As soon as I realized what I just did, I quickly put my clothes back on and stood up. "I-I gotta go."
Jason looked at me, confused. "What? Why?"
"Because this wasn't suppose to happen. I'll see you later." I turned around, ran down the dunes, and to my car. I didn't want to go home so I drove to Riley's house.
Luckily, she was outside playing basketball when I pulled into her driveway. She noticed me and put her basketball away. I put the car in park and got out.
"Hey," I said.
"Hey. Where were you after lunch?" she asked.
Should I tell her? Well she is my best friend and I tell her everything. "Don't judge me if I tell you."
She had a confused look on her face. "Of course I won't. I'm your best friend. You can tell me anything." We went inside and sat down in the living room.
I sighed. "Okay... I just lost my virginity."
Her eyes widened. "What? To who?"
"Jason."
Her jaw dropped. "Seriously? Well, do you regret it?"
"I honestly don't know. When it happened I didn't, but now I'm not sure."
She nodded in understanding. That ship had sailed a long time ago for her but she still understands why I don't know if I regret it or not. I'm not saying she's a slut 'cause she regrets not waiting, which I don't think makes sense bcause she's been with more than one guy.
"Well you love him so I don't see why you would regret it if you do." She was texting someone with a somewhat bored looking expression on her face, as if calling me out on being in love with Jason wasn't a big deal.
"I don't love Jason," I lied.
That's when she put her phone down and looked up at me. "Yes, you do. Don't lie."
"I'm not lying," I lied again.
She rolled her eyes. "See, you lied again."
"Whatever. Can we just change the subject?"
"Sure." She paused. "For now."
"So what's going on between you and Ryan?"
She stood up from the couch and went into the kitchen. I followed. "What do you mean?" She grabbed a water bottle from the fridge.
"I mean, have you told him how you feel yet?"
She froze for a second. Finally she went back into the living room with me following. "Well.... no."
I slapped her arm lightly. "Riley!"
"I told you I will when the time is right."
"Yeah, right. You're just putting it off."
"I am not!"
I crossed my arms over my chest. "Yes, you are." I paused. "Do it now."
Her eyes widened. "What?"
"Text him right now. Tell him you like him."
"No way! I am so not ready to tell him yet!"
"Well then I'll tell him." I took my phone out of my pocket and her eyes got even bigger.
"Erin, don't you dare!"
I opened up a new text message. "Too late."
She tried to take my phone away from me but i stood up from the couch and started walking towards the bathroom. She started after me so I began to run.
When I reached the bathroom, I locked myself in there so she couldn't take my phone from me.
"Please don't!" she begged through the door.
But I didn't listen. I started typing: Hey, Ryan. Riley is too afraid to tell you, but she likes you as more than a friend(:
I sent the text and opened the door. "I sent it."
She glared at me. "I hate you."
I smiled innocently. "You'll thank me when you start dating."
She rolled her eyes. "Whatever."
Suddenly, my phone vibrated. I checked to see who it was. I was surprised to see Ryan had texted me back already. Usually he's a slow texter.
I looked up at Riley. "It's Ryan."
Her eyes widened in fear. "What'd he say?"
I opened the text and started to read: Really? Well that's good cuz I kinda like her now, too.
I smiled. "He likes you, too."
A smile made it's way on her face. "Really? Let me see the text." I held out my phone for her to see and she broke out into a huge smile. "Ohmigosh! I can't believe this! I'm so happy now!"
"See? I told you."
She rolled her eyes. "Shut up." She still had the smile on her face, though. Her phone rang then, and she looked at it. "He texted me!"
"And what did he say?"
She read the message and a smile broke out on her face again. "He asked me out on a date!"
I smiled. "That's great! Congratulations!"
"Thanks!" She hugged me. "And thanks for telling him I like him. He wouldn't have asked me out if you didn't."
"It was no problem." We broke away from the hug. I checked my phone to see what time it was. "Well, I should probably go home."
"Okay. See you tomorrow. And thanks again."
"No problem." I went to the front door, opened it, and went out to my car.
On the drive home, my phone vibrated five times. I didn't want to risk getting into a car accident so I didn't even glance at the screen.
A few minutes later, I pulled into my driveway and parked the car. Grabbing my phone and the keys, I hopped out.
I checked my messages: Two texts, one from Ryan and one from Noah, and three missed calls, one from my mom, one from my dad, and one from Gina.
I decided I'll text and call them back later so I put my phone away and headed inside.
My dad was just walking into the room. "Oh, good, you're home. I called your cell but you didn't answer. Anyways, dinner's gonna be ready in a few minutes."
I ignored him and just went upstairs to my room. I opened my phone back up and read the text from Ryan: I asked her on a date.
I texted a reply: I know. We were hanging out.
I read the message from Noah next: Did I ruin our friendship after what I asked you at lunch?
I froze. How am I suppose to answer that? What he asked me was really awkward but I don't think I want to let that ruin our friendship. I just decided on texting a simple "no."
Since I don't need to call my parents back now I dialed Gina's number. After about three rings she picked up. "Hello?"
"Hey. You called?"
"Oh, hey, Erin. Yeah, I did. Um... Isaac's coming back to town soon."
I was kind of shocked by that news. He was just here not that long ago. "Really?"
"Yeah. Anyways, I was wondering if you would....." She trailed off.
"If I would what?"
"Nothing. Never mind."
"Just ask me."
There was silence for a few seconds before she sighed. "Don't get mad, okay?"
Uh, oh. This isn't going to be good. "Okay......"
"Well, remember when I told you about his ex that made my.... dad beat him up and get sent to jail?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, she's dating his best friend now and they're coming here with him and they're going on a double date. The only problem is he doesn't have a date. He just said he does to try to make her jealous."
I'm confused now. "Wait, I thought he broke up with her?"
"No, she broke up with him."
"Okay, but how does that involve me?"
"Well... he wanted to know if you would go on the date with him?"
I gasped. "What? No. Why doesn't he just meet a girl and ask her?"
"I asked him that but he says that would be using her and that wouldn't be right. So he wanted you to because I can't since I'm his sister and you're the only other girl he knows here and he thought you would do the favor for him."
"I can't. I mean, he still likes me so that would be awkward. And he reminds me of Tyson since they were best friends. I can't handle that."
I could hear her sigh from the other end of the line. "Okay. I'll let him know."
"I'm sorry." I meant it, too. I feel bad that I can't help her brother out but I couldn't handle being around him for a whole evening considering the fact he was my brother's best friend. I could barely handle being around him at the hospital, especially since that's the last place I saw Tyson besides at the funeral when he was in the coffin.
"It's okay. I'm sure he can find someone else."
"Erin, dinner is ready!" my dad called up to me.
"I gotta go," I told Gina.
"Okay. I'll see you in gym tomorrow."
"Okay." I hung up the phone, set it on my bed, and went downstairs to have dinner.