"thinking you're winning with all of your grinning but i got the last laugh"

sickick - "mind games"

"You fucked Lucifer?!" Ada asks me on the phone as soon as I start telling her what happened the night before. I roll my eyes at how excited she is while stepping out of the taxi coming from work, ready to head towards my room. "I knew it! I fucking knew it! I should be a physique or something!"

"Ada, scream it a little bit louder, I think the people in South America didn't hear you." I say sarcastically.

"I wasn't that loud!" She complains. "I'm at Ryker's and he's in the shower listening to ABBA."

A little laugh escapes my mouth. "Ok, I'm totally gonna make fun of him for that the next time I see him, but we need to talk about how we hit the point where you leave me alone to hang out with your boyfriend." I finish jokingly to soon make a fake dramatic cry come out of me. "Poor me you selfish bitch."

"We literally hang out all day, Lilith." I hear a chuckle coming out of her mouth. My mouth goes widely open to make a gasp come out of my it, trying to send the hint to Ada that I'm offended, making my cry even more dramatic.

"So?! I miss you, come back to me!" I yell gaining the confused look of a guy walking pass me. I stare back as I wipe a fake tear from my cheek. "I'm going to a hard break up right now, mind your own business." He quickly looks away and I smile to myself.

"Who was that?" Ada asks.

"I have no idea."

She laughs. "Stop creeping random people out in the middle of the street."

"What? It's fun!" I open the door of my dorm building as a sigh comes out of my mouth. "It's literally Friday night and I have no plans, creeping people out is all I have left. I'll probably go around campus looking for music and then sneak in some common room party like the old days."

"Let's go back to Lucifer, Lilith."

"Ugh, why?"

"What are you gonna do now?" Ada ignores my complain. "It's not like you two are never going to see each other again, you'll see him at work and class."

"That's literally what we agreed on."

"Never see each other again?" Ada asks surprised.

"Yeah, why would we?"

"Can't you two just be friends?" I immediately fake gag. "Lilith!"

"Me and him? Friends? No way."

"Fuck buddies, then? Enemies with benefits?"

"That would go well if we had the intention to fuck again."

"And you're not?" Hearing a sigh come out of Ada's mouth, I keep my mouth shut waiting for her words. I know a thought just appeared on her head. "Are you seriously gonna do the Avery way with him too?"

"The what now?"

"That's what you do—" she replies quickly "hit it then quit it."

I wouldn't call it the Avery way but it is what I do with everyone, so— I nod. "Exactly."

"You really don't want to see him again? What did you do when you saw him at work today?"

"I minded my own business, just like he did."

"Yeah, sure." I hear a sarcastic tone in her voice and a fake chuckle following it. I furrow my eyebrows as I see the door of my common room ahead of me.

"Why was that sarcastic?" She doesn't respond. "Do you know something I don't?"

She stays quiet but I do know my best friend better than anyone... to the point of knowing she's smiling right now. I hear the sound of her moving on the bed excited to let out her next words. I keep my mouth closed, I want to hear her talk first. "He can't stop staring at you." She finally says. "Who can after sleeping with the famous Lilith Avery?"

"What are you talking about Ada? You watch way too many romantic movies to think that."

"I have information." She says dramatically making me stop my walk, furrowing my eyebrows even more confused than before.

"What is it?"

"No, I can't tell you."

I immediately roll my eyes. "Are you saying this to annoy me? Because eventually you always say it to me."

"Yes." She quickly replies. "Ryker heard Colin talking to Paul about Lucifer and how they kept catching him looking your way while you're were doing homework." Her tone sounds so excited that it reminds me when I was a teenager and I was talking about high school drama with my friends. Who was kissing who, and my name, somehow, always came up in the conversation.

"That's nonsense." I shake my head. "Why would he do that?"

It can't be true. The whole time I was there I was too busy cleaning towels and doing my homework that I don't even remember him being in the same room as I was. There's no fucking way.
Besides, there's no reason he would stare at me.

"He has a crush on you!" Ada yells like a teenager and I immediately shake my head, annoyed.

"No he doesn't!"

"Then why he cared so much about you when Teddy was in the hospital yesterday?"

"He's—" I don't know what to respond. The response I gave my mom this morning comes to my head.  Ada knows my relationship with Lucifer a lot better that my own mother, but there's nothing else that I can let out that would cause for Ada to drop the subject, so I let my mouth talk before thinking the consequences. "He's just a nice person."

I immediately regret it. And even more when I hear a loud laugh coming from Ada.

"You can't even believe it yourself!"

"You wouldn't take a stranger to the hospital?" I try to dig myself a hole and get away from the conversation, but Ada knows how to dig the same hole by my side and pull me back again.

"But he isn't a stranger to you."

"Yes, he is."

"No, he isn't."

I see no way out and Ada is up my butt, I have no other choice: I start making noises with my throat like I'm loosing the signal. "I'm— a tunnel, the signal— breaking!"

"You're walking Lilith, I can tell."

"I'm—! I can't— you!"

"Lilith, why do you always change the subject when we talk about Lucifer?!" She yells so loudly that I have to take the phone away from my ear to prevent them getting hurt.

"Damn— why are you so loud!?"

I chuckle leaves her mouth. "So that you hear."

"You almost exploded my ear!"

"I just want to help you understand!"

"Why do you want to be so persistent with him? Shouldn't you be with your boyfriend in the shower?! Have some wild sex or something and leave me alone."

"Lilith! Stop changing the subject!"

"I'm not! I'm trying to make you have a fun night!"

"My point is that he was really worried about you, he made sure that you were fine and even stayed until everything was alright. The proof is there Lilith!"

The last time I believed that, the whole situation turned into a whole lie, even if he told me that he wasn't pretending the night before at the party I still can't even find a reason why would Ada be right and why would Lucifer even have some feelings towards me, besides hate and the need of annoying me. Yesterday was just two people fucking— having the college experience. Nothing more.

"Ada, we seriously need to watch some action or horror movies together to get your head out of the romantic ones. Or serial documentaries! The killer is 95% of the time a man, I need to teach how you can never trust them."

She lets out a sigh. "You're literally impossible. One day you'll realise that he likes you and you'll regret not listening to me."

"I won't regret anything because it's not gonna happen!"

"Yes it—" she suddenly stops "What, Ryker?!" Silence follows her. "Bobby what?! Paul?!" She asks confused and I again have to take the phone away from my ear. She can be so loud when she wants to.

"Ada, do you want to explode my ear or what?!"

"I'm gonna call you back," she says in a more normal tone "I think Bobby is calling Ryker but I can't understand shit about what he's saying."

"Alright, tell Ryker that I'm not gonna have a threesome with you and him. He better stop asking!"

"Lilith!" She says but soon a laugh leaves her mouth.

"I love you!"

"Love you too, you annoying bitch." She says sending a little smile towards my face. Ending the call, I walk again towards my room leaving my phone back in my pocket.

