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“What’s Piper doing tonight?” I ask because they are basically joined at the hip since they started dating.
“Yeah, where’s the ball and chain?” That earns Jaxon a smack on the back of his head, but the blond just grins at him.
“Do you guys only hang out with me because of Piper?”
I sling my arm over his shoulder, pulling him closer and stealing the joint. “No, dude. We hang out with you because you have the best place to crash, and somehow you sweet-talked our dealer.”
We introduced Tyler to our dealer because he had the cheapest shit that wasn’t trash, but guess what? They became besties, and now Ty gets the expensive shit for cheap.
Tyler shares my grin, but rather than it looking like he’s joking, there’s a sort of fondness when thinking about Piper.
“Gross. Stop thinking about fucking your girl.” Jaxon takes the third spot and slaps him on the back. “Some of us don’t have anyone.”
Tyler eyes him warily. “You could have someone if you tried.”
Jaxon’s face scrunches up at the thought.
After finishing our hits by the pond, we make it back inside feeling a light buzz and ready to mess up whatever game Tyler has for us to play.
“Never mind, you might be a lost cause, but Oliver over here might finally get the girl.”
That sparks my attention. “What girl?”
“Jade,” both of them say at the same time.
Now I’m the one scrunching my face up.
“Dude, that girl wants you so bad,” Tyler says with a chuckle.
“We are just friends…with benefits. Lots of benefits.”
“That’s what I’m talking about, my boy.” Jaxon takes the other controller and starts up the game. “We don’t need a girlfriend to tie us down.”
Tyler rolls his eyes as we play the game, but my mind isn’t on it. Jaxon has scored on me three times in the past four minutes without much effort.
My head keeps going back to the text from earlier. Should I reply to them? I could try to get some info out and see who it really is. I know it’s not my mom. She left to have a better life. Why would she want to uproot it by contacting me? Plus, there’s no way she could have my number. It has to be a prank.
“Tyler?” I ask, getting his attention. “Did you text me from a burner phone yesterday?”
That catches his attention and even has Jaxon pausing the game—not before getting another point, though.
“No, I haven’t had those burner phones since, like, junior year. You know, after Dad caught us trying to sell them for extra cash at school.”
“It was good while it lasted,” Jaxon says before turning full to me. “Did something happen? Forget a girl’s number? Don’t tell me you forgot Jade’s number?”
I snap my mouth shut before telling them about the fake texts. I don’t talk about the past often. They know my mom isn’t in the picture anymore, and Dad is away for work, but they don’t know how shitty life was before Simon.
“Yeah, it must be the brunette from chemistry.”
“The one that always wears a push-up bra and practically begged to be your lab partner. You never got her number.”
I did, and we had lots of fun in one of the school closets. “Nah. I never got around to it. I bet you’re right.”
“You better tap that unless you suddenly want to be exclusive with Jade?” Jaxon lets out a snicker at that last part like he already knows the answer.
No, Jade and I aren’t exclusive at all. I’m pretty sure we are both averse to that idea.
All three of our phones ping at the same time, which can only mean the girls are hitting up the group chat.
