The Bad Boy (31 page)

Soon, all the
McKingsley’s—even Hailey and Matt—were in the room. We weren’t
supposed to have so many people in at once but they gave us a
little leeway because Austin just woke up. All around, everything
went fine. You could see all the relief and happiness on everyone’s
faces as we talked to Austin.  

Unfortunately, he
couldn’t leave until tomorrow.

I stifled a yawn
behind my hand but Jared caught it and stood up from his seat. I
think that was the first he has looked at me since we came in after
what I had said in the hallway. He walked over to his mom and
kissed her on the cheek, giving the guys hugs even Hailey and then
moving to Austin. Again he pulled him into a hug and whispered
something in his ear.

When he was done
he made his way to me and grabbed my hand. “I’m going to take
Emilie home. I’ll see you all later.”

I smiled and
waved to everyone. I sent a fleeting look to Austin who nodded his
head once with a blank face. I don’t know if he was mad at me for
arguing with him to tell the police or he was just awkward around
me now since he told me his whole story.  

Just as the door
was closing, I heard him speak. “Emilie.”

I poked my head
into the room. “Yeah?”

A small smile
lifted his lips. “Thanks for saving my life.”

I didn’t know if
there was a double meaning behind it but the way his eyes were
sparkling, I had a feeling there was. Did that mean he was going to
go to the cops?

“
You’re welcome.”

The door closed
behind me as I made my way over to Jared who was leaning against
the wall, swinging his keys on his finger. He didn’t wait for me
but started walking ahead of me. I felt rejected at that but didn’t
comment. He had a right to be mad at me.

We got into the
car and pulled out of the parking lot, in complete
silence.

The music was off
and I wanted to so badly to turn it on just so there was some noise
going on but I was scared if I moved, Jared would snap at me. His
posture showed how pissed he was and I didn’t want to make it
worse.

Fiddling with my
fingers the whole time, I didn’t even realize we reached my house
until the car turned off and it was officially silent with no noise
coming from the engine anymore. No one said anything for a quite a
bit.

I finally got too
uncomfortable and opened the car door. “I’ll uh, see you later. I
guess.” I hoped, really should have been what I said.

His next words
surprised me though. “Can I come in?”

I snapped my head
in his direction making my hair whip around and cover some of my
face. Pushing the strands behind my ear, I asked. “You want too?” I
couldn’t explain how happy those four words made me feel. “I mean,
yeah of course.”

He locked the car
as we headed up my front porch and I un-locked the front door. The
house was silent and dark, indicating that we were the only one’s
home. “Late night at work for my parents.” I explained turning on
the hall light and closing the door behind us.

He took his coat
off and then his shoes. I followed suit and then headed towards the
living room, flicking on the lights as I went.

I sat down on the
biggest couch pulling my knees up to my chin as I watched him take
a seat on the love couch right across from me.

“
I’m
really sorry Jared. What I said I didn’t mean—“

“
I had
sex with Anna.”

His words voiced
over mine and put my whole body to a standstill.

My heart was
hammering against my chest as I went over his words. “Recently?” I
breathed feeling all the air leave my body at once. I felt like
someone punched me in the gut.

He shook his head
and ran his hand through his hair. “No and I don’t ever plan on
having sex with her again.” The disgust in his voice was clear as
day.

My body relaxed
at his words but then I grew confused. “But I already knew you guys
had sex.”

He shot his head
up and locked eyes with me. “Can I tell you a story without being
interrupted?” He sounded annoyed so I closed my mouth and
nodded.

It took him a
couple minutes to start talking and when he did, I gave him all my
attention.

“
Anna’s family and mine have been friends for a while now.
Actually for a long time. We had known each other since about
fifteen, three years you could say. No one ever really knew this
because we come from different worlds. But whenever our families
got together, we would always hangout because of the same age
thing.

One night, her
parents were throwing a party at their house and invited tons of
people. Us being the fifteen years that we were, stole some alcohol
from the party and snuck into her guest house. We were goofing off
and drinking. The bottle was empty and by that time we were both
smashed.

I never saw Anna
has more than a friend to hang with when our parent’s got together.
It was weird to think of anything else of her, when we were
completely different people. I guess it was the alcohol that made
me make the first move and kiss her. It went too far before I could
stop it and then before I know it, I’m not a virgin anymore and
neither is she.

After it was
over, we ditched the bottle, got dressed and pretended like it
didn’t happen. It was awkward because it was our first time and
neither of us were experienced in sex, obviously. A week went by
and we didn’t even make eye-contact with each other. Then our
parent’s got together again. Somehow Anna and I ended up alone
together. I didn’t plan for it to happen but we did it
again.

After that we
just started doing it whenever we could. It was a friends with
benefits thing but we couldn’t see anyone else. It worked for about
a year and then I noticed someone else. I don’t know why because
she had a boyfriend but I just couldn’t help to like her. Anna
found out about it and said something to me about that person that
made me hate them with a burning passion.”

No…

His eyes locked
with mine as he continued speaking. “When Austin had come to me
about him being gay, I knew. It was obvious but I wanted him to
come to me first. I decided to tell Anna one night after we uh did
it. Anyway, she was comforting to me about. Then she started
noticing how I would look at the other girl and talk too much about
the other girl. I thought she was protecting me when she said it to
me. But she was only doing it for her selfish needs.

