I make my way to my third class of the day holding on to some hope that I won’t run into him again. The class isn’t to far away from the cafe so I should be there relatively early.

I turn right into the hallway and the class is the second door on the left, pushing the door open I’m greeted by the professor “hello doll, what’s your name” he asks holding a clipboard “Saige Romero” I smile at him. “Alright miss Romero, i professor Ellis it’s a pleasure to have you in my biology course” he exclaims. I give him a warm smiling and nod while I walk into the classroom and come to the conclusion I wasn’t the first to arrive. In the back left corner facing away from me is a boy, I decide to a leap of courage and approach the table to have a seat next to him. I still can’t make out his face, until I sit down I hear a deep voice say “well I wasn’t expecting you to sit by me Bella” he says looking up with a smirk.

My eyes widen after I hear those words, knowing I just voluntarily sat by Kaden. Shit. Why god, why me? Class doesn’t start for another ten minutes and he’s already here? Early!? “Kaden” I growl while giving an unenthusiastic look. “Don’t look so disappointed bella, I mean you live with me you can’t be mad at me forever” he taunts. I roll my eyes at him in agony wishing he would stop calling me by my middle name. “When does your last class end” he questions. I choose to ignore him, I don’t have to answer to him.

“Bella answer me” he says getting a bit irritated. Okay fine, maybe I should answer him before he embarrasses me once again “2:15 Kaden” I say acknowledging him. “Great, my football practice ends at 2:15 meet me in the parking lot and I’ll bring you home” he demands. I snap back at him immediately, “No! No Kaden, I’m walking home with Kam!” You don’t get to tell me what to do, stop acting like you control me. “What have I told you Bella, I will bring you back and forth, the only reason I didn’t bring the both of you this morning is because I had to leave to be at the gym for football for seven a.m and knew you’d be pissed if I dragged you along that early” he slightly says raising his voice.

I fidget with a piece of my hair feeling a bit nervous, I know he’s gonna react like a child if I don’t but I promise kam we’d walk home together.

a few students join the class choosing there seats, a short brunette decides to sit next to me as well as a tall boy with blonde hair sitting across from next to Kaden. The class is now completely full and the professor goes on to gives us a group assignment which is to get to know your group.

the short brunette girl goes on to tell us about herself “my names addie, my major is business, I’m 18 and I’m on the soccer team” she smiles, next is the blonde headed boy, “the names Jacob, 19, major is marketing and I’m on the baseball team”, finally it’s my turn “hi, my names saige my major is psychology, I’m 19 and I don’t play any sports” I smile. It’s now Kadens turn and he’s just staring lost on what to say. He doesn’t give any answers.

“okay class partner up with someone in your group, I will call on you and you have to tell us about your partner!” The professor explains. Kadens eyes dart over to me and then shoots a glare to Addie and Jacob almost as if he was warning them that I was his partners and if he dared to try to choose me he’d rip their heads off. “Saige tell us about your partner”, great im about to humiliate myself. “His name is Kaden, he’s 20 years old, he’s also on the football team” i say awkwardly not having a clue what he’s majoring in. “Okay now Kaden tell us about your partner” she smiles at him. He clears his throat before speaking “Saige Romero, 19, majoring in psychology and has a great love for reading” he says with a smirk.

wait what? I said nothing about reading, I shoot him a confused look and he scans my face trying to figure out what he did wrong. He had this super worried look on his face as if he just told the whole world a secret. “Kaden, how do you know I love reading” I ask him in a questioning tone. “Bella I’ve known you since you were six, you now live with me, you sit on my couch in a blanket sleeping in your book, it also sits on your bedside table, and you used to go on and on about books when we were kids” he says as if everyone would know that about me.

so what I’m gathering is that Kaden Miller does pay attention to more than just himself? He actually seems to know quite a lot. Yet I know so little about him…

the day goes by pretty fast once English is over, before I know it my last class has ended and I’m waking outside with Kam.

“hey Kaden told me he would bring us home so we didn’t have to walk, he really insisted” kam tells me earning a eye roll from me. “Okay, tell me what’s all that about” she gestures towards me. “Well the day with the day I’ve had, your brother isn’t quite on my good side, he’s in two of my classes and has managed to scare off goo again and two people I’ve just met” I whine. Kam just laughs, knowing how Kaden can be, well how he’s always been she’s probably not surprised.

we wait outside of the football practice while Kadens teammates are walking out eyeing mostly Kam. Finally he walks out, shirtless- my jaw drops looking at his sweaty body, his tall lean figure shimmering in the light. Okay, saige snap out of it this is Kaden. Before I look away he notices my stare and winks at me, did I just see that right, are my eyes broken? Kaden just winked at me.. I’ve had enough for one day. The three of us walk to the car I get in the back seat and kam takes the passenger seat, he looks back at me giving me a glare. Why? What is his fucking problem with me today. One second he’s begging to bring me home and now he’s shooting me glares for getting in the car? This dude is just bipolar I swear.

we arrive at the beach house I flop down on the couch covering up in my favorite blanket, I grab my book and open it beginning to read. That’s when I catch myself being laughed at by Kaden. He makes a sly comment “how did you know I like to read” he says mimicking me from earlier in biology. Yep, I’m literally doing exactly what he said word for word, not intentionally of course. I throw the book down stomping upstairs and taking a shower. After my shower I’m so hungry I can hear my stomach growling. I look through the cabinets and fridge noticing there’s no grocery’s.. so I can’t even cook, fucking Kaden.

he’s sitting on the couch, and I look at him debating if I’m gonna ask. Fuck it why not. “Can I use your car to go get grocery’s, there’s none in this house” I say throwing my hands up in the air. His face turns pale, I know how Kaden is about his car, nobody is allowed to drive it. Shockingly enough he throws the keys at me. I look at him in complete shock not being able to hold back what I ask next “umm.. are you okay?” I say looking at the keys and then him. “Bella go get the damn groceries before I change my mind and drive you there” he says rolling his eyes will continuing to play the game on his console.

Well okay.. I walk out the house grabbing my phone and purse. I open the driver door, starting the engine and putting it in drive. I connect my phone to the Bluetooth and press play on my favorite album by Taylor Swift. I drive up to the grocery store parking the car as close as possible to the store. Walking inside I can smell the fresh produce and the smell of seasonings. I go through my list and pick up everything we need, mostly the basics like cereal, milk, bread, etc.

I push the buggy to the check out line and proceed to checkout. I grab my wallet grabbing my cash app card to pay for the groceries. The pin pad reads payment approved and the cashier hands me my receipt. I walk back out to the car loading it with the groceries. I close the trunk and enter through the driver side again. Before leaving the grocery I look at the new notification on my phone. “$200 sent from Kaden Miller for groceries on Cashapp”. Oh? How nice of him to help replenish all the food he went through.

pulling back up to the beach house Kaden is standing outside, i assume waiting for me to return his precious car. “Go inside I’ll grab the groceries” he mumbles under his breathe. Whatever if you want me out your way, I have no problem doing so.

I go inside and I decide to change into some shorts and a oversized tee. As I walk back downstairs to see if he needs any help putting the groceries away I over hear him having a conversation. “What? That’s not a funny joke, she’s been gone for years man” he yell angrily into the phone “Jade is gone, I won’t believe she back until I see her” he yells hanging up. I wait a few minutes before making myself known so he doesn’t think I eavesdropped. Who’s Jade? She sounds pretty important to him..