Fire and Ice (Wilder Series #2)

9. Is This A Joke?!

"Hanna, you can tell us if he's forcing you to date him again" Faith tells me as we take a seat at a random table inside of the cafeteria

Today has been weird.

I haven't seen Bailey or Faith all day.

I was lucky enough to catch them in the lunch line but they didn't seem too happy with me.

On top of that Aurelia has practically been ignoring me since first period, but that's expected.

I still plan on talking to her today though.

"He's not, I promise" I tell them as I take a seat across from them

Faith instantly freezes up at the same time that Bailey's breath gets caught in her throat.

"Are you going through a teenage crisis or something where you miss your old life?" Bailey asks me with a serious tone of voice

I furrow my eyebrows at her in confusion.

Am I having a teenage crisis?

Just as I'm about to ask her what she means we're interrupted by my boyfriend.

"Hey, babe" Chadley says as he places a kiss on my cheek while simultaneously taking a seat beside me

Bailey and Faith aren't too pleased with the new company but choose to stay silent.

"Barkley, Favor, long time no see" he say with an overconfident smile as he reaches for one of my puddings only for his hand to be swatted away by me

"Barkley and Favor?" I question him

He's known them for months and that's what he picked up.

"Is that not their names?" He questions back with furrowed brows

"You picked a real winner here, Hanna" Faith says sarcastically as Bailey rolls her eyes

I sigh and place my head in my hands.

He's not even trying.

He told me that he would at least try.

"This should be interesting" I hear Bailey whisper which causes me to sit up and look at her

She looking at something behind me. I follow her line of sight only for my heart to speed up.

Aurelia is making her way towards us with a neutral facial expression.

Great, now I can finally talk to her.

As she takes a seat on the opposite side of me I notice the sudden shift in everyone's emotions.

Bailey seems to be watching everything unfold as if it was a movie.

Faith seems to be watching the three of us with a worried facial expression.

Chadley seems to be annoyed by the fact that Aurelia is eating with us. He might possibly be jealous too judging by the way he wraps his arm around me and pulls me closer towards him.

This isn't good.

"Hey, Aurelia, Can I talk to you alone for a second?" I ask her nicely

She gives me a look of confusion but ultimately agrees to talk to me.

As I go to stand up I get stopped by Chadley's grip around my hips.

"If she does something you don't like then text me" he tells me

Ugh.

I really want to punch him right now.

"She wouldn't do that to me" I tell him before prying his arm off of me and following the black haired beauty out of the cafeteria