If this was a dream, I never wanted it to end. Could this just go on forever? All I needed in this world was Jesse Jacobsen. I could have been homeless and living in a box and I'd be perfectly fine as long as I had him. He was all I ever needed.
I sounded like such a lovesick puppy, but it was the truth. I loved Jesse Jacobsen more than anything on the entire planet. Even though it didn't start out that way four years before, it was going to end that way.
And now that I knew he loved me back, I was on top of the world.
"It's so sweet how close you two are."
I jumped away from Jesse, my eyes widening at the familiar voice that had just spoken.
Jesse stepped in front of me protectively, shielding me from the person that stood before us. I peeked from around his shoulder to see Hunter smirking at us, but I was expecting that.
"Piss off, Hunter," he spat, taking a step away from him, which caused me to take a step away as well. "Get out of here."
How did Hunter even get in here? He wasn't a student! Yeah, he sure as hell looked like one, but you needed a student ID card to get into the dance!
Ignoring Jesse almost completely, Hunter turned toward me with a smirk. The look in his eyes almost terrified me as he asked, "Miss me?"
I definitely did not miss him. In fact, it was the exact opposite.
He just needed to fly off a cliff.
And rot in hell where he belonged.
I never thought I could hate someone as much as I hated Hunter Drax. But I had a good reason to hate him.
I felt chills shoot up my spine, but I knew that they were bad instead of good. The last time I had seen Hunter, he had kissed me full on the lips. I hadn't told Jesse; I hadn't even told anyone. I didn't want anyone to ever know that I had kissed my grandmother's murderer.
"Don't you get anywhere near her," Jesse threatened, still shielding me.
Ignoring what he had said again, Hunter shoved his hands into the pockets of his tuxedo. My eyebrows furrowed in confusion as I noticed that he was dressed up like he was there for the prom as well.
But that was when realization hit me. Had he been there the entire time? Why else would he be dressed that way? Had he been spying on us the entire time?
"I've got to say it took you two some time," Hunter smirked with a nod, walking closer to us just a little. "I thought you both were going to stay clueless for the rest of your lives. Four years it's been, correct? That's a long time to be completely oblivious..."
I was the oblivious one, not Jesse. He had loved me ever since I had met him and I never even noticed. I had only loved him for a month or two, but he still didn't realize it either.
"Get out of here," Jesse repeated, sounding like he could have killed Hunter if I wasn't there. And I was sure he would have...
"Nuh-uh, not yet," Hunter grinned, taking another step toward us now. "I need to have a little talk with Jordan."
"You won't go anywhere near her," Jesse announced, making sure I was still safely behind him. "You need to just get out of here before I kick your ass."
Hunter shook his head, removing his hands from his pockets and crossing his arms over his chest. "Just one dance, Jesse. Don't tell me you're that possessive of her that you won't let her dance with another man," he teased, and I felt like bashing his face in. I couldn't even imagine how Jesse must have been feeling...
"If you were Alex or Ryan, that'd be fine," Jesse informed him through clenched teeth, "but you're the psychopathic killer that murdered her grandmother."
"Ow, Jesse," Hunter continued to tease, placing a hand over his heart. "Words can hurt."
"Get out of here," Jesse repeated once again.
"Just one dance," Hunter pressed on, holding up his index finger. "I just want one dance with your pretty little girlfriend. It's the prom, isn't it? It seems that her prom experiences haven't been very great with the looks of it. So why not let her have a little fun?"
"Not with you," Jesse snapped right back.
Getting fed up with their fighting that was getting absolutely nowhere, I stepped out from behind Jesse so that I was now next to him. He looked at me like I was crazy, but I only rolled my eyes at him. He sure was protective... But I liked that.
"I'll go dance with him," I gave in, giving Jesse a pointed look when he gave me a look that told me he thought I was even more insane than he thought. "Just one dance. Come on, what's he going to do with all those people at the prom there? I'll be fine, I promise. Just go back to your cabin and I'll be there when the song ends."
He was about to say something and disagree with me, but the look I was giving him shut him up. Reluctantly, he let out a sigh.
"You better be at my cabin in ten minutes. If you're not, I'm coming and looking for you."
I smiled at him, stretching up on my toes and kissing his lips lightly. "Deal. Now go or the prom will end."
Jesse rolled his eyes, shooting one more harsh glare at Hunter before starting back toward the cabins. Hunter waited until Jesse was out of sight before walking toward the prom, where everyone else was. Where safety was. I couldn't wait to be around my friends, even if I had to dance with Hunter.
