Make My Move (Hannaford Prep, #5)

by J. Bree

I might fucking loathe her but she could break him in half with one arm tied behind her back. I'd also pay to watch that, but for entirely different reasons than Harley would.

When I know for sure that she’s alive and just sleeping, I get to work in the kitchen. This girl is fucking obsessed with food. I get it, I am too in my own way. It’s like the Mounty kid trauma toolkit; we all have weird issues about food, money, and loyalties. Don’t ask us to snitch on shit and don’t ever, ever touch our food.

We all watch her, transfixed and fucking hypnotized, as she sheds her bag and shoes, silent even as her blazer gets torn off, but when I realize we’re about to get the angriest striptease of our lives, I clear my throat to stop her.

“It wasn’t fucking dibs; Ash is just being a confrontational asshole because he’s pissed about this whole… thing. I told them I was interested in her and they both backed off.” Avery squints at him like he’s dense. “Oh, of course, that definitely sounds nothing like dibs to me! But never mind, let’s circle back to that. Why haven’t you done anything yet? You and Lips spend all day together in class, I’m sure you could’ve found time to say something to her… though she’s not really one for dirty hookups.”

Avery huffs at him and snaps, “Ash, I have cramps and I need a minute to get myself together and I’d rather not have you lot out there listening to me change out tampons.” Blaise startles like a fucking idiot, like he’s forced himself to forget that Avery is in fact female and gets periods. “Fuck, saying you need a minute is more than enough information.” Ash and I both roll our eyes at him and Avery smiles at him with that fake, poisonous sweetness she’s perfected. “Well, if you listened to me the first time I wouldn’t have to supply you with the details.”

My stomach drops and I have to swallow around the lump in my throat. Morrison starts fucking twitching in his seat, and I want to snap his hands off. “She didn’t want to choose. Apparently she’s just as obsessed with the three of you. Personally, I think you’ll all only really work if you’re with the same girl. I’ve said it a million times, but you’re all painfully codependent.”