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CHAPTER 6: TESSIE'S POV
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I walked into the room I was supposed to attend an advanced math class in but stopped at the door the moment I saw her. She was seated alone reading a book I couldn't see, her curly hair covering her face. I watched her for a while knowing that she couldn't see me. Tess was wary of me in a way that I couldn't explain but it was fascinating which bothered me. In a whole school with over thirty girls in each class, cheerleaders and other cool girls who would fit the perfect definition of the cutest high school couple, with my looks and with a hoard of girls all over me but still, none of them had moved me like Tess had. I was obnoxious, sure but I was whenever I needed to be. I figured that maybe if I tried to show her the version of me that she hadn't seen, maybe she would stop treating me like the enemy. I needed her in my corner. I closed my eyes and sighed deeply. Who was I kidding? It was no longer about breaking up our parents. I wasn't a kid anymore to do that stuff. Why couldn't
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TESSIE'S POV"Whoa!" My mind screamed the moment Jace broke the kiss. I had tried to resist him but the moment his smooth lips brushed against mine, I felt my whole body transform. His breath was that of ripe berries, intoxicating and pulling me in opposed to what I had always considered boys' breaths were like. If my first kiss had been with him, maybe I would never have taken a step back from dating.I breathed hard staring at him. I couldn't believe that had just happened but it had. Jace was a jerk but he was a great kisser. I could still feel him on my lips and regardless of the sharp voice at the back of my head that warned me that this was wrong, I didn't hate it. It had been too brief but how could I say that? I wasn't sure he could read what was on my face as he stared back at me as if waiting for me to say something. What could I say? That I wanted him to kiss me again? No, I would never tell him that. It was best if I ran out and hid from him for the rest of the day until i
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JASON'S POV I stood there a little longer. She was not driving away even though she tried to show that she didn't want anything to do with me. All I could think about that afternoon was the kiss in the Janitor's closet. I had crossed that line knowing that I couldn't come back from it but I didn't regret it. Her lips were sweet and soft, timid and innocent like she hadn't done it before. Kissing her had livened my entire body, every muscle pulsating with an urge to have more of her. I never got hard as easily as I had in that closet with Tess's body, small but mature in all the right places against me. She was right. I had raging hormones but they weren't leading me to any other person. She was growing to be my weakness so easily. After the kiss, I had remained there longer to cool myself off and I wasn't even sure she had realized what she had done to me. The best worst thing was that she hadn't pushed me away. I had felt her respond to me, her lips parting slightly to let me in. S
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TESSIE'S POVOn Friday evening, I made my way downstairs to help my dad with dinner as always. It was probably the last day I was going to since he now had a partner for everything. Cooking, dates, golfing... I didn't even know he was such a sporty man until Diane showed up. They were inseparable and it was almost hard to watch. Scratch that. It was hard to watch especially since I couldn't look at how happy they were and not feel like I was sabotaging that by having unfiltered feelings for her son. It had been days since Jace kissed me and even though I had managed to avoid him in every possible way, that kiss had stubbornly refused to budge. It was a part of me whether consciously or in my dreams at night. I felt him everywhere clinging to me like a bad plague. Except that I didn't hate it.I stopped abruptly at the top of the stairs, my gaze caught in the scene in my living room lobby. There were stacks of boxes and men bringing in more, evidence of someone moving in. Was it time
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TESSIE'S POVI woke up late the following morning just as always. The first thought in my head was that I had the house all to myself with the only chores to do being cooking and cleaning after myself. That wasn't too hard because I was used to it anyway. I had made plans to meet Ava and her friends for a casual hangout but I still had some hours to get ready.It wasn't until I got to my bathroom that it hit me. After brushing my teeth and washing my face, I reached for the rack to grab a towel without looking just like I was used to. A strong scent hit me as the cotton ran over my face forcing me to pull back quickly. That wasn't my towel. How could I have forgotten about him? And why the fuck did he spray his towel? I quickly returned it to the rack but before I could pull my hands away, the door flew open. I turned to find him standing there, his shirt half open and in boxers. His short hair was all over his face and he didn't bother clearing it as he stared at me. "Ge
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JASON'S POVI waited until Tess had closed the door behind her then looked down. "Shit!" I cursed and groaned at the sight of the bulge in my boxers. Why had I even chosen to come downstairs in them? Not that it would have helped being in pants but the pants would have been a little more secretive. It was suddenly like I was thirteen and having my first erection on my babysitter. This one however was tougher even though I should have control of it. Tess's fiery attitude when she was pissed, the way her eyes danced with fury and turned her head causing her hair to bounce around her head was turning me on. Crazy, right? I closed my eyes and sighed heavily willing myself to relax. I was about to head upstairs when she came back barging into the kitchen angrily. She took me by surprise since I thought she had already left and in the process, I turned around sharply. She stopped in front of me, fuming and for a moment I froze not sure why she was looking at me like that.
