Surrendering to the Bad Boy

Chapter 12

Soft caresses roused me out of sleep, with bleary eyes I looked around wondering where I was for a minute before it all came back to me, I had fallen asleep in Jason's truck. It was dark and cool but the heavy blanket on me made me warm plus the warm body I was snuggled into provided me with extra warmth.

I nuzzled into his neck, stifling a yawn.

"Good evening Princess." He whispered, his voice groggy and deeper than usual, reminding me of warm chocolate.

"What's the time?" I asked sitting up, his hands came to rest on my waist. "Give me a sec." He replied fumbling around in the dark before the interior of the truck lit up. I winced a bit, my eyes used to the darkness. He grabbed his phone from the console.

"It's 4pm." He uttered, I groaned realizing I should have been home two hours ago. Siobhan was going to kill me, that is if she isn't dead with worry yet.

"What's wrong?" He asked. I looked down at him, his eyes were a bit swollen from sleep and his hair was out of its man bun, tousled which only added to his appeal.

"I should be home and Janice has no idea where I am... Oh God. I am in so much trouble." I moaned flopping dramatically on him, my head falling perfectly in the crook of his neck. He chuckled, my body shaking from the vibrations.

"I called Janice, so you're safe." He replied, I raised my head, a smile on my face.

"Thank you"

"Anything for you." He said just as his phone buzzed. I sat up, letting him grab it. A frown formed on his face as he stared at the phone.

"What's wrong?" I asked. He stared at me... a look I couldn't identify but it was gone before I knew it almost making me question whether I had actually seen it.

"Home, apparently my dad's on one of his drunken rage and mum wants me home. We should get going, I'll drop you off at Janice." He said, his voice tight and devoid of any emotion.

I could sense a change in him, he was closed off and reminded me a lot of the former Jason, the one that existed before we started dating. I moved back to my seat and watched as he pulled his seat into the upright position.

He started the truck and it roared to life.

The entire drive back home was tense, his grip on the steering wheel was tight, his jaw was clenched. I quietly played with my fingernails while looked at the scenery. We arrived at Janice's place and he parked opposite her house.

"Thank you. I'll see you tomorrow." I whispered, making a move to open the door when he pulled me to him. I gasped when his lips met mine before melting into the kiss. It was a hard and passionate kiss that stole my breath and had my heart beating at an alarming rate.

Every single cell in my body seemed to vibrate from the kiss, a small moan left my throat. He pulled away and I stared at him, my mind blank as I tried to process what had just happened.

"See you tomorrow Princess." He said smirking. I nodded still dazed, blindly searching for the handle. He chuckled leaning over to open the door. I got down from the truck, the cool evening air bringing back some sense of awareness to me.

Crossing the street, I watched him drive away before walking up to the house. I rang the bell and Janice's dad opened the door. My eyes widened at the sight of him, he smiled at me, stepping aside.

"Anna!!! I haven't seen you in a while. Come on in!" He said. I smiled "Thank you Mr. Richman" I replied. Janice's dad was not what most people would expect of a world renowned physicist.

He was the exact opposite with wild brown hair that seemed to have a life of it's own, he was tall, blue eyed with a fashion sense to die for. I wasn't one for following the trend but even I knew Mr. Richman's dress sense was New York Fashion Week worthy.

"Is that Anna?!" I turned to see Janice's mum, Nicole walking over to me. She pulled me into a hug before pulling away and holding me at arms length.

"I feel like I haven't seen you in ages!!! How are you? How's Hector and Alice?" She asked.

"They're good." I answered smiling at her. Nicole was petite just like Janice, she had almost a pixie like appearance with a button nose, wide eyes that fitted her perfectly, her black hair was in a classic bob, making her look put together.

"That's really good to hear, Janice is in her room." She said. I nodded smiling in gratitude before making my way down the hall to the stairs. Janice's room was the second after the upstairs family room.

I opened the door to see Janice on her bed, eyes glued to the screen, airpods in her ears. She glanced up at me, before removing a pod and pinning me with a glare.

"Explain why I got a call from Jason telling me to cover for you because you two left school early." She demanded. I sighed and flipped onto the beanbag.

"Derek." I began.

"What does Derek have to do with all of these?" She asked closing her laptop, moving closer to the edge of her bed.

"I thought all Derek knew was that I went to the lake with Jason, apparently he knows more. Like a lot more." I explained. She frowned confused before her eyes widened as realization dawned on her.

"Shit." She whispered in shock which soon turned to disgust.

"That p*****t" she spat enraged. "What are you going to do now? Does Jason know?"

I shook my head. "No, and he can't know because he would threaten Derek and make matters worse. I'll find a way to convince Derek to let it go."

She sighed "I think it's better you tell him, I don't trust Derek and I don't want him to blackmail you into doing something stupid." She advised.

"I don't even want to think about it, like he actually watched us!!! And he told his friends about it." I cried out, my body filled with disgust at the realization that Derek actually watched Jason and I.

