The Bad Boy (14 page)

Reaching the
front of the line, Hailey all but dragged me to the lady almost
trampling over a little four year old girl who screamed and ran to
her mom. I gave them a sorry smile but the mom glared at me and
pulled her daughter away.

Nice going
Hailey.

She didn’t even
notice though and plopped down in the seat, tugging on my hand for
me to sit too. I took the seat and looked at the lady who had her
eyebrows raised at Hailey. Yeah, that was the usual expression
people gave Hailey.

Hailey went first
and the lady did her usual routine and then started telling Hailey
what she sees for her. “Kindness. You have a heart of gold and that
is going to be useful for you in the future.” She said some other
things but the last one had me laughing. “Now this is just me
saying this but I think you should cut down on the sugar a
little.”

Hailey bobbed her
head obviously content with what the fortune teller had told
her.

Now it was my
turn and I felt my stomach twist.

I always got
nervous with these because I never knew if what I was going to be
told was going to be good or bad.

The lady looked
at me with curious eyes. “I see a dark spot with you right now but
I see it clearing up for your future to become bright. You are
scared right now but someone is going to help you get past this
stage.”

There was no
way.

Was this good or
bad news?

The lady sat back
and that was our indication to leave. Hailey and I got up and we
started walking again. “That was awesome!” She grinned looping our
arms together. “We both got good readings!”

I looked behind
us at the lady again but she was with a child and looked to be
telling him his reading. “You don’t think my reading had to do with
the whole Conner thing, do you?” I asked Hailey quietly.

She shrugged
thinking. “It did kind of sounded like it.” Then she jumped
happily. “If it is, I hope I’m the person who is helping you to get
past this!”

I couldn’t get it
out of my head about what she said and the look she was giving me.
I pushed the thoughts away because I knew they were all faked. The
lady was a phony and could probably just tell by our expressions
and body language.

Then I saw
him.

Jared
McKingsley.

He was standing
near the food stands with one of his friends from his group and
they were talking. I stopped walking and just stared at them. He
told me that he would never come here because it was social
suicide. Then what is he doing?

Hailey followed
my eyes and either smiled or smirked. I couldn’t tell because my
eyes caught Jared’s and I was lost. Even from a distance he looked
good and I couldn’t deny it. Why was I acting like I have never
seen him before? Maybe I was just shocked that he was here, at the
fair, a place of social suicide.

He motioned for
his friend to follow and they started walking towards us. I turned
to Hailey who was smiling at me. “You know how you asked if I am
seeing someone?” She asked.

I nodded, not
even caring that she brought the topic back up. I was still
confused with seeing Jared.

“
Yeah,
well I am and this is him.” Just as she finished two male voices
broke in.

“
Hey.”
They said at the same time and I turned to see Jared and his friend
standing in front of us. Jared was smirking at me with a glint in
his eyes and then I actually got a look at his friend. He was the
one who always wore the hoods and didn't talk.

My mouth dropped
open when Hailey walked forward and kissed the guy on the lips. He
smiled down at her and put an arm around her waist. “Emilie this is
Matt my boyfriend. Matt this is my best friend Emilie.”

“
Hi.”
He said sticking his hand out for me to shake.

I put a smile on
my face and shook his hand. “Hi, nice to meet you.” He smiled back
and dropped my hand. I studied his face and wondered why he always
wore a hood. He was very attractive with dirty blonde hair that
hung across his forehead, and green eyes. Hailey did a good job, I
thought to myself.

Jared spoke up
putting his arms out. “What I don’t get a hug?”

“
No.”

He dropped his
arms and smirked. “That hurt sweetheart.”

I crossed my arms
over my chest and cocked my head to the side. “What are you even
doing here? I thought this was social suicide for you.” I mimicked
him.

He nodded his
head towards the games and I spotted his three bother’s playing the
basketball one. “My mom forced us to come and bond.” He squinted
his eyes because of the sun. “But it turned out to be okay because
now I have you to keep me company.”

Hailey stepped
forward making Matt drop his arm from around her waist. “Actually
she can’t…”

I looked at her
confused and she smiled sheepishly. “What did you do?” I asked
already feeling a groan coming out of my mouth.

“
Well
thinking I was being a good friend because of the whole Conner
cheating on you, I decided to help you find someone new and thought
‘damn Hailey this is a good plan’ but then you told me what was
going on yesterday and for some reason it slipped my mind what I
did and now I don’t think it’s such a good idea
because—“

“
Hailey breathe!” I screamed grabbing her shoulders. She blew
out a big breathe and put a hand to her chest trying to gain air.
“Now why don’t you just tell me what you did before I kill you!” I
shook her.

Her eyes went
wide with guilt. “I volunteered you for the kissing
booth.”

I dropped my
hands from her shoulders and my mouth was agape. “You didn’t…” I
trailed off.

She nodded her
head and looked at her phone. “You actually have to start in five
minutes.”

“
How
could that have slipped your mind!?” I shrieked feeling Jared and
Matt’s eyes on me.

“
I’m
really sorry Emilie. I don’t know how I could forget but I did. I
get it if you hate me but I am so sorry!” She said looking like she
was going to cry. Hailey never cried so I knew she honestly forgot
about it. I never said my best friend was the brightest.

I sighed and ran
my hands over my face feeling like the world was on my shoulders
when I knew I was being dramatic. “I’ll do it. I mean I have too.”
Hailey’s face brightened and she jumped onto me wrapping her-self
around me.

