*Monroe's POV*
I walk towards the back yard and Charlie and Maddy run over to me yelling and slurring, “Monrooooe! We missed you!” and engulf me in a hug, almost knocking the 3 of us over in the process. Jesus, when did they get so drunk? I was gone for like 10 minutes.
I laugh and say, “I missed you guys too. Hey, I have an idea: how about you two sit down and I’ll go top up your drinks?” I sit them down on two lawn chairs facing a game of beer pong and take their cups. Back to the kitchen I go.
I’m mentally calculating the odds that Cade is still in there but I can’t tell if it’s because I do or don’t want him to be. When I walk in and find that he is still in there, my heart jumps for a split second until I notice the pretty brunette hanging off hi
*Monroe's POV*Once we make it to my place, I help them both take off their makeup and change into pajamas and get them into bed, leaving water and painkillers on each of their night stands. When I crawl into bed, my head is still buzzing a little from the alcohol and I can’t stop thinking about the way my body felt when Cade kissed me. Never before has a kiss had that kind of effect on me. I think about how good his body felt against mine and I fall asleep dreaming about him.When I wake up the next morning I see that it’s almost 8:30 and I thank myself for turning off my alarm last night. Stretching and yawning, I extract myself from the covers and hear the dogs groan as they spread out. I make my way into the kitchen to start up the coffee maker. If I’m in need of caffeine, Maddy and Charlie definitely will be when they wake up.
*Cade's POV*As I watch Monroe disappear through the house with her two friends in tow, I throw my head back and groan loudly. When I look back down, Xander is standing in front of me. He raises an eyebrow and says, “Care to tell me what that was all about?”I explain what happened on the front porch and about the girl in the kitchen and then he says, “So, when are you gonna ask her out?”I give him a look and say, “Yeah, I don’t do that, remember?”“Just because you haven’t dated girls in the past, doesn’t mean you can’t start. I mean, seriously dude, it’s painfully obvious that you’re into her. And from that little display I just witnessed, she’s into you too.”
*Monroe's POV*I unfortunately don’t get to watch the sunrise while I run this morning because of the thick grey clouds that conceal it. It’s definitely going to rain at some point which means I won’t be taking my bike today. After my shower I decide that since I can’t take my bike, I might as well take the opportunity to wear a skirt. I throw on a black high- waisted mini skirt with pleats and a grey cropped sweater. I put my hair into a high pony, since I don’t have to worry about it fitting under my helmet. I throw on my waterproof black combat boots, throw my raincoat into my bag and grab the keys to my BMW.As I’m driving down the curvy road, I think about how much fun this car is to drive. I should really take it more often. I park my car closer than usual on account
*Monroe's POV*Charlie and I split up to go to our respective lockers. I’m not paying any attention to my surroundings but I snap my head up when I feel someone grab my arm. “What the-“ I start and then I see who it is. “Cade what are you doing?” He drags me into an empty classroom and shuts the door, pushing me up against it and before I can react his lips are on mine. My hands act on their own accord and tangle themselves in his hair. He bites down gently on my bottom lip, as he brings his hands down to the backs of my thighs and lifts me up to straddle his waist and pins me against the door with his hips. I can feel the bulge that forms in his pants through the thin material of my panties.I move my hands down over the hard muscles on his chest and I feel one of his slip under my sh
*Monroe's POV*Calculus goes by quickly, and I’m one of the first to make it to philosophy. As I watch the people file in I realize I’m instinctively looking for Cade. When I see him walk in just as the bell rings, I give him a tentative smile which he returns and takes his seat.“Alright class, so this week we will be starting a project on various philosophers throughout history. This project will be done in pairs,” at this everyone starts murmuring excitedly. “Quiet down please!” The murmuring stops. “You will have to submit a written study as well as give a 20 minute presentation to the class. You will have the whole week to work on it, and presentations start next Monday. Once you have chosen a partner, send one representative to come see me and I will assign you a philosopher.”
*Cade's POV*“Where have you been?” Xander asks as I sit down at our table.“Around,” I reply. He gives me a look, but doesn’t ask any more questions. The guys’ debate about which fast and furious movie is the best fades into the background as I pick at my burger.I know that I shouldn’t have just pulled Monroe into the classroom like that, but I just can’t seem to control myself around her. I’ve wanted more of her since the party and I still want more. I swear I would have fucked her right in that classroom if she hadn’t stopped me. And then for some reason I agreed to talk with her later. What the fuck was I thinking? What do I even say to her? I’ve never in my life had to actually try with girls. I’m way out of my element. What if
When I pull up to Maddy’s house and find a two storey white-brick house complete with front porch, manicured garden and an actual white picket fence, I can’t say I’m all that surprised. It has nothing to do with Maddy, it’s just what pretty much every single house around here looks like. I park long the curb, assuming that at some point her parents will be needing the driveway.I run to the porch and Maddy unlocks the door. As we’re taking off our shoes I hear little feet hurrying across the floor and look up to see an adorable blonde-haired blue-eyed boy who looks to be maybe 3 years old running towards us. “MADDYYYY!” He yells with his arms wide open. She picks him up and hugs him tightly saying, “Hiya kiddo!” Maddy has a brother? How did I not know this? Come to think of it, I don’t know a whole lot about either of their families. Geez, I
*Monroe's POV*Returning to Maddy’s, her car is still the only one in the driveway so I assume her parents aren’t home yet. I knock and am greeted by Eleanor who informs me they’re still in Maddy’s room. I head up and when I open the door, I find them lying on their stomachs eating popcorn and M&Ms with the Gossip Girl playing on the tv. Maddy scoots herself closer to Charlie and pats the space beside her. I lie down with them and grab a handful of popcorn. Maddy asks, “You ever seen this show before?” I snort and say, “Seen it? I lived it.”“Oh yeah. Right.”I pull out my phone and open the camera and say, “Smile!” Maddy kisses my cheek and Charlie sticks her tongue out. “I said smi
*Monroe's POV*It’s finally prom night. We all get ready at my house with the exception of Brett and Jason who are getting ready with they’re dates. Deciding to go along with the casino royale theme, I wear a tight, low-cut black dress with a slit up my left side. Maddy is wearing an a-line, v-neck red dress with a slit up the side and Charlie is wearing a long-sleeved off the shoulder, fitted green dress with, you guessed it, a slit up the side. Cade, Xander and Matt look hot as fuck in their tuxedos when they come to pick us up.When we arrive at the prom, all eyes fall on us. We know we look good and we don’t shy away from the attention.It turns out this prom did have fake poison martinis and nerf gun assassinations which were actually a lot of fun. It was even more fun because of the fla
*Cade's POV*We spend the rest of the rest of the week convincing everyone to come to Monroe’s party Friday. Naturally, they all come with the promise of free liquor and at the party, Monroe plays a little slide show of her and Maddy breaking down the entire incident, including the photo evidence and it finishes with Monroe saying, “If you’re like us and are sick of Mackenzie’s shit,” and then Monroe and Maddy together say, “Vote for Maddy!” Everyone cheers and Mackenzie storms off and out of the party.The party is a massive success and we’re pretty sure Maddy is going to win.When Monday comes around, once again neither of us wants to go to school. At lunch we discuss college, which is a topic Monroe and I have tried to avoid.
