Chapter 3

Kylie's Pov

I was carrying a couple cheese burgers for my brother and friends with water. Questioning myself how am I even holding it all in my hands.

I walked slowly towards the gym to prevent any of stuff I was holding from falling. As I continue walking I realize that one of the water was about to fall but it was caught by a big hand before hitting the ground. I lift my eyes from the hands with prominent veins and met brown eyes.

"Need help?" The person spoke in a deep voice.

But before I could answer he took a majority of the things I was holding, mostly the water and started walking in the direction I was going.

"Soooo kylie, where you heading" he said looking down at me with a smile.

"Umm, to the gym"

"Great, I'll help you" he said walking in the directed towards the gym.

I hurriedly follow behind the tan skin guy.

"Um, who are you?" I asked softly, I've seen him before but I don't know his name.

He turn to me looking a bit shocked, like I was suppose to know him.

"I'm Jay, Jay Parkens." He said looking at me like I was suppose to get a idea of who he is by his name.

"You know the co-captin of the football team last year." He said slowing down his walking making me walk a bit in front of him.

I looked him over and can say he's very well build, with muscles over his body making him look intimidating just like most football players. I think I heard about him before from one of Angie's gossiping. I only had one class with him last year and he looks bit different so I barely recognized him.

"Oh, I remember, you just look a bot different" I said looking at his height that has increased.

By now we were closing in on the doors of the gym and he slowed down making me walk a bit in front of him. We walked in through the doors and I could feel his stare on my back. I turn around and his eyes moved up to meet mine.

The stare and big smile he gave me made me feel uncomfortable although he was not bad looking. I tried to shake off the feeling by turning around and searching for my brother in the crowd of players who look like freshmen trying out.

"Micheal," I called out while waving my left hand in his direction.

He turned to me and another pair of eyes also follow to my direction with his. Those green eyes then looked over my shoulder before his body started moving in my direction.

He walked towards us and stop right before me and also standing very close. He looked at me then over my shoulder again towards Jay.

"Alec," said Jay in a grim voice.

But Alec only stretch his hand past me, skin brushing against skin to take the things from Jay's hand.

"Let's go," he said to me ignoring Jay making me have second embrassment for him.

"Bye Jay," I said waving to him before walking beside Alec who was waiting for me.

He put his hand at the small of my back and ushered me to my brother's direction on the court before walking behind me. My body heat up at the touch and slowly rising to my cheeks. I could feel eyes around the court on me but that person's eyes keep burning in my back.

I stand before my brother and handed him his cheese burger and started to share out to the rest for his friends who wanted.

"Thank you," my brother said while kissing my cheek with a big smooch sound.

I got a lot more thanks from his friends as well, some even come to jokingly hug me. As I tried to push there sweaty bodies away giggling.

They all walked towards the seats and I followed behind.

I went to sit beside my brother but Matt took the empty space beside him leaving me to sit beside Alec.

"The year has just started but gossip is already going around", said Matt while taking a bite out of his sandwich making the juice spill at the corner of his lips.

"Don't talk with your mouth full, can't you feel all the mayonnaise running out." I said to him.

"Don't worry about that Red, there are plenty people who are willing to clean it up for me" he said licking his lips while looking over my shoulder to somewhere behind me.

I turned to see some juniors looking in our direction while whispering and smiling towards him, but those smiles were gone soon as I looked at them. They rolled there eyes and frowned while turning there backs.

What was that about?

"I heard that Lori didn't come to school this year because Pete knocked up her up", Matt continued.

"Really Matt, you don't have anything else to talk about"

I tried to remember who Lori was but my body tensed at the feeling of a hand moving from around my waist and landed on the bench at the right side of my hip. Lori was now the last thing on my mind.

A warmer body was now close to mine on my left. I tilted my head up just to come in close contact to a gorgeous face and eyes that were looking intensely at me. My head automatically moved to look at my fingers which I started playing with as I felt my face getting hotter by the second.

You blush for everything stupid.

