CHAPTER 24

"You know I tried to lick a zucchini, but my mom saw me and thought that I was doing a porn video." Tanner said glassily, Nolan cheered while Jayla rolled her eyes.

After they reached Nolan's house, they were met by Tanner who was wearing cute sleep pajamas, for a woman.

Jayla explained the situation to Tanner and Nolan who were getting angry at Max, obviously, she wasn't stupid enough to tell the secret of werewolves, she doesn't want to end up like bluestocking.

Right now, they are doing a battle about who had the most embarrassing anecdotes.

"That was funny, I agree, but what about spilling your ice cream on that man’s pants right on his crotch when you were dancing?” she replied with the same tone he used.

"I'm with Jayla, bro." Nolan changed his side.

"What a fucking traitor!" He scoffed and threw a cushion on Nolan face who dodged.

"Okay my turn, I remember that when I was 12, I stalked a guy who I thought was my twin, but unfortunately he was actually an old man with a grey beard,” Nolan said making Tanner and Jayla burst out of laughter.

"Dude, were you fucking blind?" He said breathlessly.

"I was freaking tall at that time and the guy was walking in front of me, he literally had the same height and same hairstyle."

"Why would an old man have a Justin Bieber haircut when he was 14?" Jayla mocked.

"That hairstyle was trendy back then," he snorted.

"You were just stuck in your semi-goth period." Tanner joked and she laughed with him, both of them mocking poor Nolan who pouted.

"Bitches didn't even know that I was popular,” he replied, flipping his existent hair.

"Of course, you were." Jayla stated sarcastically.

"Anyway, let's talk about relationships!" Tanner exclaimed, slamming his hands on the ground.

"You slut! You have to tell me what is going on with Max Black, the popular mysterious senior." Tanner asked abruptly to Jayla who widened her eyes.

"And you forgot his arrogance and selfishness,” she thought.

"So—"

"Stop beating around the bush and tell us!" Nolan snapped, frowning.

"Well actually, Max and I are in a relationship,” she whispered quietly but they both heard it anyway.

"OH, MY FUCKING GOD!"

"JESUS CHRIST."

"Dude, are you serious?" Nolan asked Tanner who yelled the last comment.

"Bro, you were screaming like a girl,” he scoffed.

"But he's like three years older than you?" Nolan cringed.

"Actually, he told me that he jumped a year." She revealed.

"And he's a genius. What a freaking god!" Tanner squealed.

"He's the perfect man, girl,” he said, shoving playfully her shoulder.

Exactly he could get any woman that is better than her, body, intelligence, beauty. But destiny chose them to be together and she wondered that this was a mistake. She didn't belong with him like he didn't belong to her.

"Stop being so fucking pessimistic, Jayla you are a freaking goddess, honey." Nolan shook her shoulders as if he wanted to show her the reality, her attractiveness.

"Babe, he's right." Tanner nodded.

She sighed and nodded with a smile, he smiles back and leaned over to peck her cheek.

But the door flew opened, showing Max in front of the door.

He was enraged.

His fist clenched, heavy rough breath coming out of his mouth. His eyes narrowed at Nolan with a deadly stare.

He was scary.

"Get the fuck away from my girlfriend,” he said surprisingly calmly, she could feel him being furious, more than furious.

He was like a volcano ready to erupt.

"Max, what are you doing here?" Jayla asked with confusion in her eyes.

"You are asking me what am I doing here? What the fuck, Jay?" He snapped, coming inside of the house.

"Get off of her!" He repeated angrily and Nolan backed away from her.

"I can't believe he's here." Tanner gasped while putting his hand on his mouth.

"Jayla, what are you doing here? Why the fuck did you leave me?" Max said menacingly, pulling her close to him.

"Let me go!" She said, struggling to get out of his tight hold.

"Dude, you need—"

"Fuck off." He spat, turning her away from Nolan who was trying to free her from him.

"I told you that you can't leave me,” he growled, pulling her closer.

"It's your fault,” she mumbled against his chest, her head was resting on his hard rock chest. The height difference between was like a manga couple.

"I don't care, you can't leave me,” he said as a matter of fact. His hands were holding the back of her neck and he smashed his lips against hers.

"Holy shit!" Tanner gasped and Nolan rolled his eyes.

***

After this whole drama, Max decided to stay in Nolan's house by taking a shower since he needed to cool himself down.

Jayla wanted to stay here for the night, Max certainly refused her decision and wanted to bring her home by force, but he couldn't do that since Tanner and Nolan aren't werewolves, they would get suspicious.

Nolan agreed with him about him staying at his house after seeing the glare of Tanner and Jayla, he was annoyed that more people were using his house for their benefits, he tried to think of Max as his captain but how could he when the captain is always glaring at you?

"Hey, can I come in?" Nolan asked behind the door that is the guest room.

"Sure." Jayla replied, he comes in and jumped on the bed, almost making her fall out of the bed.

"Dude, you are heavy!" She yelled and pushed him. He chuckled and grabbed the remote beside him.

"Shall we watch something?” he asked, turning on the TV.

"Yeah anime." Nolan groaned.

"I will kill you if you say anime is shit,” she threatened.

"I care about my life and my safety,” he said seriously and put on the anime that Jayla likes.

"Finally!" He sighed in content, he was happy that the anime movie was finished, he looked at Jayla who was going to cry.

