Chapter 38 The Strategy #2
Sidney’s gaze narrows on Luke. She pulls out a bottle of something she must have just sprayed on herself and spritzes it in the air. Her nose crinkles.
“Fuck you, Luke Foster.” She storms over to the trashcan and drops it inside before heading for her car.
Luke tips my chin up, and his blue eyes dance as they search mine. Did he just skunk Sidney?
“Honestly, I’ve always hated the smell of that perfume. I think the new scent is an improvement.” Luke smirks. The other guys chuckle and agree.
By the time, they give the all clear, it’s time for us to go to our following period. Am I disappointed I didn’t get hauled into a closet and ravished? Definitely.
Especially since I spend the next classes bored and still a little horny.
Kenz texts me during the last period of the day.
Kenz:
Want a ride home after school?
Me:
Yes
That way no one has to miss some of practice to take me home. I send to the group text.
Me:
Kenz will take me home
Death (Luke):
We’ll be a little late to webcam
I bite my lip. Maybe webcam will be entertaining.
War (Caden):
I get you tonight, but we need to make sure you have time to study
Pestilence (Eli):
We’ll work on homework together
Famine (Jack):
Not that a webcam will stop Caden from fucking you
Apocalypse (Nico):
But at least we’ll be entertained
Shaking my head, I slide my phone into my backpack. When the bell rings, I rise and Luke grabs the loop on the back of my jeans and pulls me against him. His body is warm and hard flush up against mine.
“Behave, princess.” He kisses me behind my ear, winding me right back up. He squeezes my ass cheek.
Jack closes in on my front and tips my chin up. His blue eyes hold me captive as he lowers his head. His lips brush over mine softly while Luke kisses my neck. Fuck, I’m completely hooked on this feeling.
When they step away, I’m slightly dazed. Kenz steps beside me holding her books against her chest. Her wide eyes follow them out the door.
Kenz smirks. “So those are your boyfriends now.”
I touch my lips. They still buzz with anticipation. “Apparently.”
“You’re all anyone wanted to talk about today, girl.” Kenz jerks her head to follow her.
“I’m not surprised. Not even the fire alarm prank?” Falling in step with her, I notice more than one guy checking me out. It feels creepy, like they’re seeing more than I’m showing. I shrug it off as me not being used to any attention.
“The fire alarm thing was the big talk for about five minutes before people went back to talking about you and the horsemen.” Kenz unlocks her car doors and we get in.
“Do I want to know what they’re saying?” I ask cautiously. After all, I’m the one who blew it up that we had sex. The horsemen are the ones who made an even bigger claim on me.
“The girls are scrambling. They were sure the guys wouldn’t last all year. They still don’t think they will.” Kenz glances at me with a wince. “Expect them to come at those guys hard. The girls are sure they can get the guys to crack, since there’s only one of you.”
“Yeah.” I sigh. “I’m sure they’ll keep at them the whole year. Any thoughts on how to keep the girls from wanting them?”
Kenz laughs. “Not unless you want to make them afraid of what you’ll do to them.”
“What do you mean?”
“If you throw down with a few of the girls, there are only a handful who wouldn’t stop pursuing your men at the risk of a girl fight.” Kenz pulls into my driveway.
“Could I even win a girl fight?” I pull my hair back into a ponytail and then let it go. I’m not really the scrappy type. If I want to get into an Ivy League, I can’t get any disciplinary actions on my record. “I can’t afford to get suspended either, so we’ll have to find another way.”
Kenz gets out and we both walk to my door.
“You could spread the rumor of a venereal disease you all have.” Kenz snickers as I unlock the door and give her a WTF face. She holds up her hands. “It’s only an option. That would make both the guys and girls a little more wary at least.”
“The guys?” I push the door open. Mom must not be up for work yet. The lights are all off and she’s not in the kitchen or living room.
I drop my backpack and go to the fridge to grab us both a soda.
Kenz sits on one of the bar stools at the island. “Girl, every guy wants you.”
“What?” I step back.
She grins. “They think you’ll be a freak in the sheets.”
“Oh my god!” I put her soda in front of her. “Why?”
“You have five boyfriends, H.” Kenz opens her soda. “And they’re all horsemen. Of course, other guys will assume certain things about you, since you’re able to hold those guys’ attention.”
I drop my head down to the cool island stone. “How is this my life?”
Seriously, not one of those guys looked twice at me for the past three years. Not one of them ever approached me and asked me out. They all left me to my game of hide. And now that the seal’s been broken, they want me? Heat churns in my gut.
“Fuck them.” I meet Kenz’s blue eyes.
She laughs and touches her bottle of soda to mine. “Damn right!”