Chapter 17: 1.6

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❀Courtney's P.O.V❀

"I brought a pair of guys who will never let you down—Ben & Jerry's." Julian announces as he walks into the dark room and Emily instantly lifts her head off of my chest.

"Gimme here." She says childishly and I shield my eyes when he flicks the light switch on.

He digs into the bag and pulls out a carton of ice cream of his sister's favorite flavor; cookie dough. He hands it over to her, along with a spoon, and she immediately snatches it from him before pulling open the lid.

I watch as she begins to dig in, dry streaks of mascara staining her cheeks. I smile as she instantly perks up when the ice cream enters her mouth.

I hear Julian dig into the bag again and I turn to look at him in confusion, until I see him pull out two more identical cartons; chocolate fudge brownie.

He sends me a smile as he extends it out towards me and I take it from him, also accepting the spoon he gives me. I do the same as Emily and begin to dig in, letting out a sigh of satisfaction when it instantly melts on my tongue.

"It's sooo good." Emily and I both say in unison and Julian looks at us in horror.

"Oh god, I hate when you two do that—it's sooo creepy."

We both laugh, and I turn to see her grinning wide as she wipes at her face. "Why am I crying for an asshole? Hell, there's plenty of hot guys out there."

I grin. "That's the spirit! Remember the number one rule after a breakup—make him regret his decision."

"Yeah," she agrees, putting another spoonful of ice cream into her mouth. "I meeb a guy phoo is willing to be mwhy phake boyphrund." She mumbles, a bit of ice cream dripping down her chin, and I grimace.

"Em, that's disgusting."

Julian laughs from where he's standing and I turn my attention to him. "I love you, sis."

She swallows her ice cream and grins cheekily. "I love you too, Jules." She replies. "Anyways, what I meant to say was: I need a guy who is willing to be my fake boyfriend."

I turn to give her a confused look, an eyebrow raised. "What?"

"I need a fake boyfriend to, you know, help me make Rickster jealous."

"Why does he have to be fake though?" I question.

"Because fuck real relationships." She scoffs, scrunching up her face in annoyance.

I shake my head at her, sighing. "Oh, Em, don't punish all the guys for a mistake one guy is responsible for."

"I can't help it." She groans. "I actually believed he cared about me."

"How about, we go out and have fun?" Julian speaks up as he takes a seat at the edge of the bed. "Me, Alexander, Damian, and a few others were planning on going to a cliff and hang out. You two can come along."

I turn to give Emily an encouraging smile and she stuffs more ice cream into her mouth.

"Phuck yeah!"

* * *

"Hola, puta!" Damian cheers as he runs towards Julian's car and stops by his window, as he rolls it down. He then switches his attention to the backseat and smiles at Emily and I. "Hey, ladies."

"Hi." Emily gives a quick response.

"Hey," I give him a smile wave. "Good to see you again."

"Good to see you too." He grins, before he looks at Julian again. "Dude, you won't believe what Alexander did." He laughs and I climb out of the car, Emily quickly following.

"Let me guess, he carried a girl and jumped into the water with her?" Julian says in a bored tone and Damian frowns.

"I thought it was funny." He complains.

"He does that every time, Damian." Julian laughs and gets out of the car, swinging his arm over my shoulders.

I look up at him and smile wide. "Hey."

"Hey, yourself." He greets back, kissing my lips.

"This is a nice view." Emily's voice sounds from beside me and I fix my attention on her, before focusing my gaze to where she's admiring.

I look at the trees around us and as we get closer, I notice the lake beneath us, about twenty feet below us from the cliff.

"Don't get to close now, you might fall." Alexander speaks up and Emily squeals in surprise, screaming when she almost falls forward. Alexander quickly grabs a hold of her and laughs. "Woah, what did I just say?"

She grabs onto his arm as if her life depends on it and that's when I notice his wet hair.

"It's not so bad." He comments as he pulls her away from the edge and she looks back at me, a smirk tugging at a corner of her lips.

I narrow my eyes at her in a questioning manner before I catch on. I turn to give Julian a peck before I dismiss myself from him, ripping his arm away from me.

