Bad Boy's Secret: Enemies with Benefits Book One (10 page)

"No other girls in the picture?"
I ask, I can't believe I'm even thinking about this. My feelings are running
amuck!  I know I have feelings for him. Both lust, and liking.

"I only want you." He breathes
sounding shaky.

"This is crazy you know that?" I
reply and I can feel his nod. "

"But worth it." He chuckles, and
I'm being lifted. Our lips touching, softly and passionately. "Oh, your
dance was amazing. It was sad, but amazing!" He pulls away and inch, I giggle
at his comment. Then pulling him back, I let my thoughts run wild not really
paying attention. Then there is a knock at the door. We break apart immediately,
and I look at the door horrified. My parents!

"It's probably my parents! you have to
go! Hide something!" I push him towards the bathroom. He opens the door,
leaning out and kissing my forehead, something I never pictured Jake Lincoln
doing, and smiles at me. "We'll talk later! I've got to go!" I close
the door on him. Just as my family busts in, with Robbie behind them. 
"Hey guys..." I say.

"You did awesome!" Robbie
compliments wrapping me in a hug. Patrick wiggles his eyebrows at me, and I
shake my head slightly. He has always wanted Robbie and I together. He knows I
used to have crush on him and he thinks I still do.  "That was so
scary crap, but it was awesome." He continues. I laugh slightly. It was meant
to be a sad story, it was a story suicide. I didn't make it myself, I couldn't
have. I'm not good at making the story, just performing it.

"Thanks." I say, glancing at the
bathroom. Jake's in there! "Well... how about we go eat? I'm
starving!" I exaggerate so I can get them out of the room." I walk
with back to the door. "Oh, crap.. I'll might you in the car.. I've got a
couple more things to get done here!" I turning back into the room from
the hall. I got to the bathroom door and see Jake leaning against the wall
talking on his phone. Thank god we didn't hear it ring.  I leave the door
open, but go over to my things throwing everything back into my bag. It's not
my business who he is talking to, or what they are talking about.

"Alright I'll tell her tomorrow at our
session." He says coming out of the bathroom as well. That's right I have
to tutor him tomorrow.  "Okay... yeah I'll let her know." He
smiles at me, and I smile back. It must be his mom or dad. "I got it
Mom..... oh tonight? I decided to go for a drive... oh no right now I'm at a
gas station." He says. "Bye, yeah you too." Then he hangs up. I
giggle at his conversation, they said I love you! He still tells his mother he
loves her, that make him like three thousand more times adorable. 
"My mother.." he say embarrassed.

"She seems very nice." I imply,
he nods. "I'm exact ally excited to meet her. Your father though.. not so
much." I admit.

"Ahh don't worry about my Dad. He just
wants me to get life straightened out right now. You know choose a career,
college, he thinks I'm slacking." He rolls his eyes. "Anyways yeah,
my whole family is excited to see you. Jayla mostly. She thinks that I'm
secretly seeing you... I guess she is smart."  I feel a slight blush
at the mention of us being a thing. It's still unbelievable, and I'll have to
see how long it lasts.

"So you know when the diner is?"
I ask, pulling my back over my shoulder.

"Oh yeah, next week on Thursday."
He says, and we walk towards the door together. I've probably taken to long as
it is but I'll think of some kind of excuse for my family and Robbie. 
I'll pick you up at..?" He questions as we walk down the hall.

"I'll text you my address." I
say, remember he took care of the numbers problem. He smirks, as we leave the
building. I hope my parents and Robbie don't see and recognize him. "My
parents are watching.." I whisper, and he nods.

"Later?" He asks, I nod. Then we
go our separate ways, I go to my car, and he goes to his I would assume. 
I get in throwing my bag in the back. Everyone is looking at me.

"What?" I ask, going from
everyone face. Did I miss a spot when I was cleaning my face free of make-up?

"Who were you talking to?" My dad
turns, sounding very fatherly. Oh jeez!

"He was just another dance student. He
was practicing, and he was just telling me goodbye." I say, I look at
Robbie seeing if he noticed, he is looking down at his phone and doesn't seems
to notice the conversation at all.  "What?"

"He looked nice and good looking from
here." My mother smiles at me. I shake my head. They want me to have a
boyfriend, well now I guess I have something, but that is a secret for now.

