"you're so bad for me." i whispered as the boy with the dark eyes came dangerously close to my face.
he stared at me with intense heat, and i felt the last shred of innocence I held slipping away.
"i know."
************
I threw off the covers and walked slowly towards the window, heart thudding loudly in my chest.
I pulled back my white curtains and slid open the window, looking down at the grassy lawn below.
I was shocked to see Zach standing there, a bunch of tiny pebbles in his hand. He looked up at me and smiled.
"Hi." He said.
"Zach! What are you doing? It's 3 in the morning!" I exclaimed, whispering loud enough for him to hear me.
"You said you liked my car, so let's go for a drive." He replied. He said it so nonchalantly, as if it was a Saturday afternoon instead of a Wednesday in the middle of the night.
"What?"
"Come down!"
I shook my head.
"You're insane!"
"You know you want to." Zach continued, a knowing grin on his face.
I bit my bottom lip, considering it. My mom was spending another night at the studio, but my dad was home.
How would I get outside?
"I'll be down in a minute." I said without thinking. I closed the window and rushed to my closet, changing out of my Penn State T-shirt and into a thin lavender long sleeved shirt, and I kept on my plaid pajama shorts.
I threw on socks and my moccasins, grabbed my house key, then padded over to my bedroom door. I slowly opened it, making sure it didn't creak. The upstairs hallway was pitch black, and once my eyes got adjusted to the darkness, I walked on my tip toes towards the spiral staircase, slowly and carefully making my way down it.
Once I was on the ground floor, I walked over to the front door, unlocking it slowly so I wouldn't wake my dad. Once the door was unlocked, I opened it, then stealthily made my way outside. I went around the house to where Zach was standing under my bedroom window.
He looked at me when I walked over, jangling his car keys in his hand.
"Ready?" He asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be."
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****** We got into his car, and he drove off quickly.
"Where are we going?" I asked him.
"Somewhere we won't get caught." He answered slyly.
I looked at him.
"What do you mean, Zach? Seriously, I thought we were just going for a drive."
