*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
*Cade's POV*At 7:15 I find myself already in the parking lot of Sacrilege, sitting nervously in my car wondering what the fuck I’m even doing here. I don’t talk with girls; I fuck them and move on. But Monroe makes me feel…weird. I find myself having an internal debate on whether or not I should just leave. If I stood her up, maybe she would realize I’m no good for her. Then I wouldn’t have a choice but to stay away. I’ve almost convinced myself that leaving would be the best choice, for her sake, when I see her car pull into the parking lot. Suddenly, I’ve forgotten all of the arguments I just formulated and find myself walking towards her car. I can see her sitting there with an undiscernible expression on her face, holding on to the steering wheel. What is she thinkin
*Cade's POV*We both leave some cash on the table for the drinks and then head out. I catch the host checking out her butt as we walk by and I glare at him and then put my arm around her shoulders protectively and say to her. Fucking hell, these guys need to learn to keep their eyes to themselves. Next time I’m gonna bring a burlap sack to put over her. Actually that probably wouldn’t even work, I’m sure she would still look good.“So we’re going to take your car, and since it’s a surprise where we’re going, I’m just gonna have to drive,” I say with a smile. She pulls away and gives me an incredulous look and says, “I understand now, this,” she gestures vaguely between us, “isn’t about getting in my pants, it’s about getting in my car.”
*Monroe's POV*When I get home, I immediately facetime Maddy and Charlie, as promised and give them a play by play of the night's events. After, they both start yelling questions at me at the same time.“Woah, slow down! One at a time.”Maddy starts with, “So, what are you going to do when you see him at school tomorrow? Is it supposed to be, like, a secret or what?”I shrug and I say, “We’ll do whatever feels right at the time.”Charlie asks, “Are you guys exclusive? How does that work?”“We didn’t discuss that. It’s not really an issue from my end because there’s no one else who’s caught my
*Monroe's POV*The rest of the week passes by relatively smoothly. The stares and whispers have calmed down significantly which I’m thankful for. Cade and I have finished most of our project but we present on Monday and had no time to run through our presentation during the week so we agree to meet up on Sunday because there is apparently some kind of bonfire party thing at the beach on Saturday and I am apparently hosting the pre-drink for our little group. Similar to last time, we’ll uber to the beach and then everyone will crash at my place after. This concerns me a bit because I still have not figured out how to approach the whole “my parents are dead” thing with Cade. Let’s just hope it doesn’t come up.By noon, I have once again finished my workout, cleaned the whole house
*Monroe's POV*This time, Maddy straightens her hair completely and puts it in an Ariana Grande style ponytail, Charlie’s is half up with beachy waves and mine is left down with loose curls. We have on similar makeup to last Saturday but we all have a more natural lip colour this time. Charlie wears a dark red one piece with mesh cutouts at the sides, Maddy has on a classic bikini in a peach colour and I wear a black bikini with straps that criss cross around my ribs and stomach. We each add on some gold jewelry and a pair of very short jeans shorts in an attempt to pretend this counts as a real outfit.We walk back downstairs and the whatever conversation the guys were having instantly stops.“Alright boys, no need to catch flies. You can close your m
*Cade's POV*Once we’re all in the uber, I turn to Monroe, “I saw you talking to Mackenzie by the keg. What did she say to you?”She turns to me and says, “Nothing I didn’t already know,” and then plants a soft kiss on my cheek.Once we arrive at Monroe’s we all grab drinks and then walk out through the glass patio door in the basement. We walk along the stone pathway, which opens up to a large stone patio with an in-ground pool/hot tub combo in the middle surrounded by lounger chairs and a set of stairs leading up to a deck. The girls drop their shorts and towels on the lounge chairs and I can’t help but stare while Monroe wiggles out of her shorts. Fuck, she has a nice ass.She turns some music on the outdoor
*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