Liam's POV

"What do you think about him?" I ask after I know the new guy is asleep.

We were all sitting on my bed. Callum and I on both edges while Ryder snuggled into both of our side in the middle.

"He's hot," Ryder answered as he glanced to Jax, a smile on his face.

Jax shifted to his other side so he was facing us now but he seemed to still be asleep.

 I had to admit that he was actually decently attractive. His black hair, light brown eyes, and slightly tanned skin with hard muscles were something I didn't know I found attractive until I met someone like him. 

"I think you were being a dick to him earlier and ruined any chance of him dating us." Callum pointed out as he rubbed Ryder's hair between his fingertips. 

"Good," I state rudely. "I didn't him to date us anyway." Callum scoffed at my sentence making me look at him and raise an eyebrow.

 "Please, you were practically eye-fucking him the second he walked in the door and then you just had to snap at him."

 "He was eye fucking Ryder." I try to defend. 

"Everybody eye fucks Ryder! He's adorable and hot as hell!" Callum shouts back making Jax toss and turn again before getting comfortable again and easing back to sleep.

 "Is that really the only reason you don't like him?" Ryder asked me as he looked up through his lashes.

 "No, he has a bad attitude and was a street fighter. I've dealt with enough of them to know you don't want to get mixed up with them."

 "The same could be said about a drug dealer," Callum pointed out making me scowl at him. He wasn't supposed to bring that up.

"You know I had to do it to get by." I said while glaring at him.

 "Just like he did what he had to do?" Ryder accused with a not so innocent smile. These two could be extremely dangerous when they teamed up together. 

"Why do you two want to be with him so bad? We were doing just fine before he came here. We don't need anyone else."

"We're not saying we want to date him, we're just saying you were being a dick to him for no reason and now if we ever wanted to we can't be with him now." I only roll my eyes with a small scoff as I look back over to Jax.

 I didn't like this kid one bit for some reason.

"He's hiding something."

 "Everyone at this camp is hiding something. We're all criminals for Christ's sake."

"Just forget it. If you want to fuck the newbie go ahead but don't expect me to join in." I state as I stand up.

"Where are you going?" Ryder asked with a frown.

 "I'm getting breakfast. If you can tear yourself away from him long enough you are both welcome to join."

When I stepped out of the door I waited for a second, knowing one of them was going to stay while the other came with me.

"You stay with Jax I'll go with Liam," Callum said calmly as the bed creaked meaning he stood up. I smile at my prediction coming true. 

"He's not going to let us date Jaxon is he?" Ryder asked in a sad voice making my heart clench slightly. I hated making Ryder sad.

"I'll try to persuade him but for now we'll just try to ease him into the idea. Do go over board or it's going to blow up in our faces." I can't help but scowl slightly as I start walking to the lunchroom alone.

 I can't believe they would actually try to change my mind after I told them we didn't need him. We were doing perfectly fine before his sexy ass waltzed into the cabin.  

Just one fucking glance at him and suddenly he's the only thing we need. 

I wouldn't even be that mad if we hadn't talked about it late last night when we found out we were getting a new roommate and decided that we didn't need to add anyone to our relationship. 

I walk a bit faster when I hear Callum coming up behind me before I feel his hand come down on my shoulder as he pulled me into his side.

 "You know, Ryder's pretty mad about that prostitute comment."

 "It's not like I said it to him." I defend as I try to shrug Callum's arm off but he doesn't let me. He always did this even though he knows I hate it. Whenever I'm mad and don't want him on me he refuses to let go. 

"You know how sensitive he is about that." 

"I'll make it up to him later tonight."

 "You're not going to fuck him to make him feel better about a prostitute comment." Callum states firmly.

 "I didn't say I was going to fuck him," I almost seethe. He's not helping me get less mad. "I'm going to sneak him out of the cabin and take him to see the stars. It's been a while since we had the chance to do it." 

 "I was just making sure your mind wasn't in a lustful haze after being interrupted this morning." 

We walk in silence for a while before he leans into my head and kiss my temple gently. I can't help but lean into the light touch that makes my heart beat a bit faster. 

 "I get the feeling," he whispers in my ear in low, husky voice, "that you don't like Jax because of something other than him having a bad attitude and being an ex-street fighter. Is someone getting jealous?" 

"I'm not jealous of him, I'm mad at both of you." I state as I push him away for good this time.

"What did we do?" He asked slightly offended.

 "'Oh we don't need to add any one to our relationship. We're doing just fine on our own'," I say as I make my voice go as deep as Callum's so I can sound like him. "We don't even know if the kid is gay and you are both fawning over him."

"We're not fawning over him, we just think he's attractive." He tries to defend. I only roll my eyes and walk faster to the lunchroom If they don't have any pancakes left when I get there I'm going to slap Callum upside the head. 

"And we also aren't saying we want to date him, just that maybe in the future when we learn more about it we'll all talk about asking him to date us."

