The Damned Princess

We were in the stands and we got a good seat, really near the court so it’ll be easy for us to watch the match. One of V’s friends, Caleb was also with us, a cute blonde guy, thankfully he was a basketball freak unlike us so he told us a few things.

When our team came in, the crowd roared. Guys were walking in with full confidence, I recognized Rayn and Dylan on the team and then he walked in. I saw Jay was looking around the stands when his eyes fell on me, he smiled and I smiled back and showed him a thumbs up for good luck and he nodded at me.

V shrieked “OMG he smiled at you, you guys are couple goals”, I just rolled my eyes at her. Caleb asked, “your boyfriend is on the team”. “No, she likes to exaggerate everything, he’s just a friend”, I told him. “Okay shush now, the match’s about to begin”, V said.

From the very beginning, the game was intense. Every time Jayson scored; I was up on my feet cheering for him. It was so great to look at him play, he was passionate about it and he had the skills as well. As the halftime approached the opponent team caught up with us and now the scores were equal.

The whistle was blown to tell that the first half was complete and there will be a break for a few minutes. Both the teams went to their locker rooms with their coaches. “Caleb what do you think, will our team win”, I asked. “I can’t say for sure; I mean initially it looked like they will but the other team caught up well” he answered. “Well let’s hope that our team wins”, V said. I wish we do win because Jayson and the whole team worked hard and it’s his first match at this level, I thought.

Soon the half time was over and the teams were back playing. After so long Rayn scored a point. It felt like people got their fuel back, everybody cheered for them. After Rayn’s score, our team was back in their form. They took every opportunity and a lot of points were scored. In the last-minute, Jayson scored a three-pointer and our team won.

Everybody was on their feet cheering and shouting their names. I was so happy for him and his team. V took us near the boy’s locker room to congratulate the guys. When we met with him, I was so excited I jumped into his arms and shouted “you won, you won”.

He started laughing and spun me around making me giggle as well. I was so happy at that very moment that I forgot about everybody else until there were loud noises of people clearing their throats.

He put me back down, I was blushing and he was just laughing. “Guys you won, congrats”, I said sheepishly to them and gave them high fives. When it was Dylan’s turn, he did not raise his hand instead gestured for a hug. When I didn’t do anything, he said “what, he got a hug I want one too”.

I scrunched my nose “nope you are sweaty and smelly go clean yourself up first”. “That’s not fair he’s also sweaty”, he said. I smirked “but he doesn’t stink like you” and everybody including Jay laughed at him. He pouted “you hurt me, baby girl”. I just laughed at his childish behavior. “Come on guys, let’s go get freshened up so that we can head to the party”, Rayn said. All the guys cheered and followed him inside except Jayson.

“There’s a party at Rayn’s place to celebrate our win, would you like to join us”, Jay asked. “I don’t think I should, I mean it’s going to be just your team members”, I said although I wanted to go. “No there’s going to be a lot of other people too and you can bring V as well, please come” he insisted. I agreed to go with him, “great, I’ll be out in five minutes then I’ll take you both there” he said.

V was already invited by Rayn so I didn’t need to ask her. I texted Liam, that I’m going to party with the guys and V and told him that I’ll be home late so he and Becky have the house to themselves. He replied in a while - ”okay, but please take care and don’t be too late“. I quickly replied”yes boss“.

We were in Jay’s car, he and Dylan were sitting at the front and me and V at the back. The car smelled too much like him. His scent was making me restless; I was fidgeting when V slapped my thigh and said, “would you stop”. I smiled awkwardly at her.

We were all sitting together drinking beer. Jay lit a cigarette; I took it from him and threw it away. “Why did you throw it”, he asked. “Because you smoke too much and it’s not good for your health”, I said. “We’ve been telling him to stop for god knows how long” Dylan said.

I looked at Jay and told him “come on give me the whole pack”. “No, you’ll throw it away and it’s not like I can quit in one night”, he said. “Give it up Hunter” Dylan smirked. “Yeah give it up Hunter” I laughed. After everybody told him he finally gave it to me and I crushed it and threw it in the dustbin. He looked like he was mourning a death, I rolled my eyes “don’t overreact”.

We were having fun; I was getting to know Dylan and Rayn better. Dylan and Jay were in the same high school and they are best friends from then. We were out of beer so Jay ran in to get them from the kitchen. “What’s taking him so long” Dylan questioned when Jay didn’t come back for a while. V smirked, “Enna why don’t you go and check”. I glared at her but went in anyway.

