bothered that I was kissing my girlfriend, but Jayden seemed to tense up when she saw them , and she turned her back to them .
“Hey Ty, you ready?” Devin asked, making his way toward the bus.
I looked at Jayden and said, “Wait here with Cali for just a sec, okay?” and I made my way to Devin. “Hey, do me a favor will ya? Can you take my bag to the bus? I’m going to walk the girls to the car.”
“Yeah, sure.”
Those two guys were standing at the edge of the parking lot looking our way , and I didn’t like it one bit.
Jayd en joined me as I turned around and she asked, “What’s going on?”
“Oh, nothing. I just want to walk you to your car.”
“Aw, how sweet,” Cali replied , but Jayden eyed me cautiously and seemed a little less fooled . However, she didn’t say anything about it as w e walked to her car and I kissed her before she got in.
“I’ll see you back in town,” I told her.
“Okay, bye . ”
I watched until her car left the parking lot and then I headed for the bus. The two guys were still standing there , and one of them laughed.
“Did she tattle on us?” he asked with a smirk.
I stopped about five f eet from them and replied, “No, w hy? Do you have something to say to me?”
His smirk disappeared and he stared at me. I could tell h e was torn between walking away and trying to finish what his big mouth started. I wasn’t sure what his problem was, so I just waited for him to answer my question.
Finally he turned to his buddy and said, “Let’s go,” and they left.
I shook my head and made my way to the bus, realizing that Jack and Devin were standing at the door watching the entire interaction .
“What are you guys doing? Just waiting until I get my ass kicked ?”
Jack smiled and said, “No, we were just waiting until they threw the first punch. That way we could rescue you properly. ”
It made me laugh as I stepped onto the bus, and at the same time, I received an array of comments. B ut Coac h Tucker’s stuck out in my mind when he said, “Already having to defend her honor, huh? The pretty ones are always trouble.”
I thought about that for a second and nodded my head. “Yeah, but she’s worth it,” I replied.
We got home at six - fifty that night. I was so excited to see Jayden again that even Aaron’s comments couldn’t keep me down. He was currently restating his previous opinions about those two guys earlier, claiming that Jayden was probably just a tease. It pissed me off, but with Aaron, it didn’t matter what you said to him, he would oppose you no matter what.
“ What are you doing tonight?” I asked, quickly changing the subject.
“Girls, girls, and more girls,” he smiled. “Bunch of us are gonna hang out at Zero , wanna come? Or does your girl have Bible study for you?” he mocked.
“Actually I’m heading there, too . I’m supposed to meet her at nine .”
He raised his eyebrows. “ Oh, yeah? She got friends as hot as her?”
“I don’t know, I thought you said she was there once. I’m sure she was with her friends then.”
He thought for a moment before shrugging. “I only remember her ,” he smiled. “Besides, I wanna know how you convince d her dad to let her go out with you. What was the interrogation like?”
“I’ve never met her dad.”
“What?” he laughed. “Oh, man, t hat m eans he doesn’t know about you ! You’d better be ready to explain why you’re seeing his daughter behind
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