Chapter 18

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Listen to- Fuck Feelings by Olivia O'Brien

Feelings suck.

They're confusing and irritating.

Having feelings for someone much less two someone's sucks major balls. It's been a week since I figured out I have feelings for both Beck and Jake. They make it extremely hard for me too. They both flirt non stop and make my heart do flips. I swear if I keep hanging out with them I'm going to have a heart attack one of these days.

This week has been weird. During the day I hang out with Beck because he's busy all night every night doing something that I don't know. Its killing me not knowing what he's doing honestly, my nosy ass is having a hard time not prying.

But during the night while Beck is doing whatever, I spend time with Jake. He's been staying the night at my house every night and we've gotten even closer. We haven't kissed or anything since the first time but I can tell he wants to. I catch him looking at my lips often. It's not like I don't want to kiss him again it's just these feelings for both of them have me confused and I don't want to make things more complicated.

Lately I've been wanting to kiss the shit out of Beck. It's all I think about when I'm around him. All I do is just sit and stare at his lips. I know what it's like to kiss Jake now I want to know what it's like to kiss Beck. Its driving me crazy.

"Mari!" A shout brings me from my thoughts.

"Would you stop zoning dude I'm trying to talk to you!" My irritated best friend yells. Its Friday and we are currently on lunch, sitting outside under a big tree.

"What are we doing tonight? I mean its Friday we have to do something." Jake voices out while taking a seat next to me.

"I'm down for anything honestly. I need a distraction." I say while leaning back against the tree and closing my eyes.

"A distraction from what?" Jake asks. I freeze for a moment and peek open my eyes. Lottie looks at me with a knowing look and Jake looks confused.

"Nothing just.. life I guess." I say nonchalant. He makes a "huh" noise and dismisses it.

"Well Chase is going to some underground fight tonight. You guys wanna come? Could be fun." Jake says drawing out the u in fun. I look to Lottie who smirks.

"Watching sweaty, shirtless guys beat the shit out of each other. Hell yes I'm in." I roll my eyes at her antics.

"Sounds fun." I agree.

"Alright then its settled. We'll go tonight. " Jake says right when the bell rings. I breath out an irritated breath and stand up wiping the dirt from my jeans.  Jake and Lottie are walking ahead of me and chatting casually.

I start to walk to catch up to them when I feel a hand smack me on the ass quite hard. I don't think before turning around and raising my fist punching the person that smacked my ass in the throat hard. They immediately start to choke. I don't stop there. I also turn my body sending a kick to the side of their head. They fall down with a hard thud.

I've never seen this guy before in my life but I'm assuming he's a jock because of the letter jacket he has on. I lean down close to his face and grab him by his hair on the back of his head.

"I don't know who the fuck raised you but they didn't do a very good job. The next time you want to assault a woman I hope you remember this. And if I ever see you even looking like a creep, I'll scalp this pretty little head of yours. Do you understand?" He nods his head quickly. I let go of his hair and turn away from him to find half of the school watching.  I shrug my shoulders and continue to my next class. I see Jake and Lottie shaking their heads at me.

"What? He chose the wrong day to do that." Jake smirks and Lottie rolls her eyes. I need to destress like now.
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The fighting arena was packed. We are elbow to elbow, front to back all throughout the whole space. It smells like sweat, dirty scocks and B.O. Me and Lottie have been hit on as soon as we step foot in here. Jake and Chase are having a hard time keeping wondering eyes off of us. They've threatened everyone in  here.

We've watched two fights already and I'm bored out of my mind. These amateurs are ridiculous and everyone goes crazy with betting and winning. The cage is covered in blood since the last fight got pretty brutal. They're trying to clean it off now.

"The next fight is the last one and the most anticipated. This new guy called "lottatore" has been killing it. He's undefeated."  Chase leans in close to tell me. Lottatore is fighter in Italian.

"Dont fucking talk to me." I say back to Chase. I still haven't forgiven him for what he did to Giana. Even she hasn't 100% forgiven him but she's a hell of a lot closer than I am. He looks sad and a bit hurt when I say rude things to him but I dont really care at this point.

"Alright everyone!" The MC shouts in the microphone.

"The Next fight is the one you've all been waiting for! On one side, weighing  in at 260 pounds, standing at 6 feet 5 inches, The almighty King Momba!" That's a stupid fucking name but the crowd goes wild for him. This guy is pretty huge not gonna lie. He walks out with a red silk robe on and his hands held high.

"And on the other side! Weighing in at 180 pounds standing at 6 feet 2 inches the undefeated Lottatore!" The crowd goes even crazier for this guy. He walks in with a black silk robe and the hood over his head hiding his face. He's much shorter than his opponent and doesn't have as much muscle mass as the other guy but he walks in very confident. It's kind of hot how confident he is. The way he walks is familiar. He gets in the cage and walks around. I see a flash of a tattoo on his right peck reading his fight name Lottatore. I see some dark hair peek out from his hood. This guy seems really familiar its starting to irritate me. He gets in his corner and takes his robe off. He has his back to us so I cant see his face. His trainer is getting him ready for the fight. I feel Chase tense next to me.

"Cole?" He breathes out in a stress, tense voice. I furrow my eyebrows in confusion and look back to the fighter. He finally turns around and I feel my eyes widen in shock.

"Beck?"

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