Worth Playing For

The first time Hailey saw her—really saw her—was at a party. It was also the first time she kissed her.The Wayne twins had hosted an end-of-summer house party in the absence of their parents and with nothing better to do with her Saturday night, she had attended.She heard the loud music pumping through the speakers all the way from the driveway. It took all of her will to step inside.Hailey had never been one for partying and even as she stepped through the doors of the magnificent house that was the Wayne residence, she continued to question why she was there.Oh wait...she did know why. And the reason took the form of a short redhead slash her best friend pushing through the cluster of gyrating bodies to meet her."Hailey!" the girl greeted, waving frantically.Was she drunk already?"Are you drunk?""I'll never tell," she

The final class for the day went by quickly and Ash actually managed to pay attention...for the first ten minutes.The bell had sounded a while ago but Ash was still seated with her earphones plugged in. Caleb was her ride home and he was busy with soccer practice. The boys took their training way too seriously even by Ash's standards, and she loved soccer more than life itself.She had blown Maddie off by telling her she had left already so she could enjoy some alone time.A loud bang from the other corner of the classroom told her that she wasn't as alone as she had thought.She brought down her legs that had been propped on the desk before her as she meditated to Halsey's vibe in order to look far enough to the side to see who it was.There was a girl bending over to pick up the stack of books that had fallen from her hands, giving Ash quite the view of her ass in tight jeans.

It was four in the morning. Ash was in the kitchen doing justice to a tub of ice cream when Caleb walked in in jammy pants and flip flops, his hair a tousled mess on his head.He opened his mouth wide and yawned like he was trying to consume the kitchen.Wait was that a drool stain? Ew!Ash stared in marvel at the one the girls called the hottest guy in Green Valley high. She couldn't blame them. None of them had ever seen him like this. Well none but Emily.Sure he was toned but who cared?All the girls at school apparently."No wonder you're always grumpy in the morning." Caleb observed as he walked over to the fridge and took out a carton of milk."I only just woke up," she said, "couldn't go back to sleep.""Well you got the wrong dairy product for that," Caleb said.He grabbed two tall glasses and dropped them on the count

Ash trudged into the kitchen late in the morning in a midnight blue bathrobe and giant flip-flops, trying to block out the dawn chorus coming through the open windows.As expected, Caleb was up and about in actual clothes when she got there."The Dark Empress has awoken. Good morning, sleepy head!" he teased, raising his mug.He took a seat at the counter to watch her."Why are you so loud!" she moaned."Why are you so grumpy?" he retorted with a smirk.He was full of all that cheery morning energy. It was disgusting to behold.Ash had had quite the interesting night but he didn't see her infecting anyone with her giddiness, did he?She snatched the mug from his hand, satisfying herself with the small pleasure of watching the smirk disappear."You realise there's more over there, right?"He pointed i