Being this close to him isn't good for my mental health. I even want to snuggle in his arms and forget about all my anxieties but instead I tried to move away from his larger frame but that big hand next to me hold my waist and pulling me even closer him making a small gasp escape my lips. The hand was then placed in the original position as before but I can still feel the heat of his fingertips on my waist.

I try to focus on the conversation at hand but I noticed how my brother and Alec had a silent stare down while Niki was speaking about some shoes that he would like to purchase and the others giving opinions. The stare didn't last long before their focus went back to the conversation that the others where having.

Why are they so similar?

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I've been out of it since lunch. I can't be that touch deprived. I shook my head to get rid of such toughts and took a deep breathe before walking out the class along with other students. Making my way to my locker while scanning the crowd for my friends, before noticing them surrounding Marie's locker.

I went to my locker to put my books away and as soon as I finished I turned around only to see Jay behind me making me flinch in fright.

He flashed me a wide smile which I admit was attractive. His blond hair was now messy and he was carrying a black bag over his shoulder.

"Hey Kylie, what are up to?"

"I'm just heading over to my friends", I said.

"Oh, ok but before you go I like to a-" he was cut off by his friends jumping him from behind making him stumble a bit away from me.

"Who is this?" Said the guy on his back with a pause at each word, his dark brown eyes roamed over my body and I started to feel uncomfortable.

I also realize more guys were coming and surrounding Jay. Most likely his friends and also members of the football team.

"I will get g-going", I to Jay as I stuttered a bit because of the different pairs of eyes buring into me and I hurriedly turned then walked to the direction of my friends.

"Damn, is that kyl" I heard someone behind me said but I ignore it, focusing on my friends before me.

Aligning my self into the group. I came just in time to hear Marie and Angie having a heated argument about which of the male teachers were the hottest in the school. Romy looks like he wants to rub his ears out while Cole looks like he was spacing out, probably organizing what he was to do tomorrow. Marie's eyes lit up as she saw me.

"Kyl tell Angela that Mr. Patterson is hotter that Mr. Moore."

"Who's Mr. Moore?"

"Our new science teacher, he's like 27, single, lives in Cherry Hills but he's definitely not hotter than Mr. Patterson. And don't call me Angela Marie!" Angie blurt out.

"Did the teacher told you guys all that info?" I asked puzzled.

"Of course not, Ms. Angie here said she heard from our other school mates. Meaning half of that information may not be true." Cole replied.

"Can't you guys talk about something else?" Romy said.

"Like what?" Marie asked

"You know, like start a normal conversation. Like, how was your day today." Romy said.

Angie and Marie gave him a side eye before continue arguing again. I had to be the person who break up the argument which seem like it did not have an ending. I reminded Marie that she was my ride to go home because my brother has somewhere else to be.

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"Am I the only one who noticed something up with Romy and Angie?" I said while lowering the window on my side.

"Welllllll", Marie said drawing the word out.

I sat up in my seat hearing the tone of Marie's voice.

"What is it?" I asked curious about what she was going to say.

"They kind of slept together when they were drunk last month, well Romaine was drunk and the rest is not my place to say," Marie said while focusing on the road.

My mind took a while to process what she was saying.

"What! Y-you mean s-sex?" My cheeks got hot as the words came out my mouth, like what is wrong with me.

"Yes my friend, they fucked"

I wanted to hit her for saying in such a dirty way knowing she is provoking me. The smirk on her face wasn't saying anything else.

"Why don't you come to my father's gym on Saturdays? You could learn some self defending moves" Marie said seriously.

"No thank you", I said quickly.

"Kylie, maybe you haven't seen yourself properly and let me tell you if I were a predator I would certainly go after you. Don't you see how more attractive you have become. I mean. You were already attractive now it seems like you received passive power up."

"I'm saying, just come learn some move just in case and to make me feel better"

"Well if you put it like that", I said hearing how worried she was for me. "I'll go."

"Thank you Marie", I said while walking out of her sliver car to my house.

I didn't see any vechile in the garage meaning no one's home which also means karaoke.

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