*Axle's POV*
We play one more game of beer pong and, when Cam and I win again, that puts us up 5 games and we all agree to call it and head into the dance floor. All the guys want to find their hookups for the night.
“You gonna go find Six?” Jameson asks.
“Obviously.”
I walk into the house just in time to see her walking towards the bathroom. My body follows her in and before I can consider whether or not this is a smart idea, I have her pushed up against the bathroom door and bring my lips down onto hers. Her hands come up behind my neck and it’s clear she wants this just as bad as I do.
I wrap my hands around her back to cup her ass and pull her against me. My hands make their way down to the hem of her skirt and slip under it and she pulls back and says, “Axle, wait. I’m not gonna fuck you.” Her body is telling me something different but I’m not going to argue with her.
“You don’t have to. Just let me make you feel good.” I see the shock and contemplation on her face before she whispers, “Okay.” I return my lips to her mouth and lift her skirt up a little before pushing her hips back against the door.
I run a finger up the inside of her thigh and then up the lacy material of her underwear which causes her to shiver. I push it to the side and run my finger down her and groan, “Fuck, you’re soaked already,” I say against her mouth.
I continue kissing her and then gently push two fingers inside her and she moans, digging her fingers into my shoulders. As I pump them in and out, her breathing increases with my pace and she begins to grind into my hand. I start circling her clit with my thumb and move my lips to her ear and say, “Come for me, baby.”
With my words, I feel her convulse around my fingers and she moans into my shoulder. I pull my fingers out and bring them into my mouth to lick them and then I slip out of the bathroom without another word.
I’m painfully hard in my jeans. Why the fuck did I do that to myself? I must be some kind of secret masochist. I find a random bedroom and slip in to finish myself off, thinking about her moans. It doesn’t take very long and I clean myself off and head back into the party. I find Jameson, who has some girl wrapped around him and say, “I’m gonna head home.”
“You sure man? I’m pretty sure I saw Six head into the crowd that way,” he gestures vaguely towards the middle of the dance floor.
“Yeah, I’m sure. See you tomorrow.”
I make my way outside and light up a cigarette while I wait for my cab. What is wrong with me? I never leave a party alone. Six is fucking with my head.
When Monday rolls around, I’m still thinking about fingering Six in the bathroom. I worry that she’s going to become one of those girls who gets all needy and annoying after I’ve shown them attention. I decide to skip Calculus because I’m really just not in the mood to deal with that.
I show up to lunch and when I see her in the cafeteria, I find myself getting hard. God dammit. I’m frustrated and I just want to go drag her into an empty classroom and fuck her brains out, but she didn’t want to fuck me in a bahtroom at a party, she’s definitely not going to do it at school.
I need a distraction. I look around and see the cute brunette from the party. I catch her looking at me and licking her lips. I nod towards the door, indicating that she should follow me. She does, and I lead her to a supply closet on the second floor and lock the door behind us. She goes to kiss me on the lips and I pull back.
“What are you doing?”
“Um, kissing you? Isn’t that what you brought me here for?”
“No, I brought you here to fuck you. So you’re going to get on your knees and suck my dick and then I’m going to fuck you from behind. Got it?” She nods and then kneels down, undoing my pants and putting her lips around my cock while she looks up at me. It feels good, of course, but not great.
I close my eyes and pretend it’s Six’s mouth on my cock and feel myself getting more and more turned on. “Get up and put your hands on that wall,” I tell her. She obeys instantly. I pull down her underwear and hike her skirt up. I roll a condom on and then push inside her. I pound into her, imagining once again that she’s Six. Everytime she moans, it reminds me she’s not and it takes me a lot longer than it should for me to finish. When I’m close, I reach my fingers down to play with her clit and I feel her convulse around my cock, making me finish too.
I pull out and remove the condom, discarding it in the garbage can, and pull on my pants as she fixes her skirt.
“That was fun, we should do it again sometime,” she says, running a finger down my chest.
“Unlikely.” I say. I don’t fuck girls more than once anymore. I open the door and walk out and see Six walking down the hallway towards the English Lit classroom. I see her eyes flicker to me and then to the girl behind me. She rolls her eyes and just keeps walking.
I follow her and take my seat. “Supply closet. Classy," she says with a completely neutral tone.
“Are you jealous?” I ask, trying to get some kind of reaction out of her.
She laughs and says, “No.” I search her face for any signs that she’s lying. I find none. If she is jealous she’s doing a damn good job at hiding it. Why does it piss me off that she’s not? It should be a good thing that she’s not.
