Wicked.

Chapter 7

“Tilley? Are you okay?” Natalia asked softly, “Maybe you should sit down and breathe.” Natalia guided her towards a rock to sit on.

Olivia looked excited. Anticipation had made a glow around her. She bounced on her toes like a little kid waiting for her ice cream. She looked so innocent. Her blond pigtails flapped in the air and her blue eyes shone like the sun light ocean. She wore a pink two piece that complemented her cherry lipstick and I have to admit, I didn’t realise how seriously she took her “summer body” thing.

Natalia was pretty much like me with her aqua green two piece and grey singlet. “You guys go. I’ll just walk down.” Tilley suggested. “Okay, no. you made me walk up here and now you’re going to jump with me!” Olivia encouraged in her unique way.

“Liv!” Natalia scowled. “You made it this far,” I said softly, “You might as well jump with us.” She shook her head at my words. I sighed, “Well is there anything I can do to help or do you want to walk back down?”

“Hey Quinn! Can you and your ladies speed it up?” Kelvin complained. I turned to look at him and his gang of St Westhound boys. I rolled my eyes at him and turned back to Tilley. “Actually, you have a way with words. Do you think you could do something for me?” she asked with a mischievous smile. The three of us bent over and leaned in to hear what she had to say. My eyebrows shot up as I listened to her plan. I looked over to the boys and nodded to say Kelvin was still there. I nodded as she spoke and smiled. “Are you sure?” we asked carefully.

“I get that were not friends but do a girl a favour. I’ve never tasted sexist-werewolf before.”

We all exchanged final looks. I nodded then walked over to the boys watching us. “Hey Kelvin.” It didn’t take much to gain his attention. We walked towards each other, meeting in the middle ground, away from our groups, “We got off to a rocky start so I’m giving you the opportunity to make things right.”

“I don’t trust you but I can hear you out.” He led me away from the groups to a side so I started. “See my friend there sitting on the rock.” – he nodded – “she is supper scared to jump off. She really wants to, but she’s freaking out and needs a big strong man to jump with her,” I’m playing with his pride. “She is a vampire and you know how people have… needs.” I’m playing with his whoremones, get it whore-mones “so there might be something in it for you. I can tell you’re an angry guy and she is good at handling boys with frustrations so there might be something in this for both of you. All you have to do is hold her hand and jump.”

He processed my words for bit. “I don’t trust you.” But he walked past me to talk to Tilley anyway.

“You really do have a way with words” Kaleb whispered huskily in my ear.

“Holy sugar!” I nearly jumped out of my skin! I gripped at my chest in case my heart wanted to jump out on to the ground and tried to breathe. “Don’t ever_ Just don’t.” I have no words so I walked away.

“I saw that.” Natalia sang.

“Shut up.”

“Wow sassy.” Olivia pinched her lips together and snapped her fingers for effect.

I rolled my eyes at her and moved to the edge. I slid my long cardigan off my shoulders and threw it to the side.

“Stop being a prude Ashby! Show us your tits!”

Ignore them Quinn. Just have fun.

I moved back a bit and made a running start and leaped off the edge. I don’t mean to brag but I did a few flips on my way down.

Coz’ I’m a boss ass bitch.

Bitch.

Bitch.