The Hit List

We stopped in Jade's driveway, I hopped out of the car before walking up to Jade's house. I opened the door without knocking and called for Jade.

"In here." Her voice came from the kitchen. "Ice cream?" She asked while looking at the door.

"No thanks." I heard Cole say from behind me.

I looked behind me and frowned at him for standing in the doorway. I placed my focus back on Jade who was smiling at us.

"The dress, right." She said in realization so I rolled my eyes at her.

Cole took a seat by the kitchen island and I followed Jade upstairs to her room.

"Here you go." She said with a smile on her face.

"Are you sure this is gonna fit me?" I asked and she nodded excitedly. "Does it look good?" I asked and her eyes widened at my question.

"Does it look good?" She asked in disbelief. "It looks amazing. Take my word for it." She said confidently so I shrugged.

"Thank you," I said before hugging her and going back downstairs. 

"Let's go," I told Cole who was looking at his cellphone screen. He stood up from his seat but his eyes stayed glued to his phone.

"What's up with you?" I asked him and he glared at me.

"You made the hit list." He said and I searched his face for any sign that he might have been joking but I found none.

"What?!" I asked loudly and he angrily looked at me.

"See for yourself." He said before handing his phone over to me. I scrolled down the list until I saw my name at the bottom. 

#1

My eyes bulged when I saw myself at number one. What the f-

The hit list is on a page created by an anonymous blogger. Who attends our high school. They basically rank all the girls that they think are hot or just sluts in general. They also write a massive paragraph next to your name.

Cole sped down the street and I looked at him in fear. His jaw was ticking and his hand harshly gripped the steering wheel. The speed that he was driving in nearly gave me a panic attack but I started doing breathing exercises to calm myself down. 

Why is he so angry? 

"Are you gonna do something about this? And can you please slow down?" I asked him and he scoffed at my words before he stepped on the gas.

"Cole?" I called him but he ignored me. "Fine then I'll tell your dad that your friends put me on your stupid hit list." I threatened and he looked over at me with a scowl on his face. He slowed down his pace and I breathed out in relief.

"Go right ahead," Cole said under his breath. 

Okay, maybe I've gone too far. Because I know how his dad gets when it comes to me, also they don't have the best relationship.

We stopped in our driveway and Cole opened his door.

"Cole," I called but he slammed his door shut before he stormed into our house. 

Now I have to go apologize. 

I opened the door to our house and closed it behind me. Our parents are out of town for a week-long business trip so Cole and I have the house to ourselves. I went upstairs to my room and placed my bag down.

I sucked in a deep breath before leaving my room and walking to the room across from mine.

I knocked on his door but he didn't answer me. I knocked again before placing my hands on my hips.

Just as I was about to open his door it opened and revealed the devil himself.

"What?" Cole angrily asked me.

"I'm sorry," I said before briefly squeezing my eyes shut.

"For?" He asked acting dumb.

"For disrespecting my teacher and for making out with one of your best friends," I said in shame and he crossed his arms over his chest.

"Apology accepted." He said before taking a long drag from his vape.

"Also you're not going to the dance tonight." He said with a blank expression on his face.

"But-" I started and he raised a single eyebrow at me. "Fine." I huffed out in anger.

I turned around and went back into my room. I don't even know what to say about Cole's behavior. It's weird and confusing.

I closed my bedroom door and sat down at the edge of my bed.

I read the text next to my name again and my eyes welled up with tears.

Most kissable, most fuckable, and definitely the easiest chick to put down. All you have to do is ask gentlemen. She's still tight though so don't worry about the size.

I know Rook wrote this. Who else would go to such perverted measures to hurt my feelings? He's such a big piece of shit, how did I not see this coming?

I went down the hallway and took a nice and warm shower. I wrapped a towel around my body when I was done in the shower before I went back into my room. 

I bumped into somebody in the hallway and when I looked up I found Tyler instead of Cole. 

My eyes widened and I quickly went into my room. I heard Tyler chuckling and I blushed in embarrassment. 

I keep digging my hole deeper than it needs to be. Cole is definitely gonna kill me this time.

Why are his friends here in the first place he could've at least warned me that they were coming over.

I blow-dried my hair before I started curling it with my curling iron. When I was done I took the dress out of the bag it came in.

It was a shiny aqua-blue dress. I pulled it on and went over to the mirror. The dress tightly hugged my body while it stopped six inches above my knees. 

I looked hot so I smiled before pulling on my black strap-up heels. I quickly did my make-up to perfection before grabbing my phone and purse.

I sneaked out of my room and breathed out in relief when I realized that Cole had already left. I gave Jade a call and waited for her to pick her phone up.

"Hey, you ready?" She asked me.

"Yeah, where are you?" I asked curiously. 

"I'm outside." She replied so I went outside and locked the door behind me. I went over to Jade's car and climbed in.

"Hey, pretty mama." She said and I breathed out in relief.

"Hey, pretty lady," I said and she pulled off the curb before driving down the street.

"I think we're gonna be five minutes late." She said before quickly glancing at the time. "I knew you would look good." She said with a smile on her face.

"Thank you, you look good too," I said. "Also it never hurts to be fashionably late," I said and she tilted her head to the side.

"Are you like okay?" She asked me and I nodded at her. "About the blog thing? You're number one." She said and I looked out the window.

"I'm fine. Can we just not talk about that right now?" I asked her and she nodded at me.

"Sure." She said before looking ahead of her. "Just a friendly reminder. Tyler and Heather broke up this summer." She said with a smile on her face.

"No thank you. I'm trying to stay on Cole's good side." I replied pointedly and Jade just nodded her head at me.

We parked in the school's parking lot before going inside. The gym was packed with kids from our school, obviously, they were drunk and sweaty so I carefully pushed past them.

Jade and I started dancing when one of our favorite songs came on. I swayed my hips when I felt somebody's hands resting on my hips.

"You came," Tyler said so I turned around to face him and he smiled as I did so. He looks really good in a suit.

"Hi," I said with a soft smile on my face and Tyler yelled something over the music but I couldn't make out what he was saying.

"What?!" I yelled back and he smiled at me.

"I said you look beautiful!" He yelled a little louder this time and I smiled at him as I felt my cheeks heat up.

"Thanks!" I yelled back at him. I nervously looked around me but I didn't see Cole so I relaxed a little.

"Yeah, Cole is kinda busy right now," Tyler told me and I didn't even wanna know.

A slow song came on so I placed my arms around Tyler's neck. He pulled me closer to him by my waist before we started dancing to the song. I rested my head on his shoulder and I decided to let myself enjoy the rest of my night.

But that all went out the window when Tyler was pulled away from me.