The Bad Boy (15 page)

I pivoted on my
heel and stormed off. The lady who was running the kissing booth
had her mouth hanging open and I stopped in front of her. “I’m
sorry but I didn’t even sign up for this and it’s not worth it.
You’re going to have to find someone else.”

With that, I
walked off with Jared and Timmy by my side. I wouldn’t look at
Jared because I knew I would blush. Just thinking of Jared and I
kissing sent me on wild thoughts and it was easier to forget about
it.

I felt a hand
wrap around my elbow and tug on me. I looked down a little to see
Timmy looking at me with wide eyes. “What?” I asked
curious.

“
Jared
stole my ticket.” He whined pointing to Jared who I still refused
to look at.

Sighing I knelt
down on my knees so I was level with Timmy. “Timmy, I’m sorry but I
am not kissing you. You should have saved that ticket for something
else.” I ruffled his hair and he swiped my hand away
grunting.

Then he pouted
and grabbed onto my shoulders. “I told my friends that I was going
to get a kiss from a pretty girl this weekend though.” Those damn
puppy dog eyes.

Why did I always
end up in the weirdest positions? “Fine.” I sighed in
defeat.

“
What!?”

“
Really!?”

Jared screamed at
the same time that Timmy cheered. I quickly held up my hand in
front of Timmy and his smile dropped but his eyes still were lit up
with hope. “Only on the cheek.” I bargained waiting for his
reaction.

He looked
thoughtful for a second before nodding his head wildly. He turned
his head to the side and poked his cheek with his index finger. I
rolled my eyes and leaned forward expecting to meet a chubby ten
years old cheek but instead I was met with ten year old
lips.

Timmy grabbed my
cheeks and held me in place for a good three seconds before I
quickly pulled back and hopped off my knees, swiping at my
mouth.

“
Timmy!” Jared screamed ready to grab at him.

“
Willis! Help me!” Timmy held running off to Willis who was
playing the basketball game. Did he ever leave that game since they
got here? Austin was standing there also but with his arms crossed
over his chest and a grumpy look on his face. His bruises seemed to
have gone down but he didn’t look any happier.

“
Sorry
Emilie.” Jared apologized stepping closer to me with a sheepish
look on his face.

“
For
what? Kissing me?” I asked with an ice to my tone and crossed my
arms over my chest.

His eyes went
wide at the edge in my voice and he held his hands up. “I meant
with Timmy. And I was told to kiss you!” Great excuse.

I rolled my eyes
and started walking away. “Yeah well you didn’t have to listen.” I
spit out, pushing through the crowd.

Jared was right
behind me and grabbed onto my arm. “Why are you so angry about it?
It only lasted like a second. I think Timmy’s kiss lasted longer
than ours.” He pointed out smirking.

I slapped him on
the chest glaring at him. “There was no ‘ours’! We never kissed!” I
yelled turning on my heel and storming through the crowd again
trying to find Hailey or even Matt because I know they will be
together.

Jared was beside
me again, struggling to keep up with my pace. “Why is it so wrong
that we kissed? You can’t deny that we have some attraction towards
each other.” He just wouldn’t leave me alone! I mean I shouldn’t be
surprised; he hasn’t left me alone since my break-up with
Conner.

“
I
have no attraction towards you.” I lied, standing on my tippy-toes
to get a better look.

Jared grabbed my
shoulders and spun me around to face him. “Look me in the eyes and
tell me you don’t have any attraction towards me.”

“
Jared—“

“
Do it
Emilie, unless you can’t.”

I sucked in a
deep breath and blew it out. Lifting my eyes from the ground I
looked straight into his deep blue eyes and lied straight to him.
“I, Emilie Grey have no physical attraction or any attraction
towards you, Jared McKingsley.”

He smirked, “Then
I am just going to have to prove you wrong.”

For the second
time that day, Jared leaned forward, grabbed my face between his
hands, and placed his lips on mine. My body stiffened and my hands
limped to my sides. The crowd was starting to disperse from around
us leaving us in the open, kissing.

But unlike the
first time, my eyes fluttered closed and I started kissing him
back. Our lips were moving against each other in perfect sync and
without realizing it, my body started moving closer to his until
there was no space between us.

My arms wrapped
around his neck and he licked my lower lip asking for entrance. I
obeyed and let him deepen the kiss, his tongue invading my mouth
and battling against mine in a sweet bliss. My toes curled and I
felt my knees go weak.

I have never been
kissed by anyone like that.

Jared pulled away
and rested his forehead against mine. His eyes opened and he had a
sloppy smile/smirk on his face which I’m pretty sure I was
mimicking. “Now try telling me you don’t have an
attract—“

The fist came so
fast and out of nowhere, Jared and I didn’t have time to react
until it was too late and Jared was on the ground with his nose
bleeding. I gasped and covered my mouth with my hand.

“
I
don’t know who the fuck you think you are kissing my
girlfriend.”

 
My eyes widened as they landed on a very pissed off Conner.
His eyes were wide with anger and his right fist was sporting some
of Jared’s blood.

Jared was leaning
back on his elbows and spit some blood onto the ground. “She dumped
you. When the hell are you going to realize that?” Jared spat
out along with blood that was now pooling down into his mouth from
his nose.

Conner took a
threatening step closer but I put my hand to his chest stopping
him. “Conner stay away from him.”

His eyes locked
with mine and I flinched from the fire burning in them. He grabbed
onto my arms too quickly for me to react and started shaking me
making my head wobble around. I tried to be strong but then he
started yelling in my face and I felt the hot tears forming in my
eyes. “You are such a slut! Why are you letting this dirt bag kiss
you?” Each word got louder and with each word he got closer to my
face.

