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The journey to the Dells was more difficult than I thought it would be. If I didn't moderately trust Gabby, I would've thought she was taking me somewhere to get murdered. There were way too many trees everywhere for it not to look sketchy. Did I ever mention that I grew up in the city and never ventured out of it?
Gabby and I had the same taste in music which was the coolest thing ever. I'd never met another person that wasn't a stoner who shared that with me. She was just a "go with the flow" kind of girl and I really liked it because I was, too. The two of us were going to be best friends by the end of the month, it wasn't even going to take the full semester.
"This party isn't going to be wild or anything," she said as she pulled her car into a spot between two already parked cars. "Just make sure you stay near me, I don't want to lose you. There will be a lot of people here, the entire junior and senior class."
That sounded insane, but I nodded my head like I was freaked out. "Okay, I really don't want to get lost or see Reid if at all possible."
She grabbed my hand and yanked me to the beach with a huge bonfire lighting it up. There was a ton of people already there and it looked like the party was in full swing. Gabby let out an excited squeal before pulling me over to a long where two girls were already sitting.
"I missed you!" Gabby shrieked, wrapping her arms around the tall brunette girl. "Hannah, this is my new roommate, Grimm. Did you get a new roommate, too?"
"No, this Eleanor. She and I have been roomies for four years now," she replied, making the blonde's cheeks turn pink as she looked at the ground.
"I don't make much of an impression, I'm a boring mouse. I'm not the kind in Cinderella," she said suddenly, making Gabby and I snicker.
"I can't believe I've never met you, Eleanor! You're so funny and I'm obsessed with your hair," Gabby exclaimed, twisting one of the silver curls around her finger and grinning. "We're all going to be inseparable this year, I can already see it!"
"I have to go find Bethany and make sure she's not puking, flirting, or fornicating. She's a wild child," Hannah said, ignoring Gabby completley. "I'll be around, are you cool here with them, El?"
"Yeah, I think I've found my people," Eleanor replied sarcastically. After Hannah left, she said, "I actually kind of hate Bethany, she's too loud and flashy."
"Bethany Cadence is a total attention seeker. She has to have all eyes on her at all times, especially those belonging to the opposite sex," Gabby explained, pointing out the girl. "She's not that bad personality wise, but she's a lot to handle. Hannah, on the other hand, only looks out for Bethany and herself. She doesn't mean to be selfish, but that's how she comes off most of the time."
Bethany was a leggy blonde with a huge, fake smile plastered to her lips. She was even standing by the keg with five, FIVE, guys vying for her attention at once. Everything pieced itself together as I realized she was the girl version of Reid and I looked as ridiculous as all of those guys last night. That was great, I already branded myself the desperate girl.
"Yeah, I got that from how she talked in the car," Eleanor replied, crossing her arms over her chest and pursing her lips. "She wasn't exactly the definition of friendly."
As soon as the words left Eleanor's mouth, silence fell over the beach -even the music stopped playing. Four figures stalked out of the shadows, their faces being revealed as soon as they stepped onto the beach. Reid's smirk and platinum hair were a dead giveaway at his identity, and he was staring straight at me with hungry eyes.
"Those are the Sons," Gabby explained. "You already know Reid, but the others are just as yummy in their own way. Caleb Danvers, he's the unofficial leader and a hottie with a totally killer body. Pogue Parry is the mysterious one that rides motorcycles, but he had a serious girlfriend that he fits with like a freakin' puzzle piece. The last one is Tyler Simms, he's the baby, adorable by definition, and the smart one."
"They're as close as Ipswich gets to royalty," Eleanor added when Gabby trailed off. "They do whatever, and whoever in Reid's case, that they want to."
I just nodded and tried to remember everything that the girls told me. It was like they were legitimate celebrities gracing us with their presence or something. Annoyance coursed through me at their arrogance, they were just boys in high school that were probably born with a silver spoon in each of their mouths.
"They're direct descendants of the original Ipswich families. It's why they're called the Sons of Ipswich," Gabby explained, elbowing me in the ribs playfully.
"So they basically own the entire town and have more money than they're ever going to need?" I asked even though I already knew the answer.
Like he heared us talking about them, Reid headed our way with Tyler in tow. I looked at Gabby desperately and she just smiled, laughing a little bit with Eleanor. I was in the throes of an existential crisis and they were having the time of their lives. Damn, we were already acting like friends.
