Chapter 5

I didn't speak to him again until the college entrance exams.

Julian scored incredibly well. I didn't pry into his exact score, but I heard our physics teacher was writing him a recommendation letter to study quantum mechanics at a top-tier Ivy League university abroad.

I performed normally, enough to get into a good university a few states over.

That night, the air was a bit cool. I had my bedroom window open, and Julian climbed in from outside.

"Hey there, pretty lady. Good thing your place is on the third floor, not the thirteenth."

He panted, winking at me.

I was dumbfounded.

"You, how did you...?"

"How did you know where I live?"

Jax sat on the edge of my bed, propping his feet up. "I followed you, duh."

"We've graduated. We can date now."

He reminded me.

I pressed my lips together, cold. "I don't remember."

"Don't remember?"

Jax stood up and pinned me against the desk.

"That won't do."

Saying that, he leaned in to kiss me. I covered my mouth with defiant resolve, blurting out without thinking, "I don't like people who study physics!"

Jax stopped half an inch from me.

"My loser brother likes physics?"

I didn't know; I just said it on a whim. But Jax clearly took it seriously. He mulled it over for a moment.

"Well, that won't do. How could I let him have his way?"

I knew instantly he was going to cause trouble.

I knew he was crazy, but I didn't expect him to actually do it.

Jax changed Julian's university application. He filled in only one choice, and the major was non-negotiable: the same university and the same major as me.

After he finished, he sent me a SnapChat boasting, "Mission accomplished!"