"I Want to Eat Your Pancreas is damn emotional,” Jayla said with a sad smile.

"Of course, you are crying for this."

"Shut up!" She yelled and he laughed.

Suddenly the door flew open, again. Max was here with a clenching fist.

"Jake was right about him having anger issues,” she thought.

"I guess you are finished showering." Nolan stated, pointing out his wet hair covering his forehead, the tight white shirt hugging his body. Droplets of water dripping down on his jaw.

He was the definition of God, "Get out,” he said, not breaking the stare with Jayla who squirmed under his stare.

"Alright." Nolan squeaked and closed the door behind him. Once the door was closed, Jayla jumped out of her bed and walked far away from him.

"What the fuck were you doing with this dickhead?" Max barked at Jayla who glared at him, he walked close to her while she backed away from him slowly.

"This dickhead has a name." She rolled her eyes.

"I don't give a fuck! What were you doing with him?" He repeated, pushing her against the wall. Her back hit the wall, she glanced at the wall and looked back at Max who was in front of her.

"Dude, calm down!" She yelled but then Max slammed his arms beside her face on the wall aggressively.

"Answer my question,” he gritted in between his teeth.

"We were watching a movie,” she replied casually, not caring about his anger unleashing toward her.

"And were you lying beside him?" He said too calmly, scaring her.

"Yes, I was, so what?” she asked confidently, she had enough of his jealousy. It was too controlling.

"You do know that you are in a relationship with a man who is in front of you?" He said with sarcasm.

"Well, the man in front of me needs to take a chill pill because Nolan isn't interested in me by the way,” she retorted.

"I know guys more than you because I'm a guy. I know their dirty intentions."

"Guess what Max! Nolan is fucking taken!" She shouted at Max who showed a surprised face but then replaced it with a stern face.

"You must think that I'm lying? Well, I'm not, he's nonsexual and is very committed with his boyfriend!" Jayla blurted out, Nolan admitted to her and Tanner that he was beginning to not feel attractive over looks or didn't care of their gender. It was in freshman year where he told the secret.

At first, Nolan was scared because of the looks and comments he was going to receive if anyone from his school knew about it, so he continued fucking girls as if he was straight. But he couldn't keep it and stopped being man whore but he's still a player for fun. He was just taking revenge on girls that bullied him in middle school, he glowed up and played with their hearts.

He was blinded by revenge.

Once his revenge ended, he decided to be himself and was a proud gay man. That's what Jayla likes about him.

"What the fuck?" Max gaped at her, still not believing her.

"It's true man. You literally thought that I was interested in her? The joke of the year!" Nolan laughed behind, he was there, watching them. He quietly opened the door when they were arguing and went in.

"I was in kindergarten with her, even saw her naked butt when we were kids. She's my best friend and besides, she's too ugly to be my lover,” he said huffing at the end.

"Shut up, dork!"

"But you were complimenting her and gave flirty comments toward her?" Max stated confusingly.

"Because it's my personality, they take it like a joke even I flirt with Tanner as a joke, he's still traumatized." He chuckled.

"The fuck?" Max said, still shocked.

"If you want proof there is a photo of him behind the drawer,” Nolan said and Jayla pulled out the drawer, grabbing the picture and showed it to Max who stared at the pic.

It was the truth.

There was an Asian guy beside Nolan, they were hugging each other. More like Nolan choking his body. The Asian guy was thin and skinny, he had rounded glasses and shiny hair on the top, covering his forehead.

"His name is Bey, he's a cool dude,” Nolan said with a grin on his face.

"Oh right, how is he?" Jayla squealed.

"He's fine even though he's complaining about his college." He rolled his eyes, playfully.

"That asshole took computer science too." Jayla chuckled.

"Yeah, I'm going to sleep I have work tomorrow." Nolan yawned.

"Goodnight, Nolan,” Jayla said happily and waved at him, he gave her a lazy wave and leave the room.

"See? I told you that he has a boyfriend." Jayla huffed and sat on the bed.

"I'm sorry for everything,” Max said, he set the pic on the drawer and came to sit next to Jayla.

"Be specific,” she said, crossing her arms, he sighed with annoyance and rolled his eyes.

"Fine, I'm sorry for being an asshole and acted angry toward you. I was stressed and annoyed,” he said in a sad voice, looking down at the sheet while playing with his fingers.

Jayla frowned upon her lips, she wanted to crumble over but she shook her head and smiled.

"Apologies accepted,” she said with a devilish smile, she still didn't forgive him.

"I'm sure you are planning but whatever, as long as you are not angry with me then I'm happy." He smiled softly and leaned close to her cheek to kiss her.

"I think my cheeks are the most important thing for you."

"Baby, everything about you is important to me,” he said and pulled her close to his body. She gasped and smiled shyly at the distance between his face and hers.

"Let's sleep." He went in the covers with Jayla in his arms, they make themselves comfortable in the bed and turned off the light to sleep in peace.

"There is no way I would tell her the secret; she can't leave me." Max thoughts and ran his fingers through her soft hair. He smiled as he looked at her sleeping, letting out a small breath. He gushed over her cuteness and kissed her nose and cheek.

"Fuck, you are fucking mine, mine to care, mine to protect, mine to love,” he muttered and nuzzled his head on her neck, inhaling her soft scent.