"No." Is all I say, as we leave
the parking lot and head to a restaurant of Patrick's choice. The conversation
is dropped right away, and they move on to how good my performance was.

Jake's POV

"Where have you been?" Wyatt asks
as I walk into our dorm, I just got back from Paige's recital. I go into the
kitchen behind him, wondering how mad at me he is. We haven't talked much since
the party, and we disagreed. Although he was right, I'm not one to give up. I
didn't give up either. I pursued her and look where we are now. Maybe together.

"I had a thing." is I reply, and
he stops what he is doing. I see he has cheese dip out and hamburger meat. He
is making his chip dip. "Doctors appointment if you must know." I mumble.

"Oh?" He turns, "finally
come down with something?" he jokes, and I laugh at his joke. I've gotta
play it as if nothing is different. Although I've got to start being me more
around my friends.

"Nahh... I'm good man." I stretch
out my arms. He tosses a bag of chips at me, and then brings over a bowl of the
dip. 

"So your appointment was for?" He
ask, "Gotta make sure you're okay for baseball man. It's coming around the
corner. We kind of need a short stop!"

"Just a check up, my mom
insisted." I sigh, "So how are you and Carmen?" I ask, 
trying to keep a normal conversation going between us, and keep the topic of
girls off of me.

"She is great man! She is funny and
she isn't scared to tell me what to do. I like that. It's different then other
girls." He says, and I know what he means. I've got Paige. "You know
she talks about Paige all the time.." He sighs testing the subject. I look
down at the floor a second. It's a secret so don't imply anything!

"And..?" I ask, taking some
chips.

"She said that she has been very
distracted lately... would that be you?" I shouldn't have brought up
Carmen.

"Not that I know of." I say,
although I'm pretty sure it's me. "Maybe it's the play.. and the extra
work she is doing for Mr. Parker." I sigh. He narrows his eyes at me, and
I let out a breath. "She is my tutor, that's how we even started
talking."  He busts up laughing.

"I thought you met at drama
practice!" He says, "Ahh that's priceless dude! You've got to get on
that!"

"I don't know dude. I think she and
Robbie have a thing." I say even though I know that's false. I hope
nothing is going on with them, she told me no but I don't think he realizes
that. "Anyways, how about we play COD?" I stand, he stands and we
head upstairs to my room.  Video games... a nice distraction for all of
the weird stuff going on in my life. I'm happy, in fact happier then I have
been in a while! Although I don't know for sure where we stand exactly, but I
know it's on the up side!  After playing for two hours, we both get bored
and talk in my room about baseball coming up.  Wyatt is second base, so
the two of us are both infield, along with Robbie the pitcher. Thinking back to
last year and our home games, I try and remember ever seeing Paige. I can't
recall, which is weird. I also scanned the crowd for girls, and if I would've
seen her I know I would've tried to get with her. Although now I'm happy I
didn't. I don't know, now isn't the time to think about it. 

"I'm hungry." Wyatt stands, and I
follow him back down to the kitchen. He grabs some more of his chips and dip,
and Coke from the fridge.

"What happened to the whole entire
healthy thing for baseball?" I ask, grabbing a Gatorade. He just scoffs,
also opening the freezer and grabbing a sundae cone. He sits across from me at
the table tearing into his ice cream, and purposely eating it like he is making
out with it "Okay... save it for your girlfriend!" I say. Stealing
some of his chips and dip. I want another one of Paige's brownie things. Oh my
god those things are mouth watering.

"Have you eaten them all yet?" I
hear her voice, as the door opens. I sit up, looking towards the door I can't
see it or her but I will. 

"Are you kidding! I've eaten like
three, I'm saving them fuckers!" Robbie laughs, and I role my eyes.
"I guess that even though we did just eat, I can give you one." They
both come into view, and Robbie slings his arm around her shoulders. She grabs
his hand, and pulls it off her shoulders, but holds it for a second, then let's
go. Then they disappear up the stairs.

"So they go out on diner dates?"
Wyatt says, sitting up. "She took his arm off his shoulder...Hmmm..?"
Wyatt starts thinking. Oh god, I wish he wouldn't.

"It doesn't mat-"

"What if they are like a benefits type
thing?" He burst standing up, "Holy shit, that sly dog. Robbie's
getting action from Easton and you aren't!" He is pacing now, and I'm just
shaking my head. Not only is he worrying me with the things he is saying, he is
saying it loud enough for China to hear him!  "Damn... that boy has
something up his sleeve."