"I don't like this outfit as much as the one you wore last night. It covers too much," Reid smirked, throwing his arm around my shoulder the second he walked up to us. Then he leaned closer and brushed his lips against my ear as he whispered, "I don't appreciate you covering up all my hard work, Grimmy."
I knew he was talking about the monster hickey on the side of my neck. "I couldn't go out in public with that thing. I would've looked like I was easy and an open target to all the wolves at Spencer. That's the last thing I want, I'm not easy or a slut."
"No, you're just mine," he whispered back raspily, nipping at the lobe of my ear teasingly. "My naughty girl, remember?"
A shiver ran through my spine and my thighs clenched together tightly. It felt almost like his fingers were inside of me again and wreaking havoc, but I knew that wasn't possible. My imagination was running wild because I even felt his fingers press against my walls teasingly like he did last night, twisting around. As quickly as the feeling appeared, it disappeared and left me wanting more. Oh my God, I was in so deep with this boy that I was imagining his fingers inside of me!
"What's wrong, G? You look dazed," Gabby said, drawing me out of my horny stupor. "Are you okay?"
I knocked Reid's arm off me and took a step closer to Gabby. "I'm good, just a bit lightheaded."
Reid's smirk was beyond naughty when he said, "I've been known to have that effect on a few girls…"
"Someone called the cops! Everyone go!" someone shouted, breaking up the party quickly.
I reached out and grabbed Gabby's hand as Hannah jogged back to us, Bethany being tugged behind her. Eleanor joined then and went one way while we went the other, heading to our cars. Reid's smirk was still plastered across my mind, probably burned into it forever. It was all I could think about as we drove through the woods and back to campus.
"What the hell happened between you and Reid at the Dells?" Gabby asked after we were safely out of the woods and back on the main road. "He was whispering in your ear and you were blushing like crazy!"
The last thing I wanted to tell her was that I was imagining what his fingers felt like inside of me. I would sound like a total sex-crazed freak! I didn't want her to know that just yet, that needed to wait until we'd known each other for at least a week. I needed friends to survive being at Spencer with Reid Garwin still playing cat and mouse with me.
"He was just being Reid, I think. Bragging about last night and talking about the major hickey he left on my neck that I worked so hard to cover up this morning," I told her honestly. "I was embarrassed because I never do stuff like that, I never hook up with guys I've just met. He's only the second boy I've had sex with!"
"Hey, I'm not judging you! Have sex with everyone and anyone you want to," she replied seriously. "I just want you to be careful, you're sweet and Reid will eat that shit up. Don't let him take advantage of you, that's all I'm asking. I care too much about you to watch you get wrecked by hurricane Garwin."
"We already had sex, Gabby. What else can he do to me?" I asked as she parked and we got out. "That's pretty much what guys want, isn't it?"
"Oh, honey, you're in for a shit storm here at Spencer. These boys like to play around in your hearts as much as in your panties," she said, linking our arms as we walked. "They lie and manipulate until they're bored and then they leave. I've seen Reid do it more times than anyone I've ever met, I just wanted you to know before you got too involved."
I had the sneaking suspicion when I first met Reid that he was like that. I wasn't blind to all the glares that were sent my way both tonight and last night when the two of us were together. Most of them were tinged with jealousy, but some were filled with pity that I was making the same mistakes they'd already made.
"I know that, but he's so CUTE! It's not fair to be that cute and that manipulative," I complained dramatically as she unlocked our door. "It drives me insane!"
"It's those cute ones that you've got to look out for, trust me," she advised before kicking off her shoes. "Tomorrow's the last day before classes start back, I can give you a tour of campus if you want."
I tossed my jacket over my desk chair and shook my hair out. "Thanks, that would be cool. This campus is freakin' huge."
I changed into pajamas and wrapped myself up in my comforter. I tried to push Reid to the back of my mind and focus on getting sleep, but it wasn't as easy as I'd hoped. My mind was racing and there was no way for me to slow it down, too much had happened in too little time.
What if he was just playing with me? I had sex with him and there was a connection between us even if I wanted to deny it. I'm sure he didn't feel it, he had sex with total strangers a lot I figured. He was just messing around with me earlier at the bonfire, showing off for his friends and everyone else there, claiming me as his like a total Neanderthal.
I wasn't going to let him fuck me up. I was going to have a good senior year and get amazing grades so Yale would have no choice but to accept me. That was a really good goal to have.
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