Wicked Games (book one)

14

song for chapter:
intro (slow) - quinn xcll
| I'm not looking for perfect, just for somebody who takes it slow |
(highly recommend + put on repeat)

jaylee's pov

as I sat on the couch, my foot tapped repeatedly against the oak hard wood floor as sammy was entering the front door.

ethans eyes turned to me, keeping his eyebrows narrowed waiting for sammy's presence to enter the room.

just by the expressions on his face, and in this body language, anyone would be able to tell that ethan hates sammy with a passion, and it's showing right now.

the sound of creaked footsteps walking caused my whole body to stiffen.

"what do all waves have in common?" I asked ethan a physics question in a low tone, pretending as if I had never even heard sammy walk in.

his eyes squinted at me as he looked confused, but he caught on quickly. "energy."

the footsteps slowed down, but i could tell sammy was now in the room. I turned my head in his direction, then seeing him standing tall with his hands in his pockets looking at ethan.

I looked to ethan seeing him lean forward, putting his elbows onto his knees with his hands cupping each other. a small grin crossed his lips as he looked to sammy.

"what the fuck is he doing here?" sammy looked to me with annoyance laced into his facial expressions as he crossed his arms angrily.

ethan pushed himself up from the couch as he buffed up his shoulders. "what the fuck are you doing here?" he looked at sammy with disgust.

"I'm her boyfriend." sammy stepped closer to ethan, the couch being the only thing separating them.

"and?" ethan looked at sammy as if he were stupid, thinking that that's not an excuse.

"that means I come over whenever I want, pretty boy." sammy's voice stayed deep, letting the tension increase.

I stood up quickly, my hand gently pulled ethans wrist back so that I was now standing in front of him, facing sammy. "we're just studying for our physics test."

his eyes grew wide at what I had just told him, clearly triggering something inside of him. "you're studying with him?" his voice grew louder.

a small pit began to get bigger in my stomach being scared that this was going to get really ugly, really fast.

"sammy, he's just a kid in my class and was the only one not asleep." I told him in hopes that he would just let it go.

sammys jaw clenched hard as he looked past me, looking to ethan. "are your parents home?" he asked as his eyes looked back down to me.

I let out a heavy breath through my mouth, feeling how messy this whole cover up was beginning to look. "no."

his chest inhaled deeply as he looked me directly in the eye. "jaylee. what is he really doing here?" his voice was pissed, almost like he were about to snap.

"we're just studying for a fucking test, can you chill the fuck out?" ethan mocked harshly.

I turned to ethan not wanting him to keep antagonizing. "stop talking and let me handle this." I warned him.