Apparently, the
girl I liked over-heard us one day talking in the halls about
Austin being gay. Well then Anna heard the girl say to her friend,
“A McKingsley boy being a faggot, shocker right?” I couldn’t tell
you how pissed I was when I heard those words. I wanted to punch
everything in sight. He’s my brother and I would do anything for
him which is why I hated that person more than I do Anna
now.

Two years passed
and I still hated her. She’s still dating her boyfriend and then I
hear some shocking news that he cheats on her and I think ‘karma’s
a bitch, bitch.’ I felt like she finally got what she deserved. So
to make it even worse for her, I started picking on her about it,
annoying her, and making sure I made her miserable whenever I
could.

It worked for a
bit but then her best friend ended up seeing my best friend. I
found out obviously and she got some brilliant idea to set us up
when she found out that I used to like her best friend. I told her
off and said I would never touch a slut like her. That got her
pissed and she told me off and eventually everything fell into
place.

Anna making up
the lie because she was jealous. The girl not actually deserving
what her boyfriend did to her and also my feelings. Once, I found
out the truth about Anna lying, I found out that my feelings for
the girl were still there, I just tried to hide them.

Then as I hung
out with her more and more, I started to like her more and more. A
couple problems got in the way with her ex and us fighting but I
still do like her. I have for two years now. I never thought of
another girl and after Anna lied to me, I never touched her
again.

Anna was the only
girl I slept with but I can’t say the same for her. She moved on to
guy after guy, excluding Conner Hanglinton. That was a lie
too.  She’s good at those. But I was scared to tell the girl I
liked her because of my reputation and she was from Anna’s world.
So if Anna didn’t want to make us public, then I thought the girl
wouldn’t either. All times being arrested and getting into fights
was for my brother. I couldn’t tell anyone that was the reason
because I didn’t need for people to know about Austin, he already
had enough trouble as it was.

So I kept the
real reasons for my arrests secret. Which gave me a bad reputation.
It helped me though because no one wanted to be around me; letting
me keep my life private. Soon I was also known as the player when I
never went further with a girl then making-out. But girls want to
make themselves seem so cool, and so according to them we did go
further. I didn’t bother trying to correct anyone, I didn’t
care.

So now, I’m
sitting here with the girl I have liked for two years pouring my
life story out to her, hoping she believes me when I tell her that;
Anna and I have nothing going on and never will again. I only slept
with one girl, not a million like every thinks. I got arrested and
into fights for my brother because he’s gay and needed my
protection. And that the reason I was such an ass to her in the
first place was because I was doing it out of spite when I found
out she insulted my brother.

I also want her
to know that when she left me my house that night after I found out
she was being beaten by her ex, I cried. I cried because I had
almost lost her before, during the day and then lost her that
night. I cried because I had to watch her be kicked and threatened
by a man.

I want her to
know, that I went to her house the next morning because I wanted
everything to be right with us. I wanted her for myself. But she
completely told me off and I was pissed. Pissed because I was there
for her being the good guy and she picked her ex, who had hurt
her.

I want her to
know, it took everything I had when she came to my house not to
forgive her and leave her like she did to me. But when I was called
to the hospital because my brother had been stabbed and I see her
there crying for him, I couldn’t hold myself back
anymore.

I want her to
know, that I realized life is to short and that I couldn’t
 let her get away from me anymore. I had to have her and I
finally got her. And now that I have her, I’m not planning on
letting her go. She now knows all my secrets and I’m just hoping
that she doesn’t turn her back on me.”

His eyes were
still locked with mine as his words finished. The depth of the grey
that shinned back at me had my heart fluttering. My whole body was
warm and my head spinning around his words. This whole time, I
thought of the worse and all I had to be worried about was…
nothing.

I stood up and
walked over to him, pulling him up from the couch. I wrapped my
arms around his neck and captured his lips in mine. He responded
automatically, pulling me closer to him by the hips. I pulled away,
only a little so when I talked our lips brushed.

“
I’m
not going to turn my back on you Jared.” I whispered.

He brought his
lips back down on mine and slipped his hands down to my ass.
Licking my lip for entrance, I parted them and he massaged my
tongue with his. I moaned into his mouth as he squeezed my ass and
lifted me, so my legs wrapped around his waist.

I ran my hands
down his back digging my nails into the thin layer of fabric that
the shirt had. His muscles bunched as I ran my hands over his back
over and over again. He tangled one hand in my hair and the other
skimmed my stomach, lifting up my shirt as he neared my
breasts.

Unlike, last
time, I didn’t stop him. We pulled away only so he could throw my
shirt to the floor. Our lips crashed back together in hunger and
lust as he started walking. I didn’t know where but didn’t care as
I played with the hem of his shirt. His hands slid under my ass and
I moaned as his fingers touched my… area.

We started moving
upwards and then I realized we were going upstairs. Just as we
reached the top, I pulled his shirt off and threw onto the
staircase. His solid chest was in display and I ran my hands down
it and stopped when I reached his belt buckle.

I tugged on it
and Jared pulled back looking at me with uncertainty. “Are you
sure?”

“
I’ve
never been surer in my life.”

I kissed him
again and he led us to my bedroom, closing the door behind
us.

My heart beats
were loud and fast as Jared closed the door and drew us to the bed.
Slowly he bent forward and laid me down on the bed. He stood above
me, just staring down at me. I sat up so my face was level with his
chest, and titled it back so I was looking him in the
eyes.

“
Are
you okay?” I asked running my hands down his arms and interlocking
our fingers.