[Tough love- Chapter nineteen; New Partner.]
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It was another month before anything happened again. We had all stayed clear of Will as his whole gang had stayed away from us (Including Will.) We hadn't seen or heard anything of them, so we were grateful.
Ryder had taken me to a bunch more of his races and like every time, he won. I went to the guys fighting matches and now I can stand pain a lot more. Zach and Harley has taught me that. They taught me a bunch of breathing techies and ways to deal with pain. It was actually pretty simple.
I raced Zach a lot. Of course he beat me but there have been multiple times where I have gotten so fucking close to beating him.
We had pretty much seemed like nothing every even happened. I mean yea, there was a large scar on my arm but that was the only reminder of it.
"Give up, Parker!" Zach yelled from the opposite branch. I shook my head and tightened my grip. "There's no way in hell I'm skinny dipping in this water!" I looked down at the water below me. If I was about a foot taller, my feet would touch the top.
So... your probably wondering what's going on. Well, we came back to the lake and it's almost dark. Zach had this great idea of going skinny dipping and I don't know about you, but I'm not so fond of people seeing me butt naked. Especially a guy. And since we're in November, the waters feeding cold.
So we made a bet. If I fall into the water above the tree first, we have to skinny dip. If Zach falls first, he has to ask out Austin. Yea... Austin. But that's what Zach gets for saying Austin likes me. So I would die laughing if I watched Zach do that.
"Come on, don't make me sound gay here." I laughed and shook my head. "Nope. This isn't just about skinny dipping. Its about watching you embarrass yourself." I laughed. He shook his head at me and kicked my shin. "Hey!" I kicked his back.
Now, a month ago, him kicking me this hard would've hurt like hell. But I don feel anything now. I was starting to slip a bit but held my grip. I knew Zach wasn't going to fall anytime soon. He had muscles the size of my head itself. But if I can get him to fall....
I'm so glad I took gymnastics when I was seven. I smirked and shifted my body back and forth until I got my feet on the top of his branch. "What are you doing?" Zach asked. I smirked and kicked his fingers. He yelled and fell. "Not skinny dipping!" I yelled down at him. He surfaced the water and shook his head.
"You shouldn't of done that, Alex." I Let out a laugh. "What are you going to do? hit me? Your not suppose to hit girls, Colton." he smirked an walked right under me. "Oh trust me, I'm not."
I gasped as he grabbed my ankles and yanked me into the water. I screamed as I went under the freezing water. I resurfaced and hadn't even known I had latched onto Zach's back until now. "Im f-freeeezing." I shivered. Zach laughed and grabbed my thighs, making sure I was secure on his back. Also sending shivers up my spine.
I had my arms wrapped so tightly around his neck, wanting some type of warmth. "Thats what you get for cheating. You should be skinny dipping for me." I rolled my eyes and whacked his head. "I w-wouldn't have d-done it anyways."
"You would've done it, or Id wait till you went so sleep, strip you down, then throw you in the river." I used my legs he was holding and kicked his private area with the ball of my foot.
He grunted and leaned forward. "I will drop you right here, if you do that again. Their already about to fall off and you kicking them isn't helping." I laughed the best I could as he walked out of the lake.
Once we were on land, he tried dropping me, but I was frozen with my legs wrapped tightly around his waist. My ankles were actually touching each other at his stomach. He laughed and put his hands back at my thighs. "Getting touchy now I see."
"Shut up. Im freezing and your currently the only thing I have as warmth. Don't make me kick your friend again." He just laughed as we made it back to his car.
Once we were there, I hopped off him and got in, freezing my ass off.
Once we were had gotten back home and separated our ways, into our own houses, I took a shower quickly and got out, dressing in shorts and a Duke t-shirt. I walked into my room and walked over to my radio. I quickly put in my PATD ('Panic! At the disco.') CD and hit play.
I rolled over onto my bed and grabbed my laptop, pulling up the Sims and playing.
I waited for my favorite PATD song to play and bobbed my head to the rhythm, singing along the lyrics.
"Oh!
A moment you'll never remember
And a night you'll never forget!
Oh!
All you sinners stand up, sing hallelujah (hallelujah!)
Show praise with your body
Stand up, sing hallelujah (hallelujah!)
And if you can't stop shaking, lean back
Let it move right through ya (hallelujah!)
Say your prayers
Say your prayers
Say your prayers
(Hallelujah!)
My life started the day I got caught
Under the covers
With secondhand lovers
Oh, tied up in pretty young things
In a state of emergency
Who was I tryna be?
Then the time for being sad is over
And you miss 'em like you miss no other
And being blue is better than being over it (over it)
All you sinners stand up, sing hallelujah!
Show praise with your body,
Stand up, sing Hallelujah!
And if you can't stop shaking, lean back
Let it move right through ya!
Say your prayers.
Say your prayers
Say your prayers
I was drunk and it didn't mean a thing
Stop thinking about
The bullets from my mouth
I love the things you hate about yourself
Just finished a daydream
Who were you tryna be?
Then the time for being sad is over
And you miss 'em like you miss no other
And being blue is better than being over it (over it)
No one wants you when you have no heart and
I'm sitting pretty in my brand new scars and
You'll never know if you don't ever try again
So let's try
Let's try
Let's try
All the sinners stand up sing hallelujah!
