I'm With The Boys

Chapter Seven

Maddox raises an eyebrow. "Hello Jesse." He sounds amused.

I decide to not beat around the bush. "I've been told to stay away from you."

"Oh really? By who?"

"My brother and his annoying friend, aka your cousin."

"Lucas and Callan?" Maddox laughs.

"Why?" I cock a hip and stare at him unnervingly.

"Now that would be telling."

"No shit, why else would I ask?" Impatiently, I huff.

Maddox smirks at me. "I don't know. Why don't you enlighten me then?"

Clenching my fists and fighting the urge to smash his smug, cocky face in, I decide to change tactics. "Why have I never heard of you until recently?"

"I'm not a big fan of Callan's."

"Why not?" I ask, curious. as to see if this would give me a different insight to Callan.

"I slept with his girlfriend." Maddox snickers.

"Girlfriend?" My voice is high and incredulous. "Callan had a girlfriend? As in an actual relationship with a girl? When?"

"Eh, a year and a half ago. Her name was... Hannah? Hailey?" Maddox frowns in concentration, trying to think of this said girlfriend's name, while I was reeling from the fact Callan had actually had a girlfriend.

"Why'd you sleep with whatshername?"

"I knew it would annoy him. She didn't love him anyway. She was sleeping around behind his back but he was too smitten to realise. He told me he actually loved her." Maddox cracks up.

I exchange a wide eyed look with Raiden. "Wait. Callan said to you that he loved this girl?" Raiden voiced my thoughts, sounding stunned.

"Yeah, can you believe it? I kept telling him and telling him but he was all like, "No she doesn't, why would she do something like that?" You should've seen his face when I was fucking his "amazing" girlfriend and realised I was right. He did bring it upon himself."

Anger coursed through me and I smash my fist into his face. "You arsehole." I hiss, horrified by what he had done.

"Awh, has someone got a crush on Callan?" Maddox mockingly sings.

"No!" I snarl, clutching my aching fist.

"Just a bit of friendly advice: don't fall in love with him. He'll just toss you away like yesterday's trash. And he's still not over that slut."

As if on cue, Callan and Lucas barge through the crowd that had gathered around us at some unknown point; I'd been too distracted to see.

"What's going on?" Callan demands.

Seeing Maddox smirk, I instantly know how this is going to play out. "Nothing, Maddox was just-" I start, but of course Maddox has to interrupt.

"Telling Jesse here about the love of your life. Hannah? Or was it Helen?"

Callan eyes widen and his hands clench into fists as he stares at me. I keep my face expressionless. I feel something curl up inside of me. Jealousy? No way, why would I be jealous?

"Heaven. Her name's Heaven." Callan says through gritted teeth.

I snort at how ironic her name is. Maddox's lips twitch too and he faces me. "Heaven? Seriously?"

"Sounds like the name you'd give to a fluffy bunny." I snicker, and Maddox laughs harder.

Callan glares at me, and I realise I'm not meant to be on Maddox's side, I merely shrug at him; it's true. "You sure her name is Heaven? I think Hell would be more appropriate." I add, unable to help myself.