I arrived home managing to perfectly avoid any thoughts on my dirty little dream earlier, keeping myself occupied with boring things such as homework and well... homework.

I mean, c’mon who on earth likes homework? I certainly do not. It’s boring, boring as a door, I tell you

It’s quite amazing how quickly things can go from being good to a complete pile of shit. It was 10pm when I was on my room doing no harm to anyone and the next thing I know I’m defending myself against my da—Adrian, because again, he is drunk.

“You’re sooo beautiful” Adrain slurred in my ear

“Get off me, Adrian” I said “You’re drunk. Again” I pushed him off from me

“C’mon, why you no ‘daddy’ me anymore?” he stumbled in his footsteps

I rolled my eyes and remained quiet, even thought I wanted nothing more than to punch him so hard that I would wipe that smirk out of his face.

“YOU FUCKING WHORE!” he yelled, grabbing my face and squeezing my cheeks between his fingers “ANSWER ME!”

“I don’t want to” I hissed “And you’re not going to make me, sick bastard”

Oh, crap

“Well, well… if I didn’t knew better, I would say that sounded like a bet” he smirked, drinking a little more of whatever he had on his hand

“NO!, NO!” I yelled in a muffled sound when he started feeling me up through my shirt

Pervert

I was about to kick him in the balls when…

“Baby aren’t you coming to bed?” a female voice asked from the hall

Adrian grunted and let go of me harshly before I could manage to pull something

“Dammit, I forgot about her” he looked towards the door that guided to the hall “I guess we will have to finish this some other time, baby” he returned his gaze to me and then he left the room, but not before he crushed my hand with his boot making me drop a silent groan.

I sat against the wall, holding my hand, trying to catch my breath, he was always trying to feel me up since I was 16 but that was about it.

I had never let him have his way with me and I wasn’t planning to start soon, anyday. I laid down in bed, after I took care of my hand the best I could, surely, now I would get a bruise.

***

Next morning the sunlight beams, through my window, woke me up. My jaw was sore and my hand, guess what?, was bruised.

What a surprise!

It actually looked like a tattoo, but it was purple and goddamm it. It hurt like a bitch.

I heard a noise from his room so I guessed the 'woman' he brought home yesterday was giving him some fun.

Disgusting.

I got ready pretty quickly, just a black shirt with some random design, some blue ripped jeans, converse, my hair pulled in a messy braid and of course my usual makeup. I grabbed my backpack, my phone and I walked downstairs. Just when I was closing the front door, my phone started buzzing.

A text from Jimmy

‘Care if I pick you up for school, my lady?’

I couldn’t help the smile that set in my face, but I couldn’t risk Adrian seeing him, so I text him back and I told him that I was already walking to school and that I’ll be in there in no time. I closed the phone but before I could say ‘sternocleidomastoid’ (Ha) I heard a car engine stop, and someone's arms were around my waist hugging me from behind. I could recognize his smell, even if I was a mile away...

Jimmy.

“Dude” I said chuckling “Couldn’t you just wait for me in school?”

“Nope” he said popping the ‘p’

I rolled my eyes and when he let go of me, I got into his car. We started talking about some music he was writing and he wanted me to check it out.

I was quite flattered that Jimmy, besides the boys, only trusted me with his music.

I started my interrogation about the events of yesterday, but Jimmy said we would talk on school, more calmly, when he wasn’t behind the wheel. I nodded in understanding and when I started mumbling the song that was on the radio, Walk by Pantera, I catched Jimmy staring at me

“What?” I asked raising an eyebrow

“You bumped against the wall again?” he asked, tightly gripping the steering wheel

Oh… fuck!

“I-I” I slurred

Think fast!

“Fell” I said “Yeah, I fell down” he wasn't buying it “Really hard” I added nodding my head “I landed on my hand, so that’s why it’s like this” I pointed to the bruise with my other hand

He was silent for a moment, I thought he was going to snap at me or something…

“Oh…” he trailed softly “You are being less careful nowadays”

“What can I say?” I replied with a smirk

But really, what can I say…?

I turned my head to the side of my window, and I could see Jimmy on the rearview and he was deep in thought. I had to distract him from the ideas and maybe situations, I knew his head was plotting, after all they were going to be accurate.

“What are we going to do for Bri and Matt’s birthday?” I asked

“Whaaat?” he slurred with a laugh “Their birthdays are in 4 months”

“So…?” I asked

“Gabs, your birthday it’s in 3 months” he said “Why don’t we talk about that first?”

