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I've been sitting with Geoff, Duncan, Bridgette and DJ for the past three weeks at lunch ever since the Monday after the Halloween weekend when Gwen had basically rejected me.
*Flashback*
After four long years, I had finally kissed the girl of my dreams. I was hoping now she would dump her stupid boyfriend and we could finally be together. I couldn't stop thinking about that night, course the throbbing headache from the hangover was also a nice little reminder as well. I walked into my first period art class, that was one of the few classes I shared with Gwen, my heart was pounding a lot. Justin Morazarri winked at me as I passed by him, I gave him a nasty glare and flipped him off. Duncan told me about what happened that night at the Halloween party and I was not happy to hear what he did to my sis. He automatically went up to #1 on my enemies list, just above Trent. Anyways, I approached the table that Gwen and I usually sat at; she was already there, drawing in her sketch book.
"Hey Gwen," I greeted cheerfully and sat down.
She looked up from her sketch book and smiled at me, my palms were sweating again. "Oh hey, Jasmine! Did you have a shitty hangover too?"
I laughed. "The worst." 24 long, dreadful hours of my head throbbing; I barely ate that weekend because I was still a bit nauseous the day after as well.
"Yea, that was some party, I'm glad I went though." Gwen admits. She smiled at me warmly that only made my palms sweatier.
I smiled back. "Me too," I say honestly. "So, how are things between you and Trent?" I asked curiously. It can't be good right now. I mean, she did cheat on him with me during the party.
"Oh, it's great! We just talked a little afterwards and now everything is great! "She tells me in a kind of fakey-toned way. She's obviously not telling the truth.
"So he was okay with our makeout session?" I questioned. She only looked towards the ground and fiddled with her pen. "You didn't tell him, did you?" I knew it was too good to be true.
She scoffed. "It wasn't that big of a deal, we were super drunk." I felt a sharp pang shoot through my chest when she said that.
"Gwen, you cheated on your boyfriend! and that night was a big deal to me." I felt a lump in my throat as soon as I realized I admitted my true feelings for her. Oh shit, here comes the truth.
She scooted her chair away from me. "Whoa, I'm not into girls like that…..we were just super drunk is all." Rejection hits me hard; I could feel my heart ache. My feelings were a mixture of embarrassment and anger.
"We weren't at first!" It was true; we switched back and forth of taking shots and making out. I know for a fact that she was sober, maybe a tiny bit buzzed when she first kissed me.
"Look, I'm sorry if it seemed like I came onto yo-"That's it; I'm done listening to her shitty ass excuses.
"Seemed like? You literally threw yourself at me!" I interrupt her. "You have flirted with me so many times, I know you don't love Trent and your relationship is utter shit. I know you felt something too when we kissed during spin the bottle otherwise you wouldn't have kissed me afterwards!" I rant before collecting my stuff and move somewhere else. The rest of that class, I tried really hard not to cry.
*End of flashback*
I twirled my food around with my fork and kept looking at 'happy' couple. Bridgette must've caught on because she placed a comforting hand on my shoulder. "Well find you a better girl that won't toy with your feelings."
"I can stop hanging out with her if you want?" Duncan offered.
I smiled weakly at him. "It's fine, I don't want you to sacrifice your friends for me…. maybe don't hang out at our house though." He nodded his head and understood. "So Duncan, how are things between you and Court?" I asked, trying to change the subject.
He smiles and looks over at her a few tables down. She was having lunch with Noah and the other student council people today instead of her cheer squad. "It's been great; I'd say we're pretty great friends-"
"With benefits?" Geoff teased, nudging him. Duncan only frowned and smacked his shoulder. "What? I think you two should be together," Geoff's says.
"I second that," I say in agreement. After that Halloween party, Duncan and Courtney have been inseparable at home. Like if the three of us are hanging out, they'll start flirting with each other; I don't even think they realize it either. They really are a good influence on each other if that makes sense, like Courtney has been helping him with homework and staying out of trouble while Duncan has helped her with being more confident about her body and calming her down if she starts to have a panic attack, which I'm really glad about.
"You should ask her out, dude," DJ suggests.
"Who should Duncan ask out?" that one girl Katie from Court's squad asked. She comes over sometimes since DJ's her boyfriend.
"Courtney," Bridgette answers.
Katie gasped in excitement and cheerfully claps her hands, squealing. "Oh my god, you guys would look so cute together!" Duncan rolled his eyes but I noticed him blushing a little. Katie must've noticed too because she started squealing even more. "Aww, you're blushing!" She gushed. Everyone else around the table snickers.
