Chapter 10 - Pool Talk

Dick and I have been dating for almost 2 weeks now. It's not like... well me and him weren't together for the entire summer, but we're an official couple now. Now it's where we're actually on the whole "you're my girlfriend or boyfriend," level. I've met Dick's parents and they like me according to Dick, and me and Beaver have always gotten along. My dad met Dick, and liked him, but is cautious, just like he always is. He says he doesn't want me to get hurt, but he's glad that I'm happy. Now, there was only one person left in my life that didn't know about my blossoming relationship with Dick Casablancas. My best friend Meg. She had spent the last 3 weeks of her summer vacation in Mexico with her family. She hadn't be in contact with phones or texts, and had only emailed me a couple times, telling me how busy she was but that she missed me. She was back in town now, but I wasn't really sure if I could trust that Meg wouldn't go accidentally spill the beans to one of her closer 09er friends. Sure, it bothers me that even though Dick and I have been together the whole summer, and are now dating, that we can't hold hands at school, or go to the mall together, go out to eat, or anything like that. I feel like it's more his decision but he doesn't really want to tell me that he doesn't want to be seen in public, and it's like I'm disgusting and an embarrassment, it's just the harassment and non-stop shit-talking we could endure until it drove us apart.

"Hey Meg it's me, Veronica... do you wanna hang out today?" I said to Meg over the phone.

"Sure, I'm in the pool but come on over! And bring your suit." She said, hanging up the phone.

I grabbed my suit and a towel and got into my car. I pulled up at the Manning's and parked my car. I took a few deep breaths before I headed around to the backyard and opened the gate. I changed into my suit in the pool house and laid on a tanning chair next to Meg.

"Hey what's up?" She said, turning over on her other side.

"Just missed ya!" I said to her, smiling big.

"Awe, V! I missed you too. But hey, it's not like we're never gonna hang!" She said, getting up. "Let's get in the pool, it's freaking hot!"

I wanted to tell her that I was dating Dick, but not to tell anyone just because it would be hard for me and Dick to stay together if anyone found out, but I didn't know how.

"So Meg.. Any boys down in Cancun?" I asked, trying to get the subject of guys out there.

"Oh yeah.. TONS." She said sarcastically. "Psh.. Yeah RIGHT. My parents had a watchful eye on me and my sisters the whole time making sure we were engaging in PG activities only. My dad even had some kind of way of waking up if we tried to sneak out of the hotel room. I'm pretty sure he was paying someone to watch us."

I laughed pretty hard. "I see, I see. Well that's no fun, but at least your tan is golden!" I said, being somewhat jealous. I spent way to much time indoors with Dick.

"Well you know... I try." She said laughing. "So anyway... guys for you?" She asked smiling big.

I looked at her, and realized that she was my best friend, and even though I was afraid she might get drunk one night, and say something, I wanted to tell her. Especially since I already felt guilty that me and him had been talking to one another for so long without her knowing.

"As a matter of fact..." I started out.

Meg looked at me with enhancing eyes waiting for my next words. She was ready to pounce on whoever I said, either getting extremely excited, or wondering what the hell was going through my head.

"WHO?" She yelled.

I looked at her again not sure how to say it. "Well... me and um..."

She kept giving me that same look. "Jesus, Veronica! Just tell me." She said, still looking like she was at the front row of a movie that was supposed to be the best one ever.

"I'm dating Dick Casablancas." Finally rolled off my tongue.

Meg spit her gum out and tore off her sunglasses and just looked at me with a wide-eyed doe who just saw their mother get run over by a F150 on the high-way look.

"Well.. I mean me and him have been talking since Shelley's party last year, and started dating about 2 weeks ago, officially... but I mean.. It's something that you CANNOT under any circumstances tell anyone, no matter how mad you get at me, or how intoxicated you get... cause the harassment me and him would endue, or the way people would treat us... they would tear us apart, and we care a lot about each other and we don't want that to happen." I said, looking deep into her eyes.

She kept giving me that shocked, trauma-room look.

"Well..." I said, after almost 4 or 5 minutes of no words.

She shook her head and took a deep breath. "I can actually say that is the most shocking thing that I have ever heard in my entire life! But damn Mars.. He is a HOTTIE! So good job on that! I can't believe you guys have been talking to one another since May of last year, and are dating now, and wow. Oh my gosh. And I totally won't tell anyone... I understand where you're coming from, but at least you told me!" She said, looking as if she was going to ramble on for an eternity.

"Yeah.. I mean.. Me and him really care about each other." I said, smiling.

"I guess so!" She said smiling with me. "I'm glad that this all worked out for you V! I mean... I just really hope that you guys can eventually come out of the closet with the relationship though... no matter what circumstance no one should have to hide their feelings cause of dumb bitches like Madison. Besides... I think it'd be funny to watch her squirm for Dick while you've got the upper-girlfriend-hand!" Meg said cracking herself up.

I looked at her like she was an idiot. "Ahem... upper-girlfriend-hand?" I asked.

"Okay.. I got carried away, sue me." She said, getting out of the pool. "SUPER CUTE V!"

I guess it was super cute.. Me and Dick that is. I mean... I never thought that out of all people in the world that I would be in a steady and long-term relationship with Dick Casablancas. It was surprising to me still, and we'd been on the verge of dating for the last 3 months. I was glad that we were finally together, but school was just a few short days away, and I don't know how me and him were supposed to act. I mean... we were supposed to be assholes to each other like usual, or what were we supposed to do? Just hook up in the closet at lunch, and then go his house or mine after school for an afternoon hook-up. I mean, I was best friends with Meg and she and I attended all the same parties as all of Dick's 09er friends, and himself. I just didn't see how it was going to function, but I knew me and him were going to stay together. That was the fact of the matter, nothing was going to tear us apart.

"Hey baby." Dick said when he walked into my room that night.

"What's up?" I said, giving him a kiss.

"The usual. Ready for movies?" He asked, grabbing a couple DVDs.

"Mmhmm." I mumbled.

My dad was out for the night. He kept claiming he had all these cases that he had to work on but I knew that he was going on dates, and hooking up with random women around town, but it was all the better for me because Dick and I got the spend the night together. And me and him still hadn't had sex. I was still a virgin. I knew that I wanted to do it with Dick, but every time we got close to doing that, I just kept thinking about girls that I knew he'd been with like Carrie Bishop, and especially Madison. I despised Madison with a burning passion above myself, and kissing Dick sometimes made me sick to my stomach thinking he had sex with her... but I would just brush it off because I knew that I cared about him.

"School starts soon, huh?" Dick asked me in the middle of the movie.

"Yeah I guess it does!" I said, smiling.

Those were really the last few words that we spoke until we fell asleep, I'm not sure what tomorrow will bring but I guess we'll find out.

Next Chapter(s):

School is approaching, what's going to happen?
Are peers going to find out?
Sex?
Those three words?