It doesn't take me long to get to my dorm, the dark brown and long door appears in front of me like I've seen it a thousand of times before. I stop to grab the keys from my backpack, ready to finally make some plans for this Friday night. There's nobody around, the hallway is as empty as my room inside, probably half of the people that belong to my floor are out at a party or having fun with friends.

And the other half, drowning on coffee while trying to get every single word they're reading into their heads for a future exam.

Been there, done that. Both.

But tonight, I already see myself choosing a movie and ending the night passing out on the couch. As much as I love going out, movie and a bowl of cereal? Yes, please.

Feeling my keys with my fingertips, I take them out from my backpack ready to open the door and get inside, ignoring the sound of footsteps going on behind me. As a full floor with dorms, it isn't news for my ears to hear that.

The sound of the key unlocking the door hit my ears... soon after, a strange hand touches my arm.

Startled of the sudden feeling on my skin I quickly turn around to see who it is, finding a tall dark figure in front of me my heart jumps down to my stomach allowing me feel the sudden chills flying through my skin. "Ah!" I yell as see the figure leans closer to me. My reflexes are quick, not gonna let the figure get close to me, my hand flies up without me making it, slapping the cheek of the strange man standing there.

"Fuck—!" A familiar male voice complains as he takes a step back, grabbing his cheek in pain. I furrow my eyebrows recognising the voice from somewhere but my head can't think clearly, my heart is still beating quickly from the scare from earlier. "Shit, Lilith! You're strong!" The tall man walks closer to me. As soon as I see his face, I recognise him from Colin's party.

It's Griffin.

His light brown and wild freckles appear in front of me when the light of the hallway hits his face. He's still touching his cheek in pain while his eyes are closed as I take my hand towards my chest, wanting it to calm down from the scare.

"Griffin! You scared the shit out of me!" I yell but he doesn't respond to my words, instead, he opens his eyes shaking his head.

"Your next partner is gonna be one lucky bastard if they're into slapping! Jesus, you really slap the shit out of me!"

"You don't get to complain! You don't go to a girl who's about to get into her room and scare her like that, you looked like a serial killer!"

"Party time people!" A new familiar voice enters the building. I take a step to the side of Griffin to see the man now walking towards us with a huge smile on his face and a green party hat.

Colin.

Who else would have a party hat like that and scream 'party time' while walking inside a building?

"Who's that beautiful girl?!" Colin yells once he arrives in front of me. "Oh my— it's you, Lilith! You get even more beautiful every day!" He hugs me tightly. Standing there confused at the whole situation, my eyes go back to Griffin, who's now opening his backpack to take another party hat.

"What are you two doing here?" I ask once Colin lets go of me. I don't get a response, Griffin just walks closer to me with an excited smile, without waiting for a word, he places the party hat on my head as he smiles at me. "Party time!" They both yell at the same time. My tongue doesn't find anything to say, I'm examining them together for something off. They appear high of the best kind of drug right now. "Are you two high?"

"Oh," Colin shakes his head "I wish."

"How did you get into the property?"

Colin stares at Griffin but they don't say anything right away. Shrugging their shoulders, they both go back to me. "We just... did." Colin says innocently.

"No wait—" Griffin lifts his hand and places it in Colin's shoulder "we need to sound more exciting. The security guard was there so we walked to the other side and climbed a brick wall, a dog suddenly appeared barking, Colin got scared and ran like a little kid but I fought it off," he nods proudly "like the true hero I am."

Both me and Colin stare at him, confused. There's clearly no way that happened, but there's no sign of Griffin letting it go or even end the joke, so I nod quickly.

"You're definitely high."

"I wouldn't run!" Colin defends himself. Griffin just turns to him looking him up and down, smiling innocently.

"Really? You seem like the kind." Colin seems even more offended by opening his mouth. Griffin doesn't give him the time to answer to him, since he looks back at me and does a single clap excited. "Party time!"

This is getting weirder and weirder the more Colin and Griffin talk.

"What do you mean party time?"

"It's my birthday!"

"Happy birthday!" I say leading to Griffin nodding with a big smile.

"Thank you!" He walks to my side to place his arm around my shoulders as Colin takes a step closer to me, excited. "Well, since it's my birthday my grandparents are letting me use their beach house for the weekend. So, we all decided to get the group together and use it! You're in it baby!"

"Yes she is!"

I furrow my eyebrows. "I am?"

"Yes! You were in it since you decided to annoy Colin with me, I started loving you right on that second." I look at Colin who just shakes his head and shrugs his shoulders. He's clearly used to it so I don't open my mouth, instead, I let out a chuckle enjoying the change of plans for my night. When I hear the sound of a door opening from the dorm by our side, my head turns to see my neighbour leaving his room. I nod saying hi to him as he does the same, like we usually do, but what gets my attention is Griffin smiling at him as well. "Hey, beautiful." He says. The guys stares back at him but doesn't say anything back, just a smile leaves his lips.

"Damn—" Griffin goes back to me "This place is filled with hot people, I definitely chose the wrong college." A chuckle leaves my mouth. And I thought Colin was the womaniser.

Before I can reply to Griffin's words, he moves my body towards my door as he shakes my shoulders. "Now! Go go go!"

"Griffin, what the fuck!"

"Party time!" Colin yells taking the key from my hands to open the door. With a quick movement, it opens and they both make me walk inside the room. "Make a quick bag because we're leaving now now now!"

"Wait—!" I complain but Griffin pushing me stops my words. My feet walk me towards my room to soon turn on the light and grab the empty backpack besides my bed. "Who else is coming?!" I yell since they both stayed in the common room.

"Everyone!" Colin replies. "Bobby is getting Ryker and Ada, Paul is getting Ivy!"

"No words now now now now!" Griffin starts clapping to hurry me.

I stare at my closet blankly... I have no idea what to grab. "What do I need?"

"Clothes, what else?" Griffin says. "Unless you're into being nude!"

I hear a chuckle coming from Colin. "I won't complain!"

"Now now now!"

"Griffin," I yell grabbing a couple of random shirts "I swear I'm gonna punch in you the face if you continue with that!"

The clapping quickly stops. "I know you're strong so I'm definitely gonna stop now!"

"How do you know she's strong?"

"She slapped me!"

"What?!

I grab a pair of jeans. "He scared me!"

"I leave you guys for one second!"

I close the backpack ready to walk towards the common room. Once there, Colin's and Griffin's eyes go on me. "Are you done?" They both ask.

"No, I'm just standing here to look at your ugly faces." I lift my backpack. "Yes I'm done!"

"She's mean." Colin says looking at Griffin. He doesn't respond, instead, he pushes the side of his head. "Get over it. We have to pick up Bobby, Ada and Ryker!"

I walk towards the door ready to carry on with the night, but Colin stopping me by grabbing my arm, takes my attention towards him and his sudden concerned eyes. "What?"

"We need to tell her, Griffin."

"Tell me what?"