When I was there, I saw some girl throwing herself on him and Jay looked annoyed. She was so close to him; it was making me furious. She started kissing his neck, my eyes turned red with fury and I crushed the bottle in my hand. Jay looked at me, I quickly turned around, I had to get out or the girl will be dead. I ran outside.

I heard Jay was calling out my name, but I didn’t want to be near him right now. I started to move further away but he saw me, he came running to me and said “Sienna stop, it’s not what it looked like”.

I took a few deep breaths and when I had my lycan under control, I turned around. “I know, don’t worry”, I told him and added, “you go back in, I’ll be there in a while”. “No, I’m not going in without you”, he said and stepped closer to me. He had that girl’s smell all over him, I wanted to kill her.

I growled, “her scent is all over you”. His eyes widened, he said, “your eyes, they are red”. I closed my eyes and turned around quickly “are you crazy Jayson, it must be because of the lighting here” I said. I was trying to control my rage, but her scent all over him was making me lose my control.

“What did you mean when you said, her scent is all over me”, he asked softly. I took in a deep breath and said “nothing, please go back in, I’m going home, Liam would be mad if I stayed out for too long”.

I started to walk away, he grabbed my arm making sparks erupt, I pulled away from his grip and turned around. I took a few steps away from him, he was staring deep into my eyes. “What’s this electricity I feel whenever I touch you Sienna”, he asked. My eyes widened, “what are you saying, you’re imagining things” I said.

“No, I’m not imagining things, it happened now, it happened when you hugged me after the match”, he told me. Goddess why won’t he give it up, “it must be static charge or something”, I said trying to give a reason.

He brought his hand forward to touch me again, I moved back quickly. He looked hurt; I could understand. “You’re overthinking, come on let’s go back in”, I said quickly, I was hoping he would listen to me.

I could see he didn’t believe me but thankfully didn’t ask anything and started walking back to the house. I also followed him, when we were in thankfully no one asked what took us so long. I glanced at Jayson, he was already looking at me and I could tell he was not happy.

After some time, I told V “I think we should leave now, it’s quite late”. “Yeah my mum would be mad at me, we should leave”, she said. Jayson stood up and said, “come on I’ll drop you both back home”, I quickly refused “no you don’t have to worry, I’ll call my brother”.

“No, it’s okay, I brought you guys here so it’s my responsibility to drop you both back”. Jay said and before I could say anything V said, “yeah Enna let him drop us”. I hate her so much sometimes. I couldn’t argue anymore and I had to agree to leave with them.

We were completely silent the whole ride back. The atmosphere of the car was thick with tension and the worst thing was V made me sit with him at the front. I didn’t know what to say to break this tension even V was quiet.

He dropped her first and we were alone now. This proximity and his intoxicating scent were making me crazy. The moment V said goodbye and stepped out of the car, my heart started racing again and I was worried what if he asks all the questions again.

He was quiet the whole ride though, he didn’t even look at me once and he made sure that he doesn’t touch me at all. After what felt like ages we were finally at my place. I got out of the car without saying anything, he also came out with me.

I thanked him and said goodbye, as I was about to leave, he grabbed my arm and pushed me against his car. He leaned over me and snaked his arm around my waist, his fingers were touching my skin making it tingle with the sparks.

He pulled me closer, making me gasp and whispered in my ear “I’m not a fool Amore, I know this is not just some static charge”. I was breathing so heavily and I didn’t know what to say. “Don’t even think about coming up with more lies” he added.

I felt so weak at my knees, if he wasn’t holding me, I’d collapse. He kissed my neck making me shiver. When he looked at me, he seemed very satisfied by the way my body reacted to his touch.

He took my bag out and handed it to me. He pulled me close again with his one hand and used the other one to tuck my hair behind my ear. I didn’t realize I was biting my lip until he whispered “I want to bite that lip Amore”. He said the same thing that night when he was drunk, his being aware of his words was affecting me a thousand times more.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. It was so hard to control myself because every part of me wanted to kiss him. “I should go in before Liam comes out” I whispered without opening my eyes. He pressed his lips on my forehead and let me go. “I’ll see you soon”, he told me.

I nodded and said goodbye. He stood there watching me until I was by my door. I took out the key from my bag, my hands were shaking and it was so difficult to unlock the door because I could feel his eyes on me. I finally unlocked the damn thing and turned around, he smiled at me and I waved. He went into his car and drove off.