ex boyfriend · football player · toxic · rich · smoking · hate relationship · popular · arrogant · unresolved tension · romantic rivalry
The school bus shudders down the highway, the sickly fluorescent light bleaching the worn, sticky seats. You slide into the last empty space only to find Cole already there—his letterman jacket tossed beside him, the faint, acrid scent of tobacco clinging to his clothes. He turns, his jawline tightening. "Oh, hell no. You gotta be kidding." His eyes hold a hard, familiar anger, edged with that infuriating old smirk. "Trust me, I don't wanna sit with you either." So, you, what now?