Colin hesitates. Scratching the back of his head, he's suddenly tipped over by Griffin, staring at his friend confused.

"What?" I insist.

"C'mon, Colin. It's not that big of a deal." Griffin says and then turns to me, giving me a smile. "Lucifer is taking you."

Oh, I heard that wrong.

A disgusted expression leaves my face. "Are you serious?"

Colin smacks the side of Griffin's arm. "I told you she wasn't gonna like it!"

"Why not?! Lucifer is a lovely guy. I've known him all my life!"

"They're gonna kill each other!"

"No," I quickly shake my head "I'm gonna kill him first! There's no way he's killing me."

"Maybe we should test it today." A familiar voice speaks by the door sending a bit of chills down my back. I immediately roll my eyes recognising Lucifer, turning around to look at him, resting his shoulder by the frame of the door with a grin on his face the disgusted expression doesn't leave my face. He looks up to my head to then let out a chuckle, enjoying something strange for me. "You look stupid with that hat on."

My hand reaches up to feel the party hat still on top of my head, I got so used to it that I forgot I had it on me. Fuck! "So I look like you?" I ask going back to Lucifer. I ain't gonna let him win.

He tilts his head. "You wish, Avery."

"Me? Wishing that I looked like you? Not even if it would save my life."

"I'm guessing they don't like each other." Griffin gets my attention. Immediately letting out a long sigh, I place my backpack behind me.

"Oh, they do." Colin says softly, but that doesn't pass unnoticed by me.

"No, we don't." We both say at the same time. That causes Colin to let out a chuckle after walking pass me and giving my shoulder a simple pat.

"Sure, whatever you two say."

"I demand a change. No way I'm going with him." I walk to Griffin. Quickly dodging me, he heads towards the door with quick steps like his life depends on it.

"Sorry, too late! No changes!" He leaves the room behind.

"Griffin!"

"Don't kill each other, please," Colin says at the door "I like you both."

I quickly point at him. "No promises!"

He follows Griffin out the room and just like that, Lucifer and I are left alone in my room.

I don't want to say anything or I'm gonna end up killing him in the process, so, instead, I walk towards the side of the couch where the charger of my phone is. I get the feeling that Lucifer's eyes are on me, but I don't look at him to confirm it, he's gonna say something smart ass ending on me, again, killing him. Twice. Not a bad number, though.

I silently open my backpack to place the charger inside.

"I guess you're still on the 'ignoring me' phase." His deep voice talks causing me to roll my eyes, for like the third time since he's been around me.

"It's not a phase. I'm gonna do that until the end of my days."

"That's gonna be a lot of work since apparently my friends really like you." I lock eyes with him when the backpack is behind me, seeing the grin still on his lips. "I have no idea why, though."

"They have good taste, unlike you."

"I have bad taste?" He asks lifting an eyebrow. I simply nod shrugging my shoulders. "If I do then I would 100% like you."

"You definitely have the wrong ideas in your head, Lucifer."

"What about you? Do you have good taste because you don't like me?"

I nod. "Exactly." He crosses his arms around his chest. A hear a laugh coming out his mouth as he looks down, slowly shaking his head. "What?" I ask annoyed.

"Nothing, Avery."

I feel confused on why he did that, but at the same time, I'm even wondering what I said that got him laughing. At this point I'm convinced he's just doing it to annoy me, so, I roll my eyes again and copy his action by crossing my arms around my chest. "How long is the trip there?"

He looks back at me while placing his hands inside his pockets. "Half an hour."

"Are we going on the motorcycle?"

He gently nods. "Yes."

I quickly shake my head. The fact that I have to be half an hour behind him like that on his motorcycle, get my insides going wild, rioting inside of me. I don't want to do it... spend the weekend on the beach with Ada? Or staying at my dorm and die of boredom?

It has been a hell of a long week.

It'd be nice to have my own fucking car right now.

"I'm not holding your waist." I quickly say gaining a chuckle from him. "I mean it."

"Stop acting like you hate it."

"I do. It makes me want to squeeze you until all the blood from your body is out, but then I remember that I can't do that so, here I am, hating it."

"Then fall, Avery." He shrugs his shoulders. "Just so you know I'm not gonna stop to get you back, once you fall you have to walk your way there."

"You're such a gentleman," I say sarcastically "it makes my stomach tingle."

"You're the one who doesn't want to hold on to me, you're the stubborn one!"

"And you're an asshole!"

I yell back, but again, he just laughs at me. My veins start to boil, what's he laughing at? I swear my body wants to kill him after hearing his laugh. "I can't take you seriously with that hat on."

This stupid hat!

I immediately grab it and take it off my head to throw it at him, he quickly grabs it with his eyes still glued on me. I hate the fact that he looked attractive doing that. "How's Teddy?" He asks suddenly. How weird it was for me to hear Lucifer being nice... without giving much thought into it, after furrowing my eyebrows my hand grabs a pillow that's on the couch ready throw it at him. Once it leaves my hand, my eyes follow it and how he, just like with the party hat, easily grabs it.

"He's good." I finally reply.

"What was that for?" He stares at me confused. I shrug my shoulders.

"Felt like it."

He lifts an eyebrow. "You felt acting childish?"

I nod. "Why not? You do it all the time."

He lets out a gin. "Getting on my level, Avery?" He asks softly as he leaves the door frame and starts to walk closer to me. I don't step back, but I do wonder why's he doing this. I look at his green eyes staring at me, they suddenly go down to my lips.

"So you admit it?" I ask gaining his eyes on mine.

"I admit what?"

"That we're not on the same level. And there's no way you're on top of me, so, a level under. Has to be."

He stops a couple of steps away from me while leaving the pillow by the couch, then placing his hands inside his jeans a grin escapes his mouth. "Has to be what?"

"That you're under me."

As soon as I say it I recognise what I just said. But it's too late, an even bigger green appears on his face. He leans closer to me making me feel his breath against my lips. I have to admit that I walk right into his trap and I have to find a way to get out of it, but his mouth opens again.

"You wouldn't like me on top of you, Avery?" His voice is soft yet firm, with a flirty tone.

I don't even know what to say. My head is completely blank and all it wants to do is stare at his eyes and that grin on his face. My tongue gets twisted, it doesn't matter that I want to look for something to say, my mouth isn't opening.

He leans even more closer to my face, his nose is at the edge of mine but barely touching. I don't move back, instead, my eyes go directly to his lips as he gives me a smirk. The memory of his thick lips kissing mine comes back to me, tasting them like there's no tomorrow and moving as if he had been waiting to do that for a long time. I can't help but stay there for a couple of seconds, until he talks again.

"Because as far as I remember," I look back to his eyes "you didn't hate me being in front of you." His voice is so soft against my skin that my stomach tingles. The butterflies run wild inside of me as I still can't find anything to say. "Admit it, Lilith, under or on top of you, you dream it every day regardless you saying you hate it." His left hand leaves his pocket to touch my cheek, but it doesn't grab it, instead, his thumb goes over to my lips gently tracing them. His eyes go down making mine the same, to his.

