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However, after I had spent s, he wasn't excited to hear e of plans when Lydia and Jessica picked ht In fact, he'd been a jerk Not surprising A few choice curse words, a few beers guzzled, and he wiped his mouth clean of me

"I'll get someone better, bitch You're not the only hot chick here " And off he went His jeans rode low, a beer in hand, and his hair gelled into badass spikes

I rolled my eyes and went in search for my friends

Heaven help me, but Jeff would be back I was at the point where I wasn't sure I cared or not

An Escalade wheeled into the slot besidedaydreams, but when someone shouted all my attention snapped back to reality

Four boys spilled out of the vehicle and two passed by me

I sucked in my breath

"Fuck that,on his friend He threw his head back and laughed on a carefree note His brown curls danced and he seeet puy there Promise "

He laughed another h before the two disappeared inside

My hands clenched the gas nozzle tightly and I couldn't take my eyes off of him

Logan Kade, h the , he laughed at so his friend said Lydia and Jessica saas in the other aisle and quickly went to flirt with thean ski more inside the store

I hadn't seen the Kade brothers up close, not in a long tian was a junior, likeand Mason was rumored to be six foot one with a muscular build He played defensive linean had the leaner build, but he was an inch shorter

I snorted to myself I couldn't believe I even knew these details As

I cursed lanced back at the Escalade and froze once reen eyes stared back at me

Mason had been filling up his vehicle and watching me the whole time

I sed painfully and was barely aware that as was done I couldn't look away from him

Logan was handsoainst his older brother Now I understood why so ossiped and whispered about the Kade brothers The hairs on the back of ht up and my eyes were locked with his in some sort of battle

I couldn't look away I just knew that

His friend rounded the vehicle and leaned beside hirin come to his friend He crossed his feet and looked like he was at the movies, popcorn and all

Then he said so and Mason smirked at me

"Mase, dude Candy flavored condoan leapt across the lot and did a small dance when he handed a box to his brother

I knew I shouldn't have been watching, but I couldn't stophis head in rhythas station's speakers while Mason hadn't taken his eyes from mine

That's when I kneithout a doubt that he kneho I was

I sucked in my breath and my knees tre? Then I re in between all those boxes, tears down her face, and an empty bottle of wine beside her

Fuck them And fk their dad

My mom wasn't a saint I knew that for sure, but she'd been with my dad for the last seventeen years Now she cheated? Now she decided we should move in with her new boyfriend and his family?

Fuck them all

My eyes hardened Mason's narrowed And I sneered at him before I went inside to pay When I came back out, Lydia and Jessica were still in the bathroom; Mason passed me to pay inside He wore a black leather jacket over a black shirt and jeans His black hair was cut short and his eyes held mine in soainst me, he passed so close, and we both turned to watch the other

My heart faltered for a moment

The same hatred I felt for him was in his eyes

Fuck him

I lifted e because he narrowed his eyes, but shouldered inside the store

I sighed and went to an and their friends were inside the Escalade, laughing about soed its exit and I stiffened I kneho'd be coain

I looked, I couldn't help it, and aze as he nearedto stop I liftedto lay on me, but two cars screeched to a halt not far from us

His eyes snapped up "What the hell?"

"Hey losers!" a guy yelled and cursed at the in his hand

"Oh hell!"

"Mason!"

Logan and their friends were out of the car in an instant Mason rushed past uys frouy's hand and gave it to his brother Mason took it and threw it in the first car And the rest of the doors were flung open Guys fro was produced and Logan flung it into the other car

Their two friends were still punching so the rest It wasn't long before the cars were filling up with sot the first whiff of fire

"Oh no," Iopen the door, I screaet out here now!"

They rushed from the back section and stared, du on?"

I latched onto Lydia's ar Now "

Jessica followed behind, but braked in the ht before her

I shoved Lydia inside the car and twisted around "Get lost! The cars are going to explode "