"Talia Ramsay, I am going to kill you!" I hear the shouting voice getting closer and closer to me

But scared was the last thing I was. The smug grin on my face proved that

"Everything alright Ryder, I get its summer and all that but we're at school maybe you should put some clothes on?" I cross my arms smirking at the boy walking towards me wearing only his towel

It's been three days since Ryder pulled the prank on me, here and there we've made little pranks such as throwing bananas in each other's paths or putting something on each other's seats in class. But I was just waiting to get my revenge. And mine was sneaking into the shower room after gym and taking his clothes

We've done almost everything else to each other already so I was running out of ideas

He grabbed my arm and pulled me into an empty classroom "Give me the clothes" he snarls

"I don't know what you're talking about"

My eyes wander down subtly. No one including me could deny that he had an undeniable body. His abs were extremely defined proving he spends as much time in the gym as he claims he does. Whatever girl ended up with him would be lucky even I had to say that

I snapped my eyes up to his when he spoke again "Talia I swear to god, if you don't I will make it look like you're in here having sex with me and I'm pretty sure no ones going to doubt me"

I roll my eyes

"Don't you think enough people have seen me like this already, not everyone needs to see this Greek god body" he grins proudly

"Except for almost every girl in this school that you've slept with"

He takes a step towards me so close that I can feel the heat coming from his body, he leans down and I can feel his hot breath on my ear "So when's your turn?"

I meet his eyes a challenging look on my face but the blaring sound of the over head speaker interrupts us "Talia Ramsay and Ryder Smith to the principals office, Talia Ramsay and Ryder Smith"

I huff and push his clothes against his chest before taking a step back

"I would say you probably don't know why your here but with you two in pretty sure it obvious" Principal Brunel crosses his arms looking at us with an angry expression "these pranks stop now. This war you've got going on stops now or I will not hesitate to expel you both. I've spent enough years giving you warnings and letting it slide"

"For the rest of the day, the two of you are cleaning classrooms" I looked up at him surprised with the easy punishment but frowned when he continued "starting Monday, there's after school detention everyday for two weeks"

"Understand?"

We got the cleaning supplies before going to the first classroom we had to clean

"If you hadn't have pulled that stupid prank we wouldn't be in this mess" Ryder mutters as he wipes down the board

"If you didn't prank me on Monday I wouldn't have had to prank you today" I retort "and then I wouldn't be stuck with you"

"Well it's not like I wanna be near you either"

"Dick" I mutter

"Bitch"

We spent the rest of the day cleaning in silence with the occasional mutter about how much we dislike each other. I met with Cammy at my car, I picked her up this morning because we were going back to her place for dinner before my shift at the bar

"So how was cleaning with lover boy?" Cammy grins

I decide to ignore her comment as I try to weave my way around students walking on front and around cars "on a scale to one to ten?" I hum "I'd say hell"

She rolls her eyes the grin still evident on her face "yeah yeah"

I parked outside Cammys house a few minutes later. That's when I noticed something. "Hey where are your parents?"

"Oh them" she giggles nervously "I may have pretended they asked you over for dinner just so we could have a girls night"

"Cam I'm working"

She shrugs "I'll come to work with you"

I grin "you do realise you could have just said girls night and I would've agreed?"

She nods "but you know I'd grill you about Ryder so you wouldn't"

I roll my eyes "Cammy your still my best friend so I don't care how much you talk about him. I'm spending time with you not him"

She reaches across and gives me a side hug "You're the best"

We walked through her front door and I stopped when we seen a figure sitting on the sofa

"Alex? When did you get back?" I ask surprised. Alex is Camila's older brother, he's twenty three and the last eight months backpacking around America

"Hey Talia" he turns around "I got back Wednesday actually"

I nod "you have fun?"

He looks around before his eyes focus back on me "Yeah. Anyway I've got to go, catch up and all that"

"I'll grab the food" Cammy grins

"I'll put on the movie" I shout into her before running upstairs

Cammys room was big but she somehow made it still feel comfortable and not bare or lonely. Her room represented her sweet but sassy. I put on one of our favourite go to movies Friends with benefits

"I mean this movie is the ideal situation" I smile as the credits roll

"And Justin Timberlake" Cammy swoons and sits up shoving another handful of popcorn in her mouth "I mean you could have it if you wanted"

"With who?" I raise my eyebrow

She grins

I stand up waking over to the mirror to fix up my hair "only friends with benefits in real life always ends in trouble. Plus it never goes smoothly in the first place"

She rolls her eyes "I mean if I had someone at my beck and call, I'd be doing it"

I cross my arms and turn towards her "where have you even got this idea that either me or Ryder would be interested in having sex. So I don't exactly have someone at my beck and call" I narrow my eyes before sitting down beside her "so how's that love life of yours anyway?"

