Chapter 3

"Spencer, knock it off" I run my hands through her hair, making sure to mess it up.

Kyla swipes my hands away.

"Alright alright" I pull my hands back to my own personal bubble.

Damn you're a sexy bitch.

My ringtone for Lilly "Hey you" I say sweetly.

"Hi" She hardly ever says just one word, so I know something is wrong.

"What's wrong?"

"My mom is a bitch" she says

"What happened?" I ask.

"We were just arguing about college stuff"

She is a year younger than me.

"I'm sorry"

"Yeah, thanks" She pauses "Hey, what are we doing for Halloween?"

I smile and Kyla laughs "Well, we are going to my friend Carl's house, he is having a party and who knows what else we might do" I say.

"I cannot wait to see you! What are you going to be?"

"A snow bunny, what about you? "

"Marilyn Monroe. I bet you're going to look so hot"

"I always do" I say playfully.

Kyla nudges me and holds up a sign that reads 'can I come with?'

"Hey babe, would it be okay if Kyla hangs out with us that night?"

"Of course she can"

"Did you hear that Ky?" I ask.

She shakes her head.

"Say it again babe" I put her on speaker phone.

"OF COURSE SHE CAN"

Kyla jumps off the bed and does a little happy dance. "YES! No I won't be alone!"

Lilly and I share a laugh. "Hey, I have to go, my mom is calling me, but I will call you soon"

She hangs up quickly. I've learned to not be offended when she does this; it's just something that happens when her mom walks in the room.

"So, I'm thinking that I am going to hang out with you and Lilly on Halloween" Moriah says suddenly during dinner.

"Really?" I say shocked not sure if she is asking or demanding.

"Yeah, I mean, John is going to FoCo and I don't want to go all the way to FoCo. And plus, Kyla is going with, so I figured it would be okay if I did" She shrugs her shoulders.

I nod my head "Where are you going to stay?" I ask.

"Wherever you sleep" She says.

"Well, I'm sleeping at Lilly's, so I'll ask if you can stay the night."

"Sweet, thanks" She smiles at me.

"No problem" I get up to leave the cafeteria but as I'm walking out the door, Ashley walks in with Aiden and a few other guys.

I smile "Hey"

"Hey!" She pulls me into a big hug and then continues walking. "

I look back over my shoulder and as the door is shutting I see her looking over her shoulder as well, at me.

I smirk and continue walking. She is so into me.

Well, maybe.

But why do I care if she is or isn't?

I have Lilly. Lilly is such a great girl. The moment we met we couldn't keep our hands off each other. I had never experienced this with any other girl. After a few weeks of us hanging out and always making out, I assumed she wanted to be with me. So, I made this master plan with her best friend to kidnap her and take her to the lookout above Boulder and tell her that I had this gnarly crash on my dirt bike and my ribs really hurt and that I wanted to show her my bruise. My plan was to then have 'Will you be mine?" written on my stomach but that plan fell apart quickly when I asked her what she would say if I asked her to be my girlfriend. She told me wasn't in the right place to be in a relationship, and that it's her 'memo' to lead girls on. I, of course, was heartbroken. I hadn't let someone get that close to me, emotionally speaking in a long time, and she had played me. They player had been played, who would have guessed. I told her I understood and she told me she still wanted to be friends, and I agreed. I mean, being friends couldn't hurt, right? I mean, we had been friends for the last few weeks, so it couldn't be that hard. But, we were also the friends who shared kisses when friends weren't looking or when I went to my car to get something that she had purposely forgot in it, and she would follow me and well you know, things happened.

After a while of this, I began to step away from her. I would make plans and then tell her some excuse about how I couldn't come, but really, I was scared to be around her because in the middle of the night before I would go to bed, I would find myself thinking about her and when I woke up she was the first person on my mind. Every time my phone rang, I was screaming inside saying "BE HER". She sensed that I was acting different towards her, and when I was out of the state for two weeks to visit Kyla and bring her back to Colorado with me, she called me asking me out on a date. My answer wasn't 'Yes, I would love to', instead I said "Why?" I was just as shocked as she was. "Lilly?" I asked, making sure she hadn't hung up on me.

"I have realized that I really do like you, and I think we should have an actual date" She was speaking softly, slowly. She was being honest.

"My favorite food is spaghettio's." I say quickly.

"Spaghettio date it is." I swear I could feel her smiling through the phone.

"You're serious?" I let out a laugh.

"Yes Spencer, I am serious. Look, call me before you go to bed okay?"

"Yeah, okay" Click. I hang up and stare at Kyla in disbelief. "I'm crazy" I breathe out.

There is a knock on my door so I get up and see who it is. To my surprise, Ashley is at my door.

"Hey Ashley" I say, leaning my head against the door. I am recovering from the night before. I went out with some friends and stole a few watermelons that were sitting in some person's front lawn and we went and blew them up. Creative, I know. And I woke up with multiple bite marks all over my body, which are probably from the new girl I met last night while at Wing night. Wing night is huge in Steamboat. It's every Tuesday and each wing only costs 66 Cents, which is a super good deal for all of us college kids in this expensive ski town. The last night thing I remember from last night was taking shots in the back of my friends car and then going to Wing Night and meeting this cute girl. She was flirting with me all night and needless to say, I have needs and when she headed to the bathroom and head nodded me to follow, I did not deny her. I followed her and did my thing. It was great, she was hot. I landed yet another hot 'straight' girl.

"Rough night?" She asks.

"Nope, it was fantastic actually" I smile. "Um, do you want to come in or something?" I ask. Seeing as how she is standing at my door randomly, I'm assuming she wants something from me.

"I do" She replies, and walks right in and sits on my bed.

I lean against the wall next to my bed. "So…" I say because I don't know what else to say.

"Thank you for the other night, at Bobbie Jo's"

"You're welcome" I smile and cross my arms. "Why did you come here?" I'm not trying to be rude, I'm simply asking a question.

"To say 'thank you' and because I was hoping that I could join you in Boulder on Halloween." She is fidgeting with one of my stuffed animals.

"I wasn't trying to be rude" I sit next to her.

She nods her ahead.

"I have to ask Lilly if you can stay over at her house first, but I think she won't mind, but I'm not promising anything either" She looks me straight in the eyes and I glance away.

"Why aren't you going to be with Aiden?"

She shrugs her shoulders. "I don't want to go to FoCo."

"Ah, I see. He is going with John."

"Yep, and he doesn't want me to go with them, which is stupid because I'm his girlfriend. He should want me to be with him, right?" Her voice has gotten louder and I am shocked.

I clear my throat. "right!" I answer. "Want me to beat him up? Because I can" I say nonchalantly, with my arms flexed to prove my point.

She laughs at my forced enthusiasm. "You're ridiculous, you now that?"

"It crosses my mind every now and again" I bite my lip. "Look, I have a ton of homework to finish but I will see you around, okay?" I stand up and open the door.

She looks at me and starts to walk out the door.

I grab her hand. "I'm not trying to kick you out, but I am here for school" I say apologetically.

"I know" She smiles and continues on her way back to where ever she came from.

I close the door and lean against it. I let out a big sigh and then sit down at my desk staring at the mound of homework that has piled up. I grab a notebook and start to do work.