"Fuck you guys," Duncan says before leaving the table. I wasn't sure if I should go after and talk to him. I looked over to see my sister following after him, her faced laced with concern. Those two really needed to hookup already.
I went out towards the way back of the parking lot and lit a cig. I'm sick of people teasing me about how I'm going 'soft', I can be a badass if I wanted to.
"You're going to kill your lungs you know," Says a beautiful nagging voice. I turned around to find Courtney walking towards me, she was waving the smoke that was in her face, I couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Everybody has their bad habits," I tell her, before bringing the cigarette back to my mouth; she only shakes her head disapprovingly.
She stares at me like she's trying to look for the answer to something. "What's wrong?" She asked me.
Damn, she knew me too well. "Nothing, what makes you think something's wrong?" I calmly asked.
She took my cigarette and threw it on the ground. "Well for one, you stormed out of the cafeteria, pissed. You also said that you only smoked when you're either mad, sad, or stressed."
I let out a deep sigh. "I'm just sick of everyone teasing me about going 'soft'."
She looks at me weird. "That's it?" She doesn't understand, she was one of the very few people that I didn't mind showing my softer side to.
"You don't understand," I tell her. Most of the teasing of me being soft was because of my feelings that I had for her, obviously I wasn't going to tell her.
"And smoking is going to make you a total badass again?" She teased.
I was about to open my mouth when the lunch bell rang. An idea came to my head and I smiled wickedly. "Hey Princess, wanna join me and skip the rest of the day?"
"Where are you going to go without a car?" She asked. I just looked at her, hoping she would understand what I was hinting at. She scowled at me once she got the message. "Oh no! no-no-no!" She snaps.
"C'mon Courtney, haven't you ever skipped school?" I asked, already knowing the answer.
"No, I like having a perfect attendance record, thank you very much," She proudly gloats, crossing her arms.
I laughed. "Jeez Court, its only one day, you're not going to fail your classes just by skipping one-actually half a day."
"What if I had a huge presentation today or a test that was 50% of my grade and I had to be there." Now she was just coming up with lame excuses.
"Do you?" I knew she didn't. I wanted to test her boundaries, show her that it was okay to bend the rules every now and then.
She let out a deep sigh. "No but-"
"Then let's go, princess!" I say, taking her hand. "So where to, Princess?" I asked her when we got into her car.
"Hmmm…" she thought. She bit her lip and wrinkled her nose a little, she's so fucking adorable. Shit I really am going soft….I don't mind her seeing my soft side though. "Ooh!" She finally spoke up. "Why don't we go to the mall!" of course…
We walked around the whole mall at least four times. Right as we were about to leave from boredom, something catches my eyes. I get excited and grab Princess's hand. "Duncan! Where are we going?" she asked.
"You'll see," I smirked.
We walked into a tattoo shop. "Hey I remember you!" this guy named Tony says.
Courtney gives me a disapproving look and puts her hands on her hips."Duncan, why the hell are we in a tattoo shop?"
I just grinned at her. "If I recall a few days ago, a certain someone told me they wanted a tattoo." I winked at her.
"You are really pushing my buttons today, Duncan," I tell him. What if my parents saw, they would actually kill me.
"Duncan!" this slightly pudgy guy says. He has tattoo sleeves on both arms and all around his neck. He had black hair that was slicked back and had a mustache. "Buddy how are ya?" He asks, giving Duncan a fist pound.
"I'm pretty good," Duncan responded.
He looks at me and smiles. "And who is your pretty little friend over here?" he asks. I couldn't help but smile at the sweet compliment.
Duncan wrapped his arm around me and winked. "This is Courtney and she wants a tattoo." Oh for fuck sakes!
I immediately pushed him away and put my hands on my hips. "No I don't Duncan!" I cant believe he would do this without my permission!
The guy laughs. "You're feisty, I like you," He says and sticks his hand out in front of me. "I'm Tony by the way."
I smile politely and shake it. "Nice to meet you, Tony, but I don't think I will be getting a tattoo today."
"Excuse us for a sec, Tony," Duncan says before pulling me to the side. "C'mon Princess, you said you wanted one, I'll pay," He offers. Man, he really wants me to get one.
I did say I wanted a tattoo, but my parents would literally kill me if they saw. "But what If my parents see?"
"Then get it somewhere private." He winks at me.
I rolled my eyes. "You pig," I say, playfully smacking his arm. I quickly realized they check ID's here; I'm not even close to being 18 yet. "Wait but I'm not 18," I quickly whispered to Duncan.
"Don't worry your pretty little head, Tony's my bud," He reassures me, patting me on my head.