"He is such a pervert." Janice said shuddering. "And I have to see him tomorrow. God kill me now." I groaned.

"Tomorrow's a short day. School's ending by 11pm. There was an announcement an hour before school ended today." She said.

"Why? What's happening?" I asked. She shot me a disbelieving look.

"Really? Next tomorrow is Founder's day. A public holiday in Vermont or are you so wrapped up in drama that you have forgotten?" She asked. I closed my eyes, slapping my hand to my forehead.

"I totally forgot, Derek has been terrorizing me these day." I whispered. "Well don't worry about that, I have planned an entire day of fun for us tomorrow after school. I can't wait." She declared grinning.

I smiled actually excited and looking forward to spending the day with her with no worries. I spied my bag and grabbed it.

"I should get going. Thanks for covering for me." I said, unzipping the front pocket and bringing out my phone. I scrolled through and saw two missed calls from Siobhan and a text telling me to call her when I wake up.

"You told Siobhan I was sleeping?" I asked. "Yeah, i told her you were having a really bad headache so you were sleeping it off." She replied "so don't look too perky."

"Yes ma'am." I giggled, she stood and we walked downstairs, Mrs. Richman was seated in the livimg room.

"You're leaving already?" She asked, a frown on her face. "I thought you would stay for dinner." She said looking at the clock. It was almost 5.pm

"Thank you Mrs Richman but Siobhan is waiting for me." I replied politely declining. She signed nodding.

"Alright but next time I won't take no for an answer."

I smiled and bade her goodbye, Janice walked me to the front door.

"See you tomorrow." I said. "Bye lover girl." She replied winking. I rolled my eyes at her and set about walking home. I reached home a few minutes later and pushed the gate open. I mentally prepared myself for the onslaught I was going to receive from Siobhan.

'I'm home." I announced, locking the front door behind me.

"There you are!!!" I jumped as Siobhan rushed over to me, cupping my face and placing the back of her hand on my forehead.

"Are you feeling better?" She asked. "I was so worried when you didn't come back after school ended, I was about to call the school when Janice called and said you were at her house and you were having a headache. Have you eaten? God I was so wo..."

"Siobhan, I'm okay." I whispered smiling at her and her mother hen antics.

"Heavens child. You have no idea how worried I was." She said brushing my hair away from my face.

"And I am fine Siobhan. Don't worry about me. And yes I am actually hungry." I said looping my arm with hers, dragging her in the direction of the kitchen. I sniffed the air and let out a hum of delight.

"Did you make pasta?" I asked. She smiled, the look of worry disappearing from her face. I walked further into the kitchen, leaving her by the door and grabbing a plate of pasta from the oven.

"This looks amazing" I whispered staring at the food, I pulled the drawer and got a fork, digging in. She walked into the kitchen and placed a glass of water near me. I flashed her a smile and concentrated on my food.

After I was done eating, I headed upstairs to my room. Having a hot shower, tossing my P.E clothes into the pile, I made a mental note to have them washed and returned to school before the next P.E class. I shrugged on an oversized shirt with sweatpants before returning to my room.

I opened my bag and noticed Janice had slipped in the notes I had missed.

Thank you Janice!!!

I decided to copy the notes since I had nothing important to do, I threw myself into my school work.

By the time I was done with the notes and the assignments, it was already late into the night. I yawned, closing the books and heading to my bathroom to get ready for bed.

I came out minutes later and crawled into bed, I had a long day tomorrow and something told me I needed all the sleep I could get.

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School went by really fast the next day, which I was thankful for, Derek had been shooting me creepy smiles and his friends gesturing some really crude signs at me.

I was half grateful Jason wasn't in school because I knew they would have ended up with broken fingers and black eyes, but I was also worried, wondering why he didn't come to school. He had replied my text saying he was alright.

I was tempted to go check up on him but that wouldn't have been fair on Janice who had planned an entire day for us and I was also excited about today.

We were currently at a fancy spa in the mall, getting a facial and having our nails done.

"This is so relaxing." Janice said sighing in pleasure.

"I know right." I replied feeling at ease like all my fears and worries were floating away. "We should do this more often."

"Uh-huh" she replied. We laid there in silent as they worked on our nails. I chose to go for a simple French manicure while Janice decided to try something new, with lots of glitter and length. I had a feeling she would ditch them before the week ended.

"What's your plan for the Founder's day? " she asked as the attendant finished off the facial.

"I don't think I have any plan." I replied looking at myself in the mirror. My skin was glowing and looked very moisturized.

"My skin feels like a baby's bottom." Janice whispered feeling her face, her eyes wide with wonder. I laughed at her expression and words but I had to agree with her. Our skin looked and felt amazing.

"You can always spend the day with us. Siobhan is invited as always." She said.

"Thanks, I'll let her know." I replied. We paid them and headed to our next destination which was another spa which had a fish spa.

