(A third chapter in a day! I low key feel disappointed about this chapter, so let me know what you think.)
"He what?!" Ali yelled through the phone.
"He kicked me Ali, then finally Bobby reacted." I sighed, feeling the emotions from last night begin to dwell.
"Daniel... how is he now?"
"He's fine," I began to admit, "Daniel and Mr. Miyagi seemed weird. Like they were hiding something. But I shouldn't think too hard about it," the phone was silent on her end, "I'm sure he will call and tell you about last night sometime soon. I think it is just a lot for him too."
She hummed in response.
"Then I came home, Mom seemed so worried. My uncle is sick again and my dad went down with him."
Ali spoke up, "I'm so sorry."
"Yeah. Mom won't even tell me when he will come back or at least she doesn't know. I'm not sure."
Ali sighed, "Gosh I'm sorry. You have so much going on."
"Yeah..." I cleared my throat, "You know what?"
"What?"
I smiled, "How about a little coffee shop girls' date?"
"Right now?"
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"Wow, I haven't been in this shop before."
"Well, to be honest, I haven't either." I laughed.
Ali walked up to the counter, ready to place an order. After ordering our drinks, we went and sat at a table. It was silent for a bit. Both of us looking out the window, watching people pass by.
"You know I have to be honest." She spoke up.
I gave her a confused look.
She sighed, fiddling with the sugar packets. Ali rested her head on her hand, thinking hard about something, "Me and Daniel aren't talking right now."
My heart dropped a little bit. Ali and Daniel? There is no way. I mean how? They were like the perfect couple. Heck everyone was probably rooting for them. I crossed my arms, "What do you mean Ali? You guys were fine at lunch the other day?"
She shook her head. Ali leaned back against the booth and closed her eyes for a moment, "He kind of brushed me off and it hurt my feelings."
"Brushed you off," I questioned, "Like how?"
She sat uneasily in her seat, "I don't know." She sat quietly.
Was it that serious? Maybe it wasn't! They seemed fine at lunch the other day, I mean come on. Daniel even seemed fine and didn't mention a thing.
"He brushed me off to hang out with you okay..." she looked down.
I couldn't help but smile, "Ali? Are you being serious right now?"
"What?" She looked a little upset by my reaction.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing, "Ali come on."
"He did and it hurt okay."
I dropped the smile, "Ali he was helping me fix the faucet. Mr. Miyagi taught him. And I'm glad he did because Mr. Miyagi wasn't there the other day."
"Still."
I began laughing, "Ali the faucet was broken! You see him every day!"
She rolled her eyes with a sigh, "Fine."
"Fine, what?"
She rolled her eyes again, "Maybe it wasn't that serious."
"You think so?" I laughed again.
"Come on I think our drinks are done."
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"Ali it was a fun day." I smiled at her as we walked out of the coffee shop.
She nodded along with what I said, "Well soon me and the girls are going to Golf N' Stuff. Want to join us?"
I nodded, "That would be great, just let me know a date soon."
We began walking to her car when I heard someone call my name.
"Y/n is that you?"
I turned around and smiled at the person behind me, "Landen?!"
He smiled back.
"Wow yeah, I think I should go." Ali laughed.
Landen walked over to us, "It's alright Ali. I will bring her home."
Ali nodded, grinning, "I am sure you will."
"Bye, Ali!"
She waved me off. Inc whetting in her car, she gave me a sly look before driving off.
I sighed turning back to Landen, "Gosh it has been forever!"
He lightly smiled, "I think forever is a bit over the top."
"You think so?"
"I know so."
This made me laugh. It has been a bit since me and Landen have seen each other. I didn't even see him at school or maybe I was just too distracted to notice.
"How about we ride down to the beach? There is a party going on!"
"At this time?" I looked down at my watch. It read around 6."
"Not too bad, but come on!" He pleaded.
I laughed, "Landen I'm not even dressed for the occasion!" After sharing my concerns, he rolled his eyes playfully.
"It's fine! You're wearing shorts and a T-shirt." He made sure I took notice.
I sighed, "Fine, but you owe me."
"Owe you what?" He asked as we began walking to his car.
"I don't know yet. But you do."
He turned back looking forward. He shook his head with a smile on his face, "If you need extra clothes I will give you some." He offered.
"What a gentleman," I remarked playfully.
"Of course."
After a short drive of laughing and joking around, he pulled up to a parking spot in front of the beach. Once we exited the car, the music got way louder.
Landen took my hand, "Careful it's steep." He reminded me.
"Thanks." We stepped carefully down the sandy hill, watching every step we took until making it to the bottom.
"Hey I have some friends over here, come on," He informed me before dragging us over. Once making it over, Landen made his presence known, "Hey guys!"
"Hey!" Some said in unison.
"What's up, man?" One of his friends asked.
"Nothing much," he pulled me forward, "This is-"
"Y/n?" One friend laughed, "Yeah we know."
Some copied his reaction by laughing. Not in a mean way, but in a way of humor.
"Right." He let out a breathy laugh.
I smiled at his group of friends.
"Think everyone knows her. You since the Cobras love her."
My smile dropped a bit. Was I known for that? It pained me to know that I was. I didn't want to be.
Landen gave them a look of disappointment.
