Higher (East Knights book 1)

Monty

Tuesday 2:45 am

"I'm gonna be blunt, so, are you fucking Ivy?" Kev questions Arlin as we're all sitting down in my basement. Ivy had gone home for God knows what and Matt drove her. So I guess if we all wanted to know now was the perfect time to find out.

We all shift our eyes towards Kev but our bodies towards Arlin in case he says something. He doesn't. Instead, he laughs.

"Um, lmao, no." He says sounding unsure of his own answer. "Hello, I don't even live here just tell me!" Kev exclaims obviously frustrated.

"I don't think Kevin should do this," Maggie whispers in my ear before laying her head on my shoulder. I don't disagree with her. I think we're all a little too drunk for this conversation, but if we don't find out now when will we ever?

"Would you rather text Ivy?" I whisper lowering my eyes to look at her. "No," She mumbles before grabbing my cup out of my hand and taking a drink of it.

"Come on bro, that's Matt's girl," Kev says shaking his head in disbelief before taking his bottle up to his lips. "Woah, wait what?" I say sitting myself up.

That causes Maggie's head to fall off my shoulder, but I don't think she minds. Seeing as though her body does the same thing.

"We slept together once before they were even dating, it meant nothing we were both drunk," Arlin says throwing his hands up in defense as if he's the victim.

"Before they started dating?" Maggie asks confusion lining her voice. "They've been talking since she moved here. The first week she wore his jersey to the game. So when exactly is before." She interrogates taking another drink from my cup.

"Fuck," Arlin mumbles looking down at his shoes. "Fine, we fuck occasionally. Is that what you guys wanted?" He says and all of us go silent and gaze towards him.

"I'm fucking sorry, and stupid, I know." He says. I can tell he's sorry for it by the way he's acting.

"You got to tell him," I finally say standing up and grabbing the bottle of vodka from Kevin's hand. "Fuck," He shouts this time loud enough to wake up my sister in the other room.

Tuesday 7:45 am

I wake up to the sight of Maggie pulling her uniform on her perfect body. "Baby, come back to sleep and take that off while you're at it." I tease rubbing my eyes to wake myself up.

"We're gonna be late. Get up." She shouts as if she's my mom.

Honestly, I'm so fucking tired. I really don't think I have the energy to go to school today. After the game last night we went to this lame ass frat party for a while, and then everyone came over to my place and got shitfaced. Except for Ivy and Matt. We also found out that Ivy is cheating on him. Yay! Great news. My girlfriend's best friend is cheating on my best friend with my other best friend. That's a great way to start off the week.

Maggie, my sister, and I pull up to school right before the first bell rings. "Ha, I'm not gonna be late," I say excitedly as we get out of the car and make out way up to the door.

"Yeah, it'll happen don't worry." Emma mocks as she speeds up her pace. "Try hard," I scream out after her. "Jameson, language," Coach says from behind me. "Sorry coach," I return and I can hear Emma laughing from halfway up the hallway.

Maggie stands in front of me and places a kiss on my lips breaking me out of my thoughts. "What's wrong?" She asks as we walk into our marketing class.

Instead of saying anything I just nod my head in Matt's direction while he's not looking. "Right," She says taking her usual seat next to me. "Where's your girl?" Arlin whispers from beside me looking at Maggie.

"Me?" She asks slightly confused, "She has a boyfriend." She adds before turning towards the board.

"I know, but where is she?" He asks again. "She doesn't know." I finally say a little bit louder. That causes the class to now give us their attention instead of Mr. Daniels. Lucky for us the second bell hasn't rung yet so he can't say anything to us.

I get a notification on my phone causing me to look down at it.

Maggie added you to a group chat.

Maggie: Ivy, where are you?

Monty: Why am I here?

Ivy: ^^ why is he here 🤢

Monty: 🧢🧢

Maggie: Where r u?

Ivy: Boston, helping my mom pack up the rest of her stuff.

Monty: Have you been fucking Arlin?

I see a gray bubble pop up next to her picture. Until it stops. Nothing else is said in the group chat for about 10 minutes until I get another notification.

Ivy: Don't tell Matt. I want to tell him myself I'm just scared. I might be pregnant.

Maggie and I both look up from our phones and stare at each other. "What?" She mouths to me in complete shock.

"Jameson, Right. Are you guys okay?" Mr. Daniels asks seeming almost worried. "No, can we be excused?" Maggie says standing up and making her way to the door.

When she notices I'm not following her she turns back around and pulls my arm up with her. "2 minutes," I plead holding up to fingers in Mr. Daniels's direction.

"What the fuck," Maggie shouts as the door closes behind me. "I don't know," I mumble still in shock from the conversation.

"Do we tell them?" She asks curiously looking back in the room through the window in the door. "We can't right?" She adds. "That's Ivy's job," She says still confused.

Tuesday 6:55 pm

Practice just ended, and instead of minding my own business I offer Matt a ride to the party tonight. "I can bring you to school tomorrow," I say leading him in the direction of my car.

He already knows where it is. I park in the same spot every day. He beats me to the car throwing his stuff in the backseat as soon as I unlock the car.

As soon as we're both in the car on the way to my house for the party it's silent. "Ivy is cheating on you." I say keeping my eyes glued to the road.

He doesn't say anything at first. Or for a while actually. He doesn't say anything until we reach my house if I'm being honest. "I'm bi," Is the only thing he says.

"Huh?" I ask turning to face him. "Me and Kevin are dating. We have been for like 2 years now." He says turning his body to face me. "I'm not actually dating Ivy though." He adds quietly.

"Wow, okay what the fuck?" I say stunned. "So, you and Kevin have been dating for a long time. And no one decided to tell me!" I laugh as I turn my body towards him.

"Well congrats," I say hugging him over the console between our seats. "I thought you were gonna be mad." He admits as he reaches for the door handle.

"You're family. I couldn't get mad at you over some dumb shit. I have to see you every day." I laugh as I pat him on the shoulder. I grab the handle and get out of the car when he does.

"Hey, at least now I know Kev isn't interested in Mags anymore." I laugh as we walk up to my door. "Kev's been out for a couple of years now." He says looking over at me. "Maggie knows he's gay." He finally says laughing walking into my house.

What the fuck is going on today?