Page 2 of On The Edge
She doesn’t want to “hold us back from our dreams,” but there’s no way in hell that we’re leaving without her.
Kai shakes his head and glances down. He looks the opposite of me; blonde hair, cut shorter than he’s said he wants but did it so his mom would stop complaining, light green eyes and sharp jaw, with an insufferable smirk that makes most of the girls around him want to fuck him in secret. Not that he’d ever give a girl other than Melody the time of day, but there’ve been some obsessive ones.
The guys and I… we know our effect on girls. We’re the ‘bad boys’ of Haven High School, so even if they swear up and down that they would never want us, they always slide into our DM’s asking if we want a handjob.
That’s a real quick no.
There’s only been one girl who sees us for more than just looks, more than just what we are or aren’t. One girl who is enough to make all four of us take on the whole school to keep her protected.
“No, I think–” he starts to say, but is cut off by a very loud, very fake laugh from inside the room. “The fuck?”
I push off the wall and turn, looking into the room through the small window of the thick door. Melody is standing there with one of the chicks who obsesses over Kai. She’s got plain brown hair, plain features, and really… that’s the only thing I can think of when I see her. She’s justplain.
But then again, all the girls I’ve seen around look plain when compared to Melody.
The girl looks like she’s trying to be friendly to Melody, but when I look at Melody, all the color has left her face.
My internal sensors are going off like they always do when she’s talking to someone I don’t really know. Not only that, but Melody looks like she’s seen a ghost and is putting on a fake smile to keep it happy.
“Oh god, that girl,” Kai groans, rolling his eyes. “She won’t leave me alone and now she’s talking with Mel?”
“Who is she?”
“Hell if I know. She’s in my gym class and gets way too fucking close to me. I’ve tried being nice about it, but she won’t take the hint that I absolutely am not interested.” He shakes his head. “But if she brushes up against me, tits first, one more fucking time, I’m going to snap. And I told her as much.”
I internally sigh and want to bang my head on the wall. So she’s probably all catty about being rejected.
“Let’s go get her,” I say, opening the door just enough that I can hear their voices, but the way they’re positioned they can’t see the door open.
“Don’t youwantthem? You do, don’t you?” the girl drooling over Kai asks incredulously, crossing her arms with a toying smirk on her face.
Melody straightens her shoulders then smooths out her features in a way I haven’t seen from her before. It’s cold, calculating, void of any part of the girl I’ve come to know. And then she opens her mouth.
“I don’t want any of them. They’re nothing to me. Nothing. They’re not successful, and we all know they won’t be. Especially not with that band we all know isn’t going anywhere. They coast by on their looks and charm.” Melody shrugs with a cruel laugh, looking down at the floor. I wish it would open up and swallow me whole. But she keeps fucking talking. “They’re like my brothers; it’s sick to think of them like that. I’ll tell you the truth, they latched onto me and I’ve been reaping the benefits. No onebut your dumb ass messes with me. Talk about using them to make my life better. Maybe that’s why Kai doesn’t want you.”
I close the door, having heard enough. This… No, I…What? My thoughts are racing so fast and it feels like my brain can’t actually comprehend what she’s saying. What those words mean.
But then I look at Kai and it’s like the world snaps into place. I understand. And I think I actually feel my heart break.
Rage.
Anger.
Heartbreak.
Denial.
“That… What?” Kai asks, turning to face me but I can’t see him. Not really.
My entire world just turned upside down in an instant. Everything I’ve ever wanted, theone person I thought saw me, was just using me. Using us.
“She–” Kai shakes his head but I cut him off.
“She’s nothing to us now.” My voice comes out stronger than I feel inside. The agony threatens to pull me under, but I can’t let it show.
“Maybe we heard wrong.” Kai’s reaching, refusing to see Melody for the snake she is.
“No, we heard her clearly for the first time,” I snap, storming away from the door. “She showed her true colors, Kai. Now we know. Let’s go.”
