Page 32 of His to Ruin

“I’m not being funny but if you know anyone who did the nasty with them recently, I’d tell them to get tested ASAP.”

She holds up her hands backing away from them pulling me along with her. “Just saying.”

We round the corner and listen to them shitting bricks.

Lexy hangs her hand in the air for a high five as the girls all turn on each other. I don’t leave her hanging.

Two hours later and were back at Lexy’s studying for an assignment.

“I give up. Think my brains fried. I can’t take it anymore,” Lexy groans closing the History book in her lap, throwing it to the other side of her bed.

“Same. I swear if I get less than a B after all this I’m never studying again.”

“Why don’t we call it a day and go for a swim instead? I’ve a brand-new bikini that still has the tags on if you want it?”

I look out the balcony doors down to the glistening water of her pool.

“Sure,” I shrug. “Why not.”

“Just to warn you though, I’m not a good swimmer and tend to stick by the shallow end where my feet can still touch the bottom.”

“You never learned?”

She ruffles through her drawers finding the bikini and handing it to me.

“I tried but I can’t muster up the courage for the deep end. My mom’s thinking of hiring an instructor to come once a week to teach me.”

“That’s nice of her,” I say encouragingly.

“I think she’s afraid I’ll drown. I swear if she had it her way I would still be in arm bands.”

“That’s tragic,” I laugh as I come out of her bathroom in the gold bikini that fits me perfectly.

“Can you tie this for me?” Lexy asks standing with her back to me holding out the strings of her sapphire blue bikini top for me to take hold of.

“Sure.”

After tying it into a neat bow we grab some towels and make our way down to the pool.

The water feels amazing on my hot skin as I swim the length of the pool chatting away to Lexy who clings to the shallow end.

“Oh shit, don’t look now,” she says.

I turn around just in time to see Saint, Colton, and Caleb in board shorts running towards us before cannon balling into the pool with such a splash that my hair is completely soaked.

“SAINT, YOU ASSHOLE,” Lexy scolds pushing her hand in the water so it hits him in the face as he surfaces.

Saint just laughs it off and swims towards her until she’s backed up into the wall, his big arms on either side caging her in like a predator, his playful smile now gone.

“You wouldn’t happen to know who started a rumour that we all have genital warts now would you Lexy?”

“I’ve no idea what you’re talking about” she retorts nonchalantly.

“Is that so because multiple people at school seems to be under the impression that it was you. Do you know what happens when you poke a bear, Lexy?”

She shakes her head.

“You get mauled.”

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