Avery Alexis
Seeing Skye look at me the way she did in that dress, there was no way I wasn't getting it. No way that I was giving up the chance to have her look at me like that again.
I hated her still. Deep down. But Dakota was right, whatever I did to Skye, affected others. I was immature, I was a bitch. But I couldnt help it. I didn't know what I was doing, pretending I could be friends with her again. I'd been cruel, and I didnt want to be her friend really.
Sitting around Dakota's pool in our clothes listening to music that plays from a speaker on the porch, we play Uno, laughing when Max get's skipped four turns in a row, then given two draw fours from Dakota.
"EVIL!" Max cries. "I dont even think youre allowed to do that!"
"Oh hush! that's how we always play!" Skye says and pushes at Max.
"Uno!" I say on my next turn and Dakota sticks out her lip.
"Again?!" she shrieks. "How do you keep winning?!"
I laugh and so do the others.
"I cheat." I say and Dakota rolls her eyes.
"Probably do!" she says teasing and I laugh.
Dakota lays her red down, then Max lays down a 7 yellow onto of the Red 7, and I see Skye look to me for a reaction.
I hold my card close to my chest and she studies me.
I lift my eyes and she narrows hers playfully.
"Whatchya got there Porter?" she says lifting her chin pretending to try to peer over over my card and I laugh.
"My card?" I ask.
She smiles and nods. "Yeah....what color and number.." she asks, smirking.
"Hmmmm" I say and hold up the card.
"Looks like a green one to me." I say and everyone laughs.
"You lying to me Porter?" she lifts her brow and I smirk.
"never." I say and she eyes me.
"I think you're full of shit." she says and I laugh and so do Max and Dakota.
I shrug.
"Play your card Sterling." I say using her last name and she grins.
"I think you have yellow. And youre trying to throw me off. she says.
I shrug.
"so that way Ill change it....and you cant have green.....or you wouldnt have said it...so you must have red or blue." she says.
"Or I have a draw four....or a wild" I say and shrug.
She scrunches her nose. And Dakota gasps and I look to her as we all laugh slightly.
I look back to Skye.
"I dont think you do. I think you have blue or red.." she says eyeing me.
"I'd like to finish this game before we graduate" Max says and I laugh and look back at Skye.
She looks at her five cards and taps her chin and eyes me, she lays a wild card down.
"Color is ......green." she says with a little smirk to me, challenging me.
"I don't bluff Sterling..." I say and lay down my green one on top of the wild.
"Damnit!" Dakota says.
"You change it to the color she told us she had and let her win?!" she shrieks and I laugh. As Dakota waves her finger as Skye.
Skye is laughing and then pushing up.
"I need a drink. sick of this cheater" she teases and I laugh as Dakota walks with Skye into the house.
It's fairly awkward sitting with Max, even though she's cool.
"I gotta pee." I say and push up too and Max nods.
I walk into the house, and don't see Skye or Dakota and make a face of confusion as I look around and shrug then walk to the bathroom.
I hear giggling in the bathroom.
"Maybe" I hear Dakota giggling.
Through the crack of the open door my heart stops as I see in the mirrors a reflection of Dakota pinned up against the wall by Skye.
A knot forms in my throat as I watch Skye hold her face.
"You're so cute" Skye says and I watch Dakota bat her eyelashes looking up the few inches to meet skye's eyes and I feel my fingers curl, digging into my fists. My jaw clenching.
Dakota bites her lip and I feel my eyes burn as I refuse to blink, forcing myself to watch them through the crack and in the mirrors reflection.
Skye Sterling
I was pretty turned on all day, after seeing Dakota and Avery in their dresses. Dakota had looked adorable in her yellow gown, and Avery, well Avery just killed it in the red gown. I'd been flirting with Dakota the past few times we'd hung out, and I was ready to make a move.
I need something, and someone to make me forget about Avery. I couldn't count on someone like her to come around, and I couldnt count on someone who spent the last five years harassing me, even if she reminded me so much of the Avery i'd first met.
Dakota was pretty, and fun, and cute. and we shared alot of the same interests.
I currently had her in her bathroom and up against the wall and I could feel the mutual attraction all day today, so I wasnt scared of scaring her off by making a move.
I let my mouth brush hers and her chin lifted, her lips lifting to follow mine and she pressed them into mine.
Her lips were soft, and they were warm, but there was no spark when our mouths connected. I held her face, searching for it, for something that let me know there was a deeper connection to her. Frustrated with nothing clicking, I parted her mouth with my tongue and she moaned into my mouth, and I moaned too. Because the kiss WAS good, it wasn't bad at all but it was still missing something else.
Dakota was pulling at my hips and then lifted a leg up around me and grinded into me, and I grinded back into her. It's not that I wasn't turned on, Dakota was sexy, adorably sexy. But it still lacked. I groaned at the friction of grinding her leg,
"skye" she says breaking the kiss and pushing back.
I pull from her lips and breathe slightly heavy.
"Yea?" I ask and she smiles.
"Is it just me...or..." she says sounding nervous.
"It's missing something." I say.
And she laughs and nods. "Yeah"
I sigh and hang my head, pressing my forehead to hers.
"yeah" I say and she laughs.
"I mean...I like kissing you...it's fun, and we can keep doing it..." she says and I laugh and lift my head and look at her mouth.
"I liked it too." I say and she laughs.
