New chapter time! Again sorry for the wait. Fear not, SUMMER IS ALMOST HERE! :D ONE. MORE. FREAKIN'. DAY! D: Why won't it go by quick enough? Another upside to this chapter *SPOILER* ( well, not much of one ) as of this chapter the DXC stuff is OVER! :P At last :3
Uh, I take so long between updates now. My shit...it is not together. :P
After I'd stopped crying I grabbed my phone and called Bridgette and Izzy. After I had finally told them everything they started to try and calm me down.
"Gwen, I know things are tough but, you'll get through this. I swear Duncan could never hate you." Bridgette said calmly.
"Well, I don't know about you two, but I am hoping that Duncan goes and dumps her ass." Izzy said.
"IZZY!" Bridgette and I said similtanously.
"Well it's true! Don't you guys want her out of our lives? It would be SO much better! Think about it!" She sounded like she was practically oozing happy.
"That's...well, true." Bridgette finally said.
"BRIDGE! Not you too!" I groaned.
"Gwen, I have got to go with Izzy on this one, she's right."
"Aren't I always?"
"No."
"What do you mean?" Izzy sounded offended.
"Well, remember, you though that Noah was gay forever, and he finally had to kiss you just to prove he wasn't."
"...Shut up, Bridgette" Before anyone said anything else, someone started banging on the door.
"Gwen, I really need to talk to you." Duncan.
"Got to go guys!" I quickly hung up and opened the door. Duncan came in and shut the door behind him, putting his hands in his pockets.
"What happened? What did Courtney say?"
"She said... for us to still stay together, I had to break my friendship with you." My throat tightened up, I could barely breathe.
"What?" I squeaked. His expression was unreadable. "How could she-?" I shook my head. "You can't! We've been best friends since we were in diapers!" I continued rambling endlessly until Duncan grabbed my face forcing me to look at him. "She had NO right to ask you to do something like th-"
"Which is why I broke up with her." That shut me up. "Look Gwen, I don't know what the hell has kept me from dumping her before, but wanting me to breaking my friendship with you was the last straw." I almost couldn't believe it; Duncan chose me over his girlfriend. Was I confused? Yes. Elated? Very.
"But you two seemed so...happy before."
"That was an act, our entire relationship has been going downhill. We only stayed together because we wanted to see if we could make it work."
"Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"I was just lying to myself I guess." He sighed. "Besides there's someone else I like anyway." He smirked. Probably another chick at school.
"Who is it?" I asked. Duncan looked at his feet, staying silent. "What? You can't tell me?"
"Well, I just am a bit concerned about what you'd think." Ugh, he probably liked yet another preppy chick.
"Well?" I asked. Duncan once again said nothing. I groaned, completely annoyed.
"You know what Duncan? Just go ahead and tell me nothing about this chick, I don't care! Go be with the girl you really wa-"
"Gwen shut up!" He cut me off. I was hurt for a second as Duncan grabbed me by the arms and pulled me to him. Then in just a mere second he leaned in and fused his lips hungrily to mine. Now, saying I was shocked was a complete understatement. My eyes grew even wider as he backed me up against the wall, never once breaking the contact with my lips. At first I actually tried to push him away because my brain was sreaming things like: 'Just friends! What are you doing!' But eventually when I knew I couldn't force him off I gave in and kissed him back. Huh, guess Izzy was right all this time.
Air became an issue, making us break off for air. Duncan had an unsure look on his face, like he was sure he'd done the wrong thing. Me? Well, I was...stunned to say the least.
"Uh...I...thought that you just liked me as a frie-" He cut me off again putting his hand across my mouth.
"Don't you ever say that word again Pasty." He removed his hand. "I don't want to be just your friend anymore." Once again - like he had done this morning - he had made my stupid brain turn to mush. He doesn't want to be just my friend? He loves me? Holy shit, those words sounded so big in my mind. Love? That was a department I'd never had too much luck in. Duncan still stood there waiting for a response.
"You really chose me?" Is all that I could ask. He leaned his head onto mine.
"I'm here aren't I?" His teal-blue eyes stared hard into my dark ones. It was getting hard to breathe.
"I'm willing to give us a chance if you are." That was all he needed to hear. His face lit up like the Fourth of July and he hugged me to him. I wrapped my arms around him in response. There was one thing I was certain of that moment: Izzy was going to really excited when we walked into school on Monday.
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The weekend passed in a flash. For the first time, Duncan was at my house driving me to school. He'd always gone with Courtney, so he'd never gotten the chance. Now that the 'she-demon' was out of the picture, he could do as he pleased. Halfway to school as I clung to Duncan's back on his motorcycle it hit me; 'Duncan is my boyfriend, holy shit. And today everyone would know.