I could only hope that it would be a fast song so I wouldn't have to be pressed up against him.
I jumped when Hunter's hand enveloped mine, and I shot him a cold glare. "Don't touch me," I spat at him. "Just because I agreed to dance with you doesn't mean you can hold my hand or anything else. I only agreed so you and Jesse would stop fighting."
"Fair enough," Hunter smirked at me, shoving his hands in his pockets as we now walked side-by-side. "I'm getting what I want, so I guess I shouldn't push it..."
"How'd you even get in here?" I demanded. "You need a student ID card to get into these kinds of things."
"You'd be surprised how easy it is to get things when you're a man of power like me, Jordan," he winked, causing me to cringe in disgust. "Getting one of those flimsy little ID cards was no sweat compared to other things I've had to obtain before."
"I don't even want to know," I cringed, letting out a long breath when we finally got back to the prom. I definitely wasn't looking forward to dancing with Hunter, but as long as that got him out of a fight with Jesse, I guess I was just going to have to deal with it.
As if by some magnetic force, my eyes immediately locked with Alex's, who quickly glanced to my right at Hunter. His eyes widened as he danced with Lexi, and he looked like he was about to come over to Hunter and me until I gave him a pointed look to stop him.
Because I seemed to have amazing luck, the song that was playing was a slow one. Before I could back out and make a run for it, Hunter clutched onto my arm and pulled me to him before dragging us both onto the dance floor with all the other dancing bodies.
I felt kind of bad for Jesse. He was in his cabin, worrying away about if I was alright. I didn't really think he had to worry, since we were surrounded by so many people, but I was sure he was probably freaking out.
"So you know Alex, huh?" Hunter asked as we slowly swayed to the music.
I wrinkled my nose at him. "You could say that."
"What a pretty girl he's dancing with," he continued on, eying Lexi as she giggled at something Alex had said. "Do you know her?"
"No," I made sure to answer, hoping that it wasn't too quick to be suspicious. If he didn't know who my friends were, that would be good. I didn't want him going after them like he had done to my grandma... I'd never be able to forgive myself if something ever happened to them. I already couldn't forgive myself for what Hunter had done to my grandmother.
I was glad when Hunter dropped it, and I tried my best not to let out a relieved sigh. As long as he left my friends alone, that was fine. I looked away and toward Lexi, who looked on top of the world to be dancing with Alex. I felt so happy for her...
"What a romantic song," Hunter smirked down at me, but I only continued to look away from him. "Maybe this should be our song, Jordan?"
I zoned into the song to see that it was Every Breath You Take by The Police, and I couldn't help but see the irony in it. I guess it really could have been Hunter and my song. It sure as hell fit...
"You know, Erica's here somewhere," I informed him, as if that would get all my problems to just disappear. I could only wish that that would happen. "Why don't you go find her and beg her to take you back? Since Jesse's not interested in her, maybe she'll come back to you. And then you can finally leave Jesse and me alone."
"Nope," Hunter continued to smirk, leaning closer to me. I tried my best to lean away from him, but it really wasn't any use considering his arms were wrapped tightly around my waist. "This may sound unbelievable, but I don't even care about Erica anymore."
My eyes widened at him. He didn't care about Erica anymore? But she was the whole reason he was going after Jesse and me! If he didn't care about Erica anymore, why was he still acting like a stalker and following Jesse and me?
"What?" was all I could say, still not understanding what his problem was.
"I have a new obsession now," he informed me, leaning even closer and pressing his forehead to mine.
I felt my breath shake. "And that would be?"
"You," he breathed, that evil smirk still on his face. "After thinking about you for so long, I'm obsessed with you, Jordan. You're all I can ever think about now. I don't want Erica anymore, I want you. And what just happened ten minutes ago is another reason why I want Jesse Jacobsen in the ground. And maybe, Jordan... Maybe I'm even in love with you."
Luckily the song then ended, and I stepped away from him as quickly as I possibly could.
"You are not in love with me," I snapped at him, as if it was up to me. But there was no way a psycho like Hunter could really love. I didn't even think he really loved Erica. He was just... obsessed with her, like he was now obsessed with me. People like Hunter couldn't love. Especially not romantically.
Hunter continued to smirk at me, but I only spun on my heel and made my way toward the exit as quickly as my feet would let me. I needed to get back to Jesse before ten minutes were up so he wouldn't worry. I didn't want him barging in and beating Hunter up for no reason.
Even though that would be fun to watch...
No, no, I had to get back to him right then. I didn't want to worry him at all. He could kick Hunter's ass when we weren't surrounded by hundreds of people... because it really would have been fun to watch that bastard get what he deserved.