She grins "What love life"

I sigh "yet your face tells me something different"

She looks down "okay so maybe I have a little crush"

I gasp "who is it?"

"Sean"

"Sean as in Ryder's best friend? Omg has anything happened?"

She shrugs "nothing serious we just text everyday but friends do that right? He probably doesn't even see me like that"

"That would make him stupid"

Cammy laughs "shut up. Now let's go"

Thankfully I had brought some clothes to Cammys anyway so I could change for work. I was wearing a black crop top with white straps and some black Adidas leggings. I also had a oversized black cardigan for when I was closing up because it always got cold

"Are you sure you don't mind staying you do realise it could be late before we leave this place. I can just come back to yours after?" I ask Cammy as we walk through the doors of the bar

"Don't be silly, I get to drink while you work I don't see a problem in that"

Cammy sits down on one of the bar stools while I make my way around to the other side of the bar. Henry who was my boss was packing up "Hey Henry"

He puts his bag on his shoulder "Hey Talia, nothing better you could be doing on a Friday night?"

I shrug "no parties this weekend thought that it would also suit be better to be on this side of the bar"

"Smart girl" he laughs before saying goodbye

The bar was pretty much empty with only a few people finishing food and others just having a few drinks

"Can you actually get me a pizza and a shot Lia" Cammy grins

"Keep rubbing it in" I mutter before doing as asked

When I get back Cammy is frowning at her phone "Hey what's up?" I ask her

"Um nothing it's just...." she trails off when the doors to the bar open and a group of seniors from our school walked in including Ryder and Sean. The group liked to think of themselves as the 'popular ones' when in reality they were mainly bitchy and rude, every school has them

There were four girls and four boys so they took a seat at the eight seater that was on the other side of the bar

I sigh before grabbing some menus "wish me luck"

I grabbed my pen and notebook and walked over to there table. I put on a fake smile for the purpose of my job "what can I get you guys?"

"Are you that poor that you spend Friday nights working" Helen laughs "I bet you spent half of your wages on that outfit alone"

A few of them sniggered before Ryder spoke up "I'll have a beer"

Helen was sitting beside him so she took the opportunity to put her hand on his chest "baby your driving" she mutters rubbing her hand in a circular motion but he gave her a second before he pushed her off

Sean coughs awkwardly like he's trying to cover his laugh "I'll have the same"

"I'd ask for a cocktail but with grubby people like you working here, I'm not sure if I even want you to touch my drink" another girl, Tracey grins

I roll my eyes my patience wearing low, I was never good at taking shit or keeping my remarks back "I'm the only one working so it's me or no one. If you're looking for a high end cocktail place there's one across the road, feel free to go. Believe me when I say I really don't care"

"I'll get the two beers and when I come back you can either be gone or ready to order"

I walk away. Once I get back behind the bar, I grab the shot I had out for Cammy and down it in one go. When I put the glass back down on the counter I make eye contact with Ryder who was sitting directly on front of me. His stare felt like he could read me like an open book so I distracted myself by making there drinks

"I'm proud of you" Cammy grins looking over at me

"What why?"

"They literally haven't said a word since you put them in their place and you didn't let them walk all over you"

"Thanks Cam"

Much to my dismay they were still there when I got back. I stood at Ryder and Sean's end of the table this time to give them there drinks

"So what can I get you guys?"

"Whatever" Helen mutters under her breath before speaking up "we'll have four cokes and two more beers"

"And two pizzas"

"Sure" I say before reaching across the table to grab the menus because no one would pass them to me. Ryder the sneaky prick used his foot to bend my leg so that I fell into his lap

Some of the others spoke up at the table probably making fun of me but I was too distracted by the boy whispering in my ear "careful princess one kiss and you're already falling for me"

"Mhm I've had better" I whisper back

"I'd be offended but I know you're lying"

"Finished flirting yet?" Sean smirks on front of us. I thank the heavens that I wore make up today because once he said it I noticed our intimate position: I was sitting in his lap with one hand on his chest while the other was at the back of his neck, while Ryder had his right hand caressing my waist

I rolled my eyes and Ryder laughed as I got up. Helen muttered something about me being unprofessional as I walked away

Cammy was grinning when I came face to face with her "Still nothing going on?"