Ava’s POV “We don’t have the whole day, stop making me wait!” I heard Mason yell as he honked the car persistently, making me groan with an eye roll as I shuffled towards the car.Each step I took was heavy because I didn’t imagine myself sharing a car ride to school with this jerk this morning. I grudgingly got to the car and pulled the door open with more force than was required. As soon as I slid into the seat, I slammed the door so hard on purpose.“Are you crazy? Do your clumsy ass wanna damage my car the same way you made those coffee ruin my shoes that morning? Let me guess, you’d go ahead and blame me for that if that happens because that’s just you.” He snapped out, face morphed in a hard scowl.“Stop yelling my head off, you jerk! You can just drop me off halfway and I’ll find my way to school from there. I never wanted to ride to school in your stupid ass car in the first place!” I snapped back, shifting in the insanely soft seat and noticing how good the car smelt, and

Ava’s POV “Ava!” Nicole’s voice echoed faintly behind me, but I ignored it at first, choosing to keep walking forward. She easily caught up with me.“What the hell is wrong with you? Why did you leave like that?” She demanded while sucking in deep breaths. Why did I have to see him? Why did he have to show up here, out of nowhere?Is he friends with Ryan?I had succeeded in keeping him far away from my thoughts, but then he just had to be the guy I had been dared to go kiss.As if I’d ever kiss him. I’d rather die than to do something like that.I huffed out an irritated breath and delivered a kick to the innocent trash can positioned a few inches from where Nicole and I were currently standing.“Why didn’t you do the dare?” She asked and I felt myself getting worked up all over again. Of all the questions she could’ve asked me, she really chose to go with why I didn’t do the dare?“Look Ava, this is what a party is all about, you should learn to live a little and the only oppor

Ava’s POV I huffed when I realised the driver of the truck, it was none other than Mason.Can this night get any worse?I rolled my eyes as I inspected the truck properly. He wasn’t alone in the truck, there was a blonde sitting right next to him, which got me more irritated.“Get in.” He ordered and that got me angrier. How dare he think he could just ask me to get in the car and I would?“I’m fine. I'd rather walk home and get into an accident than get into the same car with you ever again!” I snapped at him and he only laughed.“You know, I shouldn’t even be offering your dumb ass a ride right now after the stunt you pulled this morning by not closing my freaking door, but I’m more matured than that, so here I am.” He breathed out but I only scoffed in response, folding my hands across my chest.“Let’s just go and leave this loser,” The blonde commented and I felt the anger bubble inside me more and more.“If she’s not going to get in, she might as well walk to wherever her des

Ava’s POV I woke up to see that I’d missed a lot of calls from Nicole. I groaned as I picked my phone up to call her back, knowing that she was going to give me an earful – one which I wasn’t prepared for just yet.“Hello.” I gorgily said into the phone while sleepily rubbing my eyes.“Are you just getting up?” Nicole demanded, sounding bubbly and bright. “I stayed at the party all night long and I’m up already but you’re the one who’s still asleep.” She teased and I groaned again.“I still want to go back to sleep.” I informed her, making her snort out another chuckle.“I just wanted to ask if you got home fine and if the jerk didn’t try to do anything to you?” She asked and just like the question, did something woke me up so fast, I sprung up at once.All the dizziness I was previously feeling had suddenly disappeared.Realizing that she didn’t even know that the said jerk in question is the reason why I had arrived home safely last night, I began to explain it all to her. I tol

Ava’s POV We walked back to class with me being mad at Nicole for giving the waiter my number without my consent.“C’mon Ava, chill out already.” She cajoled as she followed behind me while we both made our way to the evening class, which was our last class for the day.I knew Nicole wasn’t one to concentrate in class and this evening wasn’t different. She was blowing bubble gums and texting Ryan, barely paying attention to the lecture that I had to occasionally tap her to bring her to reality.“Out of my class this minute.” The professor said after being unable to take it any longer, making me stare dejectedly as Nicole picked up her bag to leave the class, making me mood get sour in an instant.She sometimes does this on purpose so she can be sent out of the class, and because of that. I had personally pleaded with her multiple times to at least try and listen in class today, she was lagging behind on her grade but she still wouldn’t listen.“Hi.” The guy who took Nicole’s space