"I would love hearing you scream my name and let everyone hear it again, Avery." My heart drops to my stomach hearing his words. My chest is tight, he's remembering yesterday like I'm doing, me screaming his name as he makes me finish. He loves it and he has no shame on letting me know. "Too bad you don't want to see me." He finally says looking back to my eyes and leaning away from my face. His thumb and index finger go to my chin to slightly lift it up. "Chin up, it's party time." He smiles enjoying the fact that I haven't said anything all of this time, and I still can't find any words to say. "Hurry up," he heads to the door turning around "we don't want to be late!"

And just like that, he leaves me alone in the dorm.

Honestly, I have no idea what that was.

At the same time, I'm not surprised. It's obviously not the first time that he does this to me, and the fact that I can't understand how he can do it, still gets me. I told myself that I wouldn't let him win over me ever again, but no matter how much I try, there's times that I can't control myself and even worst, the situation. He takes control and my body lets him.

It likes it.

My head doesn't, it's a complete war between the two of them. One wants one thing while the other is screaming that is a terrible mistake. Lucifer isn't gonna stop, he loves doing this just like I do when I do it to him.

The question is, who am I gonna hear next when he does it again?

My head?

Or my body?

I have no fucking idea.

I sigh leaves my mouth.

It's gonna be a long ass weekend.

[...]

As soon as I stop hearing the sound of the motorcycle and Lucifer parks it in front of a white and big beach house, I step away from it leaving my helmet on the seat. I look to the house and it immediately reminds me of my grandparents's. It's tall and it has a big grey door behind a green patio, four columns hold a balcony from the second floor that it's filled with plans of all the colors that there are. Since it's night the house is illuminated by the street lights and the ones from the house itself, if I didn't know this was a residence I wouldn't have a problem believing it's some type of museum. The sound of the waves can be heard even if I'm not even inside the property yet. I turn to the side to see the other houses around and they're not much different from the one I have in front of me, even if they seem a little bit more smaller, they look as expensive and modern giving me the impression these people are rich rich, the ones I only see on TV.

"Lilith! You're here!" A familiar girl's voice hits my ears. It doesn't take me long to recognise her once I locate a red haired head walking towards me with a huge smile on her face.

"Ivy!" I yell back, but when some shoulder touches mine by my side, I turn to Lucifer, who's looking at Ivy with a grin.

"You didn't squeeze the blood out of my body, I'm disappointed."

I roll my eyes going back to Ivy, who's now close to me. "I hate you." I let out firmly but only for Lucifer to hear. A hear a low chuckle coming from him before having Ivy's arms around me, receiving me with a hug.

"I missed you! How have you been?"

"Good!" I nod locking eyes with her. "Busy with college."

"Preparing to be a boss ass lady?"

I wink at her. "You bet."

Ivy's smile becomes even bigger and I wonder how is that possible, but she's hugging me once again enabling me to do anything else. "That's my girl!" She breaks the hug as she goes to Lucifer and gives him the same hug she gave me, I turn away to the front door to see an excited Colin now walking towards us, with his hands lifted into the air, proudly.

"You didn't kill each other!" Once Ivy's is on Lucifer's side, he takes the opportunity to wrap his arms around our shoulders, giving us both a hug at the same time. "Oh, thank God!"

"Colin—" Lucifer says but Colin shushes him immediately.

"Shut up and let me enjoy this."

I let out a chuckle slightly shaking my head as I take my hand towards Colin's back to hug him back, but when I do, another hand is already there. Lucifer looks at me furrowing his eyebrows but I don't hold myself down and slap his hand away. He does the same and I open my mouth offended to then do it again. He's not stopping, he slaps my hand but I quickly dodge it, flipping him off. He grabs my hand annoyed and pushes it away, making me move and for Colin to notice our little show behind him. "Stop slapping each other behind my back, you children."

"She started it." Lucifer says annoyed as a fake chuckle leaves my mouth.

"Real mature, Lucifer. Go tell dad on me."

I want to break free from Colin's hug and I notice that Lucifer wants to do the same, but Colin hugs us even more tighter making our necks get closer to his, to the point where I can feel Lucifer's breathing against my skin. "Oh, I missed this."

"As soon as Colin stops hugging us, your hand is going down." I say annoyed, wanting to slap him again but Colin hugs me tighter.

"Oh, yeah?" Lucifer asks me. "Why wait? You better do it now, Avery."

"Me? You do it, Donovan."

"I swear you won't be able to handle it."

"I can handle whatever you throw at me, asshole!"

"Me the asshole? You're the asshole! You did it first!"

"And I'll do it again!"

"Stop it you two!" Ivy stops our fight as Colin lets out a laugh, enjoying it like he had never done before. Ivy takes me away from Colin to wrap her arm around my shoulders and take me inside, but I don't look away from Lucifer. "You're lucky she's holding me back." I point at him as Colin does the same to him.

"You're lucky he's holding me back!"

"Oh yeah?" I take off my backpack. "Ivy, hold my backpack!"

Lucifer does the same, my eyes can't see what he does next, Ivy grabs the side of my hand and turns me around with strength making me walk to the house without a choice. "You'll see Avery!" I hear Lucifer yell behind me, but I can't turn around since Ivy doesn't let me go.

"You'll die, Donovan!"

My attention turns quickly on the inside of the house as soon as Ivy opens the door. The first thing I see is a big chandelier hanging on top of the living room while on the other side is a beautiful white kitchen. Everything is shining and clean like I've ever seen something be, or maybe I did, at my grandparents' house. There's a chance they have the same taste as Griffin's. The colors of the house are between beige and white, maybe some things are darker than other ones but everything is color coordinated. The amount of money in furniture I have in front of me amuses me, I can probably buy three fancy cars with it.

On the side of the couches there's a fancy light brown stair that goes to the upper level. I want to take a step closer to it but a body stops me from doing so.

"Party time people!" A happy Griffin with no shirt on and a party hat appears in front of me. He waves a bottle of vodka on my face sending a chuckle out of my mouth, he reminds me of freshman year Lilith. He looks behind me, immediately making his smiles even bigger. "You two are here! See, Colin! They didn't kill each other!"

"Yet." I say with a smile turning to see Lucifer, who immediately copies me flipping me off.

"Lilith!" Ada's voice makes me turn towards the stairs. She's happily walking to me with Ryker behind her. "You have to see the rooms, they're beautiful." She says as soon as she arrives next to me.

"You two already been checking the rooms?" I lift an eyebrow. "You nasty bitches." Ada playfully pushes the side of my arm while I just wink at her.

"Lilith!" Now Bobby yells with Paul by his side. They both hug me tightly as I let out a smile.

"Hi guys!"

"It's like you all more excited to see her than to see me." I hear Lucifer saying as he stands by my side, with nobody receiving him.

"We are." Bobby lets out without hesitating once we break the hug. I can't help but let out a laugh as Paul places his arm around my shoulders.

