipped my head in that direction. Hadley was walking towards me, Owen following her like a lost dog.

"I'm going to get something to eat. You coming?" she asked me, concern flitting across her visage.

"Nah. But Jace, you're probably hungry. You guys go," I pushed, the tension between the two of them becoming unbearable.

"You sure?" Jace asked me again, before I aggressively nodded, and shoved him in the general direction of the cafeteria playfully.

"I can manage not to die for at least ten minutes or so," I rolled my eyes, and then hastily added, "get me a churro!"

Jace smiled, and walked off with Owen and Hadley. My shoulders slumped in relief, and I returned to my locker to dry myself off.

Ten minutes later, I reentered the water rides room, and looked around for Jace.

"Your boy toy didn't come back yet," I heard Asher call out from behind me. I turned around quickly, somehow maintaining my balance, and glared at Asher, who had a playful smirk resting on his face.

"What about your slut?" I sneered, an ugly expression probably forming on my face.

"Ooh, be careful Kara. People might think you're jealous," Asher told me, the smirk still aggravatingly remaining on his face, while he took a step forward.

"Of you? You wish," I scoffed.

"I have a theory," he announced, taking another step towards me.

"Do enlighten me," I muttered dryly.

"I think," he stepped closer to me, his face inches away from mine, "that you like me."

"Only in my nightmares," I smiled sweetly.

"Really?" he raised an eyebrow, and I nodded slowly. "Okay," he shrugged.

"By the way, you look like a candy cane today. And do you know what I like to do with candy canes?" he smirked, as ground my teeth together, blush creeping up my a face, and a murderous glint flashing in my eyes.

I brought my foot up, and smashed it onto his, pouring all of my anger into that one action. Then I turned dramatically, whacking him with my hair as he hunched over in pain.

I smiled.

I felt a little sadistic.

But it was only Asher.

"You're going to pay for that," Asher growled, grabbing my wrist, and pulling me back towards him. He grabbed my waist swiftly, throwing me over his shoulders. I felt a trail of tingles from where his fingers has brushed my bare skin.

"Asher!" I squealed. "Put me down!"

"Tempting, but I'll pass, sweetheart," he told me, advancing towards the largest swimming pool, which was over 20 feet deep.

"Asher!" I screeched again, and some of the other guests looked at us abruptly, but once they realized what was happening, they didn't rush to help me. They just smiled.

They fucking smiled.

Well shit.

He reached the edge, and loosened his grip on me. Not wanting to get wet again, I held onto Asher's arm tightly, in efforts to stop him from throwing me into the pool.

That didn't help at all.

Because then we both tipped over, and fell into the ice cold water.

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