“Hey, it’s okay. How about I put a movie on, and we can just stay curled up here for a few hours, yeah?”
I nodded, moving off his lap so he could set the movie up and grab more beer.
When he was done, he got comfortable on the couch and pulled me onto his lap again, hesitating before placing a soft kiss on top of my head.
“You’re safe here, baby. I promise.”
I wasn’t sure when I managed to fall asleep, but I woke up to Jensen carrying me up to his room and tucking me into his bed, sliding in beside me and putting his arms around my middle to snuggle up to me.
I fell back to sleep not long after.
Jensen
Fuck.
Holy fucking shit.
Caden couldn’t use that shit against Rory, no way in fucking hell.
I mean, even if she hadn’t fucking grown on me, I couldn’t make a joke out of being raped.
No wonder Lukas freaked out every time we started talking about basically beating it out of her.
It explained her nightmares, but it also explained her being so wary.
I felt like a piece of shit, actually.
I wanted to fuck her, then break her the good old-fashioned way by leaking gossip around school or locking her in an abandoned house all night to scare her.
I got the feeling that she wasn’t the type of girl that scared easily though.
If I was being honest, it was hard to stick to the plan after finding out the truth.
I mean, after finding out all the shit about her past, I felt bad.
She was a pretty cool chick, and I didn’t say that about many girls.
Sure, I’d fuck her if I got the chance because she was crazy hot, but I’d probably go back for seconds with her, maybe thirds.
That’s how cool she was.
She slept pretty peacefully apart from a few violent twitches through the night, but she relaxed again the moment I’d tightened my hold on her, making me feel like fucking shit all over again.
She shouldn’t trust me, but she’d contently fallen asleep in my arms as if it were normal for us to do.
I needed to keep my fucking distance from her, or I was going to be in fucking trouble.
I hoped she’d head home when she woke up, because I needed to go and fuck some other bitch to get her out of my head.
Might see if Lukas wanted to join me and make it a fucking party.
Get it? Fucking party?
Like, literally?
Ah, fuck. Forget about it.
Chapter five
Rory
Loud banging woke me the next morning, but my sudden panic was instantly calmed as Jensen’s sleepy voice rumbled from behind me, his arms pulling me against him more.
“It’s okay, it’ll be Ty. He said yesterday he might stop in this morning on the way to school. He can use the spare key to get in.”
I went to speak, but footsteps stomped up the hallway and the bedroom door slammed open, Caden glaring straight at me as he leaned against the doorframe like the king that he knew he was.
“Now he’s fucked the angry out of you, you gonna come back home and talk?”
“Caden…,” Jensen warned in a low voice, but Caden wasn’t having it, as usual.
“Shut it,” he snapped, keeping his angry green eyes on me.
I snorted, flipping him the bird without moving from my safety net of Jensen’s arms.
“Fuck off, Holloway.”
He looked ready to strangle me as he moved around to my side of the bed and gripped my throat firmly, but not painfully.
“Still got attitude, huh? How about me and Jense fuck it out of you together then?”
My entire body went rigid as his other hand went to grab the top of my pants, panic filling me as the air in my lungs went tight.
Jensen suddenly gave him a solid shove, surprising him with his outburst.
“Back off, Holloway!”
“The fuck, man? She’s fucking us anyways, so why the fuck…”
“She fucked you once, doesn’t mean shit,” he gritted out, and I knew he felt me jump at the angry tone in his voice, when his hand carefully rested on my waist for comfort.
“But you…,” Caden managed to get out before Jensen cut him off again.
“I let her stay here, I didn’t fuck her. Get the fuck out and I’ll meet you in the kitchen,” he growled, pulling me close to calm me more.
Caden glanced at my shaking body and frowned before leaving us in peace, and Jensen instantly rolled me over to face him, cupping my cheek as he met my gaze.
“Want me to throw him out? Are you okay?”
“I might go and jump on a bus to school. You guys take your time,” I mumbled, intending on bailing from the bed, but the hand on my waist gave me a small squeeze, causing me to hesitate.
“Hey, I’ve got plenty of cars, so you can take one of mine. Meet me at your locker?”
I nodded, climbing out of bed and having a quick shower to clear my head before padding down to the kitchen.
I slowed when I noticed Caden and Jensen talking, but Jensen looked up and gave me a genuine smile, tossing me a set of keys.
I snatched them from the air with a frown. “Which one?”
“Camaro, babe,” he winked, making me roll my eyes as I thanked him, but inside I was having a fucking orgasm and singing a prayer to Jesus.
I headed down to the garage, running my hand over the hood with admiration before unlocking it and sliding into the driver’s seat, letting out a loud moan as I turned the key and the engine roared to life.
I’d never driven a v8 before, but now I understood why most guys would cut off their left nut for one.
I always thought cars like this were sex on wheels, but holy hell, I had a whole new respect for them now.
I gently eased it out of the garage and moaned again as it rumbled with power, cranking the music up until the bass shook the whole car.
I drove towards the school, finding Tyler and Lukas leaning against Tyler’s burnt orange BMW i8 Roadster coupe when I arrived.
I parked beside them and turned the music down, ignoring everyone looking at me with wide eyes as the whispering started.
I made sure to lock the Camaro once I’d climbed out, making my way over to the other two confidently.
Tyler grinned, his arms crossed against his chest loosely.
“No way, Jense let you drive the Camaro? He’s just out to piss Holloway off now, isn’t he? Caden knows that it’s one car that Jensen doesn’t let anyone else drive. Seeing you driving it will make him crazy mad.”
I shrugged, already guessing that not just anyone got to drive it.
“He’s already crazy mad. Woke me and Jense up and basically tried to drag me out of bed. I left him at Jensen’s because they were fighting or some shit, I dunno. Jensen just tossed me the keys and said he’d meet me at my locker.”
“You stayed at Jensen’s?” Tyler asked with surprise, and I nodded once in response.
“Yep. Caden can kiss my fucking ass,” I retorted, Tyler smirking at me crudely.
“He’s more likely to eat your ass, babe, but whatever. If he won’t, come knock on my door and I’ll eat it for you.”
“Charming,” I replied dryly, intending on walking off, but he waved a cigarette at me with a friendly smile on his face.