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TESSIE'S POVI leaned against the door breathing heavily and closed my eyes tightly. That had just happened. I could try to blame Jace for it but that lie would haunt me for as long as I kept it up. He hadn't forced me to step forward. He had actually given me an out but I hadn't taken it. I didn't want to. How could I while his breath even though it wasn't even two hours since he woke up was so fresh and so arousing? I shivered at the thought and hugged myself closer.Nothing about how wrong it was had crossed my mind the moment I kissed him and everything I had felt was wrong. How was I supposed to make a sane decision with that? I didn't even want to be right or wrong, I just wanted to feel. Jace was making me feel things. The tingle in my center, the desire to get lost in his touch and how he kissed, to bury my face in his bosom and just stay there forever. My hand traveled across my chest, brushing lightly over my breasts as my fingers sought the skin of my neck. The thought of
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JASON'S POVI had never thrown a party before but I had been to most of my classmates in my former school. Normally I would wait to arrive later than anyone else to make an entrance but this time I was stuck in the middle of it.Tess's father was trying too hard with me and suggesting this party was his way of showing how supportive and cool he was. I wouldn't have agreed to it because I didn't care that much about things like this. But I did and now here I was. I figured that it wouldn't hurt to create a more welcoming environment from my new classmates and schoolmates but more importantly, I was doing it because of Tess. At first, I hadn't been sure about her feelings towards me and I was so afraid to act and cross that line but that morning everyone had changed. She hadn't tried to run away, well, except for the moment my person decided to embarrass me. This party was supposed to be a distraction from her and all those thoughts I had about her but now, that didn't matter. It was a
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JASON'S POV "Bro, I think I found a solution for your girl problem and I might just have found you a date to homecoming!" my cousin announced and jumped into my bed, disrupting my sleep. "I told you, I'm not going to homecoming, Jude," I groaned and turned, pulling a pillow over my head to block his voice.I wasn't sleeping, but I was in no mood to talk to anyone. Not after the day I'd had. Months of trying to get over Tessie, all the effort I had put in was not making it any easier. I had finally decided to get over it, get over my ego and talk to her and I just had to stumble over her agreeing on a date with Evan.Evan! Again! Yeah, that was it. I wasn't going to try again and I wasn't going to subject myself to that torture— watching them together for a whole night. "Dude, you are in the football team. You can't miss the game!" he shook me awake. "Besides, do you really want to miss your last homecoming dance just because a chick broke your heart? Look
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TESSIE'S POVMonths sped by quickly and before I knew it, junior year was already halfway done. Everyone was counting days to the homecoming dance, which was all the talk in the school hallways, washrooms, cafeteria, everywhere. It was beginning to get on my nerves especially when — "Have you found a date to the homecoming dance yet?"When that topic came up. I looked up, my sandwich halfway to my mouth, and met Ava's eyes dancing with curiosity. Way to ruin a girl's lunch! "No," I put the sandwich down. "And I'm not interested in finding one or going." "Tess, this is the second last homecoming dance you are ever going to get a chance to attend! You can't just throw that chance away." "I can, Ava. And I am." "No, you are not. You have to be there because I'm running for homecoming queen and you are not going to let me face Lexi 'you know who' on my own."My mouth dropped, "You are not serious, are you?" "About what part?"
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TESSIE'S POVThe level of scrutinizing I was getting at home ever since Jace moved out was too high. There had been numerous questions about what had happened, all to which I had responded the best way I could — feigned oblivion. I hated that my Dad blamed himself for going off on him for getting home late but what could I do?He would have to bear that lie and deal with it. As for me, sleeping in on weekends until they left and leaving so early in the morning during school days to avoid them was how I coped. That morning however, I wasn't so lucky because it was Diane's off day.I was seated in the kitchen taking my breakfast when she joined me. "I saw Jace."I looked up sharply and forced down the sudden panic that name brought to me especially in that house, "Yeah?" "Yeah, he told me why he had to move out." "He did?" I swallowed hard. Why was she being so vague? The tension was killing me inside. "Yes, it wasn't anything to do with your father.