  I stay quiet as I open the door to the large lunchroom. It honestly just looked like a regular high school lunchroom just without the gum under the table. 

"Baby," he said as he came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. "Don't be mad at us for this. We just want to see if this could potentially go somewhere for us but if you honestly want us to drop this because you honestly don't like Jax then we will. But you have say honestly that you don't want him."

"He is kind of hot," I admit as Callum holds me in a non-sexual way. I think for a bit longer before leaning back into Callum's chest, making him hold me tighter. "I guess it wouldn't hurt to see where this could go." I all but whisper but I know Callum heard it.

 "I know you're not overly fond of change but maybe this one will be the good kind. Thank you for being willing to try this."

 "Yea, yea, now come get pancakes with me. I'm hungry." I say as I roll my eyes and pull him to the beginning of the long food line.

Jax's POV

When I woke up again I finally felt well rested. I couldn't help by give out a small sigh as I lay on my back and stretch. 

"You slept for a long time." I jump slightly at the voice. My head snapping to the sound but I relax a bit when I realize it's only Ryder since he wasn't a threat; the kid barley reached my chest.

"What time is it?" I asked as I fell back onto the bed.

"Almost 12, we'll need to head down to lunch in a few minutes." He explained as he perched himself on the edge of someone's bed.

"Do I have enough time to take a shower?" I asked while sitting up on the bed and laying my hair down flat.

"If you take a fast one. You don't have any extra clothes yet though so you'll have to borrow Callum's since you two are the closest in height and size." I nod aimlessly as Ryder rambled and stood up.

 "He won't mind?"

 "No, Liam and I borrow his clothes all the time. He should be use to it by now." He says in a suggestive tone as he stood up and walked to a dresser by the bed beside the door.

I can't help but smile to myself as I think about how little Ryder would look being swallowed up in Callum's clothes.

 "Thanks," I mumbled out as I took the clothes from Ryder and walked to the bathroom.

I strip out of my clothes quickly before looking in the shower. This had to be the most confusing shower ever.

"Do you need help with figuring it out?" A small voice asked from behind the door. Even though I couldn't see him, I could tell Ryder was blushing. He seemed like the kind of twink that blushed at everything.

I wrap a towel around my waist before opening the bathroom door and letting Ryder in. 

His eyes glanced up to me for a split second. They start at my legs before slowly going up, making me slightly uncomfortable. He stares at my v line for a while before trailing up my toned abs and arms to my chest. 

He gives a small gasp when he gets to my chest and for a second I think it'd because of all the scars I had until I notice he's staring at my tattoo. It was just a simple realistic heart with black, sick looking veins coming out from it.

 I almost grimace at the memory of the beating I got from my dad when he saw it. He was drunk when he saw for the first time and started yelling about how I was wasting his money even though I had it done with my own cut from the fights.

 He had thrown a beer bottle at my head before walking over to me and kicking the shit out of me. I had to lie there and take all of it knowing if I fought back he would kill me.

 "Are you going to help figure out the shower or not?" I asked after I give him a while to stare. He snapped out of his daze with a small 'sorry' before walking to the shower.

 He blushed a deep shade of red as showed me quickly how to set the first nob, that was apparently a timer and the water wouldn't turn on without it and would shut off as soon as the timer reached zero. The second nob was just the temperature control for hot and cold.

"It only goes up to 20 minutes," he said, referring to the timer, "so if you ever run out of water you'll just have to reset it. It also takes a few minutes to warm up so don't get in right away unless you need a cold shower.

 "Do you get it now?" He asked as he turned the timer on and turned it all the way on hot.

"Yea thanks," I grumbled out as I shooed Ryder closer to the door. 

 "I like your tattoo." He whispered as he rushed out the door. Normally I would roll my eyes at the fake complement but I didn't this time. It was just something about Ryder that made me think he was being genuine.

 "Tattoos," I correct, "plural." I turn around to show him my back.

 He gasped when he saw it before coming closer. I jump slightly when he begins to trace the fake torn skin that revealed machine parts. 

His touch was gentle and so different than the touches I'm use to. His fingertips glided across my skin with a light touch, almost like it was weightless and barely touching me.

"I should take a shower before I run out of time," I interrupt as I step away from him as I beginning to feel uncomfortable with his fingers on my back. 

 He nodded while mumbling 'yeah' before I turn back to him while he shuffles out of the room.

I unwrap my towel again and throw it on the sink with Callum's clothes before stepping into the shower. 

I let my mine slip back to Ryder as I step in the shower. Not in a sexual way, just in a way you think of a random person you don't really know.

 I still couldn't wrap my head around him complementing me. That was one of those things that didn't happen to people like me. We stand in the background by ourselves because everyone is too afraid to approach us.

But not only did Ryder come near me on his own accord, he seemed to genuinely try to make me feel better about myself. 

Maybe he was actually was being genuine but I highly doubted it. I wasn't the type of person to get genuine complements; I never have been that kind of person and I never will.

All I will ever be is the ex street fighter.