My Secret, My Bully, My Mates. novel Chapter 16

I giggle with her and take a sip of water, which draws the attention of Cameron and Dakota. “She is right, it was definitely worth the wait.” Dakota says not taking his eyes off of me and I’m not sure what to make of that, so I break eye contact only to lock eyes with Cameron who is nodding and then Oliver who is hiding a smile behind his beer bottle. I don’t know if I have ever seen him smile, but I don’t have time to ponder that as Cameron draws my attention again.

“I don’t know if I have ever seen your hair up like that, it looks nice Sky.” He says looking puzzeled, like he’s trying to figure something out.

“Yeah, TIny, who’d you get all dressed up for?” Dakota winks at me.

“Who are you calling Tiny?” I scoffed at him “I had no control over what I look like, my look is that of a hostage situation by a very demanding friend.” I smile over at Sierra who is laughing at something Sam was saying. Before Dakota could reply to me, Sierra jumped in.

“It was not a hostage situation, I was just being a good friend and highlighting all of your amazing assets.” I rolled my eyes at her. She wasn’t wrong though. She found this amazing blue coat that accentuated the grey of my eyes and the eye make-up she did made my eyes glow almost silver. She then pulled my blonde hair into a high ponytail and added soft curls to it making me look taller and more confident. I still had my jeans, t-shirt and black combat boots on from school today. She didn’t do a lot, but what she did made me look like a different person.

Still not intimidated, I responded the only way I could think of, like Sierra. “I guess some of us needed less time to reach perfection. Some of you are still working out the rough edges.” They both smiled at me.

“Like a fine wine, Little Bit, we are only getting better with age.” Sam chimes in, his arm firmly grasped around Sierra where it’s been for the last hour or so since she switched to beer. We all laughed at him.