What's a bad boy?

Chapter 16// Sneaky little liars

Chapter 16: Sneaky little liars

"Violet!" A voice shrieks into my ear.

I immediately spring up from my reclined position on the couch, a haze of sleep hanging over my conscious self.

"WHAT?!" I yell back groggily, my hidden bitchy attitude coming out to play.

My vision finally clears, allowing me to see the strange, wild animal sitting next to me on the couch, bursting with fits of raucous laughter.

"Logan, are you asking for a kick to the balls?" Heather asks amusedly.

"The peanuts" Hunter and I correct her at the same time.

I lock his gaze from across the room, the uplifting of his cheekbones indicating a mischievous smirk lurking beneath. He is sitting on the couch opposite the one I'm on, with Heather and Brendan beside him.

"So, um how are you feeling Violet?" Ethan asks, providing me with relief from Hunter's bone locking expression.

"As well as I can be" I mumble, pulling myself up from where I was lying down.

I quickly notice that my head had been lying on Ethan's lap and my legs had been on top of Logan. That's probably why my head had felt so comfortable. Ethan smiles warmly at me as I sit back up straight. I smile back without a second thought, immediately feeling at home.

Actually, now that I come to think of it, on that first day of school we really clicked during the tour. Up until now I was so preoccupied with Hunter and his dramas to even notice Ethan. Maybe there is something there worth exploring. If I'm being honest, he was the one who first made me feel welcome here, so I guess I should probably get to know him a little bit in return.

"Wait, where am I?" The sudden realisation knocks the thought from my head.

"I brought you back to my place, remember?" Hunter says from across the room, his face a slab of rock.

"Oh, yeah" I mutter quietly, remembering our short journey back to his house before I fell asleep.

"Look, I've gotta go you guys. My mum is probably worried sick" Heather says, concern masking her features as she starts to stand up.

"Yeah, the rest of us should probably get going too" Brendan announces awkwardly, obviously realising the tension at leaving Hunter and I alone.

Logan however, sits there smirking at us.

"Well I'm good to stay a bit longer if it means I get to keep cock-blocking Hunter" his mischievous expression is even more painful than the embarrassment of his words.

"Grow up, Logan" Brendan says, grinning.

"I'm not sure he'll get the chance" Hunter growls from his seat.

Logan chuckles as though the look on his face isn't deadly enough already.

"Whatever you want man" he says rising from his seat, "just promise to use protection!"

He shouts the last few words over his shoulder as he walks away, like the dirty suggestion is nothing.

Hunter starts to stand, angling his body in an aggressive direction, straight towards Logan.