"How do you know him?" This must be where Duncan comes to buy shit for his stupid piercings.
He got closer to me; my heart started beating a little fast. "I got a tattoo here last month with my fake I.D." he whispers. He would have one, why am I not surprised?
Wait, he has a tattoo? How come I haven't seen it yet? "Where is your tattoo?" I asked.
He smirked before taking his shirt off, revealing his muscular fit body. He had a black, fiery-looking skull on the lower right side of his stomach. It was actually a really beautiful done tattoo. He had another one that said 'look upon thy death' on the other side. I would never tell anyone this put I have a secret weakness for guys with tattoos, though not ones who have them all over their bodies. God I can't believe I'm saying this, but Duncan's body is way sexier than Justin's. I also couldn't help but noticed he had a little happy trail that lead towards the waistband of his pants. Duncan must've noticed me staring because he gave me one of his stupid, cocky grins. "See something you like?" He teased.
I only rolled my eyes; he had such a big ego. "Control your big ego and let's get this over with."
His gorgeous blue eyes lit up like a little kid at Christmas. Okay, I did not just say that…I mean they are pretty…"Seriously? "He asked in excitement. I nod my head. He looks back at Tony. "Tony, she's going through with it."
Tony handed me a book that had a bunch of pages of tattoo ideas. Duncan and I flipped through pages; we came across the astrology section of the book. I looked at some of the Leo signs that were actually pretty cute. If I was going to get a tattoo, I was going to get something meaningful. "Ooh, I could get my astrology sign," I say, pointing to one of the Leo symbol's with a crown on top.
"You should add a little Princess crown to it." Duncan suggests.
"Hold on a sec." Tony says before taking out a piece of paper. We waited for a few minutes before he comes back out. He hold's up a sketch of the Leo sign with a little princess tiara above it. "Maybe make it in pink? "He suggests. I nod my head in happiness. The design actually looked really cute and having it in pink was even better.
I sat down on the chair in front of his work station; he started getting the ink ready after my approval of the outline that he did one me. I decided to put the tattoo on the lower left part of my hip area, a little near the crotch area, that way my parents will definitely never see it. Oh my god I was so nervous.
Courtney had taken off her pants and was now in her panties. I don't understand how she could hate her body; it was way hotter than any other chick that I've hooked up with in the past, don't even get me started on that beautiful ass. The fact that this tattoo was going to be near her crotch just turned me on even more. She was now lying down, I held her hand to help her calm down a bit.
Tony had her take off her underwear and put a towel over her personal area since the waistband of her underwear kept getting in the way. God, I had to try extra hard to control myself. She squeezed my hand really hard as soon as the needle came in contact with her skin. Shit, this girl really had a strong grip.
The tattoo took about twenty minutes before Tony finally finished. "Alright, why don't you take a good look at it before I put the bandages over it," Tony says.
Courtney gets up, the towel still over her crotch. She walks over towards the mirror; her bare ass was right in front of it. I noticed a cute little birthmark that kind of looked like a flower; it was actually really cute in a weird way. I used all of my will-power to not go over and launch myself at her. I wanted grab those beautiful butt cheeks so bad.
"Duncan, stop staring at my ass and get over here!" Courtney demanded.
I chuckled and went towards her to see a close up of her tattoo. It was a really pretty tattoo; the lines were neat and smooth. Her little princess tiara was a little bit darker than her astrology sign and it was pretty well-detailed too; Tony did a really good job. "So what do you think?" I asked her.
She squealed in excitement, almost dropping her towel. "I love it!" She gushed. She wrapped her free hand around my neck. "Thanks for talking me into this Duncan," She gave me a sincere smile that made my heart stir.
Tony came back to bandage her up and told her all the rules about taking care of it and avoiding places like a chlorinated swimming pool. I payed while she put her underwear and pants back on.
"You didn't have to pay for my tattoo," she sheepishly said.
I brushed it off like it was nothing, which it was. "Well I did force you to do a lot out of your comfort zone today. Plus Tony gave me sweet deal than the usually shop minimum." She still looked like she felt somewhat guilty about it. "Hey, think of it as an early Christmas present," I tell her.
She smiled, "Well thank you, again," She says as we get into her car. She puts the key into the ignition, not starting the car yet. She sits there for a minute with her one hand still on the keys. "Let me buy you dinner as a thank you for this day," She says as she finally starts up the car.
"Are you asking me out on a date?" I teased, I loved messing with her.
She playfully smacked my shoulder. "In your dreams, Casanova." Boy would she like to know what really went on in my dreams at night….
