Jade Shepard did her best to stay out of the feud that had developed between her brother Harlan and the resident bad boy Kieran Black. She just wanted to get through her senior year and not have to be dragged into the drama.
But somehow no matter h...
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I woke up on Saturday morning feeling like shit and also excited about the party. I hated that I hadn't talked to Kieran in days. It wasn't like he didn't try but I'd stuck to ignoring him. I figured that maybe I'd talk to him tomorrow but that's also what I had said yesterday and the day before that. Each time I tried to pick up the phone I had decided it was best to just put it right back down.
"Good morning." My mom smiled as I walked into the kitchen.
She was already dressed in her scrubs ready to head out to work. It was hard to see her always working so hard. She was constantly picking up extra shifts just so my brother and I didn't have to worry. She did way too much and sometimes I just wished she'd take a break and stop overworking herself.
"Good morning." I smiled and wrapped my arms around her in a hug.
"I'll be home late but I left some food in the fridge for both you and your brother." She told me.
"I'm staying at Ava's tonight so I'll leave the food for Harlan."
"I'll see you tomorrow then." She kissed the top of my head before gathering her stuff to leave.
I welcomed the silence of the house as I ate breakfast. I knew my brother wouldn't be awake for at least another hour so I just let myself enjoy my morning. I could already anticipate what would happen today. My brother would probably try and lecture me just to make sure I wasn't going out to Kierans party and then would tell me to make sure I texted him every hour. He was seriously over protective and annoying. It wasn't like I didn't understand though. With everything that we'd gone through together I knew he just wanted to look out for me.
I was happy to have a brother that cared so much for me. Two years ago when he thought he failed me as a brother he did whatever he could to make up for it. I would've liked to have him back off just a little bit by now but still I didn't blame him, I never did.
Harlan made his appearance when I was curled up on the couch watching reruns of new girl.
"How many times are you going to watch this show." He frowned as he fell onto the couch next to me.
"As many times as I want to, you know you don't have to stay and watch." I frowned at him.
As much as he complained I knew he liked the show. He'd never admit it but he always just sat on the couch and watched with me whenever I had it on. And I had it on a lot. I couldn't help myself, my future husband Winston Bishop was hard not to watch everyday.
"You'd tell me if you were running off to Ava's because I was having Jaxon over right?"
It wasn't what I was expecting to hear from my brother but I knew sometimes he needed to have me reassure him that everything was ok.
"I'm not, I like Jaxon he's a nice guy." I told him.
"You mean that right? You'd tell me if-,"
"Yes I'd tell you." I cut him off not really wanting to dive into this talk.
"Ok." He said quietly and nodded.
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I had decided to let Ava deck me out. I was wearing a short black skirt and a maroon bodysuit. Everything was tight and showed off my body a lot more than I'd normally be comfortable with. But I wanted Kieran to see me and wish he'd done everything in his power to make sure that his dumb party never happened. If that meant he had to watch as I definitely got more than just his attention then so be it.
I could hear the music as I parked my car on the side of the street.
"This is going to be so fun! I can't wait to see his face!" Ava jumped up and down as we walked up towards his house.
"Is this a terrible idea?" I was starting to have doubts.
Maybe I should just talk to him instead of trying to get back at him. I wasn't this petty girl that tried to give him a taste of his own medicine. I usually just talked things out and dealt with all my problems that way. But Kieran drove me to insanity, that was the only way I could explain what I was doing right now.
"No you look hot and he should regret ever doing anything to hurt you. You are the best bitch I know and he should know that you are way too good for him." She tried to give me a pep talk.
"I'm not going to even look for him. You know what screw Kieran. I'm going to walk in there and I'm going to have a good time, I don't need to even lay eyes on him tonight." My words didn't even sound like the truth as I said them.
No one would ever believe a single part of those sentences but I'd try to get myself to believe it. I was done with Kieran Black and I'd spend the night having fun with my best friend. Who needed guys anyway?
The only problem with my plan was that somehow Kieran and I were drawn together. The second I stepped into his house there he was. He was leaning against the wall of the living room talking to one of his friends.
Once I stepped in his eyes moved off of his friend to me. We just stood there and stared at each other for a minute. All the plans of ignoring him and not needing him seemed to go out the window. Once I actually saw him all I wanted to do was to go up to him.
"Kieran!" A cheerful blonde rushed over with two drinks in her hand.
He didn't say anything but his gaze left me and he focused on the other girl.
"I got that drink that you asked for." She raised one of the cups to him.
"Thanks." He responded taking the drink from her.
It felt like a big mistake to be here. I didn't want to see other girls throwing themselves at him. This was supposed to be our night but now he was having other girls getting him drinks and now that girl was practically pressed up against his side as he continued to talk with his friend.
This night was going to be a disaster.
A/n:
So I'm currently not sleeping which has made it hard for me to have any energy to write but I'll try to keep up with the updates for you guys.
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