Page 46 of Tattooed Love

Jax pushed the main door open, and as I skipped down the stairs behind him, fresh air slapped me in the face, immediately lifting my spirits. “Where we going?” I asked.

Jax ignored me as he continued to walk in the direction of the school car park. “We’re using my idea, aren’t we?” I grinned, and skipped up to his side. “Told you it was gold.”

Jax rolled his eyes as he stopped at his bike. “Do you ever shut up?”

“Not when I know I’m annoying you.”

Jax straddled his bike and handed me his helmet. He kick started the bike. Placing my hand on his shoulder, I swung my leg over his bike and sat down behind him. I gulped; man, he had a good body. I never saw him work out though; did he go to a gym?

As we began to pull away, I wrapped my arms around him. I attempted to suppress the feelings rising inside of me from clinging to his toned body. Why did Jax have to be so damnattractive? Did he know he had this pull on women? Because it couldn’t just be me, right? Other women would have to admire his sharp features and toned body. In fact, I’m sure they did, remembering how his cheerleader friends acted around him.

Well, it didn’t matter how attractive he was, I wasn’t going there. Ever.

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“So, I heard you got kicked out of class again huh Amber?” Troy asked me from across our dining table as we ate tea.

I turned sharply and gave Jax a dirty look. “Traitor.”

Jax shrugged his shoulders and continued to eat. He had been acting weird since we’d got home. We had spent the whole day together - we did lunch, then I dragged him to the mall. Come to think of it, he’d begun to get weird after I dragged him into the changing rooms, because I didn’t like the looks the retail assistant was sending me; man, that guy was a creep, I shuddered as I remembered.

Had I made him uncomfortable? I mean, he’d turned his back to me while I’d changed.

Then it occurred to me; how could I have been so stupid! The mirrors!

“Amber?”

I turned my attention back to Troy “What?” I was suddenly in a state of terror.

“Do you want to explain?” he took a sip of his beer.

“Do I have to?” I narrowed my eyes, “Can we not just drop it?”

“Will it happen again?”

“No dad, it won’t,” I mocked.

“Amber.”

Letting out a small sigh,I loved getting kicked out of class, so I couldn’t promise it wouldn’t happen again. But I could lie; I was good at that.“It won’t happen again, ok?” I stabbed the piece of steak on my plate. “Geez, get off my case.”

Troy seemed to have dropped the subject, and he began to focus on his meal. I stole a glance in Jax’s direction. He was eating with his eyes glued to his plate. Man, had he seen everything? It was my own fault, dragging him in there.

I remember my bra getting caught in the top I’d tried on, and I’d had to take it off. As the image came back to me, I began to choke on the piece of steak in my mouth.

A hard hand slammed across my back, and I spat the piece of steak into my plate.

“Can’t you chew your food properly?” Cole pulled his hand from my back and returned to his own meal.

Blushing, I pushed the plate away from me. I was no longer hungry; I couldn’t get over what I’d done!

“You finished?” Tyler asked, frowning at my close-to-full plate.

“Yeah, I’m not hungry. Big lunch,” I lied and got up from my seat. I wasn’t brave enough to look in Jax’s direction. I just hoped he’d keep his mouth shut.

“What are you doing tonight? It’s Friday night. No weekend plans?” Adam asked, attempting to make conversation with me.

“No plans,” I replied quickly, too quickly in fact; which is why everyone’s eyes snapped in my direction, apart from Jax’s.

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