We settled for Red Robin because Duncan really wanted a burger. He kept trying to play footsies with me. At first I tried to act annoyed but eventually gave and joined in. "Duncan stop it," I tell him for the millionth and giggle. I tried to make a stern face but failed miserably.
He smiles behind his hand that was resting on his chin. "What If I don't want to?" He flirtatiously asks before his foot gently nudges me again.
I couldn't help but blush. "I'll tell Jasmine you ate her cupcake." I smirked and took a sip of my water, keeping eye contact the whole time. Jasmine gets really pissy when people eat her food.
He let out a fake gasp. "If I recall, you had a piece of that too," he reminds me and winks. Damn, I totally forgot.
I only stick out my tongue in response. He flirtatiously nudges me again and laughs. Ever since the Halloween party, I've started to develop feelings for Duncan that was more than just friends. When I first met him we was a total prick, well he still is, well he can be but that's besides the point. He's actually been a really great friend, because of him; I've been throwing up less and eating a little more. I know he has some kind of a crush on me, I mean; the boy couldn't stop drooling over my bare ass the whole time earlier today. We've also been flirting with each other a lot lately and we'll sometimes fall asleep together on the couch, my head resting on his lap or chest while his arms are protectively around me. I don't even know what I would say if he asked me out on a real date.
We arrived back at the house at around 6:30, shit. We walked in to see Mrs. Santos standing right near the doorway, she looked super peeved. Thank god Mr. Santos was on a business meeting this week; otherwise we would've been in really deep shit.
"Where the hell have you guys been? I got a call from school telling me you both missed periods 4-6 plus homeroom. Explain now!" She demanded. It's weird seeing Mrs. Santos mad because she's mostly the calm parent. She really looked like Courtney when she was mad, her dark brown eyes would squint and her nose would crinkle a little. Her hands were on her hips. Not to mention, when she yelled, she had that whiny, nagging tone that Courtney had.
"You don't understand, I was feeling so stressed out that I started to break down from all of the pressure that school has brought me lately," Courtney cried out. I noticed a few tears now rolling down her face; damn this is the first lie she's ever told that's actually looked believable. Usually she sucks at lying. "The tears wouldn't stop coming at lunch today, I went way out to the parking lot because I didn't want people to see me cry." She looked at me before wrapping an arm around me. "This guy, right here, helped me calm down and decided to stay with me. I told him I didn't want to go back in because I felt like I would have another break down if I went back in, so Duncan suggested we go for some Ice cream, I'm sorry mother," Courtney apologizes, looking her mom in the eye with a sad puppy face. Fuck that girl was too good.
Mrs. Santos face softened before hugging her daughter. "Oh sweetheart! I'm so sorry, it's okay, I totally understand! Senior year can be difficult." Courtney looks over at me and winks, that chick….
Mrs. Santos looks over towards me and hugs me afterwards. "You really are a good kid. Okay, I'll let you two off the hook this time. We can just keep this between us." Courtney and I pretend to zip our lips before heading down to my room.
"Damn Princess!" I say, closing my door. "Who knew you could lie like that?" I was seriously impressed by her suddenly good acting skills; Jasmine must've taught her a thing or two since she was really into performing.
She waved it off and took a spot on my bed. "It was nothing." She blushes madly making the freckles on her nose stand out even more. She was so fucking adorable.
I took a spot next to her on the bed. "You never cease to amaze me, Court," I truthfully tell her.
She rests her head against my shoulders, the scent of honey vanilla travels through my nostrils; I loved that smell so much. "I feel bad about lying to my mom though," She admits.
I gave her a reassuring pat on the leg. "One little lie doesn't make you a bad person. Side's, who knows what would've happened if she punished us."
She chuckled. "She probably would've waited till my dad got back; he's the one who usually comes up with the punishments," She explained. I definitely believed it, Mr. Santos was a really scary man, he'd probably kick my ass all the way back to BC. "Well I should be heading upstairs; I need to finish my book report for tomorrow." She says.
"I thought you were the type to have everything done a year before it was actually due," I teased.
She playfully smacked my arm. "Jackass." She then leans in to hug me before leaving. "Night Duncan."
"Night, Princess," I whispered into her beautiful brown hair. I relished this moment, bookmarking the scent of her hair, the soft skin of her arms that were wrapped around me.
After Courtney left, I decided to call my ma. I haven't spoken to her in almost a month. I told her about that I was doing well; I was getting along with the Santos better now. She said she bought me a plane ticket to come out for Christmas, I was really happy to hear that. As much as I like it here with Courtney, Geoff and the other awesome people that I've met, I really did miss home. I never thought I would but I miss my friends, my ma, my bros…..hell, I even miss the old man!