*Axle's POV*
I find myself strangely excited to go to school Monday and I know it 100% has to do with Six. I
have literally not been able to think of anything else since we fucked Saturday. I get to schoolearly and wait for her car to pull up in the parking lot. When I see it, I smile and walk over.“Hi,” she says.
I can tell she’s surprised when I throw my arm around her shoulder. This behaviour is very uncharacteristic for me. Usually after I’ve fucked a girl I ignore her until she leaves me alone. But Six is different and she always has been. She’s special.
I walk her to her locker and then with her to calculus. When we finish in that class, I walk her to her next one and kiss her in the hallway before I walk away. I pick her up from Chemistry and we walk into the cafeteria together. We get a lot of looks but I don’t give a fuck.
Cam, Ethan, Jameson and I squeeze in at a table with Six, Cleo, Lexi,
*Six's POV*These last few weeks with Axle have been more than I ever thought they would be. I can’t seem to help the thoughts in my brain that tell me I’m deluding myself though. We’re a couple of months into this weird fuck buddy situation we have going on and I can’t help but feel like it’s all going to come crashing down around me at any moment.We have never actually discussed it and logistically, I’m fairly certain it can never be more thanfuck buddies. How can it? Sure, we spend a lot of time together and it feels good and the sex isincredible but when January comes and I put in the application for Theo’s guardianship my life is going to get even more hectic. There’s no way I can expect Axle to deal with that when just the fact that he’s slept with me more than once is more commitment than he’s ever given a girl.When I wake up in his bed Saturday morning, I head home and pick up Theo
When I walk Six out, I head into the kitchen to make some coffee. I don’t think anybody else is home since I never heard Jameson come in last night and my parents are out of town. As I’m sitting in the living room playing video games, Jameson comes in with Ethan and Cam in tow.“Oh good, you’re up. I didn’t see Six’s car here, she leave already?” I nod.“Alright, so I was thinking since we have the house to ourselves all weekend, we order some pizzas, drink a bunch of beers and get super high. Thoughts?”“First thought: We don’t have any more weed,” I say.“Alright I’ll call TJ then and we’ll go get some.” TJ goes to WestSide and is our usual hook up for weed. His stuff
When Monday rolls around, I’ve decided to just ask her about it. I need to know. I show up early and wait for her in the parking lot. When she pulls up and sees me she smiles and walks over to me, but frowns when she sees the look on my face, “Hey, you okay? Did something happen?”“Why didn’t you tell me you had a kid?” I blurt out. I had intended to be a little more tactical about that but no turning back now. I see the shock and confusion on her face.“What are you talking about? I don’t have a kid.”“Seriously, Six? I could kind of understand you just not telling me, but to straight up lie to my face? I saw you at the grocery store on Saturday!”Realization crosses her face and then she says, &ldq
*Six's POV*“So we’re already late for Calculus, so we should just do something else instead,” Axle suggestsas he holds me tight against him.“What did you have in mind?” I ask, giving him a cheeky smile.“My car has a very spacious back seat,” he says with a wink. I smile and say, “I wonder what we could do with all that space?”“Shall we find out?” he asks me. I nod and he opens the door for me, squeezing my butt when I climb in. We definitely found out what we could do with that space, and we will most definitely be having a repeat performance at some point.Afterwards, we just sit there for a bit, me straddling his legs with my head on his shoulder. I feel like maybe this could actually work. He hasn’t run away screaming yet so that’s a good sign. I definitely didn’t expect him to react well to the whole “I’m basically a parent to a
*Axle's POV*As I’m waiting outside, I feel strangely nervous. What if he doesn’t like me? When I see Six walk out with the little boys hand in hers, I can’t help but smile. They walk up to me and she says, “Theo, this is Axle. He’s going to come with us to the park.”I kneel down so that I’m at his level and say, “Hi Theo.”“Hello,” he says back. I can’t get over how much he looks like Six. Up close, it’s even moreobvious. He has her same blonde hair and exactly the same greenish-blue eyes.“Can we go to the park now?” He asks me. I look up at Six and she says, “Yeah, buddy, we’regoing now.” I stand up and she starts walking. I look down when I feel a little hand grab mythumb and see Theo holding on to me. I look at Six and she’s smiling at me. My heart squeezes and I can’t help but smile back at her.Once we ge
*Six's POV*The next day at lunch, Drew and Nate huff as they sit down.“Rough day?” I ask them.“Our front man fucking quit the band. And we have a show booked next weekend so we’re basically fucked,” Drew tells me.“Axle can sing,” I blurt out. I look at him and quickly add, “Sorry that just came out. Probably should have let you offer if you wanted to. No pressure.”“No, it’s fine. I didn’t know you guys were in a band.”“Yeah, I play bass and occasionally vocals, Nate plays the drums and then Connor, from the basketball team plays guitar and we had Brent from the football team as our rhyt
*Axle's POV*The rest of the week passes by in a flurry of school and band practice at Nate’s place. It’s currently Friday at lunch and we’re all sitting at our usual table.“So what’s our plan for Halloween? I heard Liz might be throwing a party.” It’s next Friday, the night before our gig.I turn to Six and say, “What time are we bringing Theo trick-or-treating at?”She looks at me in shock, “We?”“Yeah.”“You don’t have to come.”“I want to.” She smiles a little.“Okay, well
*Six's POV*On Saturday, I go watch Paradox play their set. They play at an outdoor venue at some sort offair. Of course they’re incredible. I expected nothing else. The crowd loves them and I’m fairlyconvinced they could actually go somewhere with this. After the gig, he takes Theo and me outto dinner. We’re waiting on our food when my phone rings. The caller I.D. says it’s St.Jude’sHospital and my heart stops. I answer it and say, “Hello?”“Six, it’s me.”“Jordan?” I say, confused.“Jordan?!” Axle says, anger flashing across his face. I ignore him and listen to the words coming through the phone.“Yeah, you need to come to the hospital. Laura OD’d at my house with my dad. I brought her to the hospital but you need to get here.”“I’m on my way,” I tell him and then hang up the phone.“I