I stand up not wanting to keep listening. I
have no idea what's going on between Robbie and Paige she says nothing but how
will I know for sure?! I won't interrupt them, that might be obvious. 

"I don't want to hear anymore." I
say leaving the kitchen.

"Softie!" He yells, and then a
couple seconds later, he is next to me on the stairs. "You can't give up
man. You're way better the Shroeder, you just gotta show her that!" Then
he leaves going to his room on the second floor. I keep going towards my room,
and just as I get up there Paige and Robbie are leaving his each of them
carrying a brownie. 

"Paige." I wink at her, and she rolls
her eyes with a small smile. I smirk and walk up the stairs, we should be okay. 
I can hear Robbie ask her what it was about before I get to my room, and I hear
part of Paige's reply of her just saying that I've been being trying to get
with her lately. The truth, but not all the facts.  I get back to my room,
and decide it's probably time for bed, since tomorrow is a school day.

Paige's POV

I'm sitting in my room, starring at the
ceiling. Holy shit what a day! I danced my last dance recital, argued with Jake
Lincoln, and got into a weird/good situation with Jake Lincoln. Too much Jake
for one day. Although I want more. I want to know more about him, and just talk
to him the way we talk. Not fighting or anything, but talking and getting to
know each other. Which is odd,  we barely know each other. Can we really
feel the way we feel about each other? Or is it just him still trying to get
with me? I'll never know I guess. He could be with a girl right now, and I
wouldn't know, in fact that is probably what's going on.

I sit up reaching for my phone. I did say
we would talk later, but what if he is with a girl?  Then he wouldn't
answer or he could just lie. It's easy to lie over a screen. I pull back, why
am I already acting like this. Jealous and worried. I don't even know what we
are! I think we're in the talking stage of a relationship, but I could be way
off. I lay back down groaning about my life troubles. I'm never going to get
any sleep tonight. Realizing that I get up looking for my school stuff, I don't
have any. I didn't bring it home, since there was nothing to bring home. I'll
go for a run. That might make me tired. Changing into sweat pants, and an old
practice shirt for baseball, which is Robbie's I stole it. Then I tie my shoes
once they are on my feet and I head out. Just as I'm walking out Anne and
Rachel are walking in.

"Now you have to keep it on the D.L
okay!" Anne says to Rachel, but I don't know what she is talking about.
"Jake doesn't want anyone knowing." She adds, and then they see me.
"Although I guess people like her who would never catch his attention can
know if they must." She smiles at me, and my stomach goes through multiple
flips and turns.

"I wouldn't want to be with him
anyways." I say, and move around them. I go outside the cold night air
feeling nice on my now heated face and angry tension. I knew it. Jake was with
Anne! Of all the girls he could've been with he was with her. God, of course
since I  wasn't giving him what he wanted he had to go somewhere else to
get it. I start out just walking, not wanting to run right away. Now I'm wide
awake, and there is no chance of sleep tonight. As I run by the girls dorms, I
notice a boy, Robbie, leaving the dorm Carmen is in. It's past midnight, what's
he doing there?  "Robbie?" I ask, and I stop my jog, he looks up
at me, and he has the oh shit look.

"Hey ... Paige." He smiles
confused. "Whatcha doing out here running at night?" He asks, walking
up the side walk to me.  I cross my arms, really he is asking me what I'm
doing out here this late at night? Obviously I'm running, I guess he wants to
know why.

"I couldn't sleep... trying to make
myself tired." I say, ending that part of the conversation. I'm happy I
don't sound mad either, cause he would ask what's wrong in which I can't and won't
tell him. "What are you doing?" I point towards the girl dorm behind
him, he looks back at it and shrugs.

"Carmen... running play lines."
He sighs, holding up his play book. I look at him and the book, not
comprehending.

"So you were running play lines... at
1:42 A.M, with someone you don't even like?" I try to understand the logic
behind this.

"Couldn't sleep either. I would've got
hold of you if I knew you're still awake. I didn't want to wake you or bother
you. Carmen asked me at school too, if I would run lines with her. She wanted
to know the play. I don't know she is weird." He says, shivering from the
cold.  "Do you want t ride to your dorm?" He asks me.