Before I could get to the exit, a hand latched onto my wrist, almost scaring the crap out of me. I looked over in shock, expecting to see Hunter or Dallas, but I let out a sigh of relief when I saw that it was only Alex. Goofy, funny Alex who wouldn't hurt me...
I would have said harmless, but he used to be in a gang...
"What was that?" he asked, blinking a few times as if to make sure that I was really there. "Why were you dancing with Hunter? I sent you off to go profess your love to Jesse, not pick up and party with Hunter."
"It's a long story," I excused quickly, trying my best to remove my wrist from his grasp, but to no avail. Alex was a lot stronger than he looked, and he looked very strong. "But I really need to hurry up and get back to Jesse before he gets worried."
"Jesse?" Alex blinked, looking so confused that it was almost funny. "What do you mean? What happened after you left last time?"
"Long story short, Jesse knows how I feel now," I explained quickly, finally removing my wrist from his viselike grip. "I'll explain it all to you tomorrow, okay? I have to get back to your cabin so he doesn't freak out and think Hunter kidnapped me or something."
Alex nodded at me, and I quickly spun around and almost ran all the way back to the cabins in the dark. Breathing heavily, I banged on Jesse's door three good times before he answered it.
"You scared me," he told me, clutching onto my arm and bringing me to his chest. "I thought it was Alex telling me Hunter kidnapped you or something."
"I'm alright," I breathed, still almost completely out of breath as I wrapped my arms around his neck after he had closed the door behind us. "He... just wanted to dance."
I wasn't about to tell him that Hunter was obsessed with me or that he wanted Jesse dead. Because now that I knew Jesse was in love with me, I knew he would do something stupid to protect me. And I didn't want him to do anything like that.
"I'm glad you're safe," Jesse informed me, pulling me away slightly so he could look at me. He brushed hair out of my face before leaning in a kissing me lightly on the lips. "I would have killed him if he did anything to you. That stupid bastard..."
"I really wished we could have danced," I sighed, changing the subject and resting my head on his chest. "But we can't go back to the prom. Dallas and all our friends are there..."
"Yeah," Jesse agreed into my hair, soothing it as he did so. He then seemed to get an idea, because he grinned down at me.
"What?" I asked, a small smile making its way onto my face.
"We'll dance right here," he announced, delicately taking my hand before leading me to an open space in the cabin. "This may not be the prom, and there may not be music, but we're still dressed up. So we'll pretend that we're at prom, surrounded by hundreds of sweaty bodies."
I made a face. "You just made me glad that we're not there anymore."
Jesse grinned. "That was the point."
"We only need each other," I informed him, pressing up against him now with my head against his chest. "We don't need music or fancy decorations. We just need each other."
We began to sway to the nonexistent music as Jesse pressed me to him even tighter. "Couldn't have said it better myself."
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"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Alex asked, stuffing his hands in his pockets as he stood behind me on the dock.
"Yeah, it's a good idea," I answered. "I can't lead Dallas on forever."
"But you'll break his heart!" Alex cried out dramatically, placing the back of his hand on his forehead. "He'll be so crushed!"
"Just go get him," I demanded flatly, not even turning around to face him. "I can't lead Dallas on like this. He thinks I love him, and I don't. I'm not going to tell him that I really love Jesse, but... he can't think that I really love him when I don't."
"I'd advise you to wait until graduation, but that probably isn't the best idea..." Alex grumbled as he turned away from me and made his way up the dock. I smirked slightly, shaking my head as I waited for the one thing that I hadn't been looking forward to at all.
I wondered how he'd take it. He sounded so sincere when he said he loved me, and I felt like a complete and total bitch for taking it back like this. But what was I supposed to do? I couldn't just lie to him when I didn't really love him! That would be even bitchier...
"Hey," Dallas greeted as he plopped down beside me, almost causing me to jump into the water in fright. I wasn't expecting him to get there that quickly... "Alex said you wanted to talk?"
I couldn't help but feel that there was something different about him. I didn't really know what, but he just wasn't as peppy as he usually was.
"Um... yeah..." I started, staring down at my hands in my lap guiltily. How was I supposed to tell him that I didn't love him? I didn't want to be blunt... That wasn't fair to him. "Um... you know that... thing you said to me at the prom last night?"
Dallas sighed, looking down at the water below us. "I was pretty sure it would be about this."
"It's just... I realized a while ago that the love that I feel for you is just--" I started quickly, ready to tell him a long rant about how sorry I was for breaking his heart, but he cut me off just as quickly.
