The Bad Boys New Girl

Chapter 12

Hi everyone! So sorry I haven't been updating this book, I've been so busy with school and my social life lol. But thank you for 50k reads! I'm truly amazed. This book has a lot of flaws, I know, I don't have the time to edit it at the moment.

The past few days have been unbearable with Kaiden staying here. It's awkward, he tries to make small talk with me, and fails miserably. I mean, he is my best friend, but a part of me also just feels so betrayed at this point.

I was busy doing my homework, desperately trying to finish up before the party that was later. In fact, Dylan and I have been texting all day about it. I was mentally thanking God that the school year was almost over and that it was almost summer time. Summer in California is amazing. There's always so many beach parties, surfing competitions and lots of events going on.

The gym tends to speed up though, which means I'm constantly being scheduled to work. Even the shittiest of shifts. I'm only thankful I don't have to work tonight, let alone train anyone.

As I finished up my homework, I began think about my outfit for the night. Do I wear a crop top and shorts? Jeans and a t-shirt?

I decided to go with a pink crop top and a pair of light wash ripped jean shorts. As I began to think to myself, I realized I should probably tell Kaiden where I was going. Even though I had no motivation to even look at him, let alone speak to him.

I sighed and walked down the hall and towards the guest bedroom that he was staying in. I knocked.

Kaiden opened the door and looked down at me. "Where are you going, dressed like that?" He raises his eyebrow at me.

"I'm going to a party and figured I should let you know. Seeing that you're visiting and stuff." I shrugged, when needed reality, coming to talk to him was the hardest thing I have had to do in a while.

"I assume that I'm obviously not invited." Kaiden leaned against the frame of the door, a coy smile on his lips. For a second, it almost scared me. Like he wanted to hurt me, and make me feel something.

"Well obviously if you weren't invited to it, then no." I rolled my eyes. Is he being serious right now? "Uh, if we're done here, I'm going to go. The house is yours tonight, no one will be home so feel free to do whatever. I don't care." I waved my hand in the air, almost dismissing Kaiden, in a way.

I turned and began to walk back from his room when I felt it. His cold hand wrapped around my small wrist.

"Wait." He called out to me. The tone in his voice sounded so innocent, like he was the small ten year old boy he once was. Not some person I hardly recognized.

I sighed and slowly turned around to look at him. His grip on my wrist never let go. "What is it now, Kaiden? I'm going to be late."

"Don't you think we should at least talk about what I said the other day? You never answered me when I told you." He glanced down at me, awaiting the response I dreaded to give to him.

I shook my head. "What is there to talk about, Kaiden? We are best friends, that's all we have ever been to each other. You and I, we are not meant to date."

Kaiden's eyes narrowed as he still continued to look down at me, tightening his grip on my wrist, almost to the point where it started to hurt. "You can't be serious right now. Just friends. Oh I'm sorry, best friends. After I confessed how I felt, that's the response you give me?"

My eyes widened as I watched his anger start to build up. "Please, Kaiden. Don't ruin our friendship over this. We've been friends since we were babies." I pleaded. He was still my best friend, no matter what. And even now, I didn't want to lose him. I couldn't. He knew too much.

Before I knew it, I was up against the wall. "No, you don't get to decide what is best for us. Not today, Kaylie."

I gulped, my heart was in my throat. Kaiden, my childhood best friend had me pinned up against the wall. Did he forget what I did for a living? I'm not just a gym trainer, I train fighters. Men who do underground fighting or even just men who feel like they need to protect themselves. And I am amazing at my job.

I cleared my throat and looked up at Kaiden. "You know who you remind me of now, Kaiden?" I glared up at him, and made myself seem taller. "My father. And well, you know what happened to him. He's in jail." I shoved my hands against his chest, pushing him back away from me.

Kaiden stumbled and grabbed himself against the opposite wall. "And here I was thinking I had escaped all the abuse. Yet here you are, trying to force me with you. Not let me make my own decisions." I almost growled out, and even myself thought I was a bit too intimidating.

"Kaylie, p-please. I don't know what came over me, I'm so sorry." Kaiden's voice held panic in it. Letting me know he was scared of me and what I might do now.

"You don't get to say the words I'm sorry because deep down, someone like you is never going to be capable of being sorry." And with one final glare at Kaiden, I grabbed my keys off the counter and stormed out of the house, slamming the front door behind me.

I sat in my car for awhile, just thinking. Thinking about where to go and what I can do to get away from him and get out of this house for awhile.

The gym.

The gym was the only place I could escape at. And knowing my boss, he would let me just use a punching bag to let all my anger out.

The drive to the gym felt long, longer than usual. Once I got there, I grabbed my emergency gym bag and walked inside the building. It was later, so not many people were here. Only a few older guys.

I changed in the girls locker room and threw on my leggings and a sports bra and walked back out. I chose my favorite spot in the gym, a bag towards the back corner of the building, a very secluded part of the gym.

I wrapped my hands, not wanting to have them become all bruised and bloody while punching. I stretched out my arms and began to punch the bag, relieving my anger and stress.

I had sweat on my forehead and the back of my head seeing that I was working so hard. I barely heard the front door open and close.

"Since when do you box?"