I approach the pair and smile at both of them. "Em, mind giving us a moment?" I ask her sweetly and she nods her head at me.

"Yeah, of course."

I watch as she walks back to her brother and I turn back to Alexander, a smug smile on my lips. "I need you to do something for me." I begin.

"What's that?" He questions, arching an eyebrow.

"I need you to stop being a player, for starters." I scoff, watching him wink at a girl passing by. He quickly turns his attention to me when he hears my words, before letting out a laugh.

"A player gets past more bases, Courts."

I wrinkle my nose in disgust. "Yeah, and getting past those bases can lead to an STD, idiot."

"You gotta do what you gotta do." He shrugs.

"You're unbelievable."

He smirks, winking at me. "Everything amazing is unbelievable."

"Again, with your enormous ego. Honestly, get over yourself."

"No can do, Courts."

"Have you even tested yourself yet?" I finally ask, needing an answer before I even think about getting my plan to action.

"Tested what? My dick game?" He asks and my eyes widen to their extent, choking on my saliva. "Because trust me, many girls think it's amazing, so I would easily pass."

"That's not at all what I meant!" I cry, exasperatingly. "I meant if you have any diseases?"

He puts a hand over his heart. "That hurt me, deep in my heart."

I roll my eyes. "Whatever. So..?" I push.

"Relax, I go get tested every week. I'm one-hundred percent clean from any STDs. Why? You want a turn?" He winks at me and I gape at him, before I smack his chest—hard.

"I have a boyfriend, and he's standing right over there." I point to where Julian is currently braiding Emily's hair and Alexander chuckles.

"He's a keeper, alright." He comments, looking back down at me. "Too bad I fucked him first." He smirks and I begin to choke on air, coughing vigorously.

"That can't be!" I argue, calming myself.

"Oh, but it can."

"Whatever." I mutter. "Can I please just ask you for a favor?"

"Surprise me."

"I need you to ignore every girl here and make Emily have fun, she needs it." I tell him slowly and he turns to look over to where Emily is.

"Can I ask, why?"

"She just got dumped." I explain, not needing to tell him any details. "So, can you do this one thing for me? Or do I need to ask Damian instead?"

He shrugs. "So, I can't talk to any other girl?"

"Nope."

"Fine." He sighs dramatically. "Only because she's hot."

"You dare hurt her, though..." I pause as I give him a threatening glare. "I will cut your dick off and feed it to you–"

"No thank you, I need it to stay between my legs and I'm also not a cannibal." He puts his hands over his crotch defensively and I laugh.

"Oh, but I wasn't done—then, I'll chop your balls off and shove them so deep up your ass, you'll be spitting babies out the following day."

His eyes widen and I stifle another laugh. "You wouldn't."

"Oh, but I would."

"Wait," he frowns. "That can't be possible, because we are both only carrying half a baby, you need–" now it's my turn to cut him off.

"That's not the point, smart-ass."

He gives me a half-smile, as he walks past me in the direction where Emily is standing. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. I'll be sure she has a great time, now go to your boyfriend."

I smile in success and skip over to Julian, throwing my arms around his neck.

"Oh god, what did you do?" He asks me and I smile innocently.

"Oh, nothing." I answer, kissing his lips.

"Uh-huh, yeah, I don't believe you." He tells me in a suspicious tone and I wink at him, motioning to Emily. We watch as Alexander approaches her and begins to talk to her. "Courtney?"

"Yeah?"

"What the fuck did you do?" He grits out through clenched teeth and I turn to frown at him.

"Oh, come on. He won't hurt her." I assure him, pulling him down again to kiss his lips. "Besides, I just told him to make her have a fun time."

He furrows his eyebrows, his eyes still focused on Emily, and I turn his head to look at me again. "Trust me." I whisper, running my thumb along his bottom lip.

He sighs after a few moments. "Alright, I just hope he doesn't fuck this shit up—whatever it is."

I beam at him. "He won't, I'll be sure of it."

* * *

"Want a water bottle?" Julian asks me as he bends down to grab one from the cooler and I nod my head. He throws one at me and I (barely) catch it.

