harlee's pov:
sunday night

after the other night I had to let myself know that, that feeling wasn't right.

that feeling I had for javon was not right.

I left the party as quickly as I could that night. trying to avoid any other confrontation with him.

he's been snapping me too.. trying to get me to open them. which I have, but I haven't been responding back.

I'm just trying to make sure I do the right thing before I can make a wrong decision.

like at the party.

so many things could've gone wrong.

it's like slowly he's getting in my head, and whatever tactic he's using. it's working.

the way I felt the other night wasn't normal for me. I've never felt that kind of tension from anyone before.

and I know he's getting to me because I never have had these kind of emotions for a guy.

I'm just like all the other girls, except he's got a deal on me.

the only reason I'm following through with the deal is because of klai. I don't want to let her down after we've hyped up getting back at sidney.

javon has had multiple chances to make a move on me since we've been, 'dating'. but it's like he wants me to make the first move.

but I'm not.

he's sneaky.

and not the good kind of sneaky. the terrifying kind.

I don't want to come through as vulnerable to him, because I don't want to be seen as one of his toys.

but from his past experiences, I know this exactly how he plays his game.

he's smooth with his actions and words. he'll act like there's something there for you when there really isn't.

everybody says he only cares about himself, and I believed in that rumor.

until now at least.

there's one part of me that keeps trying to convince myself that those people don't know what they're talking about, but it's hard when it's happening right in my face.

I guess there's just a piece of me that actually wants him to NOT be the guy he's known for being.

but that's impossible.

it would be nice to have someone who actually cares about you.

because it's never happened to me before, not in a romantic way.

and I don't think it ever will.

my phone vibrated for the tenth time in the past fifteen minutes. I immediately assumed it was javon.

ever since this morning he's been non stop blowing up my phone, and it's getting a little ridiculous at this point.

typing in my password I opened snapchat, seeing I had a notification from jaden walton.

I didn't even know I had him added.

pursing my lips together I stared at the name, before clicking on the snapchat.

'what have you done to this man?'

my entire body felt a shock run through my veins.
he looked good.

but why are they both up at 1:30 on a school night?

this is the part of me that wants to believe he's not that bad.

I want to feel bad for leaving him on opened all day, but he'll live.

he's just mad because he's not getting what he wants.

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monday morning

my hand gripped hard onto the door knob as I twisted it open.

I wish I would've never agreed to letting javon take me to school, but here I am now.

that part of me is growing steadily, especially after the party. 

my mom worked a late shift last night, so I decided not to bother her this morning.

I gently closed the front door behind me—trying my best not to wake my mom.

immediately, the wind blew against my soft skin. sending chills throughout my entire body.

the white jeep was already sitting in my driveway. I couldn't see javon yet, because of my distance from the car. plus, and his windows were tinted.

I felt myself become anxious as I walked over to the passenger side. there's things I want to get off my chest with him, but I just don't know how.

we especially need to talk about saturday.

I gently tugged on the handle, lifting myself into the seat—the car was much warmer than outside.

his scent of cologne filled my nose.

jaden was in the back seat and didn't even think twice about looking up. but javon was looking at me with his eyebrows narrowed.

his eyes were pinned sharply on me.

I felt my heart rate begin to pick up as he continued staring at me.. he was so intimidating.

his eyes stayed pinned on me as he backed out of my driveway. not bothering to look behind him, or even check his back up cam.

"why are you ignoring me?" he mumbled lowly, clearly being upset with me.

as frightening as he looked in the moment it felt like I had control. he was obviously upset that I wasn't responding to him.

it felt like I was the one with the control in the situation.

"what are you talking about?" I asked, smirking lightly.

I watched as he clenched his jaw, still watching me. "don't play right now harlee." his voice was stern as he pulled out of my neighborhood.

I removed my eye contact from him, shrugging, "no seriously, what are you talking about?"

he knew exactly what I was doing and I heard him start to pick up his breathing.

I looked in the rear view mirror eyeing jaden. he looked at his brother up and down before giving me a confused look.

javon placed both his hands on the steering wheel gripping it lightly to gain my attention, "harlee"

his voice sounded softer this time. it laced with remorse, almost as if he was affected by this.

it caught me off guard causing me to turn my head back around to him. his eyes stared at the road, and there was no anger.

he had my full attention wanting to hear what he had to say.

