I Don't Like You

Chapter 24

'I'd rather throw you on my bed and have my way with you'. I was aching to say.

Instead, "What are you thinking about? It looks like your planning an assassination." I told her. the corners of her mouth turned up.

"I saw you and Naomi earlier." She raised her eyebrows at me, expectantly. I sighed. Damn. I didn't want Corey to see the guy that went around screwing girls. I felt bad every time I did it too, because shortly after, I would think of Corey.

"Yeah...." I started out nervously. "I really don't know why I responded like that. I guess I just missed the feeling of being in.....love." She looked at the ground and smiled.

"So, that wasn't-"

"No." I quickly cut her off. She looked up at me.

"Okay."

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Corey's P.O.V (Earlier)

"Jay!" I asked hitting his arm. He hated when I did that.

"What?" He asked simply while smiling. You know that weird question he asked me earlier? He wouldn't tell me why he asked such a random question.

I pouted and gave him my puppy eyes. He rolled his at me. "Fine." He let out a cough. "When I called your house last night, your mom told me you spent the night at a friends house. Considering you weren't with me, and I don't think, you would stay with Peyton, So the only person really left is Aiden. Now I'm here wondering why you would possibly be spending the night with Aiden."

Wow.

"Why don't you think I could've been with Peyton?" I squinted my eyes at him. He rose an eyebrow.

"You're too innocent to be spending the night with Peyton. Considering he's your boyfriend." Even though that still didn't prove anything, he was right. I could never spend the night with Peyton.

'But you could with Aiden?'

"Exactly." He said after my moment of silence.

All those questions that were running through my mind last night came to thought. "Jay, I need your Input on something."

"Anything."

"Ok. Lately, anytime someone mentions me and Peyton, I get this bad feeling. It seems like somethings not right. Also, any time I'm around Aiden, it feels weird. It's confusing. I want to be around him but I don't. I can't even explain how I feel. Its frustrating to think about because I can't even understand it. What's wrong with me, Jay?"

He studied me when a smile appeared on his face. The hell? Why was he smiling? I just admitted that I'm completely confused about everything that's going on and he's just smiling?!

"You like him." His smile grew. What?

What did he just say?

"You like him." Jackson repeated nodding his head. What the hell was he talking about?!

"Who, Jay? Who do I like?" I half screamed at him.

"Aiden. You like Aiden. You don't even have to tell me, for me to know that most of your time is dedicated to him. You just said that you like being around him and, I can tell that you've taken an interest in him. I see the way you react when he touches you. You do like him, Corey. In fact, if I didn't know any better, I'd say your in love with him." Jay said simply.

Are you serious? He thought I liked Aiden? I didn't feel that way about Aiden, though. Did I?

It was true though. I have found myself enjoying his company lately. And I have been spending a lot of time with him. I'd say the both of us forgot about our 'punishment''. Maybe it was true. Maybe I did like Aiden.

But what about Peyton? He was my boyfriend. He was the one I wanted to be with. He was the one I should be with, right? I don't know.

Before I could think about it anymore, the bell for lunch went off. Me and Jackson made our way out of study hall and he turned towards me. "Are you going to join me today?" He said looking down at me. I shook my head. I really needed to clear my head and the school cafeteria wasn't the best place for that. "Okay, I'll catch up with you later, marshmallow." He said giving me a tight hug. I chuckled and pushed him away.

"Alright. Text me if there having Pasta. Im in an Italian mood."

"They have pizza, ya know." He replied raising his brows.

"It's not the same. I want pasta." He laughed at my difficult self and walked away.

I made my way to my locker through the empty hallways. I liked how the hallways were quiet during lunch. That's why I spend so much time in the halls than in the actual lunch room when we're supposed to be in there. As I walked through the halls, I stopped in my tracks.

Oh my gosh....

Through the glass windows, I saw Aiden kissing Naomi while he had her pressed up against a wall. The kiss looked pretty heated and intense.

Wow.

A huge wave of emotions rushed through me. Confusion, shock, maybe disappointment, hurt, pain.....
Yeah.........I definitely had a crush on Aiden Praxston.

Wow.

I forced myself to look away from their little scene and continued down the hallway. I leaned against the lockers and slowly slid down. I need to sort out my thoughts.

I understand that I have a crush on Aiden. That explains a lot of emotions that I've been feeling lately. But how did I feel about Peyton? He was my boyfriend. And I really did care about him. He's sweet, funny, cute, and he's just doing everything right. I feel pretty guilty; having a crush on Aiden. I should only have eyes for Peyton, Not his enemy. Aiden. The way he made me feel anytime his body touched mine. The way he smiled or laughed was really cute. I loved it when we played around with each other. being Around him makes me feel like the most happiest girl in the world. The only problem is, Peyton makes me feel the same way. There was something different about them, and I was clueless to what.

'You are with Peyton,' my mind told me. 'He doesn't deserve to be betrayed like that'. It was true. I do care about Peyton; too much that I don't want to hurt him if he figures out that I've fallen for his enemy. I need to stay with him. He makes me happy and that's all that matters, right?

Suddenly, footsteps pulled me out of my thoughts. I turned my head to see who was strolling down the hallway, when I saw him.

Aiden.