work,” I tease, moving my other leg to his other shoulder to make it perfectly clear what I’m asking for.
“And I was starting to think you weren’t very high maintenance,” Beck murmurs with a chuckle. My eyes drift closed as he bends his head down right where I want it, but I definitely don’t fall asleep. No, the dreamland I drift into is my reality.
Chapter Ten
Beck
“Is this what a hangover feels like?” Jordan groans as she sits up on an elbow in bed.
“No, this is what it feels like when you set your alarm for the same time you usually get up even though you stayed up five hours later.”
“Oh,” she mumbles into my shoulder, snuggling closer.
“Can I turn it off or is there something you need to be up for?”
“You can turn it off. I thought I’d want to skate before brunch with the girls but for once I’d rather sleep.”
I’m not sure I’ll be able to fall back asleep myself but I’m damn comfortable lying here with Jordan curled up to my side. After turning off her alarm I go to reach for my own phone before remembering it didn’t survive the pool last night.
There’s a group text from Griff to me and Jordan on her phone, so I open the message.
Looking good, Beck.
Then there’s a GIF showing a snippet of me pulling a wet tee shirt over my head by the pool last night. It’s only a few seconds and just plays on repeat. I should have known better last night but getting objectified isn’t high on the list of things to be pissed about, not when I’ve got the threatening messages to Jordan ingrained in my mind. Now that gets me pissed, especially because I’ve received zero flack about announcing my relationship with her after supposedly having some secret affair with Camila on Shred Live.
It’s a double standard, for sure. Come to think of it, I wonder if Camila’s received criticism for supposedly moving on so quickly after me too. I open the Instagram app and search for her profile, but there’s nothing on there about her relationship with Donnie. There’s a post about the Brazen opening, but it’s a shot of her, and no mention of her date. Huh, maybe I misunderstood and they aren’t actually together.
I click on the notifications before remembering I’m on Jordan’s account, not my own. Most of the notifications are tagged videos and photos from last night, and when I move to my profile I see I’ve been tagged in the same ones. We’ve been spoiled with hanging at the Jay Beach house, and I’ve let myself forget how well-recognized I am, especially in Summerside. Sure I noticed the phones on us last night, but it’s different from seeing a dozen tagged pictures and videos from strangers replaying my night. It’s not my privacy I’m concerned about though, and I search the comments for anything mean toward Jordan. There’s nothing like that, and while I’m relieved, I can’t help but find it disturbing how fickle the public can be about this stuff. It’s all based on images and some perception of reality that has little or nothing to do with the real story.
She’s got some unread messages, but I put her phone back on the nightstand and lay my head back. Instead of dozing like I’m hoping, I start to wonder if she’s been getting threatening messages and not telling me about them. She kept them to herself last time. Before I can talk myself out of it, I’m checking her messages on Instagram. One of the unread ones is from Sydney, which is weird. Curiosity gets the best of me and I open the message.
Thanks for talking to us yesterday. We’ve already got some ideas about who’s behind the razzleydazzles account. What was the name of the other one again?
That has me frowning. Why would she be talking to Sydney about this? Is she still worried about those accounts? I don’t see any messages from either of them. As far as I can tell, bubblerollie is long gone and if Razzle is still at it, her focus is Griffin, not Jordan. Besides, it seems pretty clear that it’s Fliss.
I scroll down, seeing some messages from girl skateboarders admiring her, but more messages from dudes coming on to her. Some are crude and some are lame, but it all makes my blood boil. Why is she even opening these? I’ve got mine set so I only see messages from people