*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.
*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
*Monroe's POV*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEPGroaning into my pillow, I throw my arm out and smack the top of my alarm clock to stop the horrid sound. 5:00 am. I have been waking up this same time every day for over a year now, but for some reason, my body has still not adapted. I turn my head to look at the two giant fur balls huddled up right beside me. I bought a king-sized bed so all three of us would have enough space to sprawl out, however Kobe and Bear still insist on being as close to me as they can possibly get. I give a quick pat to each of their heads and then drag myself from under the covers. As I throw on my sports bra and leggings, neither dog makes any effort to wake up. They hate mornings even more than I do. My room sits on the back corner of the house wi
*Monroe's POV*After the treadmill ticks into the 6th mile, the sun has completely risen and I decide it's time to get ready. I head upstairs to my room for a shower. Stripping off my clothes and stepping into the white marble shower, I turn on the water with the golden faucets and let the stream from the rainfall shower head wash away the sweat that clings to me. Just as I am towel drying my hair, my phone pings.Tommy: Have a good first day kiddo :)I smile and reply: Thanks, I will <3Tommy owns an MMA gym with his best friends Ryan and Dylan and they practically raised me when I started going there after my mother died. I spent almost all of my waking hours outside of school with t
*Monroe's POV*Walking to my bike, I wiggle my hands into the leather gloves and buckle on my helmet. Swinging my leg over the bike, a smile plays at the corners of my mouth. God I love this bike. I walk it out of the garage, closing the door behind me. Once I’m out of the driveway and onto the winding paved road that leads towards the city center, I speed up and revel in the adrenaline rush as I take the bends and curves of the roads faster than I probably should. After about 10 minutes I turn onto the main road and slow down to match traffic. As I drive through suburbia, I examine all of the nice family homes with manicured lawns and think of what a nice change of pace it is from Manhattan.Finally, I pull up to the school parking lot and find a spot near the far corner. I pull off my helmet and lock it to the bike and then throw my gloves and keys into the small zippered pocket at the
*Cade's POV*“Can you believe we start senior year tomorrow?” Xander, my best friend, says as he hands me another beer. He and I have been best friends since we were little. We grew up neighbours at the trailer park and have been inseparable ever since.“What the fuck man? Why do you have to keep reminding us? No more talk about school tonight. This is our last party of the summer so we are damn well gonna enjoy it.”Brett nods and Jason says, “Personally, I plan to start by scoping out the fine buffet of pussy in front of me.”I nod in approval and look over to the bonfire in the middle of the beach where most of the girls in Half Moon Bay are drunkenly dancing to the music in bikinis that don’t leave a whole lot to the imagination. The four of us get up
*Cade's POV*“CADE GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE NOW, YOU’RE GONNA BE LATE FOR SCHOOL”FUCK. I sit up and yell back, “5 MINUTES MOM!” I roll myself out of bed and throw on the first pair of jeans I can find with a random black t-shirt and head down the stairs. Mom hands me a plate with toast on it and a cup of coffee. I give her a kiss on the cheek as I grab them from here and then take a seat on one of the stools at the island next to my 6 year-old twin sisters, Hanna and Lily.“Hi Cade!” They say at the same time and look up at me with adoration in their eyes.“Hi cuties,” I say before shoving the toast into my mouth.My mom had them after she got married to my Step-loser
*Cade's POV*It turns out, my first period is Chemistry with Xander. We head there a bit early to find a bench near the back of the classroom. If I get stuck with some dork, or worse yet some chick that’s gonna spend all semester trying to sleep with me, I’m gonna fucking lose it. Thankfully, there’s still an empty one near the far back corner. As soon as we sit down the warning bell rings and more people start to file in. A couple minutes later I see her walk in. My eyes follow her instinctively. Now that she’s closer I can see that I was right; her face is equally as attractive as her body. I begin picturing fisting my hand in her hair and kissing those full pouty lips. She’s no longer wearing the leather jacket and I can see tattoos emerging from the top of her shirt. I look to her
*Monroe's POV*Of COURSE this teacher would ask me to come introduce myself. Why do they have to do that? It’s possible that my theatrical bow was a bit ostentatious but I don’t give a fuck. He should have gotten the hint. When the lesson finally begins, I hear Charlie whisper to me, “That was so cool.” I look at her and she blushes a little so I give her an encouraging smile and say, “He deserved it.”The teacher starts explaining the curriculum for the year and gives us the grading breakdown; typical first day stuff and then gives us the last 10 minutes of class to “get acquainted with our lab partners.”I can feel the nervousness coming off of Charlie so I figure I should start the conversation.
*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