"You've got to be kidding me" Drew said out loud, looking down at his phone,
We were making our way out of class along with the other students when Drew got a text on his phone
" What is it?" I asked
He sighed "my mom just texted me saying she dropped the key to the house in a sewer along the road and since she's not get home until later, I might need to break the lock when I go"
I chuckled slightly "that a little unnecessary, why not use the other spare key?"
"What other spare key?" He asked
"The one under the stone in the flower pot, duh"
He sighed again and racked his hand through his hair "that's the one we've been using, my dad misplaced the first one. I don't know why she even took the key wi-" he stopped mid sentence and stared at me, which made me a little self conscious
"What?" I asked
"How do you know about that key?" He asked with squinted eyes
"What do you mean? You showed me that day, after the party, right befo-" I covered my mouth with my hands, finally understanding, I just said something I shouldn't rather, 'don't' remember.
Shit!
"Er.. I should go get my stuff for next period" I said trying to walk away,
"Amies... D-do you remember what happened that day?"
I felt my cheeks start to heat up "N-no I don't remember anything like that! We didn't do anything" I said in a panic
He gave me a suspicious look "I never said we did anything." He took a step closer
Oh shit
"Er.. I need to go get my stuff for last period okay " I hurried away before he could stop me
Even as a dashed down the hall I could feel his gaze on me and I didn't look back.
What kind of dumb fuck are you? I asked myself
*End of school*
"Hey Amies, wait up" Drew said as he ran up to me.
Alright Amy, get your story straight, he told you about the key some months ago, he just can't remember. No! Even better, Nathan told you- me about the key when they came over that day, when he asked me to come over and play games with him.
yes, that's better.
"Heyi" I said a little awkwardly as he got to me
"Hey, can I come over later today?, it's Friday so we can play games or watch movies till when ever we like" he said not mentioning the key.
Is he not going to ask about the key anymore?
"Er.. Sorry not today, Raven and I have plans" I said
Maybe he thought of a possible explanation on his own.
Thank God.
"Oh, okay. Er.. What are you guys doing? I could joi-"
"We are gonna go out and have some you know, girls time... So err we won't be home" I lied
"Oh Okay"
"Y-yeah"
He kept staring at me, with so much intensity, I didn't know what to do with my hands, the air around was so thick, it was hard to breath.
After almost thirty seconds, he finally looked away.
Annnd breath Amy, breath.
I let out a breath of relief.
"I should probably go figure out how to handle my door" "I guess I'll see you later" he said, walking away
"Okay, Bye"
Pheew.. That was a close one.
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"Yeah, and I stupidly said 'you showed me that day' urgh so stupid" I said to Raven as we walk into the house.
She chuckled "Why am I not surprised, Drew pro-"
"Drew uh" Dad cut in.
"Oh, hey mister Monroe" Raven greeted
"Hi dad"
"Hey girls... So, you and Drew uh" Dad said teasingly
"Oh my gosh, dad stop" I rolled my eyes
he's been teasing me about Drew since the day he caught us in that awkward position, I keep telling him there is nothing going on, but he keeps teasing.
I still don't know what he and Drew talked about that day, neither him nor Drew are willing to tell me.
"Stop what?" He asked innocently
"Dad!. Why are you even home?"
He shrugged "I came to pick up some things and decided to grab a bite before leaving. I'll be out in five minutes."
"Okay, bye. Raven and I will be upstairs" I said pulling Raven up the stairs
"oh and Amanda will be coming over tomorrow okay?" He yelled so I could hear
"Okay bye" I yelled back.
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*Two hours later*
"So?" She asked
"Have you thought of the questions I asked?"
I sighed and stood up from the bed, not really feeling like sitting anymore
"Yeah. I have." I said
"So? You've decided what to do?" She asked
But I remained quiet, not one hundred percent sure.
Then she sighed and asked "do you understand how you feel about Drew?"
"I know how I feel, I like Drew, I really really like him, and I do want to date him, but I can't" I said to her
"You can't?" She asked with a raised eyebrow
"You can't? or you won't?" She asked again
"I- I won't" I said, mostly convincing myself
"Why? Since you like him, and you actually want to date him, why won't you?"
The room went quiet for some seconds, then I finally spoke
"I-I'm scared. And not just that, he doesn't lik-"
The door flew open with a bang, making us turn towards it
"Wh- what do you mean You're scared? D-do you really like me?" He looked as shocked as me.
My eyes widen in horror, oh my God! OH MY GOD!! He heard me, he heard me!!
"Drew! How did you get in? Who?" Raven questioned,
He didn't take his eyes of me "I kept knocking and no one answered so I let myself in, Ben told me you were both here. Amies wha-"
"Oh my God!, oh no! Oh no!!" I covered my face with my hands in embarrassment, and started to run towards the bathroom.
It's ruined, everything is ruined, he heard, it's always going to be awkward after this.
Before I could lock the bathroom door Drew caught my hand "Amies stop!!"
Did he run after me?
"L-let go please, I'm so ashamed" I tried pulling away but he didn't let go, and I couldn't shut the door properly 'cause our hands were in between, all I could do was turn away to hide my face.
"Amies come on, stop hiding, come out, let's talk"
Talk! My heart skipped, nothing good can come from us talking
"No. Please just let go, so I can close the door properly" I said
He sighed "Hey Ray, can you please give us a minute"
Oh no, Raven please don't go, don't leave me here alone with him.. Please, I begged internally
"Sure, I need to get home anyways, my siblings are home alone. Good luck" she said,
"Thanks, I'll need it" he replied
"Gurl Tell me how it goes" I heard her say by the door before shutting it behind us.
