Free This Beautiful Thing (Young Love Series) by Amanda Heath

it your fault?”
    “Uh I kind of sort of upset her before she went to class today.” I reply thinking fast. “I was still mad over what happened with Claire and she came to talk to me about finding that girl and I might have gotten snippy with her.” I cringe hoping that sounded true to his ears. Well it mostly is true except I didn’t get snippy with her till later.
    “Wow you know how to piss off the girls today don’t you? Well I hope you can make up before Friday, I don’t want y’all ruining it with Grace.” He jokes. “Anyways I’ll talk to you later.”
    “Yeah later. “ I say before hanging up the phone.
    Well that was freaking close. In a way I’m happy that he called because I wouldn’t have been able to see Teagan tonight now if her parents are coming.
    I hear the door slam and Marcus yelling out my name. He doesn’t even wait for a reply he just runs up the stairs to my room. When I see him in the door way I raise an eyebrow from the bed.
    “Uh yeah Claire is outside.” He shakes his head before going on. “Yeah you just need to come see this.” He again doesn’t wait for me to reply but heads back the way he came.
    I jump up off my bed and head after him to see what the hell Claire wants now. I make it to the front door and step out. Boy, I wish I had stayed in the house.
    “What the fuck Claire?!?!” I yell violently at the stupid blonde.
    “I told you not to call me a bitch again.” She sneers from the lawn where she is standing next to my truck. Poor Betty. Not only did she slash the tires, she keyed whore all over it.
    I can’t believe that she destroyed my truck. Now I knew she was crazy but I thought as in a not violent way but this borders on stalker crazy. “I can’t believe that you destroyed my truck. Do you think that you are going to get away with it or something? How stupid are you?”
    She smirks but I have her now. “Oh I’m going to get away with it. I found out who your little girlfriend is. Teagan Harper. She’s Jaden’s little sister isn’t she? How would big brother like to know your screwing his sister?”
    And now she has me. “You wouldn’t dare tell him.” I sneer.
    “Oh sweetie I’ll tell him if you don’t keep your mouth shut. Don’t tell anyone I did this to your truck and never call me a bitch again and we are even.” She says as she walks up to me and pats my cheek.
    I grab her hand and squeeze hoping to get a little pain out of her. “Oh I’ll keep my mouth shut and never call you a bitch again. But you better stay the fuck away from me and her.”
    I guess the anger in my voice was enough for her. “Fine.”
    “Good now get the fuck out of my yard.”
     
    Chapter 10
     
    Teagan
     
    I should have known that Cade would open his big dumb mouth. He and Marie are the worst gossips. That’s how I find myself sitting in between the twins, my own personal unwanted body guards. I love them to death but I’m too old for this shit.
    I know you are thinking what I am. Panic attacks are not worth the over bearing people in my family. They aren’t life threatening, at least not anymore. I haven’t had a bad attack since I was thirteen and Kara Golden wrote slut all over my locker.
    “Now honey you’re going to have to talk to us. I don’t want you to get stressed out up here.” My dad states from across the table.
    “Well dad if you would get your two cavemen to back off, I won’t be so stressed.” I rub my fingers against my temple feeling a headache coming on.
    “What is that supposed to mean?” Jaden asks from my left.
    “It means you moron that I want to be free. I can’t even talk to guys without you two trying to beat them up. I get that you love me and all but I’m not a little girl anymore.” I give them both an angry glare and sip on my soda.
    “You are a little girl Teag, you’re like five foot tall and a hundred and twenty pounds soaking wet” Cade says from my right where he is working on his steak.
    “Is that why