Enemies With The Bad Boy

Jasmine

I am heading to my car after school. I am ready for home. I like school, but I am exhausted today. I approach my car, but before I can reach it, someone gets in my way and blocks my path. I glance up and roll my eyes when I see who the person is.

My fists ball at my sides. “What the hell do you want, Cody?”

Cody Baker, the most annoying human being on the planet! The bane of my existence. I am not one for hating anyone, but I made an exception for him years ago.

A smirk curls on his lips. One that wants to make me punch him in the face. “I am sure I have made that clear, plenty of times.”

“And I have told you a million times, that is never going to happen! I would not go anywhere near you, even if you were the last guy on earth,” I reply firmly.

“Why do you keep fighting it, J? I know you want me.”

God, can I punch him already? I hate when he calls me J. I am not into violence, but I could change my views when it came to him. I push him out of my way, walk by him and climb into my car. Cody spends every day annoying me. He gets kicks out of it.

Cody is the bad boy of our school. He is always getting into trouble and screwing around. I am no angel, but next to him, I could be. My run-in with him makes me more desperate to go home. My house isn’t too far, so the drive isn’t too long. I sigh, anger coursing through me as I drive. He gets on my nerves. Arriving home, I pull into the driveway and head inside.

“Hey sweetie, how was school?” Mom greets me as I enter the living room.

I smile. “Hello, Mom. School was okay.” She doesn’t need to know about the Cody drama.

“Can we talk for a minute?”  I nod and take the seat next to her. I have no idea what she wants to discuss.

My little sister Lily comes rushing in. “Jasmine!”

Lilly is six, and the sweetest little girl in the world. She was a surprise to my parents, but this house wouldn’t feel right without her.

I smile brightly and hug her. “Hey, Princess.” Lily climbs into my lap.

I focus my attention on my mom to find out what she wants to talk to me about.

She seems nervous. “Um, we will have a house guest for a couple of weeks.”

“We will? Who?” I have no idea who she could be referring to.

“Cody.”

“What? Why? No? Don’t do this to me,” I groan.

No, this can’t be happening!

Cody’s mom and my mom are best friends and have been for years. Cody and I used to be best friends until we were thirteen, and then he started changing and turned into a complete jackass!

“Because Jackie needs to go and stay with her mom because she had a fall and needs help at home. She doesn’t want Cody missing that long of school, especially since there are only a couple of months left.”

I roll my eyes. “Why do you hate me? I am moving out while he is here.”

Mom laughs. “Oh, Jasmine, stop being so dramatic.”

“I am not. It is bad enough I need to see him at school every day, never mind him staying here.”

“I do not understand what happened between you two. You used to be best friends.”

I cover Lily’s ears with my hand. “We were, and then he turned into a complete jackass.”

Mom places her hand on my knee and squeezes it. “Jasmine, you know he has been through a lot.”

I sigh. “I know that, but that doesn’t give him the right to treat everyone else like crap.”

Cody changed once his parents got divorced. His dad left, and now has a new family and doesn’t even bother with Cody. Cody was twelve when he left, and since then, he has changed completely.

“The two of you used to be inseparable.”

I shrug, “Things change, Mom. He is nothing like the boy I used to know.”

“Jasmine, he isn’t a bad boy, he just makes bad choices.”

I don’t think my mother or his realise just what trouble he gets into or how he uses girls. If they did, I am sure the opinion would be very different.

“When is he coming?”

“Tomorrow. It may be longer than two weeks, it depends, but

Jackie said she would get back as quickly as possible.”

I nod. “Okay.”

I can’t believe he will be staying here. Now I am stuck with him, nearly twenty-four hours a day. There is a good chance I may end up in jail for killing him by the end of his time here.

“Maybe this will give you both a chance to sort things out,” Mom says, her voice hopeful.

“No, that is not going to happen, Mom, so please don’t get your hopes up, okay? I will be polite to him, but don’t expect me to make it feel like home for him, because I won’t.”

“I wish you would sort things out. We always thought you two would end up together,” she smiles.

As soon as she spoke the words, I burst out laughing. Cody and me? No! I wouldn’t go near him for all the money in the world. I know where he has been, with close to every girl in our year, and whoever else outside of school.

I screw up my face and shake my head frantically. “Not if he was the last guy on earth.”

Mom finds my words amusing and laughs. “That is a slight exaggeration.”

“No, it isn’t. I know where he has been. He has had more girls than hot dinners.”

The thought of it is enough to make my skin crawl. Cody is a good-looking guy, not even I could deny that, but looks mean nothing if he is a complete jackass with an attitude problem. He has no respect for anyone, and because of that, I have no respect for him. The girls seem to love his dark hair, blue eyes, and slightly crooked smile, but it suits him. He takes care of himself, too, you can see that when you look at him. He also has a lip piercing, which all the girls find sexy. I do not like it, and then to add to it, he has quite a few tattoos. Those I do like, he has some incredible ones, but none of that matters because he is a douche!

Mom laughs again and shakes her head. Anytime he is around my mom, he plays all sweet and innocent. She falls for it. I know the truth. It is bullshit.

“I am going to go and get my homework done before dinner.”

“Then will you play with me? After dinner, before bed?” Lily asks.

“Of course, what are we playing tonight?” I smile.

I have a lot of time for Lily. I know many teenagers can’t be bothered with younger siblings, but that isn’t me. I love spending time with Lily.

“Lego. Will you read me my bedtime story tonight?” She beams.

“Sure thing, sweet girl.”

I will read her bedtime story and leave her in her own bed, but at least a couple of nights a week, she sneaks into my room and sleeps with me. I don’t mind.

Her entire face lights up, and she throws her arms around my neck. “Yay.”

Lily got down from my lap and went back to playing with her toys. I grab my bag and head to my room to get my homework done. There isn’t much, but I would rather get it out of the way. I strip out of my clothes and change into my sweats, then settle onto my bed to start.

Two minutes later, my cell beeps, signalling a text. Reaching for it, I groan the second I see who it is from. Cody! I have no idea how he got my number. I didn’t give it to him. It wouldn’t surprise me if he talked one of my friends into giving it to him.

Hey, did you hear the good news? We are going to be living together for the next couple of weeks. This is going to be fun xx

Fun? No, it is going to be hell! I text him back.

Yes, I heard the bad news! And there will be nothing fun about it! Now leave me alone!

I hope he gets the hint and doesn’t text back. I should have known better because another text came through a moment later.

I am looking forward to it. See you soon, gorgeous x

I roll my eyes, toss my cell aside. I am not replying. I can’t believe this is happening. What did I ever do to deserve this? The next two weeks or so are going to be torture.