"Thanks." I say, twisting the cap open and taking a sip. I sit back on the chair and watch the guys as they continue to kick the ball around, using the trees as their goals.

"No! Alexander put me down!" Emily's voice startles me and I quickly turn to see Alexander throwing her over his shoulder, running to the edge of the cliff. "No! Please, have mercy!"

I watch with wide eyes as he ignores her request and jumps off the cliff, her loud screams getting cut off by a large splash. I hurriedly get up from my seat and run to the edge, the guys quickly following.

We watch as Alexander comes up to surface and looks up at us with a smug look on his face. That is, until Emily surfaces and gives him a menacing glare.

"You fucking asshole! I told you to put me down, I begged!" She yells as she smacks him repeatedly.

"Ow, oww, chill!"

She doesn't listen and keeps hitting him, until he grabs her wrists and forces her to stop. She lets out a cry of frustration and he guides her back to land, never letting go of her wrists.

"You can let go now." She grumbles once they climb back up onto the cliff.

He chuckles, but does so anyway.

"Jerk." She scoffs, pushing at his chest and keeping her hands there.

"You love it." He smirks, and Julian appears by her side in seconds, wrapping a towel around her shoulders and she thanks him, her jaw chattering. "Aw, what about me, man?" Alexander asks with a pout and Julian only gives him the finger.

"Get your own." He tells him, laughing when Alexander mocks him.

"Get your own."

"Shut up."

"Shut up."

Julian smirks. "I'm stupid."

"You're stupid."

I laugh when Julian gapes at him, before he shoves him back and laughs. "Fuck off, man."

"As much as I find this highly amusing and I don't want to interrupt, I will still do it because it's getting late and I want to go home." I speak up and they both turn to look at me.

"But, baby, the fun is just getting started!" Damian hollers as he holds up a bottle of vodka and I turn to stare at him wide-eyed.

"Don't call her baby." Julian grumbles.

"No, no drinking!" I argue, snatching the bottle from him and he pouts.

"But, why not?"

"No drinking." I finalize, giving him a stern look and he hangs his head in shame.

"I'm sorry, mom, next time I'll be sure to hide it from you."

I narrow my eyes at him when he looks up again, sending me a smirk. "Very funny."

Not.

"Hey look, shooting stars!" I quickly turn to look at the sky and my jaw drops slightly at the beautiful sight in front of me.

Many stars are falling from the sky, making the sky look so much more beautiful.

"It looks amazing" I say aloud, keeping my eyes locked on the beautiful sky.

I feel arms encircle my waist, then I feel Julian's breath trickle my neck when he whispers, "Not as amazing as you—you're everything amazing in this world."

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Okay so, for my sixth period class [English III] we had a project. We had to create a philosophy book about three stories that we read and they were mainly about nature.

You had to decorate it and make it neat, but the decorations had to be relevant to the stories. So, obviously most of us decorated our books with things related to nature. I simply printed out images of stars, trees, birds, etc.

But this one guy, decided it would be funny to glue a flower...and a bee on the front of his book. A FUCKING BEE! It was alive, how cruel is that?

The teacher collected it and she didn't even notice until she went to the front of the class to collect mine. She looked down for some reason and freaked out. She was like, "Oh my god, a bee!" And I, being completely and utterly confused, watched her put his book down on my desk.

I looked down and the poor thing was twitching. I felt so bad I honestly wanted to cry. So me, being the animal lover, instantly cried out the words, "Why did you put it on my desk? That's so sad!"

But she just ignores me and continues to back away from my desk, saying that's so gross and she will not accept it. So, the guy simply walked to the front of the class and grabbed his book before walking out. He came back and the bee was gone.

The guy next to me saw that I wanted to cry and was like, "It's just a bee." And I gaped at him as I replied with, "It has a life! How would you like it if creatures much larger than us existed and suddenly picked you off of the ground and glued you to a paper?" He simply stayed quiet and the class continued. Some people, I swear.

Anyways, I'm sorry this author's note is long. I just needed to tell you guys my weird class experience. Bye, I love you!

❤︎Much Love with Hugs & Kisses❤︎

Kimmy Hers 💋