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AVA'S POV "So... tomorrow, just you and me hanging out without any boy drama?" I asked Tessie excitedly and wrapped my hand around her shoulder as we walked out of class on Friday evening. It was a week since officially breaking up with Evan and she was a mess. She let out an exhausted sigh and her face still remained with the same unrest it had the whole week. I hated seeing my best friend sad because of some guy. This being her first breakup, even though she had been the one who called it off, I could tell it was hard on her. I had never seen her being as mentally absent as she had been over the last two weeks. This was depressing and I had to do something to cheer her up. "My Mom agreed to let me have this weekend to myself. We can go shopping, get our nails done, have as much fro-yo as we can possibly handle—" "Ava, I hate all those things!" "And do at least one stupid thing to blow off some steam and let out our frustration about our messe
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TESSIE'S POV The day passed without any drama. I guess I should have been thankful especially since Lexi hadn't even spared me a glance in the hallways, let alone talking to me. She hadn't said anything clearly because it was like any other day, another one of being invisible to the whole school.My mind however couldn't settle. I was restless with thoughts about Jace, about Evan, about Lexi... She couldn't have kept the information to herself out of the goodness of her heart. That bitch had no heart. That left the possibility that maybe she and Jace had become official. The thought churned my insides. How would I cope if that was the case?When evening came without any sign of Jace even around Lexi, I began to panic. Where was he? Had he left town and decided to go back upstate to his former home? No, that couldn't be. He couldn't just up and go without a word. If not to me, to our parents. They would want to know why he was leaving and that was a topic I was sure he couldn't hold
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TESSIE'S POV After hours spent up late through the night, I slept in and woke almost too late for school the following morning. I'm not sure how long I spent staring at the adjoining bathroom door, beating myself up and hoping desperately that he would sneak into my room like always.I don't know what I was expecting because no miracle would change what had happened. With only a few minutes to get ready, I rushed into the shower and then got dressed. By the time I ran downstairs, it was already past seven. "Tessie! You are still here?" Diane asked in surprise. "I thought you were already gone with Jace because he wasn't here when I woke up. What happened? You always wake each other up." "I guess he forgot," I shrugged and grabbed my keys. I didn't want to be there a second longer because I wasn't sure I could keep lying about what was really going on. "See you later," I added quickly and left.It wasn't until I was pulling up in the school's parking lot that
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JASON'S POVI hurried out of the diner and made my way across the street. My senses were dead, I couldn't see clearly but I didn't care where I was going. All I knew is that I wanted to be far away from there— far away from her.The first time I had decided to be the good guy, the first time I had decided to be loyal only to be betrayed like this. I had never believed in love until her. Now she had wrecked me and the mere sight of her made me want to disappear forever. The loud honking of a car alerted me. I was caught in a moment of panic in the middle of the road and just when I thought I was about to get crashed, someone yanked me into the sidewalk. I fell on top of her before I recovered. "What the hell are you doing? Trying to get yourself killed?" Lexi reprimanded. I was too shocked to respond. I stared at her blankly. My heart was racing wildly. "Jace!" she shook me vigorously. "You are not okay, let me take you home." "Don't touch me!" I
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TESSIE'S POV My heart was drumming loudly as I drove down the road, my mind so preoccupied with thoughts that I almost forgot about Lexi. There was no way out of this. Jace had enough evidence of my betrayal to never want to talk to me or see me again.Knowing that we lived in the same house gave me some comfort, that maybe I would manage to get him to forgive me but that was feeling next to impossible. I was dying slowly from the inside, regret and guilt combined built up. I could only blame myself for this.My phone rang breaking the silence in the car and rousing me from my thoughts. I looked at the screen quickly and sighed. It was Evan. I picked up right away knowing if I didn't he would keep calling. "Not now Evan! We will talk later," I shouted and ended the call before he could say anything. "You are such a slut you know?" Lexi commented. "You had the guy every girl wants and still had to go after your brother? God! How messed up are you?"
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TESSIE'S POV Time seemed to stand still as the events unfolded too quickly in front of me. Or did it just speed past to the point I couldn't register? Things had escalated too fast from Evan getting out of the math's test and pulling me into the closet to Jace walking in on us.Evan had been so excited talking about how he nailed that test and how bad he wanted to celebrate because apparently he had studied better because of me. Most of what he had said had gotten past me as I had been working my way to telling him that we couldn't be together anymore. How was one supposed to break up with someone they had only been together with for only over a week? And to add to the complication, I had nothing bad against him.I wouldn't say that I had been forced to go inside that closet with him but I hadn't had much time to stop him. It had happened so fast, him kissing me and me assisting him with my top. God, I was the absolute worst! If anyone called me a slut I wouldn't judge them but in t
