Page 7 of Running Winter

I couldn’t hear their conversation, but I lost interest when a cute girl walked towards me, her eyes widening when she saw me alone.

“Chase Fallon, right?”

I nodded, wiping my mouth before smiling at her.

“Yeah.”

“Will you come and play seven minutes with us? Please?”

Seven minutes? Was she joking?

“No, sorry,” I said bluntly, as Rafe returned to my side, looking incredibly pissed off.

He drained his beer before turning to the girl in front of me, who now looked like a gazelle in headlights.

“Rafe Deacon?” She squeaked, and I resisted the urge to laugh.

“Yeah, baby. What’s up?”

“Will you come and play—”

“Yeah, whatever. Come on, bud.”

“Fuck no; I’m not playing shitty games, you know this. I need a piss,” I muttered, pushing past Rafe, who groaned.

“Show me the way, babes. What’s your name?”

I shook my head with despair, heading up the stairs to find the restroom line non-existent. With any luck, no one was making out in there.

My phone beeped, and I glanced down to see it was Rayna.

Rayna:

You know we could have fucked after the movies, right? You missed out so bad.

I chuckled, scrolling down to reply as the door swung open. The girl Rafe had a thing for was in there, and she looked pissed.

“Urgh, you’re his buddy,” she fired at me, shooting me an angry gaze.

“Rafe? Yeah, I guess I am. But, hey,” I reached out, my hand on her elbow as she turned to me with narrowed eyes. “Are you alright?”

“I’m fine. If you see Jared Herrod, will you tell him to call me?”

Jared was up in my business tonight.

Oh boy, when Rafe found out she was also fucking him, he was going to lose his shit.

“I don’t know him, to be honest. I go to Winterburg High,” I explained as she rolled her eyes.

“Oh. Okay, well, thanks anyway.”

She walked away, and I turned my attention back to my phone to see I hadn’t replied to Rayna.

Rayna was my other best friend, and I had fucked her off for Rafe again tonight.

It was only a matter of time before they came to blows, after fighting for my attention most of the time.

Fuck having a girlfriend—I had enough on with these two.

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