This is a side project that I put together whenever I find myself taking a break from writing To Save A World. Being a sideline thing, it's developed its own plot in my head, and so I wanted to take the chance to share something different. I wanted experiment with a different writing style as well.
I hope you guys enjoy! Comments, ratings and feed backs are all appreciated, and will be used as a basis whether or not this should continue.
P.S. All participants depicted in any sexual acts are above 18 years of age.
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Theo was a lot of things to a lot of different people. His distant parents thought he was their too-capable son that didn't need loving. His brother and his wife worshiped the ground he walked on. Some people considered him a problem solver, an unconventional ally, an uncertain enemy. To most, he was a nobody that they liked well enough to be around but didn't like enough to keep for long.
Currently, he was the thorn in Christina Bradford's side. In Theo's own mind, he was more than a simple
thorn
. He was planning to be more like her very own tormentor, her personal demon.
She didn't know that yet, though, but soon enough...
"Oh my god, you sick, desperate, fuck." Nina rolled her eyes, her disgust evident. She stood in his room with her hands on her hips, poised with the pride and confidence that all gorgeous teenagers seemed to have nowadays.
"Maybe if you came to me crawling and licking my feet, I might consider flashing you my bras. But blackmail? Seriously?" She shook her head pityingly. "Delete those photos, Theo. I can't believe I grew up with a degenerate like you."
Theo gasped, a hand placed mockingly over his heart. "Nina! Such hurtful words."
"Do
not
call me that." Her eyes flashed with genuine anger and revulsion. "Delete those photos,
now
."
"Or what,
Nina?
"
Needless to say, Theo was enjoying himself immensely. It amused him how his wayward childhood friend thought that she had any leverage over him in this situation. He looked at the photos on his table, remembered the painstaking care he had in cutting the glossy paper, arranging them just right for dramatic effect. There were exactly twelve photos, arranged in three rows of four, depicting Christina in various states of 'having fun'.
They were stupendously bad. It would have been better if they were
only
sex photos - but these included booze, cigarettes, and questionable powders.
"Or Jared will have your head." She growled. "My boyfriend will destroy you. And I will personally make sure that you wouldn't be able to walk the school grounds without everyone making you feel what a trash you are."
"Well, good luck with that. I take it you're not willing to abide by my terms, then?"
"Fuck you" Nina spat.
Theo shrugged. "Suit yourself." He turned back to his laptop, typing a few strokes on his keyboard. Finally, he pressed something. To him, the small mouse click echoed with finality. He looked back and saw the first traces of hesitation on Nina's face.
"What did you do?" She demanded.
He shrugged again. "Well, if you can show yourself out, I'm sure you know the way."
"What did you do, you shit." The girl shoved him aside and commandeered his desktop. His face inches away from hers, he was a close witness to the way Christina's eyes widened as the color drained from her face. "This is the principal's personal email."
"Oh? I'm surprised you know it."
"You dirty little piece of shit. You degenerate, you asshole, you..." Nina sputtered, stared at him wide-eyed.
"You know, the cursing is really getting old."
"I'll have your head for this. Jared will tear you apart."
Theo started listing out emails. With each item, Nina's face became paler and paler. He'd listed not just her friend's addresses, but also faculty that he knew she was close to, her parents, and her close relatives. By the end, Christina wasn't able to look at him in the eye. She knew full well what he intended to do with those emails.
"Jared might beat me up. Honestly, I'm pretty sure he will, and I'm really not looking forward to that. You might even get the whole school to believe your story, and the whole student body might shame me. I might be suspended, expelled even. But then..." Theo stared at her, his grin confident and predatory. He leaned towards her, and even though he was sitting down he saw Nina cringe a little. "But then I don't really care about all that. My life isn't built around my reputation.
You, Nina,
you
care. You have a good reputation, a good life, and a bright future built around that reputation. After this, nobody would be able to look at you the same. That future? Up in flames. Gone like smoke. Society is pretty horrible on women, wouldn't you say?"
"Why are you doing this?" She spat, defiance in her eyes. But Theo also saw resignation in there somewhere, and that was all that mattered.
"High school's almost over. I wanted to make some memories."
"Why me?" Fiery, passionate Christina. To be honest, if they hadn't grown apart all these years, he wouldn't have chosen her to do this on. But they did, and they had drifted so far apart that she didn't really matter as much to him anymore.
And she was easy picking. Fate practically deposited her into his lap - or his cock, as things stand - the moment Jared Butler accidentally left his phone in the lab. Theo had been the last one out, and was the one who delivered the item to the professor for safe keeping. But not before he'd gone through, and harvested, everything of value.