Quite a few eyes were on us as we pulled into the parking lot. Even more seemed to turn our way when Duncan reached out and held my hand. Noah, who you should recall is Izzy's boyfriend, turned to Tyler Crawford who had one of Heather's croanies, Lindsay North ( aka: Lindsiot ) for a girlfriend and bluntly said:
"You owe me ten bucks dude." Wait, people had betted on us getting together? What? Duncan whispered to me; "You wanna give them a show Pasty?"
"What did you have in mind?" Without a second thought he turned and leaned in and put his hands on my waist. I followed his lead and molded my lips onto his. When we finally broke apart from each other everyone was staring.
Courtney stood with her friends shooting us a slightly hurt - key word, slightly - deathglare. Finally I noticed Izzy and Bridgette. Bridgette stood with her mouth open and Izzy was beside her looking back and forth at the two of us with a grin equivalent to that of the cheshire cat.
"YES! I KNEW IT! IT TOOK YOU TWO LONG ENOUGH!" She may as well have been using a bullhorn as loud as she was.
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"Okay Iz, we've heard it enough." Duncan said, looking very irritated.
"Just one more time I swear!" She said. " Now, WHO was right about you two eventually getting together?" I sighed.
"You were."
"And don't you forget it! Oh, there's Noah, I shall see you two lovebirds later!" Izzy ran from us leaping onto her boyfriend's back, nearly sending them both to the ground. Noah regained his balance.
"Iz, you have really got to warn me when you're going to do that." He said turning his head towards her.
"But it's not as fun that way silly!" She said as if it was the simplest thing in the world, kissing Noah before she spoke again. "Now, onward noble steed! To the lunch room!" Noah rolled his eyes and smirked.
"Whatever you say Izzy." They turned around the corner and were gone.
"I still don't know how a guy like him manages to put up with her." Duncan said.
"Love has no boundaries." I grinned. "I guess he's just gotten used to it." He shrugged.
"So what do you want to do later?"
"Let's...meet at the gazebo by the lake." It had been our hangout since we were 13.
"Cool." He kissed my cheek. "Meet you there at six sweetheart."
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The sun was already beginning to go down by the time I got to the lake just off of the woods. Good thing I loved the night time. In my arms I carried a blanket and my grandpa's old lantern. It was really chilly outside. Duncan sat against the gazebo, tapping his foot impatiently.
"You're late babe." I rolled my eyes.
"I'm not late, you're just always early." It was true.
"Eh...true. Oy, woman, I got something for us on the way here." He turned and handed me a paper cup. "Hot cocoa, figured we could need the warmth. Your favorite." He knew me so well.
"Thanks Juvie." I sat down next to him and covered our legs with the blanket.
"This is the life ain't it Gwen?"
"Yup." I sipped at my hot cocoa, leaning against him. I looked at the scenery around me. The gazebo sat near the edge of the lake, totally abandoned, the paint was chipping off. When we'd found this place we figured that the people who'd built it were long gone. There wasn't even a sign or path towards it. Duncan and I had found it after getting lost on a nature hike through the woods with his parents. After we went and found them again we didn't tell them about it, it was our secret hide out. It was a little ways off from Duncan's house, so we got to go there a lot almost every summer. No one around but the two of us, and we prefered it that way.
As the sun went down, darkness fell over the world and I quickly turned on grandpa Carl's lantern, casting a soft warm glow over the cold night. We sat there talking together, about our families, friends, well, we talked about everything; including our new found relationship.
"Duncan, what specifically do you like about me?"
"Well, let's see, you're hot, smart, funny, artistic, you get me. Shall I go on?"
"No, you said enough." I kissed him on the cheek.
"Okay then Gwen, what do you like about me?"
"Hmmmmm."
"What does 'hmmmmmm' mean?"
"Well, you're badass, funny, sweet when you wanna be. I could go on for a while."
"Speaking of which, how long have we been here?" I quickly dug out my phone and my eyes widened at the time.
"Holy shit Duncan it's almost 10 o'clock!"
"Serious? We've been sitting here talking and kissing for...four hours?"
"Time flys doesn't it? Maybe we should go on home now." I started to sit up but Duncan pulled me back to him.
"Why, your grandparents won't be home for a few weeks and I can always just make up an excuse for my parents."
"Okay, but just for tonight. I don't want your parents thinking I'm a bad influence on you."
"Trust me you are the farthest thing from a bad influence on me."
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