Untouched (Bay Falls High, #1)(44)

Barr looked at me. “How’s Mom?”

I curled my lip. “Fine. Are you back here because you missed me? Or are the other two jealous that you and I were kissing.”

“Heard about that,” Pres said. “I mean if shutting down Mommy’s little rehab stint gets a kiss then I’ll blow this fucking house up to get one myself.”

Pres stepped toward me.

I inched back.

“Holy shit,” Iris whispered from the pool.

She and Gi were basically useless at this point.

They were scared of the Rulz. Or intimidated. Or turned on.

Like me.

A mix of all three.

Staring at all three of them…

I walked back so far I ended up bumping into Gi.

She let out a gasp and thrust her hip to the right to let me know she was there.

Pres stopped walking.

His eyes moved from me to Gi. “How are you tonight?”

“Fine,” Gi said.

“You fall in the pool?”

“Something like that.”

“Why hide behind a towel?”

“What do you want, Pres?” I asked.

“Think I should jump in the pool?” Pres asked Gi.

“That’s up to you,” Gi said.

“We actually came to steal you away, love,” Barr said.

“Steal me for what?” I asked.

“Since you seem to be digging into who we are,” Kip said, “we might as well show you, right?”

“We all could go,” Barr said. “Three on three.”

“I know who I’m picking for the night,” Pres said as his eyes shifted to mine.

My body started to melt.

My mind flashed images of Barr though. The way he held me and kissed me. The taste of his lips and tongue. Leaving me wondering what Pres tasted like. Or even…

“Cannonball!” Kip’s voice boomed.

He dumped his phone and keys and other stuff to the table and ran toward the pool.

As he dove through the air right at Iris, she screamed and started to swim out of the way.

Kip stuck his tongue out at me as he came down to the water.

His messy blonde hair and his bright blue eyes…

Total surfer looking boy.

He smacked the water and popped up, swimming toward Iris.

That forced her to hurry out of the pool.

Her black bathing suit against her perfect body… her perfect cleavage… water dripping everywhere… all three of the Rulz staring at her.

“Get the fuck out of here,” I ordered Pres.

“What was that?” Barr asked.

“You heard me,” I said. I walked by Pres, leaving him along with Gi. “Get out of here. I didn’t say you could come here.”

“We didn’t ask, love,” Barr said.

“You going to call the cops?” Kip asked. He took a mouthful of water and put his head back, spitting the water out like a water fountain.

“This isn’t a game,” I said. “Or a joke.”

“Figured since you were so interested in the ditch, might as well give you the tour,” Barr said. “You were already spying up there.”

“Wonder how you found the place,” Kip said.

He rose up from the water and his light gray shirt was beyond soaked, hugging his body, leaving nothing to the imagination as to what his body looked like.

He walked through the water with ease, causing waves to scatter around the pool.

“Giving away our secret spot,” Barr said, looking at Iris. “Didn’t you get your cherry popped up in those woods?”

“Hardly,” Iris said. “That happened from a tampon, asshole. You BFH boys think you’re so long and hard… not even close.”

Barr grinned.

He took a drag of his cigarette.

Behind Iris, Kip walked out of the pool.

“God, I wish I was a tampon,” Kip whispered.

“Gross,” Iris said.

“Really fucking gross,” I said.

“Took it too far there?” Kip asked, showing his hands. “My bad.”

“You’re invited to the ditch, love,” Barr said. “Tomorrow. We have something going on.”

“We’ll be there,” I said.

“No,” Kip said. “Not we. Just you.”

“Early,” Barr said. “Before the fights start.”

I side eyed a glance at Iris.

She was frozen. Keeping her normal bitch face as always. But she wasn’t throwing out any more comments. That told me she was nervous too.

“Whatever,” I said.

“If you need a ride, girl, I can give you one,” Kip said as he walked by Iris.

He made it a point to have his arm rub against her arm.

Jealousy hit me and I didn’t like that feeling.

I was also jealous of Iris’s body. Which made me hate my mother even more for being a junkie. If she could have kept her veins clean I could have maybe swum at a pool too. And had a body like Iris’s.

And all those thoughts were petty and useless.

“You can go ride your left hand,” I said.

“Everyone knows I’m a righty,” Kip said with a wink.

“We’ll see you tomorrow night, love,” Barr said. “We’ll let you get back to your girls night.”