"No.. I'm gonna go to the barn and
back." I sigh, rubbing my hands together. It is cold. "See you
tomorrow?" He nods, and then we go our separate ways. I still don't
understand why he would runs lines with her, and why she wanted to know the
play, I'll have to ask Carmen tomorrow. Getting back into my jog/run thing I'm
doing, I press play on my IPod and turn up the volume. Back to my situation.

Jake and I have a session tomorrow. What
does that mean? What will I say to him? I can't just say I know what you did
last night, that's creepy. I can't just ignore him either, he'll end up making
me talk. I know how persistent he can be, and I get the feeling that he will
lock me in a bathroom or something just so he can get me to talk to him. I
dismiss all my thoughts of Jake,  I'll deal with it when I get there. But
I'll see him right away in the morning at practice! I stop realizing I ran a little 
farther than the horse barn,  turning around I head back. I'll read
through my line what else do I have to do?

"Megera, my friends call me Meg, at
least they would if I had any friends. So did they give a name along with all
those rippling pectorals?" I quote my line,  on stage. I'm look at Hercules
AKA Robbie who just saved my life. We only have five minutes left of practice,
and Mrs. Oliver wants to see Robbie and I perform together to get our feel for
each other. To see if we play our parts good enough, and if we have chemistry
playing the two characters. We continue through this scene and then the bell
rings signalling first period.

"That was perfect!" Mrs. Oliver applauds
us. "Now just make sure the two of you keep your kisses nice and innocent,
no making out on my stage!" She jokes, and I lose all colour in my face.
Great. I have to kiss Robbie. I forgot about that. "Your homework,
practice your kissing!" She says serious, and then she flutters out of the
room. I slump off stage grabbing my things. Gosh, does she think that we're a
couple? We aren't. We're friends. Friends don't kiss! 

"Hey don't worry about it Paige, you
and I can do it!" He smiles at me, and winks. I can't tell if he is trying
to be funny or if he is serious. He thinks we can kiss and just ignore it?
Well, maybe for the play we can. I'm sure we can get over it. "If you want
we can even practice.... if you want!" He says, looking away as we walk
towards my locker. He apparently doesn't need to go to his.

"I have to get to class Robbie."
I reply, after a couple minutes. I've wasted enough time trying to think of an
answer to him. I can't tell how he feels about it. I just wave and go to
French. Sliding into my desk, I lay my head down on the table. Life is so
confusing. Boys are confusing.

The day zips by, and it's all because I'm
dreading my session with Jake. I saw him once at practice this morning, but I
haven't since. Right now I'm sitting in history with Mr. Parker and finishing
my homework. There is only about 10 minutes left in class, and his lesson is
over. I finish the small worksheet with five minutes left, and he demands that
I watch the damn poop throwing video. I go to the front of the room, and behind
his desk and kneel again, so I can see his computer screen. The both of us let
out hushed laughs, at the video of a monkey throwing it's poop. Then he tells
me all of the things I should do with Jake today after school. I try and stay
positive with him, and not let him know I'm nervous for it. I'm not that good
of an actress though.

"Are you okay? You seem on
edge.." He says after a minute, of me looking down at the papers I have to
go through with Jake. "Is he being inappropriate?"

"Ahh... I can handle it." I say
paper clipping it all together. "Besides, he probably won't even show
up." I add, trying to help myself out. I have to face him. I have to ask
about Anne, I need to know. He said he didn't want anyone else. He must be some
compulsive liar. I shake my head, just wait and hear what he has to say. Once
the bell goes, I leave the room without another word to Mr. Parker. Going to my
locker, I see Robbie is already there with it open and waiting for me. 
"Thanks..." I say, grabbing my things. We haven't talked since this
morning, and I left things kind of awkwardly.

"No problem... so I was thinking maybe
we could run lines, go out to eat." He offers. I role my shoulders, hoping
I slouche. I'm all of a sudden self conscious.

"I'm sorry... I'm busy... right now.
Rain check?" I propose instead. He narrows his eyes ready for asking me
what I'm doing. "Stuff. Stuff that I'm gonna be late for soon. I'm
sorry." I say and walk away. I look down at my watch, which I actually put
on this morning. I actually did stay up all night, and memorized my lines, and
actually showered washing my hair and blow drying it to style it. I'm tired as
shit now it's finally time to see him. Of course that's how life works.
Slipping into the library, I take a breath seeing he isn't here yet. I'm
running five minutes late too. I set my things down, and decide I'll wait ten
minutes and no more. He is probably messing with a girl again.