“Well, good,” I say but it comes out sounding a lot more bitter than I had intended.
She raises an eyebrow but doesn’t comment. “So should we discuss the last couple chapters?”
We work on the project for the rest of the class and then when the bell rings, she gives me a polite goodbye and walks out. She’s acting like Friday never even happened. Did I hallucinate that happening, or what? I spend the rest of the afternoon in my classes, not paying attention to either of them.
After school, I mee utp with the guys and Jameson says, “So, we saw you leaving with that girl. Did you fuck her?”
“Yeah, and then Six saw us coming out after.”
“Oh shit, we missed a catfight?! I assume Six won,” Cam says.
“No, there was no fight. Six just kept walking. She didn’t even care.”
“Oh, well that’s good isn’t it?” Jameson asks.
“Yeah, I guess so,” I say, frowning. Maybe she didn’t like it? That can’t be it, she definitely orgasmed. Unless she’s just an extremely good actress. If she did fake it, she deserves a fucking Oscar.
*Six's POV*When I walk down the hall and see Axle coming out of the closet with that girl from the party, my heart clenches, but I just keep walking. I knew what he was like before I even met him, so this doesn’t surprise me. What does surprise me is how much it stings.The walk to class gives me enough time to place a mask of cool indifference on my face that I use whenever shit seems to be going downhill in my life. Thanks to my mother, I've had lots of practice with it.When he sits down beside me, I say, “Supply closet. Classy,” before I can stop myself. Using sarcasm as a defense mechanism is also something I do often.“Are you jealous?”I laugh and say, “No.” I can&
*Six's POV*The next day during calculus, things seem to be fairly normal between Axle and I, which disappoints me more than it should.Walking into Chemistry, I know we’ve got our first actual lab today, which I’m actually kind of excited about. I walk up to the bench and Emmett, the guy who usually sits at my bench, comes over.We haven’t spoken too much, but all of our interactions have been pleasant enough. He’s on the football team and he's tall with light brown hair that’s just long enough to show a few waves. Objectively, he’s very attractive with his blue eyes, dimples and boyish smile. He’s not really my type though. He’s way too pretty.“Hey,” he says, flashing me a smile.
*Axle's POV*At lunch Tuesday, I sit down and almost immediately Ethan says, “So have you heard about Emmett and Six?” My head snaps up.“What about them?”“I heard from Liz who heard from someone on the football team that he asked her out and she said yes.” I consider momentarily that it could be a rumour. But why does it matter? I am trying to convince myself that I don’t care when Jameson says, “Bro, you’re gonna break a tooth if you keep clenching your jaw like that. If you care this much just go talk to her.”“I don’t care,” I say as I glare at him.“Who are you trying to convince? Us or you?”
*Six's POV*When my phone rings in class and I see the caller ID for Theo’s school pop up, I panic as my brain runs through a million worst case scenarios in a split second and I run out of the room as I answer the phone. “Hello?”“Hi, is this Miss Laura Keller?”“Is Theo okay?”“Yes he’s fine. Who am I speaking to?” I breathe out. Thank God.“I’m his sister.”“Oh, okay I’m Mia Fisher, Theo’s teacher. Does your mother have a number I could reach her at? This is the only one we have on file.”“No she doesn’t, but you c
*Six's POV*After I leave Theo on thursday morning, I’m pretty emotionally drained and I’m thankful that my day is rather uneventful.On Friday during chemistry, Emmett confirms our date and I tell him I’ll meet him at his house and 5 so that we can go together. He had offered to come pick me up at mine but I was, quite frankly, embarrassed about my living situation.Axle has been acting like nothing happened between us, and I’m not quite sure what to make of it. I decide for now that ignorance is bliss.After school Friday, I stop in at Shaunice’s to say hi before I go get ready. What does one wear to a dinner date with an affluent football player? I settle on a baby pink tank top tucked into a pleated black skirt and thro
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*Axle's POV*About 5 minutes later, the Principal comes out and calls me in. When he notices Six following me, he says, “Miss Keller, this is a private meeting.”“I have some important information regarding the situation that I think you need to hear, so I would like to accompany Axle if that’s okay with you.”He looks between us briefly and then just nods. I suddenly find myself glad she stayed. When we go in Six starts by explaining the whole situation, and at the end, Mr. Collins says, “Well, it does seem as though your intentions were good, however, I cannot condone that kind of violence. I’m still going to have to suspend you, but just for the remainder of the week. You can come back on Monday. And as for you, Miss Keller, it seems like you’ve had quite the stress
