dogfight-e.d

sixteen

"I'm telling you guys, its gonna be sick" jake is brimming with enthusiasm as ethan and grayson walk up to him and the rest of their friends in the hall, his mouth a wide smirk. "what's gonna be sick?" grayson asks, scratching his neck which is littered with small love bites from his time with that girl on saturday, ethan has to roll his eyes every time they land on them. "you guys haven't heard?" nate asks as if whatever they're talking about was discussed on the news, the twins shake their heads and await to hear the seemingly exciting event. "mikayla jordan is throwing a huge party this weekend" jake announces and the twins' eyes widen, the news intriguing them, "the hottest girl in our grade is throwing a party huh? nice!" grayson smirks and high fives jake. "its gonna be awesome! she has such a huge house and everyone's gonna be there" jack grins and the excitement in the group grows as they think about what the party's gonna be like.

"i'm definitely gonna score with her there" nate says confidently but his friends all squint their eyes at him. "yeah right dipship" grayson scoffs "you wont stand a chance once I make a move on her". "get over yourself dolan, for fucks sakes" cameron shakes his head "she's all mine". grayson throws his head back and laugh cruelly, "in your sad wet dreams cam". "you asshole, just because you won the dogfight doesn't mean your ass can get anything you set your sights on". as his brother and friends break out into a petty argument about whose gonna get lucky with mikayla, she catches ethan's eye and he smiles warmly. her hair is kept up in a loose bun and she pushes her frames up her nose as she talks to some kids he recognises from where the outcasts hang out. "whats with the face eth?" nate asks, hitting his fist against ethan's bicep but ethan doesn't respond, he just keeps looking over at rey. the rest of the boys follow his eyes and they all furrow their brows in confusion.

"why the hell you looking at wideload like that?" jake suddenly asks in disgust and ethan looks over at him and scowls, "like what?". "like...I don't know, like you're in love with her or something?" jake shakes his head at the thought, ethan scoffs and crosses his arms over his chest, "cut the shit j". "nah eth" grayson tells him slowly "you were looking at her like she's pretty or something". for some reason that makes the group laugh and ethan finds himself feeling an urge to punch them in their smug faces. that tenderness he started feeling towards rey from saturday is still there, getting to know her a little bit more and finding out about how she thinks about things has caused him to alter his perception of her. he no longer finds himself internally criticising her appearance or focusing on how awkward she is, but that doesn't mean he's losing focus on his goal here.

"fuck you guys" he tries to come off in a joking way but there's still tension in his tone and the boys pick up on it. "ahh, is someone upset that they can't try to score with mikayla because they're too busy dealing with circus freaks?" jake mocks him with a smirk, ethan's jaw clenches and he shakes his head, not feeling the energy to deal with his friend's shit. "for real man, its pretty tragic" jack sighs "you're probably gonna have to take chunky to the party and be bored by her talk about books while im getting hot and heavy with mikayla right in front of you". ethan pokes the inside of his cheek with his tongue and rolls his eyes at his friend's comment, "once I'm done with rey and ive won the bet and got that car, im sure mikayla will be begging to suck my dick while I drive it". with that he walks off, flipping his friends off as he makes his way towards rey, leaving them open mouthed in surprise from his comeback.

"hey there you" ethan smiles when he gets to rey after she's said goodbye to the kids she was talking to. "oh hi ethan" she adjusts her glasses and presses her books to her chest when she sees him. the hazel eyed boy tilts his head at her glow and looks down to the books in her arms, "astrology? I didn't know we could study that yet" he comments, gesturing towards the dark blue book scattered with stars. "oh, this is something I read in my own time" rey tells him looking down at it "for fun...". "you read that for fun?" ethan raises his eyebrow and rey's cheeks heat up, "yeah...remember I told you I like star gazing?". ethan narrows his eyes and his mind goes back to their date where rey mentioned she enjoyed watching the stars, "oh yeah, you like stars" he says and rey smiles widely, nodding.

"well ive something for us to do thats even more fun" ethan smirks and takes a step closer to rey, "whats that?" she asks curiously and ethan opens his mouth to tell her when the smell of expensive perfume fills his nose as someone steps close to him. "hey ethan" a high pitched voice purrs, interrupting their conversation. ethan and rey look over and see mikayla jordan standing there, her face heavily made up and hair curled perfectly, she faces ethan only, as if rey is invisible. "oh hi mikayla..." ethan coughs, unsure of what to do or say, he's always wanted this girl to talk to him but now that she is, he's uncomfortable, mostly because of rey being here. "you coming on saturday yeah?" mikayla asks as she tilts her head, blinking her outlined eyes at ethan seductively. "of course" ethan offers a smile, noticing rey's face drop slightly at the fact he's going somewhere with mikayla this weekend. "great, ive got a free one and a shit ton of drinks, its gonna be so much fun" Mikayla puts her necklace between her teeth and winks, clearly trying to excite ethan in that way.

"i'm looking forward to it" ethan nods, mikayla flicks her hair back and it nearly hits rey in the face, she blinks from the vibrant smell of shampoo. "I know you are" mikayla giggles and leans in closer to him "see ya there handsome". she walks away, making sure to knock into rey as she does so, rey just sighs and looks away. "ummm..." ethan chuckles so nothing is awkward and rey forces a smile, "you're hanging out with mikayla this saturday?" she tries to sound calm but her chest is starting to tighten. "no, shes having a party and im invited" ethan nearly stumbles over his words, rey nods and smiles again, "that sounds cool". "yeah, its pretty cool but thats what I was about to tell you, I want you to come with me" ethan says and rey's eyes widen in shock. she feels her heart start to beat rapidly, shes been invited to a popular kids party, not like the one at the dogfight but an actual huge party. "I...I don't know..." she mumbles, going to play with her hair for comfort but her hand hangs awkwardly when theres no loose hair to play with. "it wont be like that one in that stupid dogfight" ethan instantly goes to assure her as if he's read her mind "it'll be fun and you can just stay with me the whole time".

rey thinks it over, her teeth biting down on the inside of her cheek, she does want to be with ethan this weekend but not at a party. why cant they go to the movies or have a picnic instead? she wont be able to manage being around all those loud popular kids, especially when they'll be drinking and jumping around to mumble rap. "c'mon doll" ethan cups her chin with his thumb and index finger, making her pounding heart nearly stop from his touch, "i'll look after you".

those words fill rey with a relaxing warmth, a strong feeling of affection towards this boy takes over her and she smiles. she trusts ethan with what he's saying, he'll look after her, she knows he will. nothing bad will happen.

"okay" she eventually agrees and ethan smiles widely, showing off his perfect white teeth.

"its gonna be a great night rey" he tells her.

if he says so.