"It's Lilith!"

Lucifer rolls his eyes. "Lie to me, at least."

I pat his shoulder. "Good taste, Lucifer. Good taste."

"Rule number one!" Griffin waves the bottle once again excited but now with two glasses on one hand. "Take a shot when you arrive!"

He quickly pours the alcohol on the tiny cups as Paul joins Bobby, Ryker and Colin in the kitchen. Griffin hands it to me as well as Lucifer, who turns to look at me with his cup lifted into the air. "Cheers, Avery?"

I smile, innocently. "For your shot to be poisoned." I clink his shot as he smiles innocently like me, quickly flipping me off again. I do the same taking the shot to my mouth feeling the liquid firing my throat, closing my eyes gently and shaking my head, despising the first shot like I always do.

"That's what I'm talking about!" Griffin claps excited. "Another one!" Without waiting for an answer, he pours another shot on my glass. I don't say anything denying it, it's definitely the start I want for the weekend.

"I can already see myself taking care of you two at the end of the night." Ada says leaning on the wall as a smile is on her lips, followed by a shake of her head once Griffin takes the shot to his mouth.

"You will do that for us?" He says once he swallows, like the shot didn't affect him.

"She's mommy Ada!" I reply taking the shot to my mouth to feel the same fire going down my throat. 

"Mommy Ada!" Griffin says placing his arm around her shoulders.

"Oh— wait," I say shaking my head for the pain inside of me to fade "is that something we can also call you or only Ryker can?" I joke following Ada covering her face, embarrassed.

"Lilith!"

Griffin looks at her surprised to soon let a laugh out of his mouth.

"I'm just asking, I don't know what you guys are into!"

"Wait wait wait— mommy?"

"I'm leaving." Ada shakes her head with the intention to walk away to the kitchen while a smile escapes her lips, but Griffin stops her. 

"It's always the most innocent ones!"

I point at him. "That's what I always say!"

"You guys are mean!" Ada complains even if she can't help it, a chuckle leaves her mouth. "The meanest of them all!"

"That's us!" I fist bump Griffin who immediately winks at me, proudly.

"There's something that we need to sort out!" Colin walks into the living room gaining the eyes of everyone. He has a bowl on his hand as he's been followed by the rest of the guys. "Since there's not a lot of rooms, we decided that two people need to share. One it's gonna be of three."

"But to make it more fun," Paul continues with a grin "we're gonna do it randomly. One picks a paper and whatever name it says, that's your roommate."

Colin places himself in the middle of everyone. "Ada and Ryker are, of course, a team so they come as a pair on the same paper. That's gonna be the room of three."

Ada nods with a smile as Ryker hugs her from behind. "Thank you."

"Ivy," Colin says "start? You're the last room on the right side."

Ivy claps excited and walks closer to Colin. She takes her hand inside of the bowl shaking the papers around, closing her eyes my eyes follow her hand grab one and immediately pull it out. "Talking about Romeo and Juliet," she lifts her paper "I got Ada and Ryker." She walks towards them to wrap her arms around their shoulders. "If you two are gonna do any funny business please let me know, I don't have a problem on hanging out in the living room."

Ada shakes her head with a smile while Ryker looks down, innocently.

Yeah, those two are everything but innocent. That's for sure.

"Paul? Second on the left." Colin says and I go back to them to see Paul doing the same as Ivy, and as soon as he takes a paper out and reads it, a smile escapes his lips.

"Griffin."

My eyes go to him when he does a single nod to Paul, but as soon as Paul looks away, Griffin can't help but smile and look down to the floor like a teenager who just talked to their crush.

Is there something going on between them?

Griffin can't stop smiling since Paul said his name. Paul does quick looks to Griffin biting the corner of his lower lip, fighting a smile inside.

Maybe I don't need a word from them to know the answer to my own question, their actions are the giveaway to whatever their thinking right now.

"Lucifer?" First on the left." Colin gets my attention and I suddenly stop, giving all my thoughts to him.

Wait.

Oh, no.

I was so into the moment that I forgot there's a small chance of him and I sharing a room. There's still a bunch of people left, even then, I find myself hating the feeling my stomach is currently having. Tight and filled with butterflies. There's no way I'm doing it if he gets my name.

Me and him sharing a room? I'm a 100% gonna end up killing him, we can't even survive a full on conversation without getting into some sort of argument! Who knows what can happen if we share a room?

Murder! That's for sure!

"Fuck—" I hear Lucifer say as he's reading the tiny paper.

Oh, no.

No, no, no, no, no.

Please, let it be someone else.

My eyes go to Colin to see a smile on his face biting the corner of his lower lip, trying to eat a laugh inside.

Oh, please, I can't have that much bad luck!

Lucifer turns around as a sigh comes out of his mouth, his lifts the paper for me to read it immediately making me know the terrible news that are about to come out of his mouth. "Lilith." He says softly.

Apparently, I do have that much bad luck!

Fuck!

And a double fuck!

I quickly shake my head. "No way."

Ada covers her mouth with her hand, enabling her sudden laugh to jump out as the room is filled with chuckles or gaps.

"This shit is getting interesting." Bobby nods, crossing his arms on his chest.

"We're gonna have a double murder by tomorrow morning, that's for sure." Ada says as I let out a sigh, while my eyes are still locked on his. He doesn't say anything, instead, he rolls his eyes while going back to his prior place, which is between to Griffin and me.

"I'm not sharing a room with you." I say as soon as he's next to me.

"Oh, and I desire it." His sarcasm makes everyone look at each other with cheeky smiles on their faces.

I fucking hate this.

"Rule number two:" Griffin yells "no changing rooms!"

I quickly turn to him annoyed. "You just made that up!"

"Sorry, it's my birthday!"

"Really? Playing the birthday card?" Griffin gently shrugs his shoulders. Rolling my eyes, I cross my arms on my chest still not being able to believe that I have to share the room with Lucifer. For two nights!

I know he's just as annoyed as I am, but I don't want to look at him, because if I do, my mouth won't hold itself back and an argument is gonna happen.

"That leaves me and you, pal." Colin says placing his arm around Bobby's shoulder, but he quickly points at him accusingly.

"No touching!"

"Like you would hate it!"

Ada appears in front of me as everyone starts to head upstairs, ready to leave their belongings on their room. "Don't kill each other." She says going from Lucifer and I repeatedly.

"I'm not gonna promise anything." She gives my shoulder a pat before Ryker grabs her hand and takes her upstairs.

"Like you can kill me anyway." Lucifer says sarcastically walking away from me. I follow him, rolling my eyes as we both start to go up the stairs.

"I'm gonna poison your toothbrush."

"And I'm gonna suffocate you with the pillow while you sleep."

"Remember me grabbing my phone charger? It isn't to charge my phone, I was planning on chocking you with it."

A chuckle leaves his mouth once he places the hand on the door. He looks at me with a grin, tilting his head to the side. "I'll give you something to choke on too, don't worry about it."

