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sorry.”
Lee frowned, but you could tell he was enjoying Braydon’s banter. “Never joke about that shit. I take cock very seriously. Pun intended.”
A boom of laughter burst from Bray’s mouth. “Okay, I changed my mind. He’s my favorite. Sorry Fay, you’re out.”
“Oh, how disappointing,” I mumbled sarcastically.
He patted me on the head. “Don’t worry, you’re still Heath’s favorite. I know when my big brother—”
“Bray, I swear to God… shut the hell up.” Heath pushed off his stool, shoulders back and fist clenched. I watched Kyle tense, obviously understanding the insinuation.
“Okay, I think it’s time we went and found Lay and Andre.” I stepped forward, pushing at Kyle’s chest and forcing him backward. He didn’t fight me, but he made it known that he was fully ready to throw down by the way his muscles bulged against his shirt, and how he refused to take his eyes off Heath.
Cody followed, glancing curiously between the two boys.
I managed to get him out in the hallway, Lee’s laughter followed us out the door, and he was soon beside me.
“You want to explain what happened in there? You disappear, and then I find you hanging out with those rich kids, laughing and joking like you’re old friends.” Kyle gripped at my wrist as I tried to pull my hand from his chest. “You think they give a damn about you? You heard him yourself, calling you and Lee, street rats, and fucking laughing about it.”
“He didn’t say it to be mean, Kyle,” I told him sternly, ripping my hand away from him. People walked around us, oblivious to the tension in the air, just enjoying the party. “Anyway, who cares? That’s what we are isn’t it?”
“I don’t need those assholes reminding me of where I live, Fable. They’re going to go home to their billion dollar mansions and laugh about this tomorrow. How they got one of the street kids to turn against their own.” I could feel his anger building, and he was drawing more and more attention to us.
I stepped closer to him, lowering my voice to barely a whisper, “I don’t know what the fuck you’re on right now, but you need to fucking step back and calm the hell down.”
His eyes met mine, and I could tell it wasn’t just fury hiding in them. There was something else. Jealousy?
“Cody, can you swipe us out? I think it’s time we went home,” my voice was quiet and deadly.
“Are you sure? We could go to a different room?” Cody asked nervously, he was obviously out of his depths when it came to confrontation.
I shook my head. “Now a scene’s been made, it won’t take long for everyone to hear what’s going on. It’ll only make things worse.”
Lee wrapped his arms around me and kissed my cheek. “You guys go, I’ll find Layla and Andre.”
Cody and Lee followed us to the elevators, Kyle stomping inside like a sulking child and pressing himself against the wall.
By the time we walked out the front doors, I could tell his anger was beginning to evaporate, but mine wasn’t.
“Fay…”
“Just don’t, Kyle,” I snapped, pulling my jacket in around me. “You know, I like knowing that you’re here for me, that you give a shit enough to want to protect me and keep me safe. But you know what, I’m not that lost little girl I was before, looking for someone to coddle her and tell her that everything’s okay.”
He kicked an empty can as we walked down the street, the lights from the street lamps the only thing allowing us to see in the pitch black darkness. The air was cold compared to the jam-packed floor of the party. All those bodies together had heated it like a sauna, and now we were back outside I felt a chill run through me.
I wasn’t sure if it was from the cold breeze that seemed to have picked up in the last hour or so, or whether it was a dark reminder of the fact that this was just my life, my reality, a life out in the cold. I would walk back to the tent where I lived, while those kids would
Lee frowned, but you could tell he was enjoying Braydon’s banter. “Never joke about that shit. I take cock very seriously. Pun intended.”
A boom of laughter burst from Bray’s mouth. “Okay, I changed my mind. He’s my favorite. Sorry Fay, you’re out.”
“Oh, how disappointing,” I mumbled sarcastically.
He patted me on the head. “Don’t worry, you’re still Heath’s favorite. I know when my big brother—”
“Bray, I swear to God… shut the hell up.” Heath pushed off his stool, shoulders back and fist clenched. I watched Kyle tense, obviously understanding the insinuation.
“Okay, I think it’s time we went and found Lay and Andre.” I stepped forward, pushing at Kyle’s chest and forcing him backward. He didn’t fight me, but he made it known that he was fully ready to throw down by the way his muscles bulged against his shirt, and how he refused to take his eyes off Heath.
Cody followed, glancing curiously between the two boys.
I managed to get him out in the hallway, Lee’s laughter followed us out the door, and he was soon beside me.
“You want to explain what happened in there? You disappear, and then I find you hanging out with those rich kids, laughing and joking like you’re old friends.” Kyle gripped at my wrist as I tried to pull my hand from his chest. “You think they give a damn about you? You heard him yourself, calling you and Lee, street rats, and fucking laughing about it.”
“He didn’t say it to be mean, Kyle,” I told him sternly, ripping my hand away from him. People walked around us, oblivious to the tension in the air, just enjoying the party. “Anyway, who cares? That’s what we are isn’t it?”
“I don’t need those assholes reminding me of where I live, Fable. They’re going to go home to their billion dollar mansions and laugh about this tomorrow. How they got one of the street kids to turn against their own.” I could feel his anger building, and he was drawing more and more attention to us.
I stepped closer to him, lowering my voice to barely a whisper, “I don’t know what the fuck you’re on right now, but you need to fucking step back and calm the hell down.”
His eyes met mine, and I could tell it wasn’t just fury hiding in them. There was something else. Jealousy?
“Cody, can you swipe us out? I think it’s time we went home,” my voice was quiet and deadly.
“Are you sure? We could go to a different room?” Cody asked nervously, he was obviously out of his depths when it came to confrontation.
I shook my head. “Now a scene’s been made, it won’t take long for everyone to hear what’s going on. It’ll only make things worse.”
Lee wrapped his arms around me and kissed my cheek. “You guys go, I’ll find Layla and Andre.”
Cody and Lee followed us to the elevators, Kyle stomping inside like a sulking child and pressing himself against the wall.
By the time we walked out the front doors, I could tell his anger was beginning to evaporate, but mine wasn’t.
“Fay…”
“Just don’t, Kyle,” I snapped, pulling my jacket in around me. “You know, I like knowing that you’re here for me, that you give a shit enough to want to protect me and keep me safe. But you know what, I’m not that lost little girl I was before, looking for someone to coddle her and tell her that everything’s okay.”
He kicked an empty can as we walked down the street, the lights from the street lamps the only thing allowing us to see in the pitch black darkness. The air was cold compared to the jam-packed floor of the party. All those bodies together had heated it like a sauna, and now we were back outside I felt a chill run through me.
I wasn’t sure if it was from the cold breeze that seemed to have picked up in the last hour or so, or whether it was a dark reminder of the fact that this was just my life, my reality, a life out in the cold. I would walk back to the tent where I lived, while those kids would
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