"You don't have to apologize, Jordan," he smiled, holding up a hand to stop me. "I know you really love someone else."
My jaw dropped. "You do?"
Dallas nodded. "Yeah. That guy that you were dancing with last night. The dark haired one?"
My eyes widened. No... There was no way he was talking about who I thought he was talking about! But the only two other people I had danced with were Pete and Dallas himself...
"Hunter?" I almost shrieked, not knowing what else I was supposed to do.
"Is that his name?" Dallas asked, his eyebrows rising on his forehead. "The guy with dark brown hair and broad shoulders?"
I could only nod, the look of shock still evident on my face. "Uh... yeah..."
"I saw the way you two were looking at each other," Dallas now continued to smile only a little. "It was the same way you used to look at me."
What? How did I look at Hunter? Did I used to look at Dallas with complete disgust and hatred? Because that was how I was looking at Hunter! I hated Hunter! I didn't love him! Not at all!
"But Hunter and I are--"
"You don't have to explain," Dallas continued on, now standing up from his sitting position on the dock. "I understand. I'll always love you, Jordan, but I guess I've lost my chance. I was a jerk to you back in the past, so I understand if you've found someone else to make you happy."
He then turned away, making his way up the dock the same way Alex had done minutes before. All I could do was stare out into the water, my jaw almost hitting my lap.
Dallas thought I was in love with Hunter?
Was he insane?
"So, he didn't run off crying, so I suppose he took it well," a new voice now said from behind me, but I was still way too much in shock to jump or be afraid that it might be Hunter. "What happened?"
Alex plopped down next to me, leaning forward to look at me. He waved a hand in front of my face a few times before poking me in the shoulder to get my attention.
"He thinks... I'm in love with Hunter," I explained slowly, my eyes still wide as I didn't even look at him.
He burst out laughing, almost falling off the dock and into the water. As hilarious as that would have been, I was so shocked that I didn't think that I would have laughed if that actually happened.
How could Dallas think I was in love with Hunter?
"That's hilarious!" Alex cried out, slapping his knee as he continued to laugh like a wild hyena. "Just because you two danced last night? That's so freaking hilarious!"
"That's not funny!" I insisted, shaking my head as quickly as I could before slapping his shoulder. "He thinks I'm in love with Hunter, Alex! The guy who killed my grandmother! I could never be in love with him! Not even if someone paid me!"
"Still funny," Alex pretty much squeaked as he wiped a tear from his eye. "I never would have thought he would think something like that!"
"This is so horrible," I groaned, standing up from the dock and now making my way up it and toward the cabin. "How could anyone ever think that I'm in love with someone like Hunter?"
"You two just have so much chemistry!" Alex called out teasingly from behind me, causing me to roll my eyes at him. I was very tempted to flip him off, but stopped myself before I could.
When I got back to Cabin C, I wasn't really surprised that all the girls were there. They were actually all planning for us to go somewhere and do something, but when I informed them that I had to go talk to Dallas, they said they'd wait for me to talk to him.
"So, how did your meeting go?" Lexi giggled over from her bed, causing me to roll my eyes. How was I supposed to tell them that it was over between Dallas and me? Not to mention I was still super shocked over what Dallas had said about me being in love with Hunter.
"It's over between Dallas and me," I shrugged simply, the words foreign to my tongue. It was so weird thinking that Dallas and I were over. Did we even really begin?
"What?" Molly cried loudly, hopping up from her place on the couch. "But you two are so perfect together!"
I had thought that as well, once upon a time. But now I was in love with someone else, someone who I had been hurting for four years. Dallas had been hurting me for the past four years, and that pain had finally went away after I had fallen in love with Jesse.
"Why did you break up with him?" AJ asked.
"I think I know," I heard Chelsea inform them as she smirked from the other side of the room. My blood ran cold as I thought that she might have known I was with Jesse now. Would she hate me forever like the rest of the girls? I could only hope not! "It's because of the guy you were dancing with, right?"
You have got to be kidding me.
"Oh, yeah!" Lexi cried out. "You two were getting pretty close when you were dancing last night! Your foreheads were even touching! Did you break up with Dallas for him? He was sure cute!"
"What?" I shouted, pretty much horrified. "No!"
I was going to kill Hunter one of these days. I didn't know when, I didn't know how, but I would. Even if it was the last thing I ever did.
I finally get to date Jesse, what I had been waiting for, and everyone thinks I'm in love with his psychopathic enemy that killed my grandmother.
How charming.
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