I open my mouth surprised growing the need to slap the side of his arm as a response to his comment, but I can't, he's already inside the room leaving me behind.

"Shit." I hear him say before I can even move a muscle from my body. I quickly walk into the room to see the strange thing that got him saying that.

My eyes look around for something wrong, besides us having to share a room, and as soon as I see it... the veins in my body start heating up about to explode like a volcano.

"There's only one fucking bed!" I yell closing my eyes, annoyed.

"This has to be a joke!"

I immediately look around the room. "Where are the cameras at?!"

An innocent looking Griffin appears by the door, with a little smile on his lips. "I didn't tell you guys there was only one bed?"

"No!" Lucifer and I yell at the same time.

Griffin gently shrugs his shoulders biting the corner of his lower lip, the idiot is holding a laugh in! "My bad!" He yells before disappearing from my sight.

"Griffin!"

"We're leaving to see the beach in five!"

This has to be a fucking joke. Sharing a room with him is terrible enough and now I have to share a bed with him? It's like this weekend has some sort of agreement to make everything against me.

It's not like we didn't sleep together yesterday... but that's completely different! I need my space for sleeping and having to do with someone that gets on my nerves every times he breaths isn't gonna do it for me!

"There's no way I'm sharing a bed with you." I say locking eyes with him. "It's bad enough that I have to share the same air as you."

He rolls is his eyes turning around to leave his backpack on the side of the bed. "Not for long, that's for sure."

"I'm sleeping on the floor." That's the only answer, neither of us want it and there's nothing else to lay on, what's the worst that could happen if I do it?

Besides, I've done it before.

Lucifer quickly turns to face me as he shakes his head, annoyed. "You're not gonna sleep on the floor."

"And you're gonna do it?"

"Nobody's gonna do it."

"So what are we gonna do?!"

"Nothing!"

"Nothing?! What do you mean nothing?"

He lets a long breath out, trying to calm himself down. "We're sharing the bed. It's not like we're five and we can't control ourselves."

Honestly he's not wrong, but there's no way I'm gonna let him know that, so I just shrug my shoulders crossing my arms on my chest. "Fine. But if I accidentally stab you while we're sleeping, it's on you." I walk towards the other side of the bed to leave my backpack.

I hear a chuckle coming from his mouth so I look at him, finding his eyes already on me. "Have fun in prison."

"I'm a criminal justice major, I know how to get away with it asshole!"

"You're an idiot."

"And you're stupid."

"Got it from you, your stupidity is so strong that it reached the power to stick on other people too!"

I flip him off. "Fuck you!"

"Fuck you too!" He throws the backpack on the bed annoyed as another breath comes out of his mouth. I swear if he does it more time I'm gonna strangle him. "I'm joining everyone."

"Like I care!"

Fuck— I have to join everyone too. I follow him with my eyes to the door and I feel like an idiot just waiting for him to leave, so I do the same as him and head to the door.

"Where are you going?" He asks me noticing me behind him.

"Joining everyone too idiot!"

"I'm going first." He pushes me back for him to walk throw the door, but my hand quickly grabs his arm, pulling him back.

"What happened to ladies first?!"

He lets out a fake laugh leaning closer to my face. "I would do it if I was be seeing a lady right now, Avery."

"Oh really?" I ask leaning even closer. "You didn't have a problem seeing it the other night, Donovan."

I don't wait for his response or to even see his expression, I walk out of the room leaving him behind. My heart is raising as the blood in my veins rushes inside of me. I can't even express how I'm feeling right now, it's a mix between anger and annoyance, but then, when my mind suddenly remembers his words about me screaming his name, my stomach turns as the butterflies run wild.

It's like my head wants to play a game with me and it's making sure I lose.

I fucking despise him!

Who is he to make me feel like this!? No one!

Fuck—!

"Enjoying the night?" Ada asks me with a smile at the end of the stairs.

"Yes," I nod sarcastically "I'm having so much fun." She lets out chuckle as she wraps her arm with mine walking me to the back door.

"What happened now?"

"Lucifer being an asshole, nothing new."

Ada opens the door and the smell of ocean enters my nose. My eyes see the tiny lounge that leads to the beach through a tiny patio door, sand is around the floor laying messily like multiple people had already walked in and out from the beach to the house. I look up not being able to see much further into the ocean, the dark sky of the night doesn't allow me. 

What I can see is Colin and Griffin playing around in the water like little kids. How are they not freezing, I don't know.

Paul and Bobby are having a fun conversation on the side with Ivy, while Ryker is sitting down on the other side, probably waiting for Ada.

As soon as we walk pass the tiny door to head our way to Ryker, he notices our presence to then immediately get up and with a speed walk, make his way to us, wrapping his arm around Ada's. "We better move quick." He looks around, worried like he's expecting something.

"Why?" Ada asks confused and I want to ask too, but then, a cold and thick feeling touches the skin of my neck.

"Sand to the neck, Lilith!" Colin yells as soon as he runs away from me with Griffin following him. I open my mouth surprise taking my hand to my neck to feel the wet sand sticking to my neck. It's itchy and I know already it's gonna be a pain in the ass to take it off, those little assholes!

"Fuck!" I yell when I start to brush it off. "Yeah you better run you two!" Ada is laughing by my side while Ryker just shakes his head, probably in my position once.

"I tried to save you, Lilith." He says. "Sorry."

"It's a tradition Avery!" Colin yells now on the edge is the water, still laughing like the villain in a horror movie. "Sorry you were the victim this trip!"

Griffin lifts his hand into the air. "Please don't slap me!"

"It's all over my hair, I swear I'm gonna kill you two!"

"Welcome to the group, beautiful!"

I roll my eyes as I shake my head to get all the sand off, but I still feel it against my skin. Grabbing the hair tie from my wrist I make my hair into ponytail. Some hairs are out from it but I don't care, the sand is starting to get itchy and it hurts. I take my hand to my neck once again to get it off, but it doesn't get to touch it, since a hand grabs it and stops me from doing so.

I turn around confused on the strange hand grabbing mine to see Lucifer looking at my neck and a little smirk on his lips. "What are you doing?" I quickly ask.

"More sand is dropping to your back it's gonna be a nightmare taking it off, I was their first victim years ago, I know. Let me help you."

We wanted to kill each other five minutes ago and now he wants to help me and be nice? What kind of bug bit him?

I try to take my hand away from his but he doesn't let go, and ignoring my sudden move, Lucifer takes his other hand with gentle fingers, starting to brush the sand off my skin. "Fuck off!" I move away from him but he stops me by grabbing the back of my neck.

"Don't be stubborn, Avery!"

I roll my eyes since I can't even move body, his grip on me enables me to even move a single muscle. "Damn— you're fucking strong."

He lets go of my hand to take both of his to my neck. His right one holds my neck steady with his thumb and index fingers on the side of it, while his other one gently brushes the sand away.

