~Lia- 13 years old~
"I cannot believe you. If I knew a cute guy was interested in me, I would have totally kissed him by now!"
Amber was on the other line claiming Calvin Hangerson's "true feelings" for me.
Of course she would. She was totally convinced that Calvin keeps staring at me every time we were close to him.
"Calm down Am, you sound like a 13 year old girl who fangirls about 5SOS and her best friend's nonexistent love life."
"Ha. Ha. Thanks sherlock. But you can make fun of my obsession with finding you a boyfriend, you can make fun of me being a cat lady, but you CANNOT make fun of my future husband- who I swear is one of the members of 5SOS."
Amber was, fair to say, a cat lady. She has gotten three cats in the span of one year.
I'm scared to find how many will be in her house in the next 3 months.
"LIA, HELP YOUR LOVING BROTHER OUT AND LET'S KICK SOME ASS ON MODERN MAFIA!!" Dylan suddenly screamed from across the house at me.
"What is this ass kicking I am hearing? It better be about Calvin, and if you can't tell, yes, I am winking on the other line trying to give you a hint" Amber voiced over phone.
"Okay you are ridiculous and disgusting. I'm hanging up" I laughed.
"Ug fine but there better be some action soo-" before she could finish I hung up and saved myself from embarrassment.
I put my hair up in a messy bun in front of the mirror and walked across the hall to my brother's room.
"Who's ass are we about to kick?" I asked, walking inside.
"Just Trevor and Jack since I told them you would be up for some MM multiplayer."
Those three I swear were addicted to playing Modern Mafia on Xbox. But then so was I.
You could say my little brother and I bond over wanting to beat everyone in a little Modern Mafia.
I ruffled up Dyl's hair and gave him a smug look. "Watch and learn baby brother" I advised.
I cracked my knuckles, getting ready to beat the crap out of my brother's friends.
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After most definitely kicking Trevor and Jack's asses, Dylan and I decided to celebrate with some salsa and chips and watch TV. Ah who am I kidding, we do that all the time anyways.
Later I got a text from Cole telling me to come over and help him out with something.
I didn't bother to change or do anything since it was just to see Cole after all- the guy who has since forever seen me drool when sleeping to waking up with the ugliest bed head while wearing Hello Kitty pajamas that my aunt gave me years ago in a size way too big at that time.
Don't judge, they were pretty comfortable.
I told Dyl I was going over to Cole's and he bid me goodbye by throwing tortia chips at me and raising the volume up.
We have a special relationship.
I went across the street to the Hutchings house and walked in. Passing the door, and in the middle of my huge ugly yawn, I spotted Cole who started chuckling to himself and, of course, Calvin Hangerson with his mouth open, watching me.
I mentally whacked myself on the head, knowing I had on a 2-second whipped up messy bun, a t-shirt that read "Do Not Disturb: Snoring Session", and a pair of Hello Kitty slippers that came along with the previously described pajamas.
At 3pm.
"So uh.. What did you call me over for?" I asked while sending Cole a you-could-have-warned-me look.
"We needed your help on the research paper since I know you're almost done with yours" he answered acting innocent.
I was so definitely going to kill him later.
"You guys work on the paper and I'll walk over to get us some food" Cole said secretly giving me a wink.
"That sounds cool. If that's alright with you Lia" Calvin asked.
"Um. yeah- okay sure!" I stuttered.
Oh god I honestly cannot be more embarrassing than this.
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At first it was awkward.
Or more like I was awkward while Calvin was nice enough to laugh at anything I said that came out of my mouth all weird.
But after some time I got pretty comfortable around him.
"No way. You almost got kidnapped by THE ice cream man?" Calvin questioned.
"Yeah" I laughed, "but it turned out to be pretty great."
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When I was 6 and Dylan was 4, we were just on the front lawn playing and the ice cream truck came into the street.
I didn't hear about the news that the town ice cream man was allegedly arrested for rape before and just ran to the truck to get Dylan and I spongebob-shaped popsicles.
I can't resist those.
I leaned in to get a better look and see if the ice cream man had them in stock. He told me to come inside the truck to see more clearly.
As I was about to get closer, my dad screamed "Lia!!!!" and took Dylan and I home.
Jay was outside of his house the whole time and it turned out that he was the one who saw me running after the truck and immediately sprinted to my house to get my dad.
l remember getting scolded by my parents about never going near the ice cream truck again and me getting really sad since the spongebob popsicles weren't sold in my neighborhood.
A week later Jay and Mrs. Johnson came over with her saying that Jay begged for the popsicles that were in the next town over since me thinking that I would never get my hands on them again.
I gave him the biggest hug ever and we went outside my front lawn and ate spongebob popsicles until our stomachs were about to blow.
I heard the ice cream truck tunes speeding around the neighborhood but never felt more secure with my spy partner next to me.
What would I do without Stilinski?
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Cole came back after Calvin and I finished the whole paper while having a surprisingly fun time.
I don't know whether Cole purposefully came back super late because of his supposed plan he told me about to get Calvin to ask me out or just so he didn't have to work on the essay and get a free ride.
Something told me it might have been both.
Calvin's older brother honked from his car telling him to come out.
"Hey Lia can I talk to you before I go?" Calvin asked.
I replied with a simple 'sure' and we went out the door after he told Cole that he'll see him on Monday again.
"So what's up?" I said casually.
He took a second. "Do you maybe want to meet up sometime again soon? Like see a movie?"
Whoa, wait. What???
Did he literally see me as more than someone he just had a pretty decent time with? Like more than a newly made friend? Was this really happening? I'm a girl who's still in her pj's and probably showed him the ugliest side of me ever and he wants to go out with me?
"I'm guessing that's a n-" I realized I was still in a trance.
"No! I mean, sorry. I just didn't think you thought of me like that. But I would love to" I gave him a big smile.
Please let this face not make me look like a serial killer.
"Are you kidding? I think you're totally rocking the pj's" Calvin laughed.
"And it's cute" he mumbled slightly blushing.
Maybe I should ask for more Hello Kitty slippers from Aunt Julie after all.
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Hey! I've been updating frequently since school hasn't started yet.. But it will in a few days. Gosh I hate that sentence. Can't you just hear my enthusiasm and school spirit?
Anyways thanks for reading and I'll update soon!
pic ---> Dylan Sprayberry as Dylan Stephens
-J