Once again, I'm going to try and update at least two chapters for this story today. I hope you like them!
SuperSillyStories- Yeah, I wouldn't want to get in the car at that moment in time either. Especially if Rebecca was known for doing drastic things when she'ss upset. It was a really intense fight though, yes. I hope he'll sort things out too! jamsaddler- I intend to. Mrs. ShayMaslow- I KNOW, HOW COULD SHE DO THAT? I'm so annoyed with Liana right now. But I'm sure James will manage to sort things out.
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We were back at 2J when I brought the subject up. We were sitting on the well-known orange couch in the living room and Logan was reading through some online medical magazine article.
"Hey Kendall," he said looking up, "Do you ever get an itch between your shoulder blades?"
"Er, yeah," Kendall said a little cautiously.
"And how often would you get those itches?"
"I don't know..." Kendall said, "Once or twice a day?"
"Hmm, interesting," Logan says, squinting his eyes and looking back at his article.
"What's interesting?" I asked. However, after asking, I immediately regretted it.
"Well, it says in this article that when a boy gets an itch between the shoulder blades, his dick is getting bigger. But that doesn't make sense. If Kendall gets those itches that often then..."
"Okay, that's it!" Kendall shouts, slamming the laptop closed, "No more medical articles!"
"But you didn't let me finish!" Logan moaned.
"Yes Kendall, let the boy finish." I said calmly. I was deeply enjoying the look on Kendall's face when they began talking about that. His face showed utter humiliation at the fact that Logan was discussing this with him in front of them.
"It also says," Logan adds, "That guys who get these itches also may be in love or have a love of Italian women.
"And do you get these itches?" Kendall asks mockingly.
"Hmm sometimes," Logan admits bashfully.
"I thought you'd be through with Italian girls after she who shall not be named," said Carlos.
Logan wan a hand through his own hair, "You mean Amy? She was a minor blip. Not all girls are like her."
But, I noticed that he looked uncomfortable as he said this and he was staring at the floor. Amy De Baisi. Love rat extraordinaire and the first girl to almost break Logan's heart. She was going out with Logan, and then she was caught making out with another guy. It got a bit messy for a time. Logan was devastated; we were all confused as hell. We didn't think Amy was that type of girl. Yet of course, we took sides with Logan. It was horrible though. In the end, she got dumped. I think it affected Logan more than he let on though. I think he really thought that Amy was his soulmate. See, I wasn't a soulmate kind of guy but Logan seemed to think that somewhere there was a girl who was meant for him. Whereas I collect girl's hearts like girls collect handbags. I wanted to experience as many as possible and with my stunning looks, I was never short of admirers.
"Are there any other articles?" Kendall asked, trying to change the subject.
Logan opened up the laptop again and looked at the screen. "Hhmmm. There are some mental health self-help articles, which I think James could use and..."
"HEY!" I said, "Hurtful!"
Kendall looked at me sympathetically. "I wish you would just make up with Rebecca already. You've done this before! How hard could it be?"
"Yeah," said Carlos. "Isn't there anyway you could get her to talk to you? I heard that if you take a girl on a romantic trip to a foreign country, she'll totally forgive you for anything."
I shook my head. "No chance. I can't afford a bus ride to New York at the moment, never mind a trip abroad! Plus, she'd just run off with a gorgeous foreign guy."
Then a light bulb went off in my head. Well, actually, my phone vibrated in my pocket. I pulled out my phone to check whatever junk email I'd been sent. I was pleasantly surprised to find that my daily horoscope was ready. Hey, don't judge a guy just because he reads horoscopes!
"Hey guys! My horoscope is ready, want to hear it?" several mumbles of yes arose from the three guys so I read it out anyway.
"Oh. Hmmm. It sounds ambiguous. Something you have been considering for a time is about to come to a head and you have to decide which way you want to play it. What do you think it means?"
"Rebecca." They all said quickly.
I'd been thinking about Rebecca a lot lately. It had been a week since the Halloween party and she still wouldn't let me talk to her. I was really keen on settling into being a proper couple. You can't share a kiss like that and not want to be a couple! I'd always wanted to play the field a bit and see what's out there. I'd always thought that there would be plenty of time for serious relationships later, but you can't help who you fall for. Along came Rebecca and it all started happening. Still is all happening? Potentially.
"Ugh, I really really like her, so I'm willing to do anything to make it up to her."
Logan looked up from his computer to look at me. "Maybe you've scared her off."