He pulled back
and lifted his hand. I closed my eyes and tried hiding my face,
knowing what was going to happen next. With a whoosh of air, I fell
back onto the ground and flung my head up just in time to see Jared
tackling Conner to the ground.

They rolled
around until Jared pinned down Conner and started throwing punches
at him. “You bastard! You never raise your hand to a girl!” Conner
was failing at blocking the punches but lifted his head and knocked
it against Jared’s forehead.

Jared tumbled
off of Conner and Conner took advantage jumping onto Jared and
pulling back his fist cracking it against Jared’s jaw. I flinched
as I heard the pop of a bone. Conner pulled his fist back again
ready to punch but I wasn’t going to let it happen.

I lifted myself
off the ground and tackled Conner from the side, football style. We
tumbled to the ground next to Jared who was coughing up blood. I
groaned as my head collided with hard ground,
uncomfortably.

I didn’t think
that through well enough.

Without warning
Conner stood above me and seethed down at me. “I’m going to kill
you Emilie. I can’t believe you picked him over me. He doesn’t
deserve you, only I do!” He took his foot and crushed it into my
side, sending me to roll over form the impact.

I cried out in
pain, my hands automatically going to the spot and holding it. The
wind was knocked out of me and I was struggling to catch air for my
lungs.

“
Emilie!” My name was being yelled but I couldn’t focus on
anything but trying to be able to breathe again.

A flash of blonde
ran through my vision and I watched as Matt came out of nowhere and
shoved Conner to the ground, punching him square in the nose. But
he didn’t stop; he kept going until Conner’s face fell to the side
limply with his eyes closed.

He was knocked
out cold.

Hailey came into
my vision with tears in her eyes and her hand over her mouth. “I’m
sorry! Everyone was going frantic trying to get help. The police
and ambulance are on their way. I’m so sorry!” Tears started
pouring down her face and Matt came down and leaned next to
her.

“
You
need to take short breathes Emilie. Don’t fight with yourself, stay
calm.” He said pushing the hair out of my face.

“
Where
is Jared?” I asked looking up at the sky. It hurt just to breathe
because Conner kicked me exactly where he punched me last time and
that only just healed.

“
I’m
right here Emilie.” I looked to my side to see Jared kneeling down
next to me wiping blood off his face. I choked back a sob at the
state he was in. Hailey grabbed hold of my hand and made everyone
move back to give me air.

I couldn’t take
my eyes off of Jared though because his face was… there was just
too much blood. His jaw was starting to turn purple and I knew he
took a good hit to the face from Conner.

It was my entire
fault. I brought this on. I was so stupid to keep my mouth shut and
now people did get hurt and a huge scene was caused.

My eyes started
rolling around without my control. “I feel sleepy.” I mumbled
letting my head fall to the side.

“
Emilie. Stay awake the ambulance is almost here.” Jared said
lifting my head in his hands and opening my eyes.

“
She
hit her head.” Hailey sobbed and I looked over at her, giving her a
small smile. “Do you think she has a concussion?” She looked
between Jared and Matt with worry.

“
I
don’t know. We will just have to wait for the ambulance.” Matt said
looking down at me. He sent me once last look before getting up and
moving over to Conner.

Sirens blared and
I slightly saw the lights flashing. Jared looked behind me and then
gazed back down at me. “You are going to be getting help Emilie,
okay?”

“
I’m
sleepy Jared. Give me a couple minutes please.” I started closing
my eyes feeling everything turning black when my head was shook
sending my eyes to fly open.

“
You
have to stay awake because you might have a concussion.” Jared
started lifting me up slowly and moved behind me. My back was
resting on his chest and his legs were on either side of
me.

“
Jared.” I said with fatigue moving my head backwards so I
could see him better.

“
What?
Emile don’t move your head.” He adjusted my head so I was facing
forward again.

“
You
were right.”

“
Over
here! Hurry! Now!” Jared yelled but I didn’t know who he was
talking about or too. “You are going to get help Emilie. Everything
is going to be alright.” His hands found mine and he squeezed it.
His voice was rough and sounded irritated.  

“
I do
have an attraction to you.”

My eyes closed
and I fell unconscious.   

Voices woke me up
and filled my ears making my head pound. I flinched as I opened my
eyes and the light blared right into them. My throat was raspy as I
whined, “Turn off the lights please!”

“
She’s
awake!” Hailey rushed over to the bed and beamed down at me but
with tears in her eyes. “You had me so scared; I seriously thought
I lost you!” She grabbed hold of my hand as her cheeks wetted from
her sobbing. “I’m so sorry I wasn’t there to help you!”

“
Water.” I breathed my throat burning from being so dry. She
quickly nodded her head and shot up from the bed. She was in such a
rush she smacked right into Matt and spilt the water all over his
chest that he was carrying.

I held back a
smile for two reasons. A) I didn’t want Hailey to be embarrassed
and b) my lips were too cracked to stretch. Matt sent her a look
asking her with his eyes to just stay where she is. Hailey gave him
a sheepish smile and slithered around him and took a seat on the
couches.

That’s when it
hit me that we were in Jared’s house. I looked around the best I
could without moving my head but I didn’t see Jared anywhere. I
knitted my eyebrows but my thoughts dropped when a cup of water was
pushed into my face.

Matt sat down
next to me and handed me the water. I took it with shaky hands. My
body felt weak and I wondered how long I had been out for. I would
have to ask when my throat wasn’t too sore. Matt helped me sit up
and even helped me hold the cup.

I finished the
tall glass in one gulp. Matt didn’t seem to have a negative
reaction to my pig like matters but seemed amused. “Need
more?”

I nodded
bashfully but he just smirked at me and left the room to get some
more anyway. I looked over at the couches to see Hailey peering
over the back of it. I rolled my eyes and patted the spot next to
me. She jumped off the couch and raced over but stopped when she
got to the bed and composed herself.