DANE
"Shit. She shot you down for real bro," shaking my head, my eyes tear up as an uncontrollable laugh rumbles deep in my chest. I try to breathe steady, but I can't remove the image of Phoenix coming head-to-head with Caleb. Girls usually cower and crumble before him, but not her.
That girl knows how to hold her own, for sure.
Caleb is pissed. Never in all his years has he been shut down like that. Silenced amongst the masses. No one has ever dared to stand up to him and, I’d be lying if I said it didn't make a refreshing change. What makes it even more hilarious is not only was he shut down by a girl- but by the one girl he can't stand. Fuck, that must have been painful. Like added salt to his wounds.
"Child's play." He drawls out, his voice void of any emotion as he shrugs me off. I know what he's doing. Caleb's trying his damned hardest to act like he doesn't care, but he can't fool me. I've known Caleb for a long time. In ways most people could only dream of, and I sure as hell know when he's rocking a fake persona. The son of a bitch will never admit it, he'd prefer to take it to the grave but right now is one of those times.
He's fuming. Like a raging bull ready to charge and destroy everything around him. Hell, I bet if I looked closely enough, I'd see the steam coming from his ears. I get it. His ego has taken a massive beating. Something he's never had to deal with before. Unheard of. He’s bound to be a little delicate around the edges.
What a fucking girl. Shes like my spirit animal. I knew she was more... so much more the moment I laid my eyes on her. But shit, I didn't expect her to be so independent. So collected. She's fucking brave; I'll give her that. She might be safe for now, embracing her sweet victory against Caleb, but after that level of humiliation there's no way Caleb will let this slide. No fucking way.
He was gunning for her anyway—firmly on his radar and now she's gone and made the whole situation a hundred times worse for herself. And to add insult to injury, she doesn't even know what she's caused or the level of danger around her. She’ll only know when its too late.
Like all of us, Caleb has a lethal side.
He's usually more composed out of the three of us, managing to hold his emotions on the inside. Me, I'm the opposite. if someone pisses me off or gets on the wrong side of me, try to humiliate me it's game over. I don't do second chances.
I'm impulsive. Acting first and thinking on it later. Caleb though, that motherfucker stews on his actions, bottling up his emotions until he can't contain them anymore. Eventually it becomes too much and that's when he explodes.
No warning. No nothing.
Watching him closely, I can see him shutting off, witnessing the cogs grinding away in his mind, his revenge plan already set in motion.