Fighting to Survive (Guarded Hearts Book 3) by Alexis Noelle Read Free Book Online

benefit from this too, lover boy. I know you’re interested in finding out what is going on in Christen’s head.”
    This is gonna end badly.

Chapter Seven
     
Christen
     
    Nicole plugs her phone into the speakers and turns on some music, but I can barely keep my eyes open. I haven’t had this much to drink in a really long time. I can’t get Shawn out of my head, either. I don’t want to be the girl that gives it up fast, but I also don’t want to wait anymore.
    Holly jumps on top of me and we both go crashing to the floor. “Wake up, birthday girl!”
    We start laughing hysterically. Nicole turns the volume up so loud that we all throw our hands over our ears. She’s jumping up and down, putting her finger over her lips, like she’s telling us to be quiet. Not that we could even hear each other say anything over the music. She waves us all into the kitchen.
    “Nic, what the heck is going on?” I go to reach for the volume on the speakers and she grabs my hand to stop me.
    “The boys are spying on us!”
    “What are you talking about, Nicole?  Carter and the boys left like ten minutes ago.” Madison looks out the window at the driveway.
    “No, they didn’t. I just found one of their walkie talkie things from work behind the couch and it’s on!”
    Seriously? Are we in grade school? I can’t believe that they would actually spy on us.
    “I’m calling Carter right now.” Madison goes to get her phone but Nicole stops her.
    “No, Mads, wait. I wanna have a little fun.” Oh no. This cannot be good. “Just follow my lead.” Nicole grabs the walkie, puts it in the middle of the floor, sits down, and motions for us all to join her. “Ugh! I am so over Jason ordering me around. Mads, you are so lucky that Carter isn’t as much of an ass. By the way, how are things going?” She winks at Madison, I’m guessing to let her know to play along.
    “Ehhh, they’re okay. He is so hot, but sometimes I want him to be a little more manly. I mean, crying at movies? Sometimes I just want to give him a good punch and tell him to man up!”
    She instantly puts her hand over her mouth to stifle the laughter and Holly seems to be having trouble keeping quiet, too. “You know, there are some really cute guys I know. If you girls ever get tired of them and want some new meat, just let me know.”
    Now we’re all cracking up, Nicole even has a pillow over her mouth to hide the laughter. “What about you, Chris? How is Rocky?”
    I want no part in this little game at all. “Everything is going good. We had a really great time last night.”
    Holly punches me in my arm and whispers in my ear how much of a chicken I am. I don’t care, though, I do not want to be on the receiving end of the backlash.
    “Girls, listen, I need some advice.” Nicole gets closer to the walkie. “There is this guy in my English class and he is so damn hot. He asked me out the other day, and I obviously told him I had a boyfriend, but it made me think. Jason and I used to be so hot and now things are just so-so. I mean, I don’t know what it is, but he just isn’t as good as he used to be.”
    The next thing I know, the front door flies open and Jason and Carter are standing in the living room looking more pissed than I have ever seen them.
    Holly stands up. “I’m gonna go up to my room.”
    Shawn is standing behind the guys and is the first one to notice the walkie talkie on the floor. He starts to laugh and then walks over to the couch and sits down. I decide to get out of dodge and join him.
    Carter is the first one to speak. “Really, Mads? I cry too much?”
    She giggles and walks over to him. “We were just having fun. Come on, let’s go home.” She and Carter walk out the door.
    Jason still hasn’t moved and Nicole is staring him down. “I can’t believe you spied on us, you—”
    He storms over to her and picks her up. “Not as good as I used to be, huh? We’ll see about that.” He makes his way upstairs with