*Monroe's POV*
Lolly’s is only a few streets over from the school. We probably could have walked, but whatever. I park my bike beside Maddy and the two girls get out and run over to my bike and Maddy says, “This has gotta be the coolest motorcycle I’ve ever seen! You are such a badass! This is not what I pictured when you said motorcycle. God I’m jealous.”
“I can teach you how to ride it someday if you want to.”
Her mouth pops open and then she hugs me abruptly and says, “Yes please!” I hug her back and smile. When she releases me I look to Charlie and say, “The same goes for you if you wanna learn.”
She looks at the bike apprehensively and then back at me before saying, “I don’t know. Maybe.”
When I walk in the door, I’m greeted by slobber and tail wagging before they go and sit in front of their bowls and give me a look.“Oh you’re fine, I’m only late by like 15 minutes.”I fill up their bowls and they happily munch away while I start prepping some dinner. I’m not feeling particularly hungry after all the ice cream so I throw together a salad and top it with my leftover chicken from yesterday. After I eat I go in the backyard with the dogs and throw their frisbees until they’re tired out. Afterwards I throw on some gym clothes and head to the basement to start some kickboxing. Partway through my workout, my phone rings, and I see Tommy’s face pop up. I open the video chat and am greeted with three the three smiling faces of Tommy, Dylan and Ry
*Cade's POV*Walking into school this morning I find myself searching around for Monroe. I don’t see her in the halls and when the warning bell rings, Xander and I head for the Chemistry classroom. When we get there I find her already seated at her table, she’s laughing at something her friend says and her smile makes my heart skip a beat. Fuck, I’ve barely even spoken to the girl. How is she affecting me like this? I tear my eyes from here and convince myself it’s just because she’s new here. Everyone is fascinated by shiny new things aren’t they? That must be it. I’ll hook up with her once and the novelty will wear off.The rest of the day passes relatively uneventfully and, more than once, I find my eyes wandering over to her. She, once again, kicks our asses at volleyba
*Monroe's POV*It’s wednesday morning which means I’m almost halfway through my first week of senior year. As I’m running and watching the sun come up, I find my mind drifting to the strange boy from philosophy. Several times over the last two days, I’ve caught him watching me. He was such a douche-bag in philosophy on Monday but then yesterday he compliments my bike? What is his deal? I shake my head and focus on clearing my mind.The school day passes relatively quickly; until I get to philosophy. The boy sits down beside me once again and flashes me a smile that I’m sure usually has girls drooling at his feet. I have to admit, he is attractive with a sharp jawline, forest green eyes, full lips and brown hair that somehow looks intentional but also messy at the same time. But, I am all too familiar with this type of guy and
*Monroe's POV*Once both teams are filled, we get in position, and I make sure to spread out our weaker players. Since I picked first, Parker’s team served first. It goes straight to Cade, who bumps it to Xander. He volleys it and calls out my name so I run up from the back middle and spike it straight into a clear gap. As I walk past Xander he holds his fist out and says, “Nice spike.” I fist bump him and reply, “Nice volley.” As I turn back to the front, I just barely catch the glare Cade sends Xander and Xander’s shrug in return. What’s that about? I decide to ignore it and focus on winning. The teams are much more evenly matched this time so we had to work a lot harder for the win, but in the end we still came out on top. When we score the final point Everyone yells ou
*Cade's POV*When Monroe is a good distance away I smack Xander hard in the chest, and say, “What the fuck was that, man?”“Um, first of all: ouch. Second: you’re welcome. I know you wanted to know if she was coming and I could tell you weren’t gonna ask her.”“Was all the flirting necessary?” I don’t even try to hide the irritation in my voice.“Chill, dude. It’s harmless. I’m not gonna steal your chick. But you know, it might be easier to get her if you actually speak to her.”I just roll my eyes and start walking to the locker room.The four of us head to a pub near the old trailer park wh
*Monroe's POV*Friday passes by slower than I would like and by the time I’m seated in philosophy, I am not in the mood to deal with Cade. If he’s expecting me to just fall at his feet and beg him to fuck me every time he gives me a little bit of attention he’s going to be thoroughly disappointed. But at the same time, I can’t deny that I’m attracted to him. I mean, you would have to be blind to not see how good looking he is and I am only human.When he walks in, the teacher is right behind him so when he sits down, we have no time to talk. Or should I say, no time to say one word and then awkwardly stare at each other. I can’t help but wonder if this is intentional on his part.After we win at volleyball again, Coach announces that next week is football. Shit. I mean, I’m
*Monroe's POV*As we walk up to the front door, I say, “So, fair warning, Bear and Kobe are a little affectionate, so I apologize in advance if you get slobbered on.”“Oh my gosh, I am so excited to meet them!” Charlie says.I open the door and sure enough, the two dogs are all over Maddy and Charlie although they don’t seem to mind one bit as they both kneel down and start scratching and hugging the dogs. I can’t tell which of them is most excited about this situation.“Alright, so you guys can leave your shoes in the closet here,” I say gesturing to the door on my right. “The basement is just down those stairs,” I say pointing to my left. “I’ll show you that after I show you to your roo
*Monroe's POV*A few hours, some more drinks, and 2 pizzas later, we decide to start getting ready. We decide on outfits first. Maddy tried on every single thing she brought and some of my clothes and then spent ages making me and Charlie her personal barbies until we all agreed on our final outfit choices.Maddy decided that she loved my tattoos and wanted to show as many of them as possible so I ended up in a very short high waisted black leather skirt and a fitted dark blue lacy crop top with multiple straps that criss-cross at the back. I had to admit, I did look pretty good.Charlie ended up in an fitted emerald green off the shoulder shirt that brought out the reddish tone in her hair and a pair of black skinny jeans. When she first started trying on clothes, we were both a bit shocked. and I couldn’t help but agree when Maddy said, “Damn girl, where have you been hiding this hot body?! You gotta dress up more often!”Maddy f