I sighed. I couldn't deny that I did feel as though I'd done exactly that. Was it the fact that I wasn't an OK kisser? Everyone else so far seemed to think I was great... It was that Liana girl's fault. Why did she have to be there at that exact moment? I couldn't say I was looking forward to seeing her again. After I had explained what had happened to Carlos, he was pretty annoyed with his cousin. He told her to go back to her apartment and that he would come to see her when he was ready to talk to her. But that hadn't happened yet though.
"So, what are you going to do?" Kendall asked.
"I don't know. I haven't totally decided. I mean... I haven't even thought of an idea yet."
"When will you do it?" asked Logan.
"When? I don't know. Give me a break guys! I told you, I haven't even got an idea. I wanted to ask you what to do first!"
"Why don't you surprise her with sex?"
We all turned around to gape open-mouthed at Carlos. Did he seriously just say that? Oh my god, I hadn't even thought about having sex with Rebecca. Well, I had... but that's not the point. I can't just do that. That is no way to make anything up to a girl. Plus Rebecca and I weren't even dating. We had shared one kiss. Just one! It was a lot to think about and Carlos' sudden outburst had stunned all of us. I guessed that Carlos wasn't as naive and innocent as we thought he was.
"Uhhh..." I said.
"Well, I don't think you should," said Logan. "You can't do that if she's not ready. Like, she probably doesn't want Mama Knight finding you and her getting in on in the living room. Mama Knight would have a fit."
He was right. But I wasn't going to let him know that. "You sound like my mum," I snorted. I then put on a voice like the queen. "James Diamond, I forbid you!"
"So are you saying you're going to do it?" Carlos asked me.
"Uhhh..." I said again. Why shouldn't I do it? Why not? It's not like I hadn't known Rebecca for ages...
"Condoms," Kendall says, interrupting my thoughts.
"What about them?" I asked.
"If you decide to go through with this, you'll need them. Have you got any?"
"No," I admitted, "Why?"
"Duh! Protection dummy. You don't want STD's." Kendall laughed.
"What are they?" I asked.
"Sexually transmitted diseases," Logan says. He's our local medical expert, since he wants to become a doctor. "Loads of people who have unprotected sex get Chlamydia."
"What's Chlamydia?" I asked. It sounds like a posh girl's name – like Lady Chlamydia Priscilla Armstrong."
Logan chuckled. "Yeah, but it's not a name. It's a disease which is very common, apparently has few side effects so many people don't even realise they've got it, but if untreated it can lead to infertility."
"Chlamydia, condoms, STCs, unwanted pregnancies," I said, "What happened to romance?"
I couldn't believe it. I never thought that I'd ever be having a conversation with the guys about safe sex. Ugh, how absolutely embarrassing. And I'd never said that's what I was planning to do anyway! Carlos just planted an idea in their heads, they never even let me finish.
Kendall grabbed the laptop from Logan and began typing. He pressed a few keys and, a moment later, a whole list of website addresses came up. After a few seconds, he started laughing. We all looked at the screen and we burst out laughing too.
We were so busy scanning the pages and laughing our heads off at all the types that came up (GLOW-IN-THE-DARK?!) that we didn't notice that the door had opened and Mama Knight had come in.
"What's so funny?" she asked.
Kendall almost jumped out of his skin.
"Mum! I've told you not to sneak up on me like that!" he said as he quickly closed down the site, went back to the desktop and assumed his best innocent look.
As Mama Knight eyed us suspiciously, I felt myself starting to blush and I prayed that it wouldn't give the game away. Mama Knight could be really intimidating when she wanted to be.
"I, um, I'm going to head to my room." I said as I slowly crept away from the group. Then, I quickly turned and fled to the safety of my room, muttering a 'bye' as I did so.
As I crawled into bed, later that night, I pretended to be really tired so the others wouldn't bother me about Rebecca anymore. Actually, I didn't want to go to sleep. I wanted to think about what had happened. It was weird. I wasn't sure how I felt. Sad of course, but another part of me felt guilty. Guilty? Why would I feel guilty? It wasn't my fault that the sweet, hot and adorable girl that I thought Carlos' cousin was, turned out to be not her at all. She was crazy. I understand that she probably did what she did because she felt jealous, but wasn't this becoming a bit much?
As I snuggled down into my duvet, I decided that I wouldn't be all freaked out about talking to Rebecca. Sex was not the best answer right now, but I had to do something.
I got out of bed, got down on my knees and rooted around at the bottom of my closet to find Mr Snuggles, my old teddy bear.
This was going to take a lot of thinking, but I was sure that I'd figure something out.
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