Guarded

Chapter 11

He was going to be so mad.

So so mad.

"Tori what wrong? You're all jittery"

"Sorry"

"We're here now" she put the car into park "when we get inside you can grab a drink and you can relax. What's with you anyway? You're making me all tense too"

I looked over to the house. Music blared out of the building loud enough that I could feel the bass inside the car. All my worries faded to the back of my mind and I was itching to get out of the car. How long had it been since I danced? It had been some time since I snuck away from the restaurant and the sky was now dark.

We opened the door to the house and were welcomed by the smell of cherry and vodka. Most of the people crowded the living room dancing and grinding to the music, though the drinks table was packed too.

I felt Anya's small hand on my wrist as she dragged me into the kitchen.

"It's so loud! Where's Jacob?"

I turned to see a grinning Jacob with two red cups in his hands "ask and you shall receive" he shoved the cup into our hands.

"What's in this?" I stared into the cup.

"I call it 'the great Jake surprise'"

"What's in it?" I asked again barley hearing myself over the music.

"Normal stuff"

"Is that glitter?" Anya piped from beside me.

"Ah, ah, ah less talkie talkie more drinkie drinkie" he said tilting her cup so she would drink it all. "Thaaaaats better"

Anya licked her lips and swallowed the drink before leaning into his ear to be heard over the music "can you turn down the music" he rolled his eyes and winked at me.

"C'mon Anya" I shouted "it's fun, just dance"

"I think I'll stay here." She grimaced as she watched the people dancing against each other in the living room "You go enjoy yourself"

Anya was suddenly thrown over jakes shoulder sending me into a fit of giggles. She screamed and kicked but Jake seemed unaffected by it "either you go dance with Tori or I throw you in the pool" he shouted spanking her bum.

"Don't you dare. Jake Collins, you put me down!"

"See you in a bit Tori" he said carrying her away like a caveman.

A smile played on my lips when I heard a loud 'splash' from outside.

"Such a pretty smile" I heard from behind me making me jump.

"Ugh Kyle, you dipshit! You scared me" I glared up at him

"You love me secretly" he whispered in my ear making me shiver. Not in the good way. Not the Barbosa way. I'd never liked Kyle. He was ten years older than most of us but still came to parties and tried to hang. His family lost a lot of money a couple a couple years back and his solution was to act like he's twenty for the rest of his life and fuck anything that moved. He was gross.

"Go away Kyle"

"Come on" he put a hand on my hip "one dance?"

"I will be dancing tonight but not with you!"I knocked back my drink and made my way to living room already moving to the music.

I pushed into the crowd trying to get to the middle but stopped when I felt something pulling on my dress. What the fuck? I tried to see who it was but the room was too dark and the party lights flashed but when I saw a pair of stormy eyes staring down at me I realised who it was.

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Ahhhh shhit