I press play on my phone, and Now You See
Me the movies with Jesse Eisenberg in it and I watch it from my phone. Ten
minutes, that's all I'm giving him.

"Paige? Hey... Paige?" I get
shaken and I sit up abruptly. Looking around like a mad women, I focus my eyes.
The bright lights hurt like hell, and it's very quiet. The library, I'm still
in the library. What? "Have you been here since after school? He didn't
show up did he?" Mr. Parkers, voice speaks again. I look down at my phone,
the movie is almost over. They're performing the last trick. I look at my
watch, it's been almost two hours! He didn't show up at all! Not a text or a
call.

"No..." I sigh trying to wake up
fulling. "I mean yeah,  I've been here since school ended. And yeah
he didn't show up apparently." I wipe my eyes, getting rid of sleepiness.

"Come on... I'll get super." He
says. I nod, with a small yawn. Grabbing my things and shoving it all in my
book bag, I follow him out the door. "He was picked up from class early, I
wonder if he is still gone." Mr. Parker says as we walk out of the school.
I role my eyes. He knew Jake might've not been at school?! I dismiss it oh
well. It doesn't matter. We have little conversation, and we slide into a booth
in the dinner.  "So, what are you thinking?" He asks, ordering
Kitty cocktails for us both.

"About?" I ask, setting my phone
on the table. I would've hoped he call or text, but I guess not. I was right
about him.

"The tutoring thing? You shouldn't
keep wasting your time." He says thank Lindy for giving us our drinks. I
sigh, he is right, but all of the things he said to me, make me want to give
him another chance. Although how many chances can you give a guy like him?
"I don't think I want you tutoring him anymore. I'll assign someone
else." He decides, and I look up from my drink.

"Why?" I ask, if I don't tutor
him I'll never have the time to talk to him. Well other then musical practice,
but I don't have much time to talk to him then.

"You've been distracted since you
started. Obviously you have other things going on, and I don't want him being
any bad influence on you." He says sounding very teacherly. "This is
quoted from your brother by the way... I was talking to him about you tutoring
Jake Lincoln. He known's his older brother and told me to not let
you." 

Even Patrick has heard of Jake? Well, yeah
then I'm screwed. His rep, is unchangeable. I let out a breath, nodding. I
guess it's better to not tutor him anyways. We drop the conversation when Lindy
comes back wanting our food order, I just order a salad and Mr. Parker gets an
extra cheese and pickle burger with A Thousand Island on it. It's gross, but he
likes it. He moves on asking me about how the musical is going and we
eventually lose the tightness from the conversation about Jake.

"Yeah, but still it's not relevant for
them." I laugh, we're back to arguing about dumb things that normal people
wouldn't think of. "Think about it Mr. Parker, if horses had no hair they
would be ugly or at least weird looking, and they would freeze over the
winter!" I say. Yes, we're arguing about horses having hair. It started
with just talking about them have a tail or maine, but eventually got to no
hair period.

" I really wish you would just call me
Austin." He sighs trying to not laugh.

"I can't... you're a teacher, unless
you already forgot." I say taking a bite.

"Oh come on... you call me Austin of
school grounds.. right now we aren't in school. It just sounds weird when you
call me Mr. Parker, when we're friends." he shake himself.

"Well, fine Austin... I'm still right
about the horses." I look away, picking a cucumber out and eating it. I
like cucumbers drenched in salad dressing but I don't like them mixed with the
other parts of salad.

"Yeah.. okay.. I guess you're right
about this one." He leans back munching on a fry. I steal one of his
plate, and he makes a mean face at me while I eat it too. "How was your
recital last night?" He ask, and I immediately think of after it in my
practice room with Jake. 

"It was good. I danced really
good." I say, ignoring the madness going on inside my head about Jake now.
He even showed up there and snuck into my practice room to talk to me! 
"Super afterwards was very good as well." I add, trying to push Jake
away.

"I don't care! While I'm here I'm
going to meet her!" A girl says behind us. "It's the first girl,
you've ever talked to me about!"

"You don't normal tell little sisters
about your crush." I hear him, and I squirm in my seat. I look down at my
salad swearing to myself. It's Jake and his sister Jayla!