Page 18 of My Fake Relationship With the Popular Boy
Up at the front of the bus, Ms. Moscowitz said, “Now, as always, we just have a few rules to go over before we can leave.”
The whole bus collectively groaned. I elbowed Jaxon in the ribs.
“Ow!” he hissed. “What was that for?”
“You jinxed it.”
“She was going to do it anyway.”
“You don’t know that.”
Jaxon chuckled to himself and looked around the bus. His eyes fixated on something over my shoulder and his expression shifted into a glare.
“Are you all right?” I asked, keeping my voice low. Ms. Moscowitz was still droning on at the front of the bus and I didn’t want her to yell at us for talking. Jaxon moved to look forward again.
“Lean your head on my shoulder,” he said quietly.
“What?” I asked, my eyebrows pulling together. I wassonot interested in cuddling with Jaxon Andrews.
“Lewis is staring at us,” he said.
Of course he was. As subtly as I could, I tucked my hair behind my ear and glanced behind me. He was only two rows behind us, in the row in front of Madison, so I barely needed to turn my head to see him. I was a little taken aback to see that he was not only staring but glowering at us. Although I definitely didn’t want to become friends with him again, it hurt a little to see how much he clearly hated me now.
I shifted in my seat a little so I was sitting closer to Jaxon, then stiffly and slowly rested my head on his shoulder.
“Could you make it look any more awkward?” Jaxon hissed.
“Take what you can get,” I snapped back. I was holding up my end of the deal enough so he would just have to live with it. Jaxon huffed in annoyance. He moved his arm, pushing me off his shoulder. “What are you doing?”
“Just…” He wrapped his arm around my shoulder. “That. Put your head back down.”
I did as he requested, even though the position hurt my neck a little. I hoped Lewis was still looking at us; I had no interest in being this close to Jaxon for any other reason.
“How long do we have to sit like this?” I asked.
“Hm… I think we’ll say the whole bus ride, just to be safe,” Jaxon said cheekily.
I snorted. “Fat chance.”
Jaxon hummed, making his chest vibrate. It was a funny feeling against my face. Then he rubbed his thumb up and down on my shoulder.
“We’ll see,” he murmured.
I must have fallen asleep somewhere along the way, because the next thing I knew, we were parked outside a hotel. To my embarrassment, my head was still nestled on Jaxon’s shoulder, though his arm was no longer wrapped around me. Had I really been laying like that for six whole hours? I guess that was one way of convincing Lewis.
“Sorry,” I murmured to Jaxon as I sat up. I rubbed at my hands and yawned widely. How long had I been asleep?
“Don’t worry about it,” Jaxon said. He smiled fondly, looking more genuinely sweet than I had ever seen. “I was about to wake you up. Ms. Moscowitz is checking us into the hotel right now.”
“Oh. Great.”
“How’d you sleep?”
I shrugged. “Pretty well. You’re a good pillow.”
As soon as the words left my mouth, I regretted them. I pressed my lips together tightly and looked away, even as Jaxon’s smile widened.
Sabrina’s head appeared above the seat and I jumped in my seat.
