Dyl: LOL see you two soon.
“You’re a fucking dick and payback’s going to be a bitch.” He picks up my shoe from the floor, chucking it at my head. Luckily, I have cat-like reflexes and dodge it.
“Fuck you. Come on, our girl’s waiting for us.” I head out of my bedroom, my laughter trailing behind me as Jacob follows.
“Who's driving, me or you?” he asks as he tramples down the steps, bumping into me and nearly causing me to trip and fall head first down them.
“You can, since you’re parked behind me.” We head toward the door, but before I can open it, Mom calls out to me.
“Ford.” I take a few steps back and gaze into the living room where she sits on the couch crocheting.
“Yeah, Mom?”
“Where are the two of you off to?”
“We’re going over to Dylan’s. I’ll be back later.”
She smiles, happiness shining in her eyes. Since the day she met Dylan, she’s been in love with her. I told her how she and Jacob were childhood friends and had reconnected when she moved here. I’m never one to keep secrets from my mom and when I told her the relationship the three of us were in I thought she’d be upset, instead she gave me her blessing. Love is love and you can’t control what the heart wants, she explained. As long as we communicated and respected each other she was happy for us.
“Tell her I said hello. Don’t forget to call if you’re going to be late.”
“I won’t,” I tell her as I walk over and give her a kiss on the cheek. When I turn around, I see Jacob’s already gone outside and head out behind him.
“Oh, did you give Mommy a kiss?” Jacob croons, batting his lashes at me when I slide into the passenger seat of the car.
“Why? You jealous?” I ask dryly as I roll my eyes, smirking.
“If I didn’t have Dylan, fuck yeah. Your mom’s a smoke show. She could've been a cougar for me any day.”
“Eww, now I need to bleach my brain. Let’s just go see our girl and don’t talk about my mom anymore.”
“Fine. What do you think Matthew did?” he asks as he starts the car and backs out of the driveway.
I shake my head, not having a clue. The only thing I know for sure is he kissed Dylan, and I can almost guarantee he has feelings for her. Jacob and I both saw the looks Matthew gave her when he thought no one was paying attention.
Jacob turns up the radio and begins belting out the lyrics toWhiskey in the Jarby Metallica. He’s one of my best friends, along with Dylan, but the asshole can’t sing worth shit. He sounds like a fucking wailing dying cat.
I let my head fall back against the seat and close my eyes, tuning out his screeching while I reminisce over our win. We fucking did it. Winning the state championship was all I’d dreamed about since school started this year. I just never envisioned at the time that Dylan would be by both Jacob’s and my side as we achieved it.
When Jacob grips my shoulder, I about jump out of my skin. Looking around, I realize the car’s stopped. “Wake up, Sunshine!”
“Let’s go. I want to hear the news and cuddle with our girlfriend. Maybe even spend the night if her mom isn’t going to be back,” I tell him.
We unhook our seatbelts and get out. I reach my arms above my head, my muscles stiff just from the short ride and yawn. Staying up late last night is really kicking my ass right now, like an old man.
“Jacob, we need to look at a co-ed dorm, or maybe an apartment when we decide on a college. I don’t want Dylan in a different dorm than us.” He takes off at a jog up the driveway, hitting the steps without slowing down, and lays his finger on the doorbell, pushing it repeatedly like an annoying cock.
I have to admit, I’ve thought about college more times than I haven’t. The idea of Dylan going to a different school than us has my stomach tied up in knots. I’d never keep her from going anywhere, but I know she needs her mom to cover the costs if she doesn’t get a scholarship. And if her mom foots the bill, then Dylan has to do as she wants, which would gut her.
I step up beside him as the door opens, but instead of our beautiful goddess of a girlfriend, it’s him.
Matthew.
“Perfect, you’re both here. I need to talk to the three of you, and now I’ll only have to do it once.”
Jacob and I turn to look at each other with furrowed brows. “What’s he talking about?” I mouth.
Jacob just shrugs and shakes his head. “Not sure, unless it’s about the fact that he had his mouth all over our girl.”
