eight

Tyler Anderson

I sigh. "We could fix some things, making it faster and stuff." I'll finally get my first own motorcycle. The Yamaha R6 in all black. I saved money for it for almost two years and I finally got the money together.

"How much would you want for that." I cross my arms looking at Steve. He's a close friend of my brother and I always got my bike repaired by him.

"I could do it for free if you want." He offers, pushing back his shoulder long black hair. "You're always doing it for free. Tell me how much you want, please." He scoffs.

"I mean it's hard to get the right stuff for it..." He rubs his beard. He's been doing my stuff for free as long as he's been friends with my brother. Sometimes he had to fix stuff which was really expensive but still didn't want anything for it.

"Tell me how much you want, come on." He sighs. "The cost of the bike plus maybe 325$?" I nod. "Sounds good. I have the money with me. Wanna have it now?" He nods. "That'd be great."

I never saw such an desperate look on Noah's face as I did when I walked into our dorm.

"What's going on here?" I ask as I take off my jacket. Seems like no one was home except for Noah.

"Don't really know myself, bro." I couldn't tell what was bothering him from the look on his face. His face was difficult to read. I sat down next to him on the couch. "What's going on? Come on, tell me."

He sat up straight. "My father offered me money. It's the first time he ever did." Noah's father didn't even pay for him and his sister when he moved away which is why his mother had to move back to Dublin for her job.

"For what?" My confused look pierced him. "You know how he got his new girl pregnant, right?" I nod, listening to him attentively.

"Well, the baby is born and he wants me to come visit him. He said I should meet my brother and that mom would finally get her money when I come and visit." He definitely looks desperate.

"But why would he want you to visit him? Out of the blue?" He shruggs, scrunching his freckles covered nose. "This seems weird and I don't know why." I nod in agreement.

"Fuck him, bro. He never cared for you or your mother, why visit him now?" My words sounded harsher than they should've.

"I mean you're right but deep down I miss him. I really do. That father figure was always missing because he left. I should give him another chance." He was kinda right. He missed his dad and people like Daniel won't get back their dads but Noah can still go and visit him. Maybe he changed.

"I'll visit him after graduation though. I have to focus on graduation right now." He was right. I have to focus too. I really want to graduate and make something out of my life.

I definitely need some more tutoring. I wonder what she's doing right now. I haven't talked to her all week. Not because she ignored me, she didn't.

Bailey is new to our school and she wanted me to show her the school. All. Week. Long.

I had to sit with her in lunch break and every free second I got. Something about the relationship between me and Alice changed after our night together. I can still feel her soft skin against mine and everytime I think back to her gorgeous body my dick twitches in my pants.

There was something about her that made me go crazy, almost like an obsession. But right now this is not the time to think about Alice and how bad I want to fuck her.

"You're right. Maybe he changed. Maybe he really wants to be a good father now." I pat Noahs shoulder as the door flies open.

"Okay Anderson, when did you plan on telling me you fucked Jones?" Daniel crosses his arms in front of his chest, kicking the door close with his foot.

Noah looked at me shocked. "Calm down. I planned on telling you guys. I didn't know when though." I try to avoid eye contact.

"How do you even know?" My head shoots up into Daniels direction. "Cassie told me. She said Alice wouldn't stop talking about it." My heart jumped when I heard what he said.

So I wasn't the only one thinking about it. She did too. "Oh Caddle will definitely like this." Daniel had a evil grin spread on his lips.

"Fuck no, we're not going to tell him." Noah gasp.

"Oh of course we will." I shake my head. "Not we. I will. I don't trust you guys." I get up. "I'll take a nap. See you."

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Of course Bailey had to come up to me as soon as I wanted to talk to Alice. Her big smile told me I'll not be able to talk to her today.

"You will help me with physics today, right?" Her voice soft as she asked me. "I don't understand it either. I can't help you." I finally saw Chris walking in and used him as an excuse to go.

"God, she's fucking annoying." I sigh as I followed him into class. "Why is she even here? Since when is she going onto this school?" I shrug.

"I don't know how she ended up here. I don't like it at all. I got so many stares over the past weeks." Chris chuckles. "You're famous now. Girls seem to be interested in you." I roll my eyes at him.

"Oh look who's also interested in you." Chris wiggles his eye brows and I look into the direction he nodded his head at. My eyes sparkled when I saw Alice approaching.

"Hey." She smiles, tucks a strand of her hair behind her ear and squats in front of our table.

"I uh wanted to give you your hoodie back since I haven't had the time to talk to you last week." She pulled it out of her backpack and gave it to me.

Why don't you just keep it? Keep it and never give it back.

"Yeah, thank you. I'm sorry, Bailey is uh..." A soft chuckle from her side. "It's fine." Chris looked shocked but didn't say anything as we talked.

"I have to go now. Next tutoring lesson next Monday?" I nod. "Great." She smiled and left the classroom.

"What the fuck did I just see?" His brown eyes piercing me. "They fucked." I didn't see Daniel approaching. What the fuck?

"Excuse me?" Chris definitely didn't know what's going on. And of course Daniel and Noah didn't understand the I'll tell him myself.

"Fucking bastard." I curse at Daniel who's just grinning.