"Fuck" I said quietly
"Come on Amies, we are alone now, there's no need for you to be embarrassed" he tugged a little at my hand
I'm even more embarrassed because we are alone!, I still didn't budge.
"Please Amy, come out, I want to see your face, I need to know " he said so sweetly
My heart skipped again
For just a moment, I wavered, maybe I-
He felt my grip on the door loosen and pushed it open, before I could fully comprehend what just happened, he pulled me to him, still holding my hand.
My heart was beating a lot faster now,
Why is he doing this to me? I couldn't look at his face, so I glued my eyes to his feet.
"Amy, is it true? Do you actually like me?" I felt his intense gaze on me, making my face the colour of a tomato
How am I supposed to answer that? I stayed quiet, panicking..
He tugged me a little closer "say something please"
The butterflies in my stomach were starting to wake up, "w-what did you hear?, w-when did you get here?"
"When Raven asked if understand your feelings "
"Oh God, that means you heard everything " I cried out, trying to pull away from him and hid,
But he didn't let go "yes I did, but I want to confirm it, I don't what to make assumptions again "
'Again?' What does that mean
"-so please, just answer the question"
I squeezed my eye shut, and searched for the courage "y-yes I do, but-"
He let out a breath "good"
My palms were starting to get sweaty and I was starting to panic and spoke in a rush "I don't know why it happened I didn't plan this I swear We are supposed to be just friends but after my birthday everything became fuzzy I started noticing things about you missing you thinking about you about us, always wanting to see you to talk to you and then at the party holding hands and then I said those things and kissed you and lied and just-" I stopped half way to talk a breath.
I rested my head on his chest not taking my eyes off his shoes and continued, but this time slower,
"just- just give me some time, I know this is probably weird for you, me saying this all of a sudden, but don't worry I won't ask you to go out with me, because we are friends and friends shouldn't date, I wil-"
"No. that's not it" he cut me off, "you said you won't because you're scared, why? Scared of what?" He squeezed my hand,
I wanted to run away, I didn't want to talk about this with him, I tried to pull away but he just pulled me closer
"Are you scared of dating? scared I don't like you? You know I like you, you know how I feel "
With that's my head shot upwards, but I immediately looked away
"N-No you don't" I starmared
He chuckled and placed my hand on his chest, "yes I do"
I could feel his heart beating rapidly in his chest, my eyes and hand were glued to the spot.
H-he likes me back??
He took my hand off his chest and entwined our fingers, the butterflies in my stomach were getting too much for me to bear
He continued "I like you, I've always liked you, I like how you smile, I like your hair- " he used his free hand to push my hair behind my ear.
"I like how cute you look when you blush-" he cupped my cheek with his palm and pushed my head up to look at him, when our eyes meet, I wanted to look away but I couldn't, I was glued to his smiling face,
"I like your hand, I've always wanted to hold it like this-" he squeezed our entwined fingers, "-I've had a crush on you for over two years, I've always had a crush on you, no matter how hard I try to move on I never could, I like you that much that I force you to accept me as a friend just to get closer to you, I like you so much that I do stupid things like take of my shirt to open the door just to impress you."
Our faces were inches apart now and still getting closer "so please, don't be scared that I don't like you, 'cause I do, I really do. So please go out with me"
My heart was beating so loud, it's a miracle I heard everything he said.
"I-I can't" I pulled away slightly before our lips could touch and took a step back and then another, this time Drew didn't stop me.
"Why?" He asked hurt
I took a deep breath "I wasn't scared because I thought you didn't like me, I mean, I was, but that's not the only thing I'm scared about"
"What else?" He took a step closer
"W-what happens if we date? What happens when we break up?" I asked
"When we break up?" He asked
"Yes, what happens then? What if we start dating and all of a sudden I become a jealous be or you become an asshole, or we start to notice bad things about each other, I don't want to have a relationship with you and then we end on bad terms and can't be friends anymore, I don't want to start to hate you, I don't want that."
He took another step closer and held my hand "first of all, what makes you so sure we are going to break up?"
"I just-" he cut me off by placing his finger on my lips, "secondly, why would you think that far into the future, you are not God nor are you psychic you don't know what's gonna happen in the future, plus, if evey single person thought like that then no one would be in a relationship, no one would get married. besides, that is one of many possibilities, what if in the future we end up getting married and being in love forever and I get to brag to all our friends that I was your one and only boyfriend " he said smiling
I slapped his arm lightly, 'causing him to chuckle, but then he got serious again, "please, don't let that be the reason we don't date. I really really like you, more than you can possible imagine "
"So please" he entwined our fingers again "say you'll go out with me"
I bite my lips and looked at our hands, he his right, but I'm still scared, I always think 'what if'.
He tugged at my hand, pulling me closer, and waiting for an answer,
I can't be a coward for ever, Who knows what will happen,
I took a deep breath and squeezed our entwined hands, "y-yes" I said quietly
I felt him smile "what did you say? I couldn't hear you" I knew he was teasing me.
I felt my cheeks heat up, and hid my face in his chest, I could still hear his heart beating making me more embarrassed "stop it" I mumbled
He chuckled slightly "I'm serious, I couldn't hear you, you have to speak louder to I can clearly hear" he said, wrapping his hands around me.
I took a deep breath and spoke a little louder, "I said yes, I'll go out with you"
Before I knew it he lifted me of the ground, spinning us round, he kept on laughing and shouting "yes" and soon I was laughing too.
When he finally dropped me he said
"Finally!" He said, leaning in to peck my cheek.
"You are One Tough Cookie to crack"
THE END.
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