Because I'm a Nerd.

Chapter 19- "How about we call her cheeseball?"

By then, Ricky has shoved his tongue down Adrian's mouth. Lauren doesn't need to fake-gag this time; the disgust is all right there. I mean, I know that Adrian's my best friend and that I should NOT be gagging when she's French-kissing and all but to be honest, PDA and I haven't really gotten along well with each other for as long as I can remember.

Adrian is so busy having the time of her life that she hasn't even noticed that we're here. I clear my throat and she jumps with shock and immediately pulls away from Ricky.

"Oh, um, hi guys! I, um, I thought it was mom or someone. Um, why don't you two go up to my room? Allie's there watching Douglas Booth's pictures. Go, go, go...... check him out!" Adrian finishes, clearly embarrassed.

She has gone red and Ricky seems incapable of finishing a simple sentence. He looks around the room awkwardly and messes up his hair. Their embarrassment is cute. I open my mouth to say something but then, I remember that Adrian might avenge it when I'm with Nathan.

I grab a giggling Lauren by her arm and we make our way towards Adrian's room.

As we climb the last flight of stairs, we bump into Allie, who's sitting there like a ninja. None of us has to ask her what she's doing; we already know. She's spying on Adrian. And I don't blame her. Douglas is hawt and all but nothing compares with invading your best friend's privacy so you can tease her about it later.

"You guys, you should've heard them flirting!" Allie says, pretending to wipe a tear from her eye.

"What? You can hear them from up here?" Lauren asks. I face palm myself. Honestly, sometimes my friends are just so dumb!

"Of course not! But you can make out great deal from their expressions, stupid! Plus sometimes you just understand what they're saying!" I stake.

"Exactly!" Allie nods.

"Ahhouh! Well, I'd better warn you guys... I can see her coming up, let's make a dash for it!" Lauren whispers.

Without thinking, we run up the stairs. Believe me, an angry Adrian is not someone you want to face. Not now, not ever.

"Alright, I know you guys were eavesdropping! And no, I'm not angry, for a change. I'm still high on the serotonin release that came with the incomparable joy of kissing Ricky!" she finishes up.

I release a breath that I hadn't realized was holding up till now. Allie and Lauren leave a sigh of relief too.

Smirking, I turn back to Adrian, "How was the experience, Ad?"

"Oh, you wouldn't believe it! It was wonderful. When he pulled me closer to him, I just, you know, felt this tug in my blood that began pushing me near him. And then, you know when he pulled me up closer, until I could see nothing but the green specks of his eye, blood started surging through my veins as if I were running a marathon. My heart started sounding like a thousand drums at once and then, when our tongues interlocked, it was the best feeling in the world... it was like...um..."

"drinking champagne and chocolate milk and sucking on a lollipop and letting nutella fall down your mouth and just about tasting everything that makes your tongue feel more like a tongue?" Allie interjects.

"Couldn't have put it better myself!" Adrian says, beaming.

All of the three look away dreamily at the walls. And although I'm not a mind-reader and neither are you guys, we have a pretty good idea of what they're thinking now, don't we?

Only instead of making me feel downright elated for them, it makes me feel sick in the stomach. It reminds me of Nate, his cheekbones, his eyes, his hair, his sent and then him again.

The only thing is that I don't want to be reminded of him right now.

So, I clear my throat awkwardly and everyone snaps back to reality. Adrian just can't stop blushing and her soliloquy has unofficially rendered kissing to be the only topic we're going to discuss tonight.

"Um, Allie, how many times do you think and Evan have, um, kissed?" Adrian enquires.

"Um, we're fifteen now. You think we've kissed more than once?" Allie replies.

Lauren looks at Allie suggestively and raises an eyebrow.

"Okay, okay..... It's been about 17 kisses up till now. I've told you guys about each one. Don't raise your brow this time, Lau, you look like a badass gangsta! I mean it. I've told you guys about every single one of them!" she says.

And it's the truth. No matter how reserved a girl might be, when she shares a kiss with the love of her life, her best friends know. They just do.

"Well, this was my first ever kiss with Ricky. Actually, it was my first one ever." Adrian confesses.

"We know THAT! So, Lauren, what about you?" I ask

"Um, Emmett and I French kissed only once. And I've told you guys about the snogging. Before him, I kissed this guy called Duncan at my old school. That's it." Lauren says

Then the three of them turn and look at me.

"What?" I say, "You know I've never shared a peck with any guy let alone be French-kissed!"

"Well, I can change that!' Adrian says, imitating Nathan's voice. I throw a pillow at her and try to smile.

But the goddamned smile just doesn't come out. The voice hit a spot. And I'm not mad at Adrian, I'm yearning for Nathan. Yep, yearning's the word to use, I miss him that bad.

"Um, Ad, did Ricky tell you where the guys are, by any chance?" I manage to crack out.

"They're over at Emmett's...." she replies, "Hey, what's wrong Scarlett?" she asks.

Tears have welled up in my eyes. I don't know why. And I want to tell her, but I don't know what's the matter with me, myself.

"I have no clue..." I say, my voice rather thick with emotion, as the first teardrop falls on the bed.

A/N:-

Hey guys!!!

Extremely sorry for the prolonged delay. It's been 3-4 weeks, I know. All I can say in my  defence is : EXAMS! I guess that is self-explanatory.

Anyhow, I've tried to make up for my continuous absence by posting this huge-ass chapter. So, no complaints please!

On a different note, I have a eleven day break now, so I may post more than once a week to make up for lost time. But my school open's  on 23rd march and then updates are going to be weekly.

On a more contrasting note, why do you think Scar cries? Do you think  she'll tell her friends what the matter is?

Stay tuned to find out.

Uh.... Yep, I guess this is about it!

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