Carson ran his fingers through his hair franticly; he always did when he was nervous. There was something about Amy… she just made him feel like he was 15 again, and scared of girls. She was so pretty, so smart… and she had this mature way about her. Like, she was more adult than the average 17 year old.
He waited for her answer, but she just stood beside the mounds of flour and dough with her mouth hanging open. Maybe he was being to forward? Maybe she thought he was being creepy, because he was 19.
"I… yeah… I mean, yes! Of course I'll go out with you." Amy said, a large smile spread across her face.
"Really?" Carson asked excitedly. He knew he should have played it cool, but this girl wasn't like others, she had a way about her. As though she was above all those petty dating games.
"Yes!" Amy yelped.
"Awesome." He said, taking her into a big hug. Suddenly, they could feel the electricity between them, they both partially broke from the hug and looked into each other's eyes. Their bodies seemed to know what was happening before their minds did, as their lips were about to press together.
"Oh sorry," said Anya, one of the waitresses, as she walked in on the almost-kissing-scene.
Amy and Carson broke apart immediately, red in the face with their hands at their sides.
Anya just stood there, with her arms across her chest and a smug smile across her face. "I didn't mean to interrupt anything."
"You didn't." Both Carson and Amy said with innocence.
"Anyways, the boss wants you Carson." Anya said and strode off out of the room.
"Friday, good?" He asked Amy.
"Totally."
Peyton had been wandering the halls of the high school every day since she and Ricky had spoken. She knew she was supposed to be avoiding him… but he was fun to flirt with, and his player persona interested her. He had a kid, sure. What did that matter? At least he was taking care of John. But from what Amy had told her, she and Ricky hadn't even been dating when Amy wouldn't up pregnant. It was just a one night stand at band camp.
Well, Peyton wasn't a one night stand. Then again, you wouldn't think Amy would be either… with her independent demeanour. Maybe Amy wasn't always like that though… maybe the whole baby thing had changed her.
Someone's hands wrapped around Peyton's waist and spun her around.
"Strolling the halls looking for me?" Ricky Underwood asked seductively.
"Try avoiding Jack in homeroom." Peyton replied, attempting to make Ricky jealous.
"Jack Pappas? Want me to tell him to back off?" Ricky asked, looking jealous indeed. His hands were still wrapped around Peyton's waist, and her palms were pressed to his chest. I could get used to this, Ricky thought.
"No, he's sweet. He just has a girlfriend, and I'm not into guys who have girlfriends." Peyton said nonchalantly. Ricky knew the game she was playing, he practically invented that game.
"What would you do, if I kissed you right now?" He asked.
"One of two things…" Peyton smiled, "One: I'd slap you. Or Two: If it was a really, really, really good kiss… I might just kiss back."
"I think I like my chances." Ricky stated leaning in towards her. Peyton responded by turning her head and kissing him lightly on the cheek, before breaking out of their embrace and walking slowly away still grinning at Ricky.
Once again, Ricky was stunned.
"I never said I'd let you kiss me." She smirked. Ricky shook his head.
"We should go out tonight." He said.
"Sure," Peyton smiled.
"Crap, I have John tonight. Amy has a date or something." Ricky said, sounding deflated.
"John can come," Peyton smiled then strode away.
"This girl is going to kill me…" Ricky said out loud to no one in particular.
Adrian Lee watched as Ricky and that new girl were intertwined together, and as the girl rejected him and Ricky stood there looking like a lost puppy. Adrian felt rage bubble up inside her as she watched Ricky stare at that long legged bitch longingly. Once the girl had walked away back towards whatever hole she'd crawled out of, Adrian made her way towards Ricky.
"Your pathetic, did you know that?" Adrian said, which made Ricky turn around to face her.
"Who are you to call someone pathetic, Adrian?" Ricky said shaking his head, trying to leave again.
"She's like my twin, you realize that right?" Adrian asked smugly. At this, Ricky laughed.
"Now, I know you're losing it. You look nothing alike." He shrugged.
"I don't mean like that, you idiot. She's playing you… just like I was. Don't let her nice attitude fool you, she's just like me. I'm just more upfront about it." Adrian said in an in-your-face-tone.
"Actually, the only similarities I see between the two of you is that you're both beautiful. And even that doesn't count, because on the inside you're an insecure, ugly, cold hearted bitch." Ricky said, and this time he didn't let Adrian stop him from leaving. He didn't care if he had made her cry, because she had made him cry more than once, over her selfishness.
Adrian did not reply to Ricky's insult. On some level, she knew what he had said was true. But that did not ease the pain of the words he'd just thrown at her. She wanted to blame him for all her problems, but the truth was that she had made her own bed and now she had to lie in it. That wasn't Adrian, though. She had to take action. She knew that Ricky still had feelings for her; he had once said marriage was a possibility between them. You don't go from that to nothing. Right?
Either way, Ricky had just convinced her that she should now go through with the plan that Ben had confided in her two weeks ago. At first, she brushed it off… thinking it was a waste of time and that Ricky would come back on his own. Then, she had convinced herself that she had no feelings for Ricky. And now, she knew she still loved him and she knew that she would do everything in her power to get him back.
With tears in her eyes, Adrian pulled out her cell phone and dialled Ben's number.
"Let's do this."
Left you hanging there, eh? Hehe, sorry! Did anyone else notice that Adrian is kind of all over the place with her emotions about Ricky? Yeah, I guess pregnancy will do that to a girl… Anyways! Thanks for reading! I might have another chapter up tomorrow, and it might be really long or it might be normal. I don't know. Thanks for reading! Please review! … if you do I'll give you hugs!
