even possible.
Anna ran her tongue over her teeth and glanced down at his perfectly healthy legs. “They don’t look broken to me. You sure you’re just not too scared to battle Spinja again?”
Wait, he battled Spinja?
“My third leg is broken,” he replied with a wink. He grabbed at his crotch, crudely jostling it around while placing a peck on the brunette’s cheek. “Thanks to this lovely lady.”
If it were physically possible for smoke to come out of a human’s ears, it would have happened to Anna. Worried that she might do something rash, I grabbed onto her arm and started nudging her away. Before we could even move one inch, I noticed someone step into my periphery.
“Seriously, Shawn? Are you that much of a pussy that you need to pick on two innocent women instead of taking your frustrations out in the cypher? If I didn’t know better, I’d say you were still licking your wounds from the last time I roasted you.”
I froze. After my embarrassing word vomit in the bathroom line, I was worried to even steal a look at him. Who knew what else would come out of my mouth?
“Fuck off, Spinja. This isn’t about you,” Shawn spat out. Though he tried to maintain his tough façade, I couldn’t help but catch a glimpse of embarrassment on his face.
From the corner of my eye I spotted Jacob take a step forward and I couldn’t help but worry that a fight was about to break out with me standing right in the center of it! As I silently began to freak out, Anna cocked her head to the side curiously.
“Jacob, it’s fine. I can handle this myself,” she said coolly.
“You sure, Anna?”
Okay, what was going on? Was Anna friends with him?
“Yeah, Estelle and I were about to go anyway.” Anna grabbed my arm and shot Shawn one last dirty look.
“Who’s the pussy now?” poop pants girl asked with a huff.
Had Jacob not been there to hold Anna back, I was sure I’d be spending the rest of the afternoon in the Dean’s office. His arm shot out, just in time to block her tiny body from crashing into Poo Poo Pants’ even tinier one.
“Whoa, whoa!” Jacob snapped, shooting the girl an angry look. “Marla! Stop with that shit!”
“But she started it,” she hissed, sounding like a fifth-grader.
“And I’m going to finish it!” Anna growled. Her eyes flashed, looking almost feral.
Jacob rolled his eyes and kept his grip on Anna’s arm, grabbing mine with his other hand. His skin seared into my arm, electrifying me. I had to do my best to keep a level-head.
Stop acting like some schoolgirl.
Jacob kept his hold on us until we were in the safety of the main hallway. It was only when our feet hit the checkered floor did he release his grip. The absence of his warm fingers left a surprising void against my skin.
“Jesus, Anna. What is your problem?” he demanded, a shooting her a look of bewilderment.
“My problem?” she shrieked. She pointed toward the gym and scowled. “You’re asking the wrong person. Why don’t you go in there and interrogate Shawn? I was just minding my own business when my stupid ex decided to shove that dumbass slut in my face.”
Jacob pulled at the bottom of his shirt as if fanning himself, exposing his perfectly taut muscles. I had to look away to keep myself from gawking at the four…no wait, six…no eight pack on his abdomen.
“Why’d you even come here? You knew Shawn would be here.” He shot her a scowl, but unlike Shawn’s hateful expressions, I felt no malice in his look.
“I didn’t come here for him, if that’s what you’re implying,” Anna snapped.
He shrugged. “I’m not implying anything. I’m really asking you; why did you come?”
Anna motioned toward me. “I came for my roomie.”
As soon as Jacob glanced at me my heart immediately began to thrash. I wondered if there was any way he could hear it. I glanced around desperately, looking for any rock I could crawl under and hide.
Jacob’s eyebrows lifted in surprise. “What’s