I can't help but take my eyes to see his focused eyes. It doesn't matter that there's barely any light, those green eyes shine under the night sky full is stars. His thick lips are slightly opened concentrated as his messy hair falls on the side of his head. My hand gets the sudden need of brushing it back, feeling the softness of it on my fingertips as my lips touches his skin.  The muscle memory in me makes me remember the night before... it's the second time that I do today, and the butterflies don't seem to want to give me a break. They come back to have a riot inside my stomach as he's still cleaning my neck.

I know that no matter what I do it's not gonna go away, so giving up on it, my eyes go to his realising that his eyebrows are a little furrowed, giving me a confusion look. His fingertips suddenly go slower on the back of my ear. He tilts his head to the side like he wants to have a better look at something and leans closer, making me feel a little bit of his breath hitting my skin.

I'm confused but I don't say anything, whatever he's looking at my body doesn't seem to mind, instead, it keeps my mouth shut and my brain to follow his actions very closely. His thumb caresses my skin a bit more behind my ear making the pressure in it stronger. My head suddenly brings back the memory of him with his hand around my neck, me loving it as much as he did and wanting to experience it one more time.

Only with his hand and eyes on me, I'm having so many memories and images going back to my brain that I wonder if I'm ever going to forget it. Most of the one night stands I've had over the years I forgot all about them probably the next day, some of them even two hours later, but with him... here I am, not being able to erase it from my head and just by the touch of his fingertip, I'm reliving it all over again.

It's strange to me, and it makes me wonder for the millionth time: what makes Lucifer so fucking special?

Weirdly enough, when he leans even more closer to me, my stomach turns. I immediately look for a way out of whatever he's doing, finding it strangely enough for me to weirded out.

"Are you having a flashback or something my guy?" I ask lifting an eyebrow.

He quickly looks at me as chuckle leaves his mouth. "What? No, I'm watching your tattoo. I didn't know you had one."

Oh, fuck. Yeah, I have a tattoo back there, two red hearts mixed together. Sometimes I forget that I have it alongside the other hidden tattoos all over my body.

I simply nod. "Yeah, I have a couple."

"Where?"

A grin is formed on my lips. "You're not that lucky for me to tell you."

He follows my expression but with a little laugh. "Lucky to see them?" I roll my eyes looking away. "What's this one about?"

"Mom and Teddy." I simple reply not wanting him to ask any more question. And he doesn't. He stays silent and I intend to do the same waiting for him to let me go, I don't feel any more sand itching my skin but his hand is still holding my neck. Wondering why, I look to him once again to find his eyes on my neck just like before, but the difference is that now, he has a grin on his lips.

"Alright, now I believe that you're measuring my neck to kill me later."

He goes to my eyes as the grin becomes bigger. I furrow my eyebrows confused on why the smile, but I can't ask, my mouth goes shut when his eyes go directly to my lips, causing me to feel tight around my chest. "To kill you?" He asks biting his lower lips locking eyes with me. He shakes his head when the hand holding my neck gives it a quick and stronger grip to it. "Not really." His voice is soft and it takes me a couple of seconds to understand what he means, but as soon as I do, the butterflies inside my stomach don't even hesitate on coming back.

Damn you, fucking butterflies!

And damn you too, Donovan!

I want to respond but he quickly walks away leaving me behind. His eyes don't leave mine like he's enjoying my inability to come up with something to say, he just smiles and winks at me while pointing. "Would you kill me if I pick you up to take you to the water?!"

Is he serious?

"Do I even have to answer to that, Donovan?!"

He smirks finally turning around and leaving my eyes. I locate Ada with Ryker sitting down so I walk towards them getting Lucifer out of my head, like I always want to do a after his annoying voice talks to me.

I touch their shoulder and they both stare at me as I make my way between them, moving them apart innocently.

"Excuse me, excuse me." I sit down. "Let's leave space for Jesus."

Ryker lets out a tiny laugh. "It's alright, I was about to go with the guys. No sinning today, don't worry Lilith." He gets up and I immediately point at him, nodding proudly.

"That's how I like it!"

"Hey you." Ada gets my attention once Ryker leaves us alone. I lock eyes with her to find a grin on her lips. "What was that? You and Lucifer."

"What about me and him?"

She shakes her head. "Don't play dumb."

"Oh, I'm not playing." I seriously don't know what she's talking about.

"Him holding your neck like that! And let's talk about him leaning closer, that wasn't just a friendly close up."

Oh— that. Ada and her constant need to see things when they're not there. Honestly if she wrote a romance novel she would be a millionaire.

"No, it was an I want to kill you close up." I say jokingly but Ada doesn't laugh, instead, she smacks the side of my arm. "Ouch!" I quickly grab it. "It was literally nothing! He just helped me get the annoying sand off! That's it."

"That's it? Lilith, c'mon! You won't be able to find excuses anymore."

"Excuses for what?"

"You don't believing he likes you."

Likes me? He would like to annoy me 24/7 if he had the chance, that's for sure. "Have you not heard me and him fighting like crazy minutes ago?"

She rolls her eyes annoyed, brushing my question away. "That's just you and him being stupid."

Stupid?! His stupid! I open my mouth surprised at her words but she doesn't take them back, even worst, with her little smile on her face she lets me know she means every sense of what she said. "I take full offence to that, just so you know."

A chuckle escapes her mouth as she grabs my arm. Shaking it, I smack her hand away. "And what about you and him sharing room? And bed?!"

"Yeah!" I quickly nod. "The perfect opportunity to kill him!"

She rolls her eyes and I can't help but laugh, annoying Ada is as fun as annoying Lucifer. "You're never going to take this seriously, are you?"

"I'm not taking it seriously because there's nothing to take serious! You're just way too romantic and see love shit where it isn't."

A smile appears on her lips. I look at it confused since it looks like the smile from the cat in Alice in Wonderland. She bites her lower lip eating a laugh inside, what's up with her now?

"I never said love." She says softly. I open my mouth but nothing comes out... she's right, she never said the word love but my stupid and dumbass self decided to let that word out. I don't even know why, but it's too late to retract it, I'm deep inside the black hole I dig for myself and Ada is covering the way out.

"Well—" I just simple nod. "Good. Now," I sush her way with my hand "go make love to your boyfriend."

She rolls her eyes. "There it is, changing the subject like you always do."

"You're mean today."

"You always bully me, it's my time to do it!"

"That's how I show love!"

"And I show love by making you realise things your dumb head" she touches repeatedly with her index fingers the side of my head "doesn't let you."

I move her hand away by quickly grabbing it and wrapping her fingers with mine. "Realise what? That I hate him? I already know that."

She tries to get away from my hand but I grab it more strongly. "You're so impossible."

A smile escapes my lips. "That's why you love me." I take her hand to give it a little kiss but she looks at me disgusted. "Let me love you!" I yell with the intention to wrap my arms around her, but she moves back pretending to hate it. "Ryker, you're girlfriend doesn't want to love me!"

