Harder,Better,Faster,Stronger.

Chapter 15, Part 1.

The rest of the days flew by, and the next thing i know it's the end of the first week of school, which is the day of my date with Nathan. The closer It got to Friday night, the more excited I got! And no, not because I like him or anything (yet) but because I know it's gonna be awesome, no matter what we do, just because it's Nathan. We both agreed not to tell the rest of the guys just yet unless things we wanted to go on more dates. I was relieved when Nathan suggested this because I knew that Xavier would do the whole over protective brother thing that he does (A/N Oh Ariana you silly silly girl !).

I did tell Jasmine though, and she practically burst my eardrums with the scream she let out. She asked me for Nathan's number but I knew that she would use it to threaten Nathan's life and manhood so I told her no in a firm tone which had her pouting like a child.

 She did however agree to help me with what I was wearing, but obviously she could only help me once I knew where exactly I was going- which I didn't. Anytime I asked him where we were going he would just simply say 'Somewhere nice'. What in the world does that mean?!

I woke up at my normal time on Friday and did a six mile run, which was pretty much the norm for me nowadays. I used my running time to contemplate those hard life questions such as "Why am I so fricking awesome?" or "Why is a pizza box shaped square when a pizza is round?". I remember how when I first started running my runs were mainly fueled on the anger I had, which was the only reason why I was able to run at all. Now I had a great stamina which allowed me to run for as long as I want to  (well not as long as I want to, but you know what I mean.) without passing out from exhaustion or something like that.

When I came back from my run, I Did my daily routine and changed into a fresh white sleeveless blouse buttoned to the top with a black bow tie, and a pair of black skinny jeans and black dr.Martens. Deciding on doing something different with my hair, I pulled it all back into a slick ponytail with my blonde strip left out and curled. I have to admit, I looked pretty funky.

Me and Tyler had started walking to school together like losers so I got my takeaway salad and juice and began my walk to his house. I Was leaning against a lamppost outside Tyler's house by the time he got out of it. Today he was wearing a black tight muscle t-shirt and dark blue jeans with black vans. I have to admit, he looked reaaally good-looking. When he noticed me, he looked me up and down and wiggled his eyebrows at me,

"Aww look who's looking all beautiful today." He cooed, coming in and pinching my cheeks. I blushed and slapped his hands away, glaring at him playfully.

"Well you're not looking to bad either mr.I-have-to-show-off-my-muscles-in-this-super-tight-shirt-that-im-wearing." I said whilst poking his stomach which made him... giggle ?

"Dude, did you just giggle?" i said whilst trying to contain my laughter.

"Shullup, anytime anyone tickles me I giggle, I cant control it." He said with a frown.

"Thanks for telling me that, I'm gonna be using that a lot." I said with an evil grin on my face. Tyler's eyes went wide and he put up his hands in surrender as I walked slowly towards him. Soon enough he was full out running, with me not far behind him. It was hilarious ! Anytime i got close enough to him i would tickle his sides which had him giggling and me in tears with laughter, which unfortunately slowed me down.

The whole process continued until we got to school and by that point we were both laughing like maniacs, earning us a couple of weird glances. When we got to our lockers I pulled him into a bear hug, wrapping my arms around his waist tightly. I buried my face into his shirt and discreetly inhaled his delicious smell of his cologne.

"Dude, I actually love you you know that?!" I said, still chuckling. Tyler wrapped his arms around me too, resting his chin on my head which showed how tall he is, considering i'm 5ft8.

"And i you, button." He said quietly, making me smile. The sound of the bell ringing made us jump out of our reverie and back into the normal world. I smiled at him and turned to my lockers, before heading out to my next lesson.

As the day grew on, I began to get more and more fidgety and excited about tonight. Tyler noticed it too and at lunch decided to voice his thoughts,

"Dude, why you acting like a squirrel on gatorade?"

"Well.. I'm supposed to be going on a date tonight." I announced shyly. I expected teased and crude comments but instead i got nothing. Just silence. After a few moments, I looked up at him to see his face was completely void of emotion, and he had a faraway look in his eyes.

"Tyler?" I called. My voice seemed to snap him out of his thoughts,

"Oh, erm, that's nice..Who's the lucky guy?"He said in a restrained voice which confused me.

"This guy I know called Nathan.. Whats up with you bro?" I asked.

"Nothing,nothing.. Anyways, Let's go and get lunch!" Tyler said with a smile on his face, which didn't seem all that real to me.

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This is only the first half of the chapter ! The other half should be up by tomorrow !

I have no words for how sorry I am about how long it's taken me to update. I just hope I can make it up to you guys with the next half of the chapter :)

By the way guys, Out of all the characters, who do you like best so far ?

-Jaz :)