17

"Hey! Whitlock!" He's heading out of school alone, but stops and turns when he hears me call. I've almost caught up with him before he even realizes it's me. I bang into him roughly and push him up against the wall. "We have unfinished business."

"Tell me this isn't about that stupid-ass whore bitch, Swan?"

Adrenaline begins to flow faster through my veins and I feel the pressure of anger building in my chest. I pull him forward and slam him back against the wall again.

"Don't call her that," I warn him through tightly gritted teeth. He laughs, not even attempting to fight me off.

"Ah, that's right. You two have history don't you? She said you'd never gotten over her. Even when she fucked your brother." He's sneering at me and I fight the urge to laugh.

"She never fucked my brother, asshole." He raises his eyebrows at me.

"Are you sure? Because I swear her exact words were, 'I fucked him, but he wasn't as good as his brother'."

The enormity of the betrayal he's suggesting, stuns me into silence. In the time it takes to process it, I wait a beat too long to reply for it to sound fully convincing.

"You're full of shit."

~S~