My lips go over to her cheek but she jokingly pushes me back as she gets up, ready to walk towards her boyfriend. Enjoying her win, Ada lets a laugh escape her mouth. I flip her off, annoyed. "No more love for you, bitch!"

She laughs again gaining nothing but more need in me to annoy her, not letting her get away with this. My hands go back to help me up with the intention to run towards my friend, a sudden presence behind me stops from doing so. Wanting to look up to see who it is, my chin slightly turns upwards, but before I can even get a hint of whoever is behind me, a cold and wet feeling touches my skin.

My body freezes under the water now running down my body. My clothes are sticky as the wind feels heavy around my skin. "What the fuck—?!" I open my mouth surprised at what just happened. I don't even have to turn around to know who did it.

Lucifer's laugh sounds behind me.

I'm definitely gonna kill him!

"You told me that I couldn't take you to the water but you never said that I couldn't take the water to you, Avery!"

"I swear to—!" I get up from the sand now sticking to my wet clothes as it starts to itch again. I look behind me to find Lucifer away from me, running towards the house. "You better run Donovan!"

"It's definitely on!" Colin yells excited as I start following Lucifer, who is still laughing.

"Show time!" Griffin claps but I can hear anything else coming from the group, I'm already a couple of feet away from them.

"What are you gonna do, Avery? You can't kill me!" Lucifer opens the tiny door of the patio to quickly enter the house.

"Yeah?! Wanna bet?!" I'm not that far away from him, but even then, he manages to slip through my fingers with ease.

"I'll be waiting!" He yells before walking inside the house leaving my sight.

"You won't have to!" I push the door ready to see him running upstairs, but he's nowhere to be seen. The coldness is starting to hurt me so I remove the jacket and the shirt from my body, as I start to walk up the stairs.

Freezing even more I walk to our room to change my clothes, postponing my need to kill him for later on. I walk to the other side of the bed where I remember leaving my backpack.

My eyes can't see it.

I reach down the bed but it isn't there either. The desk by the side of the bed is as empty as the nightstand on the other side.

Where did I put it?

I remember that I was talking— more like fighting to Lucifer, when I walked to this side since he had already taken the other one...

Immediately, his face appears in my head.

I fucking hate him.

"Where's my backpack?" I yell walking outside the room. "Lucifer?!"

"Yes, love?" I hear his voice with a little bit of joke in it. It's coming from the right side of the hallway so I walk towards it, finding the bathroom door opened a couple of steps away from me and a tattooed hand holding my black backpack, the blood in my vents heat up even more.

"Give me my fucking backpack!" I yell getting closer to him.

"Oh," he smiles innocently looking down "is this what you're looking?" I'm close enough to enter the bathroom, my feet don't hesitate, they're determined to get back my backpack, but when I see his other hand holding the door, before I can yell at him to not even dare, he swings the door shut as I hear him locking it.

If I was angry before, now my boiling veins are gonna start to become fire and set everything up in flames.

"Lucifer?!" I yell banging on the door.

"What's the magic word, Avery?!"

"Open this fucking door or I'll kill you, Donovan!"

"No, that's not it. Try again later!"

"Lucifer! I'm freezing my tits off."
I bang again. "Lucifer!"

The door quickly opens making me lose a bit of balance, my hand that was up against it has no longer surface to lay on. I can't even move a muscle or even stare at his face, Lucifer's free hand grabs mine and swings me around, hitting my back with his chest. He leaves his chin on my shoulder, his hot breathing brushing against my skin. I look down to see that he's no longer holding my backpack, his hand is on mine over my chest while his other arm goes to wrap itself around my waist.

His lips are now touching my ear, wanting to break free as the butterflies run wild inside my stomach, but it's useless, he has me on a position that I can't even move my head to face him.

"It was nice hearing you scream my name again." He says softly against my ear. Goosebumps appear on my arms when I let out a long breath out, controlling the wilderness of my insides.

I want to punch him but my body is determined on staying still, even if I can't move... it's enjoying it. Lucifer  behind me and his arms around my body, holding me still only for him to move.

"Give me my backpack." That's all I can let out.

He lets a low chuckle as the arm that's on my waist let's me go. I take a step away from him but both of his hands grab my waist, stopping me. They're big and I can feel them warming up my body. I don't move away, instead, I look down letting out yet another breath out since my heavy chest doesn't seem to give me a break.

"What, you like that Avery?" He asks me leaning closer to my face. I quickly turn around facing him, seeing the smirk on his lips. I take another step away, but just like before, he stops me, and this time, Lucifer brings me even more closer to his body. "Can't handle it? Admit it, Avery, no matter how much you try you can't win over me."

I'm terribly tired of my body not letting me play the game, letting him win and believe that he has the upper hand on me. Even if it's enjoying his hands on me, I make myself remember his annoying voice and how it's his fault that I'm freezing on the bathroom. He loves to annoy me, make me angry but then play with me and tease like he's gonna get away with it.

Well, not this time.

"Is that so, Donovan?" I say smiling at him and getting on my tiptoes, taking my nose on the edge of his. "I've done it multiple times, what makes you think I can't do it now, huh?" My left hand goes to the end of his shirt and slightly pushes it up. His eyes go down surprised at my action, but doesn't stop me. I move forward.

My fingertips touch his stomach doing gentle circles until I arrive to the begging of his pants. Lucifer looks back at me allowing me to see the familiar shine in them. He wants to take over by the way he smiles at me, but as soon as my hand goes over his pants to unbutton it, the smile completely disappears, taking his eyes down again. "Why can't you hold your eyes on mine? Something interesting down there?" He grabs my waist with more strength when my hand starts to go slower, keeping my eyes on him and his wrecking eyes. "You keep talking about last night, how I screamed your name, but I think you're forgetting how you couldn't stop moaning when my hand was around your dick." His eyes meet mine. "Do you want me there again, Donovan?" I tilt my head to the side slightly opening my mouth and taking it the edge of his lips. Barely touching them, I let out a breath out as my hand goes even lower and gives his pants a little squeeze.

"Fuck—" he lets out in a whisper closing his eyes. Immediately, I feel a bulge against my hand.

I can't help but let out a fake chuckle. "That fast? I guess you want me there again." Leaving his pants I take my hand to his chin and grab it, pulling him down to meet my eyes. "Keep playing the game Donovan, but let me help you remember, I never lose."

I reach down to grab the backpack off the floor without breaking the eye contact with his green and filled of lust eyes. As soon as I regain my posture he doesn't hesitate on grabbing my waist to pull me closer, he smirks as he looks down to my lips. "You like playing, Avery?"

"Does anytime want to play a game?!" The voice of Colin hits my ears so I slowly step back away from him as I tilt my head to the side.

"Maybe I do. But it looks like you're gonna play by yourself tonight." I turn around with a smile. "Have fun!"

I leave him, his growing lust and his clear erection behind. And there's not a single drop of regret inside my body.

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