"Come on, Anderson. Don't tell me you wanted to tell me. I know you never would've told me." Maybe I never would've. Why? Of course I tell Chris everything but he'll make fun of me or act like I'm all innocent.

Maybe he'll even spread it in school. I don't want that. Not only for me but for Alice too. "Yeah, right. Because I can't trust you with stuff like that. Alice can't trust Cassie." I cross my arms, clearly annoyed.

"I won't tell anyone. I promise." He ruffles his hand through my hair. "Promise?" He nods.

"Okay boys, I need your opinion." Noah sat down in front of us.

"I'm all ears, Williams." Chris leaned back in his chair. "Okay so, my dad texted me. He wants me to visit him." He sighs.

"Hell no." Chris blurts out. We all know how Noah suffered when his father left. Chris cursed him out like crazy and that night it was the first time ever I saw Noah crying. All broken down. He just couldn't believe it.

Noah was thirteen when he left and puberty was kicking in. He always went and watched soccer games with his father on weekends, enjoying his free time with him.

When his mother told him that he left and cheated, he broke down. Crying, screaming a nd sobbing. He just couldn't understand why his dad. The best dad would leave him.

"Why not? Maybe he wants to make things up." Daniel shruggs. "But he never cared and now he does? Weird." I stop Chris from saying anything else.

"The baby is born by the way. He wants to offer him money if he comes and visits him." I thought Noah was sure about his decision but seems like he wasn't and needed to hear what the others think about it.

"I think you should go. Maybe he noticed that he was a bad farther to you and your sister now that the baby's born. Maybe he really wants to make it up to you." Daniel says softly.

He takes situations like this definitely more serious than Chris. He always has a good advice or idea for you. Chris is un serious most of the time.

"I will. After graduation though. I need to focus on school. We all do." I nod in agreement.

"By the way." Daniel pushes his hair back. "What is Bailey doing here?" I sigh. "I don't know guys. She switched schools I guess."

I never thought I had to see her again. She'll probably get on to my nerves till I graduate. I feared seeing her again. Seeing how she talks bad about all the girls near her.

"I never expected her to go here." My only hope is that she leaves Alice alone.

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As I walked in the school corridor with Bailey I saw Alice talking to Adam. Why was she talking to him again?

I thought she never wanted to talk to him again. There was this feeling in the pit of my stomach suddenly which made me even more upset.

I knew it was jealousy but I shouldn't admit it. I'm not her boyfriend, not dating her. I'm just a guy. But she hooked up with me, right? I'm allowed to feel this way, right?

God, she makes me crazy. I want to have her for myself but this bastard always gets in the way.

Why is she smiling like that while he talks to her? Adams eyes keep traveling down to her breasts. I'll rip his fucking eyes out if he keeps looking at them.

After what happened a few weeks ago I thought she'd never talk to him again. I knew Adam for longer than she did.

He never did something serious, only fucked around with some girls who thought that he's hot.

I know Alice is just a bet but I couldn't tell her. These dirty words that left his mouth that night shouldn't be something she has to hear.

I can see how Adam pulls her into his embrace, giving her a short hug. Maybe they made up and he got another chance? Alice is too good to some people sometimes.

"Seems like someone stole your girl, huh?" Chris wraps an arm around my shoulder as he wiggles his eye brows at me.

Bailey just looks at us listening to our conversation. "Fucker." I spit. "You think he wants to try his bet again?" The word bet makes something boil inside of me.

A girl shouldn't be a fucking bet. You should treat her with respect and not use her to fulfill your needs. Alice is too innocent for this world and it makes my heart arch just thinking about what Adam would do to her.

"Oh, by the way." Bailey's annoying voice echoes through my brain. I sigh, turning my attention to her as she's looking at me with her icy eyes.

"Could you drive me home today?" She pouts. I don't directly answer to her question, seeing this opportunity to pull Alice away from Adam.

"Hey, Ali." Her head shoots into my direction, a soft smile grazing her lips. "You coming?" I hold up my helmet, looking at Bailey with an excusing expression.

"Coming." I hand her the helmet. "Sorry Bailey, gotta get Alice home." I shrug and leave her alone with Chris.

"You talked to Adam?" I asked, putting on my helmet but flipping up my visor to look at her while we're talking.

"Oh, yeah, he apologized and asked if we could start over." I see her struggling with the helmet. "Could you hold my hair back for a second?" She asks softly.

"Of course, gorgeous. Come here." A smile ghosts her lips when she hears her nickname. "You hold the hair and I put the helmet on." She nods and hold her hair back. I don't know why but it made my member kinda jump in my pants.

I gently put the helmet onto her head. "Is something uncomfortable?" She shakes her head. "It's perfect like this."

"Good, hop on." I help her and sit down in front of her, pulling down my visor and starting the engine.

"By the way, always wanted to ask this..." She starts her sentence.

"Are you uncomfortable if I put my arms around your waist? I can place them somewhere else but I get the best grip there." I chuckle at her question.

"Alice, baby. We fucked. You think I'm uncomfortable with your hands around my waist?" I know she was blushing like crazy when I said this.

We never really addressed this topic after it happened. She only gave me back my hoodie this morning.

"Don't call me that and don't just say it like that." She says shyly. "Why not? It's true." She sighs, "still, don't say it like that again." Her hands carefully wrap around my waist.

"You ready?" She nods, holding on tight. "Good."