“
Thank
you so much for not hating me!” She exploded with happiness
tightening her grip on me. I patted her back awkwardly because she
weighed just as much as me and it was hard to hold her up. Thank
God, Matt came and took her off of me.

I straightened
my dress out and my hair making myself look somewhat
presentable. “I guess I should head over there now.” I said waving
to the three of them and walking off.

I can’t believe
she signed me up. I wasn’t mad but now I have to kiss a random
amount of guys, which I don’t even know. Even worse, not
if
but
when
Conner finds out it’s going to be bad and then I
know I will have to get the police involved.

I got to the
kissing booth and talked to the lady who was running it and figured
out I really was signed up for it. Damn Hailey, I thought
as I switched with the girl who was before me.

She gave me a
look of sympathy, “Just beware of some of the guys, they try to
grope you.”

“
I’ll
keep that in mind.” I smiled in thanks and took the seat in the
booth. I felt my stomach twist with nerves because I never thought
I would be in this position.

I did last minute
preparations to my features and then waved for the guy waiting on
line to come forward. He handed me his ticket and I put it in the
box holding the tickets before turning back to the guy. He had nice
lips and looked to be a clean cut kind of guy.

I was told, it
was a ten second limit and then if they didn’t pull away I had too.
As I waited for the kiss to be over I thought to myself, why did
guys actually want to do this? Was this the only way they could get
action?

Ten seconds was
up and I pulled away because the guy seemed to think we were going
to go longer… and further. I discreetly wiped my mouth because the
guy winked at me and I knew he was a sleaze. He also proved he was
from when he tried to touch my boob.

I got the ticket
from the next costumer (this made me feel cheap) and prayed he
wouldn’t try to kiss with his tongue. I didn’t even ask if they
could do that but the last one tried and I didn’t let him.
 

A half hour went
by and I felt like my lips were going to fall off either from being
used too much or from diseases. I also realized guys were coming
back into line and it was really starting to piss me off because
they were the ones who would try to grope me.

A hand slid a
ticket onto the shelf that divided me from the people who stand on
the other side of the booth and I leaned forward a little to see
what I never thought I would see.

Timmy
McKingsley.

“
What
are you doing?” I asked shocked while he just smirked up at
me.

“
What
does it look like I am doing? I am at the kissing booth for a
reason!”

“
Is
this even legal?” I asked out loud completely perplexed that Timmy
was trying to get me to kiss him! He was too much like Jared it
scared the crap out of me.

“
I
gave you a ticket now you give me lips.” He crossed his arms over
his chest.

“
I am
not kissing you. You’re like ten Timmy!” I screamed trying to put a
point across. The people behind us starting groaning and I glared
at them. Did they not see what was going on? I am a seventeen year
old girl. I am not kissing a ten year old.

“
Timmy!” I looked up to see Jared storming over towards the
kissing booth and Timmy kicked the booth mumbling stuff that
sounded like cursing.

“
What
Jared?” He spit out looking up at his older brother who was the
perfect picture of pissed off.

“
What
the hell are you doing? I said I had to get you home and you run
off?” He ground out, his teeth clenched along with his
fists.

“
Emilie has to kiss me because I gave her my ticket and she
won’t!” He complained pouting and pointing at me.
  

Jared’s eyes
landed on me and then he shot a glare back at Timmy. “She is not
kissing you. I don’t think you can even come to this booth.”
Finally, someone was understanding my logic.

“
But I
gave her my ticket!”

“
Then
you kiss her man for god sakes!” Someone screamed from the back of
the line and I felt my heart explode. Everyone else was agreeing,
obviously getting aggravated at the situation.

Jared looked at
me and I felt myself blush. I was not going to kiss Jared
McKingsley especially in front of all these peoples!

“
That’s not fair!” Timmy stomped. “It was my
ticket.”

Jared shot him a
look. “I bought it with my money so really it’s mine.”

Oh
shit.

That didn’t mean
what I thought it meant.

Jared came closer
to the booth and leaned forward smiling.

My eyes were wide
and I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest and
smack Jared in the face.

“
I
guess I’m finally going to get that kiss.” He smirked.

“
Jared—“

Before I could
finish his lips were on mine and he was kissing me.

Jared McKingsley
was kissing me.

I was letting
Jared McKingsley kiss me.

Only a second or
two passed before I pushed him away from me and stared at him with
wide eyes. I couldn’t believe that had just happened. What was he
thinking? How could I have let that happen?

Timmy kicked the
stand one more time and crossed his arms over his chest. “This is
bull shit!” He cursed storming off.

Jared quickly
caught onto his collar and pulled him back. He grabbed his chin and
glared into his eyes. “You do not talk like that, understand?” The
death in his voice even sent shivers down my spine.

Timmy only nodded
with scared eyes. I felt bad for him and leaned forward and put my
hand on Jared’s shoulder. “Go easy on him. Don’t scare
him.”

Jared let go of
Timmy and looked over at me like he just realized I was there. It
made my heart clench because a minute ago he was kissing me and he
already forgot about me.

His eyes lost
their anger and he smirked at me. “Thanks for the kiss.” I felt
myself blush.

“
Would
you love birds hurry up! Other people are waiting.” The line
started throwing complaints at us and that ended it for me. I
didn’t sign up for this shit. Metaphorically and
literally.

I put my hands on
the little shelf that held the box for the tickets and divided me
from the line of guys and jumped over, swinging my legs in the air,
landing perfectly on the ground. I looked back at the aggravated
line and said, “Find someone else to kiss you.” I went to walk away
and then I turned around. “On second thought, try getting a
girlfriend!”