“Cause you can’t talk about a surprise, with the person you’re going to surprise” I said

He chuckled and I continued

“Besides, I don’t want anything” I shrugged “I don’t want those black and red earphones we saw on the mall the other day, I don’t want a surprise party and I definitely do not want a cake in the shape of Pacman!”

“Anything else you don’t want?” he teased

“Nope” I popped the ‘p’ “¡And don’t forget I don’t want that cake to be of chocolate!”

“Okay” he said smirking “Whatever you want, so I guess we will have a boring movie night with the boys?”

“OH YEAH, and I want to hang out with Lea, all day long!” I said smiling “Really, invite her, so she can once again do a little show on my birthday”

Notice my sarcasm?

“Haha” Jimmy laughed “I think I get it”

“Okie dokie” I said while My Way by Limp Bizkit started to play

“I fucking love this song!” I bobbed my head up and down and all the way around. I was probably gonna end up dizzy, but Limp Bizit was worth it.

Ha, never thought I would be into this kind of music. But Limp Bizkit is my only guilty pleasure, well that and having a really HUGE crush on my best friend

When we arrived school I gave him a peck on the cheek, before I left the car running towards the group of boys that were expecting us in the lounge

“I fucking hate you, Baker” Brian said

“It's my turn, Syn” Zacky replied

“What’s…going on?” I asked with caution

“They are fighting over who gets the last. Again” Matt said

I sighed and shook my head

“Again!?” I asked annoyed “This is the fourth time this week!”

“I know” he said “But they don’t seem to learn. Will you please fix this shit?; I need to go to economics class”

I raise an eyebrow at him “Since when you wanna be in class?” I asked

“Since...” he mumbled looking everywhere but my eyes “Just… Can you fix this, please?”

I sighed and mumbled a “Fine” before I walked towards the boys, and I took 'the apple of discord' from Brian’s hand.

It was a cookie, but not any cookie; these cookies were homemade by me. And they love them, so every once in a while I bake them and then we have this weekly fight about who gets the last cookie.

They both looked at me waiting for me to do something, but just when I was about to eat the goddamm cookie and end the discussion, Jimmy ate it, straight from my hand. In front of them.

“That’s it” Jimmy said munching the cookie “Now there isn’t a cookie to fight for”

I chuckled but Zacky and Brian weren’t very pleased, but they weren’t going to fight with Jimmy, because… he obviously would kick their asses.

Both guys were really disappointed but I told them that I would bake some more later.

“Great!, now we will have another fight!” Matt whined

“Oh, shut up!” I said “You love my cookies, just as much as them, and don’t forget between who and who was the last fight for the cookie”

He pouted looking somewhere else and mumbled an “Alright”. The guys ran into their classes and I was about to do it too when I notice Jimmy wasn’t following me.

“So…” I said “¿Are you coming or what?”

“Where are you going?” he asked standing there with a smile on his face

“Emmh… Economics?” I asked

“We are not together in that class” he smirked with his arms crossed over his chest

“Oh yeah, right” I said snapping my fingers and then I went in the contrary direction

“Where are you going now?” he asked again

“SPOT!” I said making a superhero pose

“You know, sometimes you creep me out” he said

“Yeah, yeah” I said “But you love me…so, you don’t mind”

He laughed with me and put his arm around my shoulders and when we arrived to the spot we both sat and I finally asked about what the fuck happened yesterday.

“So are you finally going to tell me, what the fuck happened?” I started

“What?, About Lea and me?” he asked

I nodded “Did you guys broke-up or what?”

“I don’t know, and seriously…” he shrugged “I don’t fucking care”

“And why is that?” Ok, maybe I was a little interested in knowing the reason.

“Because” he said chuckling “She’ll come back crawling at me and if she doesn’t then it’s just less drama out of my life”

I sighed “What?” he chuckled, amused by my reaction.

“No, nothing” It was my time to shrug “It’s just that you’re WAY over self-centered”

“Why?” he smirked

I just looked at him with a ‘are you kidding me’ look

“Look, there is self-centered people” I pointed somewhere high in the air with my hand “And then… there’s you” I used my other hand to point higher this time

“No, there is selfish people” he mocked my move “And then there is Leana” he pointed back at the girl who was just watching us closely.