"I think we're gonna just be friends though." she says and I laugh and nod.
"Yea, I think so too." I say.
She grins. "Good."
I nod. "Good."
"Wanna make out a little more?" She asks. and I laugh.
I shrug. "Sure"
She laughs and pulls me into her, her hands on my face.
"I like kissing girls" She says against my mouth and I laugh.
"Yea?" I ask she nods and laughs against my mouth.
"Yeah , definitely" she giggles and her tongue plays over my lips and I flick mine back at her and she licks over my tongue ring.
"I think I really like the tongue ring" she says and I laugh.
Her hands grab my ass.
"Hey now" I tease and she laughs. Her hands grabbing it.
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After a few minutes we leave the bathroom laughing , grab some drinks and head back and I find Max sitting alone.
"Where's Avery?" Dakota asks before plopping down in a chair.
"She said she had to go." Max shrugs.
"Go where?" I ask.
Max shrugs. "didn't ask, she was in a hurry though."
"that's weird." Dakota says making a face.
"yeah, she just got up to go to the bathroom then was running outside, grabbed her shit and booked it." Max says.
"The bath...room" Dakota says her eyes widening and she looks at me.
i wince.
"what?" Max asks.
"I gotta go get her." I say.
"What?" Max asks as if I'm crazy.
I don't wait to explain and leave Dakota to fill Max in on why we think Avery has been such a bitch all these years, and now..I feel like I'm even closer to understanding why even more.
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I pull up to her house and see her car in the driveway, and her parents home.
"Shit" I say and groan and get out of my car and walk up her driveway, ringing the doorbell.
Her mother opens and I can tell she's startled by the look on her face.
"Skye?" she says in surprise.
"Yea...hi Mrs. Porter" I say with my hands tucked in the back pockets of my jean shorts.
"Oh sweetie! You can still call me Evelyn!" she flings open the door and pulls me into a hug and I smile, and lift my arms around her.
"I havent seen you in ages sweetheart! How are you?!" She squeals.
I smile. "Good, thanks. I um...Is avery home?" I ask.
"Of course , of course! she's in her room!" she gestures to the stair case.
"thanks Evelyn" I say and she smiles, holding a hand over her heart. "Make sure you say goodbye before you leave!!"
"I will" I say as I climb the stairs and walk to Avery's door.
I knock.
I wait.
I knock again a little louder.
"Avery?" I ask as I knock again.
"Why the hell are you here?" her voice comes from behind me and I jump almost a foot off the floor as I spin, clutching my chest.
"Jesus! You scared me!" I say panting.
She crosses her arms, and she's already in a pair of sleep shorts and a tank top.
"You're in MY house." she says. "WHY?"
"I....you....you left..." I say.
"So?" she shrugs.
"I..." I trail off.
"Why did you leave I thought we were having fun?" I ask, not wanting to say that I was pretty sure she saw me making out with her friend.
"Well....I wasn't...I'm exhausted from pretending to fucking enjoy myself." she sticks out her chin and pushes past me and opens her door and slams it in my face after walking in.
I roll my eyes. I twist the knob and open it and push it open.
"Excuse me!" she yells and turns and walks over to the door, and I quickly close it behind me as she goes to yank to the door open again I grab her , spinning her and pushing her against the door and she gasps.
"What the hell do you think youre do-"
"why did you really leave?" I ask, my eyes searching hers.
Just say it. I think to myself. Say you saw me. Say you were jealous.
"I just told you....I tried to be civil for Dakota's sake...but the fact is...I can't stand being around you." she sneers.
"you were genuinely having fun." I tell her. "Stop lying."
I narrow my eyes. so does she.
"I don't bluff." she reminds me.
"bullshit...you're lying." I say and she swings her arms up and between mine, pushing my hands from her arms.
"get your hands off me, you fucking lesbian" she says and pushes at me.
I laugh and turn as she walks away over to her dresser and sits down at her vanity.
"We're going back to that?" I ask.
she shrugs and picks up a hair brush.
"Call it like I see it." she says.
"You can go now." she says and slips the brush through her hair and I watch her, wanting to rip it from her skull.
"You're an impossible fucking cunt, you know that?" I say and her jaw drops and she spins.
"Get out!" she yells.
"No!" I yell back making her head jerk back.
"Get out." she growls.
"not until you tell me the truth!" I yell and she flies up out of her chair and grabs me, pushing me with each word.
"You...make...me...sick" she says as I hit her door.
"I want to puke when I think of how close I would let you get to me...you were probably always waiting to sink your dirty dyke claws into me..." she sneers and my eyes widen at her audacity.
"make me just like you!" she points a finger into my chest.
"You wouldve tried to make out with me, or touch me." she says
"Aand you woudlve fucking enjoyed it." I tell her.
Her eyes widening.
"I would never enjoy your hands on me....you're fucking trash you dyke bitch" she growls and I narrow my eyes.
"You must really, really hate yourself huh?" I ask her and she snarls.
"You must hate me,....because you're a little dyke too, arent you Avery?" I ask her and she slaps me.
"Shut up!" she screams.
"And get out!" she yells and I slap her back and she gasps and then lunges at me, and slaps me again and grabs my hair. I curse and I push at her, and swing my arm around her waist.
"Let go of my hair you crazy bitch!" I yell and she screams as I bite her arm and her grip loosens and I heave into her pushing her to floor , both of us going with a thud.