Page 1 of Crusher

Prologue

Crusher – Age Seventeen

I gently chew my lip as I lean back against the lockers and eye everyone walking past who are eyeing the prospect cuts that me and the boys I grew up with are wearing. I was born into the club, a club that I fucking cherish, as do the boys standing with me.

I’ll take over my dad’s role as the club’s road captain, something I have been learning to do since I was five. My dad refuses to let me mess up like he did when he first became the road captain and ended up getting half the club arrested.

If you ask me, he’s pushing too hard, expecting too much too soon, destroying my childhood. My boys have gotten to have fun, I’ve been stuck in Dad’s office learning roadmaps. I’ve learned to shut up and just go with the flow and hope in the end it will be all worth it, that for once, my father will fucking be proud of me.

A shove gains my attention, and I raise a brow at Dominik, and he just grins wide, making me shake my head as he nods to the cheerleaders eyeing me up.

“Not happening,” I confirm, and he laughs.

I fucked the head cheerleader, what's her face, fuck, I can’t even remember her name. The bitch tried poking holes in my condoms, so I’ve decided to keep to the club bunnies for now.

I don’t need any unwanted surprises.

“Anyone seen my little sister?” Dominik asks, and I grunt, “She was with Belle and Kodi near the front door when we walked into school,” and he nods.

Clark is the club's princess, a firecracker, and obsessed with art. She doesn’t trust easily because she knows most girls try to use her to get to us. Which is why she only has like three or four friends, though if you asked me, Belle has been eyeing Dominik up for a few years, mainly after it was announced he’ll become the club's secretary.

I shake my head before I notice Bash coming our way, looking really fucking happy with himself, and Liam confirms, “You fucked Ms. Carner again, didn’t you?”

The man grins widely, and I laugh with everyone else, shaking my head just as Linc, our friend since pre-k, saunters over, shaking his head at Bash.

“Fucker, I did not need to see your bare ass this morning!” he says as he slaps the back of his head, and I laugh harder, not surprised the idiot didn’t lock the door.

“What? It’s a good ass!” Bash claims, and I shake my head at the idiots.

Linc grew up in the trailer park, his mom was not the best of people, but I don’t know, when we met, we just clicked, like he was family. We’ve all been inseparable since, despite him being a year older than us.

Bellamy is trying to convince the fucker to join the club, we all are, really. Shooter, the club’s Sargeant doesn’t have an heir for his role within the club, and he’s looking for someone to take his role. He actually he said he’d rather I take it knowing how good I am with a gun already.

We just have to convince him to prospect first.

“You could have just locked the fucking door,” Linc grunts, but before anyone can answer, Toya saunters over and gently runs her hand up Bellamy’s chest while eyeing the cheerleaders behind her. and I roll my eyes before I people watch again, not able to stand the fucking bitch.

She has dollar signs in her eyes, and it won’t matter which brother claims her, but right now, she has her sights on the future president.

I tap my leg, waiting for the bell to ring as I eye the students, ignoring Toya trying to get Bellamy’s attention when Linc shouts, “Yo, Alex!” and I look down the hallway as he rushes past me and I frown seeing him run towards Clark and Belle.

The girl – Alex – turns to hear her name, and as soon as she does, I suck in a fucking breath and drop my foot while my stomach tightens.

Holy shit…

Dark curly hair that is up in a messy bun, a few strands framing her perfect face, dark green eyes that have me wanting her to make eye contact with me so she can suck me in. A body that, despite being covered by a black hoodie that looks like Linc’s, seems to be made for me. She’s fucking beautiful and doesn’t seem to have a care in the world about people staring at her.

I watch entranced as she smiles at him while he hands her what looks like homework, and I swallow my growing tension.

Are they together?

He never mentioned seeing someone.

My tension rises when he kisses her cheek, and she smiles widely at him, showcasing her dimples and the urge to drag him away hits me fucking hard. That scares the living shit outta me, but fuck, I go to take a step forward, listening to my instincts but before I can take a step, Linc turns and heads our way.

I don’t look at the person I see as a brother, instead I watch Alex, to see if she watches him walk away, but she doesn’t, instead she links arms with Clark causing Belle to scowl, following behind them.

“You alright, Hayes?” I hear Bellamy ask as Toya whines, “Baby, I’m horny…”