"I'm sorry," his hand moved slowly over to the middle console. "for whatever I did." his voice was light.

he sounded genuine. I couldn't tell if he was lying or not, I tried discreetly scanning over his features. yet I still couldn't tell.

I inhaled a breath through my nose.

the car was silent as his hand gently grabbed onto the back of my hand, allowing his thumb to rub my skin softly.

I could feel a pit hit my stomach just by his touch. I looked deeply into his light brown eyes, swallowing the air stuck in my throat.

the rest of the ride was silent we drove for ten minutes before pulling into the school parking lot.

he parked in the same spot he was in the day I came to his car.

jaden almost immediately got out. mumbling an inaudible, "bye."

I inhaled through my nose softly as I felt his hand move onto the edge of my jaw. his thumb rubbing along my cheek.  

I watched as his eyes looked down to my lips, never looking back up to me.

a stress filled sigh left my mouth as I turned my head away from him. his hand moving away from my jaw. "we can't javon."

"why?" he asked groaning, gently pulling away from me. I could tell by his look he was getting frustrated with me, "why do you act so afraid of me?"

I looked back to him immediately, "because," I paused sighing. "you seriously don't know why?"

"I wouldn't have asked you why if I knew." he said leaning over the console, closer towards me.

I scoffed looking out the window, "because all you do is fuck around with girls and I don't have the time." I told him sternly.

his eyebrows narrowed sharply. "woah, woah. why do you think I'm just fucking around with you?"

"really dude?" I laughed at him. "you've been plotting on me since the day you asked me to be your pretend girlfriend."

without saying anything, his eyes looked me up and down. but, there was no lust this time.

"you really think I have bad intentions with you?" he questioned me, his voice sounding disappointed.

I looked out of the front mirror rubbing my lips together. I could see jaden and ethan walking on the sidewalk together.

I also felt myself holding back from what I really wanted to say. because if I said my true thoughts, this conversation would be on my mind all day.

I could feel his eyes watching me, patiently, waiting for an answer.

I let out a deep breath before answering him. "you play with girls and make them fall to your knees, just to get what you need. you're just not a good person when it comes to relationships."

he let my words sink in for a few seconds and he nodded slowly, biting his lower lip.

a small part of me felt bad, but it's what he needed to hear.

"harlee, you don't know how I am in relationships." he told me plainly.

"well, I've heard enough." I spoke, accidentally sassing him.

he laughed lightly, "no you haven't." also, shaking his head. "because if you did really know me you'd know I have never chased a girl like I have you."

my body was immediately struck with heat. it felt like every part of me instantly got weak. my face was relaxed as I slightly parted my lips.

I didn't know it before, but those are the words I wanted to hear.

I wanted him to clarify that he's the one who's been chasing me. not the other way around.

this could obviously be a lie, but in the moment it was like every thought I had faded.

he leant closer to me causing my heart to beat rapidly. he slowly traced his finger along my bottom lip, and down to my chin.

he did it almost like he was touching something elegant.

I could feel myself becoming anxious.

catching both of us off guard, I closed the small gap that was between our lips.

all the feelings I had were gone, faster than you could snap your fingers.

the warmth of his soft lips gently pressed against mine creating a shock flowing through my body. and all at once it made me feel like I was floating.

he kissed me back harder, deepening the kiss. the heat inside me only grew more.

it felt too good to end, it just felt so right.

but it did end.

he pulled away from me, making me feel like I was falling out of the sky.

I opened my eyes abruptly; pausing to look at him.

he looked down rubbing his hands over his hair. I could tell his lips were curved upward. his cheekbones giving off a tint of pink.

was he blushing?

no way.

"I'll pick you up this afternoon." his light eyes said looking up to me, before he opened his car door—getting out.

I wanted to say something before I got out of the car too, but I couldn't find it in me to say anything.

the only thing I could do is watch him walk into the school building as I followed not too far behind him.

I inhaled a deep breath closing my eyes before I could fantasize about the moment anymore than I already was.

I could feel myself start to blush also.

he definitely has got me wrapped around his finger.

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I tried to have this chapter out yesterday but I didn't have time to revise it. But I hope you guys enjoyy