I can't really complain about parities in charming. There was booze weed and girls galore. I hadn't seen Tara since we walked in 2 hours ago but I heard she was around doing shots with her boyfriend. Opie stuck around some, till his girlfriend dragged him upstairs. Thomas looked to be enjoying himself from the looks of the keg stand he was currently involved in. He's always been a bit of a party animal.
Then there was me. I was leaning against the wall on the back porch watching everything around me. I hated new environments, I liked it better when I knew who I was around. So, I sat and watched. Beer in hand and a smirk on my face when ever I got sultry looks from girls that wore next to nothing. Can't really lie someone of them I was interested in and I would probably have one of them by the end of the night. I was still a teenage guy after all and I had needs.
"Hey handsome" speaking of needs.
"Hey darlin" I couldn't remember her name. She was riding with Tara though. Blonde hair blue eyes clothes to tight for her little body. Not my type at all but I could entertain her for a while.
"You look like you got a lot to offer a girl" she said with a sly smile as her eyes trailed down my body.
"Depends on the girl" I shrugged as she ran her finger down the front of my shirt. I wasn't interested in her at all. Wouldn't even use her as a quick fuck. There was something about her I just didn't like. Maybe it was the way her eyes sparkled when her finger hooked into my belt loop or maybe it was that I saw her making out with someone 20 minutes ago. Either way this girl wasn't going to get more than a wink and a smile from me.
"What if the girl was me?" She asked with a lick of her over glossed lips. I just smirked at her and remained silent. That, to me, was letting them down easy. I liked the attention I got from girls and I got plenty of it.
Except from the one brunette that I wanted it from. I finally found her, to. She made her way onto the porch her hand was attached to some tall slim guy. He had dark hair with brown eyes. He looked like an average jock. Nothing special about him but still the girl in front of him was smiling at him like he hung the damn moon. the girl in front of me, who apparently couldn't take a hint, pressed herself to me and pulled my ear between her teeth.
I tore my gaze away from Tara to look at seductress in front of me. "Well your persistent aren't ya?" I was getting tired of her presence.
She giggled and nodded "I see what I want and I go after it. Right now. That's you" she reaches down and grabbed me threw my jeans. I laughed and shook my head.
"I can see that" when I looked passed her Tara was already gone. I shook my head at my own disappointment. The fuck was going on with me? I scolded myself. Tara was just a girl, one that didn't want me and even if she did I just met her about an hour ago. I rolled my eyes at my internal battle.
"You ok handsome?" The seductress in front of me asked.
I nodded but before I could answer Thomas ran up to me "Can I talk to you for a minute?" He looked down at the girl who was frowning "Sorry, I just gotta talk to him really quick" he pulled me away and I sent out a silent thank you.
"What's up?" I ask Thomas after he pulls me far enough away.
"I need a condom" he holds out his hand as if I'm supposed to do a magic trick and pull one outta my hat.
I cross my arms over my chest and smirk at him "I can't give it to"
He rolls his eyes and copy's me by crossing his arms over his chest "Your gonna play this game again, Jax?"
"But it's true"
"No it isn't. Come on just give it to me. I know you have one maybe 2. Hell, I remember about that one time you bought a whole box and ran out that night"
My laughter bubbles threw me and then comes crashing out. That was true but I hadn't used a whole box alone. The chick couldn't get her hands to stop shaking, kept breaking threw the damn rubber, that wasn't my fault. She kept insisting she could do it. We reached the last one when she finally got it right. When we left the room and Thomas came to ask me for a condom, much like today, I told him I didn't have one cause we went threw the box. It's not my fault people had heard that and assumed I spent the night fucking her. It was my fault for not correcting them but what teenage boy do you know would correct that mistake?
By the time the rumor hit school that week, I had a line of girls handing me boxes of condoms and phone numbers.
"Man I miss home" I said after my laughter died down.
"Yeah well this is home now. Now can we skip to the end where you crack the joke and give me a condom so I can get laid"
I used to joke about my condoms wouldn't fit him cause I'm bigger but it wasn't fun anymore when he was expecting it. I reached into my back pocket, pulled out my wallet. "I only have one"
"Well are you getting laid tonight?" He raised an eyebrow and looked at me. I could be but then I look behind me and see the blonde haired blue eyed seductress watching me.
"Nope" I look back at him and hand him the goods.
He looked passed me and smiled "Ima not doing it for you?"
"That's her damn name? I couldn't remember. I kept calling her a seductress in my head. Chick is really trying"
"Doesn't look like your type" he observed.