*Cade's POV*When we leave Maddy’s house that evening, I can’t help but feel like my entire life has changed in the last couple hours. I feel so emotionally drained but my heart still somehow feels complete.We go get Monroe’s bike and then head to her house.When we walk in, she feeds the dogs and then walks downstairs and pours us each a very full glass of very expensive whiskey. “I feel like you probably need this as much as I do,” she says as she hands it to me.She leads me back upstairs to the living room couch and she says, “What are you thinking about?”“A lot of things. I’m thinking about how stupid I was today and how I almost fucked everything up. Bu
*Monroe's POV*We’re about halfway through the semester and Maddy and I have strategically planned out her party at my house for next Friday which is exactly 1 week from today; the day of the candidate speeches. Our campaigning is going well and all signs point to one of us winning (preferably Maddy). All of the seniors are gathering in the gym to see our petitions.The girls start and Mackenzie goes first. Her presentation starts on the screen and she starts discussing her cheerleading history and ‘how much she’s done for this school’ and then she says, “Besides, the other two options are a girl who’s being cheated on and a girl who’s sleeping with her best friends boyfriend.” She clicks the slide and I look at the screen to find three pictures. The first one is Matt and I walking into a room together, the middle
*Monroe's POV*When we’re back in Half Moon Bay, we spend the rest of our vacation hanging out with our friends and relaxing before we have to go back to school for our final semester.When we finally go back to school, we barely make it to lunch and already all anyone can seem to talk about is the fucking prom.“Did you guys hear that Mackenzie is already going around calling herself our ‘future prom Queen’?” Maddy says.I snort and say, “I don’t even understand how that girl fits that much ego into her tiny body.”“She also said that nobody is allowed to wear gold because she’s wearing gold,” Charlie says.
*Monroe's POV*I wake up earlier than a sane person would on their vacation and decide to go for a run on the beach. I don’t wander too far because I feel like Cade would worry if I wasn’t back when he woke up, even though I left him a note. When I get back to the room and find him still asleep, I crumple the note and get into the shower. He joins me halfway through.“You went for a run,” he states.“Yeah, I did.”“What, my workout yesterday morning wasn’t good enough?” He says, wrapping his arms around my waist.“Well, I mean, both are good.”After our shower (which we take our time with), we both get ready f
*Cade's POV*We spend the rest of the day alternating between floating in the pool drinking and lounging on the chairs drinking with a few games of marco polo stuck in there by Lily and Hanna. After dinner, we decide to leave the girls with the hotel child care service and hit up the adults only section. We all head up to our rooms to change into more proper attire because that section has a dress code. I put on dark jeans and a black collared shirt to which I roll up the sleeves and when I see the tight little black dress Monroe has on, I almost shit a brick.“Holy hell. You’re way too hot for your own good you know.”She sways over to me and says, “For my good or yours? Remember baby, they can look, but you’re the only one who can t
*WARNING EXPLICIT CONTENT*Cade's POV*I wake up the next morning to see Monroe still asleep for the first time ever. She’s lying on her back, one arm behind her head and the other draped over her stomach. At some point, she must have gotten warm and pushed the covers down. God, how is it even possible for someone to be this perfect? I take my finger and start tracing along the vines that flow through her sleeve and then continue on to the script across her collar bone before dipping down and swirling a finger around her exposed nipple. It hardens instantly and she stirs slightly but doesn’t wake up. I trail my finger down her stomach and under the covers, dipping it in between her legs, which are already slightly parted to find she’s already wet for
*Monroe's POV*It’s almost 11 when we pull up in front of Cade’s house and find Ben and Sue loading up the SUV. We’re flying out of San Francisco so we’re just leaving our cars at a park and fly. Cade tells me he’s going to grab his suitcase and that he’ll be right back. I walk up to Sue and she says, “Good morning sweetie. How did your last exam go yesterday?”“Good morning. It went well I think. Fingers crossed the teacher agrees with me,”She laughs and says, “I’m sure you did great.”At that moment, Lily and Hanna come barreling out of the house and slam into me, wrapping their little arms around my waist. “Good morning girls. Are you excited to go on a trip?” I ask them and the