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*Six's POV**3 years later*After doing summer courses and studying my ass off, I’m finally graduating from nursing school in the top of my class and I already have job offers from the local hospitals. It’s been a hectic 3 years trying to keep up with school, Theo and Axle and spending time with our friends. We’re still really close to the whole high school group. Paradox took off faster than anyone was expecting so they’re busy constantly and have their first tour planned for next year.It's a little sad that I won't get to go with him because of Theo's school and my job and whatnot, but I'll use as many vacation days as I can and we'll fly to see each other as much as possible. It's definitely going to be difficult, but we've overcome so much shit together already that I don't think doing l
*Six's POV*About 15 minutes after the band leaves to go set up, we all head out to the dance floor right in front of the stage to secure our places before the hoard gets too large.The head of the prom committee comes on stage to introduce them and then the curtains open. Axle looks down and winks at me so I blow him a kiss back.They start their set and do several songs that are definitely more on the pop end of the spectrum than I’m used to hearing them play. That was probably intentional seeing as most people here would not be into hearing some of their more obscure music. I wonder if the committee had a say in these song choices.Everyone is singing along and dancing and at the end of one song, Axle goes right up to the mic and says, “Alright
*Axle's POV*In the last couple months since Laura died, things have been busy, but thankfully uneventful. Paradox has been practicing a lot and doing gigs all around town and everyone has been studying like crazy to make sure we all graduate, and for Six, to make sure she keeps her scholarship. We’ve all finished our exams and tonight is prom night, to be followed a few days after that by graduation.It’s decided that we’ll all get ready at my place and early afternoon everyone shows up and the girls retreat upstairs. Apparently hair and make up is a big production for them. My mom offered to let them all use her room and the ensuite and even said she would help them out. I think she secretly always hoped for a daughter. Her and Six have been getting really close, which makes them and me happy.
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*Six's POV*When my phone starts ringing, I pull it out and see the caller ID and my stomach drops out of my body. They never call.“Hello?”“Hey, Six. It’s Pete. Can you come down the station as soon as possible?”“Did you find her?” He pauses and the dead air over the phone all but confirms my thoughts.“We think so. I can’t say much over the phone, though. Do you have someone who can come with you?”“Yeah," I say, completely numb to emotion.“Okay, see you soon," he tells me.
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*Six's POV*A couple of weeks later, we get our court date and everything goes as planned and the judge decides to officially grant me legal guardianship of Theo, which, of course I’m ecstatic about. My mom has started to work part time as a cashier at a grocery store and has officially been out of rehab for a month. I'm really proud of all of the progress she's making and I'm starting to become hopeful that maybe it will be the time.A couple of weeks after that, Paradox hears back from the record label and Trevor wants to sign them on a recording contract to start after the school year ends. All of the guys decide to defer college a year to work on recording and do music full time. They all promise their parents that if it doesn't work out, they’ll reapply to colleges for next year.
*Six's POV*When my mom, Theo and I are at the lawyers office, all of our identification and important documents in tow, I’m getting more and more nervous the longer we sit in the waiting room. Idon’t know why though. It’s not like I really have anything to worry about.Before I can get too deep into my spiral, the secretary says, “Miss. Keller? Mr. Hawthorn will see you now.” I get up and take Theo’s hand, following the lady back to an office. I see James Hawthorn sitting behind his desk and he gives me a warm smile before saying, “Welcome, please have a seat.”My mom and I each take one of the chairs and I sit Theo on my lap.“Right, so as discussed, Miss Laura Keller will be relinquishing custody of Theo Keller to you. Is that still the case?”“Yes,” Mom and I say at the same time.“Good,” He says and shoves a stack of documents to us, explaining the
*Axle's POV*After exams and Christmas, which Six, Theo and I spend some of with her mother who got out of rehab and seems to be doing well and some with my family, not including my father, it’s the 3rd of January, and Six’s birthday is tomorrow.We still have a week left of Christmas break, thankfully, and I’ve planned a surprise party for her tonight with all of our friends and I even invited Alisha, Jordan and Shaunice. I know on her birthday, she made an appointment with my mother’s lawyer to sign and submit the paperwork for Theo’s guardianship and then have dinner with him so I had to do it the day before.Stan already said he would watch the kids since she still doesn’t want to leave Theo alone with Laura and I’ve told her that I want to have a pre-birthday celebration with just us so she agrees to come over to my place.When we drop off Theo, Stan says that Shaunice is “in the shower” when Six