Page 6 of Your Side of the Offense

Two hours later, we land and are settling into our house.

Unpacked and restless, we go visit an old acquaintance of Jaden’s, Davon, a sophomore we were behind in school. When he heard we were here, he invited us for a drink at his house. Only a street away.

"The boys are at BU!" he says with a wide grin and we greet him with shakes.

"In the flash." Jaden dabs him.

"I guess the other kings of this place have competition if you lot are still like I remember." He laughs.

"You know it. So, what's good here?" Jaden asks.

"There's actually a party on the other street later. The captain of the football team, Trevor, cool guy, is hosting all the cool new kids. Best freshmen party."

"He's cool people?"

"Yeah, basically the new king of this jungle."

Jaden nods. No doubt making plans for us to go to the fucking party.

"I know how y'all are. All the hottest new chicks are going to be there. Basically, perfect hunting ground before the new meat is sampled." He hands a beer to Archer then his face twists. "Hey, where is that hot piece of ass you used to chase after?"

We all stiffen.

"Careful," Harvey grits coldly, and the rest of us glare as Davon’s throat bops, realization washing over him.

"Um–" he looks at all of us "–sorry, bro, I didn't know she was yours."

"The party. So, Trevor is the main guy here?" Jaden asks.

"Yeah, yeah."

The door bursts open like it's a burglary and our heads snap in that direction.

"What's up, bitches!!!!" a blonde tornado walks in with a backpack and beach attire.

I look back at Davon and he sighs.

"We have guests. What's up, what's up, my people." The guy approaches.

I'm not hating but it is a bit annoying to see someone who is that happy. Fuck he's so chirpy about?

He starts with Jaden and Jaden receives him well, reciprocating some of the glee.

"Sup, dude," Jaden says.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm Martin," the new guy says.

"Jaden."

Martin nods and moves on. He dabs the rest of us, but none of us give him our names. Then plops on the beanbag.

"So, everybody, Martin, he lives with us here,” Davon says. “Martin, these are my old schoolmates. You've met Jaden, that's Archer, Harvey, and Caleb. They cool people."

"Tight. So how are you finding this dump so far?" Martin leans closer to grab a beer on the table.

I can't help but chuckle. This guy is definitely something, and I can't help but find him a little endearing.

"We haven't seen much of it. We just got here," I say.

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