Creepy

“Is she stalking you now, or what?” I asked

“I don’t know” he said “Maybe she thinks I’m banging you”

“Why would she think that?” I asked

"I'm always with you" he smirked "¿Why wouldn't she?"

"Ha, yeah you're right" I said

"I could have you if I wanted, you know?" he smirked

"Ha!, sure then... Why haven't you try?" I teased

"Because, you're a boy with boobs" he said "And you're way out of my league"

"So... I'm not good enough for you?" I asked

"No!, no!" he exclaimed "I am not good enough FOR you" his smirk fell

“What?!” I almost yelled "You're more than good to me, any girl would be lucky to have you, you're an excellent drummer and... and I think that covers it all"

He laughed “You only say that because you're my best friend"

I gave him a half smile

“Because you know you're my best friend ¿right, Gaby?” he asked

Have I just been FRIEND-FUCKING-ZONED!?

“I know, Jimbo” I replied “You’re mine”

“Who else could it be?” he chuckled

“Oh, I don’t know…” I said sarcastically “Matt?, Zack?, Brian?, Johnny?”

“Pfff, shortshit!?” he laughed “Are you saying Johnny is better than me?”

“He could be, dumbass” I said

“Oh, c’mon” he said with that heavenly smirk “¿Nobody like me, right?”

“Yeah, Jimmy” I replied with a smile “Nodoby like you”

We spend the whole first period talking and rambling about nonsense, we talked about the tour and how excited they were

“It’s gonna be great” he said “I can’t wait, to smash my fucking drum set”

“I know” I said “You guys are gonna be awesome”

“And of course, we will be” he said “We will have our lucky charm, you.”

Now, I don’t believe in luck or such thing, but hey, if I am their lucky charm… Guess who’s the biggest believer of them all?

My heart was beating like a drum and suddenly his eyes were scanning me closely and my dream from yesterday came into sight. His lips were so close and I just needed to taste them, I just—

“HEY!” someone yelled making us look away from each other “WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE!? GO TO YOUR CLASSROOM, NOW!”

“We should better get going” I said getting on my feet, shaking my thoughts.

He looked at me, and shook his head really quickly before standing up, following me as I went for my class. Our class.

***

“God!” I exclaimed “I fucking hate Math!”

“I know” Matt said “Me too, by the way where were you in Economics?”

I just pointed at the creepy guy who was scaring the shit out of some freshman kis right behind us

“Oh, yeah” he said “Jimmy and you…” he trailed off

“It’s not like that Matt, we’re best friends” I said “And you know that”

“Yeah” he said in a not convinced voice “Sure. And I’m the queen from England” he laugh and joined him

“Oh my majesty” I said doing a small reverence to him and he chuckled softly and put his arm around me

“Very funny, Gaby” he said “But you better than no one know what I’m talking about”

“I do not know, Matthew” I said using his long name

“I know both—” he was cut by a wild and bouncing Jimmy

“GET THE FUCK DOWN FROM MY BACK!” Matt yelled

“PIGGY BACK RIDE!” Jimmy yelled like a little kid

“Enough” I said “You two are making yourself look like idiots”

They both chuckled at the same time, and Jimmy jumped off from Matt’s back and started walking towards me

“Wha—” I was cut by Jimmy throwing me over his shoulder like if I was a potato bag.

“JIMMY!” I yelled “PUT ME DOWN!”

“Can’t do that, babe” he said smirking.

I don't think I have say to you enought how much I love that smirk

“JIMMY!” I yelled once more

“WHAT IS GOING ON?” A teacher asked stepping out from a classroom “SHUT THIS DOWN. I’M TRYING TO TEACH!”

“Sorry, Mr Cockro—” Matt said “I mean Mr Cockhail”

He gave him a puzzled look but then he gazed on us and went back into the classroom leaving Matt, Jimmy and I with a million of our classmates watching us.

“Fuck” I hissed “Put me down, Sullivan”

He obeyed me and I took a deep breath before, I started slapping him on the chest, everyone was looking at us by now, so why not give them the whole show.

“Gaby” he whispered in my ear “Although I would like to stay here, with your tiny little hands slapping my chest we have to go to Biology”

I put my hands down, not before slapping him once more really hard and started walking towards the classroom, Jimmy keep it up with me and tried to grab my hand, but I just keep shoving him off

“My hands are not tiny” I hissed

“Sure, babe” he smirked

“Jerk” I smiled and he chuckled