Three years ago.Jace's POV.Our almost kiss made things more awkward between us, we walk back to her house in total silence.She looks like I made her very uncomfortable, which is understandable."Can I pick it up later? After I check on Diego?" I ask, pointing at my bike when we reach her driveway."Yeah, sure." She interlocks her fingers behind her, barely looking at me.Yeah, so, remember when I said I didn't wanna fuck it up?I fucked it up."Goodnight, Olivia." I start walking backwards, gazing at her."Goodnight, Jace." She responds in a low tone, I turn around and I squeeze my eyes shut, groaning in frustration.Fuck fuck fuck.That went awful.Diego's car is in the driveway, I don't know if he drove it to the party or maybe he also walked, I notice that his Mum's car isn't in the driveway which means she's not home.I ring his doorbell repeated until he opens the door and almost snaps at me."Well, shit, I thought you got arrested.""Nah." I let myself inside his house."What
Three years ago.Jace's POV.Diego and Blair insist we go somewhere more fun but I'm not in the mood and Cassandra's mum keeps ringing her phone so we both end up declining. They both go ahead without us, taking Diego's car. Cassandra offers me a ride back to Olivia's house, where I left my bike.She's headed in that direction anyway since the Richardson mansion is right after Diego's neighborhood. I've never crossed the Richardson's gates but Diego and I used to ride our bikes right passed the estate when we were younger and every time, we'd stop to stare at the mansion, it just made me feel like my parents were doing something wrong with their lives.Weirdly, I feel like that right now.Cassandra Richardson looks like money, hell, she even smells like money. Her hair is golden silk, she's wearing diamond stud earrings, I know her matching outfit was designed by some expensive designer and she's wearing sneakers but even they look fucking expensive.Why did I ever think that I'd ge
Three years ago.Jace's POV.My eyes flutter open, squinting at the natural light spilling into the room.The first thing that comes crumbling into my brain is that kiss and how it ended.Shit.It's way too early for this.I rub my eyes, sitting up on the edge of the bed, running a hand on my face and tugging my hair at the roots.Shit. Shit. Shit.Why does it feel like that kiss mattered, like those lips were the only lips I'd crave for for the rest of my life.Reminder, you met this girl last Friday.She shouldn't even be occupying my mind right now.I groan, picking up my t-shirt from the floor, slipping into it and marching out of the room.I hear her calling her dog from the kitchen and I halt on the staircase.Shit.I stare at the front door straight ahead, thinking about walking out of it without having any awkward conversations with her.Dick move.I descend the stairs, standing in the doorway to the kitchen, leaning my shoulder against the frame and watching her put food for
Three years ago.Jace's POV.I know I wasn't supposed to but I enjoyed my one week suspension.Everyone would leave the house in the morning and I'd have it all to myself.There's not a lot to do at home but I made myself busy with important stuff like smoking weed, working on my bike, watching porn, eating every snack in the kitchen and finally checking out Game Of Thrones, which was fire.Time goes by fast when you're missing class, my week of paradise is now over and I'm back in hell.Diego and I have a free period and we're spending it in music class since no one's using the room.He's telling me about his night with Blair while I'm zoned out, gazing at the spot where Olivia and I had our first conversation.I didn't think about her during my week of paradise, I didn't think of anyone or anything really, I just had time to myself for the first time in a long time and I let myself live in the moment.It was like having a vacation I didn't know I needed.But now I'm back to reality
Present Day.Olivia's POV.Izzy and Myra dragged me to a club.Usually, I'm the one forcing people to go out and have fun but I've been feeling bummed lately.I just wanna stay in bed and watch movies cause things don't make sense anymore.But I didn't do that, they wouldn't let me do that.I'm glad they didn't cause partying is how I escape myself and how I keep my mind off things that I'm supposed to be thinking.Like solving the biggest mystery of your life.Fuck that.I take another shot of vodka, squeezing my eyes shut and humming when the drink flows through my body with a warm buzz.Izzy and Myra went upstairs cause that's where all the hard drugs are found, I didn't feel like tagging along because I'm not a fan of hard drugs.My eyes scan the dance floor, searching for a possible snack for the night.I probably shouldn't be calling men snacks but trust me, I have a type and snack is the only name you can use to describe them."Hey." A blond guy leans his arms on the counter be
Three years ago.Jace's POV.This is not the first time I'm pretending to be a girl's boyfriend, things didn't turn out so well the last time I did this but that's mostly because I was stoned and the girl's parents decided to say shit about my tattoos.Here's the thing, I know I'm only eighteen and people regret certain decisions as they grow but I don't think I'll ever regret the tattoos, they're a part of my grown and they somehow feel like... Therapy.Having people say stupid things about them pisses me off, so yeah, of course I pulled out a couple of curse words which left them slack jawed and no, I have no regrets.I know something dramatic is gonna happen at this meet up too but I still pass through the gates.I slow down my bike, taking in the large estate.Fucking hell.I reach the circular driveway, parking my bike next to a black Bugatti Veyron.This fucking driveway is like a luxury car collection.There's that Tesla Luke Richardson drove last year, a red Jeep Wrangler Rubi
Three years ago.Jace's POV.This fair well party turn out is fucking ridiculous.Luke threw a party at this same pool house last year but it was invites only.Cassie on the other hand opened the door right open and told everyone to come in and party their assess off.I didn't think I'd like this party being thrown in my name but then again no one has ever done anything like this for me and I gotta admit, it's quite nice."You and Cassandra need to date for real, I'm fucking serious." Diego tosses the little white ball into one of the red cups on my side of the ping-pong table.I heave a sigh."I think this is the first time you're approving my relationship with someone and it's not even a real relationship." I pick up the cup and I chug the drink, retrieving the ping-pong ball from the bottom afterwards."Well no one's ever thrown a blast like this for you so yeah, I approve." He nods."Fucker." I mutter, throwing the ball at him but he dodges it, laughing.Blair joins in from nowher
Three years ago.Jace's POV."I'm busy!" I respond to Cass, my eyes still glued to Olivia."It's show time!" She shouts back.Show time means Sandra's here so we have to do the whole make her jealous thing."Is Cassandra Richardson your new girlfriend?" Asks Olivia as she looks at the door."What's it to you?" I scoff.She rolls her eyes at me and tries to walk away."Hey, hey, hey, chill." I grab her arm, "It's complicated." I answer her question."How complicated?" Her face looks serious, I watch her expression in disbelief.I might be obsessed but Olivia is a little bit possessive. A very bad combination indeed."I can't explain how complicated it is but, she's not my girlfriend." I shake my head."You're sleeping with her then." Her eyes go round, I laugh."Please say fuck before I call you a Normie." I joke, that makes her smile."I am a Normie." She clarifies."I don't think you should be saying that to anyone else.""You haven't answered my question." She changes the subject,