"You know me well, bro" I clapped his shoulder and we shared a little laugh.
"Hey boys. What's so funny over here?"
Thomas pocketed the condom just as Tara got closer. "Just an inside joke" he smiled at her, then scooted away "But I have another inside I need to get to. So I'm outta here. See you around Tara"
"Bye Thomas" she watched him leave then turned to me "Getting into Wendy already, isn't he?"
I laughed and walked over to a tree. It was a massive tree with branches so big you could build a tree house, easy to climb to.
"Is he that obvious?" I asked as I leaned up against the tree.
"No" she shook her head "She is though. She was talking about it to practically anyone that would listen. How she snagged the new kid. Blah blah blah." She rolled her eyes and I chuckled.
"He likes the attention. He'll be just fine when the rumor spreads"
I watched her as she braced herself on a branch then heaved herself up she did that a couple of times. She stopped at a branch that stuck out and was big enough for her to sit on. She looked down and smiled "You coming up or what?"
I looked up at her for a second. Her hair was surrounding her face, her eyes were sparkling and her smile was wide. She looked beautiful. I nodded and headed up climbing each branch carefully, till I was at the one she was sitting on. She turned so she was facing me and scooted back a little, letting her legs hang on each side. I mimicked her position.
"Not enjoying your party?" Confusion graced her features and I smiled "Your up in a tree with the new guy in town. Instead of down there with your friends and boyfriend getting drunk"
"It's not that" she shakes her head "Can I tell you a secret?" She whispers and I nod "sometimes the attention is to much. I can't take a step without someone trying to get me a drink or talk to me. So, I like to come up here to escape that."
That I understood. The need to escape. Back in my old town my family was the center of attention. My mother did everything she could to stay in that center. She felt she had something to prove as a single mother to two boys. She did everything from charity events to block parties.
"Well thank you for inviting me to your safe haven" I grinned at her and she grinned back.
"You look like your ok company"
"Thanks. I think"
She scoots closer to me so our knees are touching "Did your mom give you a choice to move here? Or did she just pick up and bolt?"
My eyebrows knit together. Where did this kind of questioning come from. "We kind of just picked up and came here. My mom went on vacation for like a week and came back engaged. 2 months later were packing up and driving into charming"
She nods thoughtfully "It was strange for us to. Clay just came out of no where and announced his engagement to someone we didn't even know. Then told everyone you guys were moving here in a few months. He talked about you guys non stop."
"We didn't even meet him till today"
"Maybe he just told us what your mom told him" she shrugged and leaned forward a little bit. "It's nice to put faces to the family though"
I leaned forward to. So, close that our noses were touching "I'm glad you think so" her breath hitched and I smirked. I laid my hands on her thighs and I brought her in closer, so her legs were now on top of mine. She looked at me, eyes still sparkling and lips now parted as if waiting for me to make a move. When she closed her eyes is when I leaned in.
"Tara?" She jumped and scooted away from me so fast, she would have fallen off if it wasn't because I grabbed her to steady her. She looked at me like a deer caught in head lights. "Tara?" She looked down just as the guy I noticed was her boyfriend stepped up to the tree. "Babe? What are you doing up there?" He looked between us but settled on her.
"Just talking, Mike. Jax is new to town was asking a few questions about his family" she looked back at me "Jax, this is Mike. He's my boyfriend"
"I gathered" I looked down at him "Hey man"
"Hey" he nodded in my direction "Are you gonna come down? People are waiting to take birthday shots with you"
"Yeah, I'm coming" I could hear the disappointment in her voice but I didn't know if it was because she didn't want to take shots or because we were interrupted. I was hoping for the latter.
We both climbed down a minute later. "I'll see you around, Jax"
"Looks like it" I smiled at her and she shook her head smiling back. Mike took her hand and lead her away but she shook him off and turned toward me. She bit her lip and kissed my cheek.
"Welcome to charming, Jax" and then she left. Mike shot me a uncertain look before following after her like a lost puppy.
Shit, I was uncertain myself. What the hell was going on?
"You look like you need a drink" Opie chuckled as he walked over to me and handed me a beer. Boy did I. At that moment I could have used it all. A drink, a joint. Everything, just to get my mind off her. "Come on, bro" Opie threw his arm over my shoulders, still chuckling "There's some shots waiting for you"
A/N: Sorry for any typos! I'm still perfecting the whole reading and editing thing lol please review! :)