"I can't believe I am letting you drag me to have fish eat my dead cells." I groaned, she smirked and supplied the details for the appointment she had previously booked. We got set up and I stared down at the container that housed the fish.

"This tickles" she laughed dipping her feet into the water, giggles escaping her lips. "Stop being such a chicken." She said as the fish swarmed her feet eliciting a round of giggles from her.

I sighed looking down at the tank before taking a deep breath and slowly dipping my feet into the water, squeaking at how cold it was. I let out a shriek when a fish brushed past my feet.

You can do this.

Determined not to make a fool of myself, I dipped my feet into the water and braced myself for the feeling. It felt funny and I couldn't help the giggles that escaped my lips. I was sure we looked like a bunch of crazies but I didn't care. I was having fun with my best friend and that was all that mattered.

After the fish spa saga, Janice dragged me to the upper level. My eyes widened at the shop she was leading me to.

"Why are we going in there?!" I hissed. "Because you are in need of new underwear. I mean the cotton panties are cute and all but lace.. lace is the way forward." She replied dragging me into La Perla.

An attendant walked to us, her eyes gleaming at the sight of us. I guess it was true, they could smell Upper Vermont from a mile away.

"Good afternoon, welcome to La Perla." She practically purred. "My name is Helena, how can I help you?"

"We are looking for something sexy for Anna for here. Something that screams I'm innocent but I don't mind getting down and dirty." Janice replied, a huge smile on her face. At that point, I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me.

"Oh, I have something that will perfectly fit your description." Helena replied, a conspiratory smile on her face. She gestured to us to follow her to the changing area.

"Why are you doing this?" I groaned at Janice when Helena went to get the underwear.

"Well... I am being honest about the whole cotton panties and imagine Jason's face when he sees you in lace." She replied winking. No one needed to tell me that my face was a flaming red mess. Helena came back with pieces of clothes that were supposed to be underwear.

"Here you go." I gasped as Janice picked one out of the bunch and let out a low whistle.

"I am not wearing that!!! How do you even wear that?" I shrieked covering my eyes. She laughed before turning to Helena.

"We'll take them all."

I gaped at Janice who had a smirk on her face, she handed Helena her credit card and before I knew it, we were walking out of La Perla with two paper bags of underwear.

"Let's go eat something. I am starving." She declared skipping ahead of me, leaving me red faced walking behind her. We had lunch at one of the fancy restaurants, I glowered at her but she didn't care.

"I officially revoke my best friend title." I said poking my roasted asparagus. "You can't." She said poking her tongue out at me.

"You waived your right to revoke in the 6th grade." She reminded me. I pouted at that and she laughed.

"Promise me you'll wear one of the panties whenever you see him next." She said, I frowned at her.

"No."

"You have to. You owe me and I am calling it." She pointed out. "You are wasting a calling it on this!!!" I hissed. She leaned back in her seat and nodded.

"Fine." I relented feeling defeated, she let out a happy laugh, bouncing on her seat.

After lunch, we walked around the mall, stopping by several shops and buying things we didn't really need before we decided to call it a day in the evening.

"How excited are you about Stanford?" She asked pulling out of the parking lot onto the road.

"Very excited. I can't wait to start classes and just experience a new environment." I replied.

"Same here. I heard they have a really great Psychics programme and I cannot wait to launch into it. Plus it's California, think of all the amazing places we could go to." She said, the excitement coating her words. We spoke more about our future in university on the drive back home, she parked near my house and I got out, getting my bags from the trunk.

"Thanks Jan, I had so much fun." I said. "Same here. I can't remember when we last hung out like this. We should do it more often." She suggested, I nodded in agreement watched as she drove away before heading into the house.

"I'm home." I said walking in, Mary was shrugging on her coat about to leave.

"Welcome back, hope you had fun."

"I did." I replied smiling, looking up to see Siobhan walking into the foyer from the kitchen.

"That's nice to hear. So what did you buy?" She said gesturing to the bags. My eyes widened and I discreetly hid the smaller La Perla bags behind the bigger bags. The last thing I needed was for Siobhan to know I went into a lingerie shop, I would die of embarrassment.

"Clothes." I replied smiling, brushing past them and headed up the stairs. I walked to my room and closed the door behind me, letting out a breath in relief. I made my way to the closet and dumped the bags on the floor, sitting and rifling through them. I started with the clothes and knickknacks, arranging them and avoiding the two small brown paper bags. When I was done, I turned to them and sighed.

They are just underwear Anna, they aren't going to eat you.

I pulled them to me and pulled them out, my eyes bulging at the sight of the barely there panties. My face turned red and I pushed them away at the thought of Jason seeing me wearing something like this.

I stuffed them inside my underwear drawer and disposed of the paper bags. I walked to the bathroom and splashed cold water on my face, letting out a breath as I stared at my reflection in the mirror, I was still red.

Darn it!!!

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A/N

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