Show praise with your body,
stand up, sing Hallelujah!
And if you can't sop shaking, lean back,
Let it move right through ya!
Say your prayers
Say your prayers
Say your prayers....."
I smiled as the next song played and I was about to start singing, when a pencil hit my window. I smiled and got up, walking over to it. I opened it up and turned my radio down. "Sup Colton."
"Mind turning it down. Some people are trying to sleep." I cocked my head and raised an eyebrow. "One of them cant possibly be you." He smirked and nodded. "Your right. But you ruined my night with your horrid singing." I laughed and stuck out my tongue.
"Stick that back in your mouth before I come over there and do it for you." I stuck my tongue out again. "Alex.... stop now. You don't have to be so dirty. I know you want me to kiss you."
My jaw dropped and I silently gasped. "I don't want you to kiss me!" I claimed. He smirked. "Yea you do."
"No. I don't. Get over yourself." He laughed and shook his head. "Your to fun to mess with."
"Hey! I take that offensively." I pouted, crossing my arms. He leaned more out the window. "Aw. You want me to come kiss the pout off your lips?" I grabbed one of my smaller blue pillows and threw it ad him. "Shut up!" He caught It and smirked throwing it somewhere in his room. "Ha! You didn't deny it!" he taunted, laughing at me.
I crossed my arms and glared at him. "Thats because if I did, you'd be like 'Yes you do'!" I mocked in my best imitation of his voice. He raised an eyebrow at me. "I do not! Speak like that." I laughed and nodded. "Yea you do."
"No. I don't. And I wouldn't be lying by saying yes you do because you know-" he was cut off from my mom screaming at my door, pounding on it. "Alexandrea Parker! Open this door!" I sighed and stood. "Sorry Zach. My mom." He simply nodded and stood also.
"See ya Parker."
"Bye Colton." I said, shutting the window. I closed my curtains and went to my radio. I clicked It off and went to my door.
So.... me and my mom have been very... loud the past month. We've gotten into a bunch of fights and that's mainly because I have an 'attitude' with her all the time. But I can't exactly blamed myself. She's the one who is cheating on my dad with the neighbor. So I will make her mad any way I can.
"What?" I asked. She put her hands on her hips. "I have been calling you for the past ten minutes."
"What do you want?"
"Stop with the attitude already, Alex. Im getting tired of it. I was just coming to tell you that the Colton's invited us out to a ball tomorrow night and your coming. No if's or but's about it." I grunted. "Mom please. I hate wearing dresses. Especially if I'm going to be around Zach."
"Zachary is nice young gentleman an you will be nice to him." With that, she turned and went downstairs. Great. Not only do I have to go to a lame ball, but I have to wear a dress.
Just fucking great.
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"So tell me.... if Nathan or me asked you out, who would you say yes to?" Austin asked, slugging an arm over my shoulder, pulling me to his side. I laughed and shook my head. "Nathan. No doubt." Austin glared at me, whilst I smirked up at him. "Well thanks there, Alee. Now I know how much you think of me."
"Oh come on. Lighten up. Look at you, then look at Nate. He's hot, and your not. Hey! That rhymed!" He frowned at me and turned away, crossing his arms. "Okay. I see how it is. We are no longer friends Alee."
I laughed and wrapped my arms around his neck from the back an got on my tipi toes to rest my chin on his shoulder. "Im sorry Austy, please forgive me?" I begged, smiling. He slightly turned to me, a smirk in place. "I'll forgive you.... if you kiss my toes." I pulled away from him and pushed his back.
"On second thought, I can deal with you being mad at me." I joked. He laughed and caught up to me.
We laughed and talked until he got to his classroom and I got to mine. We said bye and I slid into Chemistry.
After taking our seats, Mr. James stood up from his desk. "Alright class. Today we have important news..... you all are getting new partners," The whole class groaned. Even me. I looked over at Riley. She looked just as disappointed as I was to be switching.
"I know I know. Stop your complaining. The people you can blame for that is Cole and Thomas." Everyone looked back at the two trouble makers.
Cole had the dirty blonde hair that was a mess. Plus dark brown eyes that almost looked black. Thomas was the complete opposite. He had dark black hair that resembled mine and bright green eyes.
But both of them were the trouble makers in classes. Different from Zach. They are obnoxious and want everyone to look at them. Zach just said smart ass remarks if you talked to him. That was, during school only.
"I'm picking partners this time. Riley, go back there with Tyler. Haley, come up here with Thomas. Alex, go up beside Cole."
Did he just say.... Cole. Oh well this should be great. I pursed my lips Together and sighed, Standing up with my books and making my way towards the back. It was hard to miss the way Cole's eyes trailed down my whole body before resting on my chest, then him smirking.
I shivered uncomfortably under his gaze. I took my seat beside him and tied scooting as faraway ask could. Which wasn't that far since we had to share a small table.
I heard his chair scoot closer to mine, before I felt his breath next to my ear. "So your the girl everyone's been talking about."
I didn't turn to him, Only watched as Mr. James partnered everyone up. "I doubt that." I hear him scoff, and that's when I turned to him. "Babe everyone knows you now. After what your boyfriend did at that party last month, your all they talk about."
"Boyfriend?"
He nodded. "Zach is your boyfriend isn't he?"