"I don't blame them. She seems cool." A blonde one spoke up trying to lighten the mood.
Some of his friends agreed with a smile and high-fiving each other.
Landen pulled me closer, "I'm sorry about them, they can be a bit-"
"Truthful?" I spoke over him, "Yeah I can tell."
He gave a sympathetic smile. Landen pulled me over to a seat that rested around a fire, "What would you like to drink?"
"A water would be fine." I rubbed my knees nervously.
Landen passed me a bottled water before joining me on the seat as well.
"Guys we should play a game."
All the guys agreed in unison. I sat silently watching the waves hit the shore.
Landen whispered in my ear, "Are you alright?"
I turned to him and smiled, "I'm okay."
"Hey, you guys playing?" The blonde boy brought up again.
Landen cleared his throat, "No we are okay."
"Boring!"
Another one of his friends stood up, "Hey guys," he yelled across the beach, "We have a game of truth or dare, kissing style!" He added making his friends laugh.
Landen whispered an apology, but to be honest I didn't mind.
People began to fill in around the fire, chatting and laughing. Claire a girl from my school turned down the music and poured herself another drink.
"Alright, who are we gonna start with?" Someone shouted.
"Cal!" Landen's friends joked with the blonde who initiated the game.
"Okay okay!" He calmed down the crowd.
"Truth or dare?"
"I don't know Kaden how about dare?" He grinned.
"I dare you to go skinny dip in the ocean," Kaden suggested.
Everyone began to cheer Cal on, making him start to remove his clothes.
"Yeah, Cal!" A friend patted him on the back.
After leaving himself fully unclothed, Cal ran to the ocean jumping in.
What an idiot.
"Cal who's next?!" Kaden yelled.
Cal jumped out of the ocean, starting to put his clothes back on, tripping while doing so, "Evan!" A muffled yell called out.
"Evan! Truth or dare?"
"Truth." He smirked.
"Is it true..." Kaden began to think, "That you have been cheating on Emily?"
Evan looked at a girl who he had an arm around. She looked up at him concerned. I'm assuming that was Emily.
Evan grinned, embarrassed and trying to hide something. He didn't say a word and began to kiss Emily instead.
Everyone began to egg on the situation. But I was confused.
I turned to Landen, "Why did he kiss her instead of answering?"
Landen looked down at me, "Well, when you don't want to answer you have to kiss someone. Or anyone at that."
"Oh..." I looked down. That was sad. It was obvious that he was just because of the refusal to answer. You could tell Emily knew to by the change in her looks and demeanor.
"Okay! I choose-"
Evan was cut off by someone talking, "Sorry we're late."
It was Johnny and his Cobras. Everyone began greeting them, even giving them pats on their backs and initiating handshakes. They were the stars of the crowd tonight.
Johnny walked over toward mine and Landen's direction, looking for a spot to sit. It didn't take long for him to notice me and he made sure that I knew he did. As Johnny and the guys found their seats, he just stared at me. He wasn't the only one, Bobby was too and he was sitting right next to me.
"Alright guys, let's continue!"
As Evan began daring someone else, Bobby grabbed my attention, "What are you doing here?" He said lowly.
All I did was look at him. I felt I couldn't talk to him, not even look at him. Why should I? What he did was did the other night was terrible. Sighing, I looked away, not wanting to acknowledge him anymore.
"Are they bothering you?" Landen whispered.
I shook my head.
"Here." He placed his leather jacket over my shoulders, "It's getting cold out here."
I grabbed the jacket, wrapping it around me tighter, "Thanks." I smiled. He nodded and we turned back to the game.
"Truth or dare Henry?"
Henry grinned, "Truth."
"Okay, is it true that when you got drunk at Caleb's party, you kissed his sister?"
Disgusting.
Henry smirked making the crowd go wild. It didn't take him long to get up, preparing to kiss someone.
Unlike Henry, I wasn't prepared. He came over to me, grinning.
"Sorry, I'm not playing..." I cleared my throat.
People began to laugh. I looked down embarrassed, "Oh come on, just one kiss!" Henry pestered.
"Dude," Landen spoke up, "She isn't playing."
Henry ignored him and went in the kiss me. He grabbed my arms, preventing me from moving. The thing was Henry didn't even get the chance to meet my lips as he was jerked off of me.
I quickly stood up petrified from being held against my will as people cheered. When I looked over to find out what happened to Henry, I saw Johnny. He was relentlessly hitting Henry over and over again. Still, people cheered.
"Don't you ever fucking touch her!" He yelled.
Henry lay helplessly on the ground, unable to block himself from Johnny's hits.
While I watched, I felt someone interlock our hands. Looking over, I caught sight of Bobby looking concerned at me, "Are you okay...?"
I didn't reply, instead I looked back at Johnny who was being pulled off by Landen and some other guys.
I felt a tear roll down my cheek.
Once Johnny was off of Henry, he looked over towards me. My brows were furrowed and my mouth was agape. It all happened so fast that I didn't even have time to think.
Quickly, Johnny rushed over to me and held me in his grasp. His breath was heavy. One arm wrapped around my waist, while the other rested on the back of my head, laying me into his chest.
I closed my eyes letting a couple of tears fall.
"I got you..." He whispered.
(Guys tell me what you think. Please. Also give some suggestions! They are well needed.)
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