My Secret, My Bully, My Mates by Miss L

“I never really thought of that. She always talks about being Luna and we all just ignore her, but she has no idea what we actually do.” Sam breathes out. “We have to get rid of her though. Do you know how hard it was just to come up here without her? She obviously knew that you have Lil and Jena up here. Thanks for ruffling those feathers, by the way. She tried to talk her way up here too. Even her dad tried to intervene saying we can’t play favorites.”

“Technically speaking you guys aren’t playing favorites, Midge is. It’s Kaley’s fault for being a b*tch.” Lil shrugs.

“How did you shut her down?” Jena asks.

“Dad actually interjected and Cunningham looked pissed, like he didn’t expect Dad to side with us.” Cam looks thoughtful.

“We did not hesitate though, slammed that door and ran. So you two are stuck up here tonight.” Sam pointed to them.” We are not opening that door for anything.”

We all laugh. “It’s still kind of early, can we do a movie or something? I don’t think we can get any more done here tonight.” I gesture to the piles of papers we have.

“Yes, Tiny let’s do a movie night.” Cam says standing from the couch and reaches for my hands, but instead of helping me to my feet he throws me over his shoulder as I screech.” Old habits, Tiny, it’s tradition for movie night.”

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“You guys are stupid.” I roll my eyes but smile as he walks us into the hallway.

I hear my friends laughing at me until Jena’s ‘Oh sh*t’ lets me know someone threw her over a shoulder. Mateo saunters out with her mumbling expletives about cavemen.

“You come anywhere near me, beefcake, and I will punch you in the balls.” Lil says to I assume Oliver. Sam is a big guy, but I wouldn’t consider him a ‘beefcake.’

We head into the media room and get set up to watch an action movie. Thank the Goddess that Luna Ava keeps this room stocked with snacks and drinks so we really don’t have to go anywhere. We all find places on the giant ‘U’ shaped couch and settle in. I actually made it through most of the movie before falling asleep. Something about these guys, I just feel warm and safe and my body and brain just shut down.

and snuggled with the now familiar cinnamon and citrus scent all around me. “Why do I even have a bed here?” I mumble into Kotas shirt. “I can count on one hand

we have our own

moving to follow Cam

Kota snatches me back and I laugh as he cages me in

to use the bathroom and get ready

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me and slap the side of his buttcheek and hear a sharp intake of breath, then he jumps out of

ear to ear. “Apparently, he likes

cheeks. My face is on fire with embarrassment. “I’m gonna go get ready.” I

shower. I don’t stop to grab clothes I just need to wash off the feeling of shame or unease or whatever this is. I hate feeling uncomfortable around these guys and the moments always come at the

room wrapped in a towel

Little Bit! Nice

while planting him face down on my bed. Causing Jena

reflexes by the

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her. You’d be a shish-kebob right now.” Jena laughs at his expression as I let him up.

she used Kota’s shower. You two might as well move your stuff up here. I mean if Luna

do seem to have clean outfits each day.” Jena says, walking into the bathroom

trying to find entrance and exit points.” Lil laughs over the mindlink as I peek out the door from the third floor

it wouldn’t matter if it wasn’t. If she thought we had started sneaking around to avoid her, she would try that much harder to attach herself to the