Weres

15. Kiss

"What the hell you doing Marley? He's a man whore. You can't date him!"

"Um—"

"He's not good for you. I get it he's good looking and all, but I thought you knew better than that."

"I-I—"

"He's only going to sleep with you and then dump you. Hell, he probably slept with the ninety percent of the female population of this school"

Much to Marley's dismay, it didn't even take half a day for the whole population of Marshville High to know she and Eden were now dating. But she also didn't expect anything less, when Eden himself had paraded her around the school in the morning to spread the news.

She was in the cafeteria with Rachel and Kiara, who were flabbergasted after listening to the latest gossip that involved their friend. Once Marley confirmed what they heard was almost true, they started firing series of insults at Eden, trying to convince her to leave him for good.

Marley didn't know how to defend Eden. She was well aware of Eden's reputation, and their words did hurt her a little—probably a lot.

"Look Marley, I can set you up with a better guy. You also know Eden's not a good match for you," Kiara reasoned.

"You might be just some challenge for him. We've never seen him in a relationship before. For all we know, this might be some kind of game for him," Rachel added.

Marley frowned. She knew her friends were trying to look out for her, but she couldn't go around and start blabbering about werewolves to put them at ease.

"When he said he liked me, he sounded genuine. I want to give it a try. No harm in that. Right?" Marley let out a nervous chuckle as she lied. She desperately hoped that her friends would just drop the subject.

"We shouldn't pry on your love life." Rachel sighed, giving up. She had seen it all when Kiara fell head over heels for Mark. "But if he does something wrong, you won't hide it from us."

Marley nodded with a smile. "I Promise."

She looked at Kiara whose face was distorted in a grimace and her smile dropped. Rachel noted this and elbowed Kiara on her waist.

"Aaah!—yeah, whatever." Kiara gritted her teeth to suppress a yelp. And just like that, they moved on from the topic, until—

Eden and his pack entered the cafeteria. The group was always the centre of attention at Marshville High. The girls never left any chance to ogle their well-defined bodies and boys idolized them for the same. Like a reflex, Marley's eyes darted to Eden. Her face turned scarlet, when she found Eden's heated gaze already on her, his eyes taking in all of her.

"Oh god, I didn't know Oliver was gay." Rachel's comment brought Marley out of her staring contest with Eden.

She followed her friends' gazes and her eyes landed on Sanjay's table. She gasped in surprise as she saw Oliver devouring Sanjay's lips. Sanjay looked flustered as he kissed back Oliver. Everyone at the cafeteria stared at them.

"He could be bi. He dated a few girls before," said Kiara.

"Aww... They look so cute together," Rachel squealed in excitement.

"You better be not one of those girls who go all fangirl on gays." Kiara rolled her eyes at Rachel.

"I really want to click their photo," Rachel squealed again, her eyes still on the newly revealed couple.

Kiara shook her head. "I really hope that Eden